Instant communication method and server

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10505876-B2
Application number	US-201615153662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2016
Priority date	May 14, 2015
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

An instant communication method is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instant communication message sent by a first client terminal, the instant communication message including first identity information and second identity information; obtaining a corresponding self-defined voice message based on the first identity information; adding the instant communication message to the end of the self-defined voice message to form a current message; and sending the current message to a communication device that corresponds to the second identity information. The instant communication method is able to effectively avoid misunderstanding of a message receiving party.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method implemented by a server, comprising:
receiving an instant communication message sent by a first client terminal, the instant communication message including message content, first identity information and second identity information;
obtaining a self-defined voice message stored on the server based at least in part on the first identity information, the self-defined voice message comprising at least part of the first identity information in voice form;
converting the message content into a corresponding voice message;
combining the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message to form a combined message; and
sending the combined message to a second client terminal that corresponds to the second identity information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message content of the instant communication message comprises a text message, converting the message content into a corresponding voice message comprises converting the text message into a corresponding voice message, and combining the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message comprises
adding the corresponding voice message to an end of the self-defined message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message content of the instant communication message comprises an electronic file attached to the instant communication message, converting the message content into a corresponding voice message comprises converting content of the electronic file into a corresponding voice message, and combining the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message comprises
adding the corresponding voice message to an end of the self-defined message.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving the self-defined voice message from the first client terminal;
obtaining the first identity information corresponding to the self-defined voice message; and
correspondingly storing the self-defined voice message and the first identity information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the combined message comprises:
obtaining a communication number associated with the second identity information;
initiating a call to the communication number;
sending the combined message to the second client terminal after a communication with the second client terminal is established.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising correspondingly storing the self-defined voice message and the first identity information identifying the sending client terminal.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the self-defined voice message comprises obtaining a corresponding location or storage path of the self-defined voice message based on the first identity information identifying the sending client terminal.

8. One or more computer-readable media storing executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a server, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
receiving an instant communication message sent by a first client terminal, the instant communication message including message content, first identity information and second identity information;
obtaining a self-defined voice message stored on the server based at least in part on the first identity information the self-defined voice message comprising at least part of the first identity information in voice form;
converting the message content into a corresponding voice message;
combining the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message to form a combined message; and
sending the combined message to a second client terminal that corresponds to the second identity information.

9. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the message content of the instant communication message comprises a text message, converting the message content into a corresponding voice message comprises converting the text message into a corresponding voice message, and combining the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message comprises
adding the corresponding voice message to an end of the self-defined message.

10. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the message content of the instant communication message comprises an electronic file attached to the instant communication message, converting the message content into a corresponding voice message comprises converting content of the electronic file into a corresponding voice message, and combining the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message comprises
adding the corresponding voice message to an end of the self-defined message.

11. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8 , the acts further comprising:
receiving the self-defined voice message from the first client terminal;
obtaining the first identity information corresponding to the self-defined voice message; and
correspondingly storing the self-defined voice message and the first identity information.

12. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein sending the current message comprises:
obtaining a communication number that is bound to the second identity information;
initiating a call to the communication number;
sending the current message to the second client terminal after a communication with the second client terminal that uses the communication number is established.

13. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8 , the acts further comprising correspondingly storing the self-defined voice message and the first identity information.

14. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein obtaining the self-defined voice message comprises obtaining a corresponding location or storage path of the self-defined voice message based on the first identity information.

15. A server comprising:
one or more processors;
memory;
a receiving module stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to receive an instant communication message sent by a first client terminal, the instant communication message including message content, first identity information and second identity information;
an acquisition module stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to obtain a corresponding self-defined voice message stored on the server according to the first identity information, the self-defined voice message comprising at least part of the first identity information in voice form;
a combination module stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to convert the message content into a corresponding voice message and combine the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message to form a combined message; and
a sending module stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to send the combined message to a second client terminal that corresponds to the second identity information.

16. The server of claim 15 , wherein the message content of the instant communication message comprises a text message, and the combination module converts the message content into a corresponding voice message by converting the text message into a corresponding voice message, and combines the corresponding voice message with the self-defined voice message by
adding the corresponding voice message to an end of the self-defined message.

17. The server of claim 15 , wherein the message content of the instant communication message comprises an electronic file attached to the instant communication message, and the combination module converts the message content

Assignees

• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
• Dingtalk Holding Cayman Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Zhu
• Chen Hang
• Wu Zhenhao

Classifications

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• G10L13/00

  Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems · CPC title

• H04L51/10 Primary

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04L51/066

  Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression · CPC title