EP4617839A1

EP4617839A1 - User interaction method and apparatus, device, and storage medium

Info

Publication number: EP4617839A1
Application number: EP23888131.2A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Duolai XING
Original assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-10
Filing date: 2023-11-10
Publication date: 2025-09-17
Also published as: JP2025535608A; WO2024099446A1; CN115686300A

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a method, apparatus, device, and storage medium for user interaction. The method includes: obtaining a first input of a target user on a competitive activity, the first input being configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner; providing a first interface associated with at least one stage of the competitive activity; and presenting, in the first interface, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction, the prediction information indicating a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage. Therefore, the embodiments of the disclosure are able to implement linkage of a plurality of interactive scenarios, improving the enthusiasm of user participation interaction.

Description

This application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202211408147.5, filed on Nov. 10, 2022 , entitled 'METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR USER INTERACTION,' the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD

Example embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to the field of computers, and in particular, to a method, apparatus, device, and computer-readable storage medium for user interaction.

BACKGROUND

With the development of computer computing, people increasingly obtain various types of information with the Internet. For competitive activities (e.g., sporting activities), people may obtain various types of information (e.g., live streams, news reports, etc.) related to competitive activities through various types of applications. In addition, people are further expected to be able to participate in various ways in the interaction with competitive activities to enhance the sense of participation; at the same time, this also helps to enhance the concern for competitive activities.

SUMMARY

In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a method for user interaction is provided. The method includes: obtaining a first input of a target user on a competitive activity, the first input being configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner; providing a first interface associated with at least one stage of the competitive activity; and presenting, in the first interface, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction, the prediction information indicating a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage.
In a second aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for user interaction is provided. The apparatus includes: an obtaining module configured to obtain a first input of a target user on a competitive activity, the first input being configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner; a providing module configured to provide a first interface associated with at least one stage of the competitive activity; and a presenting module configured to present, in the first interface, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction, the prediction information indicating a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage.
In a third aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The apparatus includes: at least one processing unit; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the device to perform the method of the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon is provided. The computer program, when executed by a processor, implementing the method of the first aspect.
It should be understood that the content described in the content part of the present disclosure is not intended to limit the key features or important features of the embodiments of the present disclosure, nor is it intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. Other features of the present disclosure will become readily understood from the following description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The above and other features, advantages, and aspects of various embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same or similar reference numbers refer to the same or similar elements, wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates an example environment in which some embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented;
FIG. 2 illustrates an example interface according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIGS. 3A to 3C illustrate example interfaces according to further embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate example interfaces according to yet further embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 illustrates an example interface according to further embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 6 illustrates a flowchart of an example process of user interaction according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 7 illustrates a block diagram of an apparatus for user interaction according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; and
FIG. 8 illustrates a block diagram of a device capable of implementing various embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While certain embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be implemented in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for a more thorough and complete understanding of the present disclosure. It should be understood that the drawings and embodiments of the present disclosure are for exemplary purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
In the description of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms 'including', and the like should be understood to include 'including but not limited to'. The term 'based on' should be understood as 'based at least in part on'. The terms 'one embodiment' or 'the embodiment' should be understood as 'at least one embodiment'. The term 'some embodiments' should be understood as 'at least some embodiments'. Other explicit and implicit definitions may also be included below.
As discussed above, for various types of competitive activities, it is desirable to be able to participate in the interaction of competitive activities, improving its sense of participation. On the other hand, interactions that draw people to the competitive activity may help enhance the concern for competitive activities.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for user interaction. According to the scheme, a first input of a target user on a competitive activity may be obtained, wherein the first input is configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner.
Further, a first interface (which may also be referred to as a stage winner prediction interface) associated with a competitive process of the competitive activity (e.g., at least one stage in the competitive process) may be provided. Accordingly, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction is presented in the first interface, wherein the prediction information indicates a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage.
Based on such a manner, the embodiments of the present disclosure may effectively connect different interaction scenarios of a user and reduce the cost of interaction between the user and the competitive activity. As a result, the embodiments of the present disclosure are able to increase the motivation of the user to participate in the interaction.
Various example implementations of this scheme are described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Example Environment

Reference is first made to FIG. 1, which schematically illustrates a schematic diagram of an example environment 100 in which example implementations according to the present disclosure may be implemented. As shown in FIG. 1, the example environment 100 may include an electronic device 110.
As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic device 110 may be, for example, an intelligent terminal (for example, a smart phone), which may provide a graphical interface 120 as shown in FIG. 1. The interface 120 may be, for example, an interface for interacting with competitive activities.
In some embodiments, such interface 120 may be provided by a local application (e.g., a video application, a music application, a news application, etc. ) in the electronic device 110. Alternatively, such an interface 120 may also be, for example, a web interface presented by the electronic device 110 through a browser.
As will be described in detail below, such interface 120 may be configured to support user interaction with competitive activities. Such competitive activity may be any offline or online competitive activity, such as a sporting activity, a gaming activity, a talent competition, or the like.
In some embodiments, such interaction may include a prediction regarding winners of competitive activities. For example, the user may predict a winner of the competitive activity through the electronic device 110. Taking a sporting activity as an example, such participants may include, for example, a participating team, participating organization, or participant of the sporting activity.
It should be understood that although the electronic device 110 in FIG. 1 is shown as a smart phone, it may also be any other suitable device, including but not limited to: a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a personal digital assistant, a smart wearable device, a vehicle-mounted device, or the like.
Various example implementations of interacting with competitive activities are described in detail below. It should be understood that the process of user interaction is described below with a sporting activity as an example only for convenience of description.

Prediction about an activity winner

In some embodiments, the user is able to participate in the prediction of the activity winner of the competitive activity. Such an activity winner may represent a final winner of the competitive activity. For example, a champion of a sporting activity.
Reference is first made to FIG. 2, which schematically illustrates an example interface 200 according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. The interface 200 may be provided, for example, by the electronic device 110.
As shown in FIG. 2, the interface 200 may support user interaction about competitive activities (e.g., 'XX activity'). To facilitate user interaction, the electronic device 110 may present a plurality of interface elements corresponding to a plurality of participants (e.g., a participant 210) of the competitive activity in the interface 200.
In some embodiments, such an interface element may, for example, indicate a text identification of the participant 210, such as a name of a participating organization/participant/parameter team. Alternatively or in addition, such an interface element may also indicate, for example, an image identification of the participant 210, such as a pattern flag of a participating team, a photograph of the participant, and the like.
In some embodiments, the electronic device 110 may receive a predetermined operation on an interface element corresponding to the particular participant 210, and correspondingly present description information 220 of the particular participant 210. For example, such a predetermined operation may include, but is not limited to: operations such as clicking, double-clicking, sliding, hovering and the like on the interface element.
Taking FIG. 2 as an example, after the user clicks on the interface element corresponding to the participant 210, the electronic device 110 may present the description information 220 corresponding to the participant 210. Such description information, for example, helps the user better understand the participant 210 and, in turn, may assist the user in deciding as to whether to predict the participant 210 as an activity winner.
In some embodiments, such description information 220 may characterize a competitiveness of the participant 210 in the competitive activity. As shown in FIG. 2, the descriptive information 220 may include the participation of the participant 210 in historical competitive activity (e.g., historical number of championships won); a competitiveness of the players of the participant 210; a current ranking of the participant 210; and the like. It should be understood that such specific descriptive information is only example and may also include other types of information from other users describing the competitiveness of the participant 210.
In some embodiments, the electronic device 110 may receive a user selection of a particular interface element of the plurality of interface elements and may further click on a confirmation control 230, for example. Thus, the electronic device 110 may determine a first prediction that a particular participant (e.g., the participant 210) to which that particular interface element corresponds will be the activity winner by that user.

Prediction regarding stage winner

In some embodiments, the user may also perform a prediction of a stage winner of the at least one stage of the competitive activity by the electronic device 110. Taking a sports event as an example, such a stage may include, for example, a group match stage, a knockout match stage, etc. of the sports event. Such a stage winner may include, for example, a group match winner team, a knockout stage winner team, and the like.
In some embodiments, the user may perform a prediction of the stage winner with a completion for the activity winner for the competitive activity. Alternatively, the user may, for example, click on a switching control 240 as shown in FIG. 2 to perform a prediction of the stage winner without completing a prediction of the activity winner.
The prediction process for the stage winner will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3A to 3C. FIG. 3A illustrates an example interface according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 3A, interface 300A may, for example, obtain a prediction of the user regarding a stage winner of at least one stage (e.g., a group match) on the competitive activity, e.g., a prediction about the outgoing team for each group. The interface 300A may also be referred to as a s group match winner prediction interface, for example.
As shown in FIG. 3A, the interface 300A may, for example, present information 310 (e.g., 'Team D') of the activity winner predicted by the user in the interface 200. It should be understood that if the user selects a prediction directly into a stage winner, the information herein may be null, for example.
In some embodiments, the interface 300A may include a selection control (e.g., control 320-1 and control 320-2) corresponding to respective groups of competitive activities. The user may select a stage winner in the 'group A' through the control 320-1, e.g., a team outgoing team.
In some embodiments, if the user has specified a predicted upper right side of the activity via the interface 200, the electronic device 110 may validate the predicted stage winner based on the control. Taking FIG. 3A as an example, if the 'Team D' has been determined by the user as an activity winner, then in the control 320-2, the 'Team D' may also be automatically determined as a stage winner of 'Group B'. In addition, in this case, the user cannot cancel the 'Team D' as the stage winner 'Group B'.
In some embodiments, after completing the prediction of the stage winner of the first stage (e.g., a group match), the electronic device 110 may present an interface 300B as shown in FIG. 3B. In some embodiments, the user directly skips a prediction of the first stage, for example, by selecting a stage of the competitive activity.
As shown in FIG. 3B, in the interface 300B, the electronic device 110 may obtain a prediction of the user regarding a stage winner (e.g., an elimination match winner) of a second stage of the competitive activity (e.g., 'XX activity'). The interface 300B may also be referred to as an elimination match winner prediction interface, for example.
In some embodiments, information of a stage winner for the first stage predicted in the interface 300A may be presented in the interface 300B. Further, the interface 300B may also include an input control 340 for receiving a stage winner for a second stage (e.g., an elimination stage).
In some embodiments, the electronic device 110 may present prediction information generated based on a first prediction related to an activity winner of the competitive activity. For example, the electronic device 110 may populate at least a part of the stage winners of the input control based on the activity winners predicted by the user in interface 200. For example, a participant that is predicted to be an activity winner (e.g., 'Team D') may be populated with a corresponding input control to indicate that it will also become the at least one stage winner.
Taking a single-elimination match as an example, if the 'Team D' is predicted by the user to be a champion, the user may automatically determine the 'Team D' to be the stage winner of a plurality of elimination matches associated with the 'Team D'. As a result, data interoperability between different interaction scenarios can be implemented, thereby reducing the cost of interaction for the user.
In some embodiments, the user may also initiate a request to obtain a recommendation regarding a stage winner that is unindicated in the first interface. For example, the electronic device 110 may receive a click on a button 350 by the user to request an automatic recommendation of a stage winner.
For example, the electronic device 110 may obtain recommendation information based on a click of the button 350, and such recommendation information may indicate that a set of participants are predicted as a stage winner that is unindicated in the in the interface 300B. Such recommendation information may be generated, for example, by the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device. The particular generation process of the recommendation information will be described in detail below.
Further, the electronic device 110 may present an interface 300C based on the obtained recommendation information. In the interface 300C, the electronic device 110 may present prediction information 360 generated based on the recommendation information. Such prediction information 360 may indicate a prediction of stage winners of the competitive activity at each stage.
In some embodiments, the user may, for example, also modify the prediction information 360 to generate a third prediction based on a second prediction indicated by the prediction information 360. For example, a user may modify an automatically recommended finalist team from 'Team H' to 'Team O.'
Further, the electronic device 110 may receive a confirmation from the user for the recommended prediction information or modified prediction information. For example, the user may trigger the confirmation of the prediction of the stage winner by clicking on the button 370.
FIG. 4A illustrates an example interface 400A according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4A, upon receiving a prediction of the user for the stage winner, the electronic device 110 may present the interface 400A to indicate a confirmed prediction 420 regarding the stage winner.
In some embodiments, the interface 400A may further include a sharing entry 410 for sharing. The user may, for example, trigger a sharing of a first prediction regarding an activity winner of the competitive activity, or trigger a sharing of a second prediction (and/or a modified third prediction) for a stage winner of the competitive activity, by selecting the sharing entry 410.
FIG. 4B illustrates an example sharing interface 400B according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 4B, after the user triggers the sharing entry 410, the electronic device 110 may, for example, present the interface 400B to present sharing information 430 regarding a prediction made by the user. Such sharing information 430 may indicate the activity winner and/or stage winner predicted by the user.
In some embodiments, the sharing information 430 may be a picture style that may be automatically constructed based on a text identification (e.g., a username) of the current user, an image identification (e.g., an avatar), a made prediction (e.g., a text identification/image identification of a champion team). It should be understood that the sharing information 430 may also be a further suitable multimedia style, for example, a card component, a video, or the like.
In some embodiments, the style of the sharing information 430 may be associated with a predicted activity winner of the user. The electronic device 110 may configure one or more sharing styles for each participant. When the user predicts the participant as an activity winner, the system may generate the sharing information 430 based on a predetermined sharing style corresponding to the participant. In some embodiments, the user may also switch the style of the sharing information 430 by a selection control 440. Alternatively, the user may also customize the style of the sharing information 430, for example.
In some embodiments, after the user selects a post control 450, the electronic device 110 may provide one or more interfaces for posting the share information 430 to support the sharing of the sharing information 430 to appropriate applications or platforms, such as a social application, instant messaging application, short video platform, and the like.
In some embodiments, after a competitive activity ends, the electronic device 110 may further present an interface 500 as shown in FIG. 5 to indicate a prediction result of the user. As shown in FIG. 5, the electronic device 110 may indicate, in the interface 500, first indication information regarding whether the prediction of the plurality of stage winners is correct. For example, the electronic device 110 may display an interface element corresponding to a stage winner with a correct prediction via a first style and display an interface element corresponding to a stage winner with an incorrect prediction via a different second style.
Additionally, the electronic device 110 may further indicate, in the interface 500, second indication information indicating whether the prediction of the activity winner is correct.
In some embodiments, the electronic device 110 may further motivate information in the interface 500, such motivation information may be determined based on predictions regarding the activity winner and/or predictions regarding a plurality of stage winners.
For example, in FIG. 5, the electronic device 110 may indicate that the user to obtain an "X motivation" for successfully predicting an activity winner; and a "Y motivation" for successfully predicting a part of a plurality of stage winners.

Automatic recommendation regarding a stage winner

In some embodiments, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device may, in response to the user request, further perform automatic recommendation regarding the stage winner to generate the recommendation information.
Particularly, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device may obtain participant information of a plurality of participants of the competitive activity, thereby determining a popularity of the plurality of participants. Further, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device may generate recommendation information based on a comparison of the popularity.
In some embodiments, the participant information may indicate a competitiveness of the participant. For example, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device may determine a ranking of the plurality of participants and determine the popularity of each participant based on the ranking thereof. In some embodiments, the information configured to describe the competitiveness of the participant may further include but is not limited to: an achievement of a historical competitive activity of the participant.
Alternatively, or in addition, the participant information may further indicate a number of users that predicted the particular participant as a set of users of the activity winner. For example, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device 110 may determine how many users currently determine a particular participant as the activity winner of the competitive activity and may determine the popularity of each participant based on the number.
In some embodiments, the participant information may further indicate whether a particular participant is predicted by the current user as an activity winner. If the particular participant is an activity winner predicted by the current user, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device may set the popularity of the particular participant to a maximum popularity.
Further, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device may generate recommendation information regarding the stage winner based on the comparison of the popularity of each participant. In some embodiments, if the current user has predicted at least one stage winner, for example, through the interface 300B, the electronic device 110 and/or the cloud device further needs to perform the popularity comparison based on the information of the participants of the predicted stage winners when determining a further unpredicted stage winner.
Based on such a recommendation process, embodiments of the present disclosure may ensure that an activity winner predicted by a user is always determined to be a stage winner and may combine a number of factors to automatically recommend a prediction solution for the user.

Example Process

FIG. 6 illustrates a flowchart of an example process 600 of user interaction according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. The process 600 may be implemented independently by the electronic device 110 discussed above, or by a combination of the electronic device 110 and other computing devices.
As shown in FIG. 6, at block 610, the electronic device 110 obtains a first input of a target user on a competitive activity, the first input being configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner.
At block 620, the electronic device 110 provides a first interface associated with at least one stage of the competitive activity. Such first interface may be configured, for example, to obtain a prediction from a target user regarding a plurality of stage winners of the competitive activity in at least one stage.
At block 630, the electronic device 110 presents, in the first interface, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction, the prediction information indicating a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage.
In some embodiments, obtaining the first input includes: presenting a second interface associated with the competitive activity, the second interface including a plurality of interface elements corresponding to a plurality of participants of the competitive activity; and receiving a selection of a target interface element corresponding to the target participant in the plurality of interface elements as the first input.
In some embodiments, the process 600 further includes: in response to a predetermined operation for a particular interface element of the plurality of interface elements, presenting description information of a particular participant corresponding to the particular interface element, the description information at least representing a competitiveness of the particular participant in the competition activity.
In some embodiments, the prediction information at least indicates that the target participant is predicted by the target user as a corresponding stage winner among the plurality of stage winners.
In some embodiments, the process 600 further includes: receiving a second input in the first interface, the second input indicating a request to obtain a recommendation regarding a stage winner that is unindicated in the first interface by the target user.
In some embodiments, presenting prediction information in the first interface includes: obtaining recommendation information based on the second input, the recommendation information indicating that a set of participants are predicted as a stage winner that is unindicated in the first interface; and presenting, based on the recommendation information, the prediction information in the first interface.
In some embodiments, the recommendation information is generated based on: a participant in the first interface that is indicated by the target user and corresponds to at least one stage winner; and/or participant information of a participant of the competitive activity.
In some embodiments, the participant information for a particular participant indicates at least one of the following: whether the particular participant is predicted by the target user as the activity winner; a user number of a set of users predicting the particular participant as the activity winner; or a competitiveness of the particular participant.
In some embodiments, the process 600 further includes: receiving a modification of the target user regarding the second prediction to generate a third prediction.
In some embodiments, the process 600 further includes: in response to receiving a sharing request, presenting sharing information of the first prediction and/or the second prediction.
In some embodiments, the process 600 further includes: presenting a third interface, the third interface including: first indication information regarding whether the first prediction of the activity winner is correct, and/or second indication information regarding whether the second prediction of the plurality of stage winners is correct.
In some embodiments, the third interface further includes motivation information determined based on the first prediction and/or the second prediction.

Example Apparatus and Device

Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a corresponding apparatus for implementing the above method or process. FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic structural block diagram of an apparatus 700 for user interaction according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
As shown in FIG. 7, the apparatus 700 includes an obtaining module 710 configured to obtain a first input of a target user on a competitive activity, the first input being configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner.
The apparatus 700 further includes a providing module 720 configured to provide a first interface associated with at least one stage of the competitive activity.
In addition, the apparatus 700 further includes a presenting module 730 configured to present, in the first interface, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction, the prediction information indicating a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage.
In some embodiments, the obtaining module 710 is further configured to: present a second interface associated with the competitive activity, the second interface comprising a plurality of interface elements corresponding to a plurality of participants of the competitive activity; and receive a selection of a target interface element corresponding to the target participant in the plurality of interface elements as the first input.
In some embodiments, the obtaining module 710 is further configured to: in response to a predetermined operation for a particular interface element of the plurality of interface elements, present description information of a particular participant corresponding to the particular interface element, the description information at least representing a competitiveness of the particular participant in the competition activity.
In some embodiments, the prediction information at least indicates that the target participant is predicted by the target user as a corresponding stage winner among the plurality of stage winners.
In some embodiments, the presenting module 730 is further configured to receive a second input in the first interface, the second input indicating a request to obtain a recommendation regarding a stage winner that is unindicated in the first interface by the target user.
In some embodiments, the presenting module 730 is further configured to: obtain recommendation information based on the second input, the recommendation information indicating that a set of participants are predicted as a stage winner that is unindicated in the first interface; and present, based on the recommendation information, the prediction information in the first interface.
In some embodiments, the recommendation information is generated based on: a participant in the first interface that is indicated by the target user and corresponds to at least one stage winner; and/or participant information of a participant of the competitive activity.
In some embodiments, the participant information for a particular participant indicates at least one of the following: whether the particular participant is predicted by the target user as the activity winner; a user number of a set of users predicting the particular participant as the activity winner; or a competitiveness of the particular participant
In some embodiments, the presenting module 730 is further configured to receive a modification of the target user regarding the second prediction to generate a third prediction.
In some embodiments, the presenting module 730 is further configured to present, in response to receiving a sharing request, present sharing information of the first prediction and/or the second prediction.
In some embodiments, the presenting module 730 is further configured to: present a third interface, the third interface comprising: first indication information regarding whether the first prediction of the activity winner is correct, and/or second indication information regarding whether the second prediction of the plurality of stage winners is correct.
In some embodiments, the third interface further comprises motivation information determined based on the first prediction and/or the second prediction.
The units included in the apparatus 700 may be implemented in various manners, including software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, one or more units may be implemented using software and/or firmware, such as machine-executable instructions stored on a storage medium. In addition to or as an alternative to machine-executable instructions, some or all of the elements in the apparatus 700 may be implemented, at least in part, by one or more hardware logic components. By way of example and not limitation, example types of hardware logic components that may be used include field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), application specific standards (ASSPs), system-on-a-chip (SOCs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), and the like.
FIG. 8 illustrates a block diagram of a computing device/server 800 in which one or more embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented. It should be understood that the computing device/server 800 illustrated in FIG. 8 is merely for example and should not constitute any limitation on the function and scope of the embodiments described herein.
As shown in FIG. 8, the computing device/server 800 is in a form of a general-purpose electronic device. Components of the computing device/server 800 may include, but are not limited to, one or more processors or processing units 810, memory 820, storage device 830, one or more communication units 840, one or more input devices 850, and one or more output devices 860. The processing units 810 may be actual or virtual processors and are capable of performing various processes based on programs stored in the memory 820. In a multiprocessor system, a plurality of processing units perform computer-executable instructions in parallel to increase the parallel processing power of the computing device/server 800.
The computing device/server 800 typically includes a plurality of computer storage media. Such media may be any obtainable media accessible to the computing device/server 800, including, but not limited to, volatile and non-volatile media, removable and non-removable media. The memory 820 may be volatile memory (e.g., registers, cache, random access memory (RAM)), non-volatile memory (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory), or some combination thereof. The storage device 830 may be a removable or non-removable medium and may include a machine-readable medium, such as a flash drive, a disk, or any other medium that may be capable of being configured to store information and/or data (e.g., training data for training) and may be accessible within the computing device/server 800.
The computing device/server 800 may further include additional removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile storage media. Although not shown in FIG. 8, a disk drive for reading from or writing to a removable, non-volatile disk (e.g., a 'floppy disk') and an optical disk drive for reading from or writing to a removable, non-volatile optical disk may be provided. In these embodiments, each drive may be connected to a bus (not shown) by one or more data media interfaces. The memory 820 may include a computer program product 825 having one or more program modules that are configured to perform various methods or actions of various embodiments of the present disclosure.
The communication unit 840 implements communication with other electronic devices via a communication medium. Additionally, the functions of the components of the computing device/server 800 may be implemented as a single computing cluster or a plurality of computing machines that are capable of communicating over a communication connection. Thus, the computing device/server 800 may use logical connections to one or more other servers, networked personal computers (PCs), or another network node to operate in a networked environment.
The input device 850 may be one or more input devices, such as a mouse, a keyboard, a tracking ball, and the like. The output device 860 may be one or more output devices, such as a monitor, a speaker, a printer, and the like. The computing device/server 800 may also communicate, as desired, via the communication unit 840, with one or more external devices (not shown), external devices such as storage devices, display devices, etc., with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the computing device/server 800, or with any device that enables the computing device/server 800 to communicate with one or more other electronic devices (e.g., a network card, modem, etc.) to communicate. Such communication may be performed via an input/output (I/O) interface (not shown).
According to example implementations of the present disclosure, a computer-readable storage medium having one or more computer instructions stored thereon is provided, the computer instructions being performed by a processor to implement the methods described above.
Aspects of the present disclosure are described herein with reference to flowcharts and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatuses, (systems), and computer program products implemented in accordance with the present disclosure. It should be understood that each block of the flowchart and/or block diagram, and combinations of blocks in the flowcharts and/or block diagrams, may be implemented by computer readable program instructions.
These computer-readable program instructions may be provided to a processing unit of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, when executed by a processing unit of a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, produce means to implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram. These computer-readable program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that cause the computer, programmable data processing apparatus, and/or other devices to function in a particular manner, such that the computer-readable medium storing instructions includes an article of manufacture including instructions to implement aspects of the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram (s).
The computer-readable program instructions may further be loaded onto a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other apparatus, such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other apparatus to produce a computer-implemented process such that the instructions executed on a computer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other apparatus implement the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram block or blocks.
The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures show architecture, function, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods, and computer program products according to various implementations of the present disclosure. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagram may represent a module, program segment, or part of an instruction that includes one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function. In some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the blocks may also occur in a different order than noted in the figures. For example, two consecutive blocks may actually be performed substantially in parallel, which may sometimes be performed in the reverse order, depending on the function involved. It is also noted that each block in the block diagrams and/or flowchart, as well as combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart, may be implemented with a dedicated hardware-based system that performs the specified functions or actions, or may be implemented in a combination of dedicated hardware and computer instructions.
Various implementations of the present disclosure have been described above, which are exemplary, not exhaustive, and are not limited to the implementations disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the various implementations illustrated. The selection of the terms used herein is intended to best explain the principles of the implementations, practical applications, or improvements to techniques in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the various implementations disclosed herein.

Claims

A method for user interaction, comprising:
obtaining a first input of a target user on a competitive activity, the first input being configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner;

providing a first interface associated with at least one stage of the competitive activity; and

presenting, in the first interface, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction, the prediction information indicating a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage.
The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the first input comprises:
presenting a second interface associated with the competitive activity, the second interface comprising a plurality of interface elements corresponding to a plurality of participants of the competitive activity; and

receiving a selection of a target interface element corresponding to the target participant in the plurality of interface elements as the first input.
The method of claim 2, further comprising:
in response to a predetermined operation for a particular interface element of the plurality of interface elements, presenting description information of a particular participant corresponding to the particular interface element, the description information at least representing a competitiveness of the particular participant in the competition activity.
The method of claim 1, wherein the prediction information at least indicates that the target participant is predicted by the target user as a corresponding stage winner among the plurality of stage winners.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a second input in the first interface, the second input indicating a request to obtain a recommendation regarding a stage winner that is unindicated in the first interface by the target user.
The method of claim 5, wherein presenting prediction information in the first interface comprises:
obtaining recommendation information based on the second input, the recommendation information indicating that a set of participants are predicted as a stage winner that is unindicated in the first interface; and

presenting, based on the recommendation information, the prediction information in the first interface.
The method of claim 6, wherein the recommendation information is generated based on:
a participant in the first interface that is indicated by the target user and corresponds to at least one stage winner; and/or

participant information of a participant of the competitive activity.
The method of claim 7, wherein the participant information for a particular participant indicates at least one of the following:
whether the particular participant is predicted by the target user as the activity winner;

a user number of a set of users predicting the particular participant as the activity winner; or

a competitiveness of the particular participant.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a modification of the target user regarding the second prediction to generate a third prediction.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:
in response to receiving a sharing request, presenting sharing information of the first prediction and/or the second prediction.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:
presenting a third interface, the third interface comprising: first indication information regarding whether the first prediction of the activity winner is correct, and/or second indication information regarding whether the second prediction of the plurality of stage winners is correct.
The method of claim 11, wherein the third interface further comprises motivation information determined based on the first prediction and/or the second prediction.
An apparatus for user interaction, comprising:
an obtaining module configured to obtain a first input of a target user on a competitive activity, the first input being configured to instruct a first prediction that a target participant of the competitive activity is predicted by the target user to be an activity winner;

a providing module configured to provide a first interface associated with at least one stage of the competitive activity; and

a presenting module configured to present, in the first interface, prediction information generated based at least on the first prediction, the prediction information indicating a second prediction of the target user regarding a winner of a plurality of stage winners in the at least one stage.
An electronic device, comprising:
at least one processing unit; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processing unit and storing instructions for execution by the at least one processing unit, the instructions, when executed by the at least one processing unit, causing the device to perform the method of any of claims 1 to 12.
A computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program, when executed by a processor, implementing the method of any of claims 1 to 12.