METHODS AND INSTANT MESSAGING CLIENT DEVICES FOR PERFORMING IM USING MENU OPTION

• US 20140325385A1
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Xiaolong Zhang
• Inventors: Zhang, Xiaolong
• Granted Patent: US 10,474,319 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/752
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]

Abstract

This disclosure provides an IM method and an IM client device. In the method, menu options are deployed on a session interface displayed on a viewing screen of an IM client device. The method includes generating, by an IM client device, a first event request when a user clicks on a first menu option on the session interface; sending, by the IM client device, the first event request to a third-party server via an IM server; and receiving, by the IM client device, a first event response from the third-party server via the IM server. With the technical scheme of the present disclosure, more personalized services may be provided to the user.

Claims

1. A method for perform Instant Messaging (IM) using an menu option, wherein menu options are deployed on a session interface displayed on a viewing screen of an IM client device, and the method comprises:

generating, by an IM client device, a first event request when a user clicks on a first menu option on the session interface;

sending, by the IM client device, the first event request to a third-party server via an IM server; and

receiving, by the IM client device, a first event response from the third-party server via the IM server.

2. The method to claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by the IM client device, a second event request when the user clicks on a second menu option on the session interface;

sending, by the IM client device, the second event request to the IM server; and

receiving, by the IM client device, a second event response from the IM server.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending, by the IM client device, the first event request to the third-party server via the IM server, and receiving, by the IM client device, the first event response from the third-party server via the IM server comprises:

sending, by the IM client device, a voice, a video, a photo or a text message to a developer'"'"'s server via the IM server; and

receiving, by the IM client device, the first event response from the developer'"'"'s server via the IM server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein sending, by the IM client device, the first event request to the third-party server via the IM server, and receiving, by the IM client device, the first event response from the third-party server via the IM server comprises:

sending, by the IM client device, a web viewing request to a web server via the IM server; and

displaying, by the IM client device, a web pushed by the web server.

5. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

receiving and saving, by the IM client device, the menu options configured by the IM server or the third-party server from the IM server; and

displaying, by the IM client device, the menu options on the session interface.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein displaying, by the IM client device, the menu options on the session interface comprises:

displaying, by the IM client device, the menu options on the viewing screen when a menu mode is selected; and

the method further comprises;

displaying information sending options on the viewing screen when an information sending mode is selected.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein a switching button is deployed on the session interface,

wherein when the switching button displays the information sending mode, the menu mode is selected by clicking on the switching button once;

and

wherein when the switching button displays the menu mode, the information sending mode is selected by clicking on the switching button once.

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

receiving, by the IM client device, menu options updated by the IM server or the third-party server from the IM server;

replacing, by the IM client device, the menu options with the menu options updated by the IM server or the third-party server; and

displaying, by the IM client device, the menu options updated by the IM server or the third-party server.

9. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the menu options comprise:

a first-level menu to an Nth-level menu, wherein N is an integer larger than 1,

wherein generating, by the IM client device, the first event request when the user clicks on the first menu option in the session interface comprises;

when the user clicks on an Mth-level menu, determining, by the IM client device, whether there is a (M+1)th-level menu;

generating the first event request if there is no (M+1)th-level menu, otherwise, generating the first event request when the user clicks on a menu option in the (M+1)th-level menu;

wherein M is an integer larger than 1 and less than N−

1.

10. The method according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein

the IM server is a WeChat server,

the IM client device is a WeChat client device, and

the session interface is a session interface between a private number and a public number.

11. An Instant Messaging (IM) client device for performing IM using a menu option, comprising:

a processor, a memory, an interface and a viewing screen;

wherein

the memory is to store menu options; and

the processor is to

send the menu options to the viewing screen which displays the menu options on a session interface;

generate a first event request when a user clicks on a first menu option on the session interface;

send, via the interface, the first event request to a third-party server via an IM server; and

receive, via the interface, a first event response from the third-party server via the IM server.

12. The IM client device according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further to

generate a second event request when the user clicks on a second menu option on the session interface;

send the second event request to the IM server via the interface; and

receive a second event response from the IM server via the interface.

13. The IM client device according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further to

send, via the interface, a voice, a video, a photo or a text message to a developer'"'"'s server via the IM server;

and

receive, via the interface, the first event response from the developer'"'"'s server via the IM server.

14. The IM client device according to claim 11, wherein

the processor is further to send, via the interface, a web viewing request to a web server via the IM server;

and

the viewing screen is to display a web pushed by the web server.

15. The IM client device according to claim 11,

wherein the memory is further to store information sending options;

and

the processor is further to

display the menu options on the session interface when a menu mode is selected, and

display the information sending options when an information sending mode is selected.

16. The IM client device according to claim 15, wherein

the viewing screen is further to display a switching button on the session interface;

the processor is further to

select, when the switching button displays the information sending mode, the menu mode if the user clicks on the switching button once; and

select, when the switching button displays the menu mode, the information sending mode if the user clicks on the switching button once.

17. The IM client device according to 11, wherein

the memory is further to receive, via the interface, menu options updated by the IM server or the third-party server from the IM server and replace the menu options with the menu options updated by the IM server or the third-party server;

and

the viewing screen is further to display the menu options updated by the IM server or the third-party server.

18. The IM client device according to any of claims 11 to 14,

wherein the menu options comprise:

a first-level menu to an Nth-level menu, wherein N is an integer larger than 1,

wherein the processor is further to

determine, when the user clicks on an Mth-level menu, whether there is a (M+1)th-level menu;

generate the first event request if there is no (M+1)th-level menu, otherwise, generate the first event request when the user clicks on a menu option in the (M+1)th-level menu displayed on the viewing screen;

wherein M is an integer larger than 1 and less than N−

1.

19. The IM client device according to any of claims 11 to 14, wherein

the IM server is a WeChat server,

the IM client device is a WeChat client device, and

the session interface is a session interface between a private number and a public number.

20. A method for performing IM using a menu option, wherein an IM client device receives menu options configured by an IM server or a third-party server from the IM server, displays the menu options on a viewing screen of the IM client device when a menu mode is selected;

and displays information sending options on the viewing screen when an information sending mode is selected;

wherein the menu options comprise;

a first-level menu to an Nth-level menu, wherein N is an integer larger than 1,

wherein the method comprises;

determining, by the IM client device when a user clicks on an Mth-level menu, whether there is a (M+1)th-level menu;

generating an event request if there is no (M+1)th-level menu, otherwise, generating the event request when the user clicks on a menu option in the (M+1)th-level menu;

wherein M is an integer larger than 1 and less than N−

1,

sending, by the IM client device, the first event request to a third-party server via an IM server; and

receiving, by the IM client device, a first event response from the third-party server via the IM server.

21. An IM client device for performing IM using a menu option, comprising:

a processor, a memory, an interface and a viewing screen;

wherein

the interface is to receive menu options configured by an IM server or a third-party server from the IM server;

the viewing screen is to display the menu options when a menu mode is selected, and display information sending options when an information sending mode is selected;

wherein the menu options comprise;

a first-level menu to an Nth-level menu, wherein N is an integer larger than 1;

the memory is to store the menu options; and

the processor is to

determine, when a user clicks on an Mth-level menu, whether there is a (M+1)th-level menu;

generate an event request if there is no (M+1)th-level menu, otherwise, generating the event request when the user clicks on a menu option in the (M+1)th-level menu;

wherein M is an integer larger than 1 and less than N−

1,

send the first event request to a third-party server via an IM server; and

receive a first event response from the third-party server via the IM server.