METHOD FOR MANAGING IM SERVICES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20150033142A1
• Filed: 11/29/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Chang, Yung-Yen, Chen, Hung-Lin
• Application Number:
  US14/093,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20150033142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

A method for managing IM services and an electronic device using the same are provided. The method includes determining whether identification information respectively recorded in a first electronic device and a second electronic device is consistent when the first electronic device and the second electronic device are connected to each other through a network. The method also includes transmitting, by the second electronic device, at least one IM login information stored therein to the first electronic device if the identification information respectively recorded in the first electronic device and the second electronic device is consistent. The method further includes when a function button corresponding to a login function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, executing, by the first electronic device, an IM service login procedure by using the at least one IM login information received from the second electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for managing instant messaging (IM) services, comprising:

when a first electronic device and a second electronic device are connected to each other through a network, determining whether identification information respectively recorded in each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is consistent;

if the identification information respectively recorded in each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device is consistent, transmitting, by the second electronic device, at least one IM login information stored therein to the first electronic device; and

when a function button corresponding to a login function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, executing, by the first electronic device, an IM service login procedure by using the at least one IM login information received from the second electronic device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device respectively execute managing software, the method further comprising:

obtaining, by the second electronic device, a plurality of candidate IM services through the managing software;

creating and displaying a login managing interface on the second electronic device according to the candidate IM services;

obtaining the at least one IM login information via the login managing interface, wherein each of the at least one IM login information corresponds to one of the candidate IM services; and

storing the at least one IM login information in the second electronic device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the identification information of the first electronic device is generated by the managing software executed in the first electronic device according to a first user input obtained by the first electronic device, and the identification information of the second electronic device is generated by the managing software executed in the second electronic device according to a second user input obtained by the second electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting, by the second electronic device, the at least one IM login information stored therein to the first electronic device comprises:

deciding, by the second electronic device, at least one information to be synchronized and to be transmitted to the first electronic device from the at least one IM login information stored in the second electronic device according to a login information obtaining state; and

transmitting, by the second electronic device, the at least one information to be synchronized to the first electronic device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of executing, by the first electronic device, the IM service login procedure by using the at least one IM login information received from the second electronic device when the function button corresponding to the login function of the first electronic device receives the selection operation further comprises:

automatically logging in the at least one IM service by using the at least one IM login information received from the second electronic device; and

providing a prompt effect indicating that all the IM services are logged in by using the function button corresponding to the login function.

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

deciding a currently controlled IM service from the at least one IM service that is logged in by the first electronic device;

when a function button corresponding to a chat function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, communicating with a contact through the currently controlled IM service; and

providing a prompt effect corresponding to a communication state by using the function button corresponding to the chat function.

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

whenever a function button corresponding to a service switching function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, alternately selecting a different currently controlled IM service from the at least one IM service that is logged in by the first electronic device and providing a prompt effect corresponding to the currently controlled IM service by using the function button corresponding to the service switching function.

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

when the at least one IM service that is logged in by the first electronic device receives a new message, providing a corresponding prompt effect by using a function button corresponding to a notification function of the first electronic device.

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

whenever a function button corresponding to a user state switching function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, alternatively selecting a different current user state from a plurality of predetermined user states of a currently controlled IM service and providing a prompt effect corresponding to the current user state by using the function button corresponding to the user state switching function.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of executing, by the first electronic device, the IM service login procedure by using the at least one IM login information received from the second electronic device when the function button corresponding to the login function of the first electronic device receives the selection operation, the method further comprises:

obtaining a currently controlled IM service through which the first electronic device communicates with a third electronic device from the at least one IM service;

executing managing software to display a logout management interface;

obtaining a logout mode via the logout management interface, wherein the logout mode comprises one of a non-interactive logout mode, a first-class interactive logout mode and a second-class interactive logout mode; and

when a function button corresponding to a logout function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, executing an IM service logout procedure according to the logout mode.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of executing the IM service logout procedure according to the logout mode when the function button corresponding to the logout function of the first electronic device receives the selection operation comprises:

if the logout mode is the non-interactive logout mode, directly instructing the first electronic device to log out of the at least one IM service.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of executing the IM service logout procedure according to the logout mode when the function button corresponding to the logout function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation comprises:

if the logout mode is the first-class interactive logout mode, transmitting a reply message to the third electronic device, wherein the reply message is a user-defined message received via the logout management interface or a system default message selected via the logout management interface; and

instructing the first electronic device to log out of the at least one IM service.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of executing the IM service logout procedure according to the logout mode when the function button corresponding to the logout function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation comprises:

if the logout mode is the second-class interactive logout mode, requesting the third electronic device to transmit a comment message;

when the comment message is received from the third electronic device, transmitting the comment message to a fourth electronic device, wherein the fourth electronic device is set via the logout management interface; and

instructing the first electronic device to log out of the at least one IM service.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of executing, by the first electronic device, the IM service login procedure by using the at least one IM login information received from the second electronic device when the function button corresponding to the login function of the first electronic device receives the selection operation, the method further comprises:

obtaining a currently controlled IM service used by the first electronic device from the at least one IM service;

executing managing software to display a switching management interface;

receiving device identification via the switching management interface; and

when a function button corresponding to a device switching function of the first electronic device receives a selection operation, instructing the first electronic device to log out of the currently controlled IM service and controlling a fifth electronic device corresponding to the device identification to automatically log in the currently controlled IM service.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the step of instructing the first electronic device to log out of the currently controlled IM service and controlling the fifth electronic device corresponding to the device identification to automatically log in the currently controlled IM service when the function button corresponding to the device switching function of the first electronic device receives the selection operation comprises:

when the first electronic device and the fifth electronic device are connected to each other through a network, determining whether identification information respectively recorded in each of the first electronic device and the fifth electronic device is consistent; and

if identification information respectively recorded in each of the first electronic device and the fifth electronic device is consistent, transmitting, by the first electronic device, IM login information of the currently controlled IM service to the fifth electronic device when the fifth electronic device lacks for the IM login information of the currently controlled IM service, such that the fifth electronic device automatically logs in the currently controlled IM service by using the IM login information received from the first electronic device.

16. An electronic device, comprising:

a plurality of function buttons; and

a processor, operated together with the function buttons to perform the method for managing IM services according to claim 1.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16, wherein each of the function buttons is an illuminable button and provides a prompt effect by using a light source with a specific color.