Information sharing method, client, and computer storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10878437-B2
Application number	US-201715725127-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

An information sharing method, including; receiving an instruction for sharing first information to a first information pool of a first user, wherein the first information pool includes a plurality of electronic coupons shared by one or more contact users associated with the first user, and wherein the first information pool is accessible to respective user accounts of the one or more contact users; adding the first electronic coupon to the first information pool; receiving a confirmation notification from a third-party server corresponding to the first electronic coupon, wherein the confirmation notification is sent by the third-party server in response to a second user in the contact users applying the first electronic coupon in an online transaction, wherein the confirmation notification includes at least second information that corresponds to the first information, wherein the second information includes a second electronic coupon related to the first electronic coupon.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information sharing method performed at a first client terminal and a remote server, wherein the first client terminal is communicatively connected to the remote server that hosts a social networking application, the method comprising:
at the first client terminal associated with a first user account of the social networking application:
obtaining, from the remote server, first information for the first user account, wherein the first information corresponds to a first electronic coupon for a first good or service;
receiving, from the first user, an instruction for sharing the first information to a first information pool of the first user, wherein the first information pool includes a plurality of electronic coupons shared with one or more contact users at the social networking application and associated with the first user, and wherein the first information pool is accessible to respective user accounts of the one or more contact users;
in response to receiving the instruction, adding the first electronic coupon to the first information pool, including:
determining a first geographic restriction corresponding to the first electronic coupon;
scanning geographic locations of the one or more contact users to identify a subset of the one or more contact users that are located in regions where usage of the first electronic coupon is disabled according to the first geographic restriction; and
including an indicator adjacent the first electronic coupon when adding the first electronic coupon to the first information pool, wherein the indicator causes a server maintaining the first information pool to prevent the first electronic coupon from being displayed to or made accessible to the subset of the one or more contact users of the first user;

receiving a confirmation notification from a third-party server corresponding to the first electronic coupon, wherein the confirmation notification is sent by the third-party server in response to a second user in the one or more contact users of the first user and associated with a second client terminal applying the first electronic coupon in an online transaction, wherein the confirmation notification includes at least second information that corresponds to the first information, wherein the second information includes a second electronic coupon related to the first electronic coupon and a plurality of third electronic coupons issued by the third-party server, and wherein the second user applying the first electronic coupon in the online transaction causes the plurality of third electronic coupons to be added without user input to a second information pool of a second user account of the social networking application associated with the second client terminal, where the second information pool is to be shared with one or more contact users at the social networking application and associated with the second user;
marking the first electronic coupon in the first information pool associated with the first user account of the social networking application in a visually distinctive manner to indicate that the first electronic coupon has been used;
processing the confirmation notification to obtain a notification and the second electronic coupon, including:
displaying, in a notification listing, a first notification including description of the transaction; and
displaying, in a coupon listing, the second electronic coupon, wherein the coupon listing is a private information pool including one or more electronic coupons that are not shared with other contact users of the first user.

2. The method of claim 1 , including:
generating a request for at least one additional electronic coupon related to the first electronic coupon, wherein the request includes a respective identifier of the confirmation notification, wherein the request causes the third-party server to add one or more additional electronic coupons to the first information pool without further input from the first user.

3. The method of claim 1 , including:
displaying the plurality of electronic coupons in the first information pool in a group coupon listing interface, wherein the group coupon listing interface indicates a coupon split option for splitting a respective electronic coupon with one or more contact users of the first user.

4. A computer network system comprising: a first client terminal and a remote server, wherein the first client terminal is communicatively connected to the remote server that hosts a social networking application, each of the first client terminal and the remote server comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
at the first client terminal associated with a first user account of the social networking application:
obtaining, from the remote server, first information for the first user account, wherein the first information corresponds to a first electronic coupon for a first good or service;
receiving, from the first user, an instruction for sharing the first information to a first information pool of the first user, wherein the first information pool includes a plurality of electronic coupons shared with one or more contact users at the social networking application and associated with the first user, and wherein the first information pool is accessible to respective user accounts of the one or more contact users;
in response to receiving the instruction, adding the first electronic coupon to the first information pool, including:
determining a first geographic restriction corresponding to the first electronic coupon;
scanning geographic locations of the one or more contact users to identify a subset of the one or more contact users that are located in regions where usage of the first electronic coupon is disabled according to the first geographic restriction; and
including an indicator adjacent the first electronic coupon when adding the first electronic coupon to the first information pool, wherein the indicator causes a server maintaining the first information pool to prevent the first electronic coupon from being displayed to or made accessible to the subset of the one or more contact users of the first user;

receiving a confirmation notification from a third-party server corresponding to the first electronic coupon, wherein the confirmation notification is sent by the third-party server in response to a second user in the one or more contact users of the first user and associated with a second client terminal applying the first electronic coupon in an online transaction, wherein the confirmation notification includes at least second information that corresponds to the first information, wherein the second information includes a second electronic coupon related to the first electronic coupon and a plurality of third electronic coupons issued by the third-party server, and wherein the second user applying the first electronic coupon in the online transaction causes the plurality of third electronic coupons to be added without user input to a second information pool of a second user account of the social networking application associated with the second client terminal, where the second information pool is to be shared with one or more contact users at the social networking application and associated with the second user;
marking the first electronic coupon in the first information pool associated with the first user account of the social networking application in a visually distinctive manner to indicate that the first electronic coupon has been used;
processing the confirmation notification to obtain a notification and the second electronic coupon, including:
displaying, in a notification listing, a first notification including description

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd
• Tencent Tech Shenzhen
• Company Ltd

Inventors

• Ye Wa
• Xu Zhenyu
• Li Peiku
• Zhu Zhouwei
• Zhou Mengsha
• Lin Jiongchao
• Wu Beiqi
• Wang Likai
• Lin Jiandong
• Zhuo Dacheng
• Lian Zeqi
• Wang Hongyang
• Zang Jing

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q30/0214 Primary

  Referral reward systems · CPC title

• G06Q30/0225

  Avoiding frauds · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title