Abstract:
The present invention discloses a method and system for sharing community network service information, characterized in that users can send their community network service information and their friend lists for real-time communication to a data server, and share the community network service information with the friends in the friend lists who have logged onto the data server. Thus, the users can share the community information from different community network service platforms with their friends. Additionally, the data server can periodically confirm whether the users and their friends update the community network service information or not and send the updated information to the users and their friends.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS 
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       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0006]    The present invention relates to a method and system for sharing community network service information, and more particularly to a technical field of sharing community network service information through the friend lists of users. 
         [0007]    2. Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 37 CFR 1.98 
         [0008]    The instant message services have been a very popular network application. After users log onto a server, they can receive the status data of other friends who have logged on. Users and their friends can exchange messages and pictures in real time. Instant messages have become a tool by means of which modern people develop a community relationship. Moreover, another popular network service relates to community network services that provide a network data storage space to a user and have the application programs associated with a blog function, a multimedia data management function and a function of managing friends&#39; authority. 
         [0009]    Today, some firms simultaneously offer instant message services and community network services as well as provide the function of mutually updating the information between the two services. For example, after a user has logged onto an instant message service server, in addition to receiving the status data of other friends who have logged on, the user can receive the status data of the blogs established in the community network that is provided by the same firm by these friends. Also, there are icons on the interface between the two services, which link the two services. 
         [0010]    However, currently, there are many instant message services and many community network services. That is to say, the friends of a user in an instant message network may establish their respective blogs in different community networks, or the friends in a community network may use different instant message services. This causes inconvenience for users in managing their community network relationship. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0011]    In view of the above problems of the prior art, an objective of the present invention is to provide a method and system for sharing community network service information to allow users and their friends to share the community information from different community information service platforms. 
         [0012]    An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and system for sharing community network service information to allow users to integrate the real-time communication information and community network information of their friends. 
         [0013]    An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and system for sharing community network service information to allow users to immediately update the real-time communication information and community network information of their friends. 
         [0014]    According to an objective of the present invention, it is to provide a method for sharing community network service information, which is provided for a user to share community network service information with the user&#39;s friends, comprising the following steps. First, the user logs onto a data server and sends community network service information of the user to the data server. Next, a friend list of the user is accessed, then confirming whether at least one friend in the friend list has logged onto the data server or not. If at least one friend in the friend list has logged onto the data server, the community network service information of the user is sent to the friends who have logged on via the data server. 
         [0015]    The friend list comprises information of the friends set in an instant message service platform by the user. 
         [0016]    This method further comprises enabling the user to log onto an instant message service platform via the data server so as to download the friend list from the instant message service platform. 
         [0017]    According to the present invention, it is a further objective to provide a system for sharing community network service information, which is provided for a user to share community network service information with the user&#39;s friends, comprising a data server and an internet access device. The intrnet access device is provided for the user to set the community network service information and go web surfing to download a friend list. The user uses the intrnet access device to log onto the data server such that the data server can receive the community network service information and the friend list of the user, and the data server confirms whether at least one friend in the friend list has logged onto the data server or not. If at least one friend in the friend list has logged onto the data server, the data server sends the community network service information of the user to the friends who have logged on. 
         [0018]    The friend list comprises information of the friends set in an instant message service platform by the user. 
         [0019]    The user logs onto the instant message service platform via the data server so as to download the friend list from the instant message service platform. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0020]      FIG. 1  is a block diagram of a first embodiment of a system for sharing community network service information according to the present invention. 
           [0021]      FIG. 2  is a block diagram of a second embodiment of a system for sharing community network service information according to the present invention. 
           [0022]      FIG. 3  is a flow chart showing the steps of a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention. 
           [0023]      FIG. 4  is a flow chart showing the steps of a first embodiment of a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention. 
           [0024]      FIG. 5  is a flow chart showing the steps of a second embodiment of a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention. 
           [0025]      FIG. 6  is a flow chart showing the steps of an embodiment illustrating data update in a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0026]    Referring to  FIG. 1 , a block diagram of a first embodiment of a system for sharing community network service information according to the present invention is illustrated. In this figure, a system for sharing community network service information  1  comprises a data server  11  and an intrnet access device  12 . The intrnet access device  12  stores an instant message application program  121 . The user can execute the instant message application program  121  and go web surfing to log onto an instant message service platform  15 . After the user has successfully logged on, a friend list  14  is downloaded from the instant message service platform  15 . The friend list  14  comprises information of the friends set in the instant message service platform  15  by the user. The user also operates the intrnet access device  12  to set the community network service information  13 . The user also operates and uses the intrnet access device  12  to log onto the data server  11  and sends the community network service information  13  and the friend list  14  of the user to the data server  11 . The data server  11  confirms whether at least one friend in the friend list  14  has logged onto the data server  11  or not. If at least one friend in the friend list  14  has logged onto the data server  11 , the data server  11  sends the community network service information  13  of the user to the friends who have logged on. Moreover, the data server  11  also stores the community network service information  111 ,  112 ,  119  of logged-in users. The data server  11  makes comparison of the friend list  14  so as to confirm whether any friend in the friend list  14  has sent his/her community network service information to the data server  11  or not. If yes, the community network service information of the friends in the friend list  14  is sent to the intrnet access device  12 . The data server  11  can periodically confirm whether the friends in the friend list  14  update the community network service information or not. If yes, the updated community network service information is sent to the intrnet access device  12 . 
         [0027]    Referring to  FIG. 2 , a block diagram of a second embodiment of a system for sharing community network service information according to the present invention is illustrated. In this figure, a system for sharing community network service information  2  comprises a data server  21  and an intrnet access device  22 . The intrnet access device  22  stores an instant message application program  221 . The user operates the intrnet access device  22  to set the community network service information  23  and executes the instant message application program  221  to go web surfing and log onto the data server  21 . After the user has successfully logged on, the user logs onto an instant message service platform  25  via the data server  21 . After the user has successfully logged onto the instant message service platform  25 , the data server  21  downloads a friend list  24  from the instant message service platform  25 . The community network service information  23  of the user is also sent to the data server  21 . 
         [0028]    Next, the data server  21  confirms whether at least one friend in the friend list  24  has logged onto the data server  21  or not. If at least one friend in the friend list  24  has logged onto the data server  21 , the data server  21  sends the community network service information  23  of the user to the friends who have logged on. Moreover, the data server  21  also integrates the community network service information of the friends in the friend list  24  with the friend list  24  and sends the integrated information  26  to the intrnet access device  22 . 
         [0029]    Furthermore, the user can send the account  271  of the user in a community network service platform  27  to the data server  21 . The data server  21  confirms whether the user updates the information in the community network service platform  27  or not according to the account  271 . If yes, the updated information  272  is downloaded from the community network service platform  27 . Moreover, after downloading, the data server  21  can send the updated information  272  to the friends who have logged on. 
         [0030]    Referring to  FIG. 3 , a flow chart showing the steps of a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention is illustrated. In this figure, a method for sharing community network service information, which is provided for a user to share community network service information with the user&#39;s friends, comprises the following steps. In step  31 , the user logs onto a data server and sends community network service information of the user to the data server. In step  32 , a friend list of the user, such as a friend list set in an instant message service platform by the user, is accessed. In step  33 , whether at least one friend in the friend list has logged onto the data server or not is determined. If yes, the community network service information of the user is sent to the friends who have logged on via the data server in step  34 . In step  35 , the community network service information of the friends in the friend list is sent to the user. 
         [0031]    Moreover, according to this method, the account of the user in a community network service platform may optionally be sent to the data server. The data server confirms whether the user updates the information in the community network service platform or not according to the account. If yes, the updated information of the user is downloaded from the community network service platform and the updated information is then sent to the friends who have logged onto the data server, thus achieving the sharing effect. In addition, the data server end can periodically confirm whether logged-in users have updated the community network service information or not, or the user can periodically send an update confirmation message to the data server after logging into the data server from an intrnet access device. Then, the data server confirms whether the user&#39;s friends have updated the community network service information or not. 
         [0032]    Referring to  FIG. 4 , a flow chart showing the steps of a first embodiment of a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention is illustrated. In this figure, the user sets the community network service information on an intrnet access device in step  41 . In step  42 , the user issues a logon requirement to an instant message service platform and sends corresponding identification information to the instant message service platform so as to complete the logon procedure. In step  43 , the friend list is sent from the instant message service platform to the intrnet access device. In step  44 , the user issues a logon requirement to a data server and sends corresponding identification information to the data server so as to complete the logon procedure. In step  45 , whether at least one friend in the friend list has logged onto the data server or not is confirmed, and the community network service information of the user is sent to the friends who have logged on. In step  46 , the community network service information of the friends in the friend list is sent to the intrnet access device. 
         [0033]    Referring to  FIG. 5 , a flow chart showing the steps of a second embodiment of a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention is illustrated. In this figure, the user sets the community network service information on an intrnet access device in step  51 . In step  52 , the user issues a logon requirement to a data server and sends corresponding identification information to the data server so as to complete the logon procedure. In step  53 , the user issues a logon requirement to an instant message service platform via the data server and sends corresponding identification information to the instant message service platform so as to complete the logon procedure. In step  54 , the friend list is sent from the instant message service platform to the intrnet access device. In step  55 , whether at least one friend in the friend list has logged onto the data server or not is confirmed, and the community network service information of the user is sent to the friends who have logged on. In step  56 , the community network service information of the friends in the friend list is integrated with the friend list and the integrated information is sent to the intrnet access device. 
         [0034]    Referring to  FIG. 6 , a flow chart showing the steps of an embodiment illustrating data update in a method for sharing community network service information according to the present invention is illustrated. In this figure, the account of a user in a community network service platform is sent to a data server in step  61 . In step  62 , the data server confirms whether the user updates the information in the community network service platform or not according to the account. The above confirmation mechanism may include regular confirmation that is performed by the data server or confirmation that is performed when the user logs on. 
         [0035]    If it is confirmed that the user has updated the information, the updated information of the user is sent from the community network service platform to the data server in step  63 . Next, in step  64 , the updated information is sent to the friends who have logged onto the data server. Thus, even though the user updates the information in the community network service platform without logging into the data server, the updated information will be shared among the user&#39;s friends through the above embodiments.