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Granted Patent B2
US 9,800,627 · App. 14/206,732 · Granted Oct 24, 2017

Method, device and system for sharing played content of application

Inventor: Wei Sun (Shenzhen Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
H04L65/403H04L65/4015
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Patent No.
US 9,800,627
App. No.
14/206,732
Granted
Oct 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, a device and a system for sharing content being played by an application are provided. To share the content, the application may generate content position information of the content being currently played. An application platform system may generate a position information address according to the content position information, and further may form a sharing address by combining the position information address with an access address of the shared content. The sharing address may be published through a sharing channel. If and when a receiver clicks the sharing address, an application platform system of the receiver may extract the content position information therefrom. The content position information may be sent to an application of the local application platform system for parsing. The local application program may play, according to the parsed content position information, the shared content provided by the access address.

Claims (58)

1. A method for sharing content played by an application program, comprising:

A: generating, by an application program in an application platform system of a sharer, content position information of content played currently upon receipt of a sharing instruction when the application program plays the content, and sending, by the application program, the content position information of the content played currently to the application platform system of the sharer, wherein the content position information is generated according to a current operating progress of the application program;

B: generating a sharing address according to the content position information and publishing the sharing address, by the application platform system of the sharer; and

C: transforming, by an application platform system of a recipient, a position information address in the sharing address into the content position information upon receipt of triggering for the sharing address, and triggering, by the application platform system of the recipient, an application program to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content corresponding to an access address in the sharing address.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application program in Step A is a content application program; the access address of the shared content in Step B is a download address of the content application program; and

Step C comprises: transforming, by the application platform system of the recipient, the position information address into the content position information upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, downloading, by the application platform system of the recipient, the content application program from the download address and operating, by the application platform system of the recipient, the content application program to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content in the content application program.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the application program in Step A is a play application program; the access address of the shared content in Step B comprises a download address and a played content access address of the play application program; and

Step C comprises: transforming, by the application platform system of the recipient, the position information address into the content position information upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, downloading, by the application platform system of the recipient, the play application program from the download address and operating, by the application platform system of the recipient, the play application program to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content corresponding to the played content access address.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a default application program for playing a particular type of content is provided in the application platform system;

the application program in Step A is a content application program, the content position information comprises a content type; the access address of the shared content in Step B is a download address of the content application program; and

Step C comprises: downloading, by the application platform system of the recipient, the content application program from the download address upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, transforming, by the application platform system of the recipient, the position information address into the content position information, and operating, by the application platform system of the recipient, the default application program according to the content type in the content position information to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content application program.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a default application program for playing a particular type of content is provided in the application platform system;

the application program in Step A is a play application program; the access address of the shared content in Step B comprises a played content access address of the play application program; the played content access address comprises a content type, or the content position information comprises a content type; and

Step C comprises: transforming, by the application platform system of the recipient, the position information address into the content position information upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, and operating, by the application platform system of the recipient, the default application program according to the content type in the played content access address or the content position information to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content corresponding to the played content access address.

6. A system for sharing content played by an application program, comprising an application platform system, a sharing interface and a positioning playing interface in the application program, wherein the application program is operated based on the application platform system;

the sharing interface in the application program is adapted to generate content position information of content played currently upon receipt of a sharing instruction when the application program plays the content, and send the content position information of the content played currently to a local application platform system, wherein the content position information is generated according to a current operating progress of the application program;

the application platform system comprises a sharing triggering module, a sharing publishing module and a sharing receiving module,

wherein the sharing triggering module is adapted to receive a sharing instruction for the content played by the application program, notify the sharing instruction to the sharing interface in the application program, and receive the content position information returned by the sharing interface;

the sharing publishing module is adapted to generate a sharing address according to the content position information and publish the sharing address; and

the sharing receiving module is adapted to transform a position information address in the sharing address into the content position information upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, and trigger the application program to send the content position information or send the content position information and an access address of the shared content in the sharing address to the positioning playing interface in the application program; and

the positioning playing interface in the application program is adapted to receive the content position information or the content position information and the access address of the shared content sent by the application platform system and parse the content position information, to positioning play the shared content.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the application program to which the sharing interface belongs is a content application program, and the access address of the shared content is a download address of the content application program; and

the sharing receiving module is specifically adapted to transform the position information address into the content position information upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, download the content application program from the download address and operate the content application program, and send the content position information to the positioning playing interface in the content application program; or, download the content application program from the download address, operate a default application program according to a content type in the content position information, and send the content position information to the positioning playing interface in the default application program; and

the positioning playing interface parses the content position information, to positioning play the content application program.

8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the application program to which the sharing interface belongs is a play application program, and the access address of the shared content comprises a download address and a played content access address of the play application program;

the sharing receiving module is specifically adapted to transform the position information address into the content position information upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, download the play application program from the download address and operate the play application program, and send the content position information and the played content access address to the positioning playing interface in the play application program; and

the positioning playing interface parses the content position information, to positioning play the content corresponding to the played content access address.

9. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the application program to which the sharing interface belongs is a play application program, and the access address of the shared content is a played content access address of the play application program;

the sharing receiving module is specifically adapted to transform the position information address into the content position information upon receipt of the triggering for the sharing address, operate a default application program according to a content type in the played content access address or the content position information, and send the content position information and the played content access address to the positioning playing interface in the default application program; and

the positioning playing interface parses the content position information, to positioning play the content corresponding to the played content access address.

10. A method for sharing content played by an application program, comprising:

A: generating, by an application program in an application platform system of a sharer, content position information of content played currently upon receipt of a sharing instruction when the application program plays the content, and sending, by the application program, the content position information of the content played currently to the application platform system of the sharer, wherein the content position information is generated according to a current operating progress of the application program;

B: generating a sharing address according to the content position information and publishing the sharing address, by the application platform system of the sharer;

C: starting a local sharing reading device of a recipient terminal, upon receipt of a triggering for the sharing address; and

D: transforming, by the sharing reading device, a position information address in the sharing address into the content position information, and triggering, by the sharing reading device, an application program to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content corresponding to an access address of the shared content in the sharing address.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the application program in Step A is a content application program; the access address of the shared content in Step B is a download address of the content application program; the content position information comprises a content type; and

Step D comprises: transforming, by the sharing reading device, the position information address into the content position information, downloading, by the sharing reading device, the content application program from the download address, searching for and operating, by the sharing reading device, the application program according to the content type in the content position information to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content application program.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the application program in Step A is a play application program; the access address of the shared content in Step B comprises a played content access address of the play application program; the played content access address comprises a content type, or the content position information comprises the content type; and

Step D comprises: transforming, by the sharing reading device, the position information address into the content position information, searching for and operating, by the sharing reading device, the application program according to the content type in the played content access address or the content position information to parse the content position information, to positioning play the content corresponding to the played content access address.

13. A system for sharing content played by an application program, comprising an application platform system, a sharing reading device, a sharing interface in the application program operated based on the application platform system and a positioning playing interface in the application program operated based on an operating system,

wherein the sharing interface in the application program is adapted to generate content position information of content played currently upon receipt of a sharing instruction when the application program plays the content, and send the content position information of the content played currently to a local application platform system, wherein the content position information is generated according to a current operating progress of the application program;

the application platform system comprises a sharing triggering module and a sharing publishing module,

wherein the sharing triggering module is adapted to receive a sharing instruction for the content played by the application program, notify the sharing instruction to the sharing interface in the application program and receive the content position information returned by the sharing interface; and

the sharing publishing module is adapted to generate a sharing address according to the content position information and publish the sharing address;

the sharing reading device is started upon receipt of a triggering for the sharing address, wherein the sharing reading device comprises a sharing receiving module and a program starting module;

wherein the sharing receiving module is adapted to transform a position information address in the sharing address into the content position information; and

the program starting module is adapted to trigger the application program and send the content position information or the content position information and an access address of the shared content in the sharing address to the positioning playing interface in the application program; and

the positioning playing interface in the application program is adapted to receive the content position information or the content position information and the access address of the shared content sent by the sharing reading device and parse the content position information, to positioning play the shared content.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the application program to which the sharing interface belongs is a content application program, and the access address of the shared content is a download address of the content application program; and

the program starting module is specifically adapted to download the content application program from the download address, search for and operate the application program according to a content type in the content position information, and send the content position information to the positioning playing interface in the application program; and

the positioning playing interface parses the content position information, to positioning play the content application program.

15. An application platform system, comprising a sharing triggering module and a sharing publishing module,

wherein the sharing triggering module is adapted to receive a sharing instruction for content played by an application program, notify the sharing instruction to a sharing interface in the application program, and receive content position information returned by the sharing interface, wherein the content position information is generated according to a current operating progress of the application program; and

the sharing publishing module is adapted to generate a sharing address according to the content position information and publish the sharing address, wherein the sharing address can trigger to start a sharing reading device.

16. A sharing reading device, wherein the sharing reading device is started after a sharing address is triggered;

the sharing reading device comprises a sharing receiving module and a program starting module,

the sharing receiving module is adapted to transform a position information address in the sharing address into the content position information, wherein the content position information is originally generated according to a current operating progress of the application program; and

the program starting module is adapted to trigger the application program and send the content position information or the content position information and an access address of the shared content in the sharing address to the positioning playing interface in the application program.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2014
From: SUN, WEI
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032428/0995 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2011 1 0429067 · Dec 20, 2011 · national
Continuity (2)
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