CN100544267C - Online notification method and system of an instant messaging system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for notifying a contact person online in an instant communication system. Firstly, the contact online information sent by the server is received, including the contact's instant messaging identifier; prompt information is read according to the identifier; finally, an online notification is generated, and the prompt information is displayed in the online notification. The reading of the prompt information includes: reading the contact's business card information at the client as prompt information according to the contact's instant messaging identifier; or reading the contact's business card information from the business card server. The invention also provides an instant communication contact person online notification system.

Description

Online notification method and system of an instant messaging system

technical field

The invention relates to an electric communication technology, in particular to an online notification method and system of an instant messaging system.

Background technique

Instant messaging tool is a network tool that realizes instant communication on the Internet through point-to-point technology. Because the instant messaging service it provides is convenient, fast, and low-cost, it provides an important means for timely and large-scale transmission of information.

The feature of instant messaging is that contacts can perceive each other's online status. Online notification is the main way for contacts to perceive each other's status. This method means that when a user goes online, the system will send a notification to his online contact by popping up an information prompt window at the lower right corner of the desktop of the online contact, which is called an online notification window.

Fig. 1 shows the information displayed in the online notification window in the current instant messaging software, the information includes the user profile data of the contact read from the client.

The online notification window provides the online contact's instant messaging number (158155776), network nickname (Blue Star), and personalized signature file (do not drink Asahi beer, do not eat Meiji ice cream); these information usually only reflect the contact's Internet image, but unable to reflect its relatively more real identity.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the online notification display process in the current instant messaging software, and the display process includes:

Step S01 , the client user logs in to the instant messaging server; at this time, the client data file stores contact user information, including: nickname, personalized signature and so on.

Step S02, when the client user's contact goes online, the instant messaging server sends the contact's online information to the user client, and the client receives the information; the information includes the contact's instant messaging number.

Step S03, after the user client receives the online notification, it reads the contact user information in the client data file according to the instant messaging number.

In step S04, an online notification window is generated, and user information is displayed in the window.

In step S05, the online notification process is completed, and the online notification window is closed.

The above-mentioned prior art can conveniently realize online notification, and instant messaging users can obtain the online information of their contacts immediately when they go online.

However, this prior art also has defects, mainly: it is difficult for the online notification method and system of the prior art to extract and display data with richer content. That is, due to the widespread use of instant messaging, the number of contacts per user is constantly increasing. User profile data often only contain instant messaging numbers, nicknames, personalized signatures, etc. These information are too simple and only reflect the online image of the contact, usually unable to reflect the relatively more real identity of the contact, resulting in the user often being unable to determine the contact based on this People, it is difficult to decide what to instant message.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above-mentioned defects in the prior art, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an online notification method and system, which can display richer data in the online notification.

In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the technical solution provided by the invention is:

An online notification method of an instant messaging system, comprising the following steps:

11) receiving the contact online information sent by the instant messaging server, the online information including the instant messaging identification of the contact;

12) Read the business card information of the contact in the client according to the instant messaging identifier;

13) judge whether the business card information is read from the client, if read, then proceed to step 15); otherwise, proceed to step 14);

14) Send a request to the business card server to read the business card information of the contact, and read the business card information from the business card server:

15) Read the business card information, generate an online notification window, and display the business card information.

The present invention also provides an online notification system of an instant messaging system, comprising:

The online information receiving unit is used for the client to receive the contact online information of the instant messaging server; it also includes:

The business card information storage unit is used to record the relevant data of the instant messaging contacts on the client side;

The prompt information reading unit is connected to the online information receiving unit and the business card information storage unit, and is used to read the contact’s business card information from the business card information storage unit as prompt information according to the contact’s online information from the online information receiving unit ;

The online notification generation unit is connected to the prompt information reading unit, and is used to generate a contact online notification according to the prompt information read by the prompt information reading unit, and the content of the online notification includes prompt information;

The business card server is used to record and manage the business card information of the users of the instant messaging system on the server side;

The system reads the business card information from the business card information storage unit, and if it cannot be obtained, reads the business card information from the business card server.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effect of the present invention is: because more diversified data extraction interfaces and processing procedures are provided, data with richer content can be extracted and displayed; Next, display the contact's business card data in the online notification, so that the user can immediately know the detailed information of the contact when the contact goes online.

At the same time, after the contact's business card information is obtained, the information can also be used in a prompt window and displayed in an instant communication window with the contact to prompt the client user of the contact's identity.

The invention makes full use of the information disclosed by the instant messaging users, so that the client users can conveniently know the information of the communication objects, and the method and system provide convenience for the instant messaging users when the number of contact persons of the instant messaging users is constantly increasing.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the information displayed in the online notification window in the current instant messaging system;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the online notification display process in the current instant messaging system;

Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the embodiment of the online notification method of the instant messaging system of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an online notification system of the instant messaging system of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The main idea of the online notification method of the present invention is: when the client learns that its instant messaging contact is online, it will extract the contact's business card information according to the instant messaging identification of the contact; and display the user-oriented contact online notification , the business card information is displayed at the same time, so that the user can know the identity of the online contact conveniently.

On this basis, if the business card information of the contact cannot be read, the instant messaging user profile of the contact is read as prompt information.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a flowchart of this embodiment.

In step S11, the local user logs in to the instant messaging server and starts instant messaging. At this time, the client uses a data file to store the contact information of the instant messaging user, including: nickname, personalized signature and so on.

In step S12, the client receives the online contact information sent by the instant messaging server. When the client user's instant messaging contact goes online, the instant messaging server sends the contact's online information to the user client, including the contact's instant messaging number.

Step S13, the client reads the contact's business card information in the client according to the instant messaging number. The business card information may be stored in the address book of the client, or in other data files or databases.

The business card information refers to the personal data contained in the electronic business card provided by the instant messaging user to the instant messaging system, which may include his name, work unit, position, etc. These data, which may be different from general instant messaging user data, are usually used to express the user's more real personal situation.

Of course, the user may also choose to store the instant messaging user profile data as business card information.

Step S14, judging whether the business card information has been read from the client, if so, go to step S17; otherwise, go to step S15.

Business card information is generally stored in the address book. The address book is the data file of the client, which stores the detailed personal information of each contact; the data in the address book can be downloaded from the server, especially the business card server, or can be directly sent to the instant communication object (ie the contact person). The request may also be directly input by the client user.

Step S15, the client sends a request to the business card server to read the business card information of the contact; reads the business card information from the business card server.

The business card server is used to store and manage the business card information of users of the instant messaging system.

The business card server can provide business card information to the user according to the client's request.

Step S16, judging whether to obtain the contact's business card information from the business card server; if read, proceed to step S17; otherwise, proceed to step S18.

The contact's business card information is stored in the business card server by the contact, and the contact can choose whether to provide the business card information, and whether to disclose the business card information, or only disclose it to contacts who meet certain conditions.

Step S17, generating an online notification window, in which the business card information is displayed.

The function of the online notification window is to prompt the client user that a contact is online, and it provides the client user with the personal information of the contact, so that the client user knows the identity of the online contact.

When the contact's business card information has been read from the local address book or business card server, displaying the information can clearly prompt the client user for the contact's identity, so that the client user can determine the communication content.

Step S18, generating an online notification window, in which user information is displayed.

If the business card information of the online instant messaging object is not read, the instant messaging user information stored locally on the client side is displayed. This information is required for all instant messaging objects and can include their instant messaging object number, nickname, and personality signature etc.

In step S19, after the online notification window is displayed for a period of time, the online notification process is ended, and the online notification window is closed.

When the online notification window is closed, the status of the online contact has changed to online, and the client user can communicate with him instantly.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, besides the instant messaging number, the instant messaging identifier in the online information can also be replaced by other data that can be used to identify the network identity of the contact. Contact card information can be stored in the form of data files, databases, etc.; the corresponding storage unit can be located in the client, or in the instant messaging server, or a dedicated card server.

This method can also provide additional functions to facilitate the client user to identify the instant communication object and read the business card information. These additional features include:

After the business card information is obtained, the business card information is displayed in the instant communication window with the contact person, or displayed in tips (prompt window) of the contact person.

After obtaining the business card information by the above method, in the online prompt window or in the instant messaging window with the contact or in the tips of the contact, provide the user with an entry to store the business card information to the client; the client user can pass the entry The obtained business card information is stored in the client for reading next time.

In addition, if the contact has not provided his business card information to the instant messaging system, or has not made his business card information public, or the client has preferentially set user profile, then in the online prompt window or instant messaging window or tips of the contact, Provide an entry for obtaining business card information from the contact; the client user can send a request for obtaining business card information to the contact through this entry, and the contact can decide whether to respond to the request.

In the online notification method of the existing instant messaging system, only the contact information is read from the client information file for the online notification window display; different from the prior art, this method considers that in the current instant messaging, the user's contacts are constantly increasing, To make it difficult for users to confirm the identity of contacts, try to use the public information of contacts to provide users with more prompt information to facilitate users to identify contacts.

Referring to Fig. 4, the online notification system of the instant messaging system of the present invention includes:

The online information receiving unit 801 is configured for the client to receive the online information of the instant messaging object (that is, the contact person) sent by the instant messaging server 900 .

The online information includes the IM identifier of the IM object.

The prompt information reading unit 802 is configured to read and output the prompt information according to the IM identifier of the IM object included in the online information of the IM object.

The online notification generating unit 803 is connected to the prompt information reading unit 802, and is configured to receive the prompt information read by the prompt information reading unit 802, and generate an online notification on the client, and the notification displays the prompt information.

The business card server 805 is configured to record and manage the business card information of the users of the instant messaging system on the server side. The user information in the business card server 805 is provided by the user himself, and the user can set whether to disclose the data, or to which instant messaging objects to disclose the data.

The client business card information storage unit 804 is configured to record relevant data of instant messaging contacts on the client side, including business card information. The business card information may be obtained directly from the instant messaging object, or may be read from the business card server 805 and stored.

The user profile storage unit 806 is configured to store the user profile of the instant messaging contact, and the data generally includes the instant messaging identification, nickname, personalized signature, etc. of the instant messaging contact.

The working principle of this online notification system is: the prompt information reading unit 802 receives the data in the online information of the instant messaging object from the online information receiving unit 801, especially the instant messaging identification of the instant messaging object; The instant messaging object's instant messaging identification, prompting information to read; Its order can be: at first read business card information at client end, if can't obtain, then read business card information to business card server 805; Next, the user profile in the user profile storage unit 806 is read.

That is to say, the prompt information may be the business card information of the instant messaging user obtained from the business card server 805 or the client business card storage unit 804, or may be the user profile of the instant messaging object stored by the client.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it should be pointed out that, for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the principle of the present invention, some improvements and modifications can also be made, and these improvements and modifications can also be made. It should be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1, a kind of online notification method of instant messaging system, it is characterized in that, this method comprises the steps: 11) receiving the contact online information sent by the instant messaging server, the online information including the instant messaging identification of the contact; 12) Read the business card information of the contact in the client according to the instant messaging identifier; 13) judge whether the business card information is read from the client, if read, then proceed to step 15); otherwise, proceed to step 14); 14) Send a request to the business card server to read the business card information of the contact, and read the business card information from the business card server: 15) Read the business card information, generate an online notification window, and display the business card information. 2. The online notification method of an instant messaging system according to claim 1, wherein said step 14) further comprises: Determine whether to obtain the contact's business card information from the business card server. 3. The online notification method of an instant messaging system according to claim 2, characterized in that the method further comprises: if obtaining the contact's business card information from the business card server fails, displaying the instant messaging user locally stored in the client material. 4. The online notification method of an instant messaging system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the contact person stores the business card information in a business card server, and the contact person chooses whether to provide the business card information and whether to disclose it The business card information may only be disclosed to contacts who meet certain conditions. 5. The online notification method of an instant messaging system according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises: after acquiring the business card information, displaying the business card information in the instant communication window with the contact or displaying it in the in the alert window for the contact. 6. An online notification system of an instant messaging system, comprising: The online information receiving unit is used for the client to receive the contact online information of the instant messaging server; it is characterized in that it also includes: The business card information storage unit is used to record the relevant data of the instant messaging contacts on the client side; The prompt information reading unit is connected to the online information receiving unit and the business card information storage unit, and is used to read the contact’s business card information from the business card information storage unit as prompt information according to the contact’s online information from the online information receiving unit ; The online notification generation unit is connected to the prompt information reading unit, and is used to generate a contact online notification according to the prompt information read by the prompt information reading unit, and the content of the online notification includes prompt information; The business card server is used to record and manage the business card information of the users of the instant messaging system on the server side; The system reads the business card information from the business card information storage unit, and if it cannot be obtained, reads the business card information from the business card server. 7. The online notification system of an instant messaging system according to claim 6, characterized in that it also includes a user data storage unit connected to the prompt information reading unit for storing the instant messaging user data of the contact person. When the information reading unit fails to read the business card information, it reads user data as prompt information.

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