WO2020101069A1

WO2020101069A1 - Method and apparatus for processing social network information

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Publication number: WO2020101069A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/013961
Authority: WO
Inventors: Zhibiao CHENG; Guangzhu Wu
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2018-11-15
Filing date: 2018-11-15
Publication date: 2020-05-22

Abstract

There is provided a method and apparatus for processing social network information. The method for processing social network information includes: receiving an operation for viewing social behaviors of a concerned user in a social network; acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation; generating a friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors; and displaying the generated friend relationship network. With the method and apparatus for processing social network information of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, interactions between the concerned user and his/her friends can be well known.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SOCIAL NETWORK INFORMATION

The present invention relates to an electronic technical field, and more particularly, relates to a method and apparatus for processing social network information.

With the development of the Internet industry, communication between people is more convenient and closer, and users communicate through many social network sites/social applications (for example, Renren, Weibo, WeChat moments, etc.). When using social network sites/social applications, a user can interact with friends by posting status, log, etc.; the status and the log posted by the user are the user's personal dynamic information, a piece of personal dynamic information may be a status, a log, and a shared link, etc.; and friends can also interact with the user with respect to the user's personal dynamic information.

However, with the expansion of the user's relationship circle, the number of friends of the user may be increased, and the dynamic information posted by the user's friends may also be very large; and the dynamic information of the friends is usually sorted according to the release time, and it is relatively difficult for the user to screen out the social activities of his/her specially concerned user when there are more dynamic information.

An object of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention lies in providing a method and apparatus for processing social network information so as to facilitate viewing social activities of a concerned user.

According to an aspect of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for processing social network information, including: receiving an operation for viewing social behaviors of a concerned user in a social network; acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation; generating a friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors; and displaying the generated friend relationship network.

Alternatively, the acquiring of the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation may include: transmitting, to a server, a request for acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation; and receiving, from the server, the social behaviors of the concerned user acquired by the server in response to the request.

Alternatively, the generating of the friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors may include: determining all other users interacting with the concerned user; and generating the friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the concerned user and all other users interacting with the concerned user.

Alternatively, the social behaviors may include interacting information, and the method for processing social network information may further include: receiving a user's selection of any other user in the friend relationship network; and displaying the interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user in response to the selection.

Alternatively, the friend relationship network may include a first sub-relationship network that may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who comment on a dynamic message posted by the concerned user and/or a second sub-relationship network that may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who have posted a dynamic message commented by the concerned user, wherein the displaying of the interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user may include: displaying a comment of the any other user on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the first sub-relationship network, and displaying a comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by the any other user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the second sub-relationship network.

Alternatively, the displaying of the generated friend relationship network may include: loading the friend relationship network of the concerned user generated based on the interaction information of the concerned user into a first predetermined page for display, wherein the social behaviors may further include personal dynamic information, and the method for processing social network information may further include: loading the personal dynamic information of the concerned user into a second predetermined page for display.

Alternatively, the displaying of the generated friend relationship network may include: displaying the first sub-relationship network in a first sub-page of the first predetermined page, and displaying the second sub-relationship network in a second sub-page of the first predetermined page.

Alternatively, the friend relationship network may reflect closeness of the interactive contact between the concerned user and other users interacting with the concerned user.

Alternatively, the friend relationship network may include: a central node, other nodes and edges, wherein the central node may be the concerned user, the other nodes may be other users interacting with the concerned user, and the central node may be connected with each node of the other nodes through the edges, respectively, to indicate that there is interactive contact between the concerned user and other users connected through the edges.

Alternatively, the closeness of the interactive contact may be reflected through display forms of the edges.

Alternatively, the method for processing social network information may further include: when a predetermined operation on the concerned user in the friend relationship network is received, displaying a prompt interface for voluntarily contacting the concerned user, wherein the prompt interface may include an option of contacting the concerned user based on a phone number and/or an option of contacting the concerned user via the social network, and communicating with the concerned user in the selected contact manner according to the user's selection in the prompt interface.

Alternatively, when a selection operation on the option of contacting the concerned user based on the phone number is received, if there is the phone number associated with the concerned user, the concerned user may be contacted by phone/short message based on the phone number; and if there is no phone number associated with the concerned user, an associated interface may be displayed, and the phone number of the concerned user is associated to a social account of the concerned user according to the user's operation on the associated interface.

Alternatively, the method for processing social network information may further include: receiving prompt information of a social behavior update of the concerned user from the server, and viewing the social behavior updated by the concerned user according to the selection of the prompt information.

According to another aspect of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for processing social network information, including: an input interface; a processor, configured to receive an operation for viewing social behaviors of a concerned user in a social network through the input interface, acquire the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation, and generate a friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors; and a display displaying the generated friend relationship network under control of the processor.

Alternatively, the process of acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation may include: transmitting, to a server, a request for acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation; and receiving, from the server, the social behaviors of the concerned user acquired by the server in response to the request.

Alternatively, the process of generating the friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors may include: determining all other users interacting with the concerned user; and generating the friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the concerned user and all other users interacting with the concerned user.

Alternatively, the social behaviors may include interacting information, and the processor may be further configured to receive a user's selection of any other user in the friend relationship network through the input interface; and control the display to display interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user in response to the selection.

Alternatively, the friend relationship network may include a first sub-relationship network that may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who comment on a dynamic message posted by the concerned user and/or a second sub-relationship network that may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who have posted a dynamic message commented by the concerned user, wherein the process of displaying interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user may include: displaying a comment of the any other user on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the first sub-relationship network, and displaying a comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by the any other user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the second sub-relationship network.

Alternatively, the process of displaying the generated friend relationship network may include: loading the friend relationship network of the concerned user generated based on the interaction information of the concerned user into a first predetermined page for display, wherein the social behaviors may further include personal dynamic information, and the processor may control the display to load the personal dynamic information of the concerned user into a second predetermined page for display.

Alternatively, the process of displaying the generated friend relationship network may include: displaying the first sub-relationship network in a first sub-page of the first predetermined page, and displaying the second sub-relationship network in a second sub-page of the first predetermined page.

Alternatively, when a predetermined operation on the concerned user in the friend relationship network is received through the input interface, the processor may control the display to display a prompt interface for voluntarily contacting the concerned user, the prompt interface may include an option of contacting the concerned user based on a phone number and/or an option of contacting the concerned user via the social network, and the processor may perform communication with the concerned user in the selected contact manner according to the user's selection in the prompt interface.

Alternatively, when a selection operation on the option of contacting the concerned user based on the phone number is received through the input interface, if the processor determines that there is the phone number associated with the concerned user, the concerned user may be contacted by phone/short message based on the phone number; and if the processor determines that there is no phone number associated with the concerned user, the processor may control the display to display an associated interface, and the phone number of the concerned user is associated to a social account of the concerned user according to the user's operation on the associated interface received through the input interface.

Alternatively, the apparatus for processing social network information may further include a communication interface that receives the prompt information of a social behavior update of the concerned user from the server, and the processor may receive the selection of the prompt information through the input interface, and control the display to display the social behavior updated by the concerned user corresponding to the prompt information.

According to another aspect of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, when are executed by a processor, to cause the processor to perform the above method for processing social network information.

With the method and apparatus for processing social network information of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, interactions between the concerned user and his/her friends can be well known.

The above and other purposes, features and advantages of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention will become apparent, from the following detailed descriptions in combination with the accompanying drawings, which exemplarily illustrate the embodiments, and in which:

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a method for processing social network information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of the acquiring of the social behaviors of the concerned user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of the displaying of interaction information between the concerned user and other users according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Figs. 4 and 5 show example diagrams of displaying interaction information between the concerned user and other users according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 shows an example diagram of displaying personal dynamic information posted by the concerned user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of the communicating with the concerned user based on a friend relationship network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 shows an example diagram of communicating with the concerned user based on the friend relationship network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 9 shows a flowchart of the receiving of prompt information indicating a social behavior update of the concerned user from the server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

Figs. 10 and 11 show example diagrams of receiving prompt information indicating the social behavior update of the concerned user from the server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 12 shows a structural diagram of an apparatus for processing social network information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Different exemplary embodiments will be described more sufficiently with reference to the drawings, wherein some exemplary embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a method for processing social network information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 1, in step S10, an operation for viewing social behaviors of a concerned user in a social network is received. For example, the operation may be a touch input, voice input or physical button input, and as an example, the touch input may include any one of a long-press operation, a sliding operation, and a click operation.

In step S20, the social behaviors of the concerned user are acquired in response to the received operation.

Here, the social behaviors may include personal dynamic information and/or interaction information. For example, the personal dynamic information of the concerned user may include a dynamic message (e.g., a posted log, a shared link, etc.) posted by the concerned user in a social network/social application. The interaction information of the concerned user may include at least one of a comment of other users in the social network/social application on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user and a comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by other users in the social network/social application.

Preferably, the method for processing social information according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention may further include: determining a predetermined member in the social network/social application as a concerned user according to a user's selection; and when it is determined that the predetermined member in the social network/social application is selected as the concerned user, a phone number of the concerned user may be associated to a social account of the concerned user according to the user's operation, so as to contact the concerned user based on the associated phone number, subsequently.

Below, the acquiring of the social behaviors of the concerned user will be introduced with reference to Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 shows a flowchart of the acquiring of the social behaviors of the concerned user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 2, in step S201, a request for acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user is transmitted to the server in response to the received operation for viewing social behaviors of the concerned user in a social network.

In step S202, the social behaviors of the concerned user acquired by the server in response to the request being received from the server.

For example, when each user generates a social behavior in a social network/social application, the server records the social behavior generated by each user and stores the recorded social behaviors of all users in a database o the server. In this case, after the request for acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user is received, the server may acquire the social behaviors of the concerned user indicated in the request from the database in response to the received request, and transmit the acquired social behaviors of the concerned user to a terminal that performs the method for processing social network information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Returning to Fig. 1, in step S30, a friend relationship network of the concerned user is generated based on the acquired social behaviors.

Preferably, the generated friend relationship network can reflect closeness (i.e., frequency degree) of the interactive contact between the concerned user and other users interacting with the concerned user. That is to say, through the friend relationship network, it is possible to know that which user's dynamic information the concerned user most frequently participates in, and also know the user who most frequently participates in the dynamic information of the concerned user.

For example, the friend relationship network of the concerned user may be generated according to the concerned user, the other users interacting with the concerned user and the interaction information of the concerned user.

Specifically speaking, all other users interacting with the concerned user (e.g., all other users that have interaction behaviors with the concerned user in the social network/social application) may be first determined, and then the friend relationship network of the concerned user is generated based on the concerned user and all other users interacting with the concerned user.

As an example, the friend relationship network may include: a central node, other nodes and edges. Here, the central node may indicate the concerned user, other nodes may indicate other users interacting with the concerned user, and the central node is connected with each node of other nodes through the edges, respectively, to indicate that there is interactive contact between the concerned user and other users connected through the edges. Preferably, the closeness of the interactive contact may be reflected through display forms of the edges. For example, the closeness of interactive contact may be reflected by one of the thickness of line of the edges, the color changes of line of the edges, and the transparency of line of the edges.

In step S40, the generated friend relationship network is displayed.

Preferably, the interactions between the concerned user and a selected other user can be viewed according to the user's selection of the other user in the displayed friend relationship network. Below, the displaying of interaction information between the concerned user and other users will be introduced with reference to Fig. 3.

Fig. 3 shows a flowchart of the displaying of interaction information between the concerned user and other users according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 3, in step S301, a user's selection of any other user in the friend relationship network is received. For example, this operation may include a selection operation on an identification (e.g., a click operation on the identification) of a node that indicates the any other user in the friend relationship network.

In step S302, interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user is displayed in response to the selection received in step S301.

Preferably, the friend relationship network of the concerned user may include a first sub-relationship network and/or a second sub-relationship network. The first sub-relationship network may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who comment on a dynamic message posted by the concerned user, and the second sub-relationship network may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who have posted a dynamic message commented by the concerned user.

In this case, the displaying of interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user may include: after the user's selection of the any other user in the first sub-relationship network is received, displaying a comment of the any other user on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the first sub-relationship network. Preferably, the dynamic message posted by the concerned user and commented by any other user is also displayed while displaying the comment of any other user.

Similarly, after the user's selection of the any other user in the second sub-relationship network is received, a comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by the any other user is displayed in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the second sub-relationship network. Preferably, the dynamic message posted by any other user and commented by the concerned user is also displayed while displaying the comment of the concerned user.

Here, the displaying of the generated friend relationship network may include: loading the friend relationship network of the concerned user generated based on the interaction information of the concerned user into a first predetermined page for display.

With respect to the case that the friend relationship network includes the first sub-relationship network and the second sub-relationship network, the first sub-relationship network may be displayed in a first sub-page of the first predetermined page, and the second sub-relationship network may be displayed in a second sub-page of the first predetermined page.

It should be understood that the method for processing social network information according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be performed in an electronic terminal. Figs. 4 and 5 show examples of displaying interaction information between the concerned user and other users in the electronic terminal.

Figs. 4 and 5 show example diagram of displaying interaction information between the concerned user and other users according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In this example, the interface shown in Fig. 4 is the first sub-page of the first predetermined page, the first sub-relationship network is displayed in the first sub-page, for example, an avatar of each user in the social network/social application may be displayed in the relationship network as the identifier of the node; and after the user's selection of the any other user (e.g., a click operation on the avatar) in the first sub-relationship network is received, the comment of any other user on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user and the dynamic message posted by the concerned user and commented by any other user are displayed. In the first sub-relationship network, the closeness of interactive contact between the concerned user and other users is reflected by the thickness of line of the edge.

The interface shown in Fig. 5 is the second sub-page of the first predetermined page, the second sub-relationship network is displayed in the second sub-page; and after the user's selection of the any other user in the second sub-relationship network is received, the comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by the any other user and the dynamic message posted by any other user and commented by the concerned user are displayed. In the second sub-relationship network, the closeness of interactive contact between the concerned user and other users is reflected by the thickness of line of the edge.

It should be understood that, preferably, with respect to the case that the social behaviors of the concerned user include interaction information and personal dynamic information, the personal dynamic information and interaction information may be loaded into different pages, respectively, for display.

For example, the personal dynamic information of the concerned user may be loaded into a second predetermined page for display.

Fig. 6 shows an example diagram of displaying dynamic information posted by the concerned user according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In the present example, Fig. 6 shows the second predetermined page, in which all the dynamic information posted by the concerned user and all the comments of other users on the dynamic information posted by the concerned user are displayed.

Referring to Figs. 4-6, preferably, a first option and a second option may be set in the screen of the electronic terminal, when the user's selection operation on the first option (e.g., "personal dynamic summary") is received, the second predetermined page is displayed in the screen, so as to present all the dynamic information posted by the concerned user and all the comments of other users on the dynamic information posted by the concerned user (as shown in Fig. 6).

When the user's selection operation on the second option (e.g., "interaction relationship") is received, the first predetermined page may be displayed in the screen, which includes a first sub-option and a second sub-option; when the user's selection operation on the first sub-option (e.g., "voluntarily initiating direction") is received, the first sub-page may be displayed in the screen and the first sub-relationship network may be displayed in the sub-page (as shown in Fig. 4); and when the user's selection operation on the second sub-option (e.g., "voluntarily commenting direction") is received, the second sub-page may be displayed in the screen, and the second sub-relationship network may be displayed in the second sub-page (as shown in Fig. 5).

Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of the communicating with the concerned user based on a friend relationship network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 7, in step S701, the predetermined operation on the concerned user in the displayed friend relationship network is received. For example, the predetermined operation may include a selection operation on an identifier (e.g., a click operation on the identifier) of a node that indicates the concerned user in the friend relationship network.

In step S702, a prompt interface for voluntarily contacting the concerned user is displayed. As an example, the prompt interface may include an option of contacting the concerned user based on a phone number and/or an option of contacting the concerned user via the social network.

In step S703, communication with the concerned user is performed in the selected contact manner according to the user's selection in the prompt interface.

For example, when a selection operation on the option of contacting the concerned user based on a phone number is received, it is detected whether there is a phone number associated with the concerned user (e.g., a phone number associated with the social account of the concerned user in the social network/social application), if there is the phone number associated with the concerned user, the concerned user may be contacted by phone/short message based on the phone number.

If there is no phone number associated with the concerned user, an associated interface may be displayed, and the phone number of the concerned user is associated to a social account of the concerned user according to the user's operation on the associated interface. For example, the phone number of the concerned user input by the user on the associated interface may be received, and the phone number input by the user is associated to the social account of the concerned user.

Fig. 8 shows an example diagram of communicating with the concerned user based on a friend relationship network according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 8, after the user's selection (e.g., a click operation on the avatar of the concerned user) on the concerned user in the first sub-relationship network/second sub-relationship network is received, the prompt interface is displayed, in which the option (e.g., "make a phone call" option and "send a message" option) of contacting the concerned user based on the phone number and the option (e.g., "SNS contact" option) of contacting the concerned user through the social network/social application are presented.

For example, when the selection on the "make a phone call" option on the prompt interface is received, a call request is initiated to the phone number associated with the concerned user to make a call. When the selection on the "send a message" option on the prompt interface is received, the electronic terminal is controlled to enter a short message interface, and the phone number associated with the concerned user is inserted into the recipient's address so as to send a short message to the concerned user. When the selection on the "SNS contact" option on the prompt interface is received, the electronic terminal is controlled to start a "SNS contact" application, and enter an interface of communicating with the concerned user under the "SNS contact" application, so as to contact the concerned user through the "SNS contact" application.

It should be understood that, with respect to the concerned user, the server may also push (in real time) all new dynamic states of the concerned user to the electronic terminal. Fig. 9 shows a flowchart of the receiving of prompt information indicating the social behavior update of the concerned user from the server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Fig. 9, in step S901, the prompt information of social behavior update of the concerned user is received from the server. The prompt information may indicate that the concerned user has posted new personal dynamic information, or indicate that the concerned user has posted a new comment on the dynamic information posted by other users, or indicate that other users have posted new comments on the dynamic information posted by the concerned user.

In step S902, the social behavior updated by the concerned user is viewed according to the selection of the prompt information.

For example, after the selection operation on the prompt information is received, the electronic terminal may be controlled to enter an interface for displaying the contents indicated by the prompt information in response to the selection operation.

Specifically speaking, when the prompt information indicates that the concerned user has posted new personal dynamic information, if the selection operation on the prompt information is received, the electronic terminal is controlled to enter an interface for displaying the personal dynamic information newly posted by the concerned user.

When the prompt information indicates that the concerned user has posted a new comment on the dynamic information posted by other users, if the selection operation on the prompt information is received, the electronic terminal is controlled to enter an interface for displaying the new comments posted by the concerned user on the dynamic information posted by the other users (preferably, the dynamic information posted by other users may be further included).

When the prompt information indicates that other users have posted new comments on the dynamic information posted by the concerned user, if the selection operation on the prompt information is received, the electronic terminal is controlled to enter an interface for displaying the new comments posted by the other users on the dynamic information posted by the concerned user (preferably, the dynamic information posted by the concerned user may be further included).

Figs. 10 and 11 show example diagram of receiving prompt information indicating a social behavior update of the concerned user from the server according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 10, the electronic terminal may present the prompt information indicating the social behavior update of the concerned user from the server in a manner of pushing messages, and when the selection operation on the prompt information is received, the electronic terminal is controlled to enter an interface for displaying the contents indicated by the prompt information (as shown in Fig. 11).

As shown in Fig. 12, the apparatus for processing social network information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an input interface 10, a processor 20 and a display 30. The method for processing social network information shown in Fig. 1 may be performed in the processor 20.

Specifically speaking, the processor 20 receives an operation for viewing social behaviors of the concerned user in a social network by the input interface 10, acquires the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the received operation, and generates a friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors. The processor 20 controls the display 30 to display the generated friend relationship network.

Here, the social behaviors may include personal dynamic information and/or interaction information. For example, the personal dynamic information of the concerned user may include a dynamic message (e.g., a posted log, a shared link, etc.) posted by the concerned user in a social network/social application. The interaction information of the concerned user may include at least one of a comment of other users on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user in the social network/social application and a comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by other users in the social network/social application.

Preferably, the process of acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation may include: transmitting, to a server, a request for acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation; and receiving, from the server, the social behaviors of the concerned user acquired by the server in response to the request.

Specifically speaking, the process of generating a friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors may include: determining all other users interacting with the concerned user; and generating the friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the concerned user and all other users interacting with the concerned user.

For example, the processor 20 may generate the friend relationship network of the concerned user according to the concerned user, the other users interacting with the concerned user and the interaction information of the concerned user.

Preferably, the interactions between the concerned user and a selected other user can be viewed according to the user's selection of the other user in the displayed friend relationship network.

For example, the processor 20 receives a user's selection of any other user in the friend relationship network through the input interface 10, and controls the display 30 to display interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user in response to the selection.

Preferably, the friend relationship network of the concerned user may include a first sub-relationship network and/or a second sub-relationship network. The first sub-relationship network may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who comment on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user, and the second sub-relationship network may be generated based on the concerned user and other users who have posted the dynamic message commented by the concerned user.

In this case, the process of displaying interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user may include: displaying a comment of any other user on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the first sub-relationship network, and displaying a comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by the any other user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the second sub-relationship network.

The process of displaying the generated friend relationship network may include: loading the friend relationship network of the concerned user generated based on the interaction information of the concerned user into a first predetermined page for display.

With respect to the case that the friend relationship network includes the first sub-relationship network and the second sub-relationship network, the processor 20 may control the display 30 to display the first sub-relationship network in a first sub-page of the first predetermined page, and display the second sub-relationship network in a second sub-page of the first predetermined page.

The processor 20 may also control the display 30 to load the personal dynamic information of the concerned user into a second predetermined page for display.

It should be understood that the apparatus for processing social network information of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention may communicate with the concerned user based on the friend relationship network.

For example, when a predetermined operation on the concerned user in the friend relationship network is received through the input interface 10, the processor 20 controls the display 30 to display the prompt interface for voluntarily contacting the concerned user. The prompt interface may include an option of contacting the concerned user based on a phone number and/or an option of contacting the concerned user via the social network. The processor 20 communicates with the concerned user in the selected contact manner according to the user's selection in the prompt interface.

When a selection operation on the option of contacting the concerned user based on a phone number is received through the input interface 10, if the processor 20 determines that there is a phone number associated with the concerned user, the concerned user may be contacted by phone/short message based on the phone number; and if the processor 20 determines that there is no phone number associated with the concerned user, the processor 20 controls the display 30 to display an associated interface, and associate the phone number of the concerned user to a social account of the concerned user according to the user's operation on the associated interface received through the input interface 10.

Preferably, the apparatus for processing social network information according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention may further include a communication interface that receives the prompt information of a social behavior update of the concerned user from the server, and the processor 20 receives the selection of the prompt information through the input interface 10, and controls the display 30 to display the social behavior updated by the concerned user corresponding to the prompt information.

According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable storage medium stores program instructions, when executed by a processor, to cause the processor to perform the above method for processing social network information. The computer readable recording medium is any data storage device that can store data read by a computer system. Examples of the computer readable recording medium include a read-only memory, a random access memory, a CD-ROM, a storage tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device and a carrier (such as data transmission over the Internet via a wired or wireless transmission path). The computer readable recording medium may be distributed in a computer system connected to a network, so that computer readable codes are stored and executed in a distribution manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments accomplishing the present invention can be easily construed by ordinary programmers in the art related to the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

With the method and apparatus for processing social network information according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, interactions between the concerned user and his/her friends can be well known.

In addition, with the method and apparatus for processing social network information according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the frequency degree of the interaction between the concerned user and other users may be intuitively known through the friend relationship network of the concerned user.

In addition, the method for processing social network information according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as computer codes in the computer readable recording medium. Those skilled in the art may implement the computer codes according to the description for the above method. When the computer codes are executed in a computer, the above method of the present invention is implemented.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to the exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

A method for processing social network information, comprising:

receiving an operation for viewing social behaviors of a concerned user in a social network;

acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation;

generating a friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors; and

displaying the generated friend relationship network.
The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring of the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation comprises:

transmitting, to a server, a request for acquiring the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation; and

receiving, from the server, the social behaviors of the concerned user acquired by the server in response to the request.
The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors comprises:

determining all other users interacting with the concerned user; and

generating the friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the concerned user and all other users interacting with the concerned user.
The method of claim 3, wherein the social behaviors comprise interaction information, and the method further comprises:

receiving a user's selection of any other user in the friend relationship network; and

displaying the interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user in response to the selection.
The method of claim 4, wherein the friend relationship network includes a first sub-relationship network generated based on the concerned user and other users who comment on a dynamic message posted by the concerned user and/or a second sub-relationship network generated based on the concerned user and other users who have posted a dynamic message commented by the concerned user,

wherein the displaying of the interaction information between the concerned user and the any other user comprises:

displaying a comment of the any other user on the dynamic message posted by the concerned user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the first sub-relationship network, and

displaying a comment of the concerned user on the dynamic message posted by the any other user, in response to the user's selection of the any other user in the second sub-relationship network.
The method of claim 5, wherein the displaying of the generated friend relationship network comprises: loading the friend relationship network of the concerned user generated based on the interaction information of the concerned user into a first predetermined page for display,

wherein the social behaviors further comprise personal dynamic information, and the method further comprises: loading the personal dynamic information of the concerned user into a second predetermined page for display.
The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying of the generated friend relationship network comprises: displaying the first sub-relationship network in a first sub-page of the first predetermined page, and displaying the second sub-relationship network in a second sub-page of the first predetermined page.
The method of claim 1, wherein the friend relationship network reflects closeness of interactive contact between the concerned user and other users interacting with the concerned user.
An apparatus for processing social network information, comprising:

an input interface;

a processor, configured to receive an operation for viewing social behaviors of a concerned user in a social network through the input interface, acquire the social behaviors of the concerned user in response to the operation, and generate a friend relationship network of the concerned user based on the acquired social behaviors; and

a display displaying the generated friend relationship network under control of the processor.
A computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, when executed by a processor, to cause the processor to perform the method for processing social network information of any one of claims 1-8.