Method and System for Displaying Contact Status

• US 20130027432A1
• Filed: 03/01/2011
• Published: 01/31/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Chen, Bin, Xie, Weiwen, Gao, Shundong
• Application Number:
  US13/635,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20130027432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/649
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information

Abstract

A method and a system for displaying contact status are provided by this invention which adapts to instant communication field. The method includes the following steps: obtaining contact status information; determining the corresponding path information according to the obtained contact status information; constructing and displaying a vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information. Through this invention, the problem of a large amount of data storage caused by pre-storing the pictures corresponding to the contact status is avoided.

Claims

1. A method for displaying contact status, comprising:

obtaining contact status information;

determining corresponding path information according to the obtained contact status information; and

constructing and displaying a vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the contact status information comprises:

obtaining the contact status information by interacting with a communication server adapted for detecting the contact status.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein before implementation of the method, further comprises:

storing a corresponding relation between the contact status information and the path information in advance;

the step of determining the corresponding path information according to the obtained contact status information comprises;

determining the path information corresponding to the obtained contact status information by matching the corresponding relation.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the vector picture for indicating the contact status comprises:

obtaining a corresponding dynamic path algorithm according to the contact status information, and generating a dynamic path according to the dynamic path algorithm; and

playing the constructed vector picture according to the generated dynamic path.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the dynamic path algorithm is defined by a time point and a deformation parameter corresponding to the time point, the deformation parameter of the time point comprises at least one of scale, rotation angle, and displacement, the scale comprises transverse scale and/or longitudinal scale, the displacement comprises transverse displacement and/or longitudinal displacement;

the step of generating the dynamic path according to the dynamic path algorithm comprises;

A. taking an initial time point as a first time point in dynamic path algorithm;

B. calculating a change value of each deformation parameter in a time unit consisting of two time points using a default parameter path calculation formula according to a value of each deformation parameter at the first time point and a value of each deformation parameter at a second time point, wherein the second time point is a time point in the dynamic path algorithm which is after the first time point and the deformation parameter thereof is not a default blank value; and

C. if a time point after the second time point in the dynamic path algorithm existing, taking the second time point as the first time point, returning to step B, otherwise, ending the process.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein if at least two different path information are determined according to the contact status information, the step of constructing the vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information comprises:

constructing a vector picture for indicating the contact status respectively according to each path information.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the different path information corresponds to same dynamic path algorithms or different dynamic path algorithms.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein after constructing the vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information and before displaying the vector picture further comprising:

obtaining a corresponding status picture according to the contact status information, and filling the status picture into the constructed vector picture.

15. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein if at least two different path information are determined according to the contact status information, the step of constructing the vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information comprises:

constructing a vector picture for indicating the contact status respectively according to each path information.

16. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein if at least two different path information are determined according to the contact status information, the step of constructing the vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information comprises:

constructing a vector picture for indicating the contact status respectively according to each path information.

17. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein if at least two different path information are determined according to the contact status information, the step of constructing the vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information comprises:

constructing a vector picture for indicating the contact status respectively according to each path information.

18. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein if at least two different path information are determined according to the contact status information, the step of constructing the vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information comprises:

constructing a vector picture for indicating the contact status respectively according to each path information.

9. A system for displaying a contact status, comprising:

a status obtaining unit, configured to obtain contact status information;

a path information obtaining unit, configured to determine corresponding path information according to the obtained contact status information;

a vector picture constructing unit, configured to construct a vector picture for indicating the contact status according to the path information; and

a display unit, configured to display the vector picture constructed by the vector picture constructing unit.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the status obtaining unit further configured to obtain the contact status information by interacting with a communication server adapted for detecting the contact status.

11. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the display unit comprises:

a dynamic path algorithm obtaining sub-unit, configured to obtain a corresponding dynamic path algorithm according to the contact status information, and generate a dynamic path according to the dynamic path algorithm;

a dynamic path generating sub-unit, configured to generate the dynamic path by the dynamic path algorithm obtained by the dynamic path algorithm obtaining sub-unit; and

an animation play sub-unit, configured to play the vector picture constructed by the vector picture constructing unit according to the dynamic path generated by the dynamic path generating sub-unit.

12. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the dynamic path algorithm is defined by a time point and a deformation parameter corresponding to the time point, the deformation parameter of the time point comprises at least one of scale, rotation angle, and displacement, the scale comprises transverse scale and/or longitudinal scale, the displacement comprises transverse displacement and/or longitudinal displacement;

the dynamic path generating sub-unit comprises;

a time point determining module, configured to determine a first time point and a second time point in the dynamic path algorithm; and

a dynamic path calculating module, configured to calculate a change value of each deformation parameter in a time unit consisting of two time points using a default parameter path calculation formula according to a value of each deformation parameter at the first time point and a value of each deformation parameter at the second time point, wherein the second time point is a time point in the dynamic path algorithm which is after the first time point and the deformation parameter thereof is not a default blank value.

13. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein if the path information obtaining unit further configured to determine at least two different path information according to the contact status information, the vector picture constructing unit further configured to construct a vector picture for indicating the contact status respectively according to each path information.

14. The system as claimed in claim 9, wherein the system comprises:

a status picture filling unit, configured to obtain corresponding status picture according to the contact status information, and filling the status picture into the vector picture constructed by the vector picture constructing unit.