CN104268185B - A kind of method and apparatus in application distribution platform search application - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of application searches method and apparatus, method therein specifically includes：In response to the operation of search box, corresponding application searches prompt word is shown in prompting frame；When detecting the hovering event on a certain application searches prompt word, show that the application searches prompt word of hovering corresponds to the key message applied and corresponding download or installation control.The embodiment of the present invention simplifies user and downloads or install using required operation, reduces download installation and applies the required time.

Description

A method and device for searching applications on an application distribution platform

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to an application search method and an application search device.

Background technique

At present, with the rapid development of mobile communication technology, mobile terminals such as mobile phones have been widely popularized and developed. Therefore, various applications around mobile terminals are emerging in an endless stream, attracting users to find desired applications and download and install them on mobile terminals. superior.

In the traditional application search method, the user first needs to enter the search term in the search box of the browser or the application market and press Enter to get the corresponding search result page, then find and select the desired application on the search result page, and then Enter the corresponding download page to download and install. It can be seen that the user needs multiple operations to download and install the required application, and the steps are cumbersome, which undoubtedly increases the time required for downloading and installing the application and affects user experience.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention is proposed to provide an application search method and a corresponding application search device that overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

According to one aspect of the present invention, an application search method is provided, including:

In response to the operation of the search box, display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box;

When a hovering event on a certain application search prompt word is detected, key information of the application corresponding to the hovered application search prompt word and a corresponding download or installation control are displayed.

Optionally, the method further includes: when a click event of the download or installation control is detected, downloading or installing an application corresponding to the download or installation control.

Optionally, the method further includes: when a click event on the key information is detected, performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information.

Optionally, the method further includes: while displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box, displaying the state of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal.

Optionally, the step of displaying the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box includes:

The key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or installation control are displayed, and the rest of the application search prompt words in the prompt box are displayed.

Optionally, the step of displaying corresponding application search prompt words in response to the operation of the search box includes:

Responding to the click operation of the search box, obtaining application search hot words and displaying them as application search prompt words; or

In response to the operation of inputting a search word in the search box, an application search prompt word corresponding to the search word is displayed.

Optionally, the method further includes: when detecting a move-out event on a certain application search prompt word, displaying the removed application search prompt word.

Optionally, the key information of the application includes: one or more of application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, frequency of use information, version number information and recommendation reason information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an application search device is provided, including:

The first display module is used to display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box in response to the operation of the search box; and

The second display module is configured to display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control when a hovering event is detected on the application search prompt word.

Optionally, the device further includes: an installation module configured to install an application corresponding to the download or installation control when a click event of the download or installation control is detected.

Optionally, the device further includes: a search module for performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information when a click event of the key information is detected.

Optionally, the device further includes: a third display module for displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box and displaying the state of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal.

Optionally, the first display module is specifically configured to display the key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or installation control, and display the rest of the application search prompts in the prompt box prompt word.

Optionally, the first display module includes:

The first display submodule is configured to, in response to the click operation of the search box, obtain application search hot words and display them as application search prompt words; or

The second display submodule is configured to display the application search prompt word corresponding to the search word in response to the operation of inputting the search word in the search box.

Optionally, the device further includes: when a removal event on a certain application search prompt word is detected, displaying the removed application search prompt word.

Optionally, the key information of the application includes: one or more of application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, frequency of use information, version number information and recommendation reason information.

In the application search method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when a hovering event is detected above a certain application search prompt word in the prompt box, the key information of the application corresponding to the hovered application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation are displayed Control, the user can decide whether to download or install the corresponding application according to the key information of the displayed application, and directly download or install the application through the application download or installation control when necessary, compared with the traditional application search process input search A series of cumbersome operations, such as selecting a word, pressing Enter, selecting the desired application on the search result page, and entering the corresponding download page, simplifies the operations required for users to download or install applications, and reduces the time required for downloading and installing applications , improving the user experience.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to better understand the technical means of the present invention, it can be implemented according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable , the specific embodiments of the present invention are enumerated below.

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Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment and are not to be considered as limiting the invention. Also throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same components. In the attached picture:

Fig. 1 shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows a flow chart of steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

Fig. 5 shows a structural block diagram of an embodiment of an application search device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

In order to reduce the operation steps required for installing applications and improve user experience, referring to FIG. 1 , it shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following steps:

Step 101, in response to the operation of the search box, display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box;

The embodiment of the present invention can be applied to search engines, application markets, mobile phone management assistants and other search tools that provide search boxes and have application search functions. Just refer to it.

The principle of the search hint is that when the user enters the search content, the "hint" is used to prompt, guide, and complete the search term.

Corresponding to the principle of the above-mentioned search prompt, the embodiment of the present invention can provide the following technical solution for displaying the corresponding application search prompt words in response to the operation of the search box:

Technical solution one

Technical Solution 1 can respond to the click operation of the search box, obtain application search hot words and display them as application search prompt words.

Among them, the click operation of the above search box can make the cursor and input focus in the search box. At this time, the user has just started to use the search box to search, and there is no search content in the search box. Therefore, the application search hot words can be obtained and used as Applies search hints for display. Among them, the application search hot words can refer to the application search words with high search popularity in the recent period, and the search popularity can reflect the user's attention to the search word. The higher the search popularity; the search popularity can be obtained by counting one or more of the application's search behavior data, browsing behavior data, download behavior data, installation behavior data, and feedback behavior data; the length of a period of time here can be obtained by this Those skilled in the art determine according to the actual situation, for example, every day, half a day, etc.; the application categories here may specifically include: games, software, music ringtones, movie videos, wallpaper themes, e-books, and so on.

For example, in an application example of the present invention, the server can regularly extract the dotted log in the latest period of time every day, and the dotted log can be used to record the user's download behavior data for the application; for the download behavior data, the unit of action can be Each row has three columns, the first column is the displayed Appid, the second column is the Appid downloaded through the display, and the third column is the conversion rate, which is the number of downloads divided by the number of impressions. Among them, the App id can be used to represent the unique identifier of the application, the RBI log can be stored in the Hadoop file system, and map-reduce scripts can be written for data extraction. In this way, the heat value of the application can be calculated according to the conversion rate of the application during this period. Assuming that the length of the time period is 2, the formula for calculating the heat value can be:

C(yesterday)*W ₁ +C(today)*W ₂ (1)

Among them, C(yesterday) and C(today) represent the conversion rate of the application yesterday and today respectively, W ₁ and W ₂ represent the weights of yesterday and today respectively, W ₁ +W ₂ =1; the above heat value can be used for application search Sort by popularity.

As another example, in yet another application example of the present invention, the above-mentioned search hot words may also be provided by a recommendation engine located at the back end of the mobile phone management tool.

The main function of the recommendation engine is to analyze and calculate user behavior data and spit out recommendation results as hot search words. Specifically, it can use the user behavior data (download, browse, search, install, feedback, etc.) imported from the front end of the mobile phone management tool, and take out the application correlation data calculated offline, calculate the recommendation list by weight, and give the recommendation value. Among them, the recommended value represents the strength of the recommendation.

For example, one formula for calculating recommended values is as follows:

Wherein, i represents an application in the offline recommendation candidate application set;

j represents the application input by the user through the front end of the mobile phone management tool;

APPs represents a collection of offline recommended candidate applications;

S _ij represents the similarity between application j and application i in the set of offline recommended candidate applications;

W _j represents the initial weight of application j, and W _j is between 0 and 1;

Use the behavior time to calculate the initial weight W _j , for example, W _j can be calculated by the following formula:

W _j = (t1-min(t))/(max(t)-min(t)) (3)

Wherein, t1 represents the current access time of application j, and t represents the set of access times of all applications.

Use the user download list and browsing list obtained by the recommendation interface API, and extract the application set most related to the input application j from the offline calculation correlation data as the recommended candidate application set APPs, i represents one of them, and s in the formula _ji represents the degree of association between application j and application i (calculated offline).

In this way, the recommendation value score _i of all applications in the offline candidate set APPs can be calculated and sorted, and top20 is selected as the final recommendation result.

For example, one day’s comprehensive application application search hot words can be arranged in order of search popularity from high to low: Fishing Master 3, Live Wallpaper, Magic Baby, News, Landlord, Player, Plants vs. Zombies 2 , mobile phone desktop, superheroes, maps, etc.; the comprehensive application category here may specifically include games and software.

Technical solution two

In the second technical solution, in response to the operation of inputting a search term in the search box, an application search prompt word corresponding to the search term may be displayed.

Compared with the search content that does not exist in the search box of technical solution 1, part of the search content already exists in technical solution 2, and technical solution 2 can give relevant associated words when the user inputs part of the search words.

For example, part of the search term is "Bewa", and the corresponding application search prompt words are "Bewa nursery rhyme", "Bewa listen to", "Bewa look at", "Bewa music bubble", "Bewa go Outing" and so on.

It should be noted that the number of application search prompt words displayed in the prompt box can be determined by those skilled in the art according to the actual situation. For example, the number of application search prompt words displayed in response to the click operation of the search box is 10, and the number of application search prompt words displayed in response to The number of application search prompt words displayed in the operation of inputting search words in the search box is 8, etc., and these number of application search prompt words may be displayed in the prompt box in descending order of search popularity.

In addition, when the content of the search term in the search box changes, the embodiment of the present invention may continuously display the application search prompt word corresponding to the constantly changing search term in the prompt box.

Step 102 , when a hovering event is detected on a certain application search prompt word, display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovered application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when an object hovers over a certain application search prompt word for more than N seconds, it can be considered that a hover event is triggered; the objects here can specifically include: mouse, keyboard and touch gestures, etc.; here The display area where the application search prompt word is located above a certain application search prompt word can be specified. Assuming that all application search prompt words are displayed in the prompt box in the form of a branch list, the display area where the application search prompt word is located is row area, assuming that all application search prompt words are arranged horizontally in the prompt box, then the display area where the application search prompt words are located is the column area and so on.

Take the application search prompt words corresponding to the above part of the search term "Bewa" as an example, the user can move the mouse over "Bewa Tingting", at this time "Bewa Tingting" is highlighted, and when the mouse cursor is on the " When hovering over "Bewa Tingting" for more than 2 seconds, it can be considered that the hovering event is triggered; or, the user can move to the top of "Bewa Tingting" by pressing the down "↓" arrow key, at this time "Bewa Tingting" "Wa Ting Ting" is highlighted, and when the arrow key cursor hovers over "Be W Ting Ting" for more than 2 seconds, it can be considered that the hover event is triggered; or, the user can also trigger the hover event through a touch gesture, The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the triggering manner of triggering the hovering event.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when a hovering event is detected above a certain application search prompt word, the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control are displayed, wherein the key information of the application can be As the basis for whether the user downloads or installs the application, that is, the user can decide whether to download or install the corresponding application based on the key information of the displayed application, and directly download or install the application through the download or installation control of the application when necessary. Install. Wherein, if the application type corresponding to the application search prompt word is a type that needs to be installed, such as games, software, wallpaper theme, and e-book, then the corresponding installation control can be displayed, wherein the installation control can have the installation entry of the application Address information; if the type of application corresponding to the application search prompt word is a type that does not need to be installed, such as music ringtones, movie videos, etc., then the corresponding download control can be displayed, and the download control can contain the download entry address information of the application.

The download entry address information of the application corresponding to the download control is vulnerable to virus attack. In order to prevent the download entry address information with virus information from being displayed to the user, in an optional embodiment of the present invention, the application It can come from the security application information library, which can specifically include one or more candidate applications and their security access information; applications include but not limited to application name, application version number and other information, security access information includes but not limited to application Introductory links, download links and other links are all safe and credible address information. The security application information database can be obtained by filtering fake applications through antivirus engines in advance or directly obtaining official application presets, or it can be established based on user feedback information. For example, if more than a certain percentage of users report that a certain download link is not Deletion from the secure application repository.

Thus, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include: when a click event of the download or installation control is detected, downloading or installing an application corresponding to the download or installation control. It is therefore possible to perform downloading or installation of applications without performing a search operation. It should be noted that during the download or installation of the application, the key information of the app corresponding to the hovering search prompt word, the corresponding download or installation control, and other application search prompt words can be continuously displayed. Or after the installation is complete, you can continue to use other displayed applications to search for prompt words.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include: when a click event of the key information is detected, performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information. That is, the clicked key information may be submitted as a search term to the search server for search.

In yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method may further include: when detecting a removal event on a certain application search prompt word, displaying the removed application search prompt word. Take the mouse operation as an example, when the mouse cursor moves over a certain application search prompt word, the key information of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control are displayed, and when the mouse cursor moves out of the application search prompt stop displaying the key information of the application corresponding to the search prompt words of the application and the corresponding download or installation controls, and display the removed search prompt words of the application.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the key information of the application may specifically include: one or more of application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, frequency of use information and version number information.

Among them, the application icon and application name can be used as the identification of the application, according to which any user can judge whether the current application is the required application; and the official certification information is to verify the application qualification, application security, application authority, etc. Compared with applications without official authentication information, applications with official authentication information are more secure and authoritative, and are more likely to be selected by users; the version number enables users to determine whether the current user is up to date. version; download information, installation information, and frequency of use information are all behavior information generated by other users for the current user. These behavior information can reflect the popularity and popularity of the current application. The more popular the app is, the more effective it is for users to download or install the app.

To sum up, the application search method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when a hover event is detected above a certain application search prompt word in the prompt box, displays the key information of the application corresponding to the hovered application search prompt word and the corresponding Download or install the control, users can decide whether to download or install the corresponding application according to the key information of the displayed application, and directly download or install the application through the download or installation control of the application when necessary, compared with the traditional application search process A series of cumbersome operations such as inputting search terms in the search engine, pressing Enter, selecting the desired application on the search result page, and entering the corresponding download page simplify the operations required for users to download or install applications and reduce the time required for downloading and installing applications. It takes less time and improves the user experience.

Referring to FIG. 2 , it shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following steps:

Step 201, in response to the operation of the search box, display the key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or installation control, and display the remaining application search prompt words in the prompt box;

Step 202 , when a hovering event on another application search prompt word is detected, display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovered application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control.

Compared with Embodiment 1, this embodiment embodies the process of displaying the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box in response to the operation of the search box, that is, for multiple application search prompt words in the prompt box, one of them can be displayed by default. The first application search prompt word corresponds to the key information of the application and the corresponding download or installation control, while for the rest of the application search prompt words, only the word itself is displayed; here, the remaining application search prompt words refer to the App search hints other than hints.

Since the user is not familiar with the implementation of the present invention, the user may not use the search prompt function, let alone trigger the hover event above the search prompt word in the prompt box, and the embodiment of the present invention displays the prompt box by default. The first application search prompt word corresponds to the key information of the application and the corresponding download or installation control; if the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word with the highest search popularity is what the user needs, the user can directly follow the corresponding application. The download or installation of the application, which obviously reduces the time required to download and install the application; if the application with the most popular search prompt word is not what the user needs, the above default display can also guide the user to trigger the prompt box Hover event on the search prompt word of the application in the middle, to view the information of the application corresponding to the search prompt word of other apps in the prompt box.

It should be noted that when a hover event is detected on the rest of the application search prompt words and the key information of the app corresponding to the hover search prompt words and the corresponding download or installation controls are displayed, the prompt box can be stopped. The first application search prompt word corresponds to the key information of the application and the corresponding download or installation control, which can ensure that only one application search prompt word corresponds to the key information of the application and the corresponding download or installation control at the same time, so that the user's visual The focus is on the application.

Referring to FIG. 3 , it shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following steps:

Step 301, in response to the operation of the search box, display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box;

Step 302, when a hovering event over a certain application search prompt word is detected, display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control;

Step 303 : While displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box, display the state of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal.

Compared with Embodiment 1, in this embodiment, in addition to displaying the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box, it may also display the state of the application corresponding to the application search prompt words in the connected mobile terminal.

Wherein, when the application search method of the present invention is applied to the computer terminal, the computer terminal can be connected to the mobile terminal via USB or wirelessly; when the application search method of the present invention is applied to the mobile terminal, the above-mentioned connected mobile terminal is the applied the mobile terminal itself;

Moreover, the information of the installed applications in the connected mobile terminal can be obtained, where the information of the installed applications can specifically include name, installation path, version information, etc., so that the name in the information of the installed applications can be combined with the application search prompt Words are matched to determine whether the application corresponding to the application search prompt word is installed in the connected mobile terminal, if so, the status of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal can be obtained as "installed", and display; otherwise, it can be obtained that the status of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal is "not installed", and display; further, when the application search prompt word corresponds to the application in the connected mobile terminal When the status in the mobile terminal is "installed", the version information in the information of the installed application can also be matched with the version information of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word, and if they match, the status can be determined as "the latest version installed". And display it, if it is inconsistent, you can change the status to "upgrade" and display it, etc.

To sum up, this embodiment can show the state of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal, and the state can indicate whether the application corresponding to the application search prompt word is installed in the connected mobile terminal, and, after the In the case of installation, whether the application needs to be upgraded, etc., that is, this status can help the user determine whether to install the application corresponding to the application search prompt word, so it can improve the intelligence of application search and improve user experience.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it shows a flow chart of the steps of an embodiment of an application search method according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following steps:

Step 401, in response to the operation of the search box, display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box;

Step 402: When a hovering event is detected above a certain application search prompt word, display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control; the key information of the application can be Include reason for recommendation information.

Compared with Embodiment 1, this embodiment can display the recommendation reason information of the application. The recommendation reason information can be provided by the recommendation engine located at the back end of the mobile phone management tool, which is used to illustrate that the displayed application is calculated by a certain behavior of the user. , this kind of interpretation conforms to the user's behavioral characteristics and recent interests, and has higher credibility than static application information such as name and version number.

In practical applications, the recommendation reason information refers to who recommends it. For example, the browsing data passed in from the front end recommends application B. If there is B in the recommended list, then A is the recommendation reason for B. The display shows It can be expressed as "recommended according to A". For example, if the user downloaded the "Stand-alone Landlord" app a few days ago, he can recommend "upgraded tractors" to the user according to the "Stand-alone Landlord" app; The "Bewa Children's Songs" application recommends the "Qinbao Children's Songs" application to users.

It can be seen that the recommendation reason information is obtained according to the correlation between applications. Embodiments of the present invention may provide the following solution for calculating application relevance:

Calculation scheme one

Calculation scheme 1 can use user behavior data to calculate application relevance, such as how likely is a user who browses application A to browse B, and how likely is a user who installs application A to install B. This possibility is based on the relevance of user behavior.

Calculation scheme two

Calculation scheme 2 can use application attribute labels to calculate the relevance between applications. In an application example of the present invention, the application attribute labels of each application are obtained according to the application functions, that is, the greater the relevance, the representative application functions are similar. The greater the degree.

Whether it is the above calculation scheme 1 or the above calculation scheme 2, the collaborative filtering algorithm can be used in the implementation, that is, the calculation method is adopted once a day. After the calculation is completed, it is imported into the database in batches as the recommended basic data for the next day. Among them, the correlation result calculated by using the user behavior data is the main recommendation strategy, and the correlation result calculated by using the application attribute label is only used as a supplementary function.

In addition, in an optional embodiment of the present invention, personalized application search prompt words may also be displayed to users, and a process for obtaining personalized application search prompt words is provided here, which may specifically include the following steps:

Step S1, the input is the user basic data and the recommendation engine index, and the user ID and personalized message prompt of Push (push) are output according to a certain strategy, and the URL (uniform resource locator, Uniform ResoureLocator) that jumps after clicking Push;

Step S2, primary selection of Push target users; based on user activity, installation list, browsing and downloading behavior, historical Push times, and single Push target number, etc., initially screen out the target Push users;

Step S3, personalized recommendation calculation; based on the user's installation list, browsing and download records, and the personalized recommendation engine index in HDFS (distributed file system, Hadoop Distributed File System), MapReduce (mapping simplification) processing is carried out to calculate each A user's candidate personalized recommendation list;

Step S4, evaluation and screening of recommendation results; filter the list based on the configuration, and predict the conversion rate, and eliminate some personalized recommendation results with inconspicuous personalized features and low predicted conversion rates;

Step S5, generating an application list and a personalized message; a preliminary idea is that the message can be "elaborately customized high-quality applications such as Taobao Elimination Stars and Ctrip for you".

Step S6, after the offline calculation process is completed, for each user ID, output a personalized message and a redirected target URL after clicking.

In a specific implementation, according to the user's search log analysis, for example, through browser source data, or search source data, etc., the data can be extracted and a recommendation database can be established. For example, every computer will have cookies every day, and the content of cookies can be analyzed to find out which data types can be routineized. Among them, the need for regularization refers to the persistence or / regularity / in daily life. Pay attention to the content of requirements periodically, and this part of the content can be characterized as regular requirements. Routine category mining mainly uses server background programs to analyze user search log data, and extracts feature data of precise categories of regularization needs from it to determine whether there are similar needs. An example of feature data, such as: weather, whether the user has entered: the search term for querying the weather, and its frequency. According to the user's search frequency recorded by the system, the user's favorite content can be judged. The above push data is mainly the data that calls the search engine. In addition, the pushed data content and the like can be analyzed according to different terminal types. If the user does not need it, the push can be canceled according to the setting switch.

In addition, for different terminal types, it is converted into various types of terminals or service needs through switching equipment. For mobile phones, it is divided into mobile phone applications and other sub-modules such as applications. The formats are different. WeChat public accounts, SMS, Weibo, voice prompts, etc.

Switching device conversion is mainly to convert the formatted file into different types of files through the switching device, call the file through the trigger, and forward the data captured to the corresponding address through the switching device to each device.

Furthermore, it is also possible to perform structural processing on the push file, save the character string in the URL parameter; send a request for exchanging and transmitting data to the server through the external file reference link. One is to generate the file and put it on the server, and then parse it directly after pulling it, and the other is to push it directly from the server. For example, the weather is the way to push, and the information that changes frequently, such as stock consultation, can be requested and pulled from the server according to the needs of users. There are many text types, common text types such as xml, json, html, txt, etc. can be used. It can be in text format, or in the form of text plus pictures. Of course, you can also customize the data format of the text.

In addition, in another optional embodiment of the present invention, different display modes may also be adopted according to the demand strength of different applications for search terms. For example, if the application's demand for search words exceeds a certain threshold, the application can be displayed strongly; on the contrary, if the application's demand for search words does not exceed the threshold, the application can be displayed weakly, and the strong display here is also That is, the application is displayed, and weak display means that the application is folded or hidden.

In yet another optional embodiment of the present invention, different display modes may also be adopted according to the demand strength of different search terms. For example, if the demand strength of the search term exceeds a certain threshold (that is, the search term has a clear demand, such as nursery rhymes), the corresponding application can be strongly displayed; otherwise, if the demand of the search term does not exceed the threshold (that is, the search Words have uncertain needs, such as children), then the corresponding application can be displayed weakly.

For the method embodiment, for the sake of simple description, it is expressed as a series of action combinations, but those skilled in the art should know that the embodiment of the present invention is not limited by the described action order, because according to the embodiment of the present invention , certain steps may be performed in other order or simultaneously. Secondly, those skilled in the art should also know that the embodiments described in the specification belong to preferred embodiments, and the actions involved are not necessarily required by the embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , it shows a structural block diagram of an embodiment of an application search device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may specifically include the following modules:

The first display module 501 is configured to display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box in response to the operation of the search box; and

The second display module 502 is configured to display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control when a hovering event is detected on the application search prompt word.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device may further include: an installation module configured to install an application corresponding to the download or installation control when a click event of the download or installation control is detected.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device may further include: a search module for performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information when a click event of the key information is detected.

In yet another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device may further include: displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box while displaying the corresponding application of the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal The state of the third display module.

In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the first display module 501 can be specifically configured to display the key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or installation control, and to display the rest of the app search hints in the hint box.

In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the first display module may specifically include:

The first display submodule is configured to, in response to the click operation of the search box, obtain application search hot words and display them as application search prompt words; or

The second display submodule is configured to display the application search prompt word corresponding to the search word in response to the operation of inputting the search word in the search box.

In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the device may further include: when a removal event on a certain application search prompt word is detected, displaying the removed application search prompt word.

In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the key information of the application may specifically include: application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, frequency of use information, version number information and recommendation reason information one or more.

As for the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and for related parts, please refer to the part of the description of the method embodiment.

The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system, or other device. Various generic systems can also be used with the teachings based on this. The structure required to construct such a system is apparent from the above description. Furthermore, the present invention is not specific to any particular programming language. It should be understood that various programming languages can be used to implement the contents of the present invention described herein, and the above description of specific languages is for disclosing the best mode of the present invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to streamline this disclosure and to facilitate an understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or its description. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the Detailed Description are hereby expressly incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the modules in the device in the embodiment can be adaptively changed and arranged in one or more devices different from the embodiment. Modules or units or components in the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-assemblies. All features disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) and any method or method so disclosed may be used in any combination, except that at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive. All processes or units of equipment are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that although some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments but not others, combinations of features from different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention. and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) can be used in practice to implement some or all functions of some or all components in the application search method and device according to the embodiments of the present invention. The present invention can also be implemented as an apparatus or an apparatus program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for performing a part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present invention may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an Internet site, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

The invention discloses A1. An application search method, comprising:

In response to the operation of the search box, display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box;

When a hovering event on a certain application search prompt word is detected, key information of the application corresponding to the hovered application search prompt word and a corresponding download or installation control are displayed.

A2. The method according to A1, further comprising: when detecting a click event of the download or installation control, downloading or installing an application corresponding to the download or installation control.

A3. The method described in A1, further comprising: when a click event of the key information is detected, performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information.

A4. The method described in A1, further comprising: displaying the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box and displaying the state of the application corresponding to the application search prompt words in the connected mobile terminal.

A5. The method described in A1, the step of displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box includes: displaying the key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or Install the control, and display the rest of the app search prompt words in the prompt box.

A6. The method described in A1, the step of displaying the corresponding application search prompt words in response to the operation of the search box includes:

Responding to the click operation of the search box, obtaining application search hot words and displaying them as application search prompt words; or

In response to the operation of inputting a search word in the search box, an application search prompt word corresponding to the search word is displayed.

A7. The method as described in any one of A1 to A6, the method further includes: when detecting a removal event on a certain application search prompt word, displaying the removed application search prompt word.

A8. The method described in any one of A1 to A6, the key information of the application includes: application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, frequency of use information, version number information and recommendation reason information one or more of .

The present invention also discloses B9, an application search device, comprising:

The first display module is used to display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box in response to the operation of the search box; and

The second display module is configured to display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control when a hovering event is detected on the application search prompt word.

B10. The device according to B9, further comprising: an installation module configured to install an application corresponding to the download or installation control when a click event of the download or installation control is detected.

B11. The device according to B9, further comprising: a search module for performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information when a click event of the key information is detected.

B12. The device as described in B9, the device also includes: for displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box, and at the same time displaying the state of the application search prompt word corresponding to the connected mobile terminal Three display modules.

B13. The device as described in B9, the first display module is specifically used to display the key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or installation control, and display the prompt box Search hints for the rest of the apps.

B14, the device as described in B9, the first display module includes:

The first display submodule is configured to, in response to the click operation of the search box, obtain application search hot words and display them as application search prompt words; or

The second display submodule is configured to display the application search prompt word corresponding to the search word in response to the operation of inputting the search word in the search box.

B15. The device as described in any one of B9 to B14, the device further includes: when detecting the removal event on a certain application search prompt word, displaying the removed application search prompt word.

B16. The device described in any one of B9 to B14, the key information of the application includes: application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, frequency of use information, version number information and recommendation reason information one or more of .

Claims (14)

1. An application search method, comprising: In response to the operation of the search box, display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box; When a hovering event above a certain application search prompt word is detected, the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control are displayed, wherein the key information of the application may include recommended Reason information, recommendation reason information is obtained according to the relevance between applications, and user behavior data or application attribute tags can be used to calculate the relevance between applications; While displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box, display the state of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal, when the state of the application search prompt word corresponding to the connected mobile terminal is When installed, match the version information in the information of the installed application with the version information of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word, and if they match, it can be determined that the status of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word in the connected mobile terminal is installed and latest version and display it. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: when a click event of the download or installation control is detected, downloading or installing the application corresponding to the download or installation control. 3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: when a click event of the key information is detected, performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box comprises: The key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or installation control are displayed, and the rest of the application search prompt words in the prompt box are displayed. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying corresponding application search prompt words in response to the operation of the search box comprises: Responding to the click operation of the search box, obtaining application search hot words and displaying them as application search prompt words; or In response to the operation of inputting a search word in the search box, an application search prompt word corresponding to the search word is displayed. 6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that, the method further comprises: when a move-out event above a certain application search prompt word is detected, search for the prompt word for the removed application to show. 7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the key information of the application further includes: application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, frequency of use information and version One or more of the number information. 8. An application search device, comprising: The first display module is used to display the corresponding application search prompt words in the prompt box in response to the operation of the search box; and The second display module is used to display the key information of the application corresponding to the hovering application search prompt word and the corresponding download or installation control when a hovering event on the search prompt word of a certain application is detected, wherein the The key information of the application may include recommendation reason information. The recommendation reason information is obtained according to the correlation between applications, and the correlation between applications may be calculated by using user behavior data or application attribute tags; A third display module for displaying the corresponding application search prompt word in the prompt box and at the same time displaying the state of the application search prompt word corresponding to the connected mobile terminal; when the application search prompt word corresponds to the application in the connected mobile terminal When the status of the connected mobile terminal is installed, match the version information in the information of the installed application with the version information of the application corresponding to the application search prompt word. If they match, it can be determined that the application corresponding to the application search prompt word is on the connected mobile terminal. The status in is the latest version installed and displayed. 9. The device according to claim 8, further comprising: downloading or installing an application corresponding to the download or installation control when a click event of the download or installation control is detected. 10 . The device according to claim 8 , further comprising: a search module for performing an application search according to a search prompt word corresponding to the key information when a click event of the key information is detected. 11 . 11. The device according to claim 8, wherein the first display module is specifically used to display the key information of the application corresponding to the first application search prompt word in the prompt box and the corresponding download or installation control , and, display the rest of the app search hints in the hint box. 12. The device according to claim 8, wherein the first display module comprises: The first display submodule is configured to, in response to the click operation of the search box, obtain application search hot words and display them as application search prompt words; or The second display submodule is configured to display the application search prompt word corresponding to the search word in response to the operation of inputting the search word in the search box. 13. The device according to any one of claims 8 to 12, characterized in that, the device further comprises: when a move-out event above a certain application search prompt word is detected, search for the prompt word for the removed application to show. 14. The device according to any one of claims 8 to 12, wherein the key information of the application further includes: application icon, application name, official certification information, download information, installation information, usage frequency information and version One or more of the number information.