APPLICATION INTERFACE DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20200133446A1
• Filed: 12/26/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: WANG, Dong
• Granted Patent: US 11,537,266 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/14 Travel agencies

Abstract

The application provides a method, apparatus, and electronic device for displaying application interfaces. The method may be implementable on a server. By the method, a current phase associated with a trip of a user may be determined, and interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase is determined for configuring a scenario-based interface of an application. Subsequently, the server sends the determined interface configuration information to the a client of the user, for the client to display the scenario-based interface of the application to the user according to the determined interface configuration information.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying an application interface, comprising:

determining a current phase associated with a trip of a user;

determining interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase for configuring a scenario-based interface of an application; and

sending the determined interface configuration information to a client of the user for the client to display the scenario-based interface of the application to the user according to the determined interface configuration information.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein, before the determining a current phase associated with a trip of a user, the method comprises:

collecting information of the user'"'"'s activities with respect to the application and associated with the trip of the user; and

analyzing the collected information to determine the current phase associated with the trip of the user.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein the collected information of the user'"'"'s activities with respect to the application and associated with the user'"'"'s trip comprises one or more pieces of the following information:

log information, user'"'"'s location information, and order information, or a combination thereof.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 2, wherein the analyzing the collected information to determine the current phase associated with the trip of the user comprises:

identifying travel state information of the user according to the collected information;

comparing the travel state information with a set of preset phases to determine whether the travel state information matches a phase comprised in the set of preset phases; and

in response to determining that the travel state information matches a phase comprised in the set of phases, determining the matched phase to be the current phase associated with the trip of the user.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 4, wherein, in response to determining that the travel state information does not match any phase comprised in the set of phases, sending an instruction of displaying a default interface of the application to the client, causing the application at the client to display the default interface according to the instruction.

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 4, wherein the identifying travel state information of the user according to the collected information comprises:

comparing the number of times of executing an operation related to the trip by the user on the application with a threshold value; and

in response to that the number of times of executing the operation related to the trip by the user on the application exceeds the threshold value, identifying information of the operation as the travel state information of the user.

7. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1, wherein the determining interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase for configuring a scenario-based interface of an application comprises:

pre-setting a plurality of phases of a trip;

setting corresponding interface configuration information of the application for each of the plurality of phases;

establishing a matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information of the application; and

determining, based on the matching relationship, interface configuration information of the application matching the current phase to be the interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase.

8. The computer-implemented method according to claim 7, wherein the interface configuration information comprises interface display configuration information for providing a basis for interface information displayed on the scenario-based interface and interface function configuration information for providing a basis for functional modules that the scenario-based interface has.

9. The computer-implemented method according to claim 7, wherein the establishing a matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information of the application comprises:

establishing the matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information by means of a scenario calling engine; and

the determining, based on the matching relationship, interface configuration information of the application matching the current phase to be the interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase comprises;

using the scenario calling engine to obtain the matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information of the application; and

determining, according to the matching relationship, interface configuration information of the application matching the current phase.

10. The computer-implemented method according to claim 7, wherein the plurality of pre-set phases of a trip comprises:

before the trip, during the trip, or after the trip; and

each of the plurality of pre-set phases of the trip comprises a plurality of sub-phases.

11. A computer-implemented method for displaying an application interface, comprising:

collecting information of the user'"'"'s activities with respect to an application and associated with a trip of the user;

analyzing the collected information to determine a current phase associated with the trip of the user;

determining interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase for configuring a scenario-based interface of the application; and

displaying, according to the determined interface configuration information, the scenario-based interface of the application.

12. An apparatus for displaying an application interface, comprising:

one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer-readable memories coupled to the one or more processors and configured with instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising;

determining a current phase associated with a trip of a user;

determining interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase for configuring a scenario-based interface of an application; and

sending the determined interface configuration information to a client of the user for the client to display the scenario-based interface of the application to the user according to the determined interface configuration information.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein, before the determining a current phase associated with a trip of a user, the operations comprise:

collecting information of the user'"'"'s activities with respect to the application and associated with the trip of the user; and

analyzing the collected information to determine the current phase associated with the trip of the user.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the collected information of the user'"'"'s activities with respect to the application and associated with the user'"'"'s trip comprises one or more pieces of the following information:

log information, user'"'"'s location information, and order information, or a combination thereof.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the analyzing the collected information to determine the current phase associated with the trip of the user comprises:

identifying travel state information of the user according to the collected information;

comparing the travel state information with a set of preset phases to determine whether the travel state information matches a phase comprised in the set of preset phases; and

in response to determining that the travel state information matches a phase comprised in the set of phases, determining the matched phase to be the current phase associated with the trip of the user.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

in response to determining that the travel state information does not match any phase comprised in the set of phases, sending an instruction of displaying a default interface of the application to the client, causing the application at the client to display the default interface according to the instruction.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the identifying travel state information of the user according to the collected information comprises:

comparing the number of times of executing an operation related to the trip by the user on the application with a threshold value; and

in response to that the number of times of executing the operation related to the trip by the user on the application exceeds the threshold value, identifying information of the operation as the travel state information of the user.

18. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the determining interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase for configuring a scenario-based interface of an application comprises:

pre-setting a plurality of phases of a trip;

setting corresponding interface configuration information of the application for each of the plurality of phases;

establishing a matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information of the application; and

determining, based on the matching relationship, interface configuration information of the application matching the current phase to be the interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the interface configuration information comprises interface display configuration information for providing a basis for interface information displayed on the scenario-based interface and interface function configuration information for providing a basis for functional modules that the scenario-based interface has.

20. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the establishing a matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information of the application comprises:

establishing the matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information by means of a scenario calling engine; and

the determining, based on the matching relationship, interface configuration information of the application matching the current phase to be the interface configuration information corresponding to the current phase comprises;

using the scenario calling engine to obtain the matching relationship between the each of the plurality of phases and the corresponding interface configuration information of the application; and

determining, according to the matching relationship, interface configuration information of the application matching the current phase.