Service object allocation

• US 10,798,088 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2018
• Issued: 10/06/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Ji, Jing
• Primary Examiner(s): Harris, Christopher C
• Application Number:
  US16/040,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20180351942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 810 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0655 e-cash managed centrally
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3223 Realising banking transactions through M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/351 Virtual cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A request is received at a server and from a first software client to obtain at least one electronic credential, and the first software client is associated with a first user, and the server stores multiple electronic credentials that are used to extract a service object; at least one electronic credential is transmitted from the server to the first software client based on a predetermined rule; an allocation request is received at the server to extract the service object, and the allocation request includes electronic credentials selected from electronic credentials obtained by the first software client; a number of categories of the selected electronic credentials that included in the allocation request is determined to be is greater than or equal to a predetermined number; and the service object that selected from a service object set is allocated to the first software client based on a predetermined allocation rule.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, at a server and from a first software client, a request to obtain at least one electronic credential, wherein the first software client is associated with a first user, wherein the server stores a plurality of electronic credentials,

wherein the plurality of electronic credentials stored at the server are divided into a plurality of types of electronic credential, and wherein the plurality of types of electronic credential are divided into a rare set of types of electronic credential and a common set of types of electronic credential;

determining an activeness of the first user, the activeness based on a social connectivity of the first user in a software application;

determining that the activeness of the first user is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold;

in response to determining that the activeness of the first user is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, transmitting, from the server, an electronic credential having a type in the rare set of types to the first software client based on a predetermined rule;

receiving, at the server and from the first software client, an allocation request to extract a service object, wherein the allocation request comprises a second plurality of electronic credentials selected from electronic credentials obtained by the first software client;

determining, at the server, that a number of types of electronic credential included in the second plurality of electronic credentials is greater than or equal to a predetermined number; and

allocating the service object to the first software client based on a predetermined allocation rule, wherein the service object is selected from a service object set.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the electronic credentials obtained by the first software client comprise electronic credentials received from the server and from a second software client associated with a second user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the allocation request is transmitted to the server by the first software client after the first software client determines that a number of types of electronic credential collected by the first software client is greater than or equal to the predetermined number.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined rule is that a number of types of electronic credential delivered to the first software client from the server is smaller than the predetermined number.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the at least one electronic credential to the first software client comprises randomly delivering the electronic credentials to the first software client.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein, when allocating the service object to the first software client, an allocation result is sent to the first software client for display on a computer display, wherein the allocation result comprises one or more of a number of service objects, a sender of the service object, a number of other receivers of the service object, and an allocation rule of the service object.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the social connectivity of the first user is based on a number of friends of the first user in the software application.

8. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at a server and from a first software client, a request to obtain at least one electronic credential, wherein the first software client is associated with a first user, wherein the server stores a plurality of electronic credentials,

wherein the plurality of electronic credentials stored at the server are divided into a plurality of types of electronic credential, and wherein the plurality of types of electronic credential are divided into a rare set of types of electronic credential and a common set of types of electronic credential;

determining an activeness of the first user, the activeness based on a social connectivity of the first user in a software application;

determining that the activeness of the first user is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold;

in response to determining that the activeness of the first user is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, transmitting, from the server, an electronic credential having a type in the rare set of types to the first software client based on a predetermined rule;

receiving, at the server and from the first software client, an allocation request to extract a service object, wherein the allocation request comprises a second plurality of electronic credentials selected from electronic credentials obtained by the first software client;

determining, at the server, that a number of types of electronic credential included in the second plurality of electronic credentials is greater than or equal to a predetermined number; and

allocating the service object to the first software client based on a predetermined allocation rule, wherein the service object is selected from a service object set.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the electronic credentials obtained by the first software client comprise electronic credentials received from the server and from a second software client associated with a second user.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the allocation request is transmitted to the server by the first software client after the first software client determines that a number of types of electronic credential collected by the first software client is greater than or equal to the predetermined number.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the predetermined rule is that a number of types of electronic credential delivered to the first software client from the server is smaller than the predetermined number.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein transmitting the at least one electronic credential to the first software client comprises randomly delivering the electronic credentials to the first software client.

13. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein, when allocating the service object to the first software client, an allocation result is sent to the first software client for display on a computer display, wherein the allocation result comprises one or more of a number of service objects, a sender of the service object, a number of other receivers of the service object, and an allocation rule of the service object.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the social connectivity of the first user is based on a number of friends of the first user in the software application.

15. A computer-implemented system, comprising:

one or more computers; and

one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, perform one or more operations comprising;

receiving, at a server and from a first software client, a request to obtain at least one electronic credential, wherein the first software client is associated with a first user, wherein the server stores a plurality of electronic credentials,

wherein the plurality of electronic credentials stored at the server are divided into a plurality of types of electronic credential, and wherein the plurality of types of electronic credential are divided into a rare set of types of electronic credential and a common set of types of electronic credential;

determining an activeness of the first user, the activeness based on a social connectivity of the first user in a software application;

determining that the activeness of the first user is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold;

in response to determining that the activeness of the first user is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold, transmitting, from the server, an electronic credential having a type in the rare set of types to the first software client based on a predetermined rule;

receiving, at the server and from the first software client, an allocation request to extract a service object, wherein the allocation request comprises a second plurality of electronic credentials selected from electronic credentials obtained by the first software client;

determining, at the server, that a number of types of electronic credential included in the second plurality of electronic credentials is greater than or equal to a predetermined number; and

allocating the service object to the first software client based on a predetermined allocation rule, wherein the service object is selected from a service object set.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, wherein the electronic credentials obtained by the first software client comprise electronic credentials received from the server and from a second software client associated with a second user.

17. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, wherein the allocation request is transmitted to the server by the first software client after the first software client determines that a number of types of electronic credential collected by the first software client is greater than or equal to the predetermined number.

18. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, wherein the predetermined rule is that a number of types of electronic credential delivered to the first software client from the server is smaller than the predetermined number.

19. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, wherein transmitting the at least one electronic credential to the first software client comprises randomly delivering the electronic credentials to the first software client.

20. The computer-implemented system of claim 15, wherein the social connectivity of the first user is based on a number of friends of the first user in the software application.