Method, terminal device, server and system for sharing information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9900355-B2
Application number	US-201514749314-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2015
Priority date	Dec 25, 2012
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

According to an example, a first terminal device uploads sharing information to a server, the server sends identification information related to the sharing information to the first terminal device according to the sharing information, and the first terminal device transforms the identification information into a sound signal, and plays the sound signal. a second terminal device receives the sound signal, parses the sound signal to obtain the identification information, and sends a download request comprising the identifier information to the server. The server sends the sharing information to the second terminal device according to the download request.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for sharing information, comprising:
uploading, by a first terminal device, sharing information to a server;
assigning, by the server, identification information for the sharing information of the first terminal device, and sending the identification information to the first terminal device; the identification information comprising a type and a storage address of the sharing information, wherein the type of the sharing information comprises a picture, a business card and a file;
transforming, by the first terminal device, the identification information into a sound signal, and playing the sound signal;
receiving, by a second terminal device, the sound signal, parsing the sound signal to obtain the identification information, and sending a download request comprising the identifier information to the server;
sending, by the server, the sharing information to the second terminal device according to the download request; and,
recording, by the server, information corresponding to the second terminal device to a preconfigured user database.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second terminal device receiving the sound signal is in a monitoring state.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein transforming, by the first terminal device, the identification information into the sound signal comprises:
encoding, by the first terminal device, the identification information and obtaining a identifier code and a check code of the identification information; and
transforming, by the first terminal device, the identifier code and the check code into the sound signal.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein parsing, by the second terminal device, the sound signal to obtain the identification information comprises:
transforming, by the second terminal device, the sound signal into an identifier code and a check code, and obtaining the identification information according to the identifier code and the check code.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the download request comprising the identification information to the server comprises:
determining, by the second terminal device, whether a current network is accessible, after obtaining the identification information; and
sending, by the second terminal device, the download request comprising the identification information to the server, if the current network is accessible.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
configuring a user database for recording download sharing information after receiving the sharing information sent by the first terminal device, the download sharing information being information of a user of a terminal device downloading the sharing information sent by the first terminal device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending, by the server, the sharing information to the second terminal device according to the download request comprises:
searching, by the server, for the sharing information of the first terminal device according to the identification information comprised in the download request; and
sending, by the server, the sharing information of the first terminal device to the second terminal device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein recording, by the server, the information corresponding to the second terminal device to the preconfigured user database comprises:
obtaining, by the server, the information of the second terminal device according to an terminal identifier of the second terminal device; and
storing, by the server, the information of the second terminal device in the user database.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
sending, by the server, the download sharing information stored within a preconfigured time threshold in the user database to at least one of the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

10. A first terminal device for sharing information, comprising a memory and a processor communicating with the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
upload sharing information to a server and receive identification information related to the sharing information sent by the server, wherein the identification information comprises a type and a storage address of the sharing information, the type of the sharing information comprises a picture, a business card and a file;
transform the identification information into a sound signal;
play the sound signal; wherein the sound signal is parsed by a second terminal device receiving the sound signal, and the second terminal device sends a download request comprising identification information obtained according to the sound signal to the server to download the sharing information, wherein information corresponding to the second terminal device is recorded by the server to a preconfigured user database.

11. The first terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
receive download sharing information stored within a preconfigured time threshold from the server, wherein the download sharing information is information of a user of the second terminal device downloading the sharing information;
store the download sharing information received.

12. A server for sharing information, comprising a memory and a processor communicating with the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
assign identification information for sharing information of a first terminal device, send the identification information related to the sharing information to the first terminal device, after receiving the sharing information sent by the first terminal device, wherein the identification information comprises a type and a storage address of the sharing information, the type of the sharing information comprises a picture, a business card and a file; and
send the sharing information to a second terminal device after receiving a download request comprising the identification information from the second terminal device, and record information corresponding to the second terminal device to a preconfigured user database.

13. The server of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
configure a user database for recording download sharing information after receiving the sharing information, wherein the download sharing information comprises information of a terminal device downloading the sharing information sent by the first terminal device.

14. The server of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
search for and obtain the sharing information of the first terminal device according to the identification information comprised in the download request; and
send the sharing information obtained to the second terminal device.

15. The server of claim 14 , wherein
the information corresponding to the second terminal device recorded in the preconfigured user database is obtained, according to a terminal identifier of the second terminal device.

16. The server of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
send the download sharing information stored within a preconfigured time threshold in the user database to at least one of the first terminal device and the second terminal device.

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zheng Zhihao
• Ma Jia
• Wang Huixing
• Tian Yuhong
• Xu Huabin
• Shen Xiaopeng
• Wen Guanghai
• Xiang Qianbiao
• Xu Qiaoyu
• Yang Shuzhan
• Lv Jiawei
• Mao Qing
• Zhou Yiting
• Xiao Haoyu
• Liang Zhu
• Zeng Yong

Classifications

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · 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

• H04L67/2804

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/06 Primary

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title