INTERACTIVE METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER AND SYSTEM, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140250385A1
• Filed: 05/09/2014
• Published: 09/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: ZHOU, Tao, MENG, Jinfeng, DONG, Xijun, WANG, Boqiang, TAO, Yucao, ZHONG, Rui, YU, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,104,162 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3679 Retrieval, searching and output of POI information, e.g. hotels, restaurants, shops, filling stations, parking facilities G01C21/3611 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

It is described a location based interactive method, user terminal, server, system and computer storage medium, which relate to the field of computers. The method includes: it is send a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location to a location server; it is received from the location server and displayed a POI list containing at least one POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate; it is acquired a group creating instruction, and a group creating request is sent to a login server based on the group creating instruction; and interaction is performed with the login server based on a group to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service, where the group is created by the login server based on the POI carried in the group creating request. According to the method, the group is created based on the POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate, and the interactive service is provided to the user based on the group, and thereby extending the interactive mode and range of the location based service, and achieving better sharing of information between users.

Claims

1. A location based interactive method, comprising:

acquiring a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location;

sending the acquired geographic coordinate to a location server;

receiving and displaying a Point of Interest (POI) list from the location server, wherein the POI list comprises at least one POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate; and

interacting with a login server based on a group created by the login server so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service, wherein the group is created by the login server based on a POI carried in a group creating request.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before the interacting with a login server based on a group created by the login server,

acquiring a group creating instruction; and

sending a group creating request to the login server based on the group creating instruction,

wherein both the group creating instruction and the group creating request is carried with a POI selected by the user from the POI list.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the acquiring a group creating instruction and sending a group creating request to the login server based on the group creating instruction comprises:

receiving the group creating instruction carried with the POI selected by the user from the POI list;

generating the group creating request based on the POI carried in the group creating instruction; and

sending the group creating request to the login server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interacting with a login server based on a group created by the login server comprises:

acquiring an intra-group interactive instruction;

sending an intra-group interactive request to the login server based on the intra-group interactive instruction; and

receiving from the login server a response corresponding to the intra-group interactive request, so as to provide the user with the intra-group interactive service,

wherein the intra-group interactive service comprises at least one of the following;

searching for a location of another user within the group, inviting another user to join the group, receiving a requests from another user for joining the group and allowing the another user to join the group, initiating an intra-group session, allowing users within the group to jointly complete a POI sign-in.

5. A user terminal, comprising:

a sending module configured to acquire a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location and send the geographic coordinate to a location server;

a displaying module configured to receive and display a Point of Interest (POI) list from the location server, wherein the POI list comprises at least one POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate; and

an interacting module configured to interact with a login server based on a group created by the login server so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service, wherein the group is created by the login server based on a POI carried in the group creating request.

6. The user terminal according to claim 5, further comprising:

a requesting module configured to acquire a group creating instruction, and send a group creating request to the login server based on the group creating instruction, wherein both the group creating instruction and the group creating request is carried with a POI selected by the user from the POI list.

7. The user terminal according to claim 6, wherein the requesting module is configured to receive the group creating instruction carried with the POI selected by the user from the POI list, generate the group creating request based on the POI carried in the group creating instruction, and send the group creating request to the login server.

8. The user terminal according to claim 5, wherein the interacting module is configured to acquire an intra-group interactive instruction, send an intra-group interactive request to the login server based on the intra-group interactive instruction, and receive from the login server a response corresponding to the intra-group interactive request, so as to provide the user with the intra-group interactive service,

wherein the intra-group interactive service comprises at least one of the following:

searching for a location of another user within the group, inviting another user to join the group, receiving a requests from another user for joining the group and allowing the another user to join the group, initiating an intra-group session, allowing users within the group to jointly complete a POI sign-in.

17. A location based interactive system, comprising:

(a) a user terminal according to claim 5;

or

(b) a server in which a location server is provided and includes a receiving module configured to receive a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location sent by a user terminal, a searching module configured to search for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate received by the receiving module, and a transmitting module configured to transmit a POI list searched-out by the searching module to the user terminal, which enables the user terminal to create a group for the user based on the POI list so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service, wherein the POI list comprises at least one searched-out POI;

or

(c) a server in which a login service is provided that includes a receiving module configured to receive from a user terminal a group creating request carried with a Point of Interest (POI), wherein the POI corresponds to a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location, a creating module configured to create a group based on the POI carried in the group creating request which is received by the receiving module, and an interacting module configured to interact with the user terminal based on the group created by the creating module so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service;

or

a combination thereof of (a), (b), and (c).

9. A location based interactive method, comprising:

receiving a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location sent by a user terminal;

searching for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate; and

transmitting a searched-out POI list to the user terminal, which enables the user terminal to create a group for the user based on the POI list so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service,

wherein the POI list comprises at least one searched-out POI.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

before the searching for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate,

pre-creating a location database configured to store a relationship between a geographic coordinate and a POI,

wherein the searching for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate comprises;

searching the location database for a POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate.

11. A server in which a location server is provided, comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location sent by a user terminal;

a searching module configured to search for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate received by the receiving module; and

a transmitting module configured to transmit a POI list searched-out by the searching module to the user terminal, which enables the user terminal to create a group for the user based on the POI list so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service,

wherein the POI list comprises at least one searched-out POI.

12. The server according to claim 11, further comprising:

a creating module configured to pre-create a location database, wherein the location database is configured to store a relationship between a geographic coordinate and a POI,

wherein the searching module is configured to search the location database for a POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate.

13. A location based interactive method, comprising:

receiving from a user terminal a group creating request carried with a Point of Interest (POI), wherein the POI corresponds to a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location;

creating a group based on the POI carried in the received request; and

interacting with the user terminal based on the created group so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the interacting with the user terminal based on the created group comprises:

receiving an intra-group interactive request from the user terminal, and sending a response to the user terminal based on the intra-group interactive request so as to provide the user with the intra-group interactive service,

wherein the intra-group interactive service comprises at least one of the following;

searching for a location of another user within the group, inviting another user to join the group, receiving a requests from another user for joining the group and allowing the another user to join the group, initiating an intra-group session, allowing users within the group to jointly complete a POI sign-in.

15. A server in which a login service is provided, comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive from a user terminal a group creating request carried with a Point of Interest (POI), wherein the POI corresponds to a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location;

a creating module configured to create a group based on the POI carried in the group creating request which is received by the receiving module; and

an interacting module configured to interact with the user terminal based on the group created by the creating module so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service.

16. The server according to claim 15, wherein the interacting module is configured to receive an intra-group interactive request from the user terminal, and send a response to the user terminal based on the intra-group interactive request so as to provide the user with the intra-group interactive service,

wherein the intra-group interactive service comprises at least one of the following:

searching for a location of another user within the group, inviting another user to join the group, receiving a requests from another user for joining the group and allowing the another user to join the group, initiating an intra-group session, allowing users within the group to jointly complete a POI sign-in.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon for execution by at least one processing circuit, the instructions comprising:

acquiring a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location;

sending the acquired geographic coordinate to a location server;

receiving and displaying a Point of Interest (POI) list from the location server, wherein the POI list comprises at least one POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate; and

interacting with a login server based on a group created by the login server so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service, wherein the group is created by the login server based on a POI carried in a group creating request.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18,

wherein the instructions further comprises:

acquiring a group creating instruction; and

sending a group creating request to the login server based on the group creating instruction,

wherein both the group creating instruction and the group creating request is carried with a POI selected by the user from the POI list.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 19, wherein the acquiring a group creating instruction and sending a group creating request to the login server based on the group creating instruction comprises:

receiving the group creating instruction carried with the POI selected by the user from the POI list;

generating the group creating request based on the POI carried in the group creating instruction; and

sending the group creating request to the login server.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the interacting with a login server based on a group created by the login server comprises:

acquiring an intra-group interactive instruction;

sending an intra-group interactive request to the login server based on the intra-group interactive instruction; and

receiving from the login server a response corresponding to the intra-group interactive request, so as to provide the user with the intra-group interactive service,

wherein the intra-group interactive service comprises at least one of the following;

searching for a location of another user within the group, inviting another user to join the group, receiving a requests from another user for joining the group and allowing the another user to join the group, initiating an intra-group session, allowing users within the group to jointly complete a POI sign-in.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon for execution by at least one processing circuit, the instructions comprising:

receiving a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location sent by a user terminal;

searching for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate; and

transmitting a searched-out POI list to the user terminal, which enables the user terminal to create a group for the user based on the POI list so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service,

wherein the POI list comprises at least one searched-out POI.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the instructions further comprises:

before the searching for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate,

pre-creating a location database configured to store a relationship between a geographic coordinate and a POI,

wherein the searching for a Point of Interest (POI) corresponding to the geographic coordinate comprises;

searching the location database for a POI corresponding to the geographic coordinate.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein the interacting with the user terminal based on the created group comprises:

receiving an intra-group interactive request from the user terminal, and sending a response to the user terminal based on the intra-group interactive request so as to provide the user with the intra-group interactive service,

wherein the intra-group interactive service comprises at least one of the following;

searching for a location of another user within the group, inviting another user to join the group, receiving a requests from another user for joining the group and allowing the another user to join the group, initiating an intra-group session, allowing users within the group to jointly complete a POI sign-in.

24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon for execution by at least one processing circuit, the instructions comprising:

receiving from a user terminal a group creating request carried with a Point of Interest (POI), wherein the POI corresponds to a geographic coordinate of a user'"'"'s location;

creating a group based on the POI carried in the received request; and

interacting with the user terminal based on the created group so as to provide the user with an intra-group interactive service.