CN1992622B - A Method for Realizing Group User Voting in Instant Messaging System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is applicable to the field of instant messaging, and provides a method for realizing group user voting in an instant messaging system. The method includes the following steps: 1.1 The client where the voting initiator is located sends a voting request message to the group server, and the voting request The message includes voting information; 1.2 The group server sends a voting notification message to the voting information to the client where the voting participant is located, and the voting notification message includes voting event information; 1.3 The client where the voting participant is located reports to the group server Voting result message, the voting result message includes voting event information and voting result information; 1.4 The group server counts the voting results according to the voting result message, and sends the voting statistics result message to the clients where the voting initiator and voting participants are located. The invention organizes voting within the group, and the voting result is fed back to the voting initiator and participants by the group server in time, which can improve the efficiency and safety of online voting.

Description

A Method for Realizing Group User Voting in Instant Messaging System

technical field

The invention belongs to the field of instant communication, and in particular relates to a group communication method and system in an instant communication system.

Background technique

With the development of Internet technology, many activities can be realized on the Web, such as online voting. The system sets multiple options on the web server, users vote through the web client, and the system calculates the voting results according to the user's voting status. After the user votes in the Web voting system, in order to notify the voting participants of the voting results, the voting initiator or the voting participants usually check the Internet by email (Email) or after publishing on the Web, and the notification is not timely. When it is necessary to limit the qualifications of voting participants, the Web voting system requires an additional login verification mechanism, which causes great inconvenience to voting initiators and voting participants.

Instant Messenger (IM) system is a system that can send and receive Internet messages instantly. Through the instant messaging system, users can transfer text messages, files, or carry out communication activities such as audio conversations and video conversations. With the rapid development of computer networks, instant messaging systems have become a communication tool commonly used by users.

At present, the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) voting system based on the instant messaging system uses the chat text information of instant messaging to analyze the text on the server in the form of IVR, and then returns certain voting option information, prompting the user to input text information for corresponding Choice of options. In the process of voting through IVR, the way for users to participate in voting is very inconvenient, and in order to initiate a vote, the vote initiator needs to modify the background IVR processing system.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the invention is to solve the problem that the existing online voting process is complicated and brings great inconvenience to users.

In order to achieve the purpose of the invention, the present invention provides a method for realizing group user voting in an instant messaging system, said method comprising the following steps:

1.1 The client of the voting initiator logs in the login server and the group server of the instant messaging system, obtains the group user identification list of the group from the group server, and sends a voting request message to the group server, and the voting request message includes voting information. Information; the voting information includes voting participant identification list, voting option list, voting topic, topic description, voting initiator identification, voting method and valid time information; the voting participant identification list includes the group user identification list All or part of the group user ID in ;

1.2 The group server sends a voting notification message to the client where the voting participant is located according to the voting participant identification list, and the voting notification message includes voting event information; the voting event information includes the voting option list, The voting event ID, the group ID where the voting event is located, and the voting information;

1.3 The client where the voting participant is located displays the voting event information to the user, obtains the voting option selected by the user, and reports the voting result message to the group server, and the voting result message includes the voting event information and the voting option selected by the user result information;

1.4 The group server counts the voting results according to the voting result message, and sends a voting statistics result message to the clients where the voting initiator and voting participants are located.

Said step 1.2 further comprises the following steps:

The group server assigns a voting event ID according to the voting request message, and records the group ID of the group where the voting initiator is located as the group ID of the voting event and the voting information.

The step of the group server counting the voting results according to the voting result message further includes the following steps:

3.1 According to the voting result message reported by the client where the voting participant is located, determine whether the voting event exists, if so, perform step 3.2, otherwise return a notification message that the voting event does not exist to the client where the voting participant is located;

3.2 Determine whether the voting event has expired, if yes, return a notification message that the voting event is expired to the client where the voting participant is located, otherwise perform step 3.3;

3.3 Count the voting results and save the voting statistics.

The invention utilizes the group communication function in the instant messaging system to organize voting within the group, and the voting result is fed back to the voting initiator and participants by the group server in time, which can improve the efficiency and safety of online voting.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a network system diagram applicable to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the realization flow chart of group user client to carry out group voting;

Fig. 3 is a display example diagram of voting event information issued by the group server to the group user client;

Fig. 4 is a display example diagram of the voting results issued by the group server to the group user client;

Fig. 5 is a flow chart of the group server processing the voting results submitted by the client.

Detailed ways

In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

Fig. 1 shows a network system applicable to the present invention, where multiple clients are connected to a login server and a group server, where multiple clients belong to one or more groups, and each group has a group ID. In the present invention, the client initiates voting or participates in voting, the login server notifies the client to participate in voting, and the group server manages group member users and processes group member voting.

Figure 2 shows the implementation process of group user clients performing intra-group voting, which is described in detail as follows:

1. Each client logs in to the login server through the user ID, and the login server registers each online client. After the registration is completed, the client is notified of successful login;

2. After the client logs in to the server successfully, log in to the group server and register the client information on the group server. The client information package registered by the group server includes the client ID, the group ID of the group where the client belongs, and the sign of whether the client is online wait;

3. After the client information registration is completed, the group server returns the group information to the client, and the group information includes a list of all user IDs of the group;

4. After the client gets the user ID list of the group, it can vote for the users of the group. Each group user can vote for other users in the group or participate in voting initiated by other group users. After receiving the voting event information input by the voting initiator, the client submits a voting request message to the group server. The voting request message contains the following voting information:

a. Voting topic: the topic of voting, such as group administrators voting;

b. Topic description: a description of the topic, for example, each group user has a voting right to choose who will be the administrator of the group;

c. Voting initiator ID: the user ID of the voting initiator;

d. List of voting participant IDs: select voting participants from the user ID list of the group;

e. List of voting options: For example:

(1) Option 1: Zhang San

(2) Option 2: Li Si

(3) Option 3: Wang Wu

f. Voting method: For example, single choice or multiple choice, voting participants can vote for one or more

g. Valid time: the valid time of voting, if it expires, you can no longer vote, for example: 2005-11-2-2005-11-5.

5. After receiving the voting request message initiated by the client, the group server records the voting and assigns a unique voting event ID to each voting event, which is used to identify the voting event. The voting event information recorded by the group server includes:

a. Voting event ID: used to uniquely identify a voting event;

b. Voting group ID: the group ID where the voting event is located;

c. Voting topics;

d. Subject description;

e. ID of the initiator of the vote;

f. List of voting participant IDs;

g. List of voting options;

h. Voting method;

i. Effective time;

6. After the group server records the voting event, it sends a voting notification message to the users in the voting participant ID list corresponding to the voting event. The voting notification message contains all the above-mentioned voting event information registered by the group server;

7. After receiving the voting notification message issued by the group server, other group user clients whose voting initiators are listed as voting participants will display the voting event information and provide the voting option list for the user to choose, as shown in Figure 3;

8. After the voting participant selects the voting option, the voting result message is sent to the group server through the client. The voting result message includes the voting event ID, group ID, voting topic, topic description, voting initiator ID, and voting participant ID list , a list of voting options, voting methods, valid time, and the number of votes cast for each voting option, for example:

a. Option 1: 0 votes;

b. Option 2: 1 vote;

c. Option 3: 0 votes;

9. After the group server receives the voting result message submitted by the client of the voting participant, it performs statistical processing on the voting result;

10. The group server returns the voting statistics result message to the client where the voting initiator and voting participants are located. The voting statistics result message includes the following information:

a. Voting event ID;

b. Group ID;

c. Voting topics;

d. Subject description;

e. ID of the initiator of the vote;

f. List of voting participant IDs;

g. List of voting options and the number of votes for the options, for example:

(1) Option 1: Zhang San 10 votes

(2) Option 2: Li Si 5 votes

(3) Option 3: Wang Wu 3 votes

h. Voting method;

i. Effective time;

11. The client displays the voting statistical results to the voting initiator and voting participants according to the voting statistical result message returned by the group server, as shown in Figure 4.

Fig. 5 shows the implementation process of performing statistical processing on the voting results after the group server receives the voting result message submitted by the client, and the details are as follows:

In step S501, query the voting event according to the voting event ID reported by the client, judge whether the voting event ID exists, if yes, execute step S502, otherwise return a notification message that the voting event does not exist to the client;

In step S502, it is judged whether the vote has expired, if so, return a notification message that the vote has expired to the client, otherwise execute step S503;

In step S503, the number of votes for each voting option is counted;

In step S504, the voting statistics result is saved.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection of the present invention. within range.

Claims (3)

1. realize the method for group subscriber ballot in the instantaneous communication system, it is characterized in that described method comprises the steps:

1.1 logon server and group's server of ballot promoter place client access of instant communicating system, obtain group's user ID tabulation of place group from group's server after, send the ballot request message to described group's server, include vote information in the described ballot request message; Described vote information comprise ballot participant identifying tabulation, polling option tabulation, ballot theme, subject description, ballot promoter sign, ballot mode and effective time information; Comprise all or part of group's user ID in the tabulation of described group's user ID in the described ballot participant identifying tabulation;

1.2 described group's server sends the ballot notification message according to described ballot participant identifying tabulation to ballot participant place client, includes the ballot event information in the described ballot notification message; The group identification and the described vote information that comprise described polling option tabulation, ballot event identifier, ballot incident place in the described ballot event information;

1.3 ballot participant place client shows described ballot event information to the user, obtain the polling option that the user selects, report voting results message to described group's server, include the polling option object information that ballot event information and user select in the described voting results message;

1.4 described group's server according to described voting results message statistics voting results, sends ballot statistics message to described ballot promoter and ballot participant place client.

2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described step 1.2 further comprises:

Described group's server distributes the ballot event identifier according to described ballot request message, and record ballot promoter place client place group's group identification is as the group identification and the described vote information at ballot incident place.

3. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described group's server further comprises the steps: according to the step of described voting results message statistics voting results

3.1 according to the voting results message that described ballot participant place client reports, judge whether the ballot incident exists, be execution in step 3.2 then, otherwise return the non-existent notification message of ballot incident to described ballot participant place client;

3.2 judge whether the ballot incident is expired, be then to return the expired notification message of ballot incident to described ballot participant place client, otherwise execution in step 3.3;

3.3, and preserve the ballot statistics to the voting results statistics.

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