CN101201253A - Electronic device and method for sharing data by instant message - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an electronic device sharing data by instant messages and a method thereof. First, the electronic device sends a user identification information to a real-time Message platform through an Instant Message to complete a login procedure, so that the electronic device can perform mutual transmission of location information or multimedia streaming with a remote host logged in the real-time Message platform through a real-time Message network. The visual operation interface of the instant message program can display the positions of the electronic device and the plurality of remote hosts on the map, and a user can select one of the remote hosts as a target position through the visual operation interface to perform navigation. In addition, the electronic device can transmit the multimedia data being played to at least one remote host through the instant message network in a streaming format, and play the multimedia data at the remote host, thereby achieving the effect of instant multimedia sharing.

Description

Electronic device and method for sharing data by instant message

Technical field:

The present invention relates to an electronic device and its method for sharing data by instant message, in particular to an electronic device and its method for sharing location information or multimedia stream by instant message.

Background technique:

At present, the application of satellite navigation systems is becoming more and more common. Many people rely on satellite navigation systems to plan driving routes and navigate, so as to avoid getting lost and avoid traffic emergencies. However, the operation interface of the traditional satellite navigation system is complicated, often requires multiple operation steps to complete the destination setting and navigation setting, which increases the learning time of the user. In the traditional satellite navigation system, if the user wants to navigate to an address that is not preset by the system, such as meeting a friend temporarily, he must first know the current address of the friend, and then input the address into the satellite navigation system. The system can plan the route. The above process requires the user to perform many steps, and if the user is driving, it is a big challenge for the user to perform so many steps. Therefore, how to simplify the operation steps of the satellite navigation system needs to be solved urgently.

Instant Message (Instant Message) software has been very popular, such as MSN or Skype, and most people have the experience of using Instant Message to chat with distant friends. Therefore, at present most of the people have login accounts of the instant messaging software and are familiar with the operation interface of the instant messaging software.

In addition, users can also send files to remote friends through instant messaging software. However, the remote friend can only open or play the file after receiving the complete file, and the user cannot share some clips in the file with the remote friend to watch in real time.

In view of various problems in the prior art, in order to be able to solve them, the inventor proposes an electronic device and method for sharing data with instant messages based on many years of research and development and many practical experiences, as a realization of improving the above-mentioned shortcomings method and basis.

Invention content:

In view of this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and method for sharing data by instant message, so as to improve the convenience of sharing data.

According to the purpose of the present invention, an electronic device is proposed, which includes a satellite positioning module, a processing unit and a display unit. The satellite positioning module is used to provide the location information of the electronic device, the processing unit is used to execute an instant message program, and send a user identification information of the electronic device to an instant message platform to complete a login procedure, through an In the instant message network, the location information and instant text messages are exchanged with a remote host that has logged in the instant message platform. The display unit is used to display a visual operation interface of the instant messaging program. The visual operation interface has a text input area and a map display area, and the display unit displays the position information of the electronic device and the remote host in the map display area.

In addition, the present invention further proposes a method for sharing location information between an electronic device and a remote host, which includes the following steps: sending a user identification information into a real-time Information platform to complete a login process; through an instant messaging network, exchange data with a remote host that has logged into this instant messaging platform; obtain the location information of this remote host, and pass this instant messaging network Send the location information of an electronic device that sends the user identification information to the remote host; receive the location information of the remote host through the instant message network; display the location information of the local host and the remote host on an electronic on the map screen.

Wherein, the user can further select the remote host as a destination in the map display area, and then the processing unit calculates a planned route between an electronic device and the remote host, and according to the planned route in the position information of the electronic device , to generate a navigation message.

In addition, the present invention further provides an electronic device, which includes a multimedia playback unit, a processing unit, and a stream conversion unit. The processing unit is used to execute an instant message program, and send a user identification information of the electronic device to an instant message platform to complete a login procedure, through an instant message network and a user who has logged in to the instant message platform The remote host performs data exchange. Wherein, when the multimedia playback unit is playing a multimedia file and the processing unit receives a trigger signal, the stream conversion unit converts the data of the multimedia file after the time point when the trigger signal appears into a multimedia stream, and the multimedia stream It is sent to the remote host through this instant message network.

Moreover, the present invention further proposes a method for sharing multimedia data between an electronic device and a remote host, which includes the following steps: playing a multimedia file; sending a user identification information into a real-time information platform to complete a login procedure; through an instant messaging network, exchange data with a remote host that has logged into the instant messaging platform; receive a trigger signal; send the multimedia file at the point in time when the trigger signal appears The final data is converted into a multimedia stream (multimedia stream); the multimedia stream is sent to the remote host through the instant message network; and the multimedia stream is played at the remote host.

Based on the above, the electronic device and method for sharing data by instant message according to the present invention have the following advantages:

(1) Through the electronic device and the method thereof of the present invention, the user can continue the operation experience of the instant messaging program, and complete the setting of the route navigation in a relatively simple manner.

(2) The user can simultaneously exchange instant messages with friends, share multimedia data, share location information and route navigation on the device, which greatly improves the convenience of the user's operation.

Description of drawings:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a device for users to share location information with remote friends through instant messaging according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the visual operation interface of the instant messaging program of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of steps of an embodiment of a method for users to share location information with remote friends through instant messaging according to the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a device for users to share multimedia data with remote friends through instant messaging according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an audio-visual file of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of steps of an embodiment of a method for users to share multimedia data with remote friends through instant messages of the present invention.

Description of figure number:

1: Computer device; 10: Global positioning module;

11: Processing unit; 12: Display unit;

13: Memory unit; 14: Instant message program;

15: Instant messaging platform;           151: Instant messaging network;

16: Computer device; 2: Visual operation interface;

20: Text input area; 21: Map display area;

22: Historical information display area; 23: Planning route;

231: turning point; 30-35: step process;

4: computer device; 40: multimedia playback unit;

46: computer device; 47: serial conversion unit;

50: video file; 511, 512, 513, 514: page frame;

52: The time point when the trigger signal appears; 60-66: Step flow.

Detailed ways:

The method for sharing data by instant message and its electronic device according to preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to related figures. For ease of understanding, the same components in the following embodiments are described with the same symbols.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a block diagram of an embodiment of an electronic device of the present invention. A user can use the electronic device to share location information with a remote friend through instant messaging. In the figure, the computer device 1 is an embodiment of the device of the present invention, which includes a global positioning module (GPS) 10 , a processing unit 11 , a display unit 12 and a memory unit 13 . The global positioning module 10 receives positioning signals from at least four satellites to calculate the position information of the computer device 1 . The processing unit 11 executes the instant messaging program 14 stored in the memory unit 13, and sends a user identification information to an instant messaging platform 15 to complete a login procedure. After logging in, the instant message program 14 stores the current network connection related data of the computer device 1, such as IP address or port ID, in the instant message platform 15, so as to provide remote computer devices to read. Similarly, if a friend of the user has logged in the instant messaging platform 15 using the computer device 16, the computer device 1 can send information on the instant messaging network 151 according to the network connection related data of the computer device 16 stored in the instant messaging platform 15. Make point-to-point connections to exchange location information and instant text messages.

The display unit 12 is used to display a visual operation interface 2 of the instant message program 14. As shown in FIG. The display unit 12 displays the location information of the computer device 1 in the map display area 21, and the location information of the computer devices operated by friends within a preset distance from the user. In FIG. 2, the user's friend a, friend c and Friend h has logged into the instant messaging platform 15, and the computer devices they operate are equipped with global positioning modules, so the user, friend a, friend c and friend h can exchange location information with each other, and display it on the map District 21. The user can adjust the display scale of the map display area 21 as needed.

The computer device 1 may include a navigation module as needed to calculate and navigate the planned route between the user and the remote friends, and the planned route is displayed on the map display area. For example, in FIG. 2, the user inputs text in the text input area 20, and makes an appointment with friend a to have dinner at 11:30 through instant text messages, and then, the user can touch friend a's name in the map display area 21. icon, the navigation module plans a better route 23 based on the user's current location information, friend a's current location information, and the map database, and displays it in the map display area in graphic mode or in text mode Display the names of all the roads that the preferred route 23 passes through. Next, the navigation module generates a navigation message according to the route 23 and the location information of the computer device 1 to guide the user to the location of the friend a. The navigation message can include a left-turn message, a right-turn message, a forward gateway prompt message, a speed limit reminder message or a police detector position reminder message, as shown in Figure 2, when the navigation module judges the user The position of the car is close to the turning point 231, and a left-turn message is generated, which can be displayed on the display unit 12 or output by the speaker of the computer device to remind the user.

Through the above process, the user can continue the operating experience of the instant messaging program, and complete the setting of the route navigation in a more convenient way.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a flowchart of steps of an embodiment of a method for sharing location information between an electronic device and a remote host of the present invention. In the figure, this method corresponds to the computer device 1 shown in Fig. 1, and this method includes the following steps:

Step 30: Use the processing unit 11 to read the instant message program 14 from the memory unit 13 and execute it, display the visual operation interface 2 of the instant message program 14 on the display unit 12, and send a user identification information into an instant message platform 15 to complete a login procedure, and upload the current network connection related data of the computer device 1 to the instant messaging platform 15;

Step 31: download from the instant messaging platform 15 the network connection related data of the computer device operated by the remote friend who has logged in the instant messaging platform 15, and communicate with the instant messaging network 151 according to the network connection related data Point-to-point connection with computer devices operated by remote friends;

Step 32: use the global positioning module 10 to obtain the current location information of the computer device 1;

Step 33: Send the location information of the computer device 1 to the computer device operated by the remote friend via the instant messaging network 151;

Step 34: Receive the location information of the computer device 16 operated by the remote friend via the instant message network 151;

Step 35 : Display the location information of the computer devices operated by the user and the remote friends on the map display area 21 .

Wherein, the computer device operated by the above-mentioned remote friend is preferably a handheld computer device or a vehicle computer device.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a block diagram of another embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention. The user can use the electronic device to share multimedia data with a remote friend through instant messaging. In the figure, the computer device 4 is an embodiment of the electronic device of the present invention, which includes a multimedia playback unit 40 , a processing unit 11 , a display unit 12 , a memory unit 13 and a stream conversion unit 47 . The multimedia playing unit 40 can play multimedia files or stream data, and the multimedia file can be a video file, a animation file or an audio file. The processing unit 11 reads the instant messaging program 14 from the memory unit 13 and executes it, and sends a user identification information to an instant messaging platform 15 to complete a login procedure. After logging in, the instant message program 14 stores the current network connection related data of the computer device 4, such as IP address or port ID, in the instant message platform 15 for reading by other remote computer devices. Similarly, if the user's friend has logged in the instant messaging platform 15 using the computer device 46, the computer device 4 can be stored in the instant messaging network 151 according to the network connection related data of the computer device 46 stored in the instant messaging platform 15. A point-to-point connection is made with the computer device 46 to exchange data.

Wherein, when the multimedia player unit 40 is playing an audio-visual file, as shown in Figure 5, the audio-visual file 50 is made up of a plurality of page frames (frames) (such as page frames 511, 512, 513 and 514), and the multimedia player unit 40 Playing the audio-visual file 50 is to display the page frame on the display unit 12 at a rate of 15-30 frames per second. When the user views the page frame 512 and wants to share the subsequent audio-visual data with friends, a trigger signal can be generated, for example, a mouse is used to touch a preset button on the interface of the multimedia playback unit 40 . After the processing unit 11 receives the trigger signal, it will drive the stream conversion unit 47 to convert the audio-visual data of the audio-visual file 50 after the time point 52 into an audio-visual stream (videostream), and this multimedia stream is transmitted through the instant messaging network 151 to the computer device 46 . The computer device 46 first identifies the format of the received audio-visual stream to determine which application program can play the video-audio stream and prompts the user. Because the audio-visual stream has the feature of being able to play immediately, the computer device 46 can play the received audio-visual stream while receiving the audio-visual stream. Therefore, through the above-mentioned process, the remote friend and the user can watch the audio-visual data after the frame 512 together. If the network bandwidth is large enough, the remote friend and the user can watch the audio-visual data after the frame 512 at the same time material.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a flowchart of steps of an embodiment of a method for sharing multimedia information between an electronic device and a remote host of the present invention. In the figure, this method is corresponding to the computer device 4 shown in Figure 4, and this method includes the following steps:

Step 60: Use the multimedia player unit 40 to play a multimedia file and display it on the display unit 12;

Step 61: Use the processing unit 11 to read the instant message program 14 from the memory unit 13 and execute it, send a user identification information into an instant message platform 15 to complete a login process, and upload the current network connection of the computer device 1 Online relevant information to the instant messaging platform 15;

Step 62: download from the instant messaging platform 15 the network connection related data of the computer device 46 that has logged in the instant messaging platform 15, and operate with the remote friends in the instant messaging network 151 according to the network connection related data The computer device 46 carries out point-to-point connection;

Step 63: When the multimedia playing unit 40 plays a picture to be shared with a remote friend, a trigger signal is generated;

Step 64: After the processing unit 11 receives the trigger signal, it drives the stream conversion unit 47 to convert the audio-visual data of the audio-visual file 50 after the trigger signal occurs into a video stream (video stream);

Step 65: Send the video stream to the computer device 46 via the instant messaging network 151;

Step 66: On the computer device 46 operated by the remote friend, play the received video stream while receiving the video stream.

Wherein, in the above-mentioned step 66, when the computer device 46 receives the audio-visual stream, it can first identify the format of the received audio-visual stream, so as to determine which hard program can play the video-audio stream and prompt the user .

What has been described above is illustrative only and not restrictive. Any equivalent modification or change made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention shall be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (21)

1. An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises: A satellite positioning module, which provides location information of the electronic device; A processing unit is used to execute an instant message program, and send a user identification information of the electronic device to an instant message platform to complete a login procedure, through an instant message network and logged in the instant message A remote host on the messaging platform performs mutual transmission of location information and real-time text messages; A display unit is to display a visual operation interface of the instant message program, the visual operation interface has a text input area and an electronic map display area, and the display unit displays the electronic device and the remote terminal in the electronic map display area The host's location information. 2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a navigation module for calculating a planned route between the electronic device and the remote host and performing navigation according to the planned route. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the planned route is displayed in the map display area. 4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the instant messaging program is a Skype program, MSN program or other soft phone programs. 5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the remote host is a handheld computer device or a vehicle computer device. 6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising a navigation module for calculating a planned route between the electronic device and the remote host. 7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the electronic map display area displays the planned route. 8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the navigation module generates a navigation message according to the planned route and the location information of the electronic device, and the navigation message includes a left-turn message and a right-turn message , a forward gateway reminder message, a speed limit reminder message or a police detector location reminder message. 9. A method for sharing location information between an electronic device and a remote host, comprising the following steps: Sending a user identification information into an instant messaging platform through an instant messaging program to complete a login process; Through an instant messaging network, exchange data with a remote host that has logged into the instant messaging platform; obtain the location information of the remote host, and transmit the location information of an electronic device sending the user identification information to the remote host via the instant messaging network; receiving location information of the remote host via the instant messaging network; The location information of the electronic device and the remote host is displayed on an electronic map screen. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of obtaining the location information of the remote host further comprises using a satellite positioning module to provide the location information of the remote host. 11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising selecting the remote host as a destination on the electronic map screen, and calculating a planned route between the electronic device and the remote host . 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising providing a navigation message according to the planned route and the location information of the electronic device, the navigation message includes a left-turn message, a right-turn message, a A warning message for the gateway ahead, a speed limit reminder message or a police detector location reminder message. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein the instant messaging program is a Skype program, MSN program or other soft phone programs. 14. The method of claim 9, wherein the remote host is a handheld computer device or a vehicle computer device. 15. An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises: a multimedia playback unit; A processing unit is used to execute an instant messaging program, and send a user identification information of the electronic device to an instant messaging platform to complete a login procedure, and through an instant messaging network and the logged-in The remote host of the instant messaging platform performs data exchange; a stream conversion unit; Wherein, when the multimedia playback unit is playing a multimedia file and the processing unit receives a trigger signal, the processing unit drives the stream conversion unit to convert the data of the multimedia file after the trigger signal appears into a A multimedia stream is sent to the remote host through the instant messaging network. 16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the instant messaging program is a Skype program, MSN program or other soft phone programs. 17. The device according to claim 15, wherein the multimedia file is a video file, an animation file or an audio file. 18. A method for sharing multimedia data between an electronic device and a remote host, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: play a multimedia file; Sending a user identification information into an instant messaging platform through an instant messaging program to complete a login process; Through an instant messaging network, exchange data with a remote host that has logged into the instant messaging platform; receiving a trigger signal; converting data of the multimedia file after the time point at which the trigger signal occurs into a multimedia stream; sending the multimedia stream to the remote host via the instant messaging network; Play the multimedia stream at the remote host. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the instant messaging program is a Skype program, MSN program or other soft phone programs. 20. The method according to claim 18, wherein the multimedia file is a video file, an animation file or an audio file. 21. The method according to claim 18, wherein the step of playing the multimedia stream at the remote host further comprises identifying the format of the multimedia stream to determine an application that can play the multimedia video stream .

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