Method and device for displaying information which links to related information provided by user's friends at user's location

• US 9,749,807 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2015
• Issued: 08/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
• 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, Xiao Long
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US14/981,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20160119757A1
• Time in Patent Office: 610 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4221, 4554561-457, 4555521, 455566, 4555502, 455 411- 413, 370328, 370338
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and device for displaying information which links to related information provided by user'"'"'s friends at user'"'"'s location. The method including the operations of: obtaining first user'"'"'s information viewing operation performed on information associated with the first user; obtaining position information included in the information; obtaining at least one second user according to the position information, wherein the second user is within a first user'"'"'s user relationship chain, and wherein the information published in the past by the second user includes the position information; and displaying the at least one second user to the first user. The present disclosure makes the first user learn of the friends who published at this position information, and therefore the amount of the information available at this position has increased, thus enriching the first user'"'"'s knowledge of the need for detailed information.

Claims

1. A method for displaying information which links to related information provided by user'"'"'s friends at user'"'"'s location, comprising:

obtaining first user'"'"'s information viewing operation performed on information associated with the first user;

obtaining position information included in the information associated with the first user;

obtaining at least one second user according to the position information, wherein the second user is indirectly linked to the first user within a first user'"'"'s user relationship chain in order to obtain related information published in the past by the second user pertaining to the position information; and

displaying the at least one second user to the first user for obtaining related information published in the past by the second user according to a range of distance from the position information associated with the first user.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the displaying of the at least one second user to the first user, the method further comprises:

looking up the information which includes the position information from among the information published in the past by the at least one second user; and

displaying the related information which pertains to the position information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before obtaining the information viewing operation performed on the information associated with the first user, the method further comprises:

obtaining information publishing operation of the first user, wherein the information which corresponds to the information publishing operation includes the position information.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the obtaining of the information publishing operation of the first user, comprises:

obtaining geographical location information of the first user or the information publishing operation;

obtaining at least one piece of alternative position information which corresponds to the geographical location information according to the geographical location information; and

determining the at least one piece of alternative position information as the position information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the at least one second user according to the position information, comprises:

determining a third user who publishes the position information;

obtaining a fourth user who is included both in the first user'"'"'s user relationship chain and the third user'"'"'s user relationship chain; and

obtaining the at least one second user from the obtained fourth user according to the position information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

calling an interface between an information server and a server, and

obtaining description information which corresponds to the position information from the information server, wherein the information server is used for collecting description information which corresponds to every position information.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the description information comprises at least one or more of:

address information, contact information, review information, evaluation rating, activity information of the position information and the map of the district where the position information is located.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information associated with the first user is the information published by the first user or the information published by the user in the first user'"'"'s user relationship chain.

9. A device for displaying information which includes at least a processor with circuitry executing program codes stored in a memory, which configures the device to:

obtain first user'"'"'s information viewing operation performed on information associated with the first user;

obtain position information included in the information associated with the first user;

obtain at least one second user according to the position information, wherein the second user is indirectly linked to the first user within a first user'"'"'s user relationship chain in order to obtain related information published in the past by the second user pertaining to the position information; and

display the at least one second user to the first user for obtaining related information published in the past by the second user according to a range of distance from the position information associated with the first user.

10. The device according to claim 9, further configured to:

look up the information which includes the position information from among the information published in the past by the at least one second user; and

display the information which includes the position information.

11. The device according to claim 9, configured to:

obtain the information publishing operation of the first user, wherein the information which corresponds to the information publishing operation includes the position information.

12. The device according to claim 11, configured to:

obtain geographical location information of the first user or the information publishing operation;

obtain at least one piece of alternative position information which corresponds to the geographical location information according to the geographical location information; and

determine the at least one piece of alternative position information as the position information.

13. The device according to claim 9, configured to:

determine a third user who publishes the position information;

obtain a fourth user who is included both in the first user'"'"'s user relationship chain and the third user'"'"'s user relationship chain; and

obtain the at least one second user from the obtained fourth user according to the position information.

14. The device according to claim 9, configured to:

call an interface between an information server and a server, and obtain description information which corresponds to the position information from the information server, wherein the information server is used for collecting description information to correspond to every position information.

15. The device according to claim 14, wherein the description information comprises at least one or more of:

address information, contact information, review information, evaluation rating, activity information of the position information and the map of the district where the position information is located.

16. The device according to claim 9, wherein the information associated with the first user is the information published by the first user or the information published by the user in the first user'"'"'s user relationship chain.

17. A device for displaying information which links to related information provided by user'"'"'s friends at user'"'"'s location, the device includes at least a processor with circuitry executing program codes stored in a memory, which configures the device to:

obtain first user'"'"'s information viewing operation performed on the information associated with the first user;

obtain position information included in the information associated with the first user;

send the information displaying request to a server, wherein the information displaying request carries the position information and the displaying request sending module causes the server to return at least one second user according to the position information, wherein the second user is indirectly linked to the first user within a first user'"'"'s user relationship chain in order to obtain related information published in the past by the second user pertaining to the position information; and

display at least one second user returned by the server for obtaining related information published in the past by the second user according to a range of distance from the position information associated with the first user.

18. The device according to claim 17, configured to:

obtain information viewing operation performed on the information of the at least one second user;

send information viewing request to the server in order that the server looks up returned information which includes the position information among the information published in the past by the at least one second user; and

display the related information which pertains to the position information.

19. The device according to claim 17, configured to:

obtain information publishing operation of the first user, wherein the information which corresponds to the information publishing operation includes the position information.

20. The device according to claim 19, configured to:

obtain geographical location information of the first user or the information publishing operation;

obtain at least one piece of alternative position information which corresponds to the geographical location information according to the geographical location information;

determine the at least one piece of alternative position information as the position information.

21. The device according to claim 17, configured to:

obtain description information which corresponds to the position information sent by the server, wherein the description information is obtained by the server'"'"'s operation of calling the interface between an information server and the server itself, and the information server is used for collecting description information which corresponds to the position information;

display the description information.

22. The device according to claim 21, wherein the description information comprises at least one piece of address information, contact information, review information, evaluation rating, activity information of the position information and the map of the district where the position information is located.

23. The device according to claim 17, wherein the information associated with the first user is the information published by the first user or the information published by the user in the first user'"'"'s user relationship chain.