Method and device for managing messages and pictures based on IM (Instant Messaging) client

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for client-side management of messages and pictures based on Instant Messaging (IM). The method comprises: When an IM user needs to download pictures, the IM client-side download module queries whether the pictures to be downloaded are present in the locally saved paths based on the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and the type of the pictures. If they are present, then directly return the locally stored path of the pictures to be downloaded; if they are not present, then perform the relevant download of the pictures, and store the downloaded pictures locally. Through the present invention, the managing and displaying of picture uploads and downloads similar to microblogging applications that process large amount of information can be quickly and effectively achieved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of computers, in particular to a method and device for realizing message picture management based on an instant messaging (IM) client. Background technique [0002] Internet Instant Messaging (IM, Instant Messaging) tool has been accepted by many netizens since its development, and has become an indispensable software tool for users. IM is widely used not only in leisure and entertainment, but also in users' work. use. Therefore, in the actual application process, users put forward higher requirements on the ease of use, stability, security and other aspects of IM. In the IM software, the main realization is a one-to-one friend chat mode alone, and a one-to-many group or discussion group message chat mode. With the continuous development of Internet applications, microblogging applications similar to Twitter (twitter) as a new tool to expand the IM message dissemination mechanism are also developing and gr...

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[0003] As a new application that expands the IM message dissemination mechanism, Weibo has developed rapidly, but the number of friends in the original IM tool (up to a few hundred) and the number of users listening to Weibo are obviously not on the same level (10,000). above); because the amount of users listening to the microblog is very huge, this will cause the IM client to receive a very large amount of messages from the microblog message. A technical solution for image upload and download pull management, which cannot quickly and effectively realize image upload and download management and display in applications with large message volumes like Weibo

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