Instant messaging system and method

• US 8,412,785 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2009
• Issued: 04/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Holdings Limited
• Original Assignee: Tencent Holdings Limited
• Inventors: Wu, Xiaoguang, Chen, Yang, Huang, Yejun, Ma, Huateng, Zeng, Liqing
• Primary Examiner(s): Ibrahim, Mohamed
• Application Number:
  US12/414,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20090187637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,464 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for processing an instant message from a source wireless communication device to a destination device are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes receiving the instant message from the source wireless communication device, the instant message having a source wireless communication identifier, a destination instant messenger identifier, and data contents; extracting the source wireless communication identifier, the destination instant messenger identifier and the data contents from the instant message; retrieving a source instant messenger identifier corresponding to the source wireless communication identifier; binding the source instant messenger identifier with the source wireless communication identifier; and transmitting the data contents with the source instant messenger identifier to the destination device over a communication network, based on the destination instant messenger identifier. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Claims

1. A Web browsing system, the system comprising:

an instant messenger (IM) client in communication with an IM server and configured to provide an IM service;

a chat room client in communication with a chat room server and configured to provide a chat service;

a message board client in communication with a message board server and configured to provide a message service;

a first browser configured to communicate with the IM client, the chat room client and the message board client, download at least a first webpage and a second webpage from one or more web servers, store the first webpage and the second webpage, and display within the same instance of the first browser the IM client, the chat room client, the message board client, the first webpage, and a first page selector for the second webpage without displaying content of the second webpage; and

a browser server configured to receive, from the first browser, information associated with at least first browsing activities and information sent from the first IM client to the first browser, the browser server being further configured to receive, from a second browser, information associated with at least second browsing activities and information sent from a second IM client to the second browser;

wherein the browser server includes;

a kernel server configured to process at least information associated with the first browsing activities and the second browsing activities and identify a plurality of users whose browsers display the first Web page that is displayed by the first browser; and

an analysis server configured to receive and analyze at least information associated with the first browsing activities and the second browsing activities from the kernel server;

wherein;

the chat room server configured to provide a real-time chatting service so that the chat room client displayed by the first browser can communicate with at least one of the plurality of users through the real-time chatting service;

the message board server configured to provide a message board service, the message board service including sending one or more message postings associated with the first Web page to the message board client displayed by the first browser;

the IM server configured to provide a communication service between the IM client and one or more other IM clients including a mobile client, the IM server further configured to transmit information received from the IM client to the browser server;

the plurality of users includes a first user corresponding to the first browser and one or more second users corresponding to one or more other browsers; and

the first browser is further configured to receive information associated with the one or more second users from the browser server and display the received information within the same instance of the first browser.

2. The Web browsing system of claim 1 wherein the first browser is further configured to, if the first page selector is selected, display within the same instance of the first browser the IM client, the chat room client, the message board client, the second webpage, and a second page selector for the first webpage without displaying content of the first webpage.