Across-application network communication method and device

• US 9,451,014 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2013
• Issued: 09/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Han, Xiaowei, An, Tingting, Zou, Quan, Chen, Xi
• Primary Examiner(s): Higa, Brendan
• Application Number:
  US14/039,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20140025780A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0815 providing single-sign-on or federations
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

An across-application network communication method and device including loading and starting a plug-in module of a local application, and sending, by the plug-in module of the local application, account information of a user to a server of an opposite application; verifying, by a server of the opposite application, the user according to the account information of the user, and when the verification is passed, allowing the plug-in module of the local application to obtain information of the user in the opposite application; and obtaining, by the plug-in module of the local application, the information of the user in the opposite application. The method and device can implement across-application network communication, so as to combine different Internet applications perfectly.

Claims

1. An across-application network communication method, comprising:

loading and starting a plug-in module of a local application, and sending, by the plug-in module of the local application, account information of a user to a server of an opposite application;

verifying, by a server of the opposite application, the user according to the account information of the user, and when the verification is passed, allowing the plug-in module of the local application to obtain information of the user in the opposite application; and

obtaining, by the plug-in module of the local application, the information of the user in the opposite application;

wherein when the local application and the opposite application belong to different account systems, the sending, by the plug-in module of the local application, the account information of the user to the server of the opposite application comprises;

determining, by the plug-in module of the local application, whether a relationship between the account information of the user in the local application and account information of the user in the opposite application is stored locally;

if the relationship is stored locally, obtaining the account information of the user in the opposite application according to the account information of the user in the local application and the relationship, and sending the account information of the user in the opposite application to the server of the opposite application;

if the relationship is not stored locally, prompting the user to input the account information of the user in the opposite application, receiving the account information of the user in the opposite application that is inputted by the user, and sending the account information of the user in the opposite application to the server of the opposite application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the loading and starting the plug-in module of the local application comprises:

A) determining, by a program module of the local application, whether plug-in configuration information has been updated;

if the plug-in configuration information has been updated, downloading the plug-in configuration information from a server of the local application, storing the plug-in configuration information, and performing process B);

if the plug-in configuration information has not been updated, performing process B); and

B) reading the plug-in configuration information stored locally, loading and starting the plug-in module of the local application according to the plug-in configuration information.

3. The method of claim 2, after the plug-in module of the local application obtains the information of the user in the opposite application, further comprising:

sending, by the plug-in module of the local application, the obtained information to a program module of the local application, and displaying, by the program module of the local application, the information; and

receiving, by the plug-in module of the local application, exchange information inputted by the user, sending the exchange information to the server of the opposite application, receiving information returned by the server of the opposite application, and sending the returned information to the program module of the local application.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

exchanging information between the plug-in module of the local application and the server of the opposite application, the exchanging information further comprises one of;

receiving, by an adapter module of the opposite application, information from the plug-in module of the local application, converting the information into a format which can be recognized by the server of the opposite application, and sending the converted information to the server of the opposite application;

or

receiving, by the adapter module of the opposite application, information from the server of the opposite application, converting the information into a format which can be recognized by the plug-in module of the local application, and sending the converted information to the plug-in module of the local application.

5. The method of claim 1, after the plug-in module of the local application receives the account information inputted by the user, further comprising:

establishing and storing, by the plug-in module of the local application, a relationship between the account information of the user in the local application and the account information of the user in the opposite application.

6. The method of claim 1, after the plug-in module of the local application receives the account information inputted by the user, further comprising:

establishing and storing, by the plug-in module of the local application, a relationship between the account information of the user in the local application and the account information of the user in the opposite application.

7. An across-application network communication device, comprising:

a processor and a non-transitory storage, wherein the non-transitory storage is configured to store one or more instructions to be executed by the processor, and the one or more instructions comprise;

a program instruction of a local application, configured to load and start a plug-in instruction of the local application; and

the plug-in instruction of the local application, configured to send account information of a user to a server of an opposite application, and when the server of the opposite application verifies the user successfully, obtain information of the user in the opposite application;

wherein the program instruction of the local application is configured to determine whether a relationship between the account information of the user in the local application and account information of the user in the opposite application is stored locally, if the relationship is stored locally, obtain the account information of the user in the opposite application according to the account information of the user in the local application and the relationship, and send the account information of the user in the opposite application to the server of the opposite application;

if the relationship is not stored locally, prompt the user to input the account information of the user in the opposite application, receive the account information of the user in the opposite application that is inputted by the user, and send the account information of the user in the opposite application to the server of the opposite application.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the program instruction of the local application is configured to

A) determine whether plug-in configuration information has been updated;

if the plug-in configuration information has been updated, download the plug-in configuration information from a server of the local application, store the plug-in configuration information, and perform process B);

if the plug-in configuration information has not been updated, perform process B); and

B) read the plug-in configuration information stored locally, load and start the plug-in instruction of the local application according to the plug-in configuration information.

9. The device of claim 8, further comprising an adapter instruction of the opposite application, which is connected to the plug-in instruction of the local application and the server of the opposite application respectively;

the adapter instruction of the opposite application is configured to, when receiving information from the plug-in instruction of the local application, convert the information into a format which can be recognized by the server of the opposite application, and send the converted information to the server of the opposite application;

when receiving information from the server of the opposite application, the adapter instruction of the opposite application is configured to convert the information into a format which can be recognized by the plug-in instruction of the local application, and send the converted information to the plug-in instruction of the local application.

10. The device of claim 7, further comprising an adapter instruction of the opposite application, which is connected to the plug-in instruction of the local application and the server of the opposite application respectively;

the adapter instruction of the opposite application is configured to, when receiving information from the plug-in instruction of the local application, convert the information into a format which can be recognized by the server of the opposite application, and send the converted information to the server of the opposite application;

when receiving information from the server of the opposite application, the adapter instruction of the opposite application is configured to convert the information into a format which can be recognized by the plug-in instruction of the local application, and send the converted information to the plug-in instruction of the local application.