Method, apparatus and system for displaying bullet screen information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10057627-B2
Application number	US-201715694539-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2017
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Aug 21, 2018
Grant date	Aug 21, 2018

Abstract

Provided are a method, an apparatus and a system for displaying bullet screen information. The method includes playing a target video, and displaying bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video; displaying a reply window corresponding to currently displayed first screen information when a selection instruction corresponding to the first screen information is received; and receiving an information sending instruction corresponding to the reply window, obtaining second screen information input by a user in the reply window, displaying the second screen information corresponding to displaying of the first screen information, and transmitting, to a server, a reply information adding request corresponding to the first screen information, with the second screen information and an identifier of the first screen information being carried in the reply information adding request.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for displaying bullet screen information, comprising:
playing a target video, and displaying bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video;
displaying a reply window corresponding to currently displayed first bullet screen information based on receipt of a selection instruction corresponding to the first bullet screen information;
receiving an information transmission instruction corresponding to the reply window, obtaining second bullet screen information inputted by a user in the reply window, displaying the second bullet screen information corresponding to displaying of the first bullet screen information, and transmitting a reply information adding request corresponding to the first bullet screen information to a server, with the second bullet screen information and an identifier of the first bullet screen information being carried in the reply information adding request, wherein the server adds the second bullet screen information to the bullet screen information of the target video, and records the second bullet screen information as reply information of the first bullet screen information;
displaying an account attention option corresponding to a release account of the currently displayed first bullet screen information when the selection instruction corresponding to the first bullet screen information is received; and
obtaining an account identifier of the release account of the first bullet screen information and an account identifier of the local login account when a click instruction corresponding to the account attention option is received, and transmitting an account attention request to the server, with the account identifier of the release account of the first bullet screen information and the account identifier of the local login account being carried in the account attention request.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video comprises:
selecting, among the bullet screen information of the target video, bullet screen information corresponding to which the reply information adding request has been transmitted by a local login account, and reply information corresponding to the bullet screen information; and
displaying the bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video, wherein the selected bullet screen information and reply information are displayed firstly among a plurality of pieces of bullet screen information corresponding to each bullet screen time point.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video comprises:
selecting, among the bullet screen information of the target video, bullet screen information with the number of replies greater than a preset threshold, and reply information corresponding to the bullet screen information; and
displaying the selected bullet screen information and reply information during the playing of the target video.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video comprises:
selecting, among the bullet screen information of the target video, bullet screen information with the number of replies greater than a preset threshold, and reply information corresponding to the bullet screen information; and
displaying, during the playing of the target video, the selected bullet screen information and reply information based on preset first display mode information, and the bullet screen information other than the selected bullet screen information and reply information based on preset second display mode information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video comprises:
selecting, among the bullet screen information of the target video, bullet screen information released by an account in an account attention list corresponding to the local login account, and reply information corresponding to the bullet screen information; and
displaying the bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video, wherein the selected bullet screen information and reply information are displayed firstly among a plurality of pieces of bullet screen information corresponding to each bullet screen time point.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the bullet screen information of the target video comprises:
displaying reply information corresponding to the bullet screen information in a manner that the reply information is indented with respect to the bullet screen information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the bullet screen information of the target video comprises:
for each piece of the bullet screen information, displaying closely the bullet screen information and reply information corresponding to the bullet screen information.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the bullet screen information of the target video comprises:
displaying the bullet screen information in a manner that one piece of the bullet screen information and reply information corresponding to the one piece of the bullet screen information are spaced from another piece of the bullet screen information and reply information corresponding to the another piece of the bullet screen information.

9. A terminal, comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory having one or more programs stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
playing a target video, and displaying bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video;
displaying a reply window corresponding to currently displayed first bullet screen information based on receipt of a selection instruction corresponding to the first bullet screen information;
receiving an information transmission instruction corresponding to the reply window, obtaining second bullet screen information inputted by a user in the reply window, displaying the second bullet screen information corresponding to displaying of the first bullet screen information, and transmitting a reply information adding request corresponding to the first bullet screen information to a server, with the second bullet screen information and an identifier of the first bullet screen information being carried in the reply information adding request, wherein the server adds the second bullet screen information to the bullet screen information of the target video and records the second bullet screen information as reply information of the first bullet screen information:

displaying an account attention option corresponding to a release account of the currently displayed first bullet screen information when the selection instruction corresponding to the first bullet screen information is received; and
obtaining an account identifier of the release account of the first bullet screen information and an account identifier of the local login account when a click instruction corresponding to the account attention option is received, and transmitting an account attention request to the server, with the account identifier of the release account of the first bullet screen information and the account identifier of the local login account being carried in the account attention request.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:
selecting

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yuan Guoyong
• Li Zhongwei

Classifications

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• G06F17/30846

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/3082

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N21/8133

  specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme · CPC title

• H04N21/4312 Primary

  involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations · CPC title