Information transmission method and system, and browser on mobile terminal

• US 9,300,717 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2012
• Issued: 03/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2011
• 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: Li, Liang, He, Yang, Liu, Zhifeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khurshid, Zia
• Application Number:
  US13/567,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present invention discloses an information transmission method and system, and a browser on a mobile terminal, and belongs to the field of the mobile Internet. Through the technical solutions of the present invention, an entire information transmission procedure does not require cooperation of an operator and a process having a specific function to be embedded, so that the information transmission procedure is simplified.

Claims

1. An information transmission method for a first browser plug-in on a personal computer and a second browser plug-in on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

executing by the first and second browser plug-ins a procedure for information transmission with a cloud server by;

executing, by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, a process of serving as a client to the cloud server for information transmission to the cloud server by obtaining an address of the cloud server from an address server, and logging in, by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, to the cloud server;

executing, by the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, a process of serving as a client to the cloud server for information reception by obtaining address of the cloud server obtained by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, and logging in, by the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, to the cloud server;

transmitting to the cloud server, by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer after logging in to the cloud server, a message content record of a user obtained by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer; and

pushing to the mobile terminal, by the cloud server, after the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal logs in to the cloud server, through a persistent HTTP connection with the logged in second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, the message content record transmitted to the cloud server by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, or pulling from the cloud server, by the logged in second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, the message content record transmitted to the cloud server by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pushing, by the cloud server, the message content record to the logged in second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal comprises:

detecting, by the cloud server, after receiving the message content record transmitted by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, a state of the mobile terminal;

if the mobile terminal is in an active state, pushing the message content record to the mobile terminal at once; and

if the mobile terminal is in an idle state, caching, by the cloud server, the message content record transmitted by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, and waiting until the mobile terminal is switched to the active state and pushing a latest message content record to the mobile terminal.

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

maintaining, by the cloud server and the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, the persistent HTTP connection through a heartbeat mechanism.

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

providing, by the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, an on/off button of a cloud transmission service for the information transmission with the cloud server, enabling a user to turn on and off the cloud transmission service by using the on/off button.

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

monitoring and processing, by the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, the message content record from the cloud server through the persistent HTTP connection.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the message content record comprises Internet information or information of a browser of the personal computer.

7. An information transmission system, comprising:

a personal computer configured with an executable browser plug-in, a mobile terminal configured with an executable browser plug-in, and a cloud server,

wherein

the personal computer is configured to, by using the browser plug-in, obtain an address of the cloud server from an address server, and log in to the cloud server corresponding to the address of the cloud server;

the mobile terminal is configured to, by using the browser plug-in, obtain an address of the cloud server from an address server, and log in to the cloud server corresponding to the address of the cloud server;

the personal computer is configured to, by using the browser plug-in, send a message content record of a user obtained by the browser plug-in on the personal computer to the cloud server after logging in to the cloud server; and

the cloud server is configured to push the message content record sent to the cloud server by the browser plug-in on the personal computer to the browser on the mobile terminal through a persistent HTTP connection with the browser on the mobile terminal after the browser on the mobile terminal successfully logs in to the cloud server, or

the browser on the mobile terminal is configured to pull the message content record sent to the cloud server by the browser plug-in on the personal computer from the cloud server.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the cloud server, when pushing the message content record to the browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, is configured to:

detect, after the cloud server receives the message content record sent by the browser plug-in on the personal computer, a state of the mobile terminal;

if the mobile terminal is in an active state, push the message content record to the mobile terminal at once; and

if the mobile terminal is in an idle state, cache the message content record sent by the browser plug-in on the personal computer, and wait until the mobile terminal is switched to the active state and push a latest new message content record to the mobile terminal.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the cloud server and the browser plug-in on the mobile terminal maintain the persistent HTTP connection through a heartbeat mechanism.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the browser plug-in on the mobile terminal provides an on/off button of a cloud transmission service for the information transmission with the cloud server, enabling a user to turn on and off the cloud transmission service by using the on/off button.

11. The system according to claim 7, wherein the browser plug-in on the mobile terminal monitors and processes the message content record from the cloud server in through the persistent HTTP connection.

12. The system according to claim 7, wherein the message content record comprises Internet information or information of a browser of the personal computer.

13. A computer system for an information transmission service implemented on a personal computer capable of executing a browser on the personal computer, a mobile terminal capable of executing a browser on the mobile terminal and a cloud server, the computer system comprising:

a first browser plug-in for the browser on the personal computer and a second browser plug-in for the browser on the mobile terminal, wherein;

the first browser plug-in on the personal computer is configured to execute a process of serving as a client to the cloud server for information transmission to the cloud server by obtaining an address of the cloud server from an address server, and log in to the cloud server;

the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal is configured to execute a process of serving as a client to the cloud server for information reception by obtaining address of the cloud server obtained by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, and log in to the cloud server;

the first browser plug-in on the personal computer is configured to transmit to the cloud server after logging in to the cloud server, a message content record of a user obtained by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer; and

the cloud server is configured to push to the mobile terminal after the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal logs in to the cloud server, through a persistent HTTP connection with the logged in second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal, the message content record transmitted to the cloud server by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer;

or

the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal is configured to pull from the cloud server, the message content record transmitted to the cloud server by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the cloud server is configured to detect, after the cloud server receives the message content record transmitted by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer, a state of the mobile terminal, and

the cloud server is further configured to push the message content record to the mobile terminal at once if the mobile terminal is in an active state, and cache the message content record transmitted by the first browser plug-in on the personal computer if the mobile terminal is in an idle state, and wait to push a latest new message content record to the mobile terminal until the mobile terminal is switched to the active state.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the second browser plug-in on the mobile terminal provides an on/off button of the information transmission service with the cloud server, enabling a user to turn on and off the cloud transmission service by using the on/off button.

16. The system according to claim 13, wherein the message content record comprises Internet information or information of the personal computer browser.