TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAYING OFFLINE DATA

• US 20130304835A1
• Filed: 05/10/2013
• Published: 11/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Hu, Hongwei
• Application Number:
  US13/891,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20130304835A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for transmitting and displaying offline data. When communication application software on a client terminal is under an offline state, a background service corresponding to the communication application software at the client terminal is started so that the client terminal establishes a communication connection between the client terminal and a message server via the background service. The client terminal receives offline data from the message server via the background service. The background service also analyzes the offline data to generate a prompt message for displaying, and displays the prompt message at a pre-determined display area. The present techniques enable a user to obtain updated messages in real-time and improve an efficiency of the user for acquiring data and user experiences.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

when communication application software on a client terminal is under an offline state, starting a background service corresponding to the communication application software at the client terminal;

establishing a communication connection between the client terminal and a message server via the background service;

receiving offline data from the message server via the background service;

analyzing the offline data to generate a prompt message for displaying; and

displaying the prompt message at a pre-determined display area.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

before the communication application software at the client terminal is offline,

installing the communication application software at the client terminal;

obtaining an original icon data element of a shortcut of the communication application software;

saving the original icon data element into a shortcut file;

after the client terminal re-starts, scanning to obtain the original icon data element of the shortcut of the communication application software recorded by the background service.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the original icon data element includes icon information and position information of the shortcut of the communication application software.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

before the background service displays the prompt message at the pre-determined display area, setting information of a display window for displaying the prompt message according to the recorded original icon data element of the shortcut of the communication application software; and

after obtaining the prompt message, loading the prompt message into the display window.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the display window is adjacent to an icon position of the shortcut.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

before the background service displays the prompt message at the pre-determined display area, reading the original icon data element of the shortcut of the communication application software;

integrating the prompt message with the original icon data element of the shortcut to generate a new icon data element; and

obtaining a new shortcut file corresponding to the communication application software according to the new icon data element to generate a new shortcut of the communication application software loaded with the prompt message.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising before the client terminal receives the offline data from the message server via the background service, pushing the offline data, by the message server, to the client terminal in real time via an offline pushing module.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

before the client terminal receives the offline data from the message server via the background service, saving, by the message server, the offline data;

synchronizing, by the message server, the offline data with a query server; and

after the client terminal starts the background service, regularly checking the query server to read the saved offline data.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

after establishing the communication connection between the client terminal and the message server via the background service, reading, by the message server, log-in information for logging into the communication application software at the client terminal;

querying, by the message server, according to the log-in information to acquire the offline data corresponding to the log-in information; and

pushing, by the message server, the offline data to the client terminal.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the displaying the prompt message at the pre-determined display area comprises:

intercepting coordinate information of a moving mouse; and

when the coordinate information of the moving mouse is within an icon area, displaying the prompt message at the pre-determined display area.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the prompt message includes a number of offline message.

12. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the prompt message includes a number of system message.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a starting connection module that, when communication application software on a client terminal is under an offline state, starts a background service corresponding to the communication application software at the client terminal to establish a communication connection between the client terminal and a message server via the background service;

an offline receiving module that receives offline data from the message server via the background service;

an analyzing module that analyzes the offline data to generate a prompt message for displaying; and

a displaying module that displays the prompt message at a pre-determined display area.

14. The apparatus as recited in claim 13, further comprising:

an obtaining module that, after the communication application software is installed on the client terminal, obtains through the background service an original icon data element of a shortcut of the communication application software and saves the original icon data element into a shortcut file; and

a scanning module that, after the client terminal re-starts, starts scanning to obtain the original icon data element of the shortcut of the communication application software recorded by the background service.

15. The apparatus as recited in claim 14, further comprising:

a setting module that, according to the recorded original icon data element of the shortcut of the communication application software by the background service, sets information of a display window for displaying the prompt message; and

a loading module that, after the prompt message is obtained, loads the prompt message into the display window.

16. The apparatus as recited in claim 14, further comprising:

a reading module that reads the original icon data element of the shortcut file of the communication application software;

an integrating module that integrates the prompt message generated by the background service with the original icon data element of the shortcut file to generate a new icon data element; and

a generating module that obtains a new shortcut file corresponding to the communication application software, according to the new icon data element, to generate a new shortcut of the communication application software loaded with the prompt message.

17. A system comprising:

a message server that stores offline data and establishes a communication connection with communication application software at a client terminal via a background service.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, further comprising the client terminal that:

when the communication application software on the client terminal is under an offline state, starts the background service corresponding to the communication application software at the client terminal to establish the communication connection between the client terminal and the message server via the background service;

receives the offline data from the message server via the background service;

analyzes the offline data to generate a prompt message for displaying; and

displays the prompt message at a pre-determined display area.

19. The system as recited in claim 17, further comprising a query server that synchronizes the offline data with the message server.

20. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein the client terminal checks the query server to read the offline data.