Method, server and system for application synchronization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10193971-B2
Application number	US-201615168364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	Nov 28, 2013
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A method is provided for application synchronization. The method includes: establishing a communication connection between an originating terminal and a destination terminal, where the originating terminal and the destination terminal log in the server through a same login account, and receiving a synchronization request message sent by the originating terminal, where the synchronization request message includes a program identification of a target application and a terminal identification of the destination terminal. The method also includes: based on the terminal identification of the destination termini, obtaining device information and address information of the destination terminal, querying an installation file matching with the program identification of the target application and the device information of the destination terminal, and sending the installation file to the destination terminal specified by the address information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An application synchronization method, comprising:
establishing, by a server, a communication connection between an originating terminal and a destination terminal, wherein the originating terminal and the destination terminal respectively log in the server with a same login account;
upon establishing the communication connection between the originating terminal and the server and between the destination terminal and the server, displaying a device list including the originating terminal and the destination terminal on the originating terminal and the destination terminal;
receiving, by the server, a synchronization request message sent by the originating terminal, wherein the synchronization request message includes a program identification of a target application and a terminal identification of the destination terminal;
obtaining, by the server, device information and address information of the destination terminal based on the terminal identification of the destination terminal;
querying, by the server, an installation file matching with the program identification of the target application and the device information of the destination terminal; and
sending, by the server, the installation file to the destination terminal based on the address information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , before receiving the synchronization
request message sent by the originating terminal, further comprising:
checking, by the server, whether the originating terminal complies with a pre-established security policy and, when the originating terminal complies with the pre-established security policy, proceeding to receive the synchronization request message sent by the originating terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the server, a user data of the target application installed on the originating terminal; and
sending, by the server, the user data to the destination terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the server, a user data of the target application installed on the originating terminal; and
sending, by the server, the user data to the destination terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein sending the installation file to the destination terminal based on the address information further includes:
compressing, by the server, the installation file; and
sending, by the server, the compressed installation file to the destination terminal based on the address information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the device information of the destination terminal includes:
a device type and an operating system of the destination terminal.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein sending by the server the installation file to the destination terminal based on the address information includes:
when the transfer of the installation file is completed successfully, returning, by the server, a synchronization success indication message to the destination terminal.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the device information of the destination terminal includes:
a device type and an operating system of the destination terminal.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the originating terminal and the destination terminal are operated under different operation systems, a first program identification of the target application in the originating terminal included in the synchronization request message and a second program identification of the target application in the destination terminal corresponding to the installation file are the same.

10. An application synchronization server, includes:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
establish a communication connection between an originating terminal and a destination terminal, wherein the originating terminal and the destination terminal respectively log in the server through a same login account;
upon establishing the communication connection between the originating terminal and the server and between the destination terminal and the server, display a device list including the originating terminal and the destination terminal on the originating terminal and the destination terminal;
receive a synchronization request message sent by the originating terminal, and the synchronization request message includes a program identification of a target application and a terminal identification of the destination terminal;
obtain device information and address information of the destination terminal based on the terminal identification of the destination terminal;
query an installation file matching with the program identification of the target application and the device information of the destination terminal; and
send the installation file to the destination terminal based on the address information.

11. The server according to claim 10 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
check whether the originating terminal complies with a pre-established security policy and to instruct the obtaining module to proceed when the originating terminal complies with the pre-established terminal.

12. The server according to claim 11 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain a user data of the target application installed on the originating terminal and to send the user data to the destination terminal.

13. The server according to claim 10 ,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain a user data of the target application installed on the originating terminal and to send the user data to the destination terminal.

14. The server according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to compress the installation file and to send the compressed installation file to the destination terminal based on the address information.

15. The server according to claim 14 , wherein the device information of the destination terminal includes a device type and an operating system of the destination terminal.

16. The server according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to return a synchronization success indication message to the originating server when the transfer of the installation file is completed successfully.

17. An application synchronization system comprising a server according to claim 13 , further comprising:
an originating terminal; and
at least a destination terminal,
wherein the server establishes a communication connection between the originating terminal and the destination terminal, and the originating terminal and the destination terminal log in the server in a same login account.

18. The server according to claim 10 , wherein when the originating terminal and the destination terminal are operated under different operation systems, a first program identification of the target application in the originating terminal included in the synchronization request message and a second program identification of the target application in the destination terminal corresponding to the installation file are the same.

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zeng Dan
• Zheng Zhihao
• Guan Yanping

Classifications

• H04L69/04

  Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC · CPC title

• G06F17/30867

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30106

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F8/61

  Installation · CPC title

• H04L63/0876

  based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint · CPC title