CONVERSATION METHOD AND TERMINAL

• US 20140148137A1
• Filed: 08/28/2013
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Weng, Yueteng, Yao, Shaomian, Zhang, Bin, Huang, Tianqing
• Application Number:
  US14/012,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20140148137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A conversation method is performed at a first mobile communication terminal. The method includes: receiving a conversation request from a second mobile communication terminal, the conversation request containing a call invitation request that expires after a first time period; displaying the call invitation request; establishing a call connection with the second terminal in response to detecting a first predefined user operation on the call invitation request within the first time period; replacing the display of the call invitation request with the display of the conversation request after the first time period, the conversation request further including a call initiation command that expires after a second time period; and initiating a call to the second terminal if detecting a second predefined user operation on the call initiation command after the first time period and within the second time period, the second time period being longer than the first time period.

Claims

1. A method of conversation, comprising:

at a first mobile communication terminal having one or more processors and memory;

receiving a conversation request from a second mobile communication terminal, wherein the conversation request contains a call invitation request that expires after a first time period;

displaying the call invitation request;

establishing a call connection with the second mobile communication terminal in response to detecting a first predefined user operation on the call invitation request within the first time period;

replacing the display of the call invitation request with the display of the conversation request after the first time period, the conversation request further including a call initiation command that expires after a second time period; and

initiating a call to the second mobile communication terminal if detecting a second predefined user operation on the call initiation command after the first time period and within the second time period, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversation request is displayed along with text, image, audio, or video information received by the first mobile communication terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the text, image, audio, or video information is all sent from the second mobile communication terminal.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the text, image, audio, or video information is all sent from two or more different mobile communication terminals.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

before the call initiation command expires, refusing to initiate a call to the second mobile communication terminal in response to detecting a predefined user operation on the call initiation command.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the lengths of the first time period and the second time period are both set by the user of the second mobile communication terminal.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first predefined user operation is the same with the second predefined user operation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the second predefined user operation is selecting an icon displayed in the conversation request.

9. A first mobile communication terminal, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory for storing one or more program modules, wherein the one or more program modules, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first mobile communication terminal to;

receive a conversation request from a second mobile communication terminal, wherein the conversation request contains a call invitation request that expires after a first time period;

display the call invitation request;

establish a call connection with the second mobile communication terminal in response to detecting a first predefined user operation on the call invitation request within the first time period;

replace the display of the call invitation request with the display of the conversation request after the first time period, the conversation request further including a call initiation command that expires after a second time period; and

initiate a call to the second mobile communication terminal if detecting a second predefined user operation on the call initiation command after the first time period and within the second time period, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period.

10. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the conversation request is displayed along with text, image, audio, or video information received by the second mobile communication terminal.

11. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 10, wherein the text, image, audio, or video information is all sent from the second mobile communication terminal.

12. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 10, wherein the text, image, audio, or video information is all sent from two or more different mobile communication terminals.

13. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the one or more program modules further include instructions for:

before the call initiation command expires, refusing to initiate a call to the second mobile communication terminal in response to detecting a predefined user operation on the call initiation command.

14. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the lengths of the first time period and the second time period are both set by the user of the second mobile communication terminal.

15. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the first predefined user operation is the same with the second predefined user operation.

16. The first mobile communication terminal of claim 9, wherein the second predefined user operation is selecting an icon displayed in the conversation request.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more program modules configured for execution by a first mobile communication terminal that includes one or more processors, the one or more program modules including instructions for:

receiving a conversation request from a second mobile communication terminal, wherein the conversation request contains a call invitation request that expires after a first time period;

displaying the call invitation request;

establishing a call connection with the second mobile communication terminal in response to detecting a first predefined user operation on the call invitation request within the first time period;

replacing the display of the call invitation request with the display of the conversation request after the first time period, the conversation request further including a call initiation command that expires after a second time period; and

initiating a call to the second mobile communication terminal if detecting a second predefined user operation on the call initiation command after the first time period and within the second time period, wherein the second time period is longer than the first time period.