Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present specification has been developed to provide a method and apparatus for window display control that overcomes or at least partially solves the above-mentioned problems.
Additional features and advantages of the present disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present disclosure.
In a first aspect, the present specification provides a method of window display control, comprising:
acquiring missing information of a user;
building window configuration rules;
generating window configuration data by using the window configuration rule based on the user missing information;
and sending the window configuration data to a user terminal so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource bit window based on the window configuration data.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the generating window configuration data by using the window configuration rule based on the missing information of the user includes:
acquiring a window template and an identification component matched with the user missing information;
and obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identification component.
In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the obtaining an identification component matching the missing information of the user includes:
acquiring address information indicated by the user missing information, wherein the address information is used for indicating a configuration information path matched with the user missing information, and the configuration information is used for recording the mapping relation between the user missing information and the identification component;
and acquiring the configuration information according to the path, and acquiring the identification component matched with the user missing information from the mapping relation recorded by the configuration information.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identification component includes:
and adding the identification component to the window template to generate the window configuration data.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the window template includes activity information;
the acquiring window template comprises:
and obtaining activity information matched with the user missing information based on the user missing information.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the acquiring missing user information includes:
acquiring user information through a user terminal;
and analyzing the user information and determining the missing information of the user.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the acquiring, by the user terminal, the user information includes:
receiving a trigger instruction sent by the user terminal;
and triggering the user terminal to acquire the user information based on the triggering instruction.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, includes:
the resource bit window comprises a page, a popup window or a floating window.
In a second aspect, the present specification provides an apparatus for window display control, comprising:
the missing information module is used for acquiring the missing information of the user;
the window configuration rule module is used for constructing a window configuration rule;
the window configuration data module is used for generating window configuration data by utilizing the window configuration rule based on the user missing information;
and the processing module is used for sending the window configuration data to a user terminal so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource bit window based on the window configuration data.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the generating window configuration data by using the window configuration rule based on the missing information of the user includes:
acquiring a window template and an identification component matched with the user missing information;
and obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identification component.
In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the obtaining an identification component matching the missing information of the user includes:
acquiring address information indicated by the user missing information, wherein the address information is used for indicating a configuration information path matched with the user missing information, and the configuration information is used for recording the mapping relation between the user missing information and the identification component;
and acquiring the configuration information according to the path, and acquiring the identification component matched with the user missing information from the mapping relation recorded by the configuration information.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identification component includes:
and adding the identification component to the window template to generate the window configuration data.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the window template includes activity information;
the acquiring window template comprises:
and obtaining activity information matched with the user missing information based on the user missing information.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the acquiring missing user information includes:
acquiring user information through a user terminal;
and analyzing the user information and determining the missing information of the user.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the acquiring, by the user terminal, the user information includes:
receiving a trigger instruction sent by the user terminal;
and triggering the user terminal to acquire the user information based on the triggering instruction.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, includes:
the resource bit window comprises a page, a popup window or a floating window.
In a third aspect, the present specification provides a server comprising a processor and a memory: the memory is used for storing a program of any one of the methods; the processor is configured to execute the program stored in the memory to implement the steps of any of the methods described above.
In a fourth aspect, the present specification provides a computer readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor implements the steps of any of the above methods.
The method comprises the steps of obtaining the missing information of the user, and then generating window configuration data by using a window configuration rule, wherein the window configuration data at least comprises a window template and an identification component, the window template comprises activity information corresponding to the missing information, and the identification component is also matched with the missing information. The identification component is then added to the window template even though the identification component and the activity information are arranged within the content bar of the window template. And finally, the window configuration data is sent to the user terminal, so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource bit window according to the window configuration data, namely the resource bit window displays the identification component and the activity information, the user can know the missing information and the user is motivated to perfect the information through the activity information.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. The exemplary embodiments, however, may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals denote the same or similar elements, components, or parts in the drawings, and thus their repetitive description will be omitted.
Features, structures, characteristics or other details described in a particular embodiment do not preclude the fact that the features, structures, characteristics or other details may be combined in a suitable manner in one or more other embodiments in accordance with the technical idea of the invention.
In describing particular embodiments, the present invention has been described with reference to features, structures, characteristics or other details that are within the purview of one skilled in the art to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific features, structures, characteristics, or other details.
The flow charts shown in the drawings are merely illustrative and do not necessarily include all of the contents and operations/steps, nor do they necessarily have to be performed in the order described. For example, some operations/steps may be decomposed, and some operations/steps may be combined or partially combined, so that the actual execution sequence may be changed according to the actual situation.
The block diagrams shown in the figures are functional entities only and do not necessarily correspond to physically separate entities. I.e. these functional entities may be implemented in the form of software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different networks and/or processor means and/or microcontroller means.
It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, or sections, these terms should not be construed as limiting. These phrases are used to distinguish one from another. For example, a first device may also be referred to as a second device without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
The term "and/or" and/or "includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
The invention provides a method for controlling window display, which is used for solving the current situation that the accuracy of credit limit verification is reduced because user information is incompletely filled in the prior art, and in order to solve the problems, the general idea of the invention is as follows:
a method of window display control, comprising:
acquiring missing information of a user;
building window configuration rules;
generating window configuration data by using the window configuration rule based on the user missing information;
and sending the window configuration data to a user terminal so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource bit window based on the window configuration data.
According to the method, the resource bit window corresponding to the missing information is displayed according to the missing information of the user, the user is prompted to have the information which is not recorded, activity information is added to the resource bit window, the activity information comprises the information which is not completed, and the user is given an opportunity to obtain rewards and the like, so that the information is further improved for the user.
The technical solution of the present invention will be described and explained in detail by means of several specific examples.
Referring to fig. 1, a method of window display control includes:
s101: and acquiring the missing information of the user.
In an embodiment of this specification, the acquiring missing user information includes:
acquiring user information through a user terminal;
and analyzing the user information and determining the missing information of the user.
Before the user applies for the credit line, user information needs to be input on a credit application page of the user terminal, wherein the user information comprises a name, an identity card, a bank card, a contact person, face scanning information and the like, so that the user information can be acquired through the user terminal. In the process of analyzing the user information, it is found that the user does not input information, and the information that is not input is missing information of the user, for example, the obtained user information does not include identification card information, and the missing information of the user includes an identification card.
In an embodiment of this specification, the acquiring, by the user terminal, the user information includes: receiving a trigger instruction sent by the user terminal;
and triggering the user terminal to acquire the user information based on the triggering instruction.
The triggering instruction comprises an instruction for submitting a credit application page, an instruction for closing an activity page or a lottery drawing instruction.
In one embodiment, after a user inputs user information on a credit application page of a user terminal, the user executes a credit application page submission, that is, an instruction for submitting the credit application page is generated, the instruction for submitting the credit application page triggers the user terminal to acquire the user information, and the user information at this time is the user information input by the user on the credit application page.
In another embodiment, the user applying for the credit line has a chance to obtain a prize, and for this reason, after the credit application page is closed, an activity page related to the prize may be popped up based on the window display control method of the present embodiment, and the activity page at this time is the resource slot window of the present embodiment. The user can continuously improve the user information on the activity page, and then, the activity page closing can be executed on the user terminal, namely, an instruction for closing the activity page is generated, the instruction for closing the activity page triggers the user terminal to obtain the user information, and the user information comprises the user information filled in on the credit application page and the user information improved on the activity page.
In another embodiment, a lottery is performed on the lottery operation page of the user terminal, that is, a lottery instruction is executed, which triggers the user terminal to acquire user information.
The missing information of the user is obtained, the purpose is to determine the window configuration data, and the user can be prompted to continue to fill the missing information of the user in the resource bit window, so that the complete user information is completed.
S102: and constructing window configuration rules.
The window configuration rule is constructed for establishing the relation between the user missing information and the window configuration data, so that each user missing information can uniquely correspond to one group of window configuration data. That is, the window configuration data of the identity card as the user missing information and the window configuration data of the bank card as the user missing information may be different, so that the user can complete the user information according to the user missing information.
S103: and generating window configuration data by utilizing the window configuration rule based on the user missing information.
In an embodiment of this specification, the generating window configuration data by using the window configuration rule based on the user missing information includes:
acquiring a window template and an identification component matched with the user missing information;
and obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identification component.
In an embodiment of the specification, the obtaining a window template includes:
and analyzing an instruction for triggering the user terminal to acquire the user information to acquire the window template.
The window templates of the resource bit windows popped up after the submission of the credit application page instruction, the closing of the activity page instruction and the lottery instruction are executed can be different, and then the resource bit windows corresponding to the triggering instruction can be popped up in a targeted manner.
In one example, a window template includes a title bar and a content bar, and a window structure that lays out the title bar and the content bar, where the content bar includes activity information for facilitating a user to refine the information.
In another example, a window template includes a content bar and a window structure that lays out a title bar and the content bar, where the content bar includes activity information for facilitating a user to refine the information.
In an embodiment of this specification, the obtaining an identification component that matches the missing user information includes:
acquiring address information indicated by the user missing information, wherein the address information is used for indicating a configuration information path matched with the user missing information, and the configuration information is used for recording the mapping relation between the user missing information and the identification component;
and acquiring the configuration information according to the path, and acquiring the identification component matched with the user missing information from the mapping relation recorded by the configuration information.
Wherein, the identification component may include completing a face-swiping verification, completing a contact verification, removing an identity card verification, removing a bank card verification, i know, etc. For example, taking the missing information as a contact, the above-mentioned identification component for displaying in the resource bit window is: and completing contact person verification, removing contact person verification and the like.
After the mapping relation is established between the user missing information and the identification component, the identification component corresponding to the user missing information can be obtained according to the configuration information path used for indicating the matching of the user missing information as long as the user missing information is determined.
In an embodiment of this specification, the obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identifier component includes:
and adding the identification component to the window template to generate the window configuration data.
The window configuration data is formed by acquiring the window template corresponding to the trigger instruction, acquiring the identification component corresponding to the missing information of the user and combining the identification component and the window template.
The purpose of generating the window configuration data is that the user terminal forms a corresponding resource bit window according to the window configuration data, the identification component forming the window configuration data is opposite to the user missing information, and the window template forming the window configuration data corresponds to the trigger instruction.
In an embodiment of the present specification, the window template includes activity information;
the acquiring window template comprises:
and obtaining activity information matched with the user missing information based on the user missing information.
The active information user actuates the user to complete the information, which is determined by the user's missing information. For example; if the user missing information is identity card information, the activity information is to perfect identity verification, and the opportunity is to obtain rewards. Therefore, the activity information matched with the missing information of the user is set, so that the user can be prompted to complete the information.
S104: and sending the window configuration data to a user terminal so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource bit window based on the window configuration data.
The content of the resource bit window is determined by window configuration data, and the window configuration data comprises an identification component and a window template, so that the resource bit window displays the content of the identification component added behind the window template. It should be noted that, the user may trigger the identifier component on the resource bit window to complete the missing information of the user. Therefore, the resource bit window can remind the user of missing information and complete user information on the resource bit window.
In an embodiment of the specification, the resource bit window comprises a page, a pop window, or a floating window.
In one embodiment, if the triggering instruction is an instruction to submit a credit application page, the resource bit window is a page.
In another embodiment, if the triggering instruction is an instruction to close an active page, the resource bit window is a popup window.
In another embodiment, if the triggering command is a lottery command, the resource bit window is a popup window.
Taking fig. 2 as an example, a triggering instruction is introduced as an instruction to submit a credit application page, and a resource bit window is generated when the user missing information is face scanning information. Specifically, after a user inputs user information on a credit application page of a user terminal, the credit application page is submitted, an instruction of submitting the credit application page triggers the user terminal to obtain the user information, and then the user information is analyzed to determine that the user missing information is face scanning information. The identification component of the window configuration data comprises the completion of face brushing verification, then the identification component is added into a content column of the window template, and the added window configuration data is sent to the user terminal, so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource level window, as shown in fig. 2, the resource level window is an active page, the active page comprises a title column 210 and a content column 220, the content column 220 comprises activity information 222 and an identification component 221, the identification component 221 at this time is the completion of face brushing verification, that is, the user can trigger the identification component 221 to complete face scanning on the active page, and further the user information is perfected.
Taking fig. 3 as an example, the introduction triggering instruction is an instruction for closing the active page shown in fig. 2, and the resource bit window generated when the user missing information is the identity card, it can be understood that the user completes the entry of the face scanning information on the active page, but finds that the identity card information is missing when the active page is closed. Specifically, when a user executes an action page closing instruction on a user terminal, the user terminal is triggered by the action page closing instruction to acquire user information, the user information at this time includes user information input on a credit application page and user information input on the action page, and then the user information is analyzed to determine that the user information is identity card information, at this time, a window template of the window configuration data includes a content bar, and the content bar includes the action information. The identification component of the window configuration data completes the identity verification, then the identification component is added into a content bar of the window template, and the added window configuration data is sent to the user terminal, so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource level window, as shown in fig. 3, the resource level window is a popup window, the popup window comprises a content bar 310, the content bar 310 comprises activity information 311 and an identification component 312, and the identification component 312 at this moment is to complete the identity verification.
Taking fig. 4 as an example, the introduction trigger instruction is a lottery instruction, and the missing information of the user is a resource bit window generated when the contact person is the contact person, it can be understood that the user finds that the information of the contact person is missing after passing through the credit application page and the interaction page. Specifically, when the user draws a lottery button on the lottery drawing window of the user terminal, a lottery drawing instruction is formed, and the lottery drawing instruction triggers the user terminal to acquire user information, where the user information includes user information input on the credit application page, the activity page shown in fig. 2, and the popup window shown in fig. 3. And then, analyzing the user information to determine that the user information is contact information, wherein the window template of the window configuration data comprises a content column, and the content column comprises activity information. The identification component of the window configuration data comprises contact person removing verification, then the identification component is added into a content column of the window template, and the added window configuration data is sent to the user terminal, so that the user terminal configures and displays a resource position window, as shown in fig. 4, the resource position window is a popup window, the popup window comprises a content column 410, the content column 410 comprises activity information 411 and an identification component 412, the identification component 412 at the moment is contact person removing verification, and similarly, the user can trigger the identification component 412 on the popup window to complete the input of the contact person information, and further improve the user information.
Therefore, the resource bit window corresponding to the user missing information is generated by acquiring the user missing information, the user can know the missing information through the resource bit window, and the user can complete the user information on the popped resource bit window. And in the process from the credit granting application to the lottery drawing, triggering and generating a corresponding resource bit window according to a triggering instruction executed and generated on the user terminal by the user, wherein the resource window comprises activity information corresponding to the missing information of the user, so that the user can improve the user information one by one.
The method achieves the following technical effects:
the method comprises the steps of obtaining user missing information, then generating window configuration data by using a window configuration rule, wherein the window configuration data at least comprise a window template and an identification component, the window template comprises activity information corresponding to the missing information, and the identification component is matched with the missing information. The identification component is then added to the window template even though the identification component and the activity information are arranged within the content bar of the window template. And finally, the window configuration data is sent to the user terminal, so that the user terminal configures and displays the resource bit window according to the window configuration data, namely the resource bit window displays the identification component and the activity information, the user can know the missing information and the user is motivated to perfect the information through the activity information.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps to implement the above-described embodiments are implemented as programs (computer programs) executed by a computer data processing apparatus. When the computer program is executed, the method provided by the invention can be realized. Furthermore, the computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, which may be a readable storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a ROM, a RAM, or a storage array composed of a plurality of storage media, such as a magnetic disk or a magnetic tape storage array. The storage medium is not limited to centralized storage, but may be distributed storage, such as cloud storage based on cloud computing.
Embodiments of the apparatus of the present invention are described below, which may be used to perform method embodiments of the present invention. The details described in the device embodiments of the invention should be regarded as complementary to the above-described method embodiments; reference is made to the above-described method embodiments for details not disclosed in the apparatus embodiments of the invention.
As shown in fig. 5, an apparatus for window display control includes:
a missing information module 501, configured to obtain missing information of the user;
a window configuration rule module 502, configured to construct a window configuration rule;
a window configuration data module 503, configured to generate window configuration data according to the window configuration rule based on the user missing information;
a processing module 504, configured to send the window configuration data to a user terminal, so that the user terminal configures and displays a resource bit window based on the window configuration data.
In an embodiment of this specification, the generating window configuration data by using the window configuration rule based on the user missing information includes:
acquiring a window template and an identification component matched with the user missing information;
and obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identification component.
In an embodiment of this specification, the obtaining an identification component that matches the missing user information includes:
acquiring address information indicated by the user missing information, wherein the address information is used for indicating a configuration information path matched with the user missing information, and the configuration information is used for recording the mapping relation between the user missing information and the identification component;
and acquiring the configuration information according to the path, and acquiring the identification component matched with the user missing information from the mapping relation recorded by the configuration information.
In an embodiment of this specification, the obtaining the window configuration data according to the window template and the identifier component includes:
and adding the identification component to the window template to generate the window configuration data.
In an embodiment of this specification, the acquiring, by the user terminal, the user information includes:
receiving a trigger instruction sent by the user terminal;
and triggering the user terminal to acquire the user information based on the triggering instruction.
In an embodiment of this specification, the acquiring missing user information includes:
acquiring user information through a user terminal;
and analyzing the user information and determining the missing information of the user.
In an embodiment of this specification, the acquiring, by the user terminal, the user information includes:
receiving a trigger instruction sent by the user terminal;
and triggering the user terminal to acquire the user information based on the triggering instruction.
In the embodiment of the specification, the method comprises the following steps:
the resource bit window comprises a page, a popup window or a floating window.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the above-described embodiments of the apparatus may be distributed as described in the apparatus, and may be correspondingly modified and distributed in one or more apparatuses other than the above-described embodiments. The modules of the above embodiments may be combined into one module, or further split into multiple sub-modules.
In the following, embodiments of the electronic device of the present invention are described, which may be regarded as specific physical implementations for the above-described embodiments of the method and apparatus of the present invention. Details described in the embodiments of the electronic device of the invention should be considered supplementary to the embodiments of the method or apparatus described above; for details which are not disclosed in embodiments of the electronic device of the invention, reference may be made to the above-described embodiments of the method or the apparatus.
Fig. 6 is a block diagram of an exemplary embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention. An electronic device 600 according to this embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 6. The electronic device 600 shown in fig. 6 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 6, the electronic device 600 is embodied in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of the electronic device 600 may include, but are not limited to: at least one processing unit 610, at least one storage unit 620, a bus 630 that connects the various system components (including the storage unit 620 and the processing unit 610), a display unit 640, and the like.
Wherein the storage unit stores program code executable by the processing unit 610 to cause the processing unit 610 to perform steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention described in the above-mentioned electronic prescription flow processing method section of the present specification. For example, the processing unit 610 may perform the steps as shown in fig. 1.
The storage unit 620 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory units, such as a random access memory unit (RAM)6201 and/or a cache memory unit 6202, and may further include a read-only memory unit (ROM) 6203.
The memory unit 620 may also include a program/utility 6204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 6205, such program modules 6205 including, but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which, or some combination thereof, may comprise an implementation of a network environment.
Bus 630 may be one or more of several types of bus structures, including a memory unit bus or memory unit controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processing unit, or a local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures.
The electronic device 600 may also communicate with one or more external devices 700 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, bluetooth device, etc.), with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the electronic device 600, and/or with any devices (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enable the electronic device 600 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur via an input/output (I/O) interface 650. Also, the electronic device 600 may communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network such as the Internet) via the network adapter 660. The network adapter 660 may communicate with other modules of the electronic device 600 via the bus 630. It should be appreciated that although not shown in the figures, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with the electronic device 600, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage systems, among others.
Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily understand that the exemplary embodiments of the present invention described herein may be implemented by software, or by software in combination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solution according to the embodiment of the present invention can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.) or on a network, and includes several instructions to make a computing device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute the above-mentioned method according to the present invention. The computer program, when executed by a data processing apparatus, enables the computer readable medium to implement the above-described method of the invention, namely: and displaying a resource bit window corresponding to the missing information according to the missing information of the user to prompt the user that the information which is not input exists, adding activity information to the resource bit window, wherein the activity information comprises information which is not completed, and having an opportunity to acquire rewards and the like to further promote the user to perfect the information.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a computer-readable medium in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.
The computer program may be stored on one or more computer readable media. The computer readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
The computer readable storage medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable storage medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
Program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of a remote computing device, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., through the internet using an internet service provider).
In summary, the 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 will appreciate that some or all of the functionality of some or all of the components in embodiments in accordance with the invention may be implemented in practice using a general purpose data processing device such as a microprocessor or a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The present invention may also be embodied as apparatus or device programs (e.g., computer programs and computer program products) for performing a portion or all of the methods described herein. Such programs implementing the present invention may be stored on computer-readable media or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an internet website or provided on a carrier signal or in any other form.
While the foregoing embodiments have described the objects, aspects and advantages of the present invention in further detail, it should be understood that the present invention is not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual machine or electronic device, and various general-purpose machines may be used to implement the present invention. The invention is not to be considered as limited to the specific embodiments thereof, but is to be understood as being modified in all respects, all changes and equivalents that come within the spirit and scope of the invention.