Task-based data transmission method and data transmission apparatus

• US 10,425,478 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Ding, Dayong, Lin, Peng, Zhou, Hanning
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Razu A
• Application Number:
  US15/116,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20170180474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,730 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

Task-based data transmission comprises, at a user end, sending a data synchronization request related to a task to a server end, wherein the data synchronization request comprises information about the task and a data synchronization strategy corresponding to the task, and receiving data corresponding to the data synchronization request that is returned by the server end. At the server end, a data synchronization request related to a task can be received by a requesting end. Data corresponding to the data synchronization request is determined, and then the requested corresponding data can be returned to the requesting end. Data related to a task currently to be done by a user is acquired from a server end by using a task-related data synchronization request, so that the user can quickly and flexibly virtualize a working environment of the user related to the task.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

acquiring task-related synchronizable data information, wherein the task-related synchronizable data information comprises task information about all synchronizable tasks and data attribute information respectively corresponding to all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data attribute information comprises data classification information, wherein the data classification information is used to determine a range of to-be acquired data, and wherein the data synchronization range corresponds to a current data synchronization request of all directories;

generating a data synchronization request related to at least one task of all the synchronizable tasks according to the task-related synchronizable data information and at least one user instruction generated through another user operation, wherein the data synchronization request comprises task information about the at least one task and a data synchronization strategy, comprising a data synchronization priority corresponding to the at least one task, corresponding to the at least one task of the synchronizable tasks;

sending, by a device comprising a processor to a server device, the data synchronization request; and

receiving, from the server device, data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

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

processing the data, to obtain updated data.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

sending the updated data to the server device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein, before the processing the data, the method further comprises:

converting the data from a first format to a second format.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein, before the sending the updated data to the server device, the method further comprises:

converting the updated data from the second format to the first format.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user instruction comprises:

selecting a first user instruction of the at least one task and determining a second user instruction of the data synchronization strategy corresponding to the at least one task.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

deleting the data and the updated data.

8. The method according to claim 2, wherein the updated data is processed data corresponding to a related task.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data attribute information further comprises data attribute information added by a user.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the data classification information is defined by the user.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the data classification information comprises one of a number of tiers into which the data classification information is classified or an attribute for classifying the data classification information.

12. A method, comprising:

sending, by a device comprising a processor, task-related synchronizable data information to a requesting device, wherein the task-related synchronizable data information comprises task information about all synchronizable tasks and data attribute information respectively corresponding to all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data attribute information comprises data classification information, and the data classification information is used to determine a range of to-be acquired data, and wherein the data synchronization range corresponds to a current data synchronization request of all directories;

receiving, by the device from the requesting device, a data synchronization request related to at least one task of all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data synchronization request is generated according to the task-related synchronizable data information and at least one user instruction generated through another user operation, and wherein the data synchronization request comprises task information about the at least one task and a data synchronization strategy, comprising a data synchronization priority corresponding to the at least one task, corresponding to the at least one task of the synchronizable tasks;

determining data corresponding to the data synchronization request, the corresponding task and the range of the data according to the synchronization strategy; and

returning, to the requesting device, the data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the data synchronization strategy corresponding to the at least one task comprises:

a data synchronization range corresponding to each task of the at least one task or a data synchronization priority corresponding to the at least one task.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the determining the data corresponding to the data synchronization request comprises:

determining, by using a task-related data index, the data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein, before the determining the data corresponding to the data synchronization request, the method further comprises:

creating the task-related data index according to a task-related attribute of the data.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

receiving updated data from the requesting device; and

merging the updated data with local data.

17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising:

sending the updated data to the requesting device.

18. The method according to claim 16, further comprising:

after receiving the updated data, deleting the updated data.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the updated data is processed data corresponding to a related task.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory, coupled to a processor, that stores executable modules, the executable modules comprising;

an information acquisition module configured to acquire task-related synchronizable data information, wherein the task-related synchronizable data information comprises task information about all synchronizable tasks and data attribute information respectively corresponding to all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data attribute information comprises data classification information, wherein the data classification information is used to determine a range of to-be acquired data, and wherein the data synchronization range corresponds to a current data synchronization request of all directories;

a request generation module configured to generate a data synchronization request related to a task of all the synchronizable tasks according to the task-related synchronizable data information and a user instruction generated through another user operation, wherein the data synchronization request comprises task information about the task and a data synchronization strategy, comprising a data synchronization priority corresponding to the task, corresponding to the task of the synchronizable tasks; and

a communications module configured to send the data synchronization request to a server device, wherein the communications module is further configured to receive data corresponding to the data synchronization request from the server device.

21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the executable modules further comprise:

a task processing module configured to process the data, to obtain updated data.

22. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the communications module is further configured to send the updated data to the server device.

23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the executable modules further comprise:

a format conversion module configured to convert the data from a first format to a second format.

24. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the format conversion module is farther configured to convert the updated data from the second format to the first format.

25. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the apparatus is a mobile terminal.

26. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the format conversion module is further configured to convert the updated data from a local format to a generic exchange format.

27. A server, comprising:

a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of executable modules, the executable modules comprising;

a communications module configured to;

send task-related synchronizable data information to a requesting device, wherein the task-related synchronizable data information comprises task information about all synchronizable tasks and data attribute information respectively corresponding to all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data attribute information comprises data classification information, and the data classification information is used to determine a range of to-be acquired data, wherein the data synchronization range corresponds to a current data synchronization request of all directories; and

receive, from the requesting device, a data synchronization request related to a task of all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data synchronization request is generated according to the task-related synchronizable data information and at least one user instruction generated through another user operation, and wherein the data synchronization request comprises task information about the task and a data synchronization strategy, comprising a data synchronization priority corresponding to the task, corresponding to the task of the synchronizable tasks; and

a data confirmation module configured to determine data corresponding to the data synchronization request, the corresponding task and the range of the data according to the synchronization strategy, wherein

the communications module is further configured to return, to the requesting device, the data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

28. The server according to claim 27, wherein the data confirmation module is further configured to:

determine, by using task-related mapping data, the data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

29. The server according to claim 28, wherein the executable modules further comprise:

an index creation module configured to create the task-related mapping data according to a task-related attribute of the data.

30. The server according to claim 27, wherein the task information is a communication, and the data synchronization strategy is a requirement for data regarding communication.

31. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

acquiring task-related synchronizable data information, wherein the task-related synchronizable data information comprises task information about all synchronizable tasks and data attribute information respectively corresponding to all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data attribute information comprises data classification information, wherein the data classification information is used to determine a range of to-be acquired data and wherein the data synchronization range corresponds to a current data synchronization request of all directories;

generating a data synchronization request related to at least one task of all the synchronizable tasks according to the task-related synchronizable data information and at least one user instruction generated through another user operation, wherein the data synchronization request comprises task information about the at least one task and a data synchronization strategy, comprising a data synchronization priority corresponding to the at least one task, corresponding to the at least one task of the synchronizable tasks;

sending, to a server device, the data synchronization request; and

receiving, from the server device, data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

32. The computer readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the operations further comprise:

processing the data, to obtain updated data.

33. The computer readable storage device of claim 32, wherein the operations further comprise:

sending the updated data to the server device.

34. The computer readable storage device of claim 33, wherein, before the processing the data, the operations further comprise:

converting the data from a first format to a second format.

35. The computer readable storage device of claim 34, wherein, before the sending the updated data to the server device, the operations further comprise:

converting the updated data from the second format to the first format.

36. The computer readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the determining the data corresponding to the data synchronization request comprises:

determining, by using a task-related data index, the data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

37. The computer readable storage device of claim 36, wherein, before the determining the data corresponding to the data synchronization request, the operations further comprise:

creating the task-related data index according to a task-related attribute of the data.

38. The computer readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving updated data from the requesting device; and

merging the updated data with local data.

39. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

sending task-related synchronizable data information to a requesting device, wherein the task-related synchronizable data information comprises task information about all synchronizable tasks and data attribute information respectively corresponding to all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data attribute information comprises data classification information, wherein the data classification information is used to determine a range of to-be acquired data, and wherein the data synchronization range corresponds to a current data synchronization request of all directories;

receiving, from the requesting device, a data synchronization request related to a task of all the synchronizable tasks, wherein the data synchronization request is generated according to the task-related synchronizable data information and at least one user instruction generated through another user operation, and wherein the data synchronization request comprises task information about the task and a data synchronization strategy, comprising a data synchronization priority corresponding to the task, corresponding to the task of the synchronizable tasks;

determining data corresponding to the data synchronization request, the corresponding task and the range of the data according to the synchronization strategy; and

returning, to the requesting device, the data corresponding to the data synchronization request.

40. The computer readable storage device of claim 39, wherein the operations further comprise:

processing the data, to obtain updated data.

41. The computer readable storage device of claim 39, wherein the operations further comprise:

sending the updated data to the server device.