CN113596066A

CN113596066A - Cloud service trial method and server

Info

Publication number: CN113596066A
Application number: CN202010364706.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈雨; 朱建庭
Original assignee: Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Network Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Network Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-30
Filing date: 2020-04-30
Publication date: 2021-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 2040-04-30
Also published as: CN113596066B

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a trial method of cloud services, a server, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: responding to a trial request of a target account for the cloud service, and sending a resource package of the cloud service to the target account, wherein the resource package comprises trial permission information, a plurality of charging items of the cloud service and a trial threshold of each charging item; monitoring the usage amount of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account; and under the condition that the usage amount of any charging item of the target account reaches the trial threshold value, prohibiting the target account from continuing to trial the cloud service. By using the method, the cloud service provider can be helped to better control the trial cost of the cloud service.

Description

Cloud service trial method and server

Technical Field

The present invention relates to cloud technologies, and in particular, to a trial method of cloud services, a server, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium.

Background

Cloud services are an emerging technology, and resources or software services can be distributed on a resource pool formed by a large number of computers, so that various application systems can acquire corresponding resources or software services, such as computing capacity and storage space, as required. When the user uses the cloud service, the user only needs to apply for the corresponding used resource or software service to the cloud service provider according to the use requirement of the user, and corresponding cost is paid for the used resource or software service, so that the cloud service can be used.

The cloud service platform often initiates trial activities in order to promote business, and provides product trial services for customers. In consideration of trial cost, when the platform side provides product trial service, the service duration is set, for example, only the user is allowed to trial for 10 days, but the mode is rough and cannot accurately control the trial cost.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a scheme for trial use of cloud services to better control the trial cost of cloud services.

Disclosure of Invention

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a scheme regarding cloud service trial to better control the trial cost of the cloud service.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, a method for trying a cloud service is provided, including:

responding to a trial request of a target account for cloud service, and sending a resource package of the cloud service to the target account, wherein the resource package comprises trial permission information, a plurality of charging items of the cloud service and a trial threshold of each charging item;

monitoring the usage amount of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account;

and under the condition that the usage amount of any one charging item of the target account reaches a trial threshold value, prohibiting the target account from continuing to trial the cloud service.

Optionally, the resource package further comprises an expiration date;

the method further comprises the following steps: and after the valid date, prohibiting the target account from continuously trying the cloud service.

Optionally, the trial permission information includes a verification code; the prohibiting the target account from continuing to try the cloud service includes: setting the verification code to a fail state.

Optionally, the method further comprises: and setting a trial threshold of the charging item according to the historical trial data of the cloud service.

Optionally, the trial request includes a coupon number;

the sending of the resource package of the cloud service to the target account in response to the trial request of the target account for the cloud service includes:

and sending a resource packet corresponding to the coupon number to the target account number according to the coupon number in the trial request.

Optionally, the method further comprises:

determining the total value of the resource package according to the trial threshold values of a plurality of charging items in the resource package;

generating electronic coupons corresponding to the resource packages according to the total value of the resource packages, wherein each electronic coupon has a unique coupon number and notes the total value;

and sending the electronic coupon to the target account number.

Optionally, the cloud service is a cloud storage product, and the cloud storage product has a storage space billing item, a flow billing item, and an interface call billing item.

According to a second aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a server comprising the following modules:

a receiving module, configured to receive a trial request of a target account for a cloud service,

a sending module, configured to respond to the trial request, send a resource package of the cloud service to the target account, where the resource package includes trial permission information, a plurality of billing items of the cloud service, and a trial threshold for each billing item;

the monitoring module is used for monitoring the usage amount of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account;

and the forbidding management module forbids the target account number to continuously try the cloud service under the condition that the usage amount of the target account number on any one of the charging items reaches a trial threshold value.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device comprising a processor and a memory;

the memory is used for storing a computer program which, when executed by the processor, implements the method disclosed in the first aspect of the present disclosure.

According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements the method disclosed in the first aspect of the present disclosure.

The trial method of the cloud service provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can help a cloud service provider to better control the trial cost of the cloud service.

Other features of the present disclosure and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cloud service trial scheme of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating steps of a trial method of a cloud service according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a server according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present disclosure unless specifically stated otherwise.

The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses.

Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.

In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cloud service trial scheme of one embodiment of the present disclosure. The cloud service platform is provided with a plurality of cloud service devices, such as load balancing devices, cloud servers, monitoring servers and the like, and specific cloud services are provided for users based on the devices. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the cloud service platform further includes a server 101, and the server 101 may be configured to manage a process of trial use of the cloud service by the user. In one embodiment, the server 101 may be integrated in other servers, embodiments of the disclosure not being limited thereto.

The device 103 at the user end can communicate with the server 101 and some other cloud service devices of the cloud service platform through the network 102, and the network 102 can be a wireless network.

The configuration of the server 101 may include, but is not limited to: processor 1011, memory 1012, interface 1013, communication device 1014, input device 1015, output device 1016. The processor 1011 may include, but is not limited to, a central processing unit CPU, a microprocessor MCU, or the like. The memory 1012 may include, but is not limited to, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. Interface device 1013 may include, but is not limited to, a USB interface, a serial interface, a parallel interface, and the like. The communication device 1014 is capable of wired or wireless communication, for example, and may specifically include WiFi communication, bluetooth communication, 2G/3G/4G/5G communication, and the like. Input devices 1015 may include, but are not limited to, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, a microphone, and the like. Output devices 1016 may include, but are not limited to, a display screen, speakers, and the like.

The device 103 at the user end may be, for example, an electronic device installed with an intelligent operating system (e.g., android, IOS, Windows, Linux, etc.) including, but not limited to, a server, a laptop, a desktop computer, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, etc. Configurations of device 103 at the user end include, but are not limited to, processor 1031, memory 1032, interface device 1033, communication device 1034, GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) 1035, display device 1036, input device 1037, speaker 1038, microphone 1039, and camera 1030. The processor 1031 includes, but is not limited to, a central processing unit CPU, a microprocessor MCU, and the like. The memory 1032 includes, but is not limited to, a ROM (read only memory), a RAM (random access memory), a nonvolatile memory such as a hard disk, and the like. Interface device 1033 includes, but is not limited to, a USB interface, a serial interface, a parallel interface, and the like. The communication device 1034 is capable of wired or wireless communication, for example, and specifically may include WiFi communication, bluetooth communication, 2G/3G/4G/5G communication, and the like. The GPU 1035 is used to process the image. The display device 1036 may include, but is not limited to, a liquid crystal screen, a touch screen, or the like. Input devices 1037 may include, but are not limited to, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, and the like.

In an embodiment applied to this specification, a user may send a request for using cloud services to the server 101 through the device 103, and the server 101 may respond after receiving a trial request, and issue a resource package to the device 103 of the user to help the user try out the cloud services.

Multiple devices 103 are shown in fig. 1, and for the same user, a particular cloud service may be tried through one or more devices 103.

The server 101 shown in FIG. 1 is not intended to suggest any limitation as to the embodiments of the description, their application, or use. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that although a plurality of devices of the server 101 and the user equipment are described in the foregoing, the embodiments of the present specification may refer to only some of the devices. For example, the server 101 may relate only to a processor, memory, and communication means, and the user's device may relate only to a processor, memory, communication means, and a display screen. Those skilled in the art can design instructions according to the scheme disclosed in the embodiments of the present specification, and how the instructions control the processor to operate is well known in the art, and will not be described in detail herein.

Referring to fig. 2, a trial method of a cloud service provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is described. The method comprises steps S202-206. The method may be implemented by the server 101 in fig. 1.

S202, responding to a trial request of the target account for the cloud service, and sending a resource package of the cloud service to the target account, wherein the resource package comprises trial permission information, a plurality of charging items of the cloud service and a trial threshold of each charging item.

The target account may refer to an account used by the user to send the trial request. In a specific example, a user needs to register an account on the cloud service platform first to try out the cloud service.

The user uses the target account to send a trial request to the server 101 to apply for trying out a certain cloud service. After receiving the trial request, the server 101 sends a resource package of the cloud service to the target account, where the resource package includes trial permission information, a plurality of charging items of the cloud service, and a trial threshold of each charging item.

And after receiving the resource package, the target account obtains the trial permission of the cloud service through the trial permission information. In one specific example, the trial permission information may be a verification code. After the user logs in the target account, the user can enter a trial page by inputting the verification code, so as to try out the cloud service.

The charging items of the cloud service are charging items which are defined by the cloud service platform for the cloud service in advance. For a cloud service, there may be multiple functions, and an operation of a target account may involve one or more billing items of the cloud service. Taking a product related to cloud storage as an example, the cloud service may have functions of data storage, data query, file download, and the like, and has storage space charging items, flow charging items, interface call charging items, and the like. The storage space charging item can be, for example, charging the storage capacity actually used by the target account in the cloud storage center; the traffic charging item can be, for example, charging for traffic generated by a target account accessing a cloud storage center from an external network; the interface calling charging item is used for charging by calling the number of times of the interface of the cloud storage center when the cloud storage service is used according to the target account.

In one particular example, there may be a binding relationship between service items involved in different billing terms. Or taking the cloud storage product as an example, the service items related to the storage space charging items include "uploading data for storage", and the service items related to the interface calling charging items include "calling interfaces". In practical application, when the target account number uploads the data number for storage, an interface needs to be called. That is, there is a constraint relationship between the service item "storing upload data" and the service item "calling interface", and the service item "calling interface" must be used when the service item "storing upload data" is used, and the storage space cost and the interface calling cost are affected at the same time.

In one embodiment, the product related to cloud storage may be a log statistics product stored based on an object, the cloud service platform may receive a log related to a domain name of a website of the user of the target account, perform storage management, and perform log statistics analysis to provide a result of the log statistics analysis to the target account. For example, a user of the target account is an e-commerce enterprise, and has a self-selling website and an APP (application), and when a consumer accesses the selling website through an APP client mounted on a mobile phone or a computer, a log event occurring may be sent to a cloud service platform, and the cloud service platform provides log statistics service. In the running process of the sales website, the log events generated by the sales website can also be sent to the cloud service platform.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, the plurality of charging items of the cloud service and the trial threshold of each charging item are described in the resource package, so that the user can be helped to know the charging items of the cloud service and the maximum use amount of each charging item which can be tried. For example, a resource package of a cloud storage product has a storage space charging item, a flow charging item, and an interface call charging item, and the corresponding trial thresholds are 20TB, 15TB, and 100 times, respectively.

The resource package may also include trial rules, which may be, for example: if the usage of any billing item reaches its trial threshold, the trial of the cloud service is ended.

And S204, monitoring the usage amount of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account.

After issuing the resource package to the target account, the server 101 needs to monitor the usage amount of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account.

For example, the server 101 may perform usage query to a monitoring system of the cloud service platform at preset time intervals to obtain the usage of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account.

And S206, under the condition that the usage amount of the target account for any charging item reaches the trial threshold value, prohibiting the target account from continuing to try out the cloud service.

The server 101 monitors the usage amount of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account, and judges whether the usage amount of each charging item reaches a corresponding trial amount threshold value one by one. And prohibiting the target account from continuously using the cloud service as long as the usage amount of one charging item reaches the trial threshold value, so as to control the trial cost of the cloud service platform.

For some cloud services, a constraint relationship may exist between service items corresponding to different charging items, and one operation of a target account may involve one or more charging items of the cloud service. This is the difference between these cloud services and everyday network services. For example: when the user uses the mobile phone, the operator collects the cost of the short messages according to the number of the short messages sent by the user, and collects the call cost according to the call duration of the user, so that the call cost cannot be influenced when the user sends the short messages, and the short message cost cannot be influenced when the user calls the phone. In the cloud service, one operation of a user may affect a plurality of charging items, and charges are generated on the plurality of charging items. Therefore, in the cloud service, it cannot be accurately determined in advance which charging item will exceed the trial threshold value, and if a certain charging item reaches the trial threshold value, only the trial of the charging item is prohibited, and the target account is allowed to try other charging items, there is a possibility that a conflict will occur. In the embodiment of the disclosure, when the usage amount of any charging item by the target account reaches the trial threshold value, the target account is prohibited from continuing to trial the cloud service.

For cloud services, a user may consume a large amount of resources in a short time, resulting in a large cost. When the cloud service platform provides cloud service for the target account, if the product trial duration is set, a user may consume a large amount of resources in a short time, and the trial cost is not easy to control. Therefore, the embodiment of the disclosure does not provide the user with the trial according to the trial duration of the product, but provides the user with the trial in the form of "charging item-charging item trial threshold" by sending the resource packet, so as to ensure that the provision of the trial service to the user does not cause unexpected huge cost.

For some cloud services, it may have multiple functions and multiple billing items. If a resource package is separately set for each function of the cloud service, many processes are generated, and the operation cost is increased. Therefore, in the embodiment of the disclosure, all charging items of the cloud service can be collected into the same resource packet, and a corresponding trial threshold is set for each charging item, so that the target account can conveniently try out the full-line function, and the operation cost can also be reduced.

For some cloud services, it may have multiple functions and multiple billing items. And providing a plurality of charging items of the cloud service and a trial threshold of the charging items in the resource package so as to guide a user to try and experience a plurality of functions of the cloud service. Or as an example of a cloud storage product, a user is expected to fully experience data storage and data online functions, the user is not expected to store a large amount of data in a cloud storage center, and the user is also expected to use more flow charging items, download more data and access more data stored by the user, so that convenience that the data can be acquired anytime and anywhere and the data is online at any time is fully experienced. Therefore, the cloud service provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can improve the probability that the user is converted into a formal charging user after trying to experience the cloud service.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the resource package further includes an expiration date. The method further comprises the steps of: and after the valid date, prohibiting the target account number from continuously trying the cloud service. For example, the effective date of the resource package is 31/5 of 2020, and after 31/5, the resource package is invalid and the target account may not try the cloud service any more.

In the embodiment of the disclosure, when the target account is prohibited from continuing to try out the cloud service, a message that the trial service is ended may be sent to the target account.

In a specific example, the trial permission information may be a verification code, and the target account number must input the verification code to enter a trial page to try the cloud service. And prohibiting the target account from continuing to try out the cloud service by setting the verification code to be in a failure state.

The cloud service center 101 may also set a trial threshold for the billing item according to historical trial data for the cloud service. For example, the server 101 may set a resource package for a client in a certain industry according to historical trial data of the cloud service that the client in the industry tries, and particularly set a trial threshold of a charging item, so that the setting of the trial threshold is more reasonable, actual requirements of users are better met, and trial experience of the users is improved.

In an embodiment of the disclosure, the server 101 may also prepare the resource package and the corresponding coupon in advance, issue the coupon to the target accounts of unspecified multiple potential users, and attract the potential users to try out the cloud service. Specifically, after the resource package is prepared in advance, the process of generating the coupon by the server 101 includes the following steps:

and determining the total value of the resource package according to the trial threshold values of all the plurality of charging items in the resource package. Here, the maximum trial cost which may be generated by the charging item may be determined according to the trial threshold of the charging item; and adding the maximum trial cost of all the charging items of the resource package together to serve as the total value of the resource package.

And generating one or more pieces of coupons corresponding to the resource package according to the total value of the resource package, wherein each piece of coupon has a unique coupon number. The total value, the cloud service, the function of the cloud service, the billing items of the resource package, the trial threshold of the billing items, the trial rules, and the like can be noted on the voucher. The trial rule may be, for example: if the usage of any billing item reaches its trial threshold, the trial of the cloud service is ended.

After receiving the coupon, if applying for trial, the target account number may submit a coupon number to the server 101, and after obtaining the coupon number, the server 101 sends a resource package corresponding to the coupon number to the target account number according to the coupon number in the trial request.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a server 20, including the following modules:

the receiving module 21 is configured to receive a trial request of the target account for the cloud service.

The sending module 22 is configured to send, in response to the trial request, a resource package of the cloud service to the target account, where the resource package includes trial permission information, a plurality of charging items of the cloud service, and a trial threshold of each charging item.

And the monitoring module 23 is configured to monitor the usage amount of each charging item of the cloud service by the target account.

And the forbidding management module 24 forbids the target account to continue to try the cloud service when the usage amount of the target account on any charging item reaches the trial threshold value.

In one particular example, the resource package also includes an expiration date. The forbidding management module 24 is further configured to forbid the target account from continuing to try out the cloud service after the valid date.

In a specific example, disabling management module 24 prohibits the target account from continuing to try out the cloud service, including: the verification code is set to a fail state.

In one particular example, the server 20 further includes a resource package setup module. And the resource package setting module is used for setting a trial threshold of the charging item according to the historical trial data of the cloud service.

In one specific example, the trial request includes a coupon number. The sending module 22 is further configured to send a resource package corresponding to the coupon number to the target account according to the coupon number in the trial request.

In one particular example, the server 20 also includes a coupon management module. The coupon management module is used for determining the total value of the resource package according to the trial threshold values of the plurality of charging items in the resource package; generating electronic coupons corresponding to the resource package according to the total value of the resource package, wherein each electronic coupon has a unique coupon number and notes the total value; and sending the electronic coupon to the target account number.

As shown in fig. 4, embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an electronic device 200 comprising a processor 206 and a memory 208.

The memory 208 is used for storing a computer program which, when executed by the processor 206, implements the trial method disclosed in any of the previous embodiments.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, implements a trial method as disclosed in any of the foregoing embodiments.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, for the embodiments of the server, the apparatus, the device, and the computer storage medium, since they are substantially similar to the embodiments of the method, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, reference may be made to the partial description of the embodiments of the method.

The foregoing description has been directed to specific embodiments of this disclosure. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recited in the claims may be performed in a different order than in the embodiments and still achieve desirable results. In addition, the processes depicted in the accompanying figures do not necessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing may also be possible or may be advantageous.

Disclosed may be systems, methods, and/or computer program products. The computer program product may include a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program instructions embodied thereon for causing a processor to implement various aspects of the present disclosure.

The computer readable storage medium may be a tangible device that can hold and store the instructions for use by the instruction execution device. The computer readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic memory device, a magnetic memory device, an optical memory device, an electromagnetic memory device, a semiconductor memory device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer readable storage medium would include the following: a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanical coding device, such as punch cards or in-groove projection structures having instructions stored thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. Computer-readable storage media as used herein is not to be construed as transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freely propagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagating through a waveguide or other transmission medium (e.g., optical pulses through a fiber optic cable), or electrical signals transmitted through electrical wires.

The computer-readable program instructions described herein may be downloaded from a computer-readable storage medium to a respective computing/processing device, or to an external computer or external storage device via a network, such as the internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and/or a wireless network. The network may include copper transmission cables, fiber optic transmission, wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computers and/or edge servers. The network adapter card or network interface in each computing/processing device receives computer-readable program instructions from the network and forwards the computer-readable program instructions for storage in a computer-readable storage medium in the respective computing/processing device.

The computer program instructions for carrying out operations of the present disclosure may be assembler instructions, Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) instructions, machine-related instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Smalltalk, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The computer-readable program instructions may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the case of a remote computer, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet service provider). In some embodiments, the electronic circuitry that can execute the computer-readable program instructions implements aspects of the present disclosure by utilizing the state information of the computer-readable program instructions to personalize the electronic circuitry, such as a programmable logic circuit, a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a Programmable Logic Array (PLA).

Various aspects of the present disclosure are described herein with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems) and computer program products according to embodiments of the disclosure. It will be understood that each block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer-readable program instructions.

These computer-readable program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks. These computer-readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that can direct a computer, programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer-readable medium storing the instructions comprises an article of manufacture including instructions which implement the function/act specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The computer readable program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other devices to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer, other programmable apparatus or other devices implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.

The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of instructions, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions. It is well known to those skilled in the art that implementation by hardware, implementation by software, and implementation by a combination of software and hardware are equivalent.

Having described embodiments of the present disclosure, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein is chosen in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application, or improvements made to the technology in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A trial method of cloud services is characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource package further comprises an expiration date; the method further comprises the following steps:

and after the valid date, prohibiting the target account from continuously trying the cloud service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the trial permission information includes a validation code;

the prohibiting the target account from continuing to try the cloud service includes: setting the verification code to a fail state.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and setting a trial threshold of the charging item according to the historical trial data of the cloud service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the trial request includes a coupon number;

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

and sending the electronic coupon to the target account number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the cloud service is a cloud storage product having a storage space billing item, a traffic billing item, and an interface call billing item.

8. A server, comprising the following modules:

9. An electronic device comprising a processor and a memory;

the memory is for storing a computer program which, when executed by the processor, implements the method of any of claims 1-7.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the method of any one of claims 1 to 7.