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US 11,201,960 · App. 16/805,572 · Granted Dec 14, 2021

Message sending method and processing device

Inventor: Ming Hon Chow (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
H04M1/7243H04M1/72451H04W4/12
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Patent No.
US 11,201,960
App. No.
16/805,572
Granted
Dec 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a message sending method and a processing device. The method comprises: detecting a trigger duration of a send key; determining a valid duration of a to-be-sent object according to the trigger duration; and sending the to-be-sent object to a receiver, wherein the valid duration is used for destroying the to-be-sent object from the receiver when a view duration of the to-be-sent object by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration. This solution solves the technical problem of poor user experience caused by the existing overly cumbersome secret message sending process, thereby achieving the technical effect of easily and efficiently sending secret messages.

Claims (54)

1. A message sending method, comprising:

detecting, by a processor, a trigger duration of a message send key, on a message interface;

determining, by the processor, a valid duration of a to-be-sent object, in a message, according to the trigger duration, wherein the determining the valid duration of the to-be-sent object, in the message, comprises determining the valid duration according to a mapping between different trigger durations and different valid durations, and wherein the mapping is stored in a preset table; and

sending, by the processor, the message to a receiver, wherein the valid duration is used for destroying the message from the receiver when a view duration of the message by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending the message to the receiver comprises:

sending the valid duration and the message to the receiver.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending the valid duration to a message server, wherein the message server sends a destruction instruction to the receiver when the view duration of the message by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the to-be-sent object comprises one or more of the following: text, a picture, video, voice, and a file.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the trigger duration has a proportional relationship with the valid duration.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

destroying the message from a sender when the view duration of the message by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the valid duration of the to-be-sent object, in the message, according to the trigger duration comprises:

displaying the valid duration corresponding to the trigger duration within a predetermined range of the message send key.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the trigger duration is a time of long-pressing the message send key.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the different trigger durations have non-proportional relationship with the different valid durations.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in response to the detecting, by the processor, the trigger duration of the message send key, the method further comprises determining whether to send the to-be-sent object, in the message, in a normal message mode or in a secret message mode, and

wherein the valid duration of the to-be-sent object, in the message, is determined in response to determining that the to-be-sent object, in the message, is to-be-sent in the secret message mode.

11. A message sending method, comprising:

sending, by a processor, a data object to a receiver; and

detecting, by the processor, a trigger operation of a sender on the data object, sent to the receiver, to obtain a valid duration of the data object,

wherein the valid duration of the data object is obtained according to a trigger duration, of the trigger operation, wherein the valid duration of the data object being obtained according to the trigger duration comprises the valid duration being obtained based on a mapping between different trigger durations and different valid durations, and wherein the mapping is stored in a preset table, and

wherein the valid duration is used for destroying the data object from the receiver when a view duration of the data object by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein after acquiring the valid duration of the data object, the method further comprises:

sending the valid duration to the receiver.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein after acquiring the valid duration of the data object, the method further comprises:

sending the valid duration to a message server, wherein the message server sends a destruction instruction to the receiver when the view duration of the data object by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the data object comprises one or more of the following: text, a picture, video, voice, and a file.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the trigger operation comprises a long press.

16. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

destroying the data object from the sender when the view duration of the data object by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

17. A processing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store processor-executable instructions, wherein when executing the instructions, the processor implements:

detecting a trigger duration of a message send key, on a message interface;

determining a valid duration of a to-be-sent object, in a message, according to the trigger duration, wherein the determining the valid duration of the to-be-sent object, in the message, comprises determining the valid duration according to a mapping between different trigger durations and different valid durations, and wherein the mapping is stored in a preset table; and

sending the message to a receiver, wherein the valid duration is used for destroying the message from the receiver when a view duration of the message by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

18. The processing device according to claim 17 , wherein the message is destroyed from a sender when the view duration of the message by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

19. A processing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store processor-executable instructions, wherein when executing the instructions, the processor implements:

sending a data object to a receiver; and

detecting a trigger operation of a sender on the data object, sent to the receiver, to obtain a valid duration of the data object,

wherein the valid duration of the data object is obtained according to a trigger duration, of the trigger operation, wherein the valid duration of the data object being obtained according to the trigger duration comprises the valid duration being obtained based on a mapping between different trigger durations and different valid durations, and wherein the mapping is stored in a preset table, and

wherein the valid duration is used for destroying the data object from the receiver when a view duration of the data object by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having computer instructions stored thereon, wherein when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a method of messaging, the method comprising:

detecting a trigger duration of a message send key, on a message interface;

determining a valid duration of a to-be-sent object, in a message, according to the trigger duration, wherein the determining the valid duration of the to-be-sent object, in the message, comprises determining the valid duration according to a mapping between different trigger durations and different valid durations, and wherein the mapping is stored in a preset table; and

sending the message to a receiver, wherein the valid duration is used for destroying the message from the receiver when a view duration of the message by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having computer instructions stored thereon, wherein when executed by a processor causes the processor to execute a method of messaging, the method comprising:

sending a data object to a receiver; and

detecting a trigger operation of a sender on the data object, sent to the receiver, to obtain a valid duration of the data object,

wherein the valid duration of the data object is obtained according to a trigger duration, of the trigger operation, wherein the valid duration of the data object being obtained according to the trigger duration comprises the valid duration being obtained based on a mapping between different trigger durations and different valid durations, and wherein the mapping is stored in a preset table, and

wherein the valid duration is used for destroying the data object from the receiver when a view duration of the data object by the receiver is greater than or equal to the valid duration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: CHOW, MING HON
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 052692/0309 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710756207.5 · Aug 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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