INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TERMINAL

• US 20140074971A1
• Filed: 07/29/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2012
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xiaolong, Rong, Kunfeng, Chen, Wenxiao, Lin, Zhiyuan, Yao, Shaomian, Weng, Yueteng, Sun, Xiao
• Application Number:
  US13/953,576
• Publication Number:
  US 20140074971A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information transmission method, apparatus, system, and terminal. The information transmission method includes: sending, by a first mobile terminal, an information transmission instruction to a plug-in bound to the first mobile terminal, and obtaining, by the plug-in, according to the information transmission instruction, webpage information of a current web page in a browser where the plug-in is located; processing, by the plug-in, the webpage information, and displaying the processed webpage information by adopting a floating layer; and sending, by the plug-in, the webpage information in the floating layer to the first mobile terminal. The present invention can implement information transmission and improve the convenience of information transmission.

Claims

1. An information transmission method performed at a first mobile terminal having a processor and memory for storing one or more programs to be executed by the processor, the method comprising:

initiating an information retrieval application at the first mobile terminal;

detecting a predefined user operation on the first mobile terminal to retrieve information from a web browser running on a second terminal, wherein the web browser includes a plug-in bound to a user account associated with the first mobile terminal;

in response to the predefined user operation, sending an information transmission instruction to the plug-in at the second terminal, wherein the plug-in is configured to process, according to the information transmission instruction, webpage information of a current web page in the web browser, and overlay the processed webpage information on top of the current web page in the web browser;

receiving at least a portion of the processed webpage information from the second terminal; and

displaying the received webpage information on a display of the first mobile terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plug-in was pre-installed in the web browser and bound to the first mobile terminal before receiving the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first mobile terminal and the plug-in in the web browser are configured to perform the following operations to be bounded together:

the first mobile terminal;

obtaining ingress information of the plug-in from the second terminal, wherein the ingress information comprises address information and identification information of the plug-in;

sending the ingress information of the plug-in and the user account information associated with the first mobile terminal to a user account binding server;

receiving a first binding notification message from the user account binding server, wherein the first binding notification message comprises the ingress information of the plug-in bound to the first mobile terminal; and

the plug-in receiving a second binding notification message from the user account binding server, wherein the second binding notification message comprises the user account information associated with the first mobile terminal bound to the plug-in.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the second terminal provides the ingress information of the plug-in to the first mobile terminal by:

generating a 2D barcode according to the ingress information of the plug-in; and

displaying the 2D barcode on a display of the second terminal so that the first mobile terminal can obtain the ingress information of the plug-in by scanning the 2D barcode.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein, after being bound to the first mobile terminal, the plug-in is activated to receive the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal within a preset time window;

if the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal is received within the preset time window, the plug-in is triggered to process the webpage information; and

if the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal is not received within the preset time window, the plug-in is de-activated.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein detecting the predefined user operation is one selected from the group consisting of:

detecting a gravity sensing event caused by a predefined user movement of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the plug-in according to the detected gravity sensing event;

or

detecting a voice control command caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the plug-in according to the detected voice control command;

or

detecting a predefined key pressing event caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the plug-in according to the detected predefined key pressing event.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the webpage information comprises address information of the current web page and information of images in the current web page;

and the processing of the webpage information by the plug-in further includes;

selecting images having a minimum side length larger than a preset value from the current web page, or images in a preset format from the current web page;

compressing the selected images to form a thumbnail image for each image; and

overlaying the thumbnail images on top of the current web page.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the second terminal transmits at least a portion of the processed webpage information to the first mobile terminal by:

receiving a user selection of at least a subset of the thumbnail images; and

sending the user-selected thumbnail images and the address information of the current web page to the first mobile terminal.

9. An information transmission method performed at a second terminal having a processor and memory for storing one or more programs to be executed by the processor, the method comprising:

activating a plug-in in a web browser at the second terminal, wherein the plug-in is bound to a user account associated with a first mobile terminal;

receiving an information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal;

in response to the information transmission instruction, processing webpage information of a current web page in the web browser, and overlaying the processed webpage information on top of the current web page in the web browser; and

sending at least a portion of the processed webpage information to the first mobile terminal.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the plug-in was pre-installed in the web browser and bound to the first mobile terminal before receiving the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the first mobile terminal and the plug-in in the web browser are configured to perform the following operations to be bounded together:

the first mobile terminal;

obtaining ingress information of the plug-in from the second terminal, wherein the ingress information comprises address information and identification information of the plug-in;

sending the ingress information of the plug-in and the user account information associated with the first mobile terminal to a user account binding server;

receiving a first binding notification message from the user account binding server, wherein the first binding notification message comprises the ingress information of the plug-in bound to the first mobile terminal; and

the plug-in receiving a second binding notification message from the user account binding server, wherein the second binding notification message comprises the user account information associated with the first mobile terminal bound to the plug-in.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the second terminal provides the ingress information of the plug-in to the first mobile terminal by:

generating a 2D barcode according to the ingress information of the plug-in; and

displaying the 2D barcode on a display of the second terminal so that the first mobile terminal can obtain the ingress information of the plug-in by scanning the 2D barcode.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein, after being bound to the first mobile terminal, the plug-in is activated to receive the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal within a preset time window;

if the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal is received within the preset time window, the plug-in is triggered to process the webpage information; and

if the information transmission instruction from the first mobile terminal is not received within the preset time window, the plug-in is de-activated.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the webpage information comprises address information of the current web page and information of images in the current web page;

and the processing of the webpage information by the plug-in further includes;

selecting images having a minimum side length larger than a preset value from the current web page, or images in a preset format from the current web page;

compressing the selected images to form a thumbnail image for each image; and

overlaying the thumbnail images on top of the current web page.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the second terminal transmits at least a portion of the processed webpage information to the first mobile terminal by:

receiving a user selection of at least a subset of the thumbnail images; and

sending the user-selected thumbnail images and the address information of the current web page to the first mobile terminal.

16. A first mobile terminal, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first mobile terminal to;

initiate an information retrieval application at the first mobile terminal;

detect a predefined user operation on the first mobile terminal to retrieve information from a web browser running on a second terminal, wherein the web browser includes a plug-in bound to a user account associated with the first mobile terminal;

in response to the predefined user operation, send an information transmission instruction to the plug-in at the second terminal, wherein the plug-in is configured to process, according to the information transmission instruction, webpage information of a current web page in the web browser, and overlay the processed webpage information on top of the current web page in the web browser;

receive at least a portion of the processed webpage information from the second terminal; and

display the received webpage information on a display of the first mobile terminal.

17. The first mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein the first mobile terminal is configured to perform the following operations to be bounded to the plug-in:

obtaining ingress information of the plug-in from the second terminal, wherein the ingress information comprises address information and identification information of the plug-in;

sending the ingress information of the plug-in and the user account information associated with the first mobile terminal to a user account binding server; and

receiving a first binding notification message from the user account binding server, wherein the first binding notification message comprises the ingress information of the plug-in bound to the first mobile terminal.

18. The first mobile terminal according to claim 16, wherein the first mobile terminal detects the predefined user operation in one manner selected from the group consisting of:

detecting a gravity sensing event caused by a predefined user movement of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the plug-in according to the detected gravity sensing event;

or

detecting a voice control command caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the plug-in according to the detected voice control command;

or

detecting a predefined key pressing event caused by a user of the first mobile terminal, and sending an information transmission instruction to the plug-in according to the detected predefined key pressing event.