MESSAGE PUSHING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF

• US 20180167477A1
• Filed: 12/07/2017
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Xie, Yan, Chu, Yueyue, Cheng, Yue
• Granted Patent: US 10,819,813 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

A message pushing method and an apparatus are provided in the field of electronic technology. The method may include: acquiring a push message corresponding to a target user account; acquiring a state parameter for each smart device that is bound to the target user account; determining whether each smart device is in an active state based on the state parameter; and sending the push message to at least one target smart device in the active state.

Claims

1. A message pushing method applied to server, comprising:

acquiring a push message corresponding to a target user account;

acquiring a state parameter for each smart device that is bound to the target user account;

determining whether each smart device is in an active state based on the state parameter; and

sending the push message to at least one target smart device in the active state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether each smart device is in an active state based on the state parameter comprises:

calculating each smart device'"'"'s activeness in accordance with a preset activeness calculation algorithm and the state parameter for each smart device; and

determining that the smart device is in the active state when its activeness is greater than a preset threshold.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein calculating each smart device'"'"'s activeness in accordance with the preset activeness calculation algorithm and the state parameter of each smart device comprises:

acquiring a weighting corresponding to each of N sub-parameters of each smart device, wherein the state parameter of each smart device includes the N sub-parameters, N is a positive whole number; and

determining each smart device'"'"'s activeness in accordance with the weighting corresponding each sub-parameter, wherein the activeness W_i of the i^th smart device satisfies

4. The method of claim 3, wherein acquiring the weighting corresponding to each of N sub-parameters of each smart device comprises:

determining, among the N sub-parameters of each smart device, a value range in which a parameter value of each sub-parameter is; and

determining the weighting corresponding to the value range in which the parameter value of each sub-parameter is, in accordance with a correlation between the value range and the weighting saved in advance.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein sending the push message to the at least one target smart device comprises:

checking a number of the at least one target smart device; and

sending the push message to the target smart device with the highest activeness, when the number of the at least one target smart device is greater than 1.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

after calculating each smart device'"'"'s activeness,

sending a prompting message to the one or a plurality of smart devices respectively, when there is no smart device with activeness greater than the preset threshold among the one or a plurality of smart devices; and

determine any smart device sending feedback information as the target smart device, when the feedback information sent from the smart device among the one or a plurality of smart devices is received.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein

the state parameter includes at least one of current screen mode, touch operation times received within a preset period and elapsed time between a moment when receiving the last touch operation and a present moment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring the state parameter for each smart device that is bound to the target user account comprises:

sending a state acquisition request to each of M smart devices bound to the target user account respectively;

receiving the state parameters uploaded by L of the M smart devices, wherein M is a positive integer and L not greater than M; and

setting the state parameters of the (M-L) of the M smart devices as preset default values, wherein the preset default values indicate that the (M-L) smart devices are in the non-active state.

9. A message pushing apparatus applied to a server, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storage storing executable instructions executed by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

acquire a push message corresponding to a target user account;

acquire a state parameter of each of smart device that is bound to the target user account;

determine at least one target smart device by determining whether each smart device is in an active state in accordance with the acquired state parameter; and

send the push message to the at least one target smart device in the active state.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

calculate each smart device'"'"'s activeness in accordance with a preset activeness calculation algorithm and the state parameter of each smart device; and

determine that the smart device is in the active state when its activeness is greater than a preset threshold.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the state parameter of each smart device includes N sub-parameters and N is a positive while number;

the processor is further configured to;

acquire a weighting corresponding to each of the N sub-parameters of each smart device; and

determine each smart device'"'"'s activeness in accordance with the weighting corresponding to each sub-parameter, wherein the activeness W_i of the i^th smart device satisfies;

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine, among the N sub-parameters of each smart device, a value range in which a parameter value of each sub-parameter is; and

determine the weighting corresponding to the value range in which the parameter value of each sub-parameter is, in accordance with a correlation between the value range and the weighting saved in advance.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

check a number of the at least one target smart device; and

send the push message to the target smart device with the highest activeness, when the number of the at least one target smart device is greater than 1.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a prompting message to the one or a plurality of smart devices respectively, when there is no smart device with activeness greater than the preset threshold among the one or a plurality of smart deices; and

configured to determine any smart device sending feedback information as the target smart device, when the feedback information sent from the smart device among the one or a plurality of smart devices is received.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein

the state parameter includes at least one of current screen mode, touch operation times received within a preset period and elapsed time between a moment when receiving the last touch operation and the present moment.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a state acquisition request to each of the M smart devices bound to the target user account respectively;

receive the state parameters uploaded by L of the M smart devices, wherein M is a positive integer and L is not greater than M; and

set the state parameters of the (M-L) of the M smart devices as preset default values, wherein the preset default values indicate that the (M-L) smart devices are in the non-active state.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising instructions stored in the non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium, the instructions, when executed on a processor, causing the processor to perform acts comprising:

acquiring a push message corresponding to a target user account;

acquiring a state parameter for each smart device that is bound to the target user account;

determining whether each smart device is in an active state based on the state parameter; and

sending the push message to at least one target smart device in the active state.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the acts further comprise:

calculating each smart device'"'"'s activeness in accordance with a preset activeness calculation algorithm and the state parameter for each smart device; and

determining that the smart device is in the active state when its activeness is greater than a preset threshold.