Promulgating information on websites using servers

• US 9,401,841 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2015
• Issued: 07/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Lv, Kaili, Deng, Jian, Hua, Bingyang, Liu, Zengguang, Meng, Chaofeng, Su, Jie, Tang, Jun, Zhang, Zheng
• Primary Examiner(s): KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/676,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20150271012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 709/217
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/84 Mapping; Conversion
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers

Abstract

A method uses web servers to promulgate information from one server to another, instead of promulgating the information by the user to each server individually. A first server receives a first request for promulgating web-information from a user, locally promulgates the web-information, and sends a second request to at least one second website server to instruct the second website server to locally promulgate the web-information. The selection of the second server is done according to a preset configuration file which includes a relationship mapping between the first website server and the second website server. The relationship mapping may provide the user information related to the second website server based on the user information related to the first website server. The present disclosure further discloses a communication apparatus and a communication system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first website server from a client, a first request to promulgate web-information to a plurality of second website servers, wherein the plurality of second web site servers are associated with a plurality of e-commerce web sites; and

in response to receiving the first request;

configuring, by the first web site server, a plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the plurality of second web servers, each of the plurality of second requests being configured according to a configuration file associated with promulgation of web-information to the plurality of second website servers and corresponding account information associated with promulgation of the web-information at the particular second website server; and

respectively sending, by the first web site server, the plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the corresponding plurality of second web site servers;

wherein the configuration file stores a mapping between an account associated with the first web site server and the plurality of second web site servers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the plurality of second requests is communicated to a respective second website server using a first message that includes the corresponding account information and a second message that includes the web-information.

3. The method claim 1, wherein in response to respectively receiving the corresponding second request, a second web site server sends a request to a respective third web site server to promulgate the web-information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting, by the first website server, the plurality of second website servers based at least on an information type of the web-information.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first website server selects the plurality of second website servers according to a type identifier of the web-information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon receiving the first request, verifying, by the first web site server, an identity of a user based on related user information included in the first request.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the related user information comprises a combination of any one or more of:

a user identifier, a user password, a device web-address, or a device identifier.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon respectively receiving the second request, verifying, by the respective second website server, an identity of the user based on related user information included in the second request.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the mapping contains a map correspondence between user information related to the first website server and user information related to one or more of the plurality of second website servers.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, by the first website server, one or more configuration files.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of second requests respectively include account information for the corresponding plurality of second web servers, the account information being obtained based at least in part on the first request.

11. A device comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive, from a client, a first request to promulgate web-information to a plurality of second web site servers, wherein the plurality of second web site servers are associated with a plurality of e-commerce web sites; and

in response to receiving the first request;

configure a plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the plurality of second web servers, each of the plurality of second requests being configured according to a configuration file associated with promulgation of web-information to the plurality of second website servers and corresponding account information associated with promulgation of the web-information at the particular second website server; and

respectively send, the plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the corresponding plurality of second web site servers;

wherein the configuration file stores a mapping between an account associated with the first web site server and the plurality of second web site servers; and

a storage module configured to store one or more configuration files.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein one or more of the plurality of second requests is communicated to a respective second website server using a first message that includes the corresponding account information and a second message that includes the web-information.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to select the plurality of second website servers based at least on an information type of the web-information.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors select the plurality of second website servers according to a type identifier of the web-information.

15. The device of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to verify an identity of a user based on related user information included in the first request upon receiving the first request.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the related user information comprises a combination of any one or more of a user identifier, a user password, a device web-address, or a device identifier.

17. The device of claim 11, wherein the mapping contains a map correspondence between user information related to the first website server and user information related to one or more of the plurality of second website servers.

18. A computer program product embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving, by a first website server from a client, a first request to promulgate web-information to a plurality of second website servers, wherein the plurality of second web site servers are associated with a plurality of e-commerce web sites; and

in response to receiving the first request;

configuring, by the first web site server, a plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the plurality of second web servers, each of the plurality of second requests being configured according to a configuration file associated with promulgation of web-information to the plurality of second website servers and corresponding account information associated with promulgation of the web-information at the particular second website server; and

respectively sending, by the first web site server, the plurality of second requests to promulgate the web-information to the corresponding plurality of second web site servers;

wherein the configuration file stores a mapping between an account associated with the first web site server and the plurality of second web site servers.