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US 9,210,117 · App. 13/762,528 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Invitation information push method and system

Inventors: Yuewei Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Huanyu Zhou (Shenzhen, CN); Ming Tian (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
H04L51/32H04L51/12H04L67/16H04L67/26H04L65/403
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Patent No.
US 9,210,117
App. No.
13/762,528
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An invitation information push method includes after receiving an invitation request sent by a microblog user, a server sending invitation information to a number of clients corresponding to invited users carried in the invitation request, wherein the invited users are users who have not registered microblog, and the number of the invited users N is greater than or equal to 1. Each client, upon receiving the invitation information, creating an invitation information guide to guide the users who have not registered the microblog to register the microblog. The method further comprises, when a predetermined time is reached, a server actively sending invitation information to at least one client corresponding to at least one user who has not registered the microblog.

Claims (52)

1. An invitation information push method comprising:

after receiving an invitation request sent by a microblog user, a server sending invitation information to clients corresponding to a number of invited users carried in the invitation request, wherein the invited users are users who have not registered microblog, and the number of the invited users N is greater than or equal to 1; and

upon receiving the invitation information, each client creating an invitation information guide to guide the user who has not registered microblog to register microblog;

wherein the server sending the invitation information to the clients corresponding to the invited users comprises:

determining, by the server, whether one or more of the invited users carried in the invitation request are in a restricted list; and

if none of the invited users carried in the invitation request is in the restricted list, sending the invitation information to the clients corresponding to the invited users carried in the invitation request if microblogging operation is not in a high-risk period;

wherein the sending the invitation information to the clients corresponding to the invited users comprises:

determining a level of an invitation qualification corresponding to the microblog user who sends the invitation request; and

according to a preset corresponding relation between the level of the invitation qualification and the number of invited users determining whether the number of the invited users carried in the invitation request is less than or equal to the number of invited users corresponding to the determined level of the invitation qualification; if yes, sending the invitation information to the clients corresponding to the invited users carried in the invitation request.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the clients corresponding to the N users who have not registered microblog comprise:

clients of the N users who have not registered microblog in one network segment; or

clients corresponding to N friends of a designated microblog user, the N friends have not registered microblog and are obtained through instant communication relation chains of the designated microblog user, or,

clients of randomly selected N users who have not registered microblog.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the invitation request sent by the microblog user is sent to the server through following steps:

when the server receives an invitation triggered by the microblog user, the server judges whether the microblog user has an invitation qualification, if yes, the server provides a microblog invitation interface to a client of the microblog user; and

the server receives the invitation request sent by the client of the microblog user, wherein the invited users carried in the invitation request are selected by the microblog user from a list of users who have not registered microblog, the list of users is provided in the microblog invitation interface.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the clients at least comprises at least one of wireless terminal, PC client and web side.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the invitation information contains at least one of hot user, hot information and persons whom the invited users who receive the invitation information may know, and creating an invitation information guide further comprises: displaying content contained in the invitation information on the invitation information guide for users who receive the invitation information to view.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

when a predetermined time is reached, the server actively sending the invitation information to the clients corresponding to the user who have not registered microblog.

7. An invitation information push system comprising:

a server comprising a processor for executing modules stored in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to execute the following procedure:

after receiving an invitation request sent by a microblog user, send invitation information to clients corresponding to a number of invited users carried in the invitation request; wherein the invited users are users who have not registered microblog, and the number of the invited users N is greater than or equal to 1; and

upon receiving the invitation information, create an invitation information guide to guide the users who have not registered microblog to register microblog;

wherein the modules of the server comprise:

a determining module configured to, after receiving the invitation request, determine whether one or more of the invited users carried in the invitation request are in a restricted list;

a sending module configured to when a determination result of the determining module is no, send the invitation information to the clients corresponding to the invited users carried in the invitation request if the microblogging operation is not in high-risk period;

wherein the sending module comprises:

a determining unit configured to determine a level of an invitation qualification corresponding to the microblog user who sends the invitation request; and

a sending unit configured to, according to a preset corresponding relation between the level of the invitation qualification and the number of invited users, determine whether the number of the invited users carried in the invitation request is less than or equal to a number of invited users corresponding to the determined level of the invitation qualification; if yes, send the invitation information to the clients corresponding to the invited users carried in the invitation request.

8. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the modules of the server are further to execute the following procedure:

when a set time is reached, actively send invitation information to the clients corresponding to the invited users who have not registered microblog.

9. The system according to claim 7 , wherein the clients corresponding to the N users who have not registered microblog comprise:

clients of the N users who have not registered microblog in one network segment; or

clients corresponding to N friends of a designated microblog user, the N friends have not registered microblog and are obtained through instant communication relation chains of the designated microblog user, or,

clients of randomly selected N users who have not registered microblog.

10. An invitation information push method comprising:

sending, by a server when a predetermined time is reached, invitation information to at least one client corresponding to at least one user who has not registered microblog;

receiving the invitation information by the at least one client corresponding to the at least one user who has not registered microblog; and

creating, by each of the at least one client, an invitation information guide to guide the at least one user who has not registered microblog to register microblog;

wherein the server sending the invitation information to at least one client corresponding to at least one user who has not registered microblog comprises:

sending, by a microblog user, an invitation request to the server;

determining, by the server, whether one or more of invited users carried in the invitation request are in a restricted list; and

if none of the invited users carried in the invitation request is in the restricted list, sending the invitation information to clients corresponding to the invited users carried in the invitation request;

wherein the sending invitation information to at east one client corresponding to at least one user who has not registered microblog comprises:

sending, by a microblog user, an invitation request to the server;

determining a level of an invitation qualification corresponding to the microblog user who sends the invitation request; and

according to a preset corresponding relation between the level of the invitation qualification and the number of invited users, determining whether the number of the invited users carried in the invitation request is less than or equal to the number of invited users corresponding to the determined level of the invitation qualification; if yes, sending the invitation information to clients corresponding to the invited users carried in the invitation request.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one client corresponding to at least one user who has not registered microblog comprises:

a client of the at least one user who has not registered microblog in one network segment; or

clients corresponding to friends of a designated microblog user, the friends have not registered microblog and are obtained through instant communication relation chains of the designated microblog user, or,

clients of randomly selected users who have not registered microblog.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2013
From: CHEN, YUEWEI; ZHOU, HUANYU; TIAN, MING
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029779/0844 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2010 1 0265937 · Aug 25, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2011077995 · Aug 4, 2011
Related Publication 20130151643A1 · Jun 13, 2013