WO2009086765A1

WO2009086765A1 - Group information conversion device, method and group information interaction system

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Publication number: WO2009086765A1
Application number: PCT/CN2008/073322
Authority: WO
Inventors: Zhihao Zheng; Ying Wang
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2007-12-29
Filing date: 2008-12-03
Publication date: 2009-07-16
Also published as: CN101188578A; CN101188578B

Abstract

Group information conversion device, method and group information interaction system are disclosed. The device includes: an analysis unit for extracting the group ID in the first type group communication information; a member information obtaining unit for obtaining addresses of the second type group communication information of one or more members in the group according to the extracted group ID; a conversion unit for converting the first type group information into the second type group information according to the obtained address of the second type group communication information. The device, method and system of the present invention can realize the interaction between different network communication systems.

Description

Group information conversion device, method and group information interaction system

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of Internet communication technologies, and in particular, to a group information conversion apparatus, method, and group information interaction system.

Background of the invention

Network communication system refers to a system based on the Internet that can provide communication services for users, such as instant messaging (IM, Instant Messaging) system, email (Email) system, online game system, network forum system, etc., different network communication. The communication modes used by the system are different.

The instant messaging service is an Internet-based communication service, generally based on realizing instant messaging on the network. The instant communication tool refers to a client that implements the network instant communication service, for example: software installed on a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone, instant messaging software installed on a computer, or set to support users by login on a web page. Instant messaging client. Because of its flexibility in use, instant messaging tools have been widely used and recognized on the Internet.

E-mail service is also a communication service widely used in the Internet. People can easily and quickly transfer information and discuss problems through e-mail.

With the development of the Internet, the way of group communication has been introduced into network communication systems. For example, in an instant messaging system, not only can peer-to-peer technology be used for instant communication between two users on the Internet, but even users with the same characteristics or hobbies can be grouped together for communication. In general, all members of the group will have a common focus or a common topic, and users who are interested in the focus or topic can join the group and become a member. When a member of the group speaks, all other members can receive the group instant message sent by the member, enabling multiple users to discuss the same topic. For example, a classmate can apply for and join a group in that class. As another example, members interested in the law can apply for and join the "Legal" group.

At the same time, many e-mail providers have begun to offer group mail services as users' demand for e-mail functions has diversified. Group mail can be combined with specific application systems, such as instant messaging systems, online game systems, web forum systems, etc., so that users with the same characteristics or hobbies in the application system participate in group mails of the same topic, which is more efficient. Use group mail to communicate.

The group communication function provided by the instant messaging system described above must be implemented by the group chat function provided by the instant messaging client after the user activates and logs in the instant messaging client. The group communication function provided by the e-mail system must also be implemented by the group mail function provided by the client of the e-mail after the user starts and logs in to the client of the e-mail system combined with the application system. Here, the client of the email refers to a tool capable of providing the user with the mail function, including software installed on a wireless terminal such as a mobile phone, software installed on the computer, and a client set on the web page to support the user to send and receive email by logging in. Wait. Since both systems use their own clients, there is a problem: the interaction of group communication information cannot be realized between the instant messaging system and the email system.

For example, when a user conducts a conversation with other group members in a group chat window of an instant messaging system, if someone sends an email to the group, the user cannot immediately receive the arrival notification of the email, and is not directly aware of the email. The content of the email, only after launching and logging in to the email client combined with the instant messaging system, through the functions provided by the email client, the corresponding operations such as viewing and replying to the email can be performed. Similarly, when users can only log in to the email client for various reasons, they cannot When logging in to the instant messaging client, the user cannot get the information of the group chat in the instant messaging system, and can't communicate with other members of the group.

As described above, in the prior art, due to a plurality of different network communication systems, such as an instant communication system and an e-mail system, the interaction of group communication information cannot be realized, which causes great inconvenience to the user's network communication. .

Summary of the invention

In view of this, embodiments of the present invention provide a group information conversion apparatus, method, and group information interaction system, which enable grouping between a plurality of different network communication systems, such as an instant messaging system and an email system. The interaction of group information.

A group information conversion device includes:

a parsing unit, configured to extract a group identifier in the first type of group communication information;

a member information obtaining unit, configured to acquire, according to the extracted group identifier, an address of the second type of group communication information of one or more members of the group;

And a converting unit, configured to convert the first type group information into the second type group information according to the acquired address of the second type group communication information.

A group information conversion method includes:

Extracting a group identifier from the received first type group communication information;

Obtaining an address of the second type of group communication information of one or more members of the group according to the group identifier;

The first type of group communication information is converted into the second type of group communication information and issued according to the address of the second type of group communication information.

A group information interaction system, comprising:

a group mail conversion device, configured to receive a group instant message, and convert the group instant message into a group email;

a group message conversion device, configured to receive a group email, and convert the group email into a group instant message.

It can be seen from the above technical solution that the group information conversion device, the method and the group information interaction system provided by the embodiments of the present invention can convert different types of group communication information, and convert the converted Group communication information is sent to members of the group. For example, a group instant message in an instant messaging system is converted into a group email in an email system, and a group email converted by the group instant message is sent. For another example, the group email in the email system is converted into a group instant message in the instant messaging system, and the group instant message converted by the group email is sent. In this way, it is possible to solve the problem that group communication information cannot be realized between different network communication systems (such as instant messaging systems, online game systems, web forum systems, email systems, etc.).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus for converting a group instant message into a group email according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a group mail conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

4 is a schematic flowchart of a group mail conversion method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a group mail converting method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention; FIG.

8 is a schematic flowchart of a group mail conversion method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

9 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

10 is a schematic flowchart of a group mail conversion method according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

11 is a schematic structural diagram of a group message conversion apparatus for converting a group email into a group instant message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a method for converting a group message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

13 is a schematic structural diagram of a group message conversion apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention;

14 is a schematic flowchart of a group message conversion method according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention;

15 is a schematic diagram of a group instant message obtained by using the method of FIG. 14;

16 is a network structure diagram of group information interaction in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a structural diagram of an internal structure of a group information interaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Mode for carrying out the invention

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a group information conversion apparatus capable of converting different types of group communication information, and a method of performing group communication information conversion, and a group information interaction system. In this way, members of the group can still interact with group communication information even if they use different types of clients to log in to the network.

In one of the embodiments of the present invention, the group information conversion apparatus can convert the group instant message into a group email, that is, realize the information transmission function of the instant communication system to the email system. At this time, the group information conversion device is also referred to as a group mail conversion device.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device is configured to extract a group identifier of the group instant message from the group instant message sent by the IM system, obtain an email address of the member in the group according to the group identifier, and convert the group instant message into Group email; send the group email.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, the apparatus includes: a group message parsing unit 102, a member information acquiring unit 103, and a group mail converting unit 104.

The group message parsing unit 102 is configured to extract the group identifier from the group instant message.

The member information obtaining unit 103 is configured to obtain an email address of each member in the group according to the group identifier extracted by the group message parsing unit 102.

The group mail converting unit 104 is configured to convert the group instant message into a group email according to the email address acquired by the member information acquiring unit 103.

Further, the device may further include: a group mail sending unit 105, configured to send the group email generated by the group mail converting unit 104 to the corresponding member.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a group mail conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from Figure 2, the method includes:

Step 202: Extract a group identifier in the group instant message.

Step 203: Acquire an email address of one or more members in the group according to the group identifier. Specifically, the instant communication ID of each member in the group is found by the group ID. Thanks to the email system It is combined with the instant messaging system, and the email address of the member can be found again by the instant communication ID of each member.

Step 204: The email address is used to convert the group instant message into a group email. Step 205: Send the group email.

Hereinafter, the group mail conversion device and method provided by the present invention will be described in detail by way of embodiments. Embodiment 1

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The device is configured to receive a group instant message sent by a user from an IM server, extract a group ID, a sender instant communication ID, a sending time, a message content, and the like in the group instant message; and obtain the group according to the group ID. The email address of the member in the group; converts the group instant message to a group email; sends the group email to the email server.

As can be seen from FIG. 3, the apparatus includes: a group message receiving unit 301, a group message analyzing unit 302, a member information acquiring unit 303, a group mail converting unit 304, and a group mail transmitting unit 305.

The group message receiving unit 301 is configured to receive a group instant message sent by a user in the IM system. The group message parsing unit 302 is configured to parse the group instant message received by the group message receiving unit 301, extract the group ID from the group ID, and extract at least one item such as the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, and the message content.

The member information obtaining unit 303 is configured to query the group data stored in the system database according to the group ID extracted by the group message parsing unit 302, and obtain an email address of one or more members in the group.

The group mail converting unit 304 is configured to use the email address of one or more members acquired by the member information acquiring unit 303 as the recipient address of the email, and the group message parsing unit 302 extracts the group instant message. The group ID, the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, and the message content are used as the mail content of the email to form a group email having one or more recipients.

The group mail transmitting unit 305 is for transmitting the group email generated by the group mail converting unit 304 to the email system. Further, the email system transmits the received group email to each user indicated in the recipient address.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a group mail conversion method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As can be seen from Figure 4, the method includes:

Step 401: Receive a group instant message sent by a user in an IM system.

When a user in a group sends a group instant message to other members of the group through an instant messaging system, the instant messaging server establishes a connection between the user and an online user among other members of the group, The group instant message is sent to other online users in the group, and the corresponding message is saved in the instant messaging server for the offline user (or the online user). The connection may be established using a direct connection mechanism or a server forwarding mechanism. The operation here is the same as that of the current instant messaging system, and will not be described in detail here.

At the same time, the instant messaging server transmits the group instant message to the group mail conversion device in this embodiment. Therefore, the group mail conversion device can receive the group instant message sent by the user.

Step 402: Extract a group ID from the group instant message sent by the IM system, and extract at least one content of the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, and the message content.

The group mail conversion device receives the group instant message sent by the IM system, parses the group instant message, and extracts the included group ID, the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, the message content, and the like from the group instant message. information. Step 403: Obtain an email address of one or more members in the group according to the group ID extracted from the group instant message.

The group mail conversion device queries the group data stored in the system database according to the extracted group ID, and obtains the instant communication ID of all members in the group. Further, the group mail conversion device queries the user data stored in the system database according to the instant communication ID of each member, and obtains the email address of each member in the group.

It should be noted that when the user registers in the instant messaging system, the instant messaging system assigns the user an instant communication ID. In the case of a combination of an instant messaging system and an email system, an email address is also assigned to the user, and the instant messaging ID uniquely corresponds to the email address. The corresponding user data is saved for the user in the system database, including: user personal information (such as user's nickname, age, address, etc.), instant messaging ID, and corresponding email address.

In addition, the user can register a group with a certain theme, which reflects the focus of the user's concern, and the instant messaging system assigns a group ID to the group. When other users are interested in the topic of the group, they can apply to join the group and become a member. The corresponding group data is saved for the group in the system database, including: the group ID, the member information of the group (such as the member's instant communication ID, etc.).

Step 404: The email address is used to convert the group instant message into a group email. The group mail conversion device uses the group ID, the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, and the message content extracted in step 402 as the mail content of the group email, and the group obtained in step 403. The email address of all members in the recipient is filled in the recipient's column of the group email to generate a group email.

Step 405: Send the group email to the email server.

The group mail conversion device sends the group email to the email server. The email server further sends the received group email to each of the groups in the group based on the recipient address.

As can be seen from the above process, obtaining an email address only needs to be performed according to the group ID. Therefore, extracting at least one content such as the sender's instant communication ID, the sending time, and the message content, and obtaining the email address do not need to limit the execution time, and the two can also be performed in parallel.

In this embodiment, the group instant message in the instant messaging system is converted into a group email in the email system, and the group email converted by the group instant message is sent to the members of the group, thereby realizing instant The information transfer function of the communication system to the email system.

Embodiment 2

On the basis of the first embodiment, the embodiment further queries the online status of the group members in the instant messaging system, and only sends the group emails converted by the group instant message to the members in the offline state.

Referring to FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. The device is configured to receive a group instant message sent by a user in the IM system, and extract information such as a group ID of the group instant message, a sender instant communication ID, a sending time, and a message content; and acquiring the group according to the group ID The email address of the member in the group who is currently offline; converts the group instant message to a group email, and sets the offline member as the recipient; sends the group email to the email server.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the basis of the first embodiment, the apparatus includes: a group message receiving unit 501, a group message parsing unit 502, an offline member obtaining unit 503, a group mail converting unit 504, and a group mail sending unit 505. . The group message receiving unit 501 and the group message parsing unit 502 have the same functions as the corresponding units in the first embodiment.

The offline member obtaining unit 503 is configured to query the online status of the members of the group in the IM system according to the group ID extracted by the group message parsing unit 502, and query the system database storing the group data to obtain the group database in the group. The email address of the member who is offline.

The group mail converting unit 504 has the same function as the corresponding unit in the first embodiment, and uses the email address of the member in the group obtained by the offline member obtaining unit 503 as the recipient address of the email. The group ID, the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, the message content, and the like of the group instant message extracted by the group message parsing unit 502 are used as the mail content of the email to form a group email.

The group mail sending unit 505 has the same function as the corresponding unit in the first embodiment, and is configured to send the group mail generated by the group mail converting unit 504 to the mail server. The received group email is further sent by the mail server to each user in the group.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a group mail conversion method according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. As can be seen from Figure 6, the method includes:

Step 601: Receive a group instant message sent by a user in an IM system.

This step is the same as step 301 in the first embodiment.

Step 602: Extract, from the group instant message sent by the IM system, information such as a group ID, a sender instant communication ID, a sending time, and a message content of the group instant message.

This step is the same as step 302 in the first embodiment.

Step 603: Obtain, according to the group ID, an email address of a member in the group whose current time is offline.

The group mail conversion device queries the system database storing the group data according to the extracted group ID, and acquires the instant communication ID of all members in the group. The group mail converting device further queries the instant messaging server, determines the online status (including online, leaving, stealth, and offline status) of each member in the group, and queries and stores the user data according to the instant communication ID of the member in the offline state. The system database, which gets the email addresses of all members in the group who are offline.

Step 604: The email address is used to convert the group instant message into a group email. This step is the same as step 304 in the first embodiment. The group mail conversion device writes the group ID, the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, and the message content extracted in step 602 into the mail content of the group email, and the group obtained in step 603 The email address of all offline members in the group is filled in the recipient bar to generate a group email.

Step 605: Send the group email to the email server.

This step is the same as step 305 in the first embodiment. The group mail conversion device sends the group email to the email server, and the email server further transmits the received group email to each of the offline users in the group.

In this embodiment, the group instant message in the instant messaging system is converted into a group email in the email system, and the online status of the members in the group is queried, and only the members in the offline state are sent by the group instant. The group email obtained by the message conversion realizes the information transmission function of the instant communication system to the email system.

On the one hand, it is better to ensure that members of the group can receive group communication information. For example, a member of a group is offline while in an instant messaging system, but the member may open its email system. Therefore, the group communication information is transmitted to the IM system offline through the email system. Players can make the delivery of group communication information more in place.

On the other hand, only group emails are delivered to offline users, and group members can be prevented from receiving group communication information with duplicate content. For example, if a group member logs in to both the instant messaging client and the email client, the user may receive both the group instant message and the group email according to the method of FIG. For the method provided in Figure 6, there is no such problem.

Embodiment 3

Based on the first embodiment, the embodiment further aggregates the group emails of the same type received by the user in the email system.

Referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The device is configured to extract information such as a group ID, a sender instant communication ID, a sending time, and a message content of the group instant message from the group instant message sent by the IM system, and obtain the group according to the group ID. The member's email address; converts the group instant message into a group email; aggregates the same group emails; sends the aggregated group email to the email server.

As shown in FIG. 7, the device includes: a group message receiving unit 701, a group message analyzing unit 702, a member information acquiring unit 703, a group mail converting unit 704, and a group mail sending unit 705. .

The above units have the same functions as the corresponding units in the first embodiment.

In view of the difference in communication modes between the IM system and the email system, the apparatus further includes: a group mail categorization unit 706.

The group mail categorization unit 706 is configured to aggregate the group emails, set a session identifier for each mail session, and add a session for the group email according to the mail session to which each group email belongs. Logo.

It should be noted that all group e-mails converted from the same group instant message in the IM system can constitute a mail session. The same group instant message includes all group instant messages appearing in a group chat initiated by a certain user. Alternatively, the mail session can be viewed as an email group consisting of an initial mail and one or more reply mails, or only one initial mail.

After the above processing, all messages in the same mail session have the same session ID. In this way, after the user in the email system receives the group email, the group email can be displayed according to the mail session to which it belongs. In an actual application, the email client may further set a session display module for displaying multiple emails according to the session identifier. Specifically, according to the session identifier in the email, the mail session to which the email belongs is identified, and all emails in the mail session are displayed in the order of receiving time. For example, a mail session includes multiple emails, and when one of the emails is displayed, all other emails in the mail session that are older than the email may be displayed. This type of email is displayed in a similar manner to the instant messaging message of the chat window.

Referring to FIG. 8, FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a group mail conversion method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. As can be seen from Figure 8, the method includes:

Step 801: Receive a group instant message sent by a user in an IM system.

Step 802: Extract, from the group instant message sent by the IM system, a group ID, a sender instant communication ID, a sending time, and a message content of the group instant message.

Step 803: Obtain an email address of a member of the group according to the group ID.

Step 804: The email address is used to convert the group instant message into a group email. Steps 801 to 804 are the same as steps 301 to 304 in the first embodiment. Step 805: Aggregate the group emails, and add the session identifier to the group email according to the mail session to which the group email belongs.

The mail session consists of an initial mail and one or more reply mails, or consists of only one initial mail.

Step 806: Send an aggregated group email to the email server.

Further, the email system can aggregate the group emails received by the user. The aggregation of the email system can be: In the email client, put the same group email in the same folder (this folder can be automatically generated by the system, or set by the user); or, Historical mails are merged into one mail and saved in an email server.

Since group emails include session IDs for tagging different mail sessions, where all messages in the same mail session have the same session ID, group emails for the same mail session can be put together and displayed in a collapsed manner In the mailing list of the email client. That is, the title of the initial mail and the receiving time are displayed in the mailing list, and the reply mail is displayed only when the folding mark (for example, the "+" sign) before the initial mail in the mail list is clicked.

In this embodiment, the group instant message in the instant messaging system is converted into a group email in the email system, and the group emails converted by the group instant message are sent to the members of the group, and the email system is The group emails received by the users are aggregated and classified, thereby realizing the information transmission function of the instant messaging system to the email system, and further facilitating the group user to search and browse the group emails.

Embodiment 4

In this embodiment, in combination with the technical features of the second embodiment and the third embodiment, the online status of the group members in the instant messaging system is further queried, and only the group electronically converted by the group instant message is sent to the members in the offline state. Mail, and aggregates group emails of the same type received by users in the email system.

Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a group mail converting apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The device is configured to receive a group instant message sent by a user in the IM system, and extract information such as a group ID of the group instant message, a sender instant communication ID, a sending time, and a message content; and acquiring the group according to the group ID The email address of the member who is offline at the current moment; converts the group instant message into a group email; aggregates the group emails of the same type; sends the aggregated group to the email server Group email.

As seen from FIG. 9, the apparatus includes: a group message receiving unit 901, a group message analyzing unit 902, a member information acquiring unit 903, a group mail converting unit 904, a group mail sending unit 905, and a group mail categorizing unit. 906.

Referring to FIG. 10, FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a group mail conversion method according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. As can be seen from Figure 10, the method includes:

Step 1001: Receive a group instant message sent by a user in an IM system.

Step 1002: Extract, from the group instant message sent by the IM system, information such as the group ID, the sender instant communication ID, the sending time, and the message content of the group instant message.

Step 1003: Obtain, according to the group ID, an email address of a member in the group whose current time is offline.

Step 1004: Respond to the email address, and convert the group instant message into a group email.

Step 1005: The group mail conversion device performs aggregation and classification on the group emails of the same type. Step 1006: Send an aggregated group email to the email server.

In this embodiment, the group instant message in the instant messaging system is converted into a group email in the email system, and the online status of the members in the group is queried, and only the group instant message is sent to the member in the offline state. Converting the group emails and synthesizing the group emails received by the users in the email system, thereby realizing the information transmission function of the instant messaging system to the email system, and further avoiding the group The group member receives the group communication information with repeated content, and facilitates the group user to search and browse the group mail.

The above is a group mail conversion device and method provided by the embodiments of the present invention.

According to the apparatus and method provided in Figures 1 to 10, it is assumed that users A, B, C, and D are members of a certain group. Users A, B, and C are all logged into the instant messaging client. User D is not logged into the instant messaging client, but user D is logged into the email client. At this time, User A issues a group instant message, and the message arrives at the instant messaging client of User B and User C through the instant messaging server, so User B and User C can receive the group instant message. Further, with the group information conversion device provided by the present invention, the group instant message is converted into a group email. In this way, the user D can know the content of the group instant message sent by the user A through the email client.

In order to implement the information transmission function of the e-mail system to the instant messaging system, an embodiment of the present invention provides a group message conversion apparatus and method.

Referring to FIG. 11, FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a group message conversion apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device is configured to extract a group identifier in the group email from a group email sent by an email system combined with an application system; and obtain instant communication of members in the group according to the group identifier ID; convert the group email to a group instant message; send the group instant message.

As can be seen from FIG. 11, the apparatus includes: a group mail parsing unit 1102, a member information acquiring unit 1103, a group message converting unit 1104, and a group message transmitting unit 1105.

The group mail parsing unit 1102 is configured to extract the group identifier in the group email.

The member information obtaining unit 1103 is configured to obtain an instant communication ID of a member of the group according to the group identifier extracted by the group mail parsing unit 1102.

The group message converting unit 1104 is configured to convert the group email into a group instant message according to the instant communication ID acquired by the member information acquiring unit 1103.

The group message transmitting unit 1105 is configured to send the group instant message generated by the group message converting unit 1104.

Referring to FIG. 12, FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a group message conversion method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from Figure 12, the method includes:

Step 1202: Extract a group identifier in the group email.

Step 1203: Obtain an instant communication ID of a member in the group according to the group identifier.

Step 1204: The instant messaging ID is used to convert the group email into a group instant message. Step 1205: Send the group instant message.

Hereinafter, the group message conversion apparatus and method provided by the present invention will be described in detail by way of embodiments. Embodiment 5

Referring to FIG. 13, FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a group message converting apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. The device is configured to receive a group email sent by a user in an email system combined with an application system (such as an instant messaging system, a network gaming system, a network forum system, etc.), and extract a group in the group email. ID, sender email address, subject of the group email, time of sending, and hyperlink address of the group email in each recipient's mailbox; According to the group ID, an instant communication ID of the member in the group is obtained; the group email is converted into a group instant message; and the group instant message is sent to the instant messaging server.

As seen from FIG. 13, the apparatus includes: a group mail receiving unit 1301, a group mail parsing unit 1302, a member information acquiring unit 1303, a group message converting unit 1304, and a group message transmitting unit 1305.

The group mail receiving unit 1301 is configured to receive a group email sent by a user in an email system combined with an application system (such as an instant messaging system, a network game system, a network forum system, etc.).

The group mail parsing unit 1302 is configured to parse the group email received by the group mail receiving unit 1301, extract the group ID, the sender email address, the subject of the group email, and send the group email. Time and information such as the hyperlink address of the group email in each recipient's mailbox.

The member information obtaining unit 1303 is configured to query the system database storing the group data according to the group ID extracted by the group mail parsing unit 1302, and obtain the instant communication ID of the member in the group; the extracted according to the group mail parsing unit 1302 The sender's email address queries the system database storing the user data, and obtains the instant communication user information of the sender of the email, such as a nickname.

The group message conversion unit 1304 is configured to use the instant communication ID of the member in the group acquired by the member information acquiring unit 1303 as the recipient ID of the instant message, and the subject of the group email extracted by the group mail parsing unit 1302. The sending time and the hyperlink address of the group email in each recipient user mailbox, and the nickname of the sender of the group email obtained by the member information obtaining unit 1303 as the message content of the instant message, forming a group instant Message.

The group message transmitting unit 1305 is configured to send the group instant message generated by the group message converting unit 1304 to the instant messaging server. The received group instant message is further sent by the instant messaging server to each user in the group based on the recipient ID.

Referring to FIG. 14, FIG. 14 is a schematic flowchart diagram of a group message conversion method according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. As can be seen from Figure 14, the method includes:

Step 1401: Receive a group email sent by a user in an email system.

In an email system that is combined with an application system (such as an instant messaging system, a network gaming system, a web forum system, etc.), a user in a group sends a group email to the group. The email server sends the email to other users in the group. When the email server determines that the email is a group email, it can also aggregate the emails, for example: put the group email in the same folder of each user in the group ( This folder can be automatically generated by the system, or set by the user, or the historical mail can be combined into one mail and saved in the server. The operation here is the same as the current implementation of the email system, and will not be described in detail here. Thereafter, the email server transmits the email to the group message conversion device in this embodiment.

Step 1402: Extract the group ID, the sender email address, the subject of the group email, the sending time, and the group email in the group email sent from the email system. The hyperlink address in each recipient's user mailbox.

The group message conversion device receives the group email sent by the email system, parses the group email, and extracts the included group ID, the sender email address, and the group email from the group email. The subject, the time of sending, and the hyperlink address of the group's email in each recipient's mailbox.

Step 1403: Query a system database that stores group data according to the group ID extracted by the group mail parsing unit, and obtain an instant communication ID of a member in the group. The group message conversion device queries the system database storing the group data according to the extracted group ID, and acquires the instant communication ID of all members in the group. The group message conversion device further queries the system database storing the user data according to the sender email address extracted by the group mail parsing unit, and obtains the instant communication user information of the mail sender, such as a nickname.

Step 1404: Convert the group email to a group instant message.

The group message conversion device extracts the group ID extracted in step 1402, the sender email address, the subject of the group email, the sending time, and the hyperlink address of the group email in each recipient user mailbox. And the nickname of the sender of the group email obtained in step 1403 is used as the message content of the group instant message, and the instant communication ID of all members in the group obtained in step 1403 is used as the recipient ID of the instant message. , thereby generating a group instant message.

Step 1405: Send the group instant message to an instant messaging server.

The group message conversion device transmits the group instant message to the instant messaging server. The instant messaging server further transmits the received group instant message to each user in the group.

In an instant messaging system, when a user in a group is online and opens the group chat window, once the email of the group arrives, the instant message generated by the group email conversion will be in real time. Displayed in the group chat window.

Referring to FIG. 15, FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a group instant message obtained by using the method of FIG. As can be seen from FIG. 15, the group instant message includes: a subject 1501 of the group email, a sending time 1502, a sender nickname 1503, and the group email viewing portal 1504, that is, the group email is in each recipient user mailbox. The hyperlink address in .

After receiving the arrival notification of the instant message converted by the group email, the user can briefly understand the approximate content of the group email according to the email subject 1501 displayed in the instant message, and can click to view The portal 1504 enters the email system and reads the group email.

If the user is offline, once the email of the group arrives, the instant messaging system saves the instant message generated by the group email conversion. When the user goes online and opens the group chat window, according to the prompt The instant messaging server reads the relevant instant message and displays it in the group chat window.

The embodiment converts the group email in the email system into a group instant message in the instant messaging system, and sends the group instant message converted by the group email to the members of the group, so when someone targets The members of the group sent the mail, and the members of the group can immediately obtain the arrival notification of the mail, thereby realizing the information transfer function of the email system to the instant messaging system.

The above is a group message conversion apparatus and method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to implement the information interaction function between the email system and the instant messaging system, an embodiment of the present invention provides a group information interaction system.

Referring to FIG. 16, FIG. 16 is a network structure diagram of group information interaction according to an embodiment of the present invention, including: a group information interaction system 161, an IM system 162, and an email system 163. The group information interaction system 161 is configured to receive a group instant message from the IM system 162, convert the group instant message into a group email, and send the group email to the email system 163; or, from the email System 163 receives the group email, converts the group email to a group instant message, and sends the group instant message to IM system 162. As can be seen from FIG. 16, the group information interaction system 161 includes: a group mail conversion device 1601, and a group message conversion device 1602.

The group mail conversion device 1601 may be any one of the group mail conversion devices of the first to fourth embodiments. The group message conversion device 1602 is the group message conversion device in the fifth embodiment.

In an instant messaging system, a user in a group sends an instant message to the group, and the instant messaging server establishes a direct connection mechanism or a server forwarding mechanism between the user and other online users in the group, and the instant message is The message is sent to other online users in the group, and the corresponding message is saved to the non-online user in the instant messaging server. At the same time, the instant messaging server sends the instant message to the group information interaction system in this embodiment. The group information interaction system extracts information such as a group ID, a sender instant communication ID, a sending time, and a content of the group instant message in the group instant message sent by the instant messaging system, according to the group instant message Group ID, obtain the email address of the member of the group, convert the group instant message into a group email, and send the group email to the email server, and finally further receive the received email by the email server Group emails are sent to individual users in the group.

The group information interaction system may further send the group email converted by the group instant message only to the members in the offline state, and further aggregate the group emails received by the users in the email system. Classified.

Therefore, when the user can only log in to the email client software for various reasons and cannot log in to the instant messaging client software, the user can still obtain the information content of the group chat in the instant messaging system.

In the email system, the user can choose to reply to the above group email converted by the group instant message, or create a new group email sent to the group, and the email server sends the email to the group. Other users in the group. At the same time, the email server sends the email to the group information interaction system in this embodiment. The group information interaction system extracts the group ID, the sender email address, the subject of the group email, the sending time, and the group electronic in the group email sent from the email system. Information such as the hyperlink address of the mail in each recipient user mailbox; querying the system database storing the group data according to the extracted group ID, obtaining the instant communication ID of all members in the group, according to the group mail parsing unit Extracting the sender's email address, querying a system database storing user data, obtaining instant messaging user information of the email sender, such as a nickname, etc.; converting the group email into a group instant message; and to the instant messaging server The group instant message is sent, and finally the received group instant message is further sent by the instant messaging server to each user in the group. In the instant messaging system, when a user in a group is online and opens the group chat window, once the email of the group arrives, the instant message generated by the group email conversion is immediately Displayed in the group chat window. If the user is offline, once the email of the group arrives, the instant messaging system saves the instant message generated by the group email conversion, and when the user goes online and opens the group chat window, to the instant messaging server Read related instant messages and display them in the group chat window.

Therefore, when the user conducts a conversation with the group member in the group chat window of the instant messaging system, if someone sends an email to the group member, the user can immediately obtain the arrival notification of the email, and then the email can be viewed. .

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an internal structure of a group information interaction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The system includes: an analysis unit 171, a member information acquisition unit 172, a conversion unit 173, and a transmission unit 174.

The parsing unit is configured to extract the group identifier from the group communication information. The parsing unit 171 further includes: a group message parsing module 1701 and a group mail parsing module 1702. The group message parsing module 1701 works similarly to the group message parsing unit in FIG. 1, and the group mail parsing module 1702 works similarly to the group mail parsing unit in FIG.

The member information obtaining unit 172 is configured to acquire the instant communication ID or the member of the member according to the group identifier. Sub-mail address. The member information obtaining unit 172 further includes: an email address obtaining module 1703 and an identity identifier acquiring module 1704.

The email address obtaining module 1703 is configured to obtain an email address of one or more members of the group according to the extracted group identifier, and the working principle is similar to the member information acquiring unit 103 in FIG.

The identity identifier obtaining module 1704 is configured to obtain an instant communication identifier of one or more members of the group according to the extracted group identifier, and the working principle is similar to the member information acquiring unit 1103 in FIG.

The converting unit 173 is configured to convert the group communication information from one type to another type. The above transformation includes setting the recipient identification and filling in the communication information content. The recipient identification may be a recipient address or a recipient ID. The switching unit 173 operates similarly to the group mail converting unit 104 when processing group instant messages; the switching unit 173 operates in a similar manner to the group message converting unit 1104 when processing group emails.

The sending unit 174 is configured to send the converted group communication information.

From the above, the system can convert the group instant message in the instant messaging system into a group email in the email system, and send the group email converted by the group instant message to the members of the group. And/or can convert group emails in the email system into group instant messages in the instant messaging system, and send group instant messages converted by group emails to members of the group. The information interaction function between the email system and the instant messaging system.

The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A group information conversion device, comprising:

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive the first type of group communication information sent by the user, and provide the communication information to the parsing unit, where the sending unit is configured to send the second type of group communication information generated by the converting unit.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that

The parsing unit is configured to extract a group identifier in the group instant message;

The member information obtaining unit is configured to query group data and user data stored in the system database according to the extracted group identifier, and obtain an email address of one or more members in the group.

4. Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein:

The member information obtaining unit is configured to query whether members of the group are online in the instant messaging system, and obtain an email address of a member in an offline state.

5. Apparatus according to claim 3 wherein:

The parsing unit is further configured to extract, from the received group instant message, at least one of a sender instant communication identifier, a sending time, and a message content;

The converting unit is configured to use the acquired email address of one or more members as the recipient address of the email, and extract the group identifier, the sender instant communication identifier, and the sender extracted from the group instant message. At least one of the time, instant message content, as the email content of the email, forms a group email with one or more recipients.

6. The device of claim 3, further comprising:

a group mail categorization unit, configured to aggregate the converted group emails according to the mail session, set a session identifier for each mail session, and add a group email according to the mail session to which the group email belongs. The corresponding session ID.

7. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that

The parsing unit is configured to extract a group identifier in the group email;

The member information obtaining unit is configured to acquire an instant communication identifier of one or more members of the group according to the extracted group identifier.

8. Apparatus according to claim 7 wherein:

The parsing unit is further configured to extract, from the received group email, a sender email address, a subject of the group email, a sending time, and a hyperlink of the group email in each recipient user mailbox. At least one item in the address;

The converting unit is configured to use the obtained instant communication identifier of one or more members as a recipient identifier of the group instant message, and extract the group identifier, the sender email address, and the email address of the sender in the group email. At least one of the subject of the group email, the sending time, and the hyperlink address of the group email in each recipient user mailbox is generated as one or more recipients as the message content of the group instant message. Group instant messaging.

9. A group information conversion method, comprising:

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first type of group communication information is a group instant message, and the second type of group communication information is a group email.

The method according to claim 10, wherein the obtaining, by the group identifier, the address of the second type of group communication information of one or more members of the group comprises:

Obtaining, according to the group identifier, an instant communication identifier of each member in the group from the group data stored in the system database; acquiring the electronic component of the member from the user data stored in the system database according to the instant communication identifier of each member Email address.

The method according to claim 11, wherein the obtaining the address of the second type of group communication information of one or more members of the group according to the group identifier comprises:

Get the email address of the member currently offline in the group based on the group ID.

The method according to claim 11, further comprising: extracting at least one of a sender instant communication identifier, a sending time, and an instant message content from the received group instant message as an email content of email.

The method according to claim 13, wherein the converting the first type of group communication information into the second type of group communication information comprises:

The obtained email address of one or more members is used as the recipient address of the email, and the recipient address of the email is combined with the email content of the email to form a group with one or more recipients. e-mail.

The method according to any one of claims 10 to 14, further comprising: before sending the converted group email, categorizing them according to the mail session, and setting one for each mail session The session identifier adds a corresponding session identifier to the group email according to the mail session to which the group email belongs.

The method according to claim 9, wherein the first type of group communication information is a group email, and the second type of group communication information is a group instant message.

The method according to claim 16, wherein the obtaining, by the group identifier, the address of the second type of group communication information of one or more members of the group comprises:

Obtain an instant communication identifier of one or more members in the group according to the group identifier.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: extracting a sender email address, a subject of the group email, a sending time, the group email from the received group email At least one of the hyperlink addresses in the respective recipient user mailboxes serves as the message content of the instant message.

The method according to claim 18, wherein the converting the first type of group communication information into the second type of group communication information comprises:

The obtained instant communication identifier of one or more members is used as a recipient identifier of the instant message, and the recipient identifier of the instant message is combined with the message content of the instant message to generate a group instant message with one or more recipients.

20. A group information interaction system, comprising: a group mail conversion device, configured to receive a group instant message, and send the group instant message into a group email;

The system according to claim 20, wherein the group mail conversion device comprises: a group message parsing unit, configured to extract a group identifier from the received group instant message; And for obtaining an email address of one or more members in the group according to the extracted group identifier;

a group mail conversion unit for using the email address to convert the group instant message into a group email to be sent.

The system according to claim 20, wherein the group message conversion device comprises: a group mail parsing unit, configured to extract a group identifier from the received group email; And acquiring, according to the extracted group identifier, an instant communication identifier of one or more members in the group;

And a group message converting unit, configured to: convert the group email to a group instant message to be sent.