SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DEFERRED MESSAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20190327196A1
• Filed: 07/01/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: PAN, Lin, DANG, Jianguo, ZHANG, Yasheng, MA, Tongxing, JIANG, Kailiang
• Granted Patent: US 11,159,465 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

A service apparatus and method for providing a deferred message, and a storage medium. The service method for providing a deferred message comprises: receiving a message parameter sent by a first client and to be forwarded to a second client (S1); determining whether a user associated with the second client is online (S2); if the user associated with the second client is not online, determining that the message parameter to be forwarded is a message parameter of a deferred message, and saving the message parameter into a database of a server (S3); and when receiving an online prompt of the user associated with the second client, delivering the message parameter to the second client (S4). The method can significantly reduce the network traffic and occupation of the storage space.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method of receiving a deferred instant message from an instant messaging service, the method comprising:

receiving, by processing circuitry of an information processing apparatus, a message parameter of the deferred instant message from a server when the information processing apparatus is connected to the instant messaging service, the message parameter including text of the deferred instant message; and

reconstructing, by the processing circuitry, the deferred instant message by inserting the message parameter into content of a message template associated with the deferred instant message.

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

receiving, by the processing circuitry, the message template; and

storing the message template in a memory of the information processing apparatus.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the receiving the message template comprises:

downloading the message template from the server before the message parameter is received when the message template is not stored in the memory of the information processing apparatus.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the message parameter includes an individual message parameter and a group message parameter, the individual message parameter being directed to a single user and the group message parameter being directed to a group of users.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the message template includes a format template and a content template.

7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the message template includes a common text portion for a plurality of deferred instant messages.

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

receiving an updated version of the message template from the server when a version of the message template stored in a memory is different from the updated version of the message template.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein the deferred instant message is not deleted from the server after the deferred instant message is received by the information processing apparatus.

10. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

interface circuitry; and

processing circuitry configured to

receive, via the interface circuitry, a message parameter of a deferred instant message from a server when the information processing apparatus is connected to an instant messaging service, the message parameter including text of the deferred instant message, and

reconstruct the deferred instant message by inserting the message parameter into content of a message template associated with the deferred instant message.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to

receive the message template;

and

store the message template in a memory of the information processing apparatus.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to

download the message template from the server before the message parameter is received when the message template is not stored in a memory of the information processing apparatus.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the message parameter includes one of an individual message parameter and a group message parameter, the individual message parameter being directed to a single user and the group message parameter being directed to a group of users.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the message template includes a format template and a content template.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the message template includes a common text portion for a plurality of deferred instant messages.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to

receive an updated version of the message template from the server when a version of the message template stored in the memory is different from the updated version of the message template.

17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the deferred instant message is not deleted from the server after the deferred instant message is received by the information processing apparatus.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus cause the processor to perform:

receiving a message parameter of a deferred instant message from a server when the information processing apparatus is connected to an instant messaging service, the message parameter including text of the deferred instant message; and

reconstructing the deferred instant message by inserting the message parameter into content of a message template associated with the deferred instant message.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the message template includes a format template and a content template.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the message template includes a common text portion for a plurality of deferred instant messages.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 18, wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to perform:

receiving an updated version of the message template from the server when a version of the message template stored in the memory is different from the updated version of the message template.