US 12,255,866 B2
Method and apparatus for providing information
Xu Huang, Hangzhou (CN); Jie Xu, Hangzhou (CN); Liang Shi, Hangzhou (CN); Danqiong Chen, Hangzhou (CN); Jie Gao, Hangzhou (CN); and Yuping Zhang, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Alibaba Singapore Holding Private Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Alibaba Singapore Holding Private Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/328,448.
Application 18/328,448 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/135637, filed on Dec. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011454436.X (CN), filed on Dec. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328028 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 51/52 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/52 (2022.05) [H04L 51/04 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing information, comprising:
receiving a reference notification message that a target account number is referenced, the reference notification message being sent by a first information system after receiving a request initiated by a first user for first information content by way of referencing the target account number, wherein the first information content comprises information content generated in the first information system, and the target account number is associated with a second information system;
acquiring the first information content;
acquiring, from an information library associated with the second information system, second information content related to the first information content; and
providing the second information content to the first user, wherein providing the second information content to the first user further comprises:
acquiring information about a first account number associated with the first user in the first information system, and
sending the second information content to the first account number through an inter-account messaging channel provided in the first information system; or
acquiring information about a second account number associated with the first user in the second information system, and
providing the second information content for the user by way of sending a system message to the second account number in the second information system.