Patent Description:
The modem Internet including the mobile Internet is well developed. Sharing information with a friend by using a network is a very common behavior.

In the prior art, generally, when information is shared with a specified person or some persons, the shared information can only take effect immediately, that is, the information can be viewed provided that a user performs refreshing. However, some information cannot effectively express a sharer's meaning at a current time point or a current location, and effect is poor. For example, a picture about happy birthday is shared with a friend, but that time is not the birthday of the friend. In addition, if a person wants to receive sharing from a friend within a specific future time period, for example, a photograph, the person needs to first notify the friend, and after shooting a photograph in the time period and getting the photograph ready, the friend shares the photograph. This process has cumbersome steps, and in a specified future time period, the friend may forget to create to-be-shared content, or cannot immediately execute sharing in a timely manner at a future moment.

<CIT> discloses an image-editing application which uploads an image to a remote image hosting website. In <CIT> a content sharing method and apparatus are provided for sharing content generated in an environment corresponding to conditions of a schedule registered with the schedule organizer application among a group of sharers.

<CIT> relates to method and system of providing event content sharing by mobile communication devices. <CIT> relates to content sharing method, terminal, server, and system, and computer storage medium. <CIT> relates to methods and apparatus for use in establishing a data session via an ad hoc wireless network for a scheduled meeting. <CIT> relates to content sharing method and device based on geographic location.

The present invention provides an information sharing method and a corresponding apparatus as claimed in the independent claims. Preferred embodiments are covered by the appended dependent claims.

Technical solutions of the present invention are further described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings and embodiments as follows:.

To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the following clearly and completely describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Apparently, the described embodiments are some but not all of the embodiments of the present invention, as defined by the appended claims.

A method provided in the present invention is applicable to a scenario in which user equipment is connected to a network. In the following embodiments, the user equipment may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, or the like. A network environment is described by using a mobile data network (which includes <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, <NUM>, or the like) or a WiFi network as an example.

<FIG> is a flowchart of an information sharing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in <FIG>, the method includes the following step:.

A first terminal shares specified content with a specified sharing user when a preset sharing condition is met.

The sharing condition is at least one of the following factors: a current time of the first terminal is a preset time; a current time of the first terminal falls within a preset time range; a current geographic location of the first terminal is a preset geographic location; or a current geographic location of the first terminal falls within a preset geographic location range.

Specifically, a sharing condition is preset on the first terminal, and the sharing condition is at least one of the following factors: a current time of the first terminal is a preset time; a current time of the first terminal falls within a preset time range; a current geographic location of the first terminal is a preset geographic location; or a current geographic location of the first terminal falls within a preset geographic location range. The first terminal shares the specified content with the specified sharing user when the preset sharing condition is met.

For example, if the preset time is June <NUM>, <NUM>, and the preset geographic location range is from longitude <NUM>°<NUM>' to <NUM>°<NUM>' east and from latitude <NUM>°<NUM>' to <NUM>°<NUM>' north, the first terminal shares the specified content with the specified sharing user when the preset sharing condition is met.

It should be noted that the first terminal needs to have a global positioning system (Global Positioning System, GPS). The first terminal obtains information about the current geographic location by using the GPS. If the current geographic location meets the preset geographic location or falls within the preset geographic location range, the first terminal shares the specified content with the specified sharing user.

The first terminal determines the preset sharing condition, the specified content, and the specified sharing user according to a sharing request from a second terminal.

Specifically, the second terminal sends the sharing request to the first terminal to request the first terminal to send the specified content to the second terminal. In this case, the first terminal determines the sharing condition, the specified content, and the specified sharing user according to the sharing request of the second terminal, and sends the specified content that meets the sharing condition to the specified sharing user.

Optionally, the specified content specifically includes:
at least one piece of the following content stored on the first terminal or a specified server: content in a specified storage path; a file of a specified type; a file with a specified generation time; a file with a specified name; or a file that has a specified geographic location attribute.

The specified content may be the content that is stored on the first terminal or that is stored on the specified server: the content in a specified storage path; the file of a specified type, where for example, a specified file type is a picture, audio, or a video; the file with a specified generation time, for example, an audio file generated during a meeting held from time xx to time xx, date xx, month xx, and year xxxx; the file with a specified name or a file with a specified folder name; or the file that has a specified geographic location attribute, for example, a photograph shot at the Summer Palace.

Optionally, the sharing specified content with a specified sharing user specifically includes:.

Specifically, the first terminal presets the sharing condition, the specified content, and the specified sharing user. The first terminal determines whether the sharing condition is met. The first terminal sends the specified content and the specified sharing user to the specified server when the first terminal determines that the sharing condition is met, and the server sends the specified content to the specified sharing user.

Alternatively, the first terminal presets the sharing condition, the specified content, and the specified sharing user, and sends the preset sharing condition, the specified content, and the specified sharing user to the specified server. The server determines whether the sharing condition is met. The server sends the specified content to the specified sharing user when the sharing condition is met.

This embodiment of the present invention provides an information sharing method. According to the method, a sharing condition such as a time or a geographic location is preset, and content is shared with a specified user according to the sharing condition, thereby simplifying complexity of sharing information in a future time period and improving usability of information sharing.

<FIG> is a schematic diagram of an information sharing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention, so as to implement the method in the foregoing first embodiment. As shown in <FIG>, the apparatus includes a judgment unit <NUM> and a sharing unit <NUM>.

The judgment unit <NUM> is configured to determine whether a preset sharing condition is met.

The sharing unit <NUM> is configured to share specified content with a specified sharing user when the preset sharing condition is met.

The sharing condition is at least one of the following factors: a current time is a preset time; a current time falls within a preset time range; a current geographic location is a preset geographic location; or a current geographic location falls within a preset geographic location range.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes a determining unit <NUM>.

The determining unit <NUM> is configured to determine the preset sharing condition, the specified content, and the specified sharing user according to a sharing request from a second terminal.

Optionally, the sharing unit <NUM> is specifically configured to:.

Functions of the foregoing units may be corresponding to the processing step of the information sharing method described in the first embodiment.

This embodiment of the present invention provides an information sharing apparatus. A sharing condition such as a time or a geographic location is preset, and content is shared with a specified user according to the sharing condition, thereby simplifying complexity of sharing information in a future time period and improving usability of information sharing.

<FIG> is a schematic diagram of an information sharing apparatus according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. As shown in <FIG>, the information sharing apparatus includes a network interface <NUM>, a processor <NUM>, and a memory <NUM>. A system bus <NUM> is configured to connect the network interface <NUM>, the processor <NUM>, and the memory <NUM>.

The network interface <NUM> is configured to communicate with a terminal of the Internet of Things, an access gateway of the Internet of Things, a bearer network, a serving gateway of the Internet of Things, and an application server.

The memory <NUM> may be a permanent memory, for example, a hard disk drive and a flash memory, and the memory <NUM> has a software module and a device driver. The software module refers to various function modules that can execute the foregoing method of the present invention, and the device driver may be a network and interface driver.

Upon startup, these software components are loaded into the memory <NUM> and then are accessed by the processor <NUM> to execute the following instructions:.

Persons skilled in the art may be further aware that, in combination with the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in this specification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination thereof. To clearly describe the interchangeability between the hardware and the software, the foregoing has generally described compositions and steps of each example according to functions. Persons skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each particular application, insofar encompassed by the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Steps of methods or algorithms described in the embodiments disclosed in this specification may be implemented by hardware, a software module executed by a processor, or a combination thereof. The software module may reside in a random access memory (RAM), a memory, a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically programmable ROM, an electrically erasable programmable ROM, a register, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art.

Claim 1:
An information sharing method, wherein the method comprises:
determining, by a first terminal, whether a preset sharing condition is met; and
sharing (<NUM>), by the first terminal, specified content with a specified sharing user when a preset sharing condition is met, wherein
the preset sharing condition is that a current time of the first terminal is a preset time and a current geographic location of the first terminal is a preset geographic location
wherein the method further comprises:
determining, by the first terminal, the preset sharing condition, the specified content, and the specified sharing user according to a sharing request from a second terminal; and
wherein the specified content comprises:
at least one piece of the following content stored on the first terminal: content in a specified storage path; a file of a specified type; a file with a specified generation time; a file with a specified name; or a file that has a specified geographic location attribute; and
wherein the sharing specified content with a specified sharing user comprises:
sending, by the first terminal, the specified content and the specified sharing user to a specified server when the preset sharing condition is met, so that the server sends the specified content to the specified sharing user.