Matter message notification method, apparatus, and device

• US 10,397,177 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2017
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Wang, Wentao, Chen, Zhixing, Shi, Kaikai, Han, Zhiping, Ye, Si, Li, Xiongzhi, Huang, Haolong, Huang, Muxuan, Chen, Jinlin, Liu, Feng, Zhang, Pengfei, Luo, Di, Wei, Ao
• Primary Examiner(s): Khan, Mehmood B.
• Application Number:
  US15/721,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20180026932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 696 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/04 multi-step notification using statistical or historical mobility data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/12 Inter-network notification

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a subject matter message notification method performed at a terminal and to be disseminated to one or more target users. The method includes: displaying a subject matter editing interface, the subject matter editing interface including an editing item used for editing subject matter content, an editing item used for adding a target user, and an editing item used for adding a file; generating a subject matter message in accordance with user-provided subject matter content through the editing item used for editing subject matter content, one or more user-selected target users through the editing item used for adding a target user, and one or more user-selected files through the editing item used for adding a file; and sending the subject matter message to a server, wherein the server is configured to send the subject matter message to the one or more user-selected target users.

Claims

1. An event message notification method performed at a terminal having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors, the method comprising:

displaying a group chat interface in an instant messaging application, the group chat interface including an affordance for opening an event message editing interface;

in response to detecting a triggering event associated with the affordance;

displaying the event message editing interface, the event message editing interface including an editing item used for editing event content, an editing item used for adding a target user, and an editing item used for adding a file;

generating an event message in accordance with user-provided event content through the editing item used for editing the event content, one or more user-selected target users selected from participants of the group chat through the editing item used for adding a target user, and one or more user-selected files through the editing item used for adding a file;

adding a confirmation tag to the generated event message to indicate that only the user-selected target users are prompted to instantly view and confirm receipt of the event message;

sending the event message and the confirmation tag to a server, wherein the server performs steps including;

sending, by the server, the event message with a prompting tag corresponding to the confirmation tag to only the user-selected target users so that the user-selected target users are prompted to instantly view and confirm receipt of the event message; and

sending, by the server, the event message without the prompting tag to participants other than the user-selected target users in the group chat; and

receiving, by the server, acknowledgement notifications from each of the user-selected target users, wherein a respective acknowledgement notification is received by the server from a corresponding user-selected target user after the corresponding user-selected target user opens and acknowledges receipt of the event message; and

receiving, by the terminal from the server, a notification indicating all the user-selected target users have opened and acknowledged the receipt of the event message.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the event message is a read-only message for the one or more user-selected target users.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the event message editing interface further includes an editing item used for setting a notification manner, the method further comprising:

displaying a notification manner selection control in accordance with a user selection of the editing item used for setting a notification manner; and

obtaining a notification manner that is set according to the notification manner selection control for the one or more user-selected target users, the notification manner comprising at least one of an SMS message, a call, and an instant messaging message.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein there are at least two different notification manners assigned to the one or more user-selected target users.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a file directory in accordance with a user selection of the editing item used for adding a file, the file directory being used for selecting at least one file needing to be added, and the file directory comprising at least one of a local file directory and a cloud file directory.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending the event message to a server comprises:

displaying a sending-time setting control after a sending control used for guiding to send the event message is triggered; and

sending, to the server, the event message and the sending time that is set according to the sending-time setting control, the sending time being used for triggering the server to send the event message to the target user at the sending time.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

prior to receiving the notification from the server indicating all the user-selected target users have opened and acknowledged the receipt of the event message;

receiving an acknowledgement from at least one of the user-selected target users; and

updating a status of the corresponding target user in accordance with the acknowledgement.

8. A terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs stored in the memory, the one or more programs being configured to be executed by the one or more processors and cause the first terminal to perform a plurality of operations including;

displaying a group chat interface in an instant messaging application, the group chat interface including an affordance for opening an event message editing interface;

in response to detecting a triggering event associated with the affordance;

displaying the event message editing interface, the event message editing interface including an editing item used for editing event content, an editing item used for adding a target user, and an editing item used for adding a file;

generating an event message in accordance with user-provided event content through the editing item used for editing the event content, one or more user-selected target users selected from participants of the group chat through the editing item used for adding a target user, and one or more user-selected files through the editing item used for adding a file;

adding a confirmation tag to the generated event message to indicate that only the user-selected target users are prompted to instantly view and confirm receipt of the event message;

sending the event message and the confirmation tag to a server, wherein the server performs steps including;

sending, by the server, the event message with a prompting tag to only the user-selected target users so that the user-selected target users are prompted to instantly view and confirm receipt of the event message; and

sending, by the server, the event message without the prompting tag to participants other than the user-selected target users in the group chat; and

receiving, by the server, acknowledgement notifications from each of the user-selected target users, wherein a respective acknowledgement notification is received by the server from a corresponding user-selected target user after the corresponding user-selected target user opens and acknowledges receipt of the event message; and

receiving, by the terminal from the server, a notification indicating all the user-selected target users have opened and acknowledged the receipt of the event message.

9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the event message editing interface further includes an editing item used for setting a notification manner, the method further comprising:

displaying a notification manner selection control in accordance with a user selection of the editing item used for setting a notification manner; and

obtaining a notification manner that is set according to the notification manner selection control for the one or more user-selected target users, the notification manner comprising at least one of an SMS message, a call, and an instant messaging message.

10. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

displaying a file directory in accordance with a user selection of the editing item used for adding a file, the file directory being used for selecting at least one file needing to be added, and the file directory comprising at least one of a local file directory and a cloud file directory.

11. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the sending the event message to a server comprises:

displaying a sending-time setting control after a sending control used for guiding to send the event message is triggered; and

sending, to the server, the event message and the sending time that is set according to the sending-time setting control, the sending time being used for triggering the server to send the event message to the target user at the sending time.

12. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

prior to receiving the notification from the server indicating all the user-selected target users have opened and acknowledged the receipt of the event message;

receiving an acknowledgement from at least one of the user-selected target users; and

updating a status of the corresponding target user in accordance with the acknowledgement.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, configured to store one or more programs that, when executed by one or more processors of a terminal, cause the terminal to perform a plurality of operations including:

displaying a group chat interface in an instant messaging application, the group chat interface including an affordance for opening an event message editing interface;

in response to detecting a triggering event associated with the affordance;

displaying the event message editing interface, the event message editing interface including an editing item used for editing event content, an editing item used for adding a target user, and an editing item used for adding a file;

generating an event message in accordance with user-provided event content through the editing item used for editing the event content, one or more user-selected target users selected from participants of the group chat through the editing item used for adding a target user, and one or more user-selected files through the editing item used for adding a file; and

adding a confirmation tag to the generated event message to indicate that only the user-selected target users are prompted to instantly view and confirm receipt of the event message;

sending the event message and the confirmation tag to a server, wherein the server performs steps including;

sending, by the server, the event message with a prompting tag corresponding to the confirmation tag to only the user-selected target users so that the user-selected target users are prompted to instantly view and confirm receipt of the event message; and

sending, by the server, the event message without the prompting tag to participants other than the user-selected target users in the group chat; and

receiving, by the server, acknowledgement notifications from each of the user-selected target users, wherein a respective acknowledgement notification is received by the server from a corresponding user-selected target user after the corresponding user-selected target user opens and acknowledges receipt of the event message; and

receiving, by the terminal from the server, a notification indicating all the user-selected target users have opened and acknowledged the receipt of the event message.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the event message editing interface further includes an editing item used for setting a notification manner, the method further comprising:

displaying a notification manner selection control in accordance with a user selection of the editing item used for setting a notification manner; and

obtaining a notification manner that is set according to the notification manner selection control for the one or more user-selected target users, the notification manner comprising at least one of an SMS message, a call, and an instant messaging message.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

displaying a file directory in accordance with a user selection of the editing item used for adding a file, the file directory being used for selecting at least one file needing to be added, and the file directory comprising at least one of a local file directory and a cloud file directory.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the sending the event message to a server comprises:

displaying a sending-time setting control after a sending control used for guiding to send the event message is triggered; and

sending, to the server, the event message and the sending time that is set according to the sending-time setting control, the sending time being used for triggering the server to send the event message to the target user at the sending time.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of operations further comprise:

prior to receiving the notification from the server indicating all the user-selected target users have opened and acknowledged the receipt of the event message;

receiving an acknowledgement from at least one of the plurality of user-selected target users; and

updating a status of the corresponding target user in accordance with the acknowledgement.