Patent ID: 8954494
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing operations of at least a first user group on a first server and a second user group on a second server, comprising: establishing, by the first server, an association between the first user group and the second user group using a pre-set association identifier; receiving, by the first server, operation information containing a type of operation and specifying an operation; performing, by the first server, the operation specified by the operation information on the first user group; sending, by the first server, the operation information and the association identifier to the second server; receiving, by the second server, the operation information and the association identifier; searching, by the second server, the second user group corresponding to the association identifier; and performing, by the second server, an operation corresponding to the type of the operation information on the second user group based on the type of the operation information, wherein establishing the association between the first user group and the second user group further includes: based on user information of the first user group, sending, by the first server, a request for obtaining group information corresponding to the user information to the second server of the second user group; searching and determining, by the second server and based on the request, whether there is group information corresponding to the user information on the second server; when it is determined there is corresponding group information, making the group corresponding to the group information the second user group and sending the group information to the first server; when it is determined there is not corresponding group information, creating the second user group corresponding to the user information of the first user group and sending the group information of the second user group to the first server; and establishing a corresponding relationship between the association identifier and the first user group and a corresponding relationship between the association identifier and the second user group.