Patent SG-11201906377S-A (SG)
Title: Instant-messaging-based picture sending method and device
Inventor: LIU JIAYIN
IPC: H04L12/58
Filed: 2018-07-10
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 17 January 2019 (17.01.2019) WIPO I PCT Iiiimmomiolollmomioloommolomitmoilowom (10) International Publication Number WO 2019/014270 Al (51) International Patent Classification: HO4L 12/58 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/041512 (22) International Filing Date: 10 July 2018 (10.07.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 201710561491.0 11 July 2017 (11.07.2017) CN (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P.O. Box 847, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). (72) Inventor: LIU, Jiayin; c/o Ants Patent Team, 17F Build- ing B, Huanglong Times Plaza, No.18 Wantang Road, Hangzhou, 310099 (CN). (74) Agent: STALFORD, Terry, J. et al.; Fish & Richardson P.C., P.O. Box 1022, Minneapolis, MN 55440-1022 (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, 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)) (54) Title: INSTANT-MESSAGING-BASED PICTURE SENDING METHOD AND DEVICE 201 202 203 W O 20 19/0 1427 0 Al 204 A first communications client device receives an emoji picture sent by a second communications client device The first communications client device receives an editing instruction for the emoji picture The first communications client device edits the emoji picture based on the editing instruction in a session window, where the first communications client device interacts with the second communications client device, to obtain an edited emoji picture The first communications client device sends the edited emoji picture to the second communications client device FIG. 2 (57) : A picture sent by a second communication client device is received by a first communication client device. An edit- ing instruction for the picture is received by the first communica- tion client device. The picture is edited by the first communica- tion client device in a session window and based on the editing instruction, where the first communication client device interacts with the second communication client device to obtain an edited picture without downloading the picture at the first communication client device. The edited picture is sent by the first communication client device to the second communication client device.