Systems and methods for sharing image data

• US 9,639,318 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Mao, Xiao Bo, Chen, Bo Song, Zhang, Xin Hui, Wang, Can
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu, Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mathews, Crystal A
• Application Number:
  US14/088,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20140085167A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,257 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2356/00 Detection of the display position w.r.t. other display screens

Abstract

This provides a method, device, and system for sharing image data. When detecting an image being rendered on an image-rendering interface of its rendering application, a first terminal can obtain image information of the image being rendered and location information associated with the image information. The first terminal can transmit a first image data to a server, the first image data including the image information and location information. The server can transmit the first image data to a second terminal which shares images with the first terminal, the second terminal also equipped with an image rendering application. The second terminal can receive the first image data and render an image based on the image information at a location corresponding to the location data on an interface of its image-rendering application. This can facilitate image data sharing among multiple terminals.

Claims

1. A terminal for sharing image data, the terminal installed with an image-rendering application, the terminal comprising:

an obtaining module that, when detecting an image being rendered on a rendering interface of the image-rendering application, obtains image information and associated location information of the image,

a transmitting module that transmits a first image data to a server, the first image data comprising the image information and the location information,

a displaying module that displays the rendered image based on the image information at a location corresponding to the location information;

wherein;

the transmitting module is further configured to send a request for a permission token to the server before transmitting the first image data, and to transmit the first image data when receiving the permission token returned from the server; and

the server determines whether to return the permission token based on a quantity of current image data being processed on the server.

2. The terminal of claim 1, comprising:

a rendering module that, when receiving a second image data transmitted by the server, rendering, on the rendering interface, an image based on shared image information in the second image data at a location corresponding to shared location information in the second image data, the second image data comprising the shared image information and the associated shared location information,

wherein, the shared image information and shared location information are detected by another terminal and indicate, respectively, image information of an image being rendered on a rendering interface of the other terminal and a location associated with the image information.

3. A server for facilitating data sharing, comprising:

a communication module that, when receiving a first image data transmitted by a first terminal installed with a first image-rendering application, transmitting a first image data to a second terminal installed with a second image-rendering application, the second terminal sharing images with the first terminal, the first image data comprising image information and associated location information, the first terminal having requested and received a permission token from the server before transmitting the first image data,

wherein the communication module, when receiving a second image data transmitted by the second terminal, transmits the second image data to the first terminal, the second image data comprising shared image information and associated shared location information, the second terminal having requested and received the permission token from the server before transmitting the second image data, and

wherein before receiving an image data, the communication module receives a request for the permission token from a terminal, and determines whether to return the permission token to the terminal based on a quantity of current image data being processed on the server.

4. The server of claim 3, wherein the server is installed with an image-rendering application and comprises:

a rendering module that, when receiving the first image data from the first terminal, renders, on a rendering interface of the image rendering application, an image based on the image information in the first image data at a location corresponding to the location information in the first image data,

wherein the rendering module, when receiving the second image data from the second terminal, renders, on the rendering interface, an image based on the shared image information in the second image data at a location corresponding to the shared location information in the second image data.

5. The server of claim 4, wherein:

when the server detects a third image being rendered on the rendering interface of the image rendering application in response to a user input, the server obtains a third image data including image information and associated location information of the third image, and the communication module transmits the third image data to the first terminal and the second terminal.

6. The server of claim 3, wherein:

when the quantity of the current image data being processed by the server is less than a threshold value, the server determines to return the permission token.

7. The server of claim 3, wherein:

the server creates a WiFi hotspot using network card resources on the server, and broadcasts a hotspot ID; and

the first terminal and the second terminal access the communication module based on the hotspot ID.

8. The server of claim 3, wherein:

the first terminal, the second terminal, and the server respectively transmit an individual network device information to a third-party network-building server for establishing connections for image data sharing;

when determining that the first terminal and the server can be connected, the third-party network-building server passes the network device information of the first terminal and the network device information of the server to each other to establish a connection between the first terminal and the server; and

when determining that the second terminal and the server can be connected, the third-party network-building server passes the network device information of the second terminal and the network device information of the server to each other to establish a connection between the second terminal and the server.

9. A device comprising:

a rendering module that creates or modifies a first data,

an obtaining module that obtains a first information associated with the first data created or modified by the rendering module, the first information enabling reproduction of the first data at a first terminal without requiring transmission of the first data to the first terminal, and

a transmitting module that transmits the obtained first information to the first terminal through a server after the device requests and receives a permission token from the server for transmitting the first information,

wherein the rendering module reproduces a second data based on a second information received from the first terminal through the server after the first terminal requests and receives the permission token from the server for transmitting the second information, the second information associated with the second data and enabling reproduction of the second data,

and wherein when receiving a request for the permission token, the server determines whether to return the permission token based on a quantity of current image data being processed on the server.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the first data comprises image data and the rendering module comprises an image-rendering application.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the first information comprises image information and location information.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the image information comprises at least a color and a shape associated with the image.

13. The device of claim 10, comprising a receiving module that receives the second information from the first terminal.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the device receives a third information from the first terminal using the receiving module and forwards the received third information to a second terminal using the transmitting module without requiring reproduction of data from the third information through the server after the device requests and receives a permission token from the server for transmitting the third information.

15. The device of claim 10, comprising a display module that displays the first data and the second data.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the transmitting module transmits the first data to the first terminal via the server.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the transmitting module transmits the first information to more than one first terminal at the same time.

18. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the terminal comprises a mobile device or a computer.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of a device, the storage medium storing a program, which when executed by a process, performs the steps of:

processing a first data,

extracting a first information associated with the processed first data, the first information enabling reproduction of the first data at a first terminal without requiring transmission of the first data,

transmitting the obtained first information to the first terminal through a server after the device requests and receives a permission token from the server for transmitting the first information,

receiving a second information from the first terminal, the second information associated with a second data and enabling reproduction of the second data through the server after the first terminal requests and receives the permission token from the server for transmitting the second information, and

re-producing the second data based on the received second information,

wherein when receiving a request for the permission token, the server determines whether to return the permission token based on a quantity of current image data being processed on the server.