# US 2022/0284479 A1 · Information display apparatus and method for social application, display terminal, and medium

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- Number: US 2022/0284479 A1
- Document ID: US20220284479A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/631,342
- Filed: 2020-06-24
- Published: 2022-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2019-07-31
- Assignees: Bigo Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Applicants: Bigo Technology Pte. Ltd.
- Inventors: Xiao SUN; Siying CHEN; Tiejun WANG
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220284479A1

## CPC

- G06Q 30/0269: {based on user profile or attribute}
- G06F 16/9536: Search customisation based on social or collaborative filtering
- G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
- G06Q 10/42: Determination of affinities or common interests between users
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

Provided is an information display apparatus for a social application, including a first information stream page and a second information stream page, wherein the first information stream page is configured to display posts published by first objects, the first objects including a user who has a first-type relationship with a current user, the second information stream page is configured to display posts published by second objects, the second objects including a user, in a group that the current user joins, who has a second-type relationship with the current user, and a portal of the second information stream page is displayed on the first information stream page in response to the posts published by the second objects being updated; wherein the first-type relationship is a friend relationship, and the second-type relationship is a non-friend relationship.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information display apparatus for a social application, comprising a first information stream page and a second information stream page, wherein the first information stream page is configured to display posts published by first objects, the first objects comprising a user who has a first-type relationship with a current user, the second information stream page is configured to display posts published by second objects, the second objects comprising a user who is in a group that the current user joins and has a second-type relationship with the current user, and a portal of the second information stream page is displayed on the first information stream page in response to the posts published by the second objects being updated; and
wherein the first-type relationship is a friend relationship, and the second-type relationship is a non-friend relationship.

### Claim 2

(canceled)

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein there is at least one of:
the posts published by the first objects further comprising at least one of a post published by a user who has the second-type relationship with the current user and pushed by a backend of the social application or an advertisement pushed by the backend of the social application; or the posts published by the second objects further comprising an advertisement related to the group that the current user joins and pushed by the backend of the social application.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The information display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein with respect to the post published by the user who has the second-type relationship with the current user and pushed by the backend of the social application, the user who has the second-type relationship with the current user is not the user who is in the group that the current user joins and has the second-type relationship with the current user.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a like control or a comment control is configured for the posts displayed on the first information stream page and the second information stream page.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The information display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
likes are visible to the current user in the case that the like control is configured for the posts displayed on the first information stream page and the second information stream page;
comments are visible to the current user in the case that the comment control is configured for the posts displayed on the first information stream page and the second information stream page; or
likes and comments are visible to the current user in the case that the like control and the comment control are configured for the posts displayed on the first information stream page and the second information stream page.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the portal of the second information stream page is displayed on the first information stream page in a form of a post group bar, wherein the post group bar and the posts on the first information stream page are sequentially arranged on the first information stream page based on post publishing time.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the portal of the second information stream page is displayed on the first information stream page in a form of a post group bar, wherein at least one of a name of the group, an image of the group, or status information of the group is displayed in the post group bar.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a portal for the current user to add the user as a friend is configured for the post published by the user who has the second-type relationship with the current user and displayed on the second information stream page.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The information display apparatus according to claim 9, wherein in the case that the current user adds the user who is in the group that the current user joins and has the second-type relationship with the current user as the friend, a post published by the user added by the current user as the friend is removed from the second information stream page and displayed on the first information stream page.

### Claim 11

An information display method for a social application, comprising the following steps that can be performed in any order:
displaying posts published by first objects on a first information stream page, wherein the first objects comprise a user who has a friend relationship with a current user; and
displaying posts published by second objects on a second information stream page corresponding to a group that the current user joins, wherein the second objects comprise a user who is in the group that the current user joins and has a non-friend relationship with the current user; wherein
a portal of the second information stream page is displayed on the first information stream page in response to the posts published by the second objects being updated.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The information display method according to claim 11, further comprising at least one of:
displaying, on the first information stream page, at least one of a post published by a user who has the non-friend relationship with the current user and pushed by a backend of the social application or an advertisement pushed by the backend of the social application; or
displaying, on the second information stream page corresponding to the group that the current user joins, an advertisement related to the group that the current user joins and pushed by the backend of the social application.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The information display method according to claim 11, further comprising:
in the case that the current user adds the user who is in the group that the current user joins and has the non-friend relationship with the current user as a friend, removing a post published by the user added by the current user as the friend from the second information stream page and displaying the post on the first information stream page.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The information display method according to claim 13, further comprising:
performing a corresponding friend adding operation based on the post published by the user who is in the group that the current user joins and has the non-friend relationship with the current user and displayed on the second information stream page corresponding to the group; wherein a portal for the current user to add the user as the friend is configured for the post published by the user who has the non-friend relationship with the current user.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The information display method according to claim 11, wherein the displaying the posts published by the second objects on the second information stream page corresponding to the group that the current user joins comprises:
determining a target group that the current user and the user who has the non-friend relationship with the current user both join; and
displaying the post published by the user who has the non-friend relationship with the current user on the second information stream page corresponding to the target group.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The information display method according to claim 15, wherein the determining the target group that the current user and the user who has the non-friend relationship with the current user both join comprises:
determining one or more groups that the current user and the user who has the non-friend relationship with the current user both join; and
in the case that the number of groups is one, determining the group as the target group; or
in the case that the number of groups is more than one, determining a group with a highest degree of interaction between the current user and the user who has the non-friend relationship with the current user in a plurality of groups as the target group.

### Claim 17

A display terminal, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a storage apparatus, configured to store at least one program;
wherein the at least one processor, when running the at least one program, is caused to perform:
displaying posts published by first objects on a first information stream page, wherein the first objects comprise a user who has a friend relationship with a current user; and
displaying posts published by second objects on a second information stream page corresponding to a group that the current user loins, wherein the second objects comprise a user who is in the group that the current user joins and has a non-friend relationship with the current user; wherein a portal of the second information stream page is displayed on the first information stream page in response to the posts published by the second objects being updated.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

An information display system, comprising a publishing terminal, a server, and the display terminal according to claim 17; wherein
the publishing terminal is configured to upload corresponding published posts to the server; and the server is configured to find a user who has a friend relationship with a publishing user corresponding to the published post and a user, in a group that the publishing user joins, who has a non-friend relationship with the publishing user, and send the published post and a relationship between a display user of the display terminal and the publishing user to the display terminal of the user who has the friend relationship with the publishing user and the display terminal of the user who has the non-friend relationship with the publishing user.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The system according to claim 18, wherein the server is configured to find the user who has the friend relationship with the publishing user corresponding to the published post and the user, in a group that the publishing user joins, who has the non-friend relationship with the publishing user in the following manner: determining the user who has the friend relationship with the publishing user in a friend database of the publishing user, selecting the group that the publishing user joins in a group database of the publishing user, and determining the user, in the group that the publishing user joins, who has the non-friend relationship with the publishing user.

### Claim 20 (depends on 18)

The system according to claim 18, wherein the server is further configured to actively push at least one of a post published by a user who has the non-friend relationship with the display user of the display terminal or a corresponding advertisement to the display terminal.

### Claim 21 (depends on 11)

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing at least one computer program, wherein the at least one computer program, when run by a processor, causes the processor to perform the information display method for the social application as defined in claim 11.