TWI769392B - Method for initiating instant messaging by messaging service - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for initiating instant messaging(IM) by messaging service is applied to a communication server. The method comprises: a transmitting end providing a sending information and a first number of a first receiving end to the communication server, wherein the sending information at least includes a sending subject and a text message; the communication server generates a first link information corresponding to the first receiving end and a first instant messaging page corresponding to the first link information, and transmittes a first message which includes the first link information and the text message to the first receiving end by the MMS specification or the SMS specification according to a message length of the first link information and the text message; and the first receiving end connects to the first instant messaging page via the first link information. The first instant messaging page displays the sending subject and provides instant messaging service between the transmitting end and the first receiving end. Therefore, a more convenient communication will be provided to consumers by initiating instant messaging by messaging service.

Description

How to activate instant messaging

The present invention relates to an instant messaging service, in particular to a method for initiating instant messaging by a short message.

With the development of communication technology, SMS marketing has become a popular solution for merchants to market products. Merchants can use the short message broadcasting platform to send a large number of marketing short messages quickly to promote their products and services. However, since the short message communication is billed by the number of messages, and there is a message length limit for each message, when the message length is longer than When it is big, it needs to pay for multiple text messages. Moreover, text messages are not real-time communication. When the messages are repeated, it takes a lot of time. Therefore, when consumers receive text messages, they need to ask if they have questions about products or services. , it will reduce the inquiries and purchase intentions due to the high time and money cost of replying to the SMS, resulting in the loss of hidden consumers.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for initiating instant messaging through a short message, which can provide consumers with a more convenient communication method by initiating instant messaging through a short message.

Therefore, the present invention is a method for activating instant communication by SMS, which is applied to a communication server. The method includes: a sender provides a sending message and a first number of a first receiving end to the communication server, the sending The information at least includes a sending subject and a text message; the communication server generates a pair of first link information corresponding to the first receiving end and a pair of first instant messaging pages corresponding to the first link information, and judges that the first link information and Whether the message length of the short message text is greater than a predetermined length, if so, send a first text message including the first link information and the text message text to the first receiving end according to the first door number in MMS specification, if not, according to The first door number transmits the first short message to the first receiving end in the SMS format; and the first receiving end is linked to the first instant messaging page via the first link information, and the first instant messaging page displays the sending The subject is also used for instant communication between the sender and the first receiver.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the message lengths of the first link information and the text of the short message are the total number of words of the first link information and the text of the short message.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first link information includes a webpage information and a first code information, and the communication server records the first code information and the corresponding first door number.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first encoded information is randomly generated.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when transmitting the first SMS, the communication server records the first encoded information, the corresponding first door number and a SMS sending sequence number, and the SMS sending sequence number is a non-repetitive sequence number .

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first link information is a URL address.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first receiver is linked to the first instant messaging page through the first link information through a web browser.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first link information expires after an expiration period.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the sending information further includes a welcome message, and the first instant messaging page also displays the welcome message.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the sending end further provides a second gate number of a second receiving end to the communication server; the communication server generates a pair of second link information corresponding to the second receiving end and a pair of Should the second instant messaging page of the second link information, and determine whether the length of the second link information and the text of the text message is greater than the predetermined length, if so, send a message including the second link in the MMS specification according to the second door number information and the second text message of the text message to the second receiver, if not, send the second message to the second receiver according to the second door number in the SMS specification; the second receiver via the second link The information is linked to the second instant messaging page, and the second instant messaging page displays the sending subject and allows the sending end and the second receiving end to conduct instant communication.

The effect of the present invention is: by the above method, after the merchant sends the sending information and the customer's door number to the communication server through the sending end, the merchant can use the link information and the corresponding link information generated by the communication server After the consumer clicks the link information in the short message, the instant communication with the consumer is carried out. In this way, consumers can generally read the short message, so as to achieve high visibility of marketing advertisements, and also By providing instant messaging, it can provide consumers with a more convenient and fast way of communicating.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is a main flow chart of an embodiment of a method for initiating instant messaging from a short message according to the present invention. The method is applied to a communication server 1 as shown in FIG. 2 , and a sender 2 passes through the communication server. 1. A short message sent to a first receiving end 3 starts instant messaging (Instant Messaging, abbreviated as IM) between the sending end 2 and the first receiving end 3.

Wherein, the sending end 2 may be an electronic device such as a desktop personal computer, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, or a smart phone that can be connected to the communication server 1 through a network. The first receiving end 3 can be an electronic device such as a tablet or a smart phone, which can receive short messages and has an Internet access function.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, first, as shown in step S1 and FIG. 3 of FIG. 1 , a merchant provides a transmission information and a first door number of the first receiving end 3 to the communication server 1 via the sending end 2 , The sending information at least includes a sending subject and a text of the short message, and preferably also includes a welcome message. The subject of sending can be the name of the business or the name of the product or service provided, the text of the text message can be a marketing message, the welcome message can be a welcome word, an introduction to the product or service, or a description of the marketing message, etc. The information that the merchant wants to send to the first consumer is determined, and it is not limited to this.

Next, as shown in steps S2, S3 and 3 in FIG. 1 , the communication server 1 generates a pair of first link information corresponding to the first receiver 3 and a pair of first instant messaging pages 11 corresponding to the first link information , and determine whether the length of the first link information and the text of the text message is greater than a predetermined length, if so, send a message including the first link information and the The first short message in the text of the short message is sent to the first receiving end 3 , if not, the first short message is sent to the first receiving end 3 in the SMS (Short Message Service) specification according to the first door number. As shown in FIG. 4, it is a schematic diagram of a short message screen 4 of the first short message. The upper column 41 of the short message picture 4 is used to display the text of the short message, and the lower column 42 is used to display the first link information. .

Wherein, the message length of the first link information and the text of the short message is the total number of words of the first link information and the text of the text message, and the predetermined length is 70 words. The communication server 1 determines the length of the first link information and the text of the short message When the total number of words in the text of the text message is greater than 70 words, send the first text message to the first receiving end 3 according to the first door number in the MMS specification, and determine that the total number of words of the first link information and the text of the text message is less than or equal to When it is equal to 70 characters, the first short message is sent to the first receiving end 3 in the MMS specification according to the first door number.

Wherein, the first link information is a URL address (Uniform Resource Locator, Uniform Resource Locator), or is in the form of R-Link, and includes a webpage information and a first code information, and the webpage information corresponds to the information provided by the merchant For goods or services, the first encoded information is randomly generated, so that the first link information is unique information corresponding to the first receiving end 3 . The first coded information can be coded with 36 digits and 5-7 digits, so that it can have as many as (36 ⁵ +36 ⁶ +36 ⁷ ) combinations, which is sufficient for a large number of marketing applications. The first link information can also be designed to become invalid after an expiration period, so as to facilitate the management of the communication server 1 or the business.

When transmitting the first short message, the communication server 1 records the first code information and the corresponding first door number, and preferably also records the corresponding first link information, the text of the short message and a message sending serial number, The sequence number sent by the short message is a non-repeated sequence number, for example, a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier, globally unique identifier), so that it can be used for subsequent traces more perfectly.

Next, as shown in step S4 in FIG. 1 and as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5 , a first consumer clicks on the first link information in the first short message (field 42 in the short message screen 4 in FIG. 4 ) to make The first receiver 3 links to the first instant messaging page 11 through the first link information through a web browser. The first instant messaging page 11 can be an HTML page, and displays the sending subject on the page, preferably also displays the welcome message and a merchant image 55, the sending end 2 and the first receiving end 3 can be displayed on the page The first instant messaging page 11 conducts instant messaging.

As shown in FIG. 5 , which is a schematic diagram of a communication screen 5 of the first instant messaging page 11 , the upper field 51 of the communication screen 5 can be used to display the merchant image 55 and the sending subject, and the second upper field 52 It can be used to display the welcome message, the field 53 with the largest space in the middle can be used to display the communication message between the merchant and the first consumer, and the merchant image 55 can be attached again before the message sent by the merchant for identification , the lowermost field 54 can be used to display the message being input by the first consumer.

In this way, after entering the first instant messaging page 11, the first consumer can confirm whether the first instant messaging page 11 is indeed provided by the business through the sending subject, the welcome message and the image of the business. The welcome message can also get more descriptions about the marketing message, and the image of the business can provide the first consumer to quickly perform image recognition, and then, the first consumer can input in the field 54 message, and receive the message replied by the merchant in real time through the first instant messaging page 11, so as to achieve the purpose of instant messaging.

Similarly, as shown in FIG. 6 , the merchant can send a plurality of marketing messages to different consumers through the sender 2 and conduct instant communication individually to join a second consumer who holds a first The two receiving ends 6 are taken as an example, the same as the steps and processes shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 , the merchant also provides a second door number of the second receiving end 6 to the communication server 1 through the sending end 2 , and then , the communication server 1 generates a pair of second link information corresponding to the second receiver 6 and a pair of second instant messaging pages 12 corresponding to the second link information, and judges the second link information and the message length of the text of the short message Whether it is greater than the predetermined length, if so, send a second message including the second link information and the text of the message to the second receiving end 6 according to the second gate number in MMS specification, if not, according to the second gate number The second short message is sent to the second receiving end 6 in the SMS format. The second receiver 6 is linked to the second instant messaging page 12 via the second link information, and the second instant messaging page 12 displays the sending subject and allows the sender 2 to communicate with the second receiver 6 in real time.

Wherein, the second link information includes a webpage information and a second code information, and because the second code information is different from the first code information, the second link information is different from the first link information and is unique information, and when the communication server 1 transmits the second short message, it is also preferable to record the second code information, the corresponding second door number, the corresponding second link information, The text of the text message and a serial number sent by the text message can be used for follow-up tracking more perfectly.

Thereby, the merchant can transmit the first short message and the second short message to the first receiving end 3 and the second receiving end 6 through the sending end 2 through the communication server 1, so as to achieve the purpose of marketing, and in the When the first consumer clicks the first link information in the first short message, and the second consumer clicks the second link information in the second short message, contact the first consumer, the second consumer Chat individually to provide further information or respond to questions.

To sum up, in this embodiment, using the above method, after the merchant sends the sending information and the customer's door number to the communication server 1 through the sending end 2, the merchant can use the data generated by the communication server 1 Link the information and the instant messaging page corresponding to the linked information, and after the consumer clicks the link information in the short message, communicate with the consumer in real time, so that consumers can generally read the short message habit, In order to achieve high visibility of marketing advertisements, it can also provide consumers with a more convenient and fast communication method by providing instant messaging, so the effect and purpose of the present invention can indeed be achieved.

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the contents of the patent specification are still included in the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

1: Communication server 11: The first instant messaging page 12: Second instant messaging page 2: sender 3: The first receiving end 4: SMS screen 41, 42: Field 5: Communication screen 51~54: Field 55: Merchant Image 6: The second receiver S1~S4: Steps

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of a method for initiating instant messaging from a short message according to the present invention; 2 is a schematic diagram of the embodiment applied to a communication server, illustrating the communication relationship among the communication server, a sending end and a first receiving end; 3 is used to illustrate the communication content and flow between the communication server, the sending end and the first receiving end in this embodiment; 4 is a schematic diagram of a short message screen of a first short message of the embodiment; 5 is a schematic diagram of a communication screen of a first instant messaging page of the embodiment; and 6 is another schematic diagram of the embodiment applied to the communication server, illustrating the communication relationship among the communication server, the sending end, the first receiving end and a second receiving end.

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Claims (9)

A method for initiating instant communication by a short message is applied to a communication server. The method includes: a sending end provides a sending information and a first number of a first receiving end to the communication server, and the sending information at least includes a Send the subject and a text of the short message; the communication server generates a pair of first link information corresponding to the first receiving end and a pair of first instant messaging pages corresponding to the first link information, and determines the first link information and the text of the short message Whether the message length is greater than a predetermined length, if so, send a first message including the first link information and the text of the message to the first receiving end according to the first gate number in MMS specification, if not, according to the first gate No. sends the first short message to the first receiving end in the SMS specification, wherein the message length of the first link information and the text of the short message is the total number of words of the first link information and the text of the short message, and the communication server The device records the corresponding first door number, the corresponding first link information, the text of the SMS, and a sequence number for sending the SMS; and the first receiver is linked to the first instant messaging page through the first link information, and the first An instant messaging page displays the sending subject and allows the sending end to communicate with the first receiving end. The method for activating instant communication by SMS as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first link information includes a webpage information and a first code information, and the communication server records the first code information and the corresponding first door number . The method for initiating instant communication by a short message according to claim 2, wherein the first encoded information is randomly generated. The method for initiating instant communication by a short message according to claim 2, wherein the communication server also records the first encoded information when sending the first short message. The method for initiating instant messaging from a short message according to claim 1, wherein the first link information is a URL address. The method for initiating instant messaging from a short message according to claim 1, wherein the first receiving end links to the first instant messaging page through the first link information through a web browser. The method for activating instant messaging from a short message as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first link information expires after an expiration period. The method for initiating instant messaging according to claim 1, wherein the sending information further includes a welcome message, and the first instant messaging page also displays the welcome message. The method for initiating instant communication by SMS according to claim 1, wherein: the sending end further provides a second door number of a second receiving end to the communication server; the communication server generates a pair of messages corresponding to the second receiving end The second link information and a pair of second instant messaging pages corresponding to the second link information, and determine whether the length of the second link information and the text of the text message is greater than the predetermined length, if so, use the MMS specification according to the second door number Send a second short message including the second link information and the text of the short message to the second receiving end, if not, send the second short message to the second receiving end according to the second door number in SMS specification; the second The receiving end is linked to the second instant messaging page through the second link information, and the second instant messaging page displays the sending subject and provides the The sending end communicates with the second receiving end in real time.

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