Method and system for synchronizing duplicated contents in multiple terminals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9584566-B2
Application number	US-201414148595-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2014
Priority date	Jun 20, 2013
Publication date	Feb 28, 2017
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017

Abstract

The present application discloses methods and systems for synchronizing duplicated contents between multiple terminals. By establishing a mapping relationship between multiple accounts for different application programs installed on different terminals, a server may transmit captured contents between the accounts so that the contents are displayed and/or further distributed. After receiving a content forwarding request from a second account associated with a browser application in a second terminal, the server may process the content forwarding request, which includes the captured contents and identifiers. Using the identifiers and the mapping relationship, the server may identify a first terminal with an instant messaging application having a first account. The captured contents may be transferred to the first account so that the captured contents may be displayed and/or further distributed. The present application provides additional convenience and efficiency for multi-terminal operations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for copying contents between a first terminal and a second terminal, the method comprising:
at a server having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors,
establishing a mapping relationship between a first account of an instant messaging application installed on the first terminal and a second account of a browser application installed on the second terminal, wherein the first account at the first terminal is a participant in a communication session with one or more other accounts of the instant messaging application at one or more recipient terminals and the second account of the browser application does not participate in the communication session;
receiving a content forwarding request from the second terminal through the second account of the browser application, wherein the content forwarding request includes content captured by a user of the second terminal using the browser application and an identifier of the second account of the browser application, and the content forwarding request is generated in response to the user selecting a content-sharing option in the browser application after capturing the content; and
in response to the content forwarding request:
identifying an identifier of the first account of the instant messaging application installed on the first terminal according to the mapping relationship; and
sending a message to the first terminal and the one or more recipient terminals participating in the communication session, the message including the captured content, wherein the first terminal is configured to extract the captured content from the message and display the captured content in a predefined field of the communication session in the instant messaging application installed on the first terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the second terminal is a desktop or laptop computer and the first terminal is a mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the predefined field is a text editing field.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the captured content is sent to the one or more recipient terminals in response to a user input at the first terminal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the predefined field is a read-only field, wherein the captured content has been sent to the one or more recipient terminals.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first account and the second account belong to a same user.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
mapping a third account with the first account and the second account.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving a second content forwarding request through the third account; and
processing the second content forwarding request; wherein
the message further includes contents included in the second content forwarding request.

9. A server comprising:
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more programs modules stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more program modules including:
a mapping module configured to establish a mapping relationship between a first account of an instant messaging application installed on the first terminal and a second account of a browser application installed on the second terminal, wherein the first account at the first terminal is a participant in a communication session with one or more other accounts of the instant messaging application at one or more recipient terminals and the second account of the browser application does not participate in the communication session;
a receiving module configured to receive a content forwarding request from the second terminal through the second account of the browser application, wherein the content forwarding request includes content captured by a user of the second terminal using the browser application and an identifier of the second account of the browser application, and the content forwarding request is generated in response to the user selecting a content-sharing option in the browser application after capturing the content; and
a response module configured to:
in response to the content forwarding request,
identify an identifier of the first account of the instant messaging application installed on the first terminal according to the mapping relationship; and

send a message to the first terminal and the one or more recipient terminals participating in the communication session, the message including the captured content, wherein the first terminal is configured to extract the captured content from the message and display the captured content in a predefined field of the communication session in the instant messaging application installed on the first terminal.

10. The server of claim 9 , wherein:
the second terminal is a desktop or laptop computer and the first terminal is a mobile device.

11. The server of claim 9 , wherein:
the predefined field is a text editing field.

12. The server of claim 11 , wherein:
the captured content is sent to the one or more recipient terminals in response to a user input at the first terminal.

13. The server of claim 9 , wherein:
the predefined field is a read-only field, wherein the captured content has been sent to the one or more recipient terminals.

14. The server of claim 9 , wherein:
the first account and the second account belong to a same user.

15. The server of claim 9 , wherein the mapping module is further configured to:
map a third account with the first account and the second account.

16. The server of claim 15 , wherein:
the receiving module is further configured to receive a second content forwarding request through the third account;
the response module is further configured to process the second content forwarding request; and
the message further includes contents included in the second content forwarding request.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein one or more instructions, which, when executed by a server, cause the server to:
establish a mapping relationship between a first account of an instant messaging application installed on the first terminal and a second account of a browser application installed on the second terminal, wherein the first account at the first terminal is a participant in a communication session with one or more other accounts of the instant messaging application at one or more recipient terminals and the second account of the browser application does not participate in the communication session;
receive a content forwarding request from the second terminal through the second account of the browser application, wherein the content forwarding request includes content captured by a user of the second terminal using the browser application and an identifier of the second account of the browser application, and the content forwarding request is generated in response to the user selecting a content-sharing option in the browser application after capturing the content; and
in response to the content forwarding request:
identify an identifier of the first account of the instant messaging application installed on the first terminal according to the mapping relationship; and
send a message to the first terminal and the one or more recipient terminals participating in the communication session, the message including the captured content, wherein the first terminal is configured to extract the captured content from the message and display the captured content in a predefined field of the communicatio

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Yulei
• Hu Bo
• Zhou Ruiyi
• Wang Xi
• Zhang Kai
• Xie Zhengkai
• Qing Xin
• He Bosen
• Yang Huijiao
• Huang Ying
• Li Wei
• Feng Cheng
• Tang Tingyong
• Mo Sha
• Wang Zhipei
• Liu Renfang

Classifications

• H04L51/04

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

• H04L67/1095 Primary

  Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes · CPC title

• H04L65/403 Primary

  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

• H04L51/18

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title