Method for Sending Message, Method for Reading and Notifying Message, Method for Receiving Message, and Apparatus

• US 20140342763A1
• Filed: 07/03/2014
• Published: 11/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Feng, Li, Liang, Huang, Xiaoqiong
• Granted Patent: US 10,104,033 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/234 for tracking messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A method for sending a message, a method for reading and notifying a message, a method for receiving a message, and an apparatus are provided. Reading status of a message to be read is fed back, so that a user at a sending end can know in time whether the short message has already been read, which improves communication efficiency and enhances user awareness of the reading status of the message to be read.

Claims

1. A method for sending a message, comprising:

sending a message to be read to a receiving end, wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, a receiving end number, and a message number used to identify the message to be read;

receiving a feedback message returned by a server, wherein the feedback message comprises the receiving end number and the message number, and the feedback message is sent by the server after the server receives a response message that is sent by the receiving end and carries the receiving end number and the message number, wherein the response message is sent by the receiving end to the server after the receiving end confirms that the message to be read has been read; and

changing, according to the feedback message, status of the message to be read corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message number is carried by using an idle field in a message header of the message to be read.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message number is set in the message content and the message number is separated from text content of the message content by using a predetermined symbol.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the feedback message further comprises a message status code used to identify whether the message to be read has already been read.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the feedback message and the response message are sent over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

6. A method for reading and notifying a message, comprising:

receiving a response message that is sent by a receiving end and carries a receiving end number and a message number, wherein the response message is sent by the receiving end after the receiving end confirms that a message to be read sent by a sending end to the receiving end has been read, and wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, the receiving end number, and the message number used to identify the message to be read; and

sending a feedback message to the sending end, wherein the feedback message comprises the receiving end number and the message number such that the sending end changes status information of a message corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the feedback message further comprises a message status code used to identify whether the message to be read has already been read.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the response message and the feedback message are sent over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

9. A method for receiving a message, comprising:

receiving a message to be read from a sending end, wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, a receiving end number, and a message number used to identify the message to be read; and

sending, after the message to be read has been read, a response message to a server, wherein the response message comprises the receiving end number and the message number such that the server sends a feedback message that carries the receiving end number and the message number to the sending end and the sending end changes, according to the feedback message, status information of a message corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the message number is carried by using an idle field in a message header of the message to be read.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the message number is set in the message content and the message number is separated from text content of the message content by using a predetermined symbol.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the response message is sent over an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

13. An apparatus for sending a message, comprising:

a transmitter configured to send a message to be read to a receiving end, wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, a receiving end number, and a message number used to identify the message to be read;

a receiver configured to receive a feedback message returned by a server, wherein the feedback message comprises the receiving end number, and the message number and the feedback message are sent by the server after the server receives a response message that is sent by the receiving end and carries the receiving end number and the message number, wherein the response message is sent by the receiving end to the server after the receiving end confirms that the message to be read has been read; and

a processor connected to the receiver and configured to change, according to the feedback message, status of the message to be read corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status.

14. A server, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a response message that is sent by a receiving end and carries a receiving end number and a message number, wherein the response message is sent by the receiving end after the receiving end confirms that a message to be read sent by a sending end to the receiving end has been read, and wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, the receiving end number, and the message number used to identify the message to be read; and

a transmitter configured to send a feedback message to the sending end, wherein the feedback message comprises the receiving end number and the message number such that the sending end changes, according to the feedback message, status information of a message corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status.

15. An apparatus for receiving a message, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a message to be read from a sending end, wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, a receiving end number, and a message number used to identify the message to be read; and

a transmitter configured to send a response message to a server after the message to be read has been read, wherein the response message comprises the receiving end number and the message number such that the server sends a feedback message that carries the receiving end number and the message number to the sending end and the sending end changes, according to the feedback message, status information of a message corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status.

16. A network system, comprising:

an apparatus for sending a message;

a server; and

an apparatus for receiving a message,

wherein the apparatus for sending a message comprises;

a transmitter configured to send a message to be read to a receiving end, wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, a receiving end number, and a message number used to identify the message to be read;

a receiver configured to receive a feedback message returned by a server, wherein the feedback message comprises the receiving end number, and the message number and the feedback message are sent by the server after the server receives a response message that is sent by the receiving end and carries the receiving end number and the message number, wherein the response message is sent by the receiving end to the server after the receiving end confirms that the message to be read has been read; and

a processor, connected to the receiver and configured to change, according to the feedback message, status of the message to be read corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status, wherein the server comprises;

a receiver configured to receive a response message that is sent by a receiving end and carries a receiving end number and a message number, wherein the response message is sent by the receiving end after the receiving end confirms that a message to be read sent by a sending end to the receiving end has been read, and wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, the receiving end number, and the message number used to identify the message to be read; and

a transmitter configured to send a feedback message to the sending end, wherein the feedback message comprises the receiving end number and the message number such that the sending end changes, according to the feedback message, status information of a message corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status, and

wherein the apparatus for receiving a message comprises;

a receiver configured to receive a message to be read from a sending end, wherein the message to be read comprises at least message content, a receiving end number, and a message number used to identify the message to be read; and

a transmitter configured to send a response message to a server after the message to be read has been read, wherein the response message comprises the receiving end number and the message number such that the server sends a feedback message that carries the receiving end number and the message number to the sending end and the sending end changes, according to the feedback message, status information of a message corresponding to the message number and in a session list corresponding to the receiving end number to read status.