WO2015014281A1

WO2015014281A1 - Method and apparatus for displaying living service information

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Publication number: WO2015014281A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/083277
Authority: WO
Inventors: Huateng Ma; Zhihao Zheng; Zhu Liang; Xiaoyuan Gu; Changqing Liu; Jian Zhong; Xiaojun Huang
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2013-07-31
Filing date: 2014-07-30
Publication date: 2015-02-05
Also published as: CN103401870A

Abstract

According to an embodiment, a client device obtains living service information, and in response to a network social information update request, displays a social networking service (SNS) page containing the living service information.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING LIVING SERVICE

INFORMATION

PRIORITY STATEMENT

[0001] This application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201310329213.4, filed on July 31 , 2013, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

FIELD

[0002] The present disclosure relates to Internet techniques, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for displaying living service information.

BACKGROUND

[0003] At present, users may view living service information such as weather information, constellation information or almanac information via terminals, e.g., smart phones, palmtop computers, etc. For example, through a weather forecast application (APP) installed in the terminal, the user may obtain weather information. Through a constellation APP installed in the terminal, the user may obtain constellation information, and so on.

[0004] Social networking service (SNS) is a platform to build social networks or social relations among people who, share interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections. Most social network services are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet, such as e-mail and instant messaging. At present, SNS pages such as microblog pages and web space pages do not provide living service information.

SUMMARY

[0005] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for displaying living service information is provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a client device, living service information from an social networking service (SNS) server or an application installed in the client device; wherein the living service information includes any one or any combination of weather information, air quality information, constellation information, and almanac information; and

in response to a network social information update request, displaying a SNS page containing the living service information; wherein the living service information is overlaid in the SNS page as a watermark.

[0006] According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a client device for displaying living service information is provided. The client device includes:

one or more processors;

a memory;

a communication module;

wherein the communication module comprises a port to connect to a communication network; and

the memory stores one or more program units to be executed by the processor, the one or more program units comprising:

an obtaining unit, to obtain living service information from an social networking service (SNS) server or an application installed in the client device; wherein the living service information includes any one or any combination of weather information, air quality information, constellation information, and almanac information; and

a displaying unit, to display, in response to a network social information update request, the living service information in a SNS page; wherein the living service information is overlaid in the SNS page as a watermark.

[0007] According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for displaying living service information is provided. The set of instructions direct at least one processor to perform acts of:

obtaining, by a client device, living service information from an social networking service (SNS) server or an application installed in the client device; wherein the living service information includes any one or any combination of weather information, air quality information, constellation information, and almanac information; and

[0008] Other aspects or embodiments of the present disclosure can be understood by those skilled in the art in light of the description, the claims, and the drawings of the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009] Features of the present disclosure are illustrated by way of embodiment and not limited in the following figures, in which like numerals indicate like elements, in which:

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a network system for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of an SNS page according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of an SNS page according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 shows still another embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 shows yet another embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 shows an example according to the present disclosure; and

FIG. 9 shows an embodiment of a structure of a client device for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0010] The preset disclosure will be described in further detail hereinafter with reference to accompanying drawings and embodiments to make the technical solution and merits therein clearer.

[0011] For simplicity and illustrative purposes, the present disclosure is described by referring to embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. It will be readily apparent however, that the present disclosure may be practiced without limitation to these specific details. In other instances, some methods and structures have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present disclosure. As used herein, the term "includes" means includes but not limited to, the term "including" means including but not limited to. The term "based on" means based at least in part on. In addition, the terms "a" and "an" are intended to denote at least one of a particular element.

[0012] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a network system for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , the network system 100 includes a communication network 110, a client device 120, and a server 130.

[0013] The client device 120 may be a smartphone, a Personal Digital Assistant, a desktop computer or a laptop computer. Additionally, other devices such as handheld and palmtop devices may also be deployed as the client device 120.

[0014] The client device 120 is connected or coupled via a link 140 to the communication network 110.

[0015] The client device 120 includes communication software to enable a user to access the server 130 through an SNS application, e.g., a microblog application, an IM application installed in the client device 120 or an SNS platform, e.g., a webpage provided by the server 130.

[0016] The server 130 may support SNS services (such as microblog, QQ webspace, etc.), i.e., allow users to send and receive SNS messages. The server 130 may support other services related to SNS.

[0017] Link 140 represents any suitable communication link or similar communication mechanism including some combination of a hardwired connection, a connection for telephone access via radio, infrared or other wireless communication methodologies (i.e., "Wi-Fi" or "Wi-max", "Bluetooth", infrared, etc.), private or proprietary local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs), as well as standard computer network communications over the communication network 110, or any other suitable connection between computers and computer components known to those skilled in the art, whether currently known or developed in the future.

[0018] Server 130 in FIG. 1 represents a computer system that is made available to the client device 120 via link 140 and the communication network 110. Various hardware components (not shown in FIG. 1 ) such as external monitors, keyboards, mice, tablets, hard disk drives, magnetic tapes, and other devices may be used in conjunction with server 130.

[0019] The server 130 may include a user profile server (not shown) connected to a database (not shown) for storing large amounts of user profile data. The user profile server may be used to enter, retrieve, edit, manipulate or otherwise process user profile data. In one implementation, a user's profile data includes, for example, user name, buddy list, geographic location, interests, etc. users of the client device 120 may enter, edit and/or delete profile data through the SNS application installed in the client device 120 or an SNS platform provided by the server 130.

[0020] Server 130 may also provide various additional software components (not shown in FIG. 1 ) such as database servers, web servers, firewalls, security software, and the like. The use of these various hardware and software components is well known to those skilled in the art. In at least one preferred example, the server 130 is used to offer SNS services.

[0021] In a conventional SNS system, if a user requires weather information or some other types of living service information (such as constellation information, geographic location information, almanac information, etc.), he/she has to open a particular application (APP), which is inconvenient for the user. For example, if the user requires weather information when browsing recent information published by friends in an SNS page, e.g., microblog webpage, QQ web space, he/she has to exit the SNS page and open a weather forecast APP. After getting the weather information, the user may close the weather forecast APP and return to the SNS page. If the user also requires constellation information, he/she has to open a constellation APP. In addition, the living serving information displayed by the particular APP cannot be shared with other users conveniently.

[0022] In contrast to this, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for displaying living service information, so as to reduce operations of users and improves experiences of the users.

[0023] Hereinafter, the method provided by various examples of the present disclosure will be described more fully with reference to the network system 100.

[0024] FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes the following.

[0025] At block S201 , a client device obtains living service information.

[0026] The living service information may include service information which facilitates user's living, e.g., weather information, air quality information, constellation information, almanac information, geographic location information, etc.

[0027] At block S102, in responses to a network social information update request, the client device displays an SNS page containing the living service information.

[0028] The network social information update request may be triggered by a user of the client device, or generated automatically by the client device. For example, the client device may generate the network social information update request periodically or when the user logs in the SNS application installed in the client device or SNS platform provided by a server.

[0029] In one embodiment, the SNS page may further include social information. The client device may receive the social information from the server or other client devices, and loads the obtained social information to the above SNS page, such that the SNS page includes the living service information and the social information. The social information may be messages published by friends in a friend list of the user of the client device, e.g., text and/or pictures published by the friends in the friend list.

[0030] In the above technical solution, the living service information may be displayed in the SNS page. The SNS page has information sharing and interaction functions. Thus, sharing and interaction of the living service information may be realized.

[0031] The SNS page in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be a webpage provided by an SNS server, such as a microblog page, QQ web space, etc. The SNS page may also be an interface displayed by the SNS application installed in the client device.

[0032] FIG. 3 shows another embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure. In this embodiment, the client device obtains the living service information from an SNS server. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes the following.

[0033] At block S301 , a client device transmits a living service information request message to an SNS server, such that the SNS server returns living service information to the client device according to the living service information request message.

[0034] The living service information may include at least one of: weather information, air quality information, constellation information, almanac information and geographic location information.

[0035] The weather information may include current weather information, and may further include future weather information, e.g., weather information of a future week. Similarly, the air quality information, the constellation information and the almanac information may include current air quality information, constellation information and almanac information, or include current and future air quality information, constellation information and almanac information. The above living service information request message may further include time information, e.g., time information of the client device. The SNS server returns the living service information corresponding to the time information. The geographic location information may be the geographic location information of the client device.

[0036] The air quality information may be PM 2.5 information.

[0037] At block S302, the client device receives the living service information transmitted by the SNS server.

[0038] At block S303, in response to a network social information update request, the client device displays an SNS page containing the living service information.

[0039] In one embodiment, block S303 may include the following.

[0040] In responses to the network social information update request, the client device overlays the living service information in the SNS page as a watermark, and displays the SNS page.

[0041] In particular, the watermark may be overlaid in a personal background, i.e., a cover, of the SNS page, as shown in FIG. 4 which shows an embodiment of the SNS page containing living service information according to the present disclosure. FIG. 4 shows two SNS pages 400 and 410. In the SNS page 400, the living service information is the weather information, and in the SNS page 410, the living service information is the constellation information. In FIG. 4, the watermark 401 is overlaid in the bottom-right corner of the personal background 402 (the rectangle filled with biases) of the SNS pages 400 and 410. The watermark may be semi-transparent. In FIG. 4, the watermark 401 shows weather information or constellation information. It should be noted that, the watermark 401 may also show other information such as almanac information according to user's configuration.

[0042] Besides the living service information overlaid in the personal background 402 of the SNS pages 400 and 410, the SNS pages 400 and 410 may further include social information 404 published by users, e.g., text and/or pictures published by friends in a friend list of the user.

[0043] In one embodiment, the watermark 401 overlaid in the SNS page may be brief information of the living service information. Detailed living service information may be displayed in another SNS page in response to a user's input which triggers the display of the detailed living service information. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of an SNS page containing detailed living service information according to the present disclosure. When the user triggers to show the detailed living service information, e.g., clicks the watermark 401 , the SNS pages 500 and 510 (respectively corresponding to the SNS pages 400 and 410) containing the detailed living service information 502 is displayed.

[0044] In one embodiment, the watermark 401 overlaid in the SNS pages 400 and 410 includes current living service information. The future living service information 504 may be displayed in pages 500 and 510 which are displayed in response to the user's input.

[0045] In block S301 , the living service information request message transmitted by the client device to the SNS server may include geographic location information of the client device.

[0046] Thus, after receiving the living service information request message, the SNS server may return the living service information corresponding to the geographic location information of the client device. For example, the living service information includes weather information and/or air information of a geographic location corresponding to the geographic location information. In one example, the geographic location information denotes city A. Accordingly, the living service information includes the living service information of city A, e.g., weather information and/or air information of city A.

[0047] In one embodiment, the geographic location information may be history geographic location information stored in the client device or current geographic location information obtained by the client device. For example, before block S301 , the method may further include block S300.

[0048] At block S300, the client device determines whether the history geographic location information stored in the client device is overdue. If the history geographic location information is not overdue, block S301 is executed, wherein the living service information request message in block S301 includes the history geographic location information. If the history geographic location information is overdue, the client device obtains the current geographic location information of the client device and then executes block S301 . At this time, the living service information request message in block S301 includes the current geographic location information.

[0049] The client device may obtains the current geographic location information from the SNS server, or via a global positioning system (GPS).

[0050] If the history geographic location information is not overdue, the history geographic location information may be used to obtain the living service information to save power of the client device.

[0051] The geographic location information of the client device includes at least one of: an internet protocol (IP) information, GPS information and point of interest (POI) information. The POI information may be information of a geographic location such as a building, a shop, a mailbox, a bus station, etc. The POI information includes name, type, longitude and latitude of the geographic location. The IP information may be an IP address of the client device.

[0052] Thus, it is possible to obtain the living service information according to the IP address, e.g., obtain the living service information of a city corresponding to the IP address. It is also possible to obtain the living service information according to GPS information, e.g., obtain the living service information of a city corresponding to the GPS information. It is also possible to obtain the living service information according to the POI information, e.g., obtain the living service information of a city corresponding to the POI information.

[0053] The request message may include an identifier used for indicating whether the living service information is to be obtained according to IP address, or GPS information or POI information. For example, the identifier may be noted by 1 bit. If the value of the bit is 1 , it is indicated that the living service information is obtained according to GPS information. If the value of the bit is 0, it is indicated that the living service information is obtained according to the POI information.

[0054] The client device may determine whether the history geographic location information is overdue through the following.

[0055] The client device determines whether the history geographic location information stored in the client device meets a predefined condition. If yes, it is determined that the history geographic location information is overdue; otherwise, it is determined that the history geographic location information is not overdue. The predefined condition may include at least one of the following.

[0056] One of a longitude value and a latitude value of the history geographic location information equals to a value of IP positioning of the client device (e.g., 900000000) and the history geographic location information is cached for more than a predefined period (e.g., 5 minutes).

[0057] The above mentioned one of the longitude value and the latitude value of the history geographic location information equals to the value of IP positioning means that, the history geographic location information includes longitude value or latitude value which is failed to be obtained, i.e., the longitude value or the latitude value is a meaningless value.

[0058] In one embodiment, the request message may further include geographic location information different from the geographic location information of the client device, e.g., geographic location information of country A, so as to obtain the living service information of other geographic locations.

[0059] In one embodiment, the above block S301 may be executed periodically and the periodicity may be adjusted according to load of the communication platform. For example, if the SNS server has a heavy load, the periodicity may be lengthened. If the SNS server has a light load, the periodicity may be shortened. The adjustment may be performed by the user or automatically according to information indicating the load of the SNS server transmitted by the SNS server.

[0060] FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 6, the method includes the following.

[0061] At block S601 , the client device obtains living service information from the client device.

[0062] The living service information includes at least one of: weather information, air quality information, constellation information, almanac information and geographic location information.

[0063] Block S601 may specifically include:

the client device obtains the living service information stored in the client device; or

the client device obtains the living service information via a network searching engine installed in the client device; or

the client device obtains the living service information via an APP running in the client device via an API interface, e.g., obtain the living service information outputted by an APP (e.g., an APP used for providing weather information) which is dedicated for providing living service information.

[0064] At block S602, in responses to a network social information update request, the client device displays an SNS page containing the living service information.

[0065] The network social information update request may be triggered by a user of the client device, or generated automatically by the client device. For example, the client device may generate the network social information update request periodically or when the user logs in the SNS application installed in the client device or SNS platform provided by a server.

[0066] In one embodiment, block S602 may specifically include the following.

[0067] In responses to the network social information update request, the client device overlays the living service information in the SNS page as a watermark, and displays the SNS page.

[0068] Besides the living service information overlaid in the personal background of the SNS page, the SNS page may further include social information published by users, e.g., text and/or pictures published by friends in a friend list of the user.

[0069] FIG. 7 shows another embodiment of a method for displaying living service information according to the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 7, the method includes the following.

[0070] At block S701 , a client device transmits a living service information request message to an SNS server.

[0071] The living service information may include at least one of: weather information, air quality information, constellation information, almanac information and geographic location information.

[0072] At block S702, the SNS server returns living service information to the client device according to the living service information request message.

[0073] At block S703, in response to a network social information update request, the client device displays an SNS page containing the living service information.

[0074] In one embodiment, block S702 may specifically include:

the SNS server overlays the living service information in the SNS page as a watermark according to the living service information request message, and transmits the SNS page to the client device.

[0075] The watermark may be overlaid in a personal background, i.e., a cover, of the SNS page, as shown in FIG. 4.

[0076] In block S701 , the living service information request message transmitted by the client device to the SNS server may include geographic location information of the client device.

[0077] Thus, after receiving the living service information request message, the SNS server may return the living service information corresponding to the geographic location information of the client device. For example, the living service information includes weather information and/or air information of a geographic location corresponding to the geographic location information. In one example, the geographic location information denotes city A. Accordingly, the living service information includes the living service information of city A, e.g., weather information and/or air information of city A.

[0078] In one embodiment, the geographic location information may be history geographic location information stored in the client device or current geographic location information obtained by the client device.

For example, before block S701 , the method may further include block S700.

[0079] At block S700, the client device determines whether the history geographic location information stored in the client device is overdue. If the history geographic location information is not overdue, block S701 is executed, wherein the living service information request message in block S701 includes the history geographic location information. If the history geographic location information is overdue, the client device obtains the current geographic location information of the client device and then executes block S701 . At this time, the living service information request message in block S701 includes the current geographic location information.

[0080] The client device may obtains the current geographic location information from the SNS server, or via a global positioning system (GPS).

[0081] If the history geographic location information is not overdue, the history geographic location information may be used to obtain the living service information to save power of the client device.

[0082] The geographic location information of the client device includes at least one of: an internet protocol (IP) information, GPS information and point of interest (POI) information.

[0083] Hereinafter, the solution of the present disclosure is described with reference to an example. In this example, weather information is taken as exemplary living service information. As shown in FIG. 8, the method includes the following.

[0084] At block S801 , a user of a client device enters a friend recent information page, e.g., a microblog page or a QQ space homepage.

[0085] At block S802, the client device determines whether to display weather information according to a user's configuration. If yes, block S803 is executed; otherwise, block S812 is executed.

[0086] At block S803, the client device determines whether geographic location information of the user is overdue. If yes, block S804 is executed; otherwise, block S806 is executed. [0087] At block S804, the client device performs a self-positioning function to determine the geographic location information of the user.

[0088] At block S805, the client device determines whether the geographic location information of the user is successfully obtained. If yes, block S807 is executed; otherwise, block S808 is executed.

[0089] At block S806, the client device determines whether there is POI information in the client device. If yes, block S807 is executed; otherwise, block

S809 is executed.

[0090] At block S807, the client device retrieves POI information and weather information from an SNS server according to geographic location information.

[0091] At block S808, the client device retrieves POI information and weather information from the SNS server based on IP address positioning.

[0092] At block S809, the cient device retrieves the weather information from the SNS server according to the POI information and the geographic location information.

[0093] At block S810, the client device determines whether the weather information is successfully retrieved. If yes, block S811 is executed; otherwise, block S812 is executed.

[0094] At block S811 , the client device displays the weather information in the friend dynamic information page.

[0095] At block S812, the client device does not display the weather information.

[0096] In accordance with the above method embodiments, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a client device for displaying living service information. As shown in FIG. 9, the client device 900 includes: one or more processors 910, a memory 920 and a communication module 930. The communication module 930 includes a port to connect to a communication network. The memory 920 stores one or more program units to be executed by the processor 910. The one or more program units include:

an obtaining unit 901 , to obtain living service information; and

a displaying unit 902, to display, in response to a network social information update request, the living service information in an SNS page.

[0097] In one embodiment, the obtaining unit 901 is further to transmit a living service information request message to the SNS server and receive the living service information transmitted by the SNS server in response to the living service information request message.

[0098] Then, the displaying unit 902 overlays the living service information obtained by the obtaining unit 901 in an SNS page in response to the network social information update request and displays the SNS page containing the living service information.

[0099] In another embodiment, the obtaining unit 901 is further to receive the SNS page containing the living service information from the SNS server, wherein the living service information may be overlaid in the SNS page as a watermark. Thus, the displaying unit 902 may directly display the SNS page received by the obtaining unit 901 .

[0100] The living service information request message may include geographic location information of the client device 900. Thus, after receiving the living service information request message, the SNS server may return living service information corresponding to the geographic location information to the client device 900.

[0101] The geographic location information may be history geographic location information stored in the client device 900 or current geographic location information obtained by the client device 900.

[0102] The one or more program units stored in the memory 920 may further include a determining unit 903, to determine whether history geographic location information stored in the apparatus is overdue.

[0103] At this time, the obtaining unit 901 is further to obtain current geographic location information of the client device 900 if the determining unit 903 determines that the history geographic location information is overdue, and transmit the living service information request message containing the current geographic location information to the SNS server.

[0104] The memory in the embodiments of the present disclosure is non-transitory processor-readable storage media which may be, for example, a RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of non-transitory storage medium known in the art.

[0105] What has been described and illustrated herein is an embodiment of the disclosure along with some of its variations. The terms, descriptions and figures used herein are set forth by way of illustration only and are not meant as limitations. Many variations are possible within the spirit and scope of the disclosure, which is intended to be defined by the following claims -- and their equivalents -- in which all terms are meant in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated.

Claims

CLAIMS What is claimed is:

1 . A method for displaying living service information, comprising:

obtaining, by a client device, living service information from an social networking service (SNS) server or an application installed in the client device; wherein the living service information comprises any one or any combination of weather information, air quality information, constellation information, and almanac information; and

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the living service information from the SNS server comprises:

transmitting, by the client device, a living service information request message to the SNS server, such that the SNS server returns the living service information to the client device; and

receiving, by the client device, the living service information returned by the SNS server;

the displaying the SNS page containing the living service information comprises:

overlaying the living service information in the SNS page as the watermark; and

displaying, by the client device, the SNS page containing the living service information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the living service information request message comprises geographic location information of the client device;

the SNS server returns the living service information corresponding to the geographic location information of the client device.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: before transmitting the living service information request message to the SNS server, determining, by the client device, whether history geographic location information stored in the client device is overdue;

if the history geographic location information is overdue, obtaining, by the client device, current geographic location information of the client device; and executing the process of transmitting the living service information request message to the SNS server, wherein the living service information request message comprises the current geographic location information of the client device;

if the history geographic location information in the client device is not overdue, executing the process of transmitting the living service information request message to the SNS server, wherein the living service information request message comprises the history geographic location information of the client device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the living service information from the SNS server comprises:

receiving, by the client device, the SNS page containing the living service information, wherein the living service information is overlaid in the SNS page as the watermark.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the living service information is obtained from an application installed in the client device,

overlaying the living service information in the SNS page as the watermark; and

7. A client device for displaying living service information, comprising: one or more processors;

memory;

a communication module; wherein the communication module comprises a port to connect to a communication network; and

an obtaining unit, to obtain living service information from an social networking service (SNS) server or an application installed in the client device; wherein the living service information comprises any one or any combination of weather information, air quality information, constellation information, and almanac information; and

8. The client device of claim 7, wherein the obtaining unit is further to transmit a living service information request message to an SNS server, such that the SNS server returns the living service information to the client device according to the living service information request message; and

receive the living service information returned by the SNS server;

the displaying unit is further to overlay the living service information received by the obtaining unit in the SNS page as the watermark and display the SNS page containing the living service information.

9. The client device of claim 8, wherein the living service information request message comprises geographic location information of the client device, such that the SNS server returns the living service information to the client device according to the geographic location information of the client device.

10. The client device of claim 9, further comprising:

a determining unit, to determine whether a history geographic location information stored in the client device is overdue;

the obtaining unit is further to transmit the living service information request message containing the history geographic location information of the client device to the SNS server if the determining unit determines that the history geographic location information is not overdue; and obtain current geographic location information of the client device if the determining unit determines that the history geographic location information is overdue and transmit the living service information request message containing the current geographic location information of the client device to the SNS server.

11 . The client device of claim 7, wherein the obtaining unit is further to receiving the SNS page from the SNS server, wherein the living service information is overlaid in the SNS page as the watermark; and

the displaying unit is to display the SNS page containing the living service information received by the obtaining unit.

12. The client device of claim 7, wherein the living service information is obtained from the application installed in the client device;

the displaying unit is further to overlay the living service information obtained by the obtaining unit in the SNS page as the watermark, and display the SNS page containing the living service information.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions for displaying living service information, the set of instructions to direct at least one processor to perform acts of:

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the obtaining the living service information from the SNS server comprises:

transmitting, by the client device, a living service information request message to an SNS server, such that the SNS server returns the living service information to the client device; and

overlaying the living service information in the SNS page as the watermark; and

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the living service information request message comprises geographic location information of the client device;

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

before transmitting the living service information request message to the SNS server, determining, by the client device, whether history geographic location information stored in the client device is overdue;

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the obtaining the living service information from the SNS server comprises:

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the living service information is obtained from an application installed in the client device,

overlaying the living service information in the SNS page as the watermark; and