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US 12,730,780 · App. 18/397,277 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Method, apparatus, terminal and storage medium for information processing

Inventors: Changming Wang (Beijing, CN); Fan Yang (Beijing, CN); Linna Zhang (Beijing, CN); Bingxi Lin (Beijing, CN); Changyu Guo (Beijing, CN); Fang Liu (Beijing, CN); Zisheng Liu (Beijing, CN); Tian Lan (Beijing, CN); Fabin Liu (Beijing, CN); Zhengzhe Zhang (Beijing, CN); Siyu Hou (Beijing, CN); Yao Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,730,780
App. No.
18/397,277
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides a method and apparatus, terminal and storage medium for information processing. The method of information processing includes: receiving a first document for processing a business flow, the business flow comprising one or more business nodes; and when a predetermined operation is performed on a content of the first document, determining an associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow based on the predetermined operation, and sending a notification message to the associated person.

Claims (64)

1 . A method of information processing comprising:

receiving a first document for processing a business flow, the business flow comprising one or more business nodes;

linking or displaying the first document in a processing interface of a first application; and

when a predetermined operation is performed on a content of the first document, determining an associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow based on the predetermined operation, and sending a notification message to the associated person,

wherein the sending the notification message to the associated person comprises:

sending the notification message to the associated person in a predetermined communication application, the predetermined communication application being different from the first application for processing the business flow, the predetermined communication application being associated with the first application, and an interface on the predetermined communication application for displaying the notification message comprising a preset control;

wherein the method further comprises:

when the preset control in the notification message is triggered by the associated person, presenting, in the predetermined application, a display interface of the business flow, the display interface comprising the first document and a business node corresponding to the associated person in the business flow for corresponding processing about the first document in the predetermined communication application;

receiving, in the display interface that is presented in the predetermining communication application operations performed by the associated person about the business flow and the first document; and

synchronizing, from the predetermined communication application and to the first application, a result of the operations about the business flow and the first document.

2 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the first document comprises:

adding an existing document into an interface of the first application, the first document comprising the added existing document, or

generating a new document within the interface of the first application, the first document comprising the generated new document.

3 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the determining the associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow comprises:

determining a predetermined type of business node of the business flow, and determining the associated person of the predetermined type of business node,

wherein the predetermined type of business node comprises a business creation node, and the associated person comprises a person who created the business flow.

4 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined operation comprises a comment operation, the first document is an online document, and the associated person comprises a creator of the business flow.

5 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the determining the associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow based on the predetermined operation and sending the notification message to the associated person comprises:

when no person is mentioned in content of the predetermined operation, sending a notification message to a person who created the business flow and/or a person who will perform a business operation on the first document during the business flow.

6 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the determining the associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow based on the predetermined operation and sending the notification message to the associated person comprises:

when a person is mentioned in content of the predetermined operation, sending a notification message to a creator of the business flow and the mentioned person.

7 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the determining the associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow based on the predetermined operation and sending the notification message to the associated person comprises:

when content of the predetermined operation is associated with a specific person and the specific person does not have a read permission for the first document, sending a reminder message to remind whether to grant the read permission for the first document to the specific person.

8 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined operation comprises a modification operation for content of the first document, and the associated person comprise a relevant person of a business node that has performed a business processing operation based on the first document before the modification operation.

9 . The method of information processing of claim 8 , wherein, based on the notification message, business processing opinions for the first document are modifiable by the associated person of the corresponding business node.

10 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein the notification message is configured to notify that the predetermined operation is performed on the content of the first document, and the notification message comprises at least one of the following: a type of the predetermined operation, a mentioned person, a creator of the business flow, content of the predetermined operation, content modification of the first document, a business flow identification or an identification of the first document, and business flow summary information.

11 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein before receiving the first document, an author of the first document has a first permission for the first document; and

after receiving the first document, the permission of the author for the first document is changed to a second permission, the second permission being different from the first permission.

12 . The method of information processing of claim 11 , wherein the first permission comprises a read permission and an edit permission, and the second permission is a read permission.

13 . The method of information processing of claim 11 , wherein when the first document is not passed through the business flow or returned to a creator of business data of the business flow, the permission of the author for the first document is changed from the second permission to the first permission.

14 . The method of information processing of claim 11 , wherein when the business flow proceeds from a current business node to a next business node, the method further comprises at least one of the following:

a permission of an associated person of the current business node for the first document is changed from the first permission to the second permission, or

a permission of an associated person of the next business node for the first document is changed from the second permission to the first permission, or

the permission of an associated person of the current business node for the first document is changed from a third permission to a fourth permission, wherein the third permission is associated with the current business node, and the fourth permission is associated with the next business node.

15 . The method of information processing of claim 11 , wherein when the business flow returns from a current business node to a previous business node prior to the current business node, the method further comprises at least one of the following:

a permission of an associated person of the previous business node for the first document is changed from the second permission to the first permission, or

a permission of an associated person of the current business node for the first document is changed from the first permission to the second permission, or

the permission of an associated person of the current business node for the first document is changed from a third permission to a fifth permission, wherein the third permission is associated with the current business node, and the fifth permission is associated with the previous business node.

16 . The method of information processing of claim 11 , wherein the first permission comprises ownership of the first document, and the second permission does not comprise ownership of the first document.

17 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein after receiving the first document, an owner of the first document is modified to a first application, the first application is configured to process the business flow.

18 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein after receiving the first document, the associated person of the business node of the business flow has a predetermined permission for the first document.

19 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein when a first associated person in a business node of the business flow transfers a processing task to a third person, a permission of the third person for the first document is the same as that of the first associated person for the first document before the transfer.

20 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein when a second associated person in a business node of the business flow adds a business node to a third person, the third person and the second associated person have a same permission for the first document, or a permission of the third person for the first document is a subset of a permission of the second associated person for the first document.

21 . The method of information processing of claim 1 , wherein when a task node corresponding to a third associated person in the business node of the business flow is deleted, a permission of the third associated person for the first document is revoked.

22 . A terminal comprising:

at least one memory and at least one processor;

wherein the at least one memory is configured to store program code, and the at least one processor is configured to call the program code stored in the at least one memory to perform acts comprising:

receiving a first document for processing a business flow, the business flow comprising one or more business nodes;

linking or displaying the first document in a processing interface of a first application; and

when a predetermined operation is performed on a content of the first document, determining an associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow based on the predetermined operation, and sending a notification message to the associated person,

wherein the sending the notification message to the associated person comprises:

sending the notification message to the associated person in a predetermined communication application, the predetermined communication application being different from the first application for processing the business flow, the predetermined communication application being associated with the first application, and an interface on the predetermined communication application for displaying the notification message comprising a preset control;

when the preset control in the notification message is triggered by the associated person, presenting, in the predetermined application, a display interface of the business flow, the display interface comprising the first document and a business node corresponding to the associated person in the business flow for corresponding processing about the first document in the predetermined communication application;

further comprising, receiving, in the display interface that is presented in the predetermining communication application, operations performed by the associated person about the business flow and the first document; and

synchronizing, from the predetermined communication application and to the first application, a result of the operations about the business flow and the first document.

23 . A non-transitory storage medium for storing program code, wherein the program code is configured to perform acts comprising:

receiving a first document for processing a business flow, the business flow comprising one or more business nodes;

linking or displaying the first document in a processing interface of a first application; and

when a predetermined operation is performed on a content of the first document, determining an associated person associated with at least one business node of the business flow based on the predetermined operation, and sending a notification message to the associated person,

wherein the sending the notification message to the associated person comprises:

sending the notification message to the associated person in a predetermined communication application, the predetermined communication application being different from a first application for processing the business flow, the predetermined communication application being associated with the first application, and an interface on the predetermined communication application for displaying the notification message comprising a preset control;

when the preset control in the notification message is triggered by the associated person, presenting, in the predetermined application, a display interface of the business flow, the display interface comprising the first document and a business node corresponding to the associated person in the business flow for corresponding processing about the first document in the predetermined communication application;

further comprising, receiving, in the display interface that is presented in the predetermining communication application, operations performed by the associated person about the business flow and the first document; and

synchronizing, from the predetermined communication application and to the first application, a result of the operations about the business flow and the first document.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: BEIJING FEISHU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.; DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.; HANGZHOU OCEAN ENGINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.; LEMON TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN)CO., LTD.; SANYA FEISHU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; SHENZHEN JINRITOUTIAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075284/0487 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: LIN, BINGXI; GUO, CHANGYU
To: SHENZHEN JINRITOUTIAO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075284/0332 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: LIU, FANG
To: BEIJING FEISHU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075284/0361 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: LIU, ZISHENG; WANG, YAO
To: HANGZHOU OCEAN ENGINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075284/0396 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: LAN, TIAN
To: BEIJING YOUZHUJU NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075284/0430 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: ZHANG, ZHENGZHE
To: LEMON TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN)CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2026
From: HOU, SIYU
To: DOUYIN VISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075284/0458 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202110950234.2 · Aug 18, 2021 · national
CN 202111046162.5 · Sep 7, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2022113095 · Aug 17, 2022
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