Patent SG-11201804536Q-A (SG)
Title: Method and system for communication in instant messaging application
Inventor: YU LIYING
IPC: H04W4/12
Filed: 2016-12-20
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization 111111110111101110101011111010111110111011101110111101111111011111101111011111 International Bureau 0.. .... .. (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ..... .....!;,...1 WO 2017/112681 Al 29 June 2017(29.06.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District, Hang - HO4W 4/06 (2009.01) G06Q 20/08 (2012.01) zhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). WU, Zhenhao; Alibaba GO6F 9 / 44 (2006.01) H04W 4/12 (2009.01) Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang District Hangzhou, Zhejiang (21) International Application Number: 311121 (CN). LUO, Feng; Alibaba Group Legal Depart- PCT/US2016/067807 ment, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu (22) International Filing Date: Hang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). 20 December 2016 (20.12.2016) (74) Agent: YAO, Shun; 2800 Fifth Street, Suite 110, Davis, (25) Filing Language: English California 95618 (US). (26) Publication Language: English (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, (30) Priority Data: AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, 201510967580.6 21 December 2015 (21.12.2015) CN BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, 15/383,894 19 December 2016 (19.12.2016) US DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (71) Applicant: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, [ /US]; Fourth Floor, One Capital Place, P. 0. Box 847, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, George Town, Grand Cayman (KY). MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (72) Inventors: YU, Liying; Alibaba Group Legal Department, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, 5/F, Building 3, No. 969 West Wen Yi Road, Yu Hang TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, _ District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 311121 (CN). GUO, ZA, ZM, ZW. — Chenlu; Alibaba Group Legal Department, 5/F, Building — [Continued on next page] = (54) Title: METHOD = = _ = = = = = _ = = = = - CM II WM/ NETWORK AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION IN INSTANT MESSAGING APPLICATION it 4 • 01 ' 02 104 7 MI 100 (57) : Embodiments of the present application provide a method and system for for performing an allocation operation. During operation, the sys - tem may receive an object allocation request from a computing device associ- ated with an allocation source. The system may determine the allocation source, one or more allocation targets, one or more notification targets, and a quantity of objects to be allocated based on the object allocation request. The system may extract objects to be allocated corresponding to the quantity of objects to be allocated from an object set corresponding to the allocation source. The system may then allocate the objects to be allocated to the alloca- tion targets. The system may notify the notification targets of messages re- lated to the allocation operation. = _ = 11 . 4 a t I l WI GC ei ,-1 1-1 IN 1-1 0 ei =a IN 112 108 114 FIG. i=si wm 1 _ lie 116 120 106 - 122 0 WO 2017/112681 Al IIMEDIMOMOIDEIROIDE310110111011HOIRVOIMIE (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every Published: kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, GH, SZ, RU, — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) before the expiration of the time limit for amending the TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, DE, LT, SE, GA, claims and to be republished in the event amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) of receipt of GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG).