Service sharing method and system, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12438834-B2
Application number	US-202118043790-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2021
Priority date	Sep 8, 2020
Publication date	Oct 7, 2025
Grant date	Oct 7, 2025

Abstract

This application provides a service sharing method and system, and an electronic device. The method includes: A first device may display a chat interface with a first contact, where the chat interface includes an input box for a chat message. If it is detected that a user inputs a preset symbol into the input box, the first device displays a first device list. If it is detected that the user selects a second device from the first device list, the first device displays a service list provided by the second device, where the service list includes one or more services provided by the second device. If it is detected that the user selects a first service from the service list, the first device sends a first chat message in the chat interface, where the first chat message includes first service content corresponding to the first service selected by the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
displaying, by a first device, a chat interface with a first contact in a first window, wherein the chat interface comprises an input box for a chat message;
detecting, by the first device, a first operation of inputting a preset symbol into the input box by a user;
displaying, by the first device, a first list in a second window different from the first window in response to the first operation,
wherein the first list comprises one or more electronic devices,
wherein the one or more electronic devices comprise a second device different from the first device, and
wherein the second device accesses a same local area network as the first device, or the second device is logged in to by using a same account as the first device;
after the displaying the first list and in response to a second operation of selecting the second device by the user, displaying, by the first device, a service list provided by the second device, wherein the service list comprises one or more services provided by the second device;
sending, by the first device, a first chat message in the chat interface to the first contact in response to a third operation of selecting a first service from the service list by the user, wherein the first chat message comprises first service content corresponding to the first service, wherein the sending, by the first device, the first chat message in the chat interface comprises:
displaying, by the first device in the chat interface, the first chat message and a first user avatar that sends the first chat message, wherein the first user avatar comprises an identifier of the second device; and

after the sending, by the first device, the first chat message in the chat interface, displaying, by the first device in the chat interface, a third chat message and a second user avatar that sends the third chat message, wherein the third chat message is unrelated to a service provided by the second device, and the second user avatar does not comprise the identifier of the second device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
before the displaying, by the first device, the first list:
obtaining, by the first device, the one or more electronic devices that access the same local area network as the first device; or
obtaining, by the first device, the one or more electronic devices that are logged in to by using the same account as the first device.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
before the displaying, by the first device, the service list provided by the second device:
obtaining, by the first device, the service list corresponding to the second device.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
before the sending, by the first device, the first chat message in the chat interface:
obtaining, by the first device, the first service content corresponding to the first service.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying, by the first device, the first list comprises:
displaying, by the first device, the first list in the chat interface; or
switching, by the first device, from the chat interface to a reminder interface, and displaying the first list in the reminder interface.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the reminder interface is in a folded state or an expanded state.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the displaying, by the first device, the service list provided by the second device comprises:
displaying, by the first device in the reminder interface, the service list provided by the second device; or
displaying, by the first device in the reminder interface, the service list provided by the second device and service content of each service in the service list.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
in response to the second operation of selecting the second device from the first list by the user:
displaying, by the first device, an application list provided by the second device, wherein the application list comprises one or more applications,

the displaying, by the first device, the service list provided by the second device comprising:
displaying, by the first device in response to a fourth operation of selecting a first application from the application list by the user, a first service list provided by the first application in the second device.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first service content corresponds to a first play link, and the method further comprises:
after the sending, by the first device, the first chat message in the chat interface:
detecting, by the first device, a first enable operation of enabling the first service content by the user in the first chat message; and
in response to the first enable operation, enabling the first service content through the first play link.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the enabling the first service content through the first play link comprises:
based on the first play link being a local link of the first service content in the first device, enabling, by the first device, the first service content in the first device using the first play link; or
based on the first play link being an external link of the first service content in the second device, indicating, by the first device, the second device to enable the first service content using the first play link.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first chat message further comprises a first play button and a second play button that correspond to the first service content, the first play button corresponds to a local link of the first service content in the first device, and the second play button corresponds to an external link of the first service content in the second device; and
based on the first enable operation being of tapping the first play button by the user, the enabling the first service content through the first play link comprises:
enabling, by the first device, the first service content in the first device using the first play link; or

based on the first enable operation being of tapping the second play button by the user, the enabling the first service content through the first play link comprises:
indicating, by the first device, the second device to enable the first service content using the first play link.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
displaying, by the first device in the chat interface, a second chat message sent by the first contact, wherein the second chat message comprises second service content corresponding to a second service, and a device providing the second service is associated with a device sending the second chat message;
detecting, by the first device, a second enable operation of enabling the second service content by the user in the second chat message; and
in response to the second enable operation, playing, by the first device, the second service content in a target device.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the method further comprises:
after the detecting, by the first device, the second enable operation of enabling the second service content by the user in the second chat message:
displaying, by the first device, a second device list, wherein the second device list comprises the one or more electronic devices associated with the first device; and
in response to a fifth operation of selecting a third device from the second device list by the user, determining, by the first device, the third device as the target device.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yilun
• Liu Min
• Zhang Li
• Ding Ning
• Bian Sucheng
• Du Zhong
• Li Li
• Wang Lei
• Wang Long
• Fang Weiqing
• Yang Junfeng
• Ge Feng

Classifications

• H04M1/72469

  for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons · CPC title

• H04M1/72412

  using two-way short-range wireless interfaces · CPC title

• H04M1/7243

  with interactive means for internal management of messages · CPC title

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title