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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2021
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
An end-to-end group messaging method or apparatus organizes a plurality of local groups of members into local-group (LG) trees and a public-group (PG) tree. Each tree has a plurality of nodes including a root node connecting to a plurality of leaf nodes. Each LG tree corresponds to a local group. Each member of a local group is associated with a leaf node of the corresponding LG tree. Each LG tree is associated with a leaf node of the PG tree. Members of a same local group may establish communication therebetween by using a group key associated with the root node of the LG tree of the local group. Members of all local groups may establish communication therebetween by using a group key associated with the root node of the PG tree.