Information presentation using a client on a terminal

• US 10,712,915 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2017
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Banma Zhixing Network (Hongkong) Co., Limited
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Hao, Guojian
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu, Kieu D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gattew, Asteway T
• Application Number:
  US15/616,161
• Publication Number:
  US 20170357735A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,133 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9038 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed are information presentation methods, devices, and systems. A client receives an information presentation request from an application, acquires presentation information resources according to the information presentation request, and sends the acquired presentation information resources to the application for the application to make a presentation. The client is configured to provide presentation information resources to applications.

Claims

1. An information presentation method, comprising:

receiving, by a client program installed on a terminal, an information presentation request from an application of a plurality of applications installed on the terminal, wherein the client program receives information presentation requests from the applications through an application programming interface (API) and provides presentation information resources to the applications through the API in response to the information presentation requests;

in response to said receiving, determining whether to make an information presentation of a presentation resource according to a presentation decision, wherein the presentation decision is made according to a presentation policy and statistical data related to the information presentation, wherein the presentation policy comprises;

determining whether a number of times the presentation information resource was presented during a period of time exceeds a threshold;

acquiring, by the client program, the presentation information resource when the number of times does not exceed the threshold, wherein said acquiring comprises;

searching, by the client program, presentation information resources saved on the client program; and

if the presentation information resource is saved on the client program, then accessing the presentation information resource saved on the client program and, if the presentation information resource is not saved on the client program, then sending a presentation information acquisition request to a server to request acquiring the presentation information resource; and

sending, by the client program, the presentation information resource to the application for the application to make the information presentation.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, before said acquiring:

requesting, by the client program, the server to make the presentation decision; and

receiving, at the client program, a result of the presentation decision returned by the server, wherein the result is determined by the server according to the presentation policy and the statistical data related to the information presentation.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, before said acquiring:

determining to-be-presented presentation information; and

determining a presentation sequence and/or manner.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

collecting, by the client program, statistics on an information presentation operation to obtain the statistical data related to the information presentation; and

performing at least one of;

saving, by the client program, the statistical data related to the information presentation locally; and

reporting the obtained statistical data related to the information presentation to the server.

5. An information presentation method, comprising:

receiving, by a first application of a plurality of applications installed on a terminal, presentation information resources sent by a client program according to an information presentation request, wherein the client program is installed on the terminal and is configured to provide the presentation information resources to the plurality of applications installed on the terminal, wherein the client program receives information presentation requests from the applications through an application programming interface (API) and provides the presentation information resources to the applications through the API in response to the information presentation requests, wherein the client program is further configured to acquire the presentation information resources by;

in response to said receiving, determining whether to make an information presentation of a presentation resource according to a presentation decision, wherein the presentation decision is made according to a presentation policy and statistical data related to the information presentation, wherein the presentation policy comprises;

determining whether a number of times the presentation information resource was presented during a period of time exceeds a threshold;

when the number of times does not exceed the threshold, then;

searching presentation information resources saved on the client program for the presentation resource; and

if the presentation information resource is saved on the client program, then accessing the presentation information resource saved on the client program and, if the presentation information resource is not saved on the client program, then sending a presentation information acquisition request to a server to request acquiring the presentation information resource; and

making, by the first application, an information presentation according to the presentation information resource returned by the client program.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising, before the client program acquires the presentation information resources:

requesting, by the client program, the server to make the presentation decision; and

receiving, at the client program, a result of the presentation decision returned by the server, wherein the result is determined by the server according to the presentation policy and the statistical data related to the information presentation.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising, before the client program acquires the presentation information resources:

determining to-be-presented presentation information; and

determining a presentation sequence and/or manner.

8. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

collecting, by the client program, statistics on an information presentation operation to obtain the statistical data related to the information presentation; and

performing at least one of;

saving, by the client program, the statistical data related to the information presentation locally; and

reporting the obtained statistical data related to the information presentation to the server.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause a client program installed on a terminal to perform an information presentation method comprising:

receiving an information presentation request from an application of a plurality of applications installed on the terminal, wherein the client program receives information presentation requests from the applications through an application programming interface (API) and provides the presentation information resources to the applications through the API in response to the information presentation requests;

in response to said receiving, determining whether to make an information presentation of a presentation resource according to a presentation decision, wherein the presentation decision is made according to a presentation policy and statistical data related to the information presentation, wherein the presentation policy comprises;

determining whether a number of times the presentation information resource was presented during a period of time exceeds a threshold;

acquiring the presentation information resource when the number of times does not exceed the threshold, wherein said acquiring comprises;

searching, by the client program, for presentation information resources saved on the client program; and

if the presentation information resource is saved on the client program, then accessing the presentation information saved on the client program and, if the presentation information resource is not saved on the client program, then sending a presentation information acquisition request to a server to request acquiring the presentation information resource; and

sending the presentation information resource to the application for the application to make the information presentation.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

requesting a server to make the presentation decision; and

receiving a result of the presentation decision made by the server, wherein the result is determined by the server according to the presentation policy and the statistical data related to the information presentation.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

collecting statistics on information presentation operations; and

performing at least one of saving the statistical data locally and reporting the statistical data to the server.

12. A terminal, comprising:

a memory, configured to store computer program instructions; and

a processor, coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer program instructions stored in the memory, wherein the computer program instructions execute a client program on the terminal, wherein the client program performs the following operations;

providing presentation information resources to a plurality of applications installed in the terminal, wherein the client program receives information presentation requests from the applications through an application programming interface (API) and provides the presentation information resources to the applications through the API in response to the information presentation requests, wherein providing presentation information resources to an application installed in the terminal comprises;

receiving an information presentation request from the application;

in response to said receiving, determining whether to make an information presentation of a presentation resource according to a presentation decision, wherein the presentation decision is made according to a presentation policy and statistical data related to the information presentation, wherein the presentation policy comprises;

determining whether a number of times the presentation information resource was presented during a period of time exceeds a threshold;

acquiring the presentation information resource when the number of times does not exceed the threshold, wherein said acquiring comprises;

searching, by the client program, for presentation information resources saved on the client program; and

if the presentation information resource is saved on the client program, then accessing the presentation information resource saved on the client program and, if the presentation information resource is not saved on the client program, then sending a presentation information acquisition request to a server to request acquiring the presentation information resource; and

sending the presentation information resource to the application for the application to make the information presentation.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise, before said acquiring:

requesting, by the client program, the server to make the presentation decision; and

receiving, at the client program, a result of the presentation decision returned by the server, wherein the result is determined by the server according to the presentation policy and the statistical data related to the information presentation.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise, before said acquiring:

determining to-be-presented presentation information; and

determining a presentation sequence and/or manner.

15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise:

collecting, by the client program, statistics on an information presentation operation to obtain the statistical data related to the information presentation; and

performing at least one of;

saving, by the client program, the statistical data related to the information presentation locally; and

reporting the obtained statistical data related to the information presentation to the server.