METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DELETING INSTANT MESSAGING INFORMATION

• US 20140222938A1
• Filed: 04/11/2014
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: LIANG, Xing, HUANG, Qing, ZHANG, Bin
• Application Number:
  US14/251,355
• Publication Number:
  US 20140222938A1
• 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 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method for automatically deleting instant messaging information. The method includes receiving, by an information transmission terminal, an automatic deletion command from a user of a transmitter, carrying the command in information to be transmitted, transmitting the information; and receiving and playing or displaying, by an information receiving terminal, the information, determining whether the information carries the automatic deletion command, if the information carries the automatic deletion command, deleting the information automatically. In the present invention, the information is deleted automatically according to a command of the user of the information transmission terminal after the information receiving terminal receives and plays the information.

Claims

1. A method for automatically deleting instant messaging information, comprising:

receiving, by an information transmission terminal, an automatic deletion command from a user of a transmitter;

carrying, by the information transmission terminal, the command in information to be transmitted;

transmitting, by the information transmission terminal, the information; and

receiving, by an information receiving terminal, the information;

playing or displaying, by the information receiving terminal, the information;

determining, by the information receiving terminal, whether the information carries the automatic deletion command, if the information carries the automatic deletion command, deleting the information automatically.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein carrying, by the information transmission terminal, the automatic deletion command in information to be transmitted comprises:

setting a value of a flag in the information;

determining, by the information receiving terminal, whether the information carries the automatic deletion command comprises;

determining whether the value of the flag in the information is a preset value according to a communication protocol established between the information transmission terminal and the information receiving terminal, if yes, determining that the information carries the automatic deletion command.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after the information transmission terminal determines the information carries the automatic deletion command, and before the information is deleted, notifying a user of the information receiving terminal to choose whether he agrees to delete the information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein deleting the information automatically comprises:

deleting the information after an deletion agreement command is received from the user of the information transmission terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein deleting the information automatically comprises:

deleting the information immediately after the information is played or displayed;

or

deleting the information after a preset time interval after the information is played or displayed.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information is one of text information, voice information, video information and image information.

7. A method for receiving information and automatically deleting information, comprising:

receiving, by an information receiving terminal, information;

playing or displaying, by the information receiving terminal, the information;

determining, by the information receiving terminal, whether the information carries the automatic deletion command from a user of an information transmission terminal, if the information carries the automatic deletion command, deleting the information automatically.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein determining, by the information receiving terminal, whether the information carries the automatic deletion command comprises:

determining whether a value of a flag in the information is a preset value according to a communication protocol established between the information transmission terminal and the information receiving terminal, if yes, determining that the information carries the automatic deletion command, the value of the flag being set by the information transmission terminal.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

after the information transmission terminal determines the information carries the automatic deletion command, and before the information is deleted, notifying a user of the information receiving terminal to choose whether he agrees to delete the information;

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein deleting the information automatically comprises:

deleting the information after an deletion agreement command is received from the user of the information transmission terminal.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein deleting the information automatically comprises:

deleting the information immediately after the information is played or displayed;

or

deleting the information after a preset time interval after the information is played or displayed.

12. An instant communication system for automatically deleting instant messaging information, comprising:

an information transmission terminal, to receive an automatic deletion command from a user of the information transmission terminal, carry the command in information to be transmitted, and transmit the information;

an information receiving terminal, to receive the information, play or display the information, determine whether the information carries the automatic deletion command, if the information carries the automatic deletion command, delete the information automatically.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the information transmission terminal sets a value of a flag in the information;

the information receiving terminal determines whether the value of the flag in the information is a preset value according to a communication protocol established between the information transmission terminal and the information receiving terminal, if yes, determines that the information carries the automatic deletion command.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the information receiving terminal is further to notify a user of the information receiving terminal to choose whether he agrees to delete the information after the information receiving terminal determines the information carries the automatic deletion command, and delete the information after a deletion agreement command is received from the user of the information receiving terminal.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein the information receiving terminal deletes the information immediately after the information is played or displayed;

or deletes the information after a preset time interval after the information is played or displayed.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein the information is one of text information, voice information, video information and image information.

17. An information receiving terminal, configured to implement a method comprising:

receiving, by an information receiving terminal, information;

playing or displaying, by the information receiving terminal, the information;

determining, by the information receiving terminal, whether the information carries the automatic deletion command from a user of an information transmission terminal, if the information carries the automatic deletion command, deleting the information automatically.

18. The information receiving terminal according to claim 17, configured to implement a method comprising:

determining whether a value of a flag in the information is a preset value according to a communication protocol established between the information transmission terminal and the information receiving terminal, if yes, determining that the information carries the automatic deletion command, the value of the flag being set by the information transmission terminal.

19. The information receiving terminal according to claim 17, configured to implement a method further comprising:

after the information transmission terminal determines the information carries the automatic deletion command, and before the information is deleted, notifying a user of the information receiving terminal to choose whether he agrees to delete the information, deleting the information after an deletion agreement command is received from the user of the information transmission terminal.

20. The information receiving terminal according to claim 17, configured to implement a method further comprising:

deleting the information immediately after the information is played or displayed;

or

deleting the information after a preset time interval after the information is played or displayed.