Patent SG-11201900550Q-A (SG)
Title: Method and system for private communication
Inventor: ZHANG LILI
IPC: H04M3/42
Filed: 2017-09-11
Abstract: PUBLISHEDUNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) 0 0111 °nolo III m H Immo oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/052856 Al WIPO I PCT (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 22 March 2018 (22.03.2018) (51) International Patent Classification: GOOF 15/16 (2006.01) H04L 12/58 (2006.01) GOOF 17/30 (2006.01) HO4L 29/06 (2006.01) GO6Q 10/10 (2012.01) HO4L 29/08 (2006.01) GO6Q 30/02 (2012.01) H04M 3/42 (2006.01) HO4L 9/32 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/051007 (22) International Filing Date: 11 September 2017 (11.09.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 201610829649.3 18 September 2016 (18.09.2016) CN 15/699,912 08 September 2017 (08.09.2017) US (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (KY). (72) Inventors: ZHANG, Lili; Alibaba Group Holding Limit- ed 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). ZHANG, Di; Alibaba Group Holding Limited 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). CHEN, Zaixiang; Alibaba Group Holding Limited 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). YIN, Yien; Alibaba Group Holding Limited 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhe- jiang 311121 (CN). LIU, Huachen; Alibaba Group Hold- ing Limited 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). (74) Agent: YAO, Shun; 2800 Fifth Street, Suite 110, Davis, California 95618 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, W O 20 18/05285 6 Al (54) Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIVATE COMMUNICATION (57) : Embodiments of the present application provide a method and sys- tem for private communication. During operation, the system may determine a pri- vacy level from a plurality of privacy levels associated with a private chat function 102 of a communication application. The private chat function may be configured to transmit and receive private chat messages, and each privacy level is associated with visual effects which are different from the visual effects of other privacy 1ev- 106 els. The system may obtain mode configuration information corresponding to the selected privacy level. The system may then configure the private chat function for the communication application based on the obtained mode configuration informa- tion, and display the visual effects for the communication application according to the selected privacy level. 118 FIG. 1 [Continued on next page] y10° WO 2018/052856 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOOMMEIHRIMOMEEN GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))