METHOD FOR PROVIDING READING SERVICE, CONTENT PROVISION SERVER AND SYSTEM

• US 20140012897A1
• Filed: 07/22/2011
• Published: 01/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Miao, Guihai
• Application Number:
  US14/005,696
• Publication Number:
  US 20140012897A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/51 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0442 Handling or displaying different aspect ratios, or changing the aspect ratio
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method for providing reading service, a content provision server and system, relates to the field of networks, and intends to solve the technical problem of continuity of reading contents when a user reads image galleries generated according to the same original contents on different terminals. The method for providing reading service includes: a content provision server sets a tag according to an instruction from a first terminal; the content provision server receives a service request from a second terminal and sends the tag thereto; the content provision server receives an instruction indicating that the tag is selected from the second terminal; the content provision server searches for a second image gallery corresponding to a terminal type of the second terminal; the content provision server searches for a second serial number of a second image in the second image gallery corresponding to the first serial number marked by the tag; and starting from the second serial number, the content provision server sends the second image in the second image gallery to the second terminal. The present invention is applied to the reading of e-books under three-screen aggregation.

Claims

1. A method for providing reading service, which is applied to a content provision server, wherein the method comprises:

setting, by the content provision server, a tag according to an instruction of a first terminal, the tag is configured to indicate a first serial number of a first image of a first image gallery corresponding to the first terminal;

receiving, by the content provision server, a service request from a second terminal, the service request includes a terminal type of the second terminal;

sending, by the content provision server, the tag to the second terminal;

receiving, by the content provision server from the second terminal, an instruction indicating that the tag is selected;

searching, by the content provision server, a second image gallery corresponding to the terminal type of the second terminal, wherein a second image of the second image gallery adapts to display performance of the second terminal;

searching, by the content provision server, a second serial number of the second image of the second image gallery, wherein the second serial number corresponds to the first serial number marked by the tag; and

sending, by the content provision server, the second image of the second image gallery to the second terminal starting from the second serial number.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the step of setting a tag, by the content provision server, according to an instruction of a first terminal, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the content provision server, a service request including a terminal type of the first terminal from the first terminal;

searching, by the content provision server, the first image gallery corresponding to the terminal type of the first terminal, wherein the first image of the first gallery adapts to display performance of the first terminal;

sending, by the content provision server, the first image to the first terminal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the first serial number and the second serial number are one-to-many, the step of searching, by the content provision server, a second serial number of the second picture of the second photo gallery corresponding to the first serial number marked by the tag comprises:

searching, by the content provision server, a minimum value of the second serial number of the second image of the second image gallery, wherein the second serial number corresponds to the first serial number marked by the tag;

correspondingly, the step of sending, by the content provision server, the second image of the second image gallery to the second terminal starting from the second serial number comprises;

sending, by the content provision server, the second image of the second image gallery to the second terminal starting from the minimum value of the second serial number.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of searching, by the content provision server, a second serial number of the second picture of the second photo gallery corresponding to the first serial number marked by the tag comprises:

searching, by the content provision server, a third serial number of an original image of an original image gallery, wherein the third serial number corresponds to the first serial number marked by the tag;

searching, by the content provision server, the second serial number of the second image of the second image gallery, wherein the second serial number corresponds to the third serial number of the original image.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein before the step of receiving, by the content provision server, a service request from the first terminal, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the content provision server, an original image gallery including an original image;

generating, by the content provision server, the first image through processing the original image according to a pixel size of the original image and the display performance of the first terminal;

generating, by the content provision server, a relationship between the first serial number of the first image and a third serial number of an original image;

generating, by the content provision server, the second image though processing the original image according to the pixel size thereof and the display performance of the second terminal;

generating, by the content provision server, a relationship between the second serial number of the second image and the third serial number of the original image.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein after the step of generating, by the content provision server, the second image though processing the original image according to the pixel size thereof and the display performance of the second terminal, the method further comprises:

generating, by the content provision server, a relationship between the first serial number of the first image and the second serial number of the second image.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of generating the first image through processing the original image comprises:

cutting, by the content provision server, the original image to generate the first image;

or

piecing together, by the content provision server, the original image to generate the first image;

or

transforming, by the content provision server, pixels of the original image to generate the first image.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display performance of the second terminal comprises:

a physical size of a screen of the second terminal, a pixel size of the screen of the second terminal, a processing speed a CPU of the second terminal, and/or a bandwidth of an access network for the second terminal.

13. The method according to claim 6, wherein the step of generating the first image through processing the original image comprises:

cutting, by the content provision server, the original image to generate the first image;

or

piecing together, by the content provision server, the original image to generate the first image;

or

transforming, by the content provision server, pixels of the original image to generate the first image.

9. A content provision server, comprising:

a tag setting module, a receiving unit, a first sending module, a receiving module, a first searching module, a second searching module and a second sending module, wherein

the tag setting module is configured to set a tag according to an instruction of a first terminal, the tag is configured to indicate a first serial number of a first image of a first image gallery corresponding to the first terminal;

the receiving module is configured to receive a service request from a second terminal, the service request includes a terminal type of the second terminal;

the first sending module is configured to send the tag to the second terminal;

the receiving module is configured to receive an instruction indicating that the tag is selected from the second terminal;

the first searching module is configured to search a second image gallery corresponding to the terminal type of the second terminal, wherein a second image of the second image gallery adapts to display performance of the second terminal;

the second searching module is configured to search a second serial number of the second image of the second image gallery, wherein the second serial number corresponds to the first serial number marked by the tag;

the second sending module is configured to send the second image of the second image gallery to the second terminal starting from the second serial number.

10. The content provision server according to claim 9, further comprising an obtaining module, an image processing module and a relationship generating module, wherein

the obtaining module is configured to obtain an original image gallery including an original image;

the image processing module is configured to generate the first image through processing the original image according to a pixel size thereof and display performance of the first terminal, and to generate the second image through processing the original image according to the pixel size thereof and display performance of the second terminal;

the relationship generating module is configured to generate a relationship between the first serial number of the first image and a third serial number of the original image, and to generate a relationship between the second serial number of the second image and the third serial number of the original image.

11. The content provision server according to claim 10, wherein the image processing module further comprises:

a cutting sub-module configured to cut the original image to generate the first image;

or

a piecing sub-module configured to piece together the original image to generate the first image, or

a transforming sub-module configured to perform pixel transformation on the original image to generate the first image.

12. A content provision system, comprising a first terminal, a second terminal and a content provision server, wherein

the first terminal is configured to send an instruction of setting a tag to the content provision server;

the content provision server is configured to;

set the tag according to the instruction from the first terminal, the tag is configured to indicate a first serial number of a first image of a first image gallery corresponding to the first terminal;

receive a service request from the second terminal, wherein the service request includes a terminal type of the second terminal;

send the tag to the second terminal;

receive an instruction indicating that the tag is selected from the second terminal;

search a second image gallery corresponding to the terminal type of the second terminal, wherein a second image of the second image gallery adapts to display performance of the second terminal;

search a second serial number of the second image of the second image gallery, the second serial number corresponds to the first serial number marked by the tag; and

send the second image of the second image gallery to the second terminal starting from the second serial number;

the second terminal is configured to receive the second image of the second image gallery from the content provision server starting from the second serial number.