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

• US 9,883,349 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2017
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xiao Long
• Primary Examiner(s): Sarwar, Babar
• Application Number:
  US15/659,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20170325071A1
• Time in Patent Office: 189 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 team 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores executable instruction code, wherein the instruction code when executed by a processor on a mobile terminal of a first user, configures the mobile terminal of the first user to perform functions, 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 on the mobile terminal of the first user, 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein after the displaying on the mobile terminal of the first user, 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, further configures the mobile terminal of the first user to perform functions, comprising;

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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 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 non-transitory computer-readable storage medium 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 server for facilitating displaying on a mobile terminal of a first user, information which links to related information provided by user'"'"'s friends at user'"'"'s location, wherein the server includes at least a processor with circuitry executing program codes stored in a non-transitory memory, which configures the sewer to communicate through a network, to:

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, first user'"'"'s information viewing operation performed on information associated with the first user;

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, position information included in the information associated with the first user; and

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, 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, to configure on the mobile terminal of the first user to 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 server according to claim 9, wherein the obtained related information published in the past by the second user causes the mobile terminal of the first user 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 server according to claim 9, configured to:

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, the information publishing operation of the first user, wherein the information which corresponds to the information publishing operation includes the position information.

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

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, geographical location information of the first user or the information publishing operation;

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, at least one piece of alternative position information which corresponds to the geographical location information according to the geographical location information in order to cause the mobile terminal of the first user to determine the at least one piece of alternative position information as the position information.

13. The server according to claim 9, wherein the server receives a request from the mobile terminal of the first user to:

determine a third user who publishes the position information;

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, a fourth user who is included both in the first user'"'"'s user relationship chain and the third user'"'"'s user relationship chain; and

provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, the at least one second user from the obtained fourth user according to the position information.

14. The server according to claim 9, configured to receive from the mobile terminal of the first user:

a call for an interface between an information server and the server, and provide to the mobile terminal of the first user, 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 server 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 server 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.