METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPDATING MESSAGES

• US 20130232208A1
• Filed: 07/04/2011
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Lao, Ning
• Application Number:
  US13/819,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20130232208A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and a device for updating messages, which belong to the technical field of microblog technology. The method comprises: acquiring message indexes from a microblog server when a user requests updating messages; determining K message indexes as message indexes of the messages for initial message display from the acquired message indexes according to the preset number K, acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes of the messages for initial message display and displaying the corresponding messages to the user; wherein K is a natural number. The device comprises: an acquisition module and an initial display module. The invention reduces the load on the microblog server, avoids resources waste at the client and improves the user'"'"'s experience.

Claims

1. A method for updating messages, characterized in that said method comprises:

acquiring message indexes from a microblog server when a user requests updating messages;

determining K message indexes as message indexes of the messages for initial message display from the acquired message indexes according to the preset number K, acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes of the messages for initial message display and displaying the corresponding messages to the user;

wherein K is a natural number.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that after the step of acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes of the messages for initial message display and displaying the corresponding messages to the user, the method further comprises:

determining the message indexes except the message indexes of messages for initial display in the acquired message indexes as the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display if the user requests continuous updates;

acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to message indexes for subsequent message display, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user.

3. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the step of acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to message indexes for subsequent message display, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user comprises:

for each time when the user requests continuous updates, acquiring K message indexes as the current message indexes from the message indexes for subsequent message display, determining the message indexes for subsequent message display as current message indexes if the number of the message indexes for subsequent message display is smaller than K;

acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the current message indexes, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the step of determining K message indexes as message indexes of the messages for initial message display from the acquired message indexes according to the preset number K comprises:

judging if the acquired message indexes and the message indexes stored at local side are overlapped;

if so, taking the non-overlapped part of the acquired message indexes as the message indexes of current update;

if not, taking the acquired message indexes as the message indexes of current update;

storing the message indexes of current update at local side, and determining K message indexes as message indexes of messages for initial message display form the message indexes of current update according to the preset number K.

5. The method according to claim 4, characterized in that the step of storing the message indexes of current update at local side comprises:

recording the message indexes of current update in a block and setting an index for the block;

storing the block and index of the block at local side.

6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that after the step of acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes of the messages for initial message display and displaying the corresponding messages to the user, the method also comprises:

reading the block according to the index of the block if the user requests continuous updates;

determining the message indexes except the message indexes of messages for initial display in the block as the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display;

for each time when the user requests continuous updates, acquiring K message indexes as the current message indexes from the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display, determining the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display as current message indexes if the number of the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display is smaller than K;

acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the current message indexes, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the acquired message indexes are indexes of all the new messages stored in the microblog server from the last time the local side is updated till the current time.

8. A device for updating messages, characterized in that said device comprises:

an acquisition module for acquiring message indexes from a microblog server when a user requests updating messages;

an initial display module for determining K message indexes as message indexes of the messages for initial message display from the acquired message indexes according to the preset number K, acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes of the messages for initial message display and displaying the corresponding messages to the user;

wherein K is a natural number.

9. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that said device further comprises:

a first subsequent display module for determining the message indexes except the message indexes of messages for initial display in the acquired message indexes as the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display if the user requests continuous updates;

acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes for subsequent message display, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user.

10. The method according to claim 9, characterized in that when the first subsequent display module used for acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to messages indexes for subsequent message display, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user, it is used for:

for each time when the user requests continuous updates, acquiring K message indexes as the current message indexes from the message indexes for subsequent message display, determining the message indexes for subsequent message display as current message indexes if the number of the message indexes for subsequent message display is smaller than K;

acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the current message indexes, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user.

11. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that said initial display module comprises:

a judging unit for judging if the acquired message indexes and the message indexes stored at local side are overlapped;

a processing unit for taking the non-overlapped part of the acquired message indexes as the message indexes of current update in the case of overlapped; and

taking the acquired message indexes as the message indexes of current update in the case of non-overlapped;

a determining unit for storing the message indexes of current update at local side, and determining K message indexes as message indexes of messages for initial message display form the message indexes of current update according to the preset number K.

12. The device according to claim 11, characterized in that said determining unit comprises:

a setting subunit for recording the message indexes of current update in a block and setting an index for the block;

a storage subunit for storing the block and index of the block at local side.

13. The device according to claim 12, characterized in that said device further comprises:

a second subsequent display module for reading the block according to the index of the block if the user requests continuous updates;

determining the message indexes except the message indexes of messages for initial display in the block as the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display;

for each time when the user requests continuous updates, acquiring K message indexes as the current message indexes from the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display, determining the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display as current message indexes if the number of the message indexes of messages for subsequent message display is smaller than K;

acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the current message indexes, and displaying the corresponding messages to the user.

14. The device according to claim 8, characterized in that the message indexes acquired by the acquisition module are indexes of all the new messages stored in the microblog server from the last time the local side is updated till the current time.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code functions embedded in said medium for updating messages, the computer program product comprising:

A first computer readable program code function that for acquiring message indexes from a microblog server when a user requests updating messages;

A second computer readable program code function that for determining K message indexes as message indexes of the messages for initial message display from the acquired message indexes according to the preset number K, acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes of the messages for initial message display and displaying the corresponding messages to the user;

wherein K is a natural number.