Method, client terminal and server for establishing communication

• US 9,961,540 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2016
• Issued: 05/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Yaohua
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, David Q
• Application Number:
  US15/240,985
• Publication Number:
  US 20170055147A1
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 455410, 379220, 379207
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A communication establishment method including acquiring a first communication number of a current communication terminal; acquiring an input image, obtaining an information code according to the image, the information code being corresponding to a second communication number; sending call information to a predetermined server, the call information being attached with the first communication number and the information code. The current communication terminal obtains the information code according to the image, provides the information code and the first communication number of the current communication terminal to the predetermined server to establish a communication between the current communication terminal that uses the first communication number and a communication terminal that uses the second communication number. Thus, a user of the current communication terminal does not need to obtain the second communication number used by the other user, which protects the number privacy of the user who uses the second communication number.

Claims

1. A first communication terminal comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories including computer-executable instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

acquiring a first communication number of the first communication terminal,

acquiring an image,

obtaining an information code from the image, the information code being pre-associated with a second communication number of a second communication terminal,

sending, to a server having memory storing the information code and the second communication number pre-associated therewith, call information including the information code and the first communication number,

requesting the server to determine the second communication number pre-associated with the information code, and

requesting the server to initiate a call between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal, the call being executed without providing the second communication number to the first communication terminal.

2. The first communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the acquiring the image includes using a camera device to capture the image.

3. The first communication terminal of claim 2, wherein the first communication terminal includes the camera device.

4. The first communication terminal of claim 1, wherein the image includes:

a barcode image;

a two-dimensional code image;

or

a three-dimensional code image.

5. A communication establishment method comprising:

acquiring a first communication number of a first communication terminal;

acquiring an image via the first communication terminal;

obtaining an information code from the image, the information code being pre-associated with a second communication number of a second communication terminal;

sending, to a server having memory storing the information code and the second communication number pre-associated therewith, call information including the information code and the first communication number;

requesting the server to determine the second communication number pre-associated with the information code; and

requesting the server to initiate a call between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal, the call being executed without providing the second communication number to the first communication terminal.

6. The communication establishment method of claim 5, wherein the acquiring the image includes using a camera device to capture the image.

7. The communication establishment method of claim 5, wherein the image includes:

a barcode image;

a two-dimensional code image;

or

a three-dimensional code image.

8. The communication establishment method of claim 5, wherein the requesting the server to determine the second communication number includes:

obtaining corresponding order data according to the information code, and

acquiring the second communication number from the order data.

9. The communication establishment method of claim 5, wherein the requesting the server to determine the second communication number includes:

acquiring corresponding customer identity information according to the information code, and

acquiring the second communication number according to the customer identity information.

10. The communication establishment method of claim 5, further comprising:

setting an end event for a corresponding relationship between the information code and the second communication number;

detecting that the end event occurs; and

dissolving the corresponding relationship between the information code and the second communication number.

11. The communication establishment method of claim 10, wherein:

the information code includes order data,

the end event is determined according to a state of the order data, and

the end event includes an invalidation of the order data.

12. The communication establishment method of claim 5, further comprising:

allocating a temporary communication number to the call information, the temporary communication number being associated with the second communication number; and

returning the temporary communication number to the first communication terminal to display the temporary communication number at the first communication terminal.

13. A communication establishment method comprising:

receiving, at a server, call information from a first communication terminal, the call information including a first communication number corresponding to the first communication terminal and an information code previously captured with the first communication terminal, the server having memory storing the information code and a second communication number pre-associated therewith;

acquiring the second communication number corresponding to a second communication terminal according to the information code; and

establishing, via the server, a call between the first communication terminal and the second communication terminal, the call being executed without providing the second communication number to the first communication terminal.

14. The communication establishment method of claim 13, wherein the acquiring the second communication number includes:

obtaining corresponding order data according to the information code; and

acquiring the second communication number from the order data.

15. The communication establishment method of claim 13, wherein the acquiring the second communication number includes:

acquiring corresponding customer identity information according to the information code; and

acquiring the second communication number according to the customer identity information.

16. The communication establishment method of claim 13, further comprising:

setting an end event for a corresponding relationship between the information code and the second communication number;

detecting that the end event occurs; and

dissolving the corresponding relationship between the information code and the second communication number.

17. The communication establishment method of claim 16, wherein:

the information code includes order data;

the end event is determined according to a state of the order data; and

the end event includes an invalidation of the order data.

18. The communication establishment method of claim 13, further comprising:

allocating a temporary communication number to the call information, the temporary communication number being associated with the second communication number; and

returning the temporary communication number to the first communication terminal to display the temporary communication number at the first communication terminal.

19. The communication establishment method of claim 13, further comprising:

allocating a first temporary communication number and a second temporary communication number to the call information, the first temporary communication number being associated with the second communication number, the second temporary communication number being associated with the first communication number, the first temporary communication number being same as or different from the second temporary communication number;

returning the first temporary communication number to the first communication terminal to display the first temporary communication number at the first communication terminal; and

returning the second temporary communication number to the second communication terminal to display the second temporary communication number instead of the first communication number at the second communication terminal.

20. The communication establishment method of claim 13, wherein the information code captured via the first communication terminal is captured via a camera device.