Terminal device, system for providing picture and method for transmitting picture

• US 9,864,811 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2013
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Qihu Technology Co. Ltd. (360 Security Technology, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Qihu Technology Co. Ltd. (360 Security Technology, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fan, Guofeng, Zhang, Jiongxuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Donabed, Ninos
• Application Number:
  US14/438,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20150294022A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,604 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a terminal device, a system for providing picture and a method for transmitting picture and pertains to the field of network communications technologies. The method comprises: obtaining a URL of a picture to be transmitted according to a picture request initiated by a terminal device; determining the picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located; determining the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device; sending the URL of the picture to be transmitted, the picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted to a picture bed server; receiving the returned picture which had been processed by the picture bed server according to these parameters, and displaying it on the terminal device. Under the premise of not affecting the experience of viewing a picture by a user, the technical solution of the present disclosure realizes the beneficial effects of reducing the transmission size of the picture, increasing the transmission speed of the picture, and at the same time guaranteeing the picture quality as much as possible.

Claims

1. A terminal device comprising:

a memory having instructions stored thereon;

a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations for transmitting a picture, the operations comprising;

obtaining a uniform resource locator (URL) of a picture to be transmitted according to a picture request initiated by the terminal device, wherein the picture to be transmitted is (i) a picture stored in a picture bed server, and the URL of the picture to be transmitted is a URL of a storage location of the picture in the picture bed server or (ii) a picture stored in an original picture server, and the URL of the picture to be transmitted is a URL of a storage location of the picture in the original picture server;

detecting a state of a network where the terminal device is located;

detecting a resolution value supported by the terminal device;

determining a picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located;

determining a maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device;

sending the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted to the picture bed server by generating a combined URL by splicing the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted in a specified way and sending the combined URL to the picture bed server for processing;

sending the specified way for splicing to the picture bed server, such that the picture bed server can parse the received combined URL; and

receiving the returned picture which had been processed by the picture bed server according to the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted, and displaying the returned picture on the terminal device.

2. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted comprises:

a pixel value of a maximum picture width and/or a pixel value of a maximum picture height; and

the determining the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device comprises;

determining the pixel value of the maximum picture width according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the pixel value of the width of the resolution supported by the terminal device; and

/or

determining the pixel value of the maximum picture height according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the pixel value of the height of the resolution value supported by the terminal device.

3. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining the picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located comprises:

setting the picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted to be higher, when transmission capability of the network where the terminal device is located is higher.

4. The terminal device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the determining the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device comprises:

setting the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted to be higher when transmission capability of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value of the terminal device are higher.

5. A method for transmitting a picture comprising:

obtaining, by a processor, a uniform resource locator (URL) of a picture to be transmitted according to a picture request initiated by a terminal device, wherein the picture to be transmitted is (i) a picture stored in a picture bed server, and the URL of the picture to be transmitted is a URL of a storage location of the picture in the picture bed server or (ii) a picture stored in an original picture server, and the URL of the picture to be transmitted is a URL of a storage location of the picture in the original picture server;

detecting, by the processor, a state of a network where the terminal device is located;

determining, by the processor, a picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located;

obtaining, by the processor, a resolution value supported by the terminal device;

determining, by the processor, a maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device;

sending, by the processor, the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted to the picture bed server by generating a combined URL by splicing the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted in a specified way and sending the combined URL to the picture bed server for processing;

sending the specified way for splicing to the picture bed server, such that the picture bed server can parse the received combined URL; and

receiving, by the processor, the returned picture which had been processed by the picture bed server according to the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted, and displaying the returned picture on the terminal device.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted comprises:

a pixel value of a maximum picture width and/or a pixel value of a maximum picture height; and

the determining the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device comprises;

determining the pixel value of the maximum picture width according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the pixel value of the width of the resolution supported by the terminal device; and

/or

determining the pixel value of the maximum picture height according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the pixel value of the height of the resolution value supported by the terminal device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein

the determining the picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located comprises:

setting the picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted to be higher, when transmission capability of the network where the terminal device is located is higher.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein

the determining the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device comprises:

setting the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted to be higher when transmission capability of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device are higher.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations of transmitting a picture, comprising:

obtaining a uniform resource locator (URL) of a picture to be transmitted according to a picture request initiated by a terminal device, wherein the picture to be transmitted is (i) a picture stored in a picture bed server, and the URL of the picture to be transmitted is a URL of a storage location of the picture in the picture bed server or (ii) a picture stored in an original picture server, and the URL of the picture to be transmitted is a URL of a storage location of the picture in the original picture server;

detecting a state of a network where the terminal device is located;

determining a picture quality value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located;

obtaining a resolution value supported by the terminal device;

determining a maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted according to the state of the network where the terminal device is located and the resolution value supported by the terminal device;

sending the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted to picture bed server by generating a combined URL by splicing the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted in a specified way and sending the combined URL to the picture bed server for processing;

sending the specified way for splicing to the picture bed server, such that the picture bed server can parse the received combined URL; and

receiving the returned picture which had been processed by the picture bed server according to the URL, the picture quality value, and the maximum resolution value of the picture to be transmitted, and displaying the returned picture on the terminal device.