Method, System and Apparatus for Searching for User in Social Network

A method for searching for a user in a social network, comprising:

• receiving, by a server, a searching request from a client;
• storing, by the server, 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 the searching request received and receiving time when the searching request is received;
• determining, by the server, 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, by the server, 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 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.

A system for searching for a user in a social network, comprising:

• a client, configured to detect 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 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, 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 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 satisfying the requirement and the receiving time when the searching request transmitted from the client is received is less than a first threshold.

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 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 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 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.