Information sharing method and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10447766-B2
Application number	US-201816007673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2018
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

An information sharing method and the system thereof are provided. The method includes obtaining an information exported file by exporting the information to be shared, and storing the information exported file according to an assigned network address; generating a two-dimensional code according to the network address of the stored information exported file; sharing the generated two-dimensional code, and importing the information exported file by scanning the shared two-dimensional code. The system include an export processing module, a two-dimensional code generating module, a two-dimensional code sharing module, and an importing module. By the above method and system, the operation will be more convenient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device of a client for an information sharing system, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to:
trigger a command to share collected information including at least bookmarks and contact information with another electronic device of another client;
when a backup function of the electronic device is enabled, send the command to a back-end server to obtain the collected information from the back-end server;
when the backup function of the electronic device is disabled, extract the collected information locally from the electronic device and send the collected information to the back-end server, wherein the back-end server generates an exported file based on the collected information to be shared, assigns a network address to the exported file, stores the exported file according to the assigned network address; and
share a two-dimensional code according to the assigned network address of the exported file with the other electronic device, wherein the other electronic device imports the exported file by using the two-dimensional code shared by the electronic device, instead of logging into respective social networking tools or mailbox, for viewing the information to be shared.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is thither configured to collect the information including the at least bookmarks and contact information.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to generate the two-dimensional code according to the assigned network address of the exported file.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein when the backup function of the electronic device is enabled, the back-end server logs in to a user account of the client, and uploads the command to the back-end server according to the user account, and finds the information to be shared that is stored in the back-end server which is corresponding to the command according to the user account.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein when the backup function of the electronic device is disabled, the processing circuitry is further configured to:
export the information to be shared that is stored in the electronic device to obtain the exported file; and
upload the exported file, and store the exported file to the assigned network address.

6. A method for an information sharing system, the method comprising:
triggering, by an electronic device of a client, a command to share collected information including at least bookmarks and contact information with another electronic device of another client;
when a backup function of the electronic device is enabled, sending the command to a back-end server to obtain the collected information from the back-end server;
when the backup function of the electronic device is disabled, extracting the collected information locally from the electronic device and sending the collected information to the back-end server, wherein the back-end server generates an exported file based on the collected information to be shared, assigns a network address to the exported file, stores the exported file according to the assigned network address; and
sharing, by the electronic device, a two-dimensional code according to the assigned network address of the exported file with the other electronic device, wherein the other electronic device imports the exported file by using the two-dimensional code shared by the electronic device, instead of logging into respective social networking tools or mailbox, for viewing the information to be shared.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
collecting, by the electronic device, the information including the at least bookmarks and contact information.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
generating, by the electronic device, the two-dimensional code according to the assigned network address of the exported file.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein when the backup function of the electronic device is enabled, further comprising:
by the back-end server,
logging in to a user account of the client;
uploading the command to the back-end server according to the user account; and
finding the information to be shared that is stored in the back-end server which is corresponding to the command according to the user account.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein when the backup function of the electronic device is disabled, further comprising:
exporting the information to be shared that is stored in the electronic device to obtain the exported file; and
uploading the exported file, and store the exported file to the assigned network address.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions, the instructions to be executed for performing an information sharing method, the method comprising:
triggering a command to share collected information including at least bookmarks and contact information with another electronic device of another client;
when a backup function of the electronic device is enabled, sending the command to a back-end server to obtain the collected information from the back-end server;
when the backup function of the electronic device is disabled, extracting the collected information locally from the electronic device and sending the collected information to the back-end server, wherein the back-end server generates an exported file based on the collected information to be shared, assigns a network address to the exported file, stores the exported file according to the assigned network address; and
sharing a two-dimensional code according to the assigned network address of the exported file with the other electronic device, wherein the other electronic device imports the exported file by using the two-dimensional code shared by the electronic device, instead of logging into respective social networking tools or mailbox, for viewing the information to be shared.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
collecting the information including the at least bookmarks and contact information.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising:
generating the two-dimensional code according to the assigned network address of the exported file.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein when the backup function of the electronic device is enabled, further comprising:
logging in to a user account of the client;
uploading the command to the back-end server according to the user account; and
finding the information to be shared that is stored in the back-end server which is corresponding to the command according to the user account.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein when the backup function of the electronic device is disabled, further comprising:
exporting the information to be shared that is stored in the electronic device to obtain the exported file; and
uploading the exported file, and store the exported file to the assigned network address.

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Xiaodan

Classifications

• H04L67/06 Primary

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• H04L65/403

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• G06F16/183 Primary

  Provision of network file services by network file servers, e.g. by using NFS, CIFS (network file access protocols H04L67/1097) · CPC title

• G06F16/9554

  by using bar codes · CPC title