Method and system for subscribing long tail information

• US 10,212,106 B2
• Filed: 01/20/2015
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Huang, Shuicheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Vostal, Ondrej C
• Application Number:
  US14/600,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20150134762A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 709207
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A long tail information subscribing method is provided. The method includes receiving a to-be-subscribed long tail information type from a client-side, and determining whether an information content matches the long tail information type. The method also includes, when it is determined that an information content matches the long tail information type, sending a long tail information alert message to the client-side to cause the client-side to update an alert display based on the long tail information alert message. Further, the method includes receiving a trigger request message corresponding to the alert display from the client-side, and sending long tail information content corresponding to the trigger request message to the client-side. The information distribution efficiency is thus substantially improved.

Claims

1. A long tail information subscribing method, comprising:

providing, by a management server, a user interface having a subscription option list displayed in a browser of a client-side;

receiving, by the management server, a long tail information subscription type from the client-side, wherein the long tail information subscription type is selected by a user from the subscription option list displayed in the user interface of the browser;

adding a long tail information entrance on the client-side, wherein the long tail information entrance corresponds to a main page showing contents in a card form in the user interface of the browser, the card form is generated for the long tail information subscription type, and a card is generated in the user interface of the browser for each of the long tail information subscription type;

determining, by the management server, whether an information content stored in a content providing server matches the long tail information subscription type from the client-side;

when it is determined that the information content stored in the content providing server matches the long tail information subscription type from the client-side, sending, by the management server, a pushing request to a push server;

sending an alert message, by the push server based on the pushing request from the management server, to the client-side to cause the client-side to update an alert display shown in the user interface of the browser based on the alert message, wherein the alert display shown in the user interface of the browser includes a summary of new information content, the pushing request from the management server is sent to the push server, and the alert message from the push server is sent to the client-side;

receiving, by the content providing server, a trigger request message corresponding to the alert display shown in the user interface of the browser from the client-side, wherein the trigger request message is transmitted from the client-side to the content providing server; and

sending, by the content providing server, a long tail information content corresponding to the trigger request message to the client-side shown in the user interface of the browser, wherein the long tail information content is pushed to the client-side by the content providing server to improve a distribution efficiency.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the method further comprises;

storing a type identifier of the long tail information subscription type in a type identifier table; and

determining whether the information content matches the long tail information subscription type further includes;

determining whether the information content contains a type identifier that matches the long tail information type identifier stored in the type identifier table;

when it is determined that the information content contains the type identifier that matches the long tail information type identifier stored in the type identifier table, determining that the information content matches the long tail information subscription type.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

updating, by the client-side, the alert display based on the alert message; and

determining a number of information contents matching the long tail information subscription type,

wherein updating further includes;

displaying the number of information contents on the alert display.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

updating, by the client-side, the alert display based on the alert message,

wherein receiving the long tail information subscription type from the client-side includes;

receiving the long tail information subscription type from a client-side browser on the client-side; and

wherein updating further includes;

updating, by the client-side browser, the alert display based on the alert message.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein receiving the long tail information subscription type from the client-side browser includes:

providing, by the management server, the client-side browser with long tail information subscription option data;

based on the long tail information subscription option data, the client-side browser displaying, by the client-side browser, a subscription option list of the long tail information;

receiving, by the client-side browser, a select operation performed by a user on the long tail information subscription option list;

determining, by the client-side browser, the long tail information subscription type based on the select operation; and

receiving, by the management server, the long tail information subscription type from the client-side browser.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the long tail information subscription type refers to an information content matching a long tail effect, and the long tail effect is a flat part on both sides of a normal statistical curve of information.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, before the push server sends the alert message to the client-side, there is no request sent from the client-side to the push server.

8. A long tail information subscribing apparatus, comprising:

a client-side comprising a user interface having a subscription option list displayed in a browser, the user interface of the browser having a long tail information entrance corresponding to a main page showing contents of a long tail information subscription type in a card form, and a card is generated in the user interface of the browser for each of the long tail information subscription type;

an information type receiving unit configured to receive the long tail information subscription type from the client-side, receiving an information content from an information transmitting unit, and determining whether the information content matches the long tail information subscription type and, when it is determined that the information content matches the long tail information subscription type, to send a pushing request to a push unit, wherein the long tail information subscription type is selected by a user from the subscription option list displayed in the user interface of the browser;

the push unit sending an alert message to the client-side based on the pushing request from the information type receiving unit to cause the client-side to update an alert display shown in the user interface of the browser based on the alert message, wherein the alert display shown in the user interface of the browser includes a summary of new information content, the pushing request from the information type receiving unit is sent to the push unit, and the alert message from the push unit is sent to the client-side; and

the information transmitting unit configured to receive a trigger request message corresponding to the alert display from the client-side shown in the user interface of the browser and to send a long tail information content corresponding to the trigger request message to the client-side, wherein the trigger request message is transmitted from the client-side to the information transmitting unit, and the long tail information content is pushed to the client-side from the information transmitting unit to improve a distribution efficiency.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the push unit is further configured to:

store a type identifier of the long tail information subscription type in a type identifier table;

determine whether the information content contains a type identifier that matches the long tail information type identifier stored in the type identifier table; and

when it is determined that the information content contains the type identifier that matches the long tail information type identifier stored in the type identifier table, determine that the information content matches the long tail information subscription type.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the push unit is configured to determine a number of information contents matching the long tail information subscription type, to push the alert message to the client-side, wherein the alert message contains the number of information contents matching the long tail information subscription type, to cause the client-side to display the number of the information contents on the alert display.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein:

the information type receiving unit is configured to receive the long tail information subscription type from a client-side browser; and

the push unit is configured to push the alert message to the client-side browser to cause the client-side browser to update the alert display according to the alert message.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein:

the information type receiving unit is configured to provide long tail information subscription option data to the client-side browser to cause the client-side browser to display a subscription options list of the long tail information, to receive a select operation performed by a user on the long tail information subscription option list, and to determine the long tail information subscription type based on the select operation; and

the information type receiving unit is further configured to receive the long tail information subscription type from the client-side browser.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the long tail information subscription type refers to an information content matching a long tail effect, and the long tail effect is a flat part on both sides of a normal statistical curve of information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein, before the push server sends the alert message to the client-side, there is no request sent from the client-side to the push server.

15. An long tail information subscribing system, comprising:

a client-side comprising a user interface having a subscription option list displayed in a browser, the user interface of the browser configured to send out a long tail information subscription type and have a long tail information entrance corresponding to a main page showing contents of the long tail information subscription type in a card form, and a card is generated in the user interface of the browser for each of the long tail information subscription type;

a management server configured to receive the long tail information subscription type from the client-side;

a push server; and

a content providing server configured to edit information contents and to send the edited information contents to the management server, wherein;

the long tail information subscription type is selected by a user from the subscription option list displayed in the user interface of the browser;

the management server is further configured to determine whether an information content matches the long tail information subscription type and, when it is determined that an information content matches the long tail information subscription type, to send a pushing request to the push server;

the push server is further configured to send an alert message to the client-side shown in the user interface of the browser, wherein the pushing request from the management server is sent to the push server, and the alert message from the push server is sent to the client-side; and

the client-side is further configured to update an alert display shown in the user interface of the browser based on the alert message and to send a trigger request message corresponding to the alert display to the content providing server, wherein the alert display shown in the user interface of the browser includes a summary of new information content, the trigger request message is transmitted from the client-side to the content providing server; and

the content providing server is further configured to send a long tail information content corresponding to the trigger request message to the client-side, wherein the long tail information content is pushed to the client-side by the content providing server to improve a distribution efficiency.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the management server is configured to:

store a type identifier of the long tail information subscription type in a type identifier table;

determine whether the information content contains a type identifier that matches the long tail information type identifier stored in the type identifier table; and

when it is determined that the information content contains the type identifier that matches the long tail information type identifier stored in the type identifier table, determine that the information content matches the long tail information subscription type.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein:

the management server is configured to receive the long tail information subscription type from a client-side browser on the client-side; and

the client-side browser is configured to update the alert display based on the alert message.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein:

the management server is further configured to provide long tail information subscription option data to the client-side browser;

the client-side browser is configured to display a subscription option list of the long tail information based on the long tail information subscription option data, to receive a select operation performed by a user on the long tail information subscription option list, and to determine the long tail information subscription type based on the select operation; and

the management server is further configured to receive the long tail information subscription type from the client-side browser.

19. The system according to claim 15, wherein the long tail information subscription type refers to an information content matching a long tail effect, and the long tail effect is a flat part on both sides of a normal statistical curve of information.

20. The system according to claim 15, wherein, before the push server sends the alert message to the client-side, there is no request sent from the client-side to the push server.