METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ABSTRACT INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO LINK

• US 20140317207A1
• Filed: 04/18/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: JI, Mingzhong, DING, Zaimao, LI, Hongwei, LV, Mengwei, ZHANG, Yuhui
• Granted Patent: US 9,584,463 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for displaying link abstract information. The method includes: downloading content corresponding to a Uniform/Universal Resource Locator (URL) from Internet according to the URL inputted by a user in a dialogue window of an Instant Messaging (IM) client; analyzing the downloaded content, acquiring abstract information corresponding to the URL; displaying the abstract information in the dialogue window. According to the above technical solution, the abstract information corresponding to a link inputted in a window of the IM software by the user can be displayed and conveniently shared to the SNS community, so as to extend a function of the IM software and improve user experience.

Claims

1. A method for displaying link abstract information, comprising:

downloading, by a server, content corresponding to a Uniform/Universal Resource Locator (URL) from Internet according to the URL inputted by a user in a dialogue window of an Instant Messaging (IM) client;

analyzing, by the server, the downloaded content, acquiring abstract information corresponding to the URL, transmitting the abstract information to the IM client to be displayed in the dialogue window.

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

when the IM client displays the abstract information in the dialogue window, sharing, by the server, the content corresponding to the URL in a Social Networking Services (SNS) community designated by the user according to a request initiated by the user.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein sharing, by the server, the content corresponding to the URL to the SNS community designated by the user according to the request initiated by the user comprises:

triggering, by the IM client, the server to search out an address of the SNS community designated by the user when the user clicks a sharing button or a sharing link configured in the dialogue window of the IM client;

showing, by the server, the content corresponding to the URL in a sharing interface of the SNS community after a login interface of the SNS community is jumped to from a user interface and the user logs in normally.

4. The method according to claim 1, the abstract information includes at least one as follows:

a title corresponding to the URL, abstract corresponding to the URL, image related with the content corresponding to the URL, video link information corresponding to the URL.

5. A server, comprising:

a processor for executing modules stored in a memo the modules comprise;

a content downloading module, to download content corresponding to a Uniform/Universal Resource Locator (URL) from Internet according to the URL inputted by a user in a dialogue window of an Instant Messaging (IM) client;

an abstract information acquiring module, to analyze the content downloaded by the content downloading module, acquire the abstract information corresponding to the URL, transmit the abstract information to the IM client in dialogue window.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising:

a content sharing module, to share the content corresponding to the URL in a Social Networking Services (SNS) community designated by the user according to a request initiated by the user.