Method and device for displaying microblog dynamics, and computer storage medium

• US 10,078,704 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Jing, Hou, Xiaomin, Zhao, Yang, Qiao, Liwei
• Primary Examiner(s): Yen, Syling
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran, Bao
• Application Number:
  US14/475,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20140372422A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,476 Days
• Field of Search: 707724
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for displaying microblog dynamics. The method includes: obtaining a microblog viewing request containing first location information; searching microblog dynamic information containing second location information, wherein a distance between the first location and the second location is within a preset range; and obtaining an electronic map corresponding to the first location information, and showing the microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location information on the electronic map. Various embodiments of the present invention also provide a device for displaying microblog dynamics and a computer storage medium.

Claims

1. A method for displaying microblog dynamic information, the method comprising:

obtaining a microblog viewing request including first location information indicating a first location which is a real geographic location where a user making the microblog viewing request is located or a geographic location set by the user making the microblog viewing request;

searching for respective microblog dynamic information, each respective microblog dynamic information including at least one of microblog content, user profile information of a user that posted the microblog content, and second location information indicating a second location which is a location of the user that posted the microblog content or a location of the microblog content, wherein the searching searches for respective microblog dynamic information in which a distance between the first location and the second location indicated by the second location information of the respective microblog dynamic information is within a preset range, to thereby find a plurality of respective microblog dynamic information including a first microblog dynamic information and a second microblog dynamic information within the preset range;

obtaining an electronic map corresponding to the first location;

obtaining a proportional scale of the electronic map;

calculating a display distance between a piece of the first microblog dynamic information to be displayed on the electronic map and a piece of the second microblog dynamic information to be displayed on the electronic map according to the second location indicated by the second location information of the first microblog dynamic information, the second location indicated by the second location information of the second microblog dynamic information, and the proportional scale of the electronic map;

when the display distance is less than or equal to a preset distinguishable distance, displaying the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information on the electronic map in a partial overlapping manner; and

when the display distance is more than the preset distinguishable distance, displaying the piece of the first microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location of the second microblog dynamic information separately on the electronic map,

wherein the display distance and the preset distinguishable distance are calculated based on the proportional scale of the electronic map.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an unfolding instruction for the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information displayed on the electronic map in the partial overlapping manner;

unfolding the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information according to the unfolding instruction; and

displaying the unfolded piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the unfolded piece of the second microblog dynamic information in a pop-up box on the electronic map.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a switching instruction; and

switching the electronic map between

a first state displaying at least a piece of the user profile information of the found plurality of respective microblog dynamic information and

a second state displaying at least a piece of the microblog content of the found plurality of respective microblog dynamic information according to the switching instruction.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising at least one of the following:

when the display state is the second state, randomly displaying a part of the microblog content of a respective microblog dynamic information on the electronic map in an amplified manner; and

when the display state is the first state, obtaining a filtering instruction including a profile condition selected by the user, and filtering the user profile information of a respective microblog dynamic information according to the profile condition included in the filtering instruction.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a detail illustration instruction;

pulling microblog detail information corresponding to a respective microblog dynamic information of which at least a piece is being displayed on the electronic map, from a microblog platform, according to the detail illustration instruction; and

displaying the pulled microblog detail information.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the microblog dynamic information is stored in a microblog platform and has a corresponding relationship with a certain geographic location.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

the second location is the location of the user that posted the microblog content, and

the searching searches for respective microblog dynamic information by

obtaining the second location information in real time, and

searching for respective microblog dynamic information in which the distance between the first location and the second location is within the preset range.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein

the location of the user that posted the microblog content includes a geographic location of the user, wherein the user is logged in the microblog platform in a set area, and

the searching for respective microblog dynamic information includes

searching for respective microblog dynamic information in which the distance between the first location and the geographic location is within the preset range.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the distinguishable distance is set to a fingertip width of a normal human finger.

10. A device for displaying microblog dynamic information, the device comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

a processor that executes the instructions to;

obtain a microblog viewing request including first location information indicating a first location which is a real geographic location where a user making the microblog viewing request is located or a geographic location set by the user making the microblog viewing request;

search for respective microblog dynamic information, each respective microblog dynamic information including at least one of microblog content, user profile information of a user that posted the microblog content, and second location information indicating a second location which is a location of the user that posted the microblog content or a location of the microblog content, wherein the search searches for respective microblog dynamic information in which a distance between the first location and the second location indicated by the second location information of the respective microblog dynamic information is within a preset range, to thereby find a plurality of respective microblog dynamic information including a first microblog dynamic information and a second microblog dynamic information within the preset range;

obtain an electronic map corresponding to the first location;

obtain a proportional scale of the electronic map;

calculate a display distance between a piece of the first microblog dynamic information to be displayed on the electronic map and a piece of the second microblog dynamic information to be displayed on the electronic map according to the second location indicated by the second location information of the first microblog dynamic information, the second location indicated by the second location information of the second microblog dynamic information, and the proportional scale of the electronic map;

when the display distance is less than or equal to a preset distinguishable distance, display the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information on the electronic map in a partial overlapping manner; and

when the display distance is more than the preset distinguishable distance, displaying the piece of the first microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location of the second microblog dynamic information separately on the electronic map,

wherein the display distance and the preset distinguishable distance are calculated based on the proportional scale of the electronic map.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

obtain an unfolding instruction for the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information displayed on the electronic map in the partial overlapping manner;

unfold the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information according to the unfolding instruction; and

display the unfolded piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the unfolded piece of the second microblog dynamic information in a pop-up box on the electronic map.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

obtain a switching instruction; and

switch the electronic map between

a first state displaying at least a piece of the user profile information of the found plurality of respective microblog dynamic information and

a second state displaying at least a piece of the microblog content of the found plurality of respective microblog dynamic information according to the switching instruction.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to execute at least one of:

when the display state is the second state, randomly display a part of the microblog content of a respective microblog dynamic information on the electronic map in an amplified manner; and

when the display state is the first state, obtain a filtering instruction including a profile condition selected by the user, and filter the user profile information of a respective microblog dynamic information according to the profile condition included in the filtering instruction.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:

obtain a detail illustration instruction;

pull microblog detail information corresponding to a respective microblog dynamic information of which at least a piece is being displayed on the electronic map, from a microblog platform according to the detail illustration instruction; and

display the pulled microblog detail information.

15. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having computer executable instructions stored thereon for displaying microblog dynamic information which, when executed by at least one computer, cause the at least one computer to perform:

obtaining a microblog viewing request including first location information indicating a first location which is a real geographic location where a user making the microblog viewing request is located or a geographic location set by the user making the microblog viewing request;

searching for respective microblog dynamic information, each respective microblog dynamic information including at least one of microblog content, user profile information of a user that posted the microblog content, and second location information indicating a second location which is a location of the user that posted the microblog content or a location of the microblog content, wherein the searching searches for respective microblog dynamic information in which a distance between the first location information and the second location indicated by the second location information of the respective microblog dynamic information is within a preset range, to thereby find a plurality of respective microblog dynamic information including a first microblog dynamic information and a second microblog dynamic information within the preset range; and

obtaining an electronic map corresponding to the first location;

obtaining a proportional scale of the electronic map;

calculating a display distance between a piece of the first microblog dynamic information to be displayed on the electronic map and a piece of the second microblog dynamic information to be displayed on the electronic map according to the second location indicated by the second location information of the first microblog dynamic information, the second location indicated by the second location information of the second microblog dynamic information, and the proportional scale of the electronic map;

when the display distance is less than or equal to a preset distinguishable distance, displaying the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information on the electronic map in a partial overlapping manner; and

when the display distance is more than the preset distinguishable distance, displaying the piece of the first microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information in a location corresponding to the second location of the second microblog dynamic information separately on the electronic map,

wherein the display distance and the preset distinguishable distance are calculated based on the proportional scale of the electronic map.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein, when executed by the at least one computer, the computer executable instructions further cause the at least one computer to perform:

obtaining an unfolding instruction for the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information displayed on the electronic map in the partial overlapping manner;

unfolding the piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the piece of the second microblog dynamic information according to the unfolding instruction; and

displaying the unfolded piece of the first microblog dynamic information and the unfolded piece of the second microblog dynamic information in a pop-up box on the electronic map.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein, when executed by the at least one computer, the computer executable instructions further cause the at least one computer to perform:

obtaining a switching instruction; and

switching the electronic map between a first state displaying at least a piece of the user profile information of the found plurality of respective microblog dynamic information and a second state displaying at least a piece of the microblog content of the found plurality of respective microblog dynamic information according to the switching instruction.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 17, wherein, when executed by the at least one computer, the computer executable instructions further cause the at least one computer to perform at least one of:

when the display state is the second state, randomly displaying a part of the microblog content of a respective microblog dynamic information on the electronic map in an amplified manner; and

when the display state is the first state, obtaining a filtering instruction including a profile condition selected by the user, and filtering the user profile information of a respective microblog dynamic information according to the profile condition included in the filtering instruction.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 15, wherein, when executed by the at least one computer, the computer executable instruction further cause the at least one computer to perform:

obtaining a detail illustration instruction;

pulling microblog detail information corresponding to a respective microblog dynamic information of which at least a piece is being displayed on the electronic map from a microblog platform, according to the detail illustration instruction; and

displaying the pulled microblog detail information.