Patent ID: 9319358
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A terminal interaction method, comprising: a first instant messaging (IM) terminal receiving a user-entered file transfer command directing the first IM terminal to initiate a process for transferring a file to a second IM terminal, wherein the first IM terminal and the second IM terminal are logged into an TM platform via associated account numbers, the first IM terminal determining whether the first IM terminal and the second IM terminal belong to a same local area network (LAN) and, in response to determining that the first TM terminal and the second IM terminal belong to the same LAN, starting a local Web server associated with the first IM terminal and generating uniform resource locator (URL) address information associated with the file, and the first IM terminal transmitting, via the TM platform, to the second IM terminal, the address information associated with the local Web server and the URL address information associated with the file, to allow the second IM terminal to transmit, to the local Web server, in accordance with the address information associated with the local Web server, a file obtaining request including the URL address information associated with the file, and the local Web server to obtain and transmit the file to the second IM terminal in accordance with the URL address information associated with the file, when the first IM terminal determines that the first IM terminal and the second IM terminal do not belong to the same LAN, the method comprises: the first IM terminal uploading the file to a hub device and generating hub device URL address information associated with the file, and the first IM terminal transmitting, via the IM platform, to the second IM terminal, the address information associated with the hub device and the hub device URL address information associated with the file, to allow the second IM terminal to transmit, in accordance with the address information associated with the hub device, to the hub device, a file obtaining request including the hub device URL address information associated with the file, and the hub device to obtain and transmit the file to the second IM terminal in accordance with the hub device URL address information associated with the file.