System using server to synchronize document displayed on mobile devices

• US 9,185,162 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xiaolong, Rong, Kunfeng, Chen, Wenxiao, Lin, Zhiyuan, Yao, Shaomian, Weng, Yueteng, Sun, Xiao
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Le H
• Application Number:
  US13/906,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 894 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/15 Synchronised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1813 for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms instant messaging H04L51/04; protocols for multimedia communication H04L65/1101; arrangements for multi-party communication H04L65/403; telephonic conference arrangements H04M3/56; television conference systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information transmission method, apparatus, and system, and a terminal, and a server. The information transmission method may include: sending, by a first mobile terminal, an information transmission instruction to a plug-in associated with the first mobile terminal; acquiring, by the plug-in, according to the information transmission instruction, link information of a current webpage in a browser where the plug-in is located, and sending the link information to a server; and acquiring, by the server, webpage information of the current webpage according to the link information, and sending the webpage information of the current webpage to the first mobile terminal. The present invention can implement information transmission, and improve the convenience of information transmission.

Claims

1. An information transmission method performed at a first mobile terminal having a processor and memory for storing one or more programs to be executed by the processor, the method comprising:

detecting a predefined user operation on the first mobile terminal to retrieve information from an application running on a second terminal, wherein the application is associated with the first mobile terminal through a remote server;

in response to the predefined user operation, sending an information transmission instruction to the application at the second terminal through the remote server, wherein the application is configured to return an identifier of a document currently displayed on the second terminal to the remote server in response to the information transmission instruction;

receiving the document identifier and data associated with the document from the remote server, wherein the data is derived from a predefined type of content in the document; and

displaying the received document identifier and the data on a display of the first mobile terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application is a plug-in of a web browser running on the second terminal and the document is a web page displayed in the web browser.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application is associated with the first mobile terminal by:

the application receiving entry information from the remote server and displaying the entry information on the second terminal, wherein the entry information comprises address information and identification information of the application;

the first mobile terminal obtaining the entry information from the second terminal;

the first mobile terminal sending the obtained entry information and user account information associated with the first mobile terminal to the remote server;

the first mobile terminal receiving a first binding notification message from the remote server; and

the application receiving a second binding notification message from the remote server, wherein the second binding notification message comprises the user account information associated with the first mobile terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the second terminal is configured to display a digital representation of the entry information so that the first mobile terminal can obtain the entry information by scanning the digital representation.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the digital representation is one selected from the group consisting of 1D barcode, 2D barcode, and 3D barcode.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein, after receiving the second binding notification message, the application is activated to receive the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal within a preset time window;

if the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal is received within the preset time window, the application is triggered to process the document identifier; and

if the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal is not received within the preset time window, the application is de-activated.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting the predefined user operation is one selected from the group consisting of:

detecting a gravity sensing event caused by a predefined user movement of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the application according to the detected gravity sensing event;

or

detecting a voice control command caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the application according to the detected voice control command;

or

detecting a predefined key pressing event caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the application according to the detected predefined key pressing event.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the document currently displayed on the second terminal is a web page and the document identifier comprises address information of the web page;

and the remote server is configured to;

send an image acquiring request to a content delivery network (CDN) system according to address information of images in the webpage, the image acquiring request specifying a preset minimum side length value of an image and/or a preset image format; and

receive a plurality of thumbnail images from the CDN system, wherein each thumbnail image corresponds to an image in the webpage that has at least the preset minimum side length value of an image and/or the preset image format.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the server is configured to send the address information of the web page, the address information of images in the web page, and the plurality of thumbnail images to the first mobile terminal.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein, after sending the data associated with the document to the first mobile terminal, the server is configured to send, to the application at the second terminal, a transmission notification message selected from the group consisting of:

a start transmission notification message, a suspend transmission notification message, and a stop transmission notification message, and to cause the application to display a prompt message on the second terminal.

11. An information transmission method performed at a second terminal having a processor and memory for storing one or more programs to be executed by the processor, the method comprising:

activating an application at the second terminal, wherein the application is associated with a first mobile terminal through a remote server;

receiving an information transmission instruction sent from the first mobile terminal;

in response to the information transmission instruction;

obtaining a document identifier of a document currently displayed on the second terminal; and

sending the document identifier to the remote server, wherein the remote server is configured to retrieve data associated with the document and sending the document identifier and the retrieved data to the first mobile terminal.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the application is a plug-in of a web browser running on the second terminal and the document is a web page displayed in the web browser.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the application is associated with the first mobile terminal by:

the application receiving entry information from the remote server and displaying the entry information on the second terminal, wherein the entry information comprises address information and identification information of the application;

the first mobile terminal obtaining the entry information from the second terminal;

the first mobile terminal sending the obtained entry information and user account information associated with the first mobile terminal to the remote server;

the first mobile terminal receiving a first binding notification message from the remote server; and

the application receiving a second binding notification message from the remote server, wherein the second binding notification message comprises the user account information associated with the first mobile terminal.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the second terminal is configured to display a digital representation of the entry information so that the first mobile terminal can obtain the entry information by scanning the digital representation.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the document currently displayed on the second terminal is a web page and the document identifier comprises address information of the web page;

and the remote server is configured to;

send an image acquiring request to a content delivery network (CDN) system according to address information of images in the webpage, the image acquiring request specifying a preset minimum side length value of an image and/or a preset image format; and

receive a plurality of thumbnail images from the CDN system, wherein each thumbnail image corresponds to an image in the webpage that has at least the preset minimum side length value of an image and/or the preset image format.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the server is configured to send the address information of the web page, the address information of images in the web page, and the plurality of thumbnail images to the first mobile terminal.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein, after the remote server sends the data associated with the document to the first mobile terminal, the application at the second terminal is configured to receive a transmission notification message selected from the group consisting of:

a start transmission notification message, a suspend transmission notification message, and a stop transmission notification message, and render a prompt message on the second terminal.

18. A first mobile terminal, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first mobile terminal to;

detect a predefined user operation on the first mobile terminal to retrieve information from an application running on a second terminal, wherein the application is associated with the first mobile terminal through a remote server;

in response to the predefined user operation, send an information transmission instruction to the application at the second terminal through the remote server, wherein the application is configured to return an identifier of a document currently displayed on the second terminal to the remote server in response to the information transmission instruction;

receive the document identifier and data associated with the document from the remote server, wherein the data is derived from a predefined type of content in the document; and

display the received document identifier and the data on a display of the first mobile terminal.

19. The first mobile terminal according to claim 18, wherein the first mobile terminal is configured to perform the following operations to be associated with the application at the second terminal:

obtaining entry information from the second terminal, wherein the entry information comprises address information and identification information of the application;

sending the obtained entry information and user account information associated with the first mobile terminal to the remote server; and

receiving a first binding notification message from the remote server.

20. The first mobile terminal according to claim 18, wherein the first mobile terminal detects the predefined user operation in one manner selected from the group consisting of:

detecting a gravity sensing event caused by a predefined user movement of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the application according to the detected gravity sensing event;

or

detecting a voice control command caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the application according to the detected voice control command;

or

detecting a predefined key pressing event caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the application according to the detected predefined key pressing event.