Promulgating information on websites using servers

• US 10,069,905 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2016
• Issued: 09/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Lv, Kaili, Deng, Jian, Hua, Bingyang, Liu, Zengguang, Meng, Chaofeng, Su, Jie, Tang, Jun, Zhang, Zheng
• Primary Examiner(s): KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J
• Application Number:
  US15/185,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers

Abstract

A method uses web servers to promulgate information from one server to another, instead of promulgating the information by the user to each server individually. A first server receives a first request for promulgating web-information from a user, locally promulgates the web-information, and sends a second request to at least one second website server to instruct the second website server to locally promulgate the web-information. The selection of the second server is done according to a preset configuration file which includes a relationship mapping between the first website server and the second website server. The relationship mapping may provide the user information related to the second website server based on the user information related to the first website server. The present disclosure further discloses a communication apparatus and a communication system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first server, a first request to promulgate web-information to a plurality of second servers, wherein the plurality of second servers are associated with a plurality of e-commerce websites, and wherein the first request comprises a first account identifier for a first account for the first server; and

in response to receiving the first request;

selecting, by the first server, the plurality of second servers to which to promulgate web-information;

configuring, by the first server, a plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the selected plurality of second servers, configuration of the plurality of second requests being based at least in part on the first request and a mapping between the first server and the plurality of second servers, the mapping between the first server and the second servers includes a mapping of first account information for the first server to second account information for the plurality of second servers, and the configuration of the plurality of second requests being based at least in part on the mapping of the first account identifier to the second account information; and

respectively sending, by the first server, the plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the corresponding plurality of second servers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of second requests are configured according to a mapping of account information associated with the plurality of second servers to corresponding ones of the plurality of second servers, and the account information is related to an account associated with the first request.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping of the account information associated with the plurality of second servers to the corresponding ones of the plurality of second servers is stored in a configuration file.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first request is associated with information corresponding to a product type, and the plurality of second servers is selected based at least in part on the product type.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the information corresponding to the product type associated with the first request is included in the first request.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second servers is selected based at least in part on an account information communicated to the first server in connection with the first request, and the account information corresponds to an account registered with the first server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the account information is included in the first request.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the plurality of second requests is communicated to a respective second server using a first message that includes corresponding account information and a second message that includes the web-information.

9. The method claim 1, wherein in response to respectively receiving a corresponding second request among the plurality of second requests, a second server sends a request to a respective third server to promulgate the web-information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second servers is selected based at least in part on an information type of the web-information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first server selects the plurality of second servers according to a type identifier of the web-information.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in receiving the first request, verifying, by the first server, an identity of a user based on related user information included in the first request.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the related user information comprises a combination of any one or more of:

a user identifier, a user password, a device web-address, or a device identifier.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to respectively receiving the second request, verifying, by the respective second server, an identity of a user based on related user information included in the second request.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of second requests are configured according to a mapping of account information associated with the plurality of second servers, the account information is related to an account associated with the first request, and the mapping includes a map correspondence between user information related to the first server and user information related to one or more of the plurality of second servers.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the first server, one or more configuration files, wherein the one or more configuration files includes a mapping of account information associated with the plurality of second servers to corresponding ones of the plurality of second servers, and the account information, and the account information is related to an account associated with the first request.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapping between the first server and the plurality of second servers includes a mapping of product types to the plurality of second servers, the first request comprises information associated with a product type, and wherein the selection of the plurality of second servers is based at least in part on the information associated with the product type.

18. A device comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive, from a client, a first request, wherein the first request comprises a first account identifier for a first account for the first server; and

in response to receiving the first request;

selecting, by a first server, a plurality of second servers to which to promulgate web-information, wherein the first request corresponds to a first request to promulgate web-information to the plurality of second servers, and the plurality of second servers are associated with a plurality of e-commerce websites;

configure a plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the selected plurality of second servers, configuration of the plurality of second requests being based at least in part on the first request and a mapping between the first server and the plurality of second servers, the mapping between the first server and the second servers includes a mapping of first account information for the first server to second account information for the plurality of second servers, and the configuration of the plurality of second requests being based at least in part on the mapping of the first account identifier to the second account information; and

respectively send, the plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the corresponding plurality of second servers; and

a storage module configured to store information associated with the plurality of servers and the web-information.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of second requests are configured according to a mapping of account information associated with the plurality of second servers to corresponding ones of the plurality of second servers, and the account information is related to an account associated with the first request.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the first request is associated with information corresponding to a product type, and the plurality of second servers is selected based at least in part on the product type.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the information corresponding to the product type associated with the first request is included in the first request.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein the plurality of second servers is selected based at least in part on an account information communicated to the first server in connection with the first request, and the account information corresponds to an account registered with the first server.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the account information is included in the first request.

24. The device of claim 19, wherein the mapping of the account information associated with the plurality of second servers to the corresponding ones of the plurality of second servers is stored in a configuration file.

25. A computer program product embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving, by a first server, a first request to promulgate web-information to a plurality of second servers, wherein the plurality of second servers are associated with a plurality of e-commerce websites, and wherein the first request comprises a first account identifier for a first account for the first server; and

in response to receiving the first request;

selecting, by the first server, a plurality of second servers to which to promulgate web-information;

configuring, by the first server, a plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the selected plurality of second web servers, configuration of the plurality of second requests being based at least in part on the first request and a mapping between the first server and the plurality of second servers, the mapping between the first server and the second servers includes a mapping of first account information for the first server to second account information for the plurality of second servers, and the configuration of the plurality of second requests being based at least in part on the mapping of the first account identifier to the second account information; and

respectively sending, by the first server, the plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the corresponding plurality of second servers.