Information providing method, device, and apparatus

• US 10,078,508 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology Company Limited (Baidu Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd (Baidu Incorporated)
• Inventors: Gao, Weiyue, Qu, Qiuting
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Berman, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US15/113,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20170003949A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,369 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9035 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57

Abstract

The present invention provides an information providing method, device and apparatus. The method comprises: generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation; providing the software installation management information to the user. The device comprise: a software installation management information generating unit, used to generate software installation management information based on the terminal personalized information and the pieces of software recommended for installation; a software installation management information providing unit, used to provide the software installation management information to the user.

Claims

1. An information providing method, executed by a computer, wherein the method comprises:

generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation; and

providing the software installation management information to a user, wherein,

the software installation management information includes information for pieces of software to be installed and information for pieces of software to be upgraded;

the terminal personalized information includes information for pieces of software already installed in a terminal device and/or information of a user of the terminal device;

the generating software installation management information based on the terminal personalized information and the pieces of software recommended for installation comprises generating the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded based on the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device and information of versions of pieces of software recommended for installation; and

providing the software installation management information to the user comprises;

determining a display layout of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded and the information for the pieces of software to be installed; and

providing the software management information to the user based on the display layout,

wherein,

determining the display layout of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded and the information for the pieces of software to be installed comprises;

if it is determined that a number of the pieces of software already installed is less than a predetermined number threshold or that an installation time of an operating system of the terminal device is less than a predetermined time threshold, providing a display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be installed before a display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded;

otherwise, providing the display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded before the display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be installed.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

excluding the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device from the pieces of software recommended for installation, and generating the information for the pieces of software recommended for installation.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

sorting the pieces of software recommended for installation based on the information of the user of the terminal device and/or popularity weighting values of the pieces of software recommended for installation;

and selecting the information for the pieces of software to be installed from a result of the sorting.

4. The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

excluding the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device from the pieces of software recommended for installation, generating a first software group;

sorting the first software group according to the information of the user of the terminal device and/or popularity weighting values of the pieces of software recommended for installation;

selecting the information for the pieces of software to be installed from a result of the sorting.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

sending an upgrade query request to a server to acquire pieces of software recommended for upgrading by the server;

providing a prompting message corresponding to the pieces of software to be upgraded to the user if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of providing the prompting message corresponding to the pieces of software to be upgraded to the user if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading comprises:

acquiring a predetermined number of target pieces of software to be upgraded based on upgrading prompting weighting values of the pieces of software to be upgraded if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading;

providing the prompting message corresponding to the target pieces of software in a form of pop-up box to the user.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

providing additional software information to the user,

wherein the additional software information comprises at least one of following;

software content comparison information, software usage tips, software provider information, software peripheral information, and software news information.

8. A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a computer program, which when executed by one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform the following operations, the operations comprising:

generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation; and

providing the software installation management information to a user, wherein,

the software installation management information includes information for pieces of software to be installed and information for pieces of software to be upgraded;

the terminal personalized information includes information for pieces of software already installed in a terminal device and/or information of a user of the terminal device;

the generating software installation management information based on the terminal personalized information and the pieces of software recommended for installation comprises generating the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded based on the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device and information of versions of pieces of software recommended for installation; and

providing the software installation management information to the user comprises;

determining a display layout of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded and the information for the pieces of software to be installed; and

providing the software management information to the user based on the display layout,

wherein,

determining the display layout of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded and the information for the pieces of software to be installed comprises;

if it is determined that a number of the pieces of software already installed is less than a predetermined number threshold or that an installation time of an operating system of the terminal device is less than a predetermined time threshold, providing a display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be installed before a display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded;

otherwise, providing the display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded before the display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be installed.

9. The non-transitory computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the operation of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

excluding the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device from the pieces of software recommended for installation, and generating the information for the pieces of software recommended for installation.

10. The non-transitory computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the operation of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

sorting the pieces of software recommended for installation based on the information of the user of the terminal device and/or popularity weighting values of the pieces of software recommended for installation;

and selecting the information for the pieces of software to be installed from a result of the sorting.

11. The non-transitory computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the operation of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

excluding the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device from the pieces of software recommended for installation, generating a first software group;

sorting the first software group according to the information of the user of the terminal device and/or popularity weighting values of the pieces of software recommended for installation;

selecting the information for the pieces of software to be installed from a result of the sorting.

12. The non-transitory computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprises:

sending an upgrade query request to a server to acquire pieces of software recommended for upgrading by the server;

providing a prompting message corresponding to the pieces of software to be upgraded to the user if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading.

13. The non-transitory computer storage medium according to claim 12, wherein the operation of providing the prompting message corresponding to the pieces of software to be upgraded to the user if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading comprises:

acquiring a predetermined number of target pieces of software to be upgraded based on upgrading prompting weighting values of the pieces of software to be upgraded if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading;

providing the prompting message corresponding to the target pieces of software in a form of pop-up box to the user.

14. The non-transitory computer storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprises:

providing additional software information to the user;

wherein the additional software information comprises at least one of following;

software content comparison information, software usage tips, software provider information, software peripheral information, and software news information.

15. A device for updating an input method system on a server, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations, the operations including;

generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation; and

providing the software installation management information to a user, wherein,

the software installation management information includes information for pieces of software to be installed and information for pieces of software to be upgraded;

the terminal personalized information includes information for pieces of software already installed in a terminal device and/or information of a user of the terminal device;

the generating software installation management information based on the terminal personalized information and the pieces of software recommended for installation comprises generating the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded based on the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device and information of versions of pieces of software recommended for installation; and

providing the software installation management information to the user comprises;

determining a display layout of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded and the information for the pieces of software to be installed; and

providing the software management information to the user based on the display layout,

wherein,

determining the display layout of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded and the information for the pieces of software to be installed comprises;

if it is determined that a number of the pieces of software already installed is less than a predetermined number threshold or that an installation time of an operating system of the terminal device is less than a predetermined time threshold, providing a display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be installed before a display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded;

otherwise, providing the display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be upgraded before the display layout position of the information for the pieces of software to be installed.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the operation of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

excluding the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device from the pieces of software recommended for installation, and generating the information for the pieces of software recommended for installation.

17. The device according to claim 15, wherein the operation of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

sorting the pieces of software recommended for installation based on the information of the user of the terminal device and/or popularity weighting values of the pieces of software recommended for installation;

and selecting the information for the pieces of software to be installed from a result of the sorting.

18. The device according to claim 15, wherein the operation of generating software installation management information based on terminal personalized information and pieces of software recommended for installation comprises:

excluding the pieces of software already installed in the terminal device from the pieces of software recommended for installation, generating a first software group;

sorting the first software group according to the information of the user of the terminal device and/or popularity weighting values of the pieces of software recommended for installation;

selecting the information for the pieces of software to be installed from a result of the sorting.

19. The device according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprises:

sending an upgrade query request to a server to acquire pieces of software recommended for upgrading by the server;

providing a prompting message corresponding to the pieces of software to be upgraded to the user if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein the operation of providing the prompting message corresponding to the pieces of software to be upgraded to the user if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading comprises:

acquiring a predetermined number of target pieces of software to be upgraded based on upgrading prompting weighting values of the pieces of software to be upgraded if it is determined that there are some pieces of software to be upgraded in the terminal device based on the pieces of software recommended for upgrading;

providing the prompting message corresponding to the target pieces of software in a form of pop-up box to the user.

21. The device according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprises:

providing additional software information to the user;

wherein the additional software information comprises at least one of following;

software content comparison information, software usage tips, software provider information, software peripheral information, and software news information.