Method and system for implementing instant communication of images through instant messaging tool

• US 20060075054A1
• Filed: 09/29/2005
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Qing, Han, Lu
• Application Number:
  US11/239,681
• Publication Number:
  US 20060075054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

A method and a system thereof for implementing instant communication of images through instant messenger are provided in the present invention, image data processing module is added in the instant messenger, which is used to acquire image data and transit the acquired data into object data, then the object data are retransmitted to network side by instant messenger. The instant messenger inside receiving client extracts image data from the received information from the network side and displays contents of the information, namely displaying the image. By applying the present invention, instant communication and information interaction of images is implemented, practicability and interesting quality of instant messaging is further increased, new functions of instant messaging service are developed and value-added capability of instant messaging service is enhanced.

Claims

1. A system for implementing instant communication of image information through an instant messaging tool, comprising:

a client with instant messaging tool, the said instant messaging tool comprising data store module, data analysis module and data transmission module, wherein the data transmission module transmitting the data that is from data store module and processed by data analysis module to network side, or data transmission module receiving data from network side and transmitting the received data to data analysis module to process, the processed data then being stored in data store module, wherein, the system thereof further comprising an image data processing module,

the said image data processing module being used to receive the user'"'"'s commands, acquire image data, and transit the acquired data into object data before transmitting the object data thereof to data store module for storage.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein, the said image data processing module being composed of image data acquisition module and image data transition module, wherein,

the said image data acquisition module receiving user'"'"'s commands, acquiring image data and storing the acquired image data in the memory;

the said image data transition module obtaining the image data from the memory and transiting the image data into object data, and then transmitting the object data to data store module for storage.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein, further comprising an instant messaging server, which receiving data from data transmission module inside the instant messaging tool at the client, transmitting the data thereof to network side, or the instant messaging server receiving data from network side, transmitting the data to data transmission module inside the instant messaging tool at the client.

4. A method for implementing instant communication of images by applying the above-mentioned system, comprising:

a. instant messaging tool inside transmitting client acquiring image data and storing the acquired data inside the memory, then transiting the image data thereof into object data;

b. instant messaging tool inside transmitting client reading in and storing the object data stream, displaying contents of the object data by itself;

meanwhile, transmitting the object data stream to receiving client;

c. instant messaging tool inside transmitting client extracting object data from the received object data stream, and displaying contents of the object data by itself.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, the said instant messaging tool inside transmitting client in step a acquiring image data from system clipboard or image file or current screen image.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, when the said image data in step a is acquired from an image file, further comprising:

the instant messaging tool uploading the image file first of all and then storing the acquired image data in the memory.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein, when the said image data in step a is acquired from the current screen, further comprising:

a1. the instant messaging tool activating its own screen capture module, and storing current screen image data by cooperating with Windows desktop Device Context (DC);

a2. according to location and size of the selected image to be captured, storing the acquired image data in the memory.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein, when there is a window supporting DirectX technique in the current screen, further comprising:

a11. the instant messaging tool visiting the memory directly, capturing and storing contents that are currently displayed in the window supporting DirectX technique;

a12. integrating the contents that are currently displayed in the window supporting DirectX technique and image data of current screen acquired in step a1, and storing the integrated data before executing step a2.

9. The method according to claim 4, wherein, the said image data being stored in the memory in bitmap format.

10. The method according to claim 4, wherein, the said object data stream in step b, which is read in and stored by the instant messaging tool inside transmitting client, comprising image data and character information.

11. The method according to claim 4, wherein, the said object data in step a being linkable.

12. The method according to claim 4, wherein, the method for transmitting client to transmit the object data stream to receiving client comprising:

transmitting client directly transmitting the object data stream to receiving client, or transmitting client transmitting the object data stream to receiving client through an instant messaging server.

13. The method according to claim 5, wherein, the said image data being stored in the memory in bitmap format.

14. The method according to claim 6, wherein, the said image data being stored in the memory in bitmap format.

15. The method according to claim 7, wherein, the said image data being stored in the memory in bitmap format.