Method and system for aggregating messages based on a point of interest and storage medium

• US 9,357,347 B2
• Filed: 01/24/2015
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Fan, Huaheng, Lv, Yuanfang, Cao, Sheng, Wu, Wei, Liu, Wei, Wang, Ziming, Zhang, Jun, Wang, Qiong, Lin, Mengguang, Fan, Yuxiang
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, PHUOC HUU
• Application Number:
  US14/604,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 493 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.3, 455/456.1, 455/457, 345/636, 345/667, 705/26.61
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

A method for aggregating messages based on a point of interest is provided, the method including: acquiring an instruction to trigger a point of interest; acquiring a region unit in which the point of interest is located from an electronic map which is divided into a plurality of region units in advance, and acquiring a predetermined number of region units including the region unit in which the point of interest is located by taking the region unit in which the point of interest is located as a center; acquiring messages issued within the predetermined number of region units; and generating a message aggregating page including a map indicative of the point of interest based on the acquired messages and displaying the acquired messages on the message aggregating page. A system for aggregating messages based on a point of interest is also provided.

Claims

1. A method for aggregating messages based on a point of interest, comprising:

acquiring an instruction to trigger a point of interest loaded to a micro-blog message, wherein the point of interest is stored within an electronic map;

acquiring a region unit in which the point of interest is located from the electronic map which is divided into a plurality of region units in advance, and acquiring a predetermined number of region units including the region unit in which the point of interest is located by taking the region unit in which the point of interest is located as a center;

acquiring the micro-blog messages issued within the predetermined number of region units; and

generating a message aggregating page including a map indicative of the point of interest based on the acquired micro-blog messages and displaying the acquired micro-blog messages on the message aggregating page.

2. The method for aggregating messages of claim 1, after the step of acquiring the instruction to trigger the point of interest, further comprising:

calculating an actual geographic distance from the point of interest to a client terminal, wherein the message aggregating page further displays the actual geographic distance from the point of interest to the client terminal.

3. The method for aggregating messages of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring the region unit in which the point of interest is located and the predetermined number of region units comprises:

measuring latitude and longitude coordinates of the point of interest; and

selecting (2n+1)*(2n+1) region units from the electronic map by taking the region unit in which the latitude and longitude coordinates of the point of interest are located as the center, wherein n is an integer.

4. The method for aggregating messages of claim 3, wherein the step of acquiring the messages issued within the predetermined number of region units comprises:

acquiring messages issued within the (2n+1)*(2n+1) region units.

5. The method for aggregating messages of claim 4, wherein the step of displaying the acquired messages on the message aggregating page comprises:

displaying the messages issued within the (2n+1)*(2n+1) region units on the message aggregating page with a predetermined sequence.

6. The method for aggregating messages of claim 5, wherein the predetermined sequence is a chronological sequence from near to far.

7. The method for aggregating messages of claim 5, wherein the predetermined sequence is an actual geographic distance sequence from near to far to the point of interest.

8. The method for aggregating messages of claim 1, wherein pictures are abstracted from the ones containing a picture in the acquired messages and a plurality of the abstracted pictures are typeset and then displayed.

9. The method for aggregating messages of claim 1, wherein word information is abstracted from the acquired messages and the messages are typeset and then displayed with a word mode.

10. The method for aggregating messages of claim 1, wherein the message aggregating page displays the acquired messages with the following mode:

transforming the display mode of the messages between a word mode and a picture mode.

11. A system for aggregating messages based on a point of interest, comprising:

an instruction acquiring module configured to acquire an instruction to trigger a point of interest loaded to a Micro blog message, wherein the point of interest is stored within an electronic map;

a unit acquiring module configured to acquire a region unit in which the point of interest is located from the electronic map which is divided into a plurality of region units in advance, and acquire a predetermined number of region units including the region unit in which the point of interest is located by taking the region unit in which the point of interest is located as a center;

a message acquiring module configured to acquire the micro-blog messages issued within the predetermined number of region units; and

a page generating and displaying module configured to generate a message aggregating page including a map indicative of the point of interest based on the acquired micro-blog messages and displaying the acquired micro-blog messages on the message aggregating page.

12. The system for aggregating messages of claim 11, further comprising:

a calculating module configured to calculate an actual geographic distance from the point of interest to a client terminal, wherein the message aggregating page further displays the actual geographic distance from the point of interest to the client terminal.

13. The system for aggregating messages of claim 11, wherein the unit acquiring module comprises:

a measuring module configured to measure latitude and longitude coordinates of the point of interest; and

a selecting module configured to select (2n+1)*(2n+1) region units from the electronic map by taking the region unit in which the latitude and longitude coordinates of the point of interest are located as the center, wherein n is an integer.

14. The system for aggregating messages of claim 11, wherein the page generating and displaying module comprises an sequencing module configured to sequence messages within the (2n+1)*(2n+1) region units with a predetermined sequence.

15. The system for aggregating messages of claim 11, wherein the page generating and displaying module comprises:

a picture abstracting module configured to abstract pictures from the ones containing a picture in the acquired messages; and

a picture typesetting module configured to typeset a plurality of the abstracted pictures.

16. The system for aggregating messages of claim 11, wherein the page generating and displaying module comprises:

a word abstracting module configured to abstract word information from the acquired messages; and

a word typesetting module configured to typeset the messages with a word mode.

17. The system for aggregating messages of claim 11, wherein the page generating and displaying module comprises:

a transforming module configured to transform the display mode of the messages between a word mode and a picture mode.

18. A non-transitory storage medium storing computer executable instructions, which enable a computer to implement operations of:

acquiring an instruction to trigger a point of interest loaded to a Micro blog message, wherein the point of interest is stored within an electronic map;

acquiring a region unit in which the point of interest is located from the electronic map which is divided into a plurality of region units in advance, and acquiring a predetermined number of region units including the region unit in which the point of interest is located by taking the region unit in which the point of interest is located as a center;

acquiring the micro-blog messages issued within the predetermined number of region units; and

generating a message aggregating page including a map indicative of the point of interest based on the acquired micro-blog messages and displaying the acquired micro-blog messages on the message aggregating page.

19. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 18, after the step of acquiring the instruction to trigger the point of interest, further comprising:

calculating an actual geographic distance from the point of interest to a client terminal, wherein the message aggregating page further displays the actual geographic distance from the point of interest to the client terminal.

20. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 18, wherein the step of acquiring the region unit in which the point of interest is located and the predetermined number of region units comprises:

measuring latitude and longitude coordinates of the point of interest; and

selecting (2n+1)*(2n+1) region units from the electronic map by taking the region unit in which the latitude and longitude coordinates of the point of interest are located as the center, wherein n is an integer.