Method, apparatus, user device and server for displaying personal homepage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11218556-B2
Application number	US-201916453764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2019
Priority date	Dec 26, 2016
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

This specification describes techniques for displaying a personal home page. One example non-transitory, computer-readable medium includes generating, by a first user device of a first user, a communication session between the first user device and a second user device of a second user by using a social network provided by a server, the communication session being associated with a personal homepage; receiving, by the first user device of the first user, current activity status information of the second user of the personal homepage that is provided by the server, wherein the current activity status information comprises a current activity theme picture or a current activity theme video; and displaying, by the first user device of the first user, the current activity status information in a background area of the personal homepage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a personal homepage, the computer-implemented method comprising:
determining, by a social network server, that a posting user of a social network has enabled a personal status display mode in which a theme picture that is selected by a social network server based on a current activity of the posting user, or a theme video that is selected by the social network server based on the current activity of the posting user, are to be automatically displayed in a background image region of a social network page that is associated with the posting user and that is viewable by other members of the social network;
receiving, from a viewing user of the social network, a request to view the social network page of the posting user;
in response to determining that the posting user of the social network has enabled the personal status display mode and in response to the request to view the social network page of the posting user by the viewing user of the social network, determining, by the social network server, a particular current activity that is based on monitoring a background application running on a user device associated with the posting user of the social network;
selecting, by the social network server, a particular theme picture based on the particular current activity, or a particular theme video based on the particular current activity determined by monitoring the background application running on the user device associated with the posting user of the social network; and
providing, for display to the viewing user in the background image region of the social network page that is associated with the posting user and that is viewable by other members of the social network, the particular theme picture that the social network server selected based on the particular current activity, or the particular theme video that the social network server selected based on the particular current activity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular theme picture or the particular theme video are selected by the social network server based on a link that is provided by a device associated with the posting user.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising providing a textual description of the particular current activity on another region of the social network page that is associated with the posting user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particular current activity is determined based on an identity of one or more applications that are running on a user device that is associated with the posting user.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing, for display, the particular theme picture or the particular theme video comprises providing a link address that, when selected, switches, from display, the social media page with a page associated with the link address.

6. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations for displaying a personal homepage, the operations comprising:
determining, by a social network server, that a posting user of a social network has enabled a personal status display mode in which a theme picture that is selected by a social network server based on a current activity of the posting user, or a theme video that is selected by the social network server based on the current activity of the posting user, are to be automatically displayed in a background image region of a social network page that is associated with the posting user and that is viewable by other members of the social network;
receiving, from a viewing user of the social network, a request to view the social network page of the posting user;
in response to determining that the posting user of the social network has enabled the personal status display mode and in response to the request to view the social network page of the posting user by the viewing user of the social network, determining, by the social network server, a particular current activity that is based on monitoring a background application running on a user device associated with the posting user of the social network;
selecting, by the social network server, a particular theme picture based on the particular current activity, or a particular theme video based on the particular current activity determined by monitoring the background application running on the user device associated with the posting user of the social network; and
providing, for display to the viewing user in the background image region of the social network page that is associated with the posting user and that is viewable by other members of the social network, the particular theme picture that the social network server selected based on the particular current activity, or the particular theme video that the social network server selected based on the particular current activity.

7. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the particular theme picture or the particular theme video are selected by the social network server based on a link that is provided by a device associated with the posting user.

8. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the operations comprise providing a textual description of the particular current activity on another region of the social network page that is associated with the posting user.

9. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the particular current activity is determined based on an identity of one or more applications that are running on a user device that is associated with the posting user.

10. The medium of claim 6 , wherein the particular current activity is determined based on monitoring foreground and background applications that are running on a user device that is associated with the posting user.

11. The medium of claim 6 , wherein providing, for display, the particular theme picture or the particular theme video comprises providing a link address that, when selected, switches, from display, the social media page with a page associated with the link address.

12. A 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 for displaying a personal homepage, the operations comprising:
determining, by a social network server, that a posting user of a social network has enabled a personal status display mode in which a theme picture that is selected by a social network server based on a current activity of the posting user, or a theme video that is selected by the social network server based on the current activity of the posting user, are to be automatically displayed in a background image region of a social network page that is associated with the posting user and that is viewable by other members of the social network;
receiving, from a viewing user of the social network, a request to view the social network page of the posting user;
in response to determining that the posting user of the social network has enabled the personal status display mode and in response to the request to view the social network page of the posting user by the viewing user of the social network, determining, by the social network server, a particular current activity that is based on monitoring a background application running on a user device associated with the posting user of the social network;
selecting, by the social network server, a particular theme picture based on the particular current activity, or a particular theme video based on the particular current activity determined

Assignees

• Advanced New Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fu Xiaozhen

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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

• H04L67/535

  Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34) · CPC title

• G06F16/958 Primary

  Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking · CPC title

• G06F16/9558

  Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations · CPC title

• H04L65/1069

  Session establishment or de-establishment · CPC title