Systems and Methods for Image Sharing

• US 20150288632A1
• Filed: 06/18/2015
• Published: 10/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zheng, Zhihao, Qin, Shuang
• Granted Patent: US 10,038,656 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for image sharing. For example, a terminal sends to a server a conversation-processing request to request to release a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application to a conversation group; the server receives the conversation-processing request, acquires the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request, determines whether the target conversation message includes a first image; in response to the target conversation message including a first image, the server stores the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group and forward the target conversation message to members of the conversation group.

Claims

1. An image-sharing method comprising:

sending, by a terminal, to a server a conversation-processing request to request to release a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application to a conversation group;

receiving, by the server, the conversation-processing request;

acquiring, by the server, the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request;

determining, by the server, whether the target conversation message includes a first image;

in response to the target conversation message including a first image, storing, by the server, the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group; and

forwarding, by the server, the target conversation message to members of the conversation group.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing, by the server, the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group includes:

determining whether the first image conforms to a preset criterion; and

in response to the first image conforming to the preset criterion, storing the first image in the shared album of the conversation group.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining whether the first image conforms to a preset criterion includes:

determining whether a size of the first image reaches a preset size threshold; and

in response to the size of the first image reaches the preset size threshold, determining that the first image conforms to the preset criterion.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group includes:

determining whether the first image is a duplicate of one or more second images stored in the shared album; and

in response to the first image not being the duplicate of the second images stored in the shared album, storing the first image in the shared album of the conversation group.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining whether the first image is a duplicate of one or more second images stored in the shared album includes:

comparing the first image with the one or more second images stored in the shared album;

calculating one or more similarity degrees between the first image and the one or more second images stored in the shared album;

in response to one of the one or more similarity degrees reaching a similarity threshold, determining that the first image is the duplicate of the one or more second images stored in the shared album; and

in response to the one or more similarity degrees not reaching the similarity threshold, determining that the first image is not the duplicate of the one or more second images stored in the shared album.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the server, a storage prompt to the members of the conversation group, the storage prompt indicating that the first image is stored in the shared album.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the server, an access message of the first image to the members of the conversation group, the access message including a storage path of the first image; and

upon receipt of the access message, generating and displaying, by one or more terminals used by the members of the conversation group, an access option for accessing the shared album to view the first image based on at least information associated with the access message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the server, whether the target conversation message includes a text.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the storing, by the server, the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group includes:

in response to the target conversation message including the first image and the text, storing, by the server, the text in the shared album as a comment on the first image.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to the target conversation message including the text but not the first image, acquiring, by the server, a release time of a recent image released in the conversation group;

determining, by the server, whether the release time of the recent image is within a preset scope; and

in response to the release time of the recent image being within the preset scope, storing the text in the shared album as a first comment on the recent image.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the storing the text in the shared album as a comment on the recent image includes:

determining whether a first content and a first author of the text are the same as a second content and a second author of a second comment on the recent image respectively; and

in response to the first content and the first author of the text being not the same as the second content and the second author of the second comment on the recent image respectively, storing the text in the shared album as the first comment on the recent image.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

sending, by a terminal used by a member of the conversation group, to the server a view request to view the shared album;

upon receipt of the view request,

pulling, by the server, an image list of the shared album; and

returning the image list to the terminal used by the member; and

displaying, by the terminal used by the member, the shared album according to the image list.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein one or more second images in the shared album displayed on the terminal used by the member correspond to one or more comments.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the displaying, by the terminal used by the member, the shared album according to the image list includes:

displaying one or more second images of the shared album according to release times of the second images.

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19. An image-sharing method comprising:

receiving a conversation-processing request from a terminal, the conversation-processing request being used to request to release a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application to a conversation group;

acquiring the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request;

determining whether the target conversation message includes a first image;

in response to the target conversation message including a first image, storing the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group; and

forwarding the target conversation message to members of the conversation group.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

determining whether the target conversation message includes a text.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the storing the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group includes:

in response to the target conversation message including the first image and the text, storing the text in the shared album as a comment on the first image.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

in response to the target conversation message including the text but not the first image, acquiring a release time of a recent image released in the conversation group; and

determining whether the release time of the recent image is within a preset scope; and

in response to the release time of the recent image being within the preset scope, storing the text in the shared album as a first comment on the recent image.

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38. A server comprising:

one or more data processors; and

one or more computer-readable storage media including one or more program modules to be executed by the one or more data processors, the one or more program modules including;

a receiving module configured to receive a conversation-processing request from a terminal, the conversation-processing request being configured for requesting to release a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application to a conversation group;

a first determination module configured to acquire the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request and determine whether the target conversation message includes a first image;

a first storage module configured to, in response to the target conversation message including a first image, store the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group; and

a forwarding module configured to forward the target conversation message to members of the conversation group.

52. The server of claim 38, wherein the server is communicated with a terminal, the terminal comprising:

a sending unit configured to send to a server a conversation-processing request to request to release a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application to a conversation group;

wherein the server is configured to acquire the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request and determine whether the target conversation message includes a first image; and

an upload unit configured to, in response to the target conversation message including a first image, upload the first image to a shared album corresponding to the conversation group.

56. The server of claim 52, wherein the terminal further includes:

one or more data processors; and

a computer-readable storage medium;

wherein one or more of the sending unit, and the uploading unit are stored in the storage medium and configured to be executed by the one or more data processors.

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