# US 2018/0324124 A1 · Systems and methods for image sharing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0324124 A1 - Document ID: US20180324124A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/020,299 - Filed: 2018-06-27 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2013-06-28 - Assignees: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Applicants: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Inventors: Zhihao ZHENG; Shuang QIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180324124A1 ## CPC - H04L 51/08: Annexed information, e.g. attachments - H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services - H04L 67/1097: for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] - H04L 67/141: Setup of application sessions (admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Systems and methods are provided for image sharing. For example, a terminal sends to a server a conversation-processing request to request to release a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application to a conversation group; the server receives the conversation-processing request, acquires the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request, determines whether the target conversation message includes a first image; in response to the target conversation message including a first image, the server stores the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group and forward the target conversation message to members of the conversation group. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-60. (canceled) ### Claim 61 An image-sharing method, comprising: receiving, by a server, from a terminal a conversation-processing request of releasing a target conversation message from a current user of a messaging application on the terminal to a conversation group; acquiring, by the server, the target conversation message from the conversation-processing request; determining, by the server, whether the target conversation message includes a first image; in response to determining that the target conversation message includes a first image, determining, by the server, whether the target conversation message includes a first text; and after determining that the target conversation message includes the first image and in response to determining that the target conversation message includes a first text, storing, by the server, the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group, together with the first text as a comment from the current user on the first image. forwarding, by the server, the target conversation message to members of the conversation group. ### Claim 62 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, wherein the storing, by the server, the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group comprises: determining whether the first image conforms to a preset criterion; and in response to the first image conforming to the preset criterion, storing the first image in the shared album of the conversation group. ### Claim 63 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, wherein the storing the first image in a shared album corresponding to the conversation group comprises: determining whether the first image is a duplicate of one or more second images stored in the shared album; and in response to the first image not being the duplicate of the second images stored in the shared album, storing the first image in the shared album of the conversation group. ### Claim 64 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, further comprising: after storing the first image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group, sending, by the server, a storage prompt to the members of the conversation group, the storage prompt indicating that the first image is stored in the shared album. ### Claim 65 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, further comprising: after storing the first image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group, sending, by the server, an access message of the first image to the members of the conversation group, the access message including a storage path of the first image for viewing the first image on a terminal used by a member of the conversation group. ### Claim 66 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, further comprising: in response to determining that the target conversation message does not include a first image, determining, by the server, that the target conversation message includes a second text; acquiring, by the server, a release time of a recent image released in the conversation group; and in response to determining that the release time of the recent image is within the preset scope, storing, by the server, the second text in the shared album as a comment on the recent image. ### Claim 67 (depends on 61) The method of claim 61, further comprising: receiving, by the server, a view request of the shared album from a terminal used by a member of the conversation group; pulling, by the server, an image list of the shared album; and returning, by the server, the image list to the terminal used by the member for displaying the shared album based on the image list. ### Claim 68 An image-sharing method, comprising: acquiring, by a terminal, a target conversation message to a conversation group from a current user of a messaging application on the terminal based on input of the current user, the target conversation message including at least one of a first image or a first text; sending, by the terminal, to a server a conversation-processing request of releasing the target conversation message to the conversation group, such that the server forwards the target conversation message to members of the conversation group and updates a shared album corresponding to the conversation group according to a content of the target conversation message; after sending the conversation-processing request to the server, displaying, by the terminal, the shared album corresponding to the conversation group, comprising: in response to the target conversation message including a first image without a first text, displaying the first image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group; and in response to the target conversation message including both a first image and a first text, displaying the first image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group, together with the first text as a comment from the current user on the first image. ### Claim 69 (depends on 67) The method of claim 67, further comprising: after sending the conversation-processing request to the server and in response to the target conversation message including the first image, receiving, by the terminal, a storage prompt from the server, the storage prompt indicating that the first image is stored in the shared album. ### Claim 70 (depends on 67) The method of claim 67, further comprising: after sending the conversation-processing request to the server and in response to the target conversation message including the first image, receiving, by the terminal, an access message of the first image from the server, the access message including a storage path of the first image for viewing the first image; and displaying, by the terminal, the first image of the shared album according to the storage patch included in the access message. ### Claim 71 (depends on 67) The method of claim 67, wherein after sending the conversation-processing request to the server, displaying the shared album further comprises: in response to the target conversation message including a first text without a first image, and in response to a release time of a second image being within a preset scope, displaying the first text as a comment of the current user on the second image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group. ### Claim 72 (depends on 67) The method of claim 67, further comprising: sending, by the terminal, a view request of the shared album corresponding to the conversation group to the server; receiving, by the terminal, an image list of the shared album from the server; and displaying, by the terminal, the shared album according to the image list. ### Claim 73 (depends on 72) The method of claim 72, wherein: the image list includes the first image and one or more second images released by one or more members of the conversation group, and displaying the shared album comprises: displaying, by the terminal, the shared album according to release times of the first image and the second images. ### Claim 74 An image-sharing device, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory configured to perform: acquiring a target conversation message to a conversation group from a current user of a messaging application on the image-sharing device based on input of the current user, the target conversation message including at least one of a first image or a first text; sending to a server a conversation-processing request of releasing the target conversation message to the conversation group, such that the server forwards the target conversation message to members of the conversation group and updates a shared album corresponding to the conversation group according to a content of the target conversation message; after sending the conversation-processing request to the server, displaying the shared album corresponding to the conversation group, comprising: in response to the target conversation message including a first image without a first text, displaying the first image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group; and in response to the target conversation message including both a first image and a first text, displaying the first image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group, together with the first text as a comment from the current user on the first image. ### Claim 75 (depends on 74) The device of claim 74, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: after sending the conversation-processing request to the server and in response to the target conversation message including the first image, receiving a storage prompt from the server, the storage prompt indicating that the first image is stored in the shared album. ### Claim 76 (depends on 74) The device of claim 74, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: after sending the conversation-processing request to the server and in response to the target conversation message including the first image, receiving an access message of the first image from the server, the access message including a storage path of the first image for viewing the first image; and displaying the first image of the shared album according to the storage patch included in the access message. ### Claim 77 (depends on 74) The device of claim 74, wherein after sending the conversation-processing request to the server, displaying the shared album further comprises: in response to the target conversation message including a first text without a first image, and in response to a release time of a second image being within a preset scope, displaying the first text as a comment of the current user on the second image in the shared album corresponding to the conversation group. ### Claim 78 (depends on 74) The device of claim 74, wherein the processor is further configured to perform: sending a view request of the shared album corresponding to the conversation group to the server; receiving an image list of the shared album from the server; and displaying the shared album according to the image list. ### Claim 79 (depends on 78) The device of claim 78, wherein: the image list includes the first image and one or more second images released by one or more members of the conversation group, and displaying the shared album comprises: displaying the shared album according to release times of the first image and the second images. ### Claim 80 (depends on 78) The device of claim 78, wherein displaying the shared album comprises: displaying one or more comments corresponding to an image in the image list.