Information transmission control method, apparatus, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11271879-B2
Application number	US-202017088533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 3, 2020
Priority date	Apr 21, 2014
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose an information transmission control method, apparatus, and system. Implementation of the method includes: receiving, by a first communications server, information data from a first terminal served by the first communications server; determining, by the first communications server, a target identifier of the information data; and sending the information data to a second communications server if the target identifier belongs to identifier information of the second communications server, so that the second communications server sends the information data to a second terminal corresponding to the target identifier. The first communications server and the second communications server correspond to two communications platforms; and the first communications server determines a target of the information data from a local platform, and then performs cross-platform forwarding, thereby implementing cross-platform instant messaging.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cross-platform instant messaging method applied to a first communications server to be in communication with a second communications server, the method comprising:
receiving, by the first communications server, information data from a first terminal served by the first communications server, wherein the information data includes a target identifier and an instant messaging chat message, wherein the target identifier identifies a second terminal to receive the information data, and wherein the instant messaging chat message is sent from a first instant messaging platform of the first terminal, running independently of a first game client of the first terminal; and
sending, by the first communications server, the information data to the second communications server, wherein the second communications server in turn sends the information data to the second terminal identified by the target identifier, wherein the instant messaging chat message of the information data is received at the second terminal via a second instant messaging platform running on a second game client of the second terminal, and wherein the first instant messaging platform is served by a chat server of the first communications server and the second instant messaging platform is served by a game server of the second communications server.

2. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 1 , further comprising:
acquiring, by the first communications server, from the second communications server, identifier information corresponding to the second communications server; and
determining, by the first communications server, the target identifier of the information data corresponds to the identifier information of the second communication server.

3. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing, by the first communications server, in collaboration with the second communication server, permission authentication;
in response to determining the permission authentication succeeds, acquiring, by the first communications server, from the second communications server, the identifier information corresponding to the second communications server; and
determining, by the first communications server, the target identifier of the information data corresponds to the identifier information of the second communication server.

4. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 1 , wherein the instant messaging chat message arrives at the second game client served by the game server from the first instant messaging platform served by the chat server.

5. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first communications server, an instant messaging reply chat message from the second instant messaging platform served by the game server of the second communications server.

6. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 1 , wherein the first gaming client is closed and inactive while the instant messaging chat message is sent from the first terminal to the first communications server.

7. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 1 , wherein the instant messaging chat message, upon receipt at the second terminal, is displayed on top of a gaming session run by the second game client.

8. A cross-platform instant messaging method applied to a second communications server to be in communication with a first communications server, the method comprising:
receiving, by the second communications server, information data from the first communications server, wherein the information data is received by the first communications server from a first terminal served by the first communications server, wherein the information data includes a target identifier and an instant messaging chat message, wherein the target identifier identifies a second terminal to receive the information data, and wherein the instant messaging chat message is sent from a first instant messaging platform of the first terminal, running independently of a first game client of the first terminal; and
sending, by the second communications server, the information data to the second terminal identified by the target identifier, wherein the instant messaging chat message of the information data is received at the second terminal via a second instant messaging platform running on a second game client of the second terminal, and wherein the first instant messaging platform is served by a chat server of the first communications server and the second instant messaging platform is served by a game server of the second communications server.

9. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 8 , further comprising:
sending, by the second communication server, to the first communications server, identifier information corresponding to the second communications server, wherein the first communication server determines the target identifier of the information data corresponds to the identifier information of the second communication server.

10. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 8 , further comprising:
facilitating, by the second communications server, performance by the first communication server of a permission authentication; and
in response to determining the permission authentication succeeds, sending, by the second communications server, to the first communications server, identifier information corresponding to the second communications server, wherein the first communication server determines the target identifier of the information data corresponds to the identifier information of the second communication server.

11. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 8 , wherein the instant messaging chat message arrives at the second game client served by the game server from the first instant messaging platform served by the chat server.

12. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 8 , further comprising:
sending, by the second communications server, an instant messaging reply chat message to the first communications server, wherein the instant messaging reply chat message is sent from the second instant messaging platform served by the game server of the second communications server.

13. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 1 , wherein the first gaming client is closed and inactive while the instant messaging chat message is sent from the first terminal to the first communications server.

14. The cross-platform instant messaging method of claim 8 , wherein the instant messaging chat message, upon receipt at the second terminal, is displayed on top of a gaming session run by the second game client.

15. A cross-platform instant messaging method, comprising:
generating, by the first terminal, information data, wherein the information data includes a target identifier and an instant messaging chat message, and wherein the target identifier identifies a second terminal to receive the information data; and
sending, by the first terminal, the information data to a first communications server serving the first terminal, wherein the information data is sent from a first instant messaging platform of the first terminal, running independently of a first game client of the first terminal, wherein the first communications server in turn sends the information data to the second communications server, wherein the second communications server further in turn sends the information data to the second terminal identified by the target identifier, wherein the instant messaging chat message of the information data is received at the seco

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Jian
• Fang Xuewei
• Hu Lei

Classifications

• H04L51/04 Primary

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

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title