Optionally, when publishing the first shared information including the identification information by using a social application program, the first user equipment sends a notification message to a server, so that the server determines that the first user equipment has published the first shared information.

An embodiment of this application provides an information processing method, and the method includes:

receiving, by second user equipment, first shared information published by first user equipment, where the first shared information includes identification information;

determining, by the second user equipment, that the second user equipment has an association relationship with the first user equipment and published second shared information related to the identification information; and

displaying, by the second user equipment, the first shared information in a standby screen.

An embodiment of this application provides an information processing apparatus, and the apparatus includes:

an obtaining unit, configured to obtain identification information of first user equipment;

a determining unit, configured to determine second shared information, where the second shared information includes the identification information and is published by second user equipment that has an association relationship with the first user equipment; and

a sending unit, configured to send the second shared information to the first user equipment.

Optionally, the sending unit is specifically configured to: