Method and apparatus of processing expression information in instant communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9584455-B2
Application number	US-201514596019-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 13, 2015
Priority date	Jan 15, 2014
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

A method provides an expression picture in an instant communication conversation window; acquires information of a user operation activity information from a sending user with respect to the expression picture; searching a first expression database based on the expression picture and the acquired information of the user operation activity; generates a first response message corresponding to the expression picture under the user operation activity; and sends found information related to the expression picture and the acquired information of the user operation activity to a receiving client corresponding to a receiving user to facilitate the receiving client to generate a second response message corresponding to the expression picture under the user operation activity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
providing an expression picture in an instant communication conversation window;
acquiring information of a user operation activity from a sending user with respect to the expression picture;
searching a first expression database based on the expression picture and the obtained information of the user operation activity;
generating a first response message corresponding to the expression picture under the user operation activity, the first response message including information having a continuity of playability in a time dimension; and
sending found information relating to the expression picture and the acquired information of the user operation activity to a receiving client corresponding to a receiving user to facilitate the receiving client to generate a second response message corresponding to the expression picture under the user operation activity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first expression database stores expression pictures, response messages and respective operation activity information used for starting the response messages.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the operation activity information comprises information of an operation type.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the response messages stored in the first expression database comprises calculation method information corresponding to an operation type, and generating the first response message corresponding to the expression picture under the user operation activity comprises:
determining an operation type of the sending user on the expression picture, and acquiring information of a calculation method corresponding to the operation type;
calculating, according to the information of the calculation method corresponding to the determined operation type related to the information of the user operation activity, response data corresponding to the expression picture under the information of the user operation activity; and
generating, according to the response data, the first response message that matches with the information of the user operation activity.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the calculation method is determined according to the operation type and an operational attribute information parameter corresponding to the operation type.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the information of the user operation activity from the user with respect to the expression picture comprises:
acquiring information of an operation type performed by the sending user on the expression picture and attribute information corresponding to the operation type;
calculating, according to information of a calculation method corresponding to the determined operation type related to the information of the user operation activity, response data corresponding to the expression picture under the information of the user operation activity, wherein the calculating comprises:
determining the calculation method according to the acquired information of the operation type and the attribute information corresponding to the operation type; and
calculating, according to the determined calculation method, the response data corresponding to the expression picture under the user operation activity information.

7. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:
acquiring a starting time point and an end time point of the user operation activity;
calculating a time duration of the user operation activity according to the starting time point and the end time point; and
playing the first response message in the instant communication conversation window according to the time duration of the user operation activity.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information having the continuity of playability in the time dimension comprises an animation comprising a plurality of successive image frames, a display time interval being preset between adjacent image frames, and playing the first response message in the instant communication conversation window according to the time duration of the user operation activity comprises:
comparing a time duration of the user operation activity with a total duration of the animation;
determining an end frame that is to be played according to the time duration of the user operation activity and the display time interval between the adjacent image frames when the time duration of the user operation activity is less than the total duration of the animation; and
playing the animation in the instant communication conversation window until the end frame is played.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information having the continuity of playability in the time dimension comprises an animation comprising a plurality of successive image frames, a display time interval being preset between adjacent image frames, and playing the first response message in the instant communication conversation window according to the time duration of the user operation activity comprises playing the animation in the instant communication conversation window until the animation is finished playing if the time duration of the user operation activity is greater than or equal to the total duration of the animation.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of the user operation activity from the user with respect to the expression picture includes multiple pieces, multiple first response messages are correspondingly found from the first expression database, and the method further comprises generating a combined first response message using a part or all of the multiple first response messages.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the information related to the expression picture and the acquired information of the user operation activity to the receiving client corresponding to the receiving party comprises:
sending the found information related to the expression picture and a part or all of the acquired information of the user operation activity to the receiving client corresponding to the receiving user to facilitate the receiving client to generate the second response message corresponding to the expression picture under a part or all of the user operation activity.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when multiple first response messages are found to correspond to the expression picture under the user operation activity, the method further comprises providing a prompt message to prompt the user to select one from the multiple first response messages.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein after providing the expression picture in the instant communication conversation window, the method further comprises displaying a prompt message that indicates to the user a capability of operating on the expression picture and operating mode information corresponding to the expression picture in the instant communication conversation window.

14. An expression information processing apparatus of a sending client in an instant communication process, wherein an expression database is set up in a server side in advance, and the expression database stores expression pictures, response messages and operation activity information for starting the response messages, the apparatus comprises:
an expression picture provision unit used for providing an expression picture in an instant communication conversation window;
an operation activity information acquisition unit used for acquiring information of a user operation activity sent from a user with respect to the expression picture; and
an information uploading unit used for uploading the acquired information of the user operation activity, information relating to the expressi

Assignees

• Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Yuanlong

Classifications

• H04L51/18 Primary

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title

• H04L51/08 Primary

  Annexed information, e.g. attachments · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/02

  using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages · CPC title

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title