• 专利附录
  • 专利说明
  • 权利要求
  • 类似技术
  • 同族专利
  • 引用文献
  • 法律状态
  • 优先权
    • 专利摘要:
    Disclosed in the present invention are a method, system and device for searching a user in a social network. The method includes: after a client monitors a search instruction sent by user thereof, the user geographical location information of the client is obtained, and a search request at least including the obtained user geographical location information and a user identifier of the user, is sent to a server; the server receives the search request, saves the search request informationat least including the geographical location information and the user identifier included in the received search request and the reception time of the search request, and determines whether the search request information meeting the requirements exists in each previously saved piece of search request information, if yes, then returns to the client the associated information of the user corresponding to the search request information meeting the requirements; the search request information meeting the requirements satisfies the following conditions: the interval length between the reception time in the search request information and the reception time of the search request sent by the client is less than a predetermined first threshold. By applying the solution of the present invention, the effectiveness of the search result can be improved.
    公开号:AU2013218450A1
    申请号:U2013218450
    申请日:2013-02-01
    公开日:2014-09-25
    发明作者:Junchao CHEN；Yuehai CHEN；Qianya Lin；Kunfeng RONG；Hongyang Wang；Leteng WENG
    申请人:Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd；
    IPC主号:H04L29-08
    专利说明:
    METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SEARCHING A USER IN A SOCIAL NETWORK Field of the Invention The present disclosure relates to an internet technology, and particularly to a 5 method, system and apparatus for searching for a user in a social network. Background of the Invention In an existing social network, a user can search for users to be required, such as the users in an adjacent region of the user, according to geographical position information the user. 10 In particular, when a user X is to search for users in an adjacent region of the user X, the user X may transmit a searching command to a client of the user X, such as a mobile terminal. After receiving the searching command transmitted from the user X, the client obtains geographical position information of the user X, and transmits a searching request to a server, wherein the searching request carries 15 information, such as the geographical position information, a user identifier of the user X, etc. The server can store the information that is referred as searching request information and is contained in the received searching request and can determine whether searching request information previously stored includes searching request information satisfying requirements, wherein the searching request information 20 satisfying the requirements meets the following conditions: a distance between the user corresponding to the searching request information determined according to the geographical position information in the received searching request and the user X is less than a predetermined threshold. If the searching request information previously stored satisfies the above requirements, relative information of the user corresponding 25 to the searching request information satisfying the requirements is returned to the client of the user X. The relative information may include a user identifier, personal basic information and a distance between the user corresponding the relative information and the user X, wherein the personal basic information generally includes the information recorded 1 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA when the user registers to a network, such as an age, a sex, a career, a city, etc.. The personal basic information is stored in the server. The server may search for the corresponding personal basic information through the user identifier. After receiving the relative information of the users from the server, the client 5 may present the relative information to the user X. And the user X may select an interesting user, and transmit a message to communicate with the interesting user via the client. In a practical application, the user X may transmit searching requests to the server through the client more than once, and all the searching requests may carry 10 information including the geographical position information and the user identifier, etc. For the user X, the server only stores the geographical position information and the like carried in the searching request latest received. That is, the server may respectively update the previously received geographical position information and the like by the currently received geographical position information and the like. 15 However, in the practical application, provided that user Y is previously at location A, and transmits a searching request, and the geographical position information of the user Y in the searching request information stored in the server is the geographical position information when the user Y is at a location A. Thereafter, the user Y moves to a location B for some 20 reasons, and does not yet transmit a searching request. Thus, when the user X transmits a searching request, the server will determine whether the user Y is in the adjacent region of the user X according to the geographical position information previously stored when the user Y is at the location A. If yes, the server will returns the relative information of the user Y to the user X. However, in actual, at this time, 25 the user Y has already moved to the location B which may be quite far away from the user X. Since the user X only is interesting in users in the adjacent region of the user X, the relative information of the user Y returned from the server is invalid for the user X. 2 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA Summary of the Invention In view of the above, a method, a system and an apparatus for searching for a user in a social network is provided according to examples of the present disclosure in order to improve validity of the look up result. 5 In one aspect, a method for searching for a user in a social network includes: obtaining, by a client, geographical position information of a user of the client after detecting that the user of the client transmits a searching command, and transmitting a searching request to a server, wherein the searching request at least includes the obtained geographical position information of the user and a user 10 identifier of the user; receiving, by the server, the searching request, storing a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least includes the geographical position information and the user identifier carried in the searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is received, 15 determining whether there is at least one piece of searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching request information previously stored, and returning information related with at least one user respectively corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client if there is the at least one piece of the searching request 20 information satisfying the requirement; wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in 25 the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. A system for searching for a user in a social network includes: a client, configured to obtain geographical position information of a user of the 30 client after detecting that the user of the client transmits a searching command, transmit a searching request at least carrying the obtained geographical position 3 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA information of the user and a user identifier of the user to a server, receive information that is related with at least one user and is returned by the server; and the server, configured to receive the searching request, store a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least 5 includes the geographical position information and the user identifier carried in the searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is received, determine whether there is at least one piece of searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching request information previously stored, and return the information related with at least one user respectively 10 corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client if there is the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching 15 request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. A client includes: 20 a transmitting module, configured to obtain geographical position information of a user of the client after detecting that the user of the client transmits a searching command, transmit a searching request at least carrying the obtained geographical position information of the user and a user identifier of the user to a server; and a receiving module, configured to receive information that is related with a user 25 and is returned by the server. A server includes: a storing module, configured to store a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least includes geographical position information and a user identifier carried in a searching request received and 30 receiving time when the searching request is received, the searching request is transmitted to the server after the client detects that the user of the client transmits the 4 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA searching command, and the geographical position information is obtained after the client detected that the user of the client transmits the searching command; and a processing module, configured to determine whether there is at least one searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching 5 request information previously stored, and return information related with at least one user respectively corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client if there is the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least one 10 piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in the piece of searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. 15 It can be seen, by using the technical solution of the present disclosure, in the process of searching for a user, if a time interval between a time point when the user transmits its geographical position information and the current time point is great, it should consider that the user has changed its geographical position, and thus the user will not be included in a searching result, thereby improving validity of the searching 20 result. Brief Description of Drawin2s FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for searching for a user in a social network according to an example of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a system for searching 25 for a user in a social network according to an example of the present disclosure. Detailed Description of the Invention In terms of the technical problems in the prior art, a technical solution for searching for a user in a social network is provided according to an example of the present disclosure. 5 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA In order to make the object, technical solution and merits of the present disclosure clearer, the present disclosure will be illustrated in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific examples. FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method for searching for a user in a social 5 network according to an example of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes the procedure as follows. At block 11, after detecting that its operator, i.e. a user (referred as "user X" in the present disclosure) transmits a searching command, a client obtains geographical position information of the user X, and transmits to a server a searching request 10 carrying the obtained geographical position information and a user identifier of the user X. The client may be a smart phone, a tablet computer, and so on, and the present disclosure does not make any limitation. In a practical application, according to hardware configuration of the client, the 15 client may adopt various ways to detect whether the user X transmits the searching command. In an example, for the client having a built-in sensor, such as a gravity sensor, a built-in gyroscope, a built-in accelerometer, the user X may transmit the searching command by shaking the client. As such, the client may detect that the user X transmits the searching command by detecting that the user X shakes the client. For 20 the client not having the sensor, the client may receive the searching command from the user X through an icon configured on an interactive interface, a designated touch button configured or a command inputted via audio control. In an example, the user X clicks the icon configured on the interactive interface to transmit the searching command, the client receives the click inputted by the user X, that is, the client 25 receives the searching command transmitted by the user X. Thereafter, the client obtains the geographical position information (i.e. longitude and latitude information) of the user of the client. A method for obtaining geographical position information is similar with those in the conventional technology. In an example, a Global Positioning System (GPS) function may be used to obtain the 30 geographical position information of the user of the client. In another example, a cell identifier (cell ID) of a base station to which the client belongs may be used to obtain the geographical position information of the user of the client. In another example, a 6 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA Media Access Control (MAC) address of a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) access point with which the client is connected may be used to obtain the geographical position information of the user of the client. After the geographical position information of the user of the client is obtained, 5 the client may add the geographical position information and other information such as a user identifier of the user X into the searching request and send the searching request to the server. A method for obtaining the user identifier of the user X is similar with that in a conventional technology. At block 12, the server stores a piece of searching request information. 10 The stored piece of searching request information at least includes the information, such as the geographical position information, the user identifier and the like included in the received searching request, as well as receiving time when the searching request is received. At block 13, the server determines whether there is a piece of searching request 15 information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching request information previously stored. If yes, the information related with the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is returned to the client, wherein the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirements may meet the following conditions: a time 20 interval between receiving time in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. In addition, in consideration of a case that the user X prefers to make a friend with a user in an adjacent region, the above mentioned piece of the searching request 25 information satisfying the requirements may meet a condition as follows: the time interval between the receiving time in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than the first threshold, and a distance between the user corresponding to the searching request information satisfying the 30 requirement and the user X is less than a second threshold, wherein the distance is determined according to geographical position information in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement. 7 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA At blocks 12 and 13, after receiving the searching request transmitted from the client, the server stores the piece of the searching request information. The stored piece of the searching request information at least includes the information, such as the geographical position information, the user identifier and the like, contained in the 5 received searching request, and the receiving time when the searching request is received (i.e. the current time when the searching request is received). Thereafter, the server determines whether there is the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in various pieces of the previously stored searching request information (which are pieces of searching request 10 information other than the piece of the searching request information corresponding to the searching request transmitted from the client). If there is the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the information related with the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is returned to the client. The information related with the user may 15 include a user identifier, personal basic information, a distance between the user and the user X, and so on. In an example, the server may traverse the various pieces of the searching request information previously stored, and for each piece of the searching request information previously stored, if the distance between the receiving time of the piece 20 of the searching request information and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than the first threshold and the distance between the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information and the user of the client is less than the second threshold, it may consider that the piece of the searching request information meets the requirement, wherein the 25 distance is determined according to geographical position information in the searching request information. The values of the first threshold and the second threshold may be determined as required. For example, the first threshold may be 1 minute, and the second threshold may be 1000 meters. 30 If the number of pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is more than M, that is, the number of users respectively corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to be 8 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA returned to the client is more than M, M pieces of the searching request information may be selected, and the information related with the users respectively corresponding to the selected M pieces of the searching request information is returned to the client, wherein M is an integer more than 1, and the value can be determined as required, 5 such as 20. During the process of selecting the M pieces of the searching request information, one or all of the following principles may be followed: a piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is preferred to be selected if there are more same items between the personal basic information of a user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the 10 requirement and the personal basic information of the user X; a piece of the searching request information is preferred to be selected if there are more identical items between the personal basic information of a user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and features of a historically successful friend of the user X. 15 The personal basic information may be the information recorded when the user registers to a network, such as an age, a sex, a career, a city, etc., and is stored in the server. The server may search for the corresponding personal basic information through the user identifier. In an example, provided that a user A has the same career and is at the same city 20 with the user X, while a user B only has the same career with the user X, then the user A is preferred to be selected. In another example, by analyzing features of a historically successful friend (for example, the user X and the friend are mutually added into an address list on WeChat) of the user X, it is determined that the user X prefers to make friends with the users of 25 which age group, which kind of career, in which city, and so on. If the age, career and the city of a user C respectively satisfy a feature of the historically successful friend of the user X, while only the age of user D satisfies a feature of the historically successful friend of the user X, the user C is preferred to be selected. At block 13, if all the pieces of the searching request information previously 30 stored does not satisfy the requirement, the server determines that there is no piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, wherein a piece of searching request information not satisfying the requirement may include: a piece of 9 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA searching request information receiving time of which does not satisfy the requirement while the distance of which satisfies the requirement, a piece of searching request information the receiving time of which satisfies the requirement while the distance of which does not satisfy the requirement, and a piece of searching request 5 information both the received time and the distance of which do not satisfy the requirement. The piece of the searching request information receiving time of which does not satisfy the requirement may be a piece of searching request information that a time interval between the receiving time in the piece of the searching request information and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted by the 10 client is received is no less than the first threshold. The piece of the searching request information the distance of which does not satisfy the requirement may be a piece of searching request information that the distance between the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information and the user X is no less than the second threshold, wherein the distance is determined according to the geographical position 15 information in the piece of the searching request information. If the server determines that there is no piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, i.e., all pieces of the searching request information previously stored do not satisfy the requirement, content returned to the client by the server may be empty. Alternatively, if there is the piece of the searching 20 request information the receiving of which satisfies the requirement while the distance of which does not satisfy the requirement, the information related with a user corresponding to the searching request information may be returned to the client. Moreover, if the number of users to be returned to the client is more than M, M users may be selected therefrom, and information related with the selected M users may be 25 returned to the client. When selecting the M users, one or all of the following principles may be followed: a piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is preferred to be selected if there are more same items between the personal basic information of a user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the personal basic information of 30 the user X; a piece of the searching request information is preferred to be selected if there are more identical items between the personal basic information of a user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and features of a historically successful friend of the user X. 10 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA After receiving the information related with the users returned by the server, the client may present them to the user X, thereafter, the user X may select an interesting user from the presented users, and transmits a message to the interesting user through the client in order to communicate with the interesting user. 5 In a practical application, the user X may transmit searching requests to the server through the client more than once at different times. When transmitting a searching request each time, the searching request may carry information, e.g., geographical position information, a user identifier, etc. For the user X, the server only stores the geographical position information and the like carried in the latest 10 received searching request. In addition, when a piece of searching request information including information in the searching request transmitted by the client has been stored in the server for a time period more than the first threshold, the server may delete the piece of the searching request information so as to make protection of privacy of the user X, e.g., 15 the geographical position better and to save storage space of the server. As such, the method example of the present disclosure is completed. Based on the above description, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a system for searching for a user in a social network according to an 20 example of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2, the system may include: a client 21, configured to obtain geographical position information of a user X after detecting that the user transmits a searching command, transmit a searching request at least carrying the obtained geographical position information and a user identifier of the user X to a server 22, receive information that is related with at least 25 one user and is returned by the server 22; and the server 22, configured to receive the searching request, store a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least includes the geographical position information and the user identifier carried in the searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is 30 received, determine whether there is at least one piece of searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching request information previously stored, and return the information related with at least one user 11 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA respectively corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client 21 if there is the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least 5 one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. 10 For each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement further meets the following condition: a distance between the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the user X of the client is 15 less than a second threshold, wherein the distance is determined according to geographical position information in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement. The client terminal 21 may include: a transmitting module 211, configured to obtain geographical position 20 information of a user X of the client 21 after detecting that the user X of the client 21 transmits a searching command, transmit a searching request at least carrying the obtained geographical position information of the user and a user identifier of the user to a server 22; and a receiving module 212, configured to receive information that is related with a 25 user searched out and is returned by the server 22. The transmitting module is further configured to detect that the user of the client transmits the searching command if it is detected that the user X shakes the client 21; or the transmitting module is further to detect that the user of the client transmits the searching command if an input from the user X is detected. 30 The server 22 may include: a storing module 221, configured to store a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least includes 12 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA geographical position information and a user identifier carried in a searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is received, the searching request is transmitted to the server after the client 21 detects that the user X of the client transmits the searching command, and the geographical position information is 5 obtained after the client detects that the user of the client transmits the searching command; and a processing module 222, configured to determine whether there is at least one searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching request information previously stored, and return information related with at least one 10 user respectively corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client 21 if there is the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first 15 e of the searching request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in the piece of searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. For each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in 20 the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement further meets the following condition: a distance between the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the user of the client is less than a second threshold, wherein the distance is determined according to 25 geographical position information in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement. The processing module 222 is further configured to if the number of the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is more than M, i.e., the number of users that respectively correspond to the at least one pieces of 30 the searching request information and are returned to the client 21 is more than M, selecting M pieces of the searching request information, and returning the information related with users respectively corresponding to the selected M pieces of the searching request information to the client, wherein M is an integer more than 1; 13 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA During the process of selecting the M pieces of the searching request information one or all of the following principles are followed: a piece of searching request information satisfying the requirement is preferred to be selected if there are more identical items between the personal basic information of users corresponding to the 5 M pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the personal basic information of the user X; a piece of the searching request information is preferred to be selected if there are more identical items between the personal basic information of users corresponding to the M pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and features of a historically successful friend 10 of the user X. The processing module 222 is further configured to delete a piece of searching request information that has been stored in the server for a time period that is more than the first threshold. The special flow of the system example shown in FIG. 2 may refer to the 15 corresponding description of the method example shown in FIG. 1, and will not described in detail any more. From the above description of the example, those skilled in the art may clearly appreciate that the above example may be achieved by using software together with a necessary generally used hardware platform, or by using hardware, and in many cases, 20 the former is a preferred implementation. Based on this, the technical solution may be essentially embodied in a software product form or the part of the technical solution making contribution to the prior art may be embodied in a software product form, and the computer software product may be stored in a storage medium, and includes several instructions to make a computer device (may be a personal computer, a server 25 or a network device, etc.) to perform the method described in the above examples. Those skilled in the art may understand that the modules in the apparatus of the above example may be distributed in the apparatus of the example, or may be located in one or more apparatus in other examples with corresponding modifications. The modules in the above example may be combined into one module, or may be further 30 divided into multiple sub-modules. Based on the technical solution provided in the above example, this disclosure also proposes a machine-readable storage medium adapted to store instructions which 14 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA enable a machine to perform the method for searching for a user in a social network as described herein. Specifically, a system or apparatus configured with a storage medium may be provided, the software program codes for achieving functions described in any one of the above examples are stored on the storage medium, and the 5 computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or apparatus is enabled to read and execute the program codes stored in the storage medium. In such a case, the program codes itself read from the storage medium may achieve the function of any one of the above examples, thus the program codes and the storage medium storing the program codes are consist of a part of the technical 10 solution for achieving the above method for searching for a user in a social network. An example of the storage medium storing the program codes includes a Floppy disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk (such as CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD+RW), a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card and a ROM. Alternatively, a communication network may 15 be used to download the program codes from a computer of a server. In addition, it should be noted that, the functions of any one of the above examples not only may be achieved by executing the program codes read by the computer, but also may be achieved by instructing the operating system on the computer to complete a part or all of the actual operations on the basis of the program 20 codes. In addition, it should understand that, the functions of any one of the above examples may be achieved by writing the program codes read by the computer into a storage configured in an extended plate inserted into the computer or into a storage configured in an extended unit connected with the computer, and then instructing the 25 CPU mounted on the extended plate or the extended unit to complete a part or all of the actual operations on the basis of the program codes. It can be seen, by using the technical solution of the present disclosure, in the process of searching for a user, if a time interval between a time point when the user transmits its geographical position information and the current time point is great, it 30 should consider that the user has changed its geographical position, and thus the user will not be included in a searching result, thereby improving validity of the searching result. Furthermore, the stored request may be deleted in time, thereby more 15 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA efficiently protecting privacy of the user such as the geographical position and saving storage space of a server. Also, the technical solution of the present disclosure is easy for implementation and thus is facilitate for popularization and promotion. The foregoing is only preferred examples of the present disclosure and is not 5 used to limit the protection scope of the present disclosure. Any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement without departing from the spirit and principle of the present disclosure are within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 16 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA
    权利要求:
    Claims (16)
    [1] 1. A method for searching for a user in a social network, comprising: after detecting that a user of the client transmits a searching command, obtaining, by a client, geographical position information of the user of the client, and 5 transmitting a searching request to a server, wherein the searching request at least comprises the obtained geographical position information of the user and a user identifier of the user; receiving, by the server, the searching request, storing a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least 10 includes the geographical position information and the user identifier carried in the searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is received, determining whether there is at least one piece of searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching request information previously stored, and returning information related with at least one user respectively 15 corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client if there is the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement; wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying 20 the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. 25
    [2] 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement further meets the following condition: a distance between a user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the user of the client is less than a second threshold, wherein the distance is determined according to geographical position 30 information in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement. 17 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA
    [3] 3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting that the user of the client transmits the searching command further comprises: detecting, by the client, that the user of the client transmits the searching command if it is detected that the user of the client shakes the client; or 5 detecting, by the client, that the user of the client transmits the searching command if an input operation from the user is detected.
    [4] 4. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein the information related with the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information that satisfies the requirement and is returned to the client comprises: a user identifier, personal basic 10 information and the distance between the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the user of the client.
    [5] 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: if the number of the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is more than M, selecting M pieces of the searching request 15 information satisfying the requirement, and returning the information related with users respectively corresponding to the selected M pieces of the searching request information to the client, wherein M is an integer more than 1.
    [6] 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the process of selecting the M pieces of the searching request information follows one or all of the following principles: the M 20 pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement are selected if there are more identical items between the personal basic information of the users corresponding to the M pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the personal basic information of the user of the client; the M pieces of the searching request information are selected if there are more identical items 25 between the personal basic information of the users corresponding to the M pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and features of a historically successful friend of the user of the client.
    [7] 7. The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising: deleting, by the server, a piece of searching request information that has been 30 stored in the server for a time period that is more than the first threshold.
    [8] 8. A system for searching for a user in a social network, comprising: 18 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA a client, configured to after detecting that the user of the client transmits a searching command, obtain geographical position information of a user of the client, transmit a searching request at least carrying the obtained geographical position information of the user and a user identifier of the user to a server, receive 5 information that is related with at least one user and is returned by the server; and the server, configured to receive the searching request, store a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least includes the geographical position information and the user identifier carried in the searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is received, 10 determine whether there is at least one piece of searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching request information previously stored, and return the information related with at least one user respectively corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client if there is the at least one piece of the searching request 15 information satisfying the requirement, wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in the piece of the searching request information 20 satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold.
    [9] 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement further meets the following condition: a distance between the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request 25 information satisfying the requirement and the user of the client is less than a second threshold, wherein the distance is determined according to geographical position information in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement.
    [10] 10. A client, comprising: 30 a transmitting module, configured to after detecting that the user of the client transmits a searching command, obtain geographical position information of a user of 19 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA the client, transmit a searching request at least carrying the obtained geographical position information of the user and a user identifier of the user to a server; and a receiving module, configured to receive information that is related with a user and is returned by the server. 5
    [11] 11. The client of claim 10, wherein the transmitting module is further configured to detect that the user of the client transmits the searching command if it is detected that the user of the client shakes the client; or detect that the user of the client transmits the searching command if an input operation from the user is detected. 10
    [12] 12. A server, comprising: a storing module, configured to store a piece of searching request information, wherein the piece of the searching request information at least includes geographical position information and a user identifier carried in a searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is received, the searching request is 15 transmitted to the server after the client detects that the user of the client transmits the searching command, and the geographical position information is obtained after the client detected that the user of the client transmits the searching command; and a processing module, configured to determine whether there is at least one searching request information satisfying a requirement in various pieces of searching 20 request information previously stored, and return information related with at least one user respectively corresponding to the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement to the client if there is the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, wherein for each piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement in the at least one 25 piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement, the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement meets the following condition: a time interval between receiving time in the piece of searching request information satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold. 30
    [13] 13. The server of claim 12, wherein the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement further meets the following condition: 20 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA a distance between the user corresponding to the piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the user of the client is less than a second threshold, wherein the distance is determined according to geographical position information in the piece of the searching request information satisfying the 5 requirement.
    [14] 14. The server of claim 12 or 13, wherein the processing module is further configured to if the number of the at least one piece of the searching request information satisfying the requirement is more than M, select M pieces of the searching request information, and return the information related with users 10 respectively corresponding to the selected M pieces of the searching request information to the client, wherein M is an integer more than 1; wherein the process of selecting the M pieces of the searching request information follows one or all of the following principles: the M pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement are selected if there are more 15 identical items between the personal basic information of users corresponding to the M pieces of the searching request information satisfying the requirement and the personal basic information of the user of the client; the M pieces of the searching request information is selected if there are more identical items between the personal basic information of users corresponding to the M pieces of the searching request 20 information satisfying the requirement and features of a historically successful friend of the user of the client.
    [15] 15. The server of claim 12 or 13, wherein the processing module is further configured to delete a piece of searching request information that has been stored in the server for a time period that is more than the first threshold. 25
    [16] 16. A computer storage medium, storing instructions for a computer to execute the method as claimed in any of claims 1-7. 21 5693361 1 (GHMatters) P97893.AU NIOUSHAA
    类似技术:
    公开号 | 公开日 | 专利标题
    US10282477B2|2019-05-07|Method, system and apparatus for searching for user in social network
    US10356554B2|2019-07-16|Information processing method, terminal, server, and computer storage medium
    US9088867B2|2015-07-21|Location based recommendation method for mobile station content
    WO2015127822A1|2015-09-03|Information obtaining method, information querying method, terminal, and server
    US9510145B2|2016-11-29|Battery-saving in geo-fence context method and system
    US8868105B2|2014-10-21|Method and apparatus for generating location stamps
    EP3105947A1|2016-12-21|Personal geofence
    CN104253740B|2016-01-13|Picture is registered method, Apparatus and system
    AU2013272113A1|2014-11-27|Mobile device with localized app recommendations
    CN103368984A|2013-10-23|Method and system for information sharing
    US8831639B2|2014-09-09|Setting distance based relationship between users based on motion of mobile terminal operating in a social network system
    KR20130048947A|2013-05-13|Contents display method and content providing method using identification of wireless communication apparatus, user terminal and sysyem of content providing
    EP2827252A1|2015-01-21|Device and method for providing user activity information in portable terminal
    CN102238472B|2014-11-26|Method for updating position information stored in server through current position of mobile device
    WO2014206041A1|2014-12-31|Method, mobile terminal and system for displaying picture based on wireless network, and storage medium
    EP2706496A1|2014-03-12|Device, method and computer-readable medium for recognizing places in a text
    US9031978B1|2015-05-12|Provision of location-based business information
    US10743281B2|2020-08-11|Methods, devices, and computer readable storage devices for collecting and reporting location data with a high accuracy
    CN107560617B|2020-12-29|Navigation method based on advertisement player, storage medium and advertisement player
    CN104782221A|2015-07-15|Location-aware management of lists of uniform resource locators | for mobile devices
    KR101391588B1|2014-05-07|Information of address book service system, method and apparatus for information of address book service in the system
    KR101143301B1|2012-05-08|Method for setting user interface based on location
    CN107094083B|2020-06-02|Information pushing method, information obtaining method, information pushing equipment, information obtaining equipment
    OA17050A|2016-03-04|Method, system and device for searching a user in a social network.
    US20130095858A1|2013-04-18|Method and apparatus for providing service and service interface based on position
    同族专利:
    公开号 | 公开日
    WO2013117146A1|2013-08-15|
    CN102546656A|2012-07-04|
    MX2014009639A|2015-03-19|
    CN102546656B|2015-04-29|
    JP5897153B2|2016-03-30|
    CA2863998A1|2013-08-15|
    ZA201406048B|2016-06-29|
    AP2014007910A0|2014-08-31|
    US10282477B2|2019-05-07|
    MX342593B|2016-10-05|
    JP2015507295A|2015-03-05|
    EP2814221A4|2015-08-12|
    US20140351377A1|2014-11-27|
    EP2814221A1|2014-12-17|
    SG11201404691UA|2014-09-26|
    引用文献:
    公开号 | 申请日 | 公开日 | 申请人 | 专利标题
    JPH11252003A|1998-03-04|1999-09-17|Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt>|Personal information guidance method and device in information guidance to mobile user and recording medium recording personal information guidance program|
    JP2003186900A|2001-12-21|2003-07-04|Sharp Corp|Information providing device, information providing method, recording medium with information providing program which can be read by computer recorded thereon and information providing program|
    FI20022282A0|2002-12-30|2002-12-30|Nokia Corp|Method for enabling interaction in an electronic device and an electronic device|
    EP1467536B1|2003-05-08|2004-10-20|Siemens Aktiengesellschaft|Device for state-dependently adjusting the appearance of the cover of a portable electronic device, and cover therefore|
    US20050195952A1|2004-02-25|2005-09-08|Dyer John C.|Telephone having ring stopping function|
    US7593740B2|2004-05-12|2009-09-22|Google, Inc.|Location-based social software for mobile devices|
    US8688143B2|2004-08-24|2014-04-01|Qualcomm Incorporated|Location based service system and method for creating a social network|
    US20070036347A1|2005-08-06|2007-02-15|Mordechai Teicher|Mobile Telephone with Ringer Mute|
    US20120173373A1|2005-09-14|2012-07-05|Adam Soroca|System for retrieving mobile communication facility user data from a plurality of providers|
    CN101203041B|2007-04-19|2011-09-07|高建宏|Method and system for implementation of automatic connecting vicinal taxi by mobile fixing technique|
    GB2449510A|2007-05-24|2008-11-26|Asim Bucuk|A method and system for the creation, management and authentication of links between people, entities, objects and devices|
    US20090198666A1|2008-02-01|2009-08-06|Winston Ronald H|Affinity matching system and method|
    CN101299769B|2008-05-14|2011-01-26|天津华永无线科技有限公司|Construction method of micro blog system based on geographical position|
    JP4890512B2|2008-07-29|2012-03-07|京セラ株式会社|Mobile device and operation reception method|
    CN101662403B|2008-08-29|2013-01-30|国际商业机器公司|Crowd marking method of dynamic crowd and mobile communication equipment thereof|
    US8386620B2|2009-12-15|2013-02-26|Apple Inc.|Ad hoc networking based on content and location|
    US20110179064A1|2010-01-18|2011-07-21|Anthony Peter Russo|Method of and system for providing a proximity-based matching notification service|
    WO2011149558A2|2010-05-28|2011-12-01|Abelow Daniel H|Reality alternate|
    CN101924996A|2010-09-21|2010-12-22|北京开心人信息技术有限公司|Topic grouping method and system based on geographic position information|
    CN102162854A|2011-01-11|2011-08-24|厦门雅迅网络股份有限公司|Method for acquiring position information in real time based on GPS data|
    US10204327B2|2011-02-05|2019-02-12|Visa International Service Association|Merchant-consumer bridging platform apparatuses, methods and systems|
    CN102546656B|2012-02-10|2015-04-29|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Method, system and device for finding user in social network|
    US20130282438A1|2012-04-24|2013-10-24|Qualcomm Incorporated|System for delivering relevant user information based on proximity and privacy controls|CN102546656B|2012-02-10|2015-04-29|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Method, system and device for finding user in social network|
    CN103731464A|2012-10-16|2014-04-16|北京千橡网景科技发展有限公司|Method for providing information and receiving information, server and user equipment|
    CN103826198A|2012-11-19|2014-05-28|中兴通讯股份有限公司|Method for booking and notifying geographical location information of contact person and device thereof|
    CN103905976B|2012-12-26|2017-04-12|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Social network user searching method, terminal and system|
    CN103078918B|2012-12-27|2015-12-02|浙江报喜鸟服饰股份有限公司|A kind of system for realizing data query|
    CN103179117A|2013-03-19|2013-06-26|白崇振|Business data exchange method and system and server|
    CN104135713B|2013-05-15|2015-11-25|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|User profile recommend method, device, equipment and system|
    US20150019642A1|2013-07-11|2015-01-15|Papaya Mobile, Inc.|Calendar-event recommendation system|
    CN104333564A|2013-07-22|2015-02-04|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Target operation method, system and device|
    CN103442332A|2013-08-30|2013-12-11|苏州跨界软件科技有限公司|Friend-making information push system based on geographic positions|
    CN105530160B|2014-09-30|2020-05-12|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Message sending method and device|
    CN104467963B|2014-10-31|2017-04-26|珠海横琴华策光通信科技有限公司|Communication device, server and communication method|
    CN105159906B|2015-06-16|2018-06-29|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Information displaying method and device|
    CN105045921A|2015-08-26|2015-11-11|北京京东尚科信息技术有限公司|Method and device for providing recommendation information for mobile terminal|
    CN105392117B|2015-10-19|2020-06-02|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Method and device for querying short-distance object|
    CN106982197A|2016-01-19|2017-07-25|阿里巴巴集团控股有限公司|Method and device for business processing|
    CN105530175B|2016-01-29|2020-03-20|腾讯科技（深圳）有限公司|Message processing method, device and system|
    CN105807274A|2016-03-16|2016-07-27|深圳市大财子科技有限公司|Radar location method and system based on social platform and social platform|
    CN107079066A|2016-10-19|2017-08-18|深圳市大疆创新科技有限公司|Control method, control device and electronic installation|
    US10372234B2|2017-05-09|2019-08-06|LenovoPte Ltd|Calculating a social zone distance|
    法律状态:
    2016-04-14| MK5| Application lapsed section 142(2)(e) - patent request and compl. specification not accepted|
    优先权:
    申请号 | 申请日 | 专利标题
    CN201210029646.3A|CN102546656B|2012-02-10|2012-02-10|Method, system and device for finding user in social network|
    CN201210029646.3||2012-02-10||
    PCT/CN2013/071265|WO2013117146A1|2012-02-10|2013-02-01|Method, system and device for searching a user in a social network|
    [返回顶部]