1. A method for processing push information is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a request for acquiring push information sent by a marketing platform;

determining attribute information of the marketing platform and item information of the virtual commodity according to the request;

determining configuration item information of the virtual commodity according to the attribute information and the article information;

determining the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the configuration item information;

and feeding back the push information to an article pool of the marketing platform.

2. The method for processing push information according to claim 1, wherein the method for processing push information further comprises:

creating a configuration item, and writing at least one of information of limited purchase number, effective time, article name and discount in the configuration item;

and storing the configuration item of the written information as the configuration item information.

3. The method for processing push information according to claim 1, wherein the method for processing push information further comprises:

detecting whether the configuration item information is requested for the first time;

and if the configuration item information is requested for the first time, caching the configuration item information to a redis database.

4. The method for processing push information according to claim 1, wherein the method for processing push information further comprises:

and if the configuration item information of the virtual commodity does not exist according to the attribute information and the article information, returning the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the request.

5. The method for processing the pushed information according to claim 1, wherein the determining of the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual goods according to the request comprises:

analyzing the article identification, the platform identification and the user information contained in the request;

determining the attribute information according to the platform identification;

determining a time range for initiating marketing in the request;

and determining the item information of the virtual commodity in the time range according to the item identification and the user information.

6. The method for processing the push information according to claim 1, wherein the item information includes at least one of item price, discount and item identification.

7. The method of processing push information of claim 1, wherein feeding back the push information to the item pool of the marketing platform comprises:

sending the push information to an article pool of the marketing platform;

and performing authorization permission on the virtual commodities of the item pool according to the time range for initiating marketing in the request.

8. A push information processing apparatus, comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a request for acquiring push information sent by a marketing platform;

the determining module is used for determining the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual commodity according to the request;

the determining module is further used for determining configuration item information of the virtual commodity according to the attribute information and the article information;

the determining module is further used for determining the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the configuration item information;

the determining module is further used for feeding back the push information to an article pool of the marketing platform.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the push information processing method of any of claims 1-7 based on instructions stored in the memory.

10. A computer-readable storage medium on which a program is stored, the program, when executed by a processor, implementing the push information processing method of any one of claims 1-7.

Background

At present, in the transaction of the electronic insurance business platform, different price modes are needed for different channels, and different prices are set by the same channel according to different activities and different users.

In the related art, aiming at the complex business requirement, different prices of different scenes are mainly realized by creating new commodities.

However, the price of a single commodity is effective to the channel, a new commodity must be set, and meanwhile, the commodity commission, authorization and audit are set, so that not only a large amount of operations are required to be performed by the client, but also the maintenance cost is high, and the setting efficiency is low.

In addition, for the e-commerce platform under B2B (Business to Business) multi-channel multi-scenario, channel configuration, joint debugging and testing are required to be performed again every new commodity to be marketed, and the cost of docking the marketing campaign is high.

It is to be noted that the information disclosed in the above background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the present disclosure, and thus may include information that does not constitute prior art known to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a readable medium for processing push information, which overcome, at least to some extent, the problem of inefficiency in configuring push information due to the limitations and disadvantages of the related art.

According to a first aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for processing push information, including: receiving a request for acquiring push information sent by a marketing platform; determining attribute information of the marketing platform and item information of the virtual commodity according to the request; determining configuration item information of the virtual commodity according to the attribute information and the article information; determining the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the configuration item information; and feeding back the push information to an article pool of the marketing platform.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the method for processing push information further includes: creating a configuration item, and writing at least one of information of limited purchase number, effective time, article name and discount in the configuration item; and storing the configuration item of the written information as the configuration item information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the method for processing push information further includes: detecting whether the configuration item information is requested for the first time; and if the configuration item information is requested for the first time, caching the configuration item information to a redis database.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the method for processing push information further includes: and if the configuration item information of the virtual commodity does not exist according to the attribute information and the article information, returning the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the request.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, determining the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual good according to the request includes: analyzing the article identification, the platform identification and the user information contained in the request; determining the attribute information according to the platform identification; determining a time range for initiating marketing in the request; and determining the item information of the virtual commodity in the time range according to the item identification and the user information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the item information includes at least one of item price, discount, item identification.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, feeding back the push information to the item pool of the marketing platform includes: sending the push information to an article pool of the marketing platform; and performing authorization permission on the virtual commodities of the item pool according to the time range for initiating marketing in the request.

According to a second aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a processing apparatus for pushing information, including: the receiving module is used for receiving a request for acquiring push information sent by a marketing platform; the determining module is used for determining the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual commodity according to the request; the determining module is further used for determining configuration item information of the virtual commodity according to the attribute information and the article information; the determining module is further used for determining the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the configuration item information; and the feedback module is used for feeding the push information back to the article pool of the marketing platform.

According to a third aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to perform the method of any of the above based on instructions stored in the memory.

According to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer-readable storage medium, on which a program is stored, which when executed by a processor, implements the push information processing method as described in any one of the above.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual commodity are determined according to the request sent by the marketing platform, the preset configuration item information is further determined, the pushing information of the virtual commodity is determined according to the configuration item information, a multi-channel e-commerce marketing scene is supported, particularly for the marketing platform under the B2B scene, a new item does not need to be generated to connect with the marketing campaign, and the efficiency of configuring the pushing information is improved.

Furthermore, the configuration item information is modified, so that the multi-channel e-commerce platform can be docked, and the maintenance cost of the e-commerce platform for the push information is reduced.

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.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. It is to be understood that the drawings in the following description are merely exemplary of the disclosure, and that other drawings may be derived from those drawings by one of ordinary skill in the art without the exercise of inventive faculty.

FIG. 1 shows a flow diagram of a processing method of pushing information in an example embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a method of pushing information in another example embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 shows a flow diagram of a method of pushing information in another example embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of a method of pushing information in another example embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 shows a flow diagram of a method of pushing information in another example embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 shows a flow diagram of a method of pushing information in another example embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an apparatus for pushing information in an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a push message processing platform in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the configuration steps of one push information processing platform in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 illustrates a flow chart for generating promotional prices for a push information processing platform in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of an electronic device in an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the subject matter of the present disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, devices, steps, and the like. In other instances, well-known technical solutions have not been shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the present disclosure.

Further, the drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure, in which the same reference numerals denote the same or similar parts, and thus, a repetitive description thereof will be omitted. Some of the block diagrams shown in the figures are functional entities and do not necessarily correspond to physically or logically separate entities. 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 devices and/or microcontroller devices.

The following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure refers to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a processing method of pushing information in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 1, a push information processing method may include:

and step S102, receiving a request for acquiring push information sent by the marketing platform.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, by receiving a request sent by a marketing platform, it is determined that the marketing platform needs to interface with a marketing campaign, and information such as item prices, discounts, and marketing time in the marketing campaign is obtained.

And step S104, determining the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual commodity according to the request.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, identification of the marketing platform, a type of a sales channel, marketing object information, and the like are determined by requesting to determine attribute information of the marketing platform, and in addition, item information of the docking marketing campaign is determined by requesting to determine item information including, but not limited to, item identification, item original price, item price discount, item marketing period, and the like.

And step S106, determining the configuration item information of the virtual commodity according to the attribute information and the article information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the configuration item information of the virtual commodity is determined through the attribute information and the article information, that is, the configuration item information corresponding to both the attribute information and the article information is determined, the marketing platform does not need to generate a new product when the marketing platform is docked with a marketing campaign, and the marketing platform can acquire the push information according to the configuration item information, so that the efficiency of acquiring the push information is improved, and the maintenance of the push information is not needed.

Furthermore, data updating aiming at the marketing activities can be completed by adjusting the configuration item information, and the data maintenance cost and the data interaction amount are reduced.

And step S108, determining the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the configuration item information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the push information is determined through the configuration item information, that is, the push information of various articles when the marketing platforms are docked with the marketing campaign is determined, so that the configuration efficiency of the push information is improved.

And step S110, feeding back the push information to an article pool of the marketing platform.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, by feeding back the push information to the article pool of the marketing platform, the sales information of the articles in the article pool is updated according to the push information, so that the timeliness of the marketing platform in docking marketing activities is improved.

According to the embodiment of the disclosure, the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual commodity are determined according to the request sent by the marketing platform, the preset configuration item information is further determined, the push information of the virtual commodity is determined according to the configuration item information, a multi-channel e-commerce marketing scene is supported, and particularly for the marketing platform under the B2B scene, a new item does not need to be generated to butt joint marketing activities, so that the efficiency of configuring push information is improved, and the maintenance cost of the platform on the push information is reduced.

The following describes each step of the push information processing method in detail with reference to fig. 2 to 6.

As shown in fig. 2, the method for processing push information further includes:

step S202, a configuration item is created, and at least one of information of the number of purchase limit copies, the effective time, the name of the article and the discount is written in the configuration item.

Step S204, storing the configuration item of the written information as the configuration item information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, by creating a configuration item and writing at least one of information of a limited number of purchases, an effective time, an article name, and a discount in the configuration item, the configuration item with the information written therein is stored as the configuration item information, and then push information of a virtual good within a time range of a marketing campaign is reversely determined according to the configuration item information, the push information including, but not limited to, sales prices for various sales channels, various user objects, various sales amounts, and various sales periods.

As shown in fig. 3, the method for processing push information further includes:

step S302, detecting whether the configuration item information is requested for the first time.

Step S304, if the configuration item information is requested for the first time, caching the configuration item information to a redis database.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, when the configuration item information is requested for the first time, the configuration item information is cached to a redis database, so that the master-slave synchronization efficiency of the configuration item information is improved through the redis database, and the data interaction pressure is reduced.

In the above embodiment, the redis database is a key-value storage system, and the value types supported for storage include string, list, set, and zset. The redis database supports various different sequencing modes, periodically writes updated data into a disk or writes modification operation into an additional recording file, and realizes master-slave synchronization on the basis.

As shown in fig. 4, the processing method of the push information further includes:

step S402, if it is determined that the configuration item information of the virtual commodity does not exist according to the attribute information and the article information, returning the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the request.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, when it is determined that the configuration item information of the virtual commodity does not exist according to the attribute information and the item information, the push information of the virtual commodity is returned according to the request, so that reliability of data interaction is ensured.

As shown in fig. 5, determining the attribute information of the marketing platform and the item information of the virtual good according to the request includes:

step S502, analyzing the article identification, the platform identification and the user information contained in the request.

Step S504, the attribute information is determined according to the platform identification.

Step S506, determining a time range for initiating marketing in the request.

Step S508, determining the item information of the virtual commodity within the time range according to the item identifier and the user information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the attribute information is determined according to the platform identifier, and the time range of initiating marketing in the request is determined by analyzing the item identifier, the platform identifier, and the user information included in the request, so as to determine whether the marketing time of the virtual commodity belongs to the time range, and if so, the item information of the virtual commodity in the time range is determined according to the item identifier and the user information and fed back to the marketing platform.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the item information includes at least one of item price, discount, item identification.

As shown in fig. 6, feeding back the push information to the item pool of the marketing platform includes:

step S602, the pushing information is sent to an article pool of the marketing platform.

Step S604, authorizing and allowing the virtual goods of the goods pool according to the time range of marketing initiation in the request.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the push information is sent to the article pool of the marketing platform, and the authorization permission is performed on the virtual goods in the article pool according to the time range of initiating marketing in the request, that is, the authorization of the specified channel of the marketing platform is performed on the shelf for selling the virtual goods in the time range, so that the configuration steps of the marketing platform are simplified, and the maintenance cost of the marketing platform on the push information is reduced.

Corresponding to the method embodiment, the present disclosure further provides a processing apparatus for pushing information, which may be configured to execute the method embodiment.

Fig. 7 is a block diagram of an apparatus for processing push information in an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure.

Referring to fig. 7, a push information processing apparatus 700 may include: a receiving module 702, configured to receive a request for acquiring push information sent by a marketing platform; a determining module 704, configured to determine attribute information of the marketing platform and item information of the virtual goods according to the request; the determining module 704 is further configured to determine configuration item information of the virtual commodity according to the attribute information and the item information; the determining module 704 is further configured to determine, according to the configuration item information, push information of the virtual commodity; a feedback module 706, configured to feed the push information back to the item pool of the marketing platform.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the determining module 704 is further configured to: creating a configuration item, and writing at least one of information of limited purchase number, effective time, article name and discount in the configuration item; and storing the configuration item of the written information as the configuration item information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the determining module 704 is further configured to: detecting whether the configuration item information is requested for the first time; and if the configuration item information is requested for the first time, caching the configuration item information to a redis database.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the feedback module 706 is further configured to: and if the configuration item information of the virtual commodity does not exist according to the attribute information and the article information, returning the pushing information of the virtual commodity according to the request.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the determining module 704 is further configured to: analyzing the article identification, the platform identification and the user information contained in the request; determining the attribute information according to the platform identification; determining a time range for initiating marketing in the request; and determining the item information of the virtual commodity in the time range according to the item identification and the user information.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the item information includes at least one of item price, discount, item identification.

In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, the feedback module 706 is further configured to: sending the push information to an article pool of the marketing platform; and performing authorization permission on the virtual commodities of the item pool according to the time range for initiating marketing in the request.

Since the functions of the apparatus 700 have been described in detail in the corresponding method embodiments, the disclosure is not repeated herein.

It should be noted that although in the above detailed description several modules or units of the device for action execution are mentioned, such a division is not mandatory. Indeed, the features and functionality of two or more modules or units described above may be embodied in one module or unit, according to embodiments of the present disclosure. Conversely, the features and functions of one module or unit described above may be further divided into embodiments by a plurality of modules or units.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device capable of implementing the above method is also provided.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present invention may be embodied as a system, method or program product. Thus, various aspects of the invention may be embodied in the form of: an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment (including firmware, microcode, etc.) or an embodiment combining hardware and software aspects that may all generally be referred to herein as a "circuit," module "or" system.

As shown in fig. 8, the multi-channel pricing platform architecture comprises: four data layers for implementing a differentiation channel 802, an acquisition configuration 804, an acquisition item 806, and an acquisition price 808.

The distinguishing channels 802 include channel 1 and channel 2 … …, but not limited thereto, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

The obtaining configuration 804 includes, but is not limited to, standard information, activity information, price precision, price rounding type, and check price verification parameter.

The activity information includes, but is not limited to, a marketing period, a marketing subject, a marketing limit, a marketing limited purchase amount, and the like.

The acquired goods 806 include a standard and a generated promotional item, where the generated promotional item is an item that does not exist in the pool of items of the marketing platform.

Wherein obtaining the price 808 comprises obtaining a price of the standard article and a price for promotion, which is beneficial to visually prompting the price change of the article and performing the settlement calculation.

The platform price service is realized by constructing a bottom-layer basic price and price related configuration of the label and then superposing services such as price calculators capable of distinguishing channels and the like, and the quick support to the price demands of different channels is realized by using the same price interface service.

As shown in fig. 9, the step of configuring the configuration item information of the push information includes:

step S902, a configuration item is established on the configuration platform and the channel, including but not limited to the number of copies, validation time, standard articles, discount, etc.

Various configuration items required by different channels during the calculation of selling prices are collected into a unified platform, and after configuration is completed, configuration information can be stored in a configuration file and a cache position.

And step S904, configuring the standard product according to the configuration item information.

And step S906, configuring selling price calculation parameters according to the configuration item information.

Step S908, configure the sales type according to the configuration item information.

And respectively storing the configuration standard article, the configuration selling price calculation parameter and the configuration selling type in a configuration center database. The configuration information is used for the first time and the redis cache database will store this configuration information continuously.

And reversely producing the promotional items according to the configuration information to create a promotional price and automatically authorizing a marketing channel.

And receiving a request of acquiring the commodity price through a marketing channel, wherein the request carries a standard product code, a channel number and user information of a client, but is not limited to the above.

And according to the time of the request initiation, hitting the newly created configuration information in the activity range, if the configuration information is hit, returning the price of the promotional item object corresponding to the standard item object, and if the configuration information is not hit, returning the price of the standard item.

As shown in fig. 10, the step of determining push information according to the configuration item information includes:

the tag is selected based on the virtual goods (merchandise) 1004 to determine the tag and tag selling price 1006.

The label is re-engraved based on the label and label selling price 1006 to generate a promotional item and promotional selling price 1008.

The promotional items and promotional item prices 1008 are synchronized to the promotional items.

The synchronized promotional items are fed back to the item (item) pool 1002 of the marketing platform.

An electronic device 1100 according to this embodiment of the invention is described below with reference to fig. 11. The electronic device 1100 shown in fig. 11 is only an example and should not bring any limitations to the function and the scope of use of the embodiments of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 11, electronic device 1100 is embodied in the form of a general purpose computing device. The components of the electronic device 1100 may include, but are not limited to: the at least one processing unit 1110, the at least one memory unit 1120, and a bus 1130 that couples various system components including the memory unit 1120 and the processing unit 1110.

Wherein the storage unit stores program code that is executable by the processing unit 1110 to cause the processing unit 1110 to perform steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention as described in the above section "exemplary methods" of the present specification. For example, the processing unit 1110 may perform the methods as shown in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

The storage unit 1120 may include a readable medium in the form of a volatile memory unit, such as a random access memory unit (RAM)11201 and/or a cache memory unit 11202, and may further include a read only memory unit (ROM) 11203.

Storage unit 1120 may also include a program/utility 11204 having a set (at least one) of program modules 11205, such program modules 11205 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 1130 may be representative of 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 1100 may also communicate with one or more external devices 1140 (e.g., keyboard, pointing device, bluetooth device, etc.), with one or more devices that enable a user to interact with the electronic device 1100, and/or with any devices (e.g., router, modem, etc.) that enable the electronic device 1100 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur via an input/output (I/O) interface 1150. Also, the electronic device 1100 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 1160. As shown, the network adapter 1160 communicates with the other modules of the electronic device 1100 over the bus 1130. It should be appreciated that although not shown, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with the electronic device 1100, 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 described herein may be implemented by software, or by software in combination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodied in the form of a software product, which may be stored in a non-volatile storage medium (which may be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a removable hard disk, etc.) or on a network, and includes several instructions to enable a computing device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a terminal device, or a network device, etc.) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program product capable of implementing the above-described method of the present specification. In some possible embodiments, aspects of the invention may also be implemented in the form of a program product comprising program code means for causing a terminal device to carry out the steps according to various exemplary embodiments of the invention described in the above section "exemplary methods" of the present description, when said program product is run on the terminal device.

The program product for implementing the above method according to an embodiment of the present invention may employ a portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and include program codes, and may be run on a terminal device, such as a personal computer. However, the program product of the present invention is not limited in this regard and, in the present document, a readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The 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.

A computer readable signal 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 signal 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 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).

Furthermore, the above-described figures are merely schematic illustrations of processes involved in methods according to exemplary embodiments of the invention, and are not intended to be limiting. It will be readily understood that the processes shown in the above figures are not intended to indicate or limit the chronological order of the processes. In addition, it is also readily understood that these processes may be performed synchronously or asynchronously, e.g., in multiple modules.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.