CN100477590C - Real-time information system and working method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an integrated real-time information system with gateway function applied to Internet and mobile communication network and its working method, it uses a client as the initiator of a conference, the initiator of the conference establishes a conference for transmitting real-time information through a network medium and as the gateway of the conference during the conference, therefore, it can invite other network clients to connect and participate in the conference without server, and because the initiator of the conference has the function of attaching other real-time information systems, it can receive the connection of other real-time information system clients, and integrate the clients of various real-time information systems in a conference.

Description

Real-time information system and its working method

technical field

The invention relates to a real-time information system and its working method applied to the Internet and mobile communication network, in particular to an integrated real-time information system with gateway function and its working method.

Background technique

With the rapid development of network communication technology, all kinds of real-time information services (Instant Messenger) applied to network media such as the Internet (Internet) and mobile communication network (Mobile Communication Network) are developing vigorously. Through these real-time information services, people Communication with people is no longer restricted by space and time. At any place and any time, multi-party users only need to use desktops, notebooks, palmtop computers and even mobile phones (including high-power mobile phones and low-power mobile phones) Power mobile phone) connected to the Internet or mobile communication network (including high-power mobile phone network and low-power mobile phone network), real-time information communication can be carried out.

Please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a common real-time information system at present. Equipment (for example, the above-mentioned computer and mobile phone), the electronic equipment runs a real-time information system software and is connected to the server (Server) 110 of the real-time information system, any client can invite other clients to communicate in real-time information, at this time, the The server 110 will establish a conference platform (Session), so that multiple users can exchange text, documents, and even conduct multi-party online voice calls and network video communications through the conference platform.

Above-mentioned real-time information system structure is a kind of client-server (Client-Server) type structure, and there is following problem in this kind structure:

1. The service cannot be provided when the server fails. Because the client must log in through the real-time information system server, and the real-time information transmission during the meeting is carried out through the server, so when the server fails to provide services, all customers through the server will not be able to obtain services, although the above problems It can be improved by clustering servers (ClusterServer) or adding backup servers (Backup Server), but this will increase service costs.

2. Customers of different real-time information systems cannot communicate with each other. At present, the real-time information system presents a state of multi-party competition. Clients of different real-time information systems cannot communicate with each other across system limitations. Therefore, users are often forced to apply for multiple real-time information systems at the same time in order to maintain an online connection with all their friends.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a server-free real-time information system and its working method, so that customers can still communicate real-time information even when the server fails.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an integrated real-time information system and its working method, which can integrate clients of different real-time information systems into one conference platform.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an integrated real-time information system with a gateway function and its working method. The system uses a client as a conference initiator, and the conference initiator establishes a conference via a network medium. A conference platform that can transmit real-time information, and as a gateway during the conference, it can invite other network clients (conference participants) to connect and participate in the conference, because the conference initiator has the function of adding other real-time information systems as a gateway, so While establishing connections with other real-time information system clients, users of various real-time information systems can be integrated into one conference platform.

The present invention uses a client as a conference initiator with a gateway function, and other conference participants can transmit real-time information through the conference initiator with a gateway function, so the conference can be conducted without a server, and the gateway function The initiator of the meeting can add other real-time information systems, so it can integrate other real-time information system users into a conference. In this way, it can solve the problem that users cannot conduct meetings when the server fails in general real-time information systems, and different real-time information systems The problem that customers cannot communicate with each other.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a structural diagram of a common real-time information system.

Fig. 2 is a structural diagram of a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a system module structure diagram of a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of the steps of a conference initiator from establishing to closing a conference in a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of steps for a conference initiator to invite conference participants in a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a flow chart of the steps of receiving and sending real-time information by the conference initiator in the specific embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to make the above-mentioned purpose, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, a preferred embodiment is specifically cited below and described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is the structural diagram of the specific embodiment of the present invention, and it comprises a meeting sponsor 210, establishes a meeting that transmits real-time information through a network medium 220, and invites meeting participant A (230) and meeting to participate in Participant B (240) participates in the conference, conference participant A (230) and conference participant B (240) are connected with the conference initiator 210 through a point-to-point (Peer to Peer) connection, and the conference initiator 210 is in the conference As the gateway of the meeting, it is responsible for transmitting the real-time information of the meeting, so this embodiment can operate without a server, and the meeting initiator 210 has the function of plugging in other real-time information systems, so it can be connected to the client of the same system (internal real-time information system client), and other different real-time information system clients (plug-in real-time information system clients), therefore, this embodiment can integrate multiple real-time information system clients in a conference, and the conference initiator 210 is responsible for Close the meeting when the meeting ends.

Please refer to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is a kind of integrated real-time information system with gateway function of the present invention, the system module structural diagram of specific embodiment, by an electronic device that can be connected to a network medium (such as Internet or mobile communication network) (such as computers, mobile phones), it can be used as a conference initiator to establish a conference that transmits real-time information, and as a gateway during the conference, it is responsible for transmitting the real-time information of the conference, so that the built-in real-time information system customers The terminal connects with the plug-in real-time information system client to participate in the meeting, and closes the meeting at the end of the meeting. In addition, the client running the above software can also simply be a meeting participant and link to a meeting platform established by the meeting initiator , for the conference initiator, the conference participant is a built-in real-time information system client, the above-mentioned system mainly includes:

(1) The conference module 310 is configured to establish and close a conference, and display the content of the conference during the conference. When the conference initiator invites the conference participants to carry out the real-time information conference, the conference module 310 will be started, and the conference module 310 will perform an online handshake protocol (Hand-Shaking) for each conference participant to determine whether the conference participant is in Available online status and which real-time information system communication protocol should be used to establish a point-to-point connection with it. After the handshake protocol, the conference module 310 establishes a connection pool (Connection Pool) to maintain all connections of the conference, and displays the conference during the conference. The content of the meeting, and finally close the meeting when the meeting ends.

(2) The connection management module 320 is used to manage the connection of the conference: after the above-mentioned connection pool is established, the connection management module 320 is responsible for managing the connection of the connection pool, and the connection management module 320 transmits the information belonging to the conference initiator itself to the above-mentioned The conference module 310 displays its content, or receives the information transmitted by the conference module 310, and transmits the information to a specific connection stored in the connection pool. The specific connection is divided into two types, one is the built-in real-time information system client One of the established connections is a connection established by a plug-in real-time information system client.

(3) The built-in real-time information system module 330 is used to communicate with the built-in real-time information system client of the conference. The built-in real-time information system module 330 contains the built-in real-time information system communication protocol. When there is information to be transmitted to the built-in real-time information system client, or to receive the information transmitted from it, the connection management module 320 will start the built-in real-time information system The real-time information system module 330 uses the built-in real-time information system communication protocol to send and receive information.

(4) The plug-in real-time information system module 350 is used for communicating with the client side of the plug-in real-time information system of the conference. The system of the present embodiment includes more than one plug-in real-time information system module 350, each plug-in real-time information system module 350 contains a kind of plug-in real-time information system communication protocol, when there is information that needs to be transmitted to the plug-in real-time information system client, or receive When the information is transmitted, the above-mentioned connection management module 320 will activate the appropriate plug-in real-time information system module 350 through the plug-in real-time information system management module 340, and use its built-in communication protocol to send and receive information.

(5) The plug-in real-time information system management module 340 is used to manage the plug-in real-time information system module 350 required for the meeting. The conference initiator is a gateway integrating other real-time information systems. The plug-in real-time information system management module 340 is used to manage the plug-in real-time information system module 350 required for the conference. The module 320 will call the plug-in real-time information system management module 340, and the plug-in real-time information system management module 340 will judge which plug-in real-time information system the information belongs to. 340 judges which plug-in real-time information system the information belongs to. After the judgment, the plug-in real-time information system management module 340 calls the appropriate plug-in real-time information system module 350 to transmit and receive the information.

Please refer to Fig. 4, Fig. 4 is the flow chart of the steps from establishment to closing of the meeting by the initiator of the meeting according to the specific embodiment of the present invention. The initiator establishes a meeting (step 410), during which the meeting initiator will listen to various events (Event) (step 420), the event may be an instruction input by the user of the meeting initiator, or the meeting initiator Received, the information that is imported by the meeting participant, when this conference initiator receives an event (step 430), just judge whether this event is the meeting participant that user invites (step 440), if so, then by this event The meeting initiator invites the meeting participant (detailed steps are described in detail later), if not, then judge whether the event has real-time information to send (step 450), if so, then receive and send the real-time information by the meeting initiator (Detailed steps are described in detail later), if not, then judge whether the event is that the meeting initiator will close the meeting (step 460), if so, the meeting initiator will close the meeting (step 470), if not, the meeting The meeting continues and the meeting initiator continues to listen for events (step 420).

Please refer to FIG. 5 . FIG. 5 is a flow chart of steps for a meeting initiator to invite meeting participants in a specific embodiment of the present invention. The initial state is that a meeting initiator has established a meeting platform for transmitting real-time information. First, the conference initiator sends an invitation (Request) to the conference participant according to information such as the email address and phone number of the conference participant (step 510), and the conference participant will reply (Acknowledge) the invitation after receiving the above invitation , the meeting initiator receives the reply (step 520), but if the meeting participant does not reply, the meeting initiator can send a short message to the meeting participant through the short message system (Short Message System, SMS) of the mobile communication network. The mobile phone of the participant (step 525), invites it to join the meeting.

The meeting initiator judges whether the meeting participant is a built-in real-time information system client or other plug-in real-time information system clients (step 530) by the received reply. If the meeting participant belongs to a built-in real-time information system client, the meeting The initiator selects the built-in real-time information system communication protocol (step 540) and attempts to establish a point-to-point connection with the conference participant (step 550). Plug-in real-time information system communication protocol (step 540) and try to establish point-to-point connection (step 550) with this conference participant, if this connection is established successfully, then this conference participant joins this conference (step 570) and registers (Registry) this new Add connection (step 580), send the information that the conference participant joins successfully to other participants in the conference (step 590), if the connection establishment fails, send the information that the conference participant fails to join to other participants in the conference or (step 565).

Please refer to FIG. 6 . FIG. 6 is a flow chart of steps for a meeting initiator to receive and send real-time information in a specific embodiment of the present invention. First, the meeting initiator receives a real-time information (step 610), which may come from other meeting participants or input by the meeting initiator. After analyzing the real-time information (step 620), the real-time information must be sent to Other conference participants, at this time, the conference initiator will carry out the following steps for each other conference participants: judge whether the sending target is a plug-in real-time information system client (step 630), if not, then communicate with the built-in real-time information system The protocol transmits the real-time information to the sending target (step 640), if so, then learns what kind of plug-in real-time information system (step 650) the sending target is by querying registration, and sends it with the same plug-in real-time information system communication protocol of the sending target The real-time information (step 660) is sent to the sending target.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this is not intended to limit the present invention. Those skilled in the art can change and improve it within the scope of the concept of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection should be determined by the content of the claims.

Claims (7)

1. An integrated real-time information system with a gateway function, which at least includes a conference module, a connection management module, a built-in real-time information system module, an external real-time information system module and an external real-time information system management module, wherein, The above meeting module is used to establish and close a meeting with a network medium, and display the real-time information transmitted by the meeting during the meeting; The above-mentioned connection management module is used to selectively establish a connection between the above-mentioned conference module and the above-mentioned built-in real-time information system module, or establish a connection between the above-mentioned conference module and the above-mentioned external real-time information system module through the above-mentioned plug-in real-time information system management module ; The built-in real-time information system module is used to communicate with the built-in real-time information system client of the meeting; The above plug-in real-time information system module is used to communicate with the plug-in real-time information system client of the meeting; and The plug-in real-time information system management module is used to manage the plug-in real-time information system modules required by the meeting. 2. The integrated real-time information system with gateway function according to claim 1, characterized in that, said network media include: Internet, high-power mobile phone system network and low-power mobile phone system network. 3. The integrated real-time information system with gateway function according to claim 1, wherein the real-time information includes text, document, sound, static image and dynamic image. 4. The integrated real-time information system with gateway function according to claim 1, characterized in that, the connection of the meeting comprises a point-to-point connection. 5. A working method for integrating multiple real-time information systems in a gateway manner, which at least includes the following steps: set up a meeting; send invitations to meeting participants; Receive replies from the meeting participants; According to the received replies, it is judged whether the meeting participants are customers of built-in real-time information system or external real-time information system, and accordingly select the corresponding communication protocol of real-time information system; establish a connection with the conference participant; receive and send real-time information; and Close the meeting. 6. The working method for integrating multiple real-time information systems in a gateway manner according to claim 5, characterized in that, the above-mentioned step of establishing a connection with the conference participant further comprises, when the connection fails to be established, sending a notification message to Steps for other conference participants. 7. The working method for integrating multiple real-time information systems in the form of a gateway according to claim 5, wherein the above-mentioned step of receiving and sending real-time information further comprises, when sending the real-time information fails, sending notification information to other Steps for meeting participants.

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