METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING MESSAGES AMONG PLURALITY OF TERMINALS, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SERVER

• US 20140181228A1
• Filed: 12/24/2013
• Published: 06/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: CHO, Eun-Ah
• Granted Patent: US 10,530,715 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

Provided is a method for synchronizing messages among a plurality of terminals, including receiving a communication message from a first sending terminal, sending a message notifying reception of the communication message to a first receiving terminal that is not connected to a server among receiving terminals mapped to a receiving account of the communication message, and sending the communication message to the first receiving terminal, if the first receiving terminal is connected to the server.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing messages among a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

receiving a communication message from a first sending terminal;

sending a message notifying reception of the communication message to a first receiving terminal that is not connected to a server, among receiving terminals mapped to a receiving account of the communication message; and

sending the communication message to the first receiving terminal, when the first receiving terminal is connected to the server.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the receiving account and the receiving terminals mapped to the receiving account; and

determining whether each of the receiving terminals is connected to the server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the communication message to a second receiving terminal that is connected to the server, among the receiving terminals.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the communication message in an inbox assigned to the receiving account or the first receiving terminal.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the communication message to a second sending terminal mapped to a sending account of the communication message.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising storing the communication message in an inbox assigned to the sending account or the second sending terminal.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining the sending account and sending terminals mapped to the sending account; and

determining whether each of the sending terminals is connected to the server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the message notifying reception of the communication message comprises at least a portion of message contents of the communication message.

9. A non-transitory machine-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for synchronizing messages among a plurality of terminals, the method comprising:

receiving a communication message from a first sending terminal;

sending a message notifying reception of the communication message to a first receiving terminal that is not connected to the server, among receiving terminals mapped to a receiving account of the communication message; and

sending the communication message to the first receiving terminal, when the first receiving terminal is connected to the server.

10. A server for synchronizing messages among a plurality of terminals, the server comprising:

a communication module configured to communicate with the plurality of terminals;

a storing unit configured to store accounts and information about terminals mapped to the respective accounts; and

a controller configured to receive a communication message from a first sending terminal, send a message notifying reception of the communication message to a first receiving terminal that is not connected to a server among receiving terminals mapped to a receiving account of the communication message, and send the communication message to the first receiving terminal when the first receiving terminal is connected to the server.

11. The server of claim 10, wherein the server sends a message notifying reception of the communication message to the first receiving terminal, through a push server.

12. The server of claim 10, wherein the controller determines the receiving account and the receiving terminals mapped to the receiving account, and determines whether each of the receiving terminals is connected to the server.

13. The server of claim 10, wherein the controller sends the communication message to a second receiving terminal that is connected to the server, among the receiving terminals.

14. The server of claim 10, wherein the storing unit comprises inboxes assigned to the accounts or terminals mapped to the respective accounts, and the controller stores the communication message in an inbox assigned to the receiving account or the first receiving terminal.

15. A receiving terminal comprising:

a communication module configured to communicate with a server; and

a controller configured to;

receive a message notifying reception of a communication message from the server which has received the communication message from a sending terminal;

control a screen of the receiving terminal to display the message notifying reception of the communication message;

control the communication module to connect to the server and receive the communication message from the server.

16. The receiving terminal of claim 15, wherein the receiving terminal receives the message notifying reception of the communication message when the receiving terminal is not connected to the server, and the receiving terminal immediately receives the communication message when the receiving terminal is connected to the server.

17. The receiving terminal of claim 15, wherein the message notifying reception of the communication message comprises at least a portion of message contents of the communication message.

18. The receiving terminal of claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to control the communication module to connect to the server according to a user'"'"'s input to the receiving terminal.

19. The receiving terminal of claim 18, wherein the receiving terminal receives the communication message from an inbox of the server assigned to a receiving account of the user or the receiving terminal.

20. The receiving terminal of claim 15, wherein the message notifying reception of the communication message is a push message and the receiving terminal receives the communication message through a session connection with the server.