CN100362836C - A method of broadcasting instant messages - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for broadcasting instant messages. In this method, an interface for broadcasting messages is added in advance in the open application programming interface provided by the Parlay gateway to the third-party application server, and the interface at least includes parameters of the instant message to be broadcasted. When an instant message needs to be broadcast, the third-party application server sends the instant message to be broadcast to the Parlay gateway by calling the interface for broadcasting the message; then the Parlay gateway sends the received instant message to the corresponding IM client through the IM server.

Description

A method of broadcasting instant messages

technical field

The invention relates to network instant messaging technology, in particular to a method for broadcasting instant messages to instant message users.

Background technique

With the gradual maturity and rapid development of the Internet, there are more and more Internet users, and the Internet plays an increasingly important role in people's lives. For example, people can browse news, send e-mails or conduct online shopping and so on through the Internet. At present, network instant messaging has increasingly become a hotspot of Internet applications, and more and more people use network instant messaging technology to communicate with people all over the world in real time. Through instant messaging, people can quickly obtain information, and also enhance friendship through mutual communication.

The current network instant messaging system is shown in FIG. 1 . As can be seen from Figure 1, a network instant messaging system consists of an instant message (IM, Instant Messaging) server, a business management system (SMS, Service Management System) connected to the IM server, and multiple simultaneous connections to the IM server. IM client composition. Wherein, the IM server is the core of the entire network instant messaging system, and it is used to provide individual users of the IM client with the ability to send and receive instant messages through the IM client. The instant message here can be a text message, or include voice, Multimedia messages of pictures and sequential images. The IM client is the client of the instant messaging system. Users can use various functions of the network instant messaging service through the IM client, such as adding to the friend list, stranger list or blacklist, querying user status, sending text or voice messages, sending files etc. SMS is a service management system used to manage the functions of the IM server, and is used to configure system parameters and perform other management operations. In the entire network instant messaging system, four protocols are mainly used at present, they are Immediate Information and Space Protocol (IMPP), Space and Instant Messaging Protocol (PRIM), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)/extension for instant messaging and space balance The Process Initiation Protocol (SIMPLE) and the Extensible Messaging and Spaces Protocol (XMPP).

In the current network instant messaging technology, only chat and file sharing services can be realized through network instant messaging, and value-added services such as subscribing to user interest information or broadcasting information to users cannot be conveniently realized. This not only brings inconvenience for users to use the network instant messaging service, but also limits the business development of network instant messaging service providers, thus restricting the popularization and further development of network instant messaging technology as a whole.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for broadcasting instant messages to users, by which third-party applications can broadcast instant messages to users of instant messages, thereby promoting the further development of network instant messaging technology .

Above-mentioned purpose of the present invention is achieved by following technical scheme:

A method for broadcasting instant messages at least includes the following steps:

a. Add an interface for broadcasting messages in advance in the open application programming interfaces provided by the open application programming interface standard (Parlay) gateway of the fixed or mobile telephone network to the third-party application server, and the interface for broadcasting messages is at least Contains the instant message parameters to be broadcast;

b. The third-party application server sends the instant message to be broadcast to the Parlay gateway by calling the interface for broadcasting the message;

c. The Parlay gateway sends the received instant message to the corresponding IM client through the IM server.

In the above method, the interface for broadcasting messages further includes a parameter for indicating the destination user number of the message broadcast object, and in the step c, the Parlay gateway sends the received instant message to the number corresponding to the destination user through the IM server IM client.

In the above method, the interface for broadcasting messages does not include the destination user number parameter used to represent the message broadcast object, or includes a user number parameter and this parameter includes all user numbers, and in the step c, the Parlay gateway passes the IM server. Received instant messages are sent to all IM clients.

The method may further include establishing a broadcast message success notification interface and a broadcast message failure notification interface, the broadcast message success notification interface and the broadcast message failure notification interface include the identification information parameters of the broadcast task, and the interface for broadcast messages further includes a A parameter used to indicate whether to return a broadcast message result and an identification information parameter of a broadcast task, the method further includes after step c:

The Parlay gateway determines whether to return the broadcast message result according to the parameter of whether to return the broadcast message result, if yes, executes the next step; otherwise, ends the process;

The Parlay gateway further determines whether the broadcast message is successful according to the response of the IM server, and if so, returns a successful notification of the broadcast message represented by the identification information of the broadcast task to the corresponding third-party application server by calling the broadcast message success notification interface; otherwise, calls the broadcast message success notification interface to the corresponding third-party application server; The message failure notification interface returns a notification that the broadcast message represented by the identification information of the broadcast task fails to the corresponding third-party application server.

The response of the IM server includes a 200 response indicating that the message broadcast is successful, a 4XX response indicating a client error, a 5XX response indicating a server error, and a 6XX response indicating a global service error; the Parlay gateway determines whether the broadcast message is successful based on the response of the IM server The steps include: if the received response is a 200 response, determine that the broadcast message is successful; if the received response is a 4XX response, 5XX response or 6XX response, determine that the broadcast message fails.

The broadcast message failure notification interface further includes parameters indicating failure reasons, and the Parlay gateway returns failure reason information to the third-party application server while returning a notification of broadcast message failure to the corresponding third-party application server by calling the broadcast message failure notification interface. The failure reason information here is the response value of the IM server. Further, the response value is one of a 4XX response indicating a client error, a 5XX response indicating a server error, and a 6XX response indicating a global service error.

As can be seen from the technical solution of the present invention, by adding an interface for user broadcast messages in the open application programming interface provided by the Parlay gateway to the third-party application server, the third-party application server can directly call the interface to send the instant message to be broadcast to The Parlay gateway, and then the Parlay gateway broadcasts to the IM client through the IM server, and the user can read the broadcast information of the third-party application on his own IM client, thus realizing the instant message from the third-party application to the instant message user broadcast.

Through the method for broadcasting instant messages of the present invention, the provider of the network instant messaging service provides a value-added service application platform for third-party applications, and the third-party applications can use this platform to flexibly develop value-added services, thereby promoting the use of broadcast instant message services in The development of the entire value-added business within. For network instant messaging service providers, it is in a leading position in providing users with personalized services and differentiated services, thereby enhancing the corporate image and greatly promoting its further development. For users, it is very convenient to know news such as major news events, shopping mall discount information, etc. without any setting and registration. Therefore, the present invention can simultaneously promote the development of third-party applications and network instant messaging service providers, and greatly facilitate users, thereby having broad market prospects and development space.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network structure of an existing network instant messaging system.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the network structure of the network instant messaging system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is an overall flow chart of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a message interaction diagram among the IM server, the Parlay gateway and the third-party application server.

Detailed ways

The present invention will be further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Fig. 2 shows the structure of the network instant messaging system according to the present invention. As can be seen from Fig. 2, the network instant messaging system of the present invention comprises a Parlay gateway, is connected to the SMS of Parlay gateway, is connected to a plurality of third-party application servers and a plurality of IM servers of Parlay gateway simultaneously, and each IM server simultaneously Multiple IM clients are connected.

In the present invention, the IM server provides a service execution environment and is responsible for providing value-added services for accessing various networks included in the next generation network (NGN). At the same time, the IM server also opens service components to third parties other than users and network instant messaging service providers through the Parlay gateway, so that third parties can use the value-added service customization capabilities provided by operators. The IM server communicates with the Parlay gateway through the SIP/SIMPLE protocol.

Different from the prior art, the SMS in the present invention is connected to the Parlay gateway, and simultaneously manages multiple IM servers connected to the Parlay gateway through the Parlay gateway, such as performing parameter configuration and the like. Of course, it can be understood that multiple SMSs can also be set, and they are respectively connected to some IM servers and manage the connected IM servers.

The third-party application server is connected to the Parlay gateway and communicates with the Parlay gateway through the Open Application Programming Interface (Open API) provided by the Parlay gateway. The third party can be a service provider or a content provider.

The system structure of the present invention has been described above, and the method for broadcasting instant messages to users by using the system of the present invention will be described below.

Fig. 3 shows the overall process of the present invention. As can be seen from FIG. 3 , the present invention first establishes an interface for broadcasting instant messages to users in the open API interface of the Parlay gateway in step 301 .

Since the current IM server is self-contained in its own system and does not open the service capability of the IM server to a third party, there is currently no interface suitable for opening the service capability of the IM server on the Parlay gateway. To implement the broadcasting of instant messages to users in the present invention, it is first necessary to add an interface for message broadcasting in the open API interface provided by the Parlay gateway.

Specifically, three message interfaces are added to the open API interface of the Parlay gateway, which are respectively: a broadcast message interface, a broadcast message success notification interface, and a broadcast message failure notification interface. Among them, the broadcast message interface is used to receive the broadcast message sent by the third-party application server, the broadcast message success notification interface is used to return to the third-party application server The application server returns information that the message broadcast to the user failed. Of course, it can be understood that if the third-party application server does not need to know the feedback information of the broadcast message to the user, that is, it does not need to know whether the broadcast message to the user is successful or failed, then it is not necessary to establish a broadcast message success notification interface message and a broadcast message failure notification interface information.

In one embodiment, the broadcast message interface may be: broadcastIMReq(groupUsers: inTpAddressRange, message: TpString, responseRequested: TpBoolean): TpAssignmentID. Among them, the parameter groupUsers indicates that the instant message will be broadcast to the number range, that is, the users represented by these numbers, and its data type is AddressRange, that is, the address range; the parameter message indicates the specific instant message to be broadcast, and its data type is String, also It is a string; the parameter responseRequested indicates whether to return the broadcast message result to the third-party application server, and its data type is Boolean, which is a Boolean value; the return value TpAssignmentID is the identifier of the broadcast task, which is used to distinguish each broadcast task. For example, it can be set to 001, 002 and so on.

The interface for notifying the success of the broadcast message may be: broadcastIMRes(assignmentID: inTpAssignmentID): void. The parameter assignmentID is the identifier of the broadcast task, corresponding to the return value of the broadcastIMReq interface. This interface has no return value.

The broadcast message failure notification interface can be: broadcastIMErr(assignmentID: inTpAssignmentID, cause: in TpIMError): void. The parameter assignmentID is the identifier of the broadcast task, which corresponds to the return value of the broadcastIMReq interface; the parameter cause identifies the reason for the broadcast failure, which is represented by a specific value that will be described in detail later. This interface has no return value.

After the above message interface is defined, when the third-party application needs to broadcast an instant message to the user, in step 302, the broadcast message interface of the Parlay gateway is invoked through the third-party application server, and at the same time, the destination user number information, the specific instant message to be broadcast And the information about whether to know the broadcast result is sent to the Parlay gateway as a parameter.

In step 303, the Parlay gateway sends the specific instant message to be broadcast to the corresponding IM server according to the destination user number information.

In step 304, the corresponding IM server sends the instant message to be broadcast to the IM client corresponding to the user number according to the destination user number information.

In step 305, the Parlay gateway determines whether to return the broadcast message result information to the third-party application server according to the parameter information of whether to return the broadcast message result. If yes, execute step 306; otherwise, end this process.

In step 306, the Parlay gateway further determines whether sending the broadcast message to the user succeeds. If yes, go to step 307, otherwise go to step 308.

In step 307, the Parlay gateway returns a broadcast success message to the corresponding third-party application server, that is, calls the broadcast message success notification interface to inform the third-party application server that the broadcast is successful. The broadcast success message includes the identifier of the broadcast task, so that the third-party application server knows which broadcast task has been successfully executed.

In step 308, the Parlay gateway returns a broadcast failure message to the corresponding third-party application server, that is, calls the broadcast message failure notification interface to inform the third-party application server of the broadcast failure. The broadcast failure message includes the identifier of the broadcast task, so that the third-party application server knows which broadcast task fails to execute. In addition, the reason for the broadcast failure may be further returned to the third-party application server through a broadcast failure message.

So far, this process ends.

Fig. 4 is a message interaction diagram of the present invention. It can be seen from Figure 4 that first, the third-party application server invokes the broadcastIMReq interface, and sends the destination user number information, the specific instant message to be broadcast, and information about whether the broadcast result needs to be known to the Parlay gateway. After receiving the information, the Parlay gateway sends the specific instant message to one or more IM servers corresponding to the destination user number.

Then, the IM server sends the specific instant message to the corresponding IM client, and returns a corresponding response value to the Parlay gateway according to whether the sending is successful. These response values include a 200 response for a successful send, a 4XX response for a client error, a 5XX response for a server error, and a 6XX response for a global service error.

After receiving these response values, the Parlay gateway determines whether to return the broadcast result information according to whether the third-party application server needs to know the broadcast result information. If there is no need to return broadcast result information, the process ends. If it is necessary to return broadcast result information, call broadcastIMRes for 200 responses, indicating that the broadcast is successful; for 4XX responses, 5XX responses, and 6XX responses, call broadcastIMErr, indicating that the broadcast has failed. When sending the broadcast failure information, the response value may be further added to the message, so as to inform the third-party application server of the reason for the failure of sending the broadcast message.

The above is the processing of the broadcast instant message on the network side. For the user, it is only necessary to display and view the received broadcast message on the IM client.

Through the networking structure of the present invention and the method for broadcasting instant messages according to the present invention, the provider of the network instant messaging service provides a value-added service application platform for third-party applications, and the third-party applications can use this platform to flexibly develop value-added services, thereby It has promoted the development of the entire value-added service including the broadcast instant message service. For network instant messaging service providers, it is in a leading position in providing users with personalized services and differentiated services, thereby enhancing the corporate image and greatly promoting its further development. For users, it is very convenient to know news such as major news events, shopping mall discount information, etc. without any setting and registration. Therefore, the present invention can simultaneously promote the development of third-party applications and network instant messaging service providers, and greatly facilitate users, thereby having broad market prospects and development space.

It can be understood that the foregoing is only an illustration of the spirit of the present invention, rather than a limitation.

Claims (9)

1. A method for broadcasting an instant message, at least comprising the steps of: a. Add an interface for broadcasting messages in advance in the open application programming interface provided by the open application programming interface standard Parlay gateway of the fixed or mobile telephone network to the third-party application server, and the interface for broadcasting messages at least includes the required Broadcast instant message parameters; b. The third-party application server sends the instant message to be broadcast to the Parlay gateway by calling the interface for broadcasting the message; c. The Parlay gateway sends the received instant message to the corresponding IM client through the instant message IM server. 2. the method for broadcasting instant message according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described interface that is used for broadcasting message further comprises a destination subscriber number parameter that is used to represent message broadcasting object, in the described step c, Parlay gateway passes The IM server sends the received instant message to the IM client corresponding to the destination user number. 3. The method for broadcasting an instant message according to claim 1, characterized in that, in the step c, the Parlay gateway sends the received instant message to all IM clients through the IM server. 4. the method for broadcasting instant message according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described interface for broadcasting message comprises a subscriber number parameter and this parameter comprises all subscriber numbers, and in the described step c, Parlay gateway passes through IM server Send received instant messages to all IM clients. 5. The method for broadcasting an instant message according to claim 1, characterized in that, the method further comprises establishing a broadcast message success notification interface and a broadcast message failure notification interface, and the broadcast message success notification interface and the broadcast message failure notification interface include The identification information parameter of the broadcast task, the interface for the broadcast message further includes a parameter indicating whether to return the result of the broadcast message and the identification information parameter of the broadcast task, the method further includes after step c: The Parlay gateway determines whether to return the broadcast message result according to the parameter of whether to return the broadcast message result, if yes, executes the next step; otherwise, ends the process; The Parlay gateway further determines whether the broadcast message is successful according to the response of the IM server, and if so, returns a successful notification of the broadcast message represented by the identification information of the broadcast task to the corresponding third-party application server by calling the broadcast message success notification interface; otherwise, calls the broadcast message success notification interface to the corresponding third-party application server; The message failure notification interface returns a notification that the broadcast message represented by the identification information of the broadcast task fails to the corresponding third-party application server. 6. The method for broadcasting an instant message according to claim 5, wherein the response of the IM server includes a 200 response representing message broadcast success, a 4XX response representing a client error, a 5XX response representing a server error, and a 5XX response representing a server error. The 6XX response of the global service error; the steps for the Parlay gateway to determine whether the broadcast message is successful according to the response of the IM server include: if the received response is a 200 response, determine that the broadcast message is successful; if the received response is a 4XX response, a 5XX response or a 6XX response, Determine broadcast message failure. 7. The method for broadcasting an instant message according to claim 5, characterized in that, the broadcast message failure notification interface further includes a parameter representing a cause of failure, and the Parlay gateway sends the corresponding third-party application server a notification interface by calling the broadcast message failure notification interface. While returning the notification of broadcast message failure, the failure reason information is returned to the third-party application server. 8. The method for broadcasting an instant message according to claim 7, wherein the failure reason information is a response value of an IM server. 9. The method for broadcasting an instant message according to claim 8, wherein the response value is one of a 4XX response representing a client error, a 5XX response representing a server error, and a 6XX response representing a global service error .

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