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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen, CN;
Guoyi Xiang, Shenzhen, CN;
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Abstract
A method of searching a public account in a social networking application includes logging in to a social networking application using a user account and then searching a public account using a keyword in an account database of the social networking application. The method further includes acquiring a first list of public accounts that match the keyword; acquiring a second list of public accounts that friends of the user liked; and comparing the first list of public accounts with the second list of public accounts. If a public account of the first list also appears on the second list, the method includes retrieving information of friends who liked the public account, counting a number of friends who liked the public account, and displaying the public accounts in the first list with information of friends who liked the public accounts.