SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUSHING SERVICE

• US 20080281936A1
• Filed: 06/06/2008
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Li, Hua, Huang, Zhongxi, Zhao, Yan, Huang, Ruisheng, Luo, Xuecheng, Liao, Jue
• Application Number:
  US12/134,897
• Publication Number:
  US 20080281936A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A system for pushing a service utilizing Instant Messaging includes: a service pushing subsystem, adapted to send a service stored in the service pushing subsystem to a client subsystem through instant messages; the client subsystem, adapted to receive the service sent by the service pushing subsystem and display the service; wherein the service pushing subsystem is in a buddy list stored in the client subsystem. A method for pushing a service utilizing Instant Messaging includes: sending, by a service pushing subsystem, a service stored in the service pushing subsystem to a client subsystem through instant messages, wherein the service pushing subsystem is in a buddy list stored in the client subsystem; and receiving, by the client subsystem, the service sent by the service pushing subsystem and displaying the service. In accordance with the present invention, it is possible to implement the real-time interaction between the user and the service and improve the service efficiency and effect. Meanwhile, it is possible to utilize the large amount of IM users and increase the user amount of the service.

Claims

1. A system for pushing a service utilizing Instant Messaging (IM), comprising:

a service pushing subsystem, adapted to send a service stored in the service pushing subsystem to a client subsystem through instant messages;

the client subsystem, adapted to receive the service sent by the service pushing subsystem and display the service;

wherein the service pushing subsystem is in a buddy list stored in the client subsystem.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the client subsystem is further adapted to send a first instant message to the service pushing subsystem;

and

the service pushing subsystem is further adapted to receive the first instant message from the client subsystem, handle the first instant message received and return a handling result to the client subsystem via a second instant message.

3. The service pushing system of claim 1, wherein the service pushing subsystem further comprises:

a service database, adapted to store the service; and

a service pushing module, adapted to query the service database in real-time or at a user-customized time, and send the service to the client subsystem.

4. The service pushing system of claim 2, wherein the service pushing subsystem further comprises:

a service database, adapted to store the service; and

a service pushing module, adapted to query the service database in real-time or at a user-customized time, and send the service to the client subsystem.

5. The service pushing system of claim 1, wherein the client subsystem further comprises:

a buddy information database, adapted to store buddy information; and

a message sending/receiving module, adapted to receive the service sent by the service pushing subsystem and send instant messages to the service pushing subsystem.

6. The service pushing system of claim 2, wherein the client subsystem further comprises:

a buddy information database, adapted to store buddy information; and

a message sending/receiving module, adapted to receive the service sent by the service pushing subsystem and send instant messages to the service pushing subsystem.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the client subsystem further comprises:

a buddy adding module, adapted to add the service pushing subsystem to a buddy list according to an IM identification code of the service pushing subsystem, and submit information of the service pushing subsystem to the buddy information database for storage.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the client subsystem further comprises:

a buddy adding module, adapted to add the service pushing subsystem to a buddy list according to an IM identification code of the service pushing subsystem, and submit information of the service pushing subsystem to the buddy information database for storage.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an IM service subsystem, adapted to store personal information and buddy information of a user using the client subsystem, authenticate the user when the user logs in the IM service subsystem through the client subsystem according to the personal information of the user, return the personal information and the buddy information of the user to the client subsystem after the user logs in, and establish a point-to-point connection between the client subsystem and the service pushing subsystem.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the IM service subsystem further comprises:

a user information database, adapted to store the personal information and the buddy information of the user.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the IM service subsystem further comprises:

a message forwarding module, adapted to store an instant message sent by the service pushing subsystem to the client subsystem when the user is offline and forward the instant message to the user when the user is online, and adapted to store an instant message sent by the user using the client subsystem to the service pushing subsystem and forward the instant message to the service pushing subsystem when the service pushing subsystem is online.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the service comprises any one or any combination of TV program, ticket-ordering, hotel-ordering and e-shopping.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the TV program comprises live program and/or on-demand program.

14. A method for pushing a service utilizing Instant Messaging (IM), comprising:

sending, by a service pushing subsystem, a service stored in the service pushing subsystem to a client subsystem through instant messages, wherein the service pushing subsystem is in a buddy list stored in the client subsystem; and

receiving, by a the client subsystem, the service sent by the service pushing subsystem and displaying the service.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein service pushing subsystem sends the service to the client subsystem in real time or according to user customized information;

and the user-customized information comprises time for pushing the service or content of the service customized by a user using the client subsystem.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the service pushing subsystem, a first instant message sent by the client subsystem, handling the first instant message received and returning a handling result to the client subsystem via a second instant message.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

before the service pushing subsystem sends the service to the client subsystem, adding, by the client subsystem, an IM identification code corresponding to the service pushing subsystem to the buddy list.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

updating, by the service pushing subsystem, the service stored in the service pushing subsystem according to the service provided by a service provider.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the service comprises any one or any combination of TV program, ticket-ordering, hotel-ordering and e-shopping.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the service comprises any one or any combination of TV program, ticket-ordering, hotel-ordering and e-shopping.

21. The service pushing method of claim 19, wherein the TV program comprises live program and/or on-demand program.

22. The service pushing method of claim 20, wherein the TV program comprises live program and/or on-demand program.

23. A client subsystem for receiving a service utilizing Instant Messaging, comprising:

a buddy information database, adapted to store buddy information of a user using the client subsystem;

a message sending/receiving module, adapted to receive a service sent by a service pushing subsystem and send instant messages to the service pushing subsystem; and

a buddy adding module, adapted to add the service pushing subsystem to a buddy list according to an IM identification code of the service pushing subsystem, and submit information of the service pushing subsystem to the buddy information database for storage.