Method, device and system for publishing merchandise information

• US 10,043,199 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2014
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Hu, Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayles, Ashford S
• Application Number:
  US14/165,344
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214559A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,653 Days
• Field of Search: 705 261
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for publishing merchandise information, a device for pushing information, and a computer program product for publishing merchandise information. A method for publishing merchandise information is provided. The method includes receiving a merchandise information publishing request from a user terminal, the merchandise information publishing request including page information of the merchandise information, determining an image and a first link for a merchandise corresponding to the page information based on the page information, relating the image and the first link for the merchandise, relating a second link of the merchandise to the first link of the merchandise, and publishing the determined image and the first link for the merchandise.

Claims

1. A method for publishing merchandise information, comprising:

receiving, using a processor, a merchandise information publishing request from a user terminal, the merchandise information publishing request including page information of the merchandise information;

determining, using the processor, an image and a first link for a merchandise corresponding to the page information based on the page information, comprising;

extracting identifier (ID) information of the merchandise from the determined first link associated with the merchandise or from a Universal Resource Locator (URL) associated with the image of the merchandise;

sending the ID information of the merchandise to a server for the server to look up the image based on the ID information of the merchandise and return the found image; and

receiving the found image from the server;

associating, using the processor, the image and the first link for the merchandise;

relating, using the processor, a second link of the merchandise to the first link of the merchandise based on personal information of a user corresponding to each user terminal;

publishing, using the processor, the determined image and the first link for the merchandise;

determining, using the processor, a number of visits associated with the determined image from users based on a frequency of merchandise image visits or a frequency of deals concluded following visits; and

adjusting, using the processor, a priority level of the image to facilitate look up the image based on the number of visits.

2. The method for publishing merchandise information as described in claim 1, further comprising:

regarding merchandise information corresponding to the image as the merchandise information of the merchandise.

3. The method for publishing merchandise information as described in claim 1, further comprising:

relating the determined merchandise information of the merchandise to the image and the second link of the merchandise; and

publishing the merchandise information and the second link.

7. The method for publishing merchandise information as described in claim 1, wherein the extracting of the ID information of the merchandise is based at least in part on a set of rules, the set of rules including extracting the ID information of the merchandise from an end of the determined first link or the URL, the end of the determined first link or the URL relating to a portion of the determined first link or the URL after an “

ID”

field or an “

id”

field.

8. The method for publishing merchandise information as described in claim 1, wherein the server is configured to, via a query interface, look up the image based on the ID information of the merchandise, the query interface being an application programming interface provided by the server.

4. A device for publishing merchandise information, comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

receive a merchandise information publishing request from a user terminal, the merchandise information publishing request including page information of the merchandise information;

determine an image and a first link for a merchandise corresponding to the page information based on the page information, comprising to;

extract identifier (ID) information of the merchandise from the determined first link associated with the merchandise or from a Universal Resource Locator (URL) associated with the image of the merchandise;

send the ID information of the merchandise to a server for the server to look up the image based on the ID information of the merchandise and return the found image; and

receive the found image from the server;

associate the image and the first link for the merchandise;

relate a second link of the merchandise to the first link of the merchandise based on personal information of a user corresponding to each user terminal;

publish the determined image and the first link for the merchandise;

determine a number of visits associated with the determined image from users based on a frequency of merchandise image visits or a frequency of deals concluded following visits; and

adjust a priority level of the image to facilitate look up the image based on the number of visits; and

a memory coupled to the at least one processor and configured to provide the at least one processor with instructions.

5. The device for publishing merchandise information as described in claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

regard merchandise information corresponding to the image as the merchandise information of the merchandise.

6. The device for publishing merchandise information as described in claim 4, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

relate the determined merchandise information of the merchandise to the image and the second link of the merchandise; and

publish the merchandise information and the second link.