Information processing method, apparatus, device and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11153237-B2
Application number	US-201816194154-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2018
Priority date	Aug 4, 2016
Publication date	Oct 19, 2021
Grant date	Oct 19, 2021

Abstract

While displaying the conversation interface of an instant messaging conversation between a first user and a second user, a first client device receives a user request for generating a virtual-item-package. The first client device replaces display of the conversation interface with a virtual-item-package generation interface, including: if the request is for generating a media enhanced virtual-item-package, presenting an affordance for recording an audio and/or video message concurrently with one or more input fields for entering one or more virtual-item-package parameters in the virtual-item-package generation interface; and if the request is for generating a textual virtual-item-package, presenting a text input field for entering a textual message concurrently with the one or more input fields for entering the one or more virtual-item-package parameters, without concurrently presenting the affordance for recording an audio and/or video message in the virtual-item-package generation interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed at a first client device having one or more processors, memory, and a display, the method comprising:
displaying a conversation interface of an instant messaging conversation between a first user corresponding to the first client device and a second user corresponding to a second client device that is distinct from the first client device, the conversation interface including one or more previously exchanged instant messages between the first user and the second user on a social network platform;
while displaying the conversation interface of the instant messaging conversation between the first user and the second user, receiving from the first user a user request for generating a media-enhanced virtual-item-package;
in response to receiving the user request, replacing the display of the conversation interface with a virtual-item package generation;
receiving, via the virtual-item-package generation interface, a first input from the first user, the first user input specifying one or more virtual-item-package parameters to deduct a virtual item from a virtual item account associated with the first user;
generating a first virtual-item-package in accordance with the deducted virtual item;
receiving, via the virtual-item-package generation interface, a second input from the first user for recording an audio and/or video message;
in response to receiving the second input from the first user for recording an audio and/or video message:
displaying a progress indicator of audio and/or video recording concurrently with the one or more virtual-item-package parameters that have been entered;
displaying a prompt for canceling the recording with an upward swipe gesture;
capturing the audio and/or video message using a microphone or camera of the first client device;
adding the captured audio and/or video message to the first virtual-item-package;

in accordance with a user request to send the first virtual-item-package to the second user:
sending the first virtual item-package and a user account identification of the second user on the social network platform to one or more servers of the social network platform;
replacing the display of the virtual-item-package generation interface with an updated conversation interface of the instant messaging conversation between the first user and the second user, the updated conversation interface including a new message representing the first virtual-item-package, wherein the one or more servers are configured to forward the first virtual-item-package message to the second client device corresponding to the second user, wherein the second client device is caused to:
display the new message representing the first virtual-item-package in a corresponding conversation interface at the second client device; and
play the audio and/or video message and cause transfer of the virtual item to a virtual item account associated with the second user in response to a user selection of the first virtual-item-package; and

sending a self-destruction instruction for the audio and/or video message with the audio and/or video message, wherein the self-destruction instruction causes the second client device to delete the audio and/or video message at the second client device after a preset amount of time unless an exemption code is received from the first client device within the preset amount of time.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the first virtual item-package and the user account identification of the second user on the social network platform to the one or more servers of the social network platform further comprises uploading the one or more virtual-item-package parameters of the first virtual item-package to the one or more servers.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the first virtual-item-package to the one or more servers of the social network platform further comprises:
in accordance with a determination that the first virtual-item-package is prepared with a first privacy preference, uploading the audio and/or video message of the first virtual-item-package to a second server of the one or more servers that is distinct from the first server; and
in accordance with a determination that the first virtual-item-package is prepared with a second privacy preference that is distinct from the first privacy preference:
storing the audio and/or video message locally at the first client device without uploading the audio and/or video message of the first virtual-item-package to the one or more servers, wherein the first client device directly transmits the audio and/or video message to the second client device through a peer-to-peer connection in accordance with receipt of a notification from the second server that the first virtual-item-package has been opened at the second client device.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
after replacing the virtual-item-package generation interface with an updated conversation interface of the instant messaging conversation, receiving a notification from the one or more servers that the first virtual-item-package is opened by the second user at the second client device; and
in response to receiving the notification:
in accordance with a determination that the first virtual-item-package is prepared with the second privacy preference that is distinct from the first privacy preference, initiating direct transmission of the audio and/or video message to the second client device through a peer-to-peer connection.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
in response to receiving the notification:
in accordance with a determination that the first virtual-item-package is prepared with the first privacy preference, displaying an indication of playback progress in the representation of the first virtual-item-package in the conversation interface of the instant messaging conversation.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the sending the self-destruction instruction is
in accordance with a determination that the first virtual-item-package is prepared with the second privacy preference that is distinct from the first privacy preference.

7. A first client device, comprising:
a display;
one or more processors;
memory; and
a plurality of instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
displaying a conversation interface of an instant messaging conversation between a first user corresponding to the first client device and a second user corresponding to a second client device that is distinct from the first client device, the conversation interface including one or more previously exchanged instant messages between the first user and the second user on a social network platform;
while displaying the conversation interface of the instant messaging conversation between the first user and the second user, receiving from the first user a user request for generating a media-enhanced virtual-item-package;
in response to receiving the user request, replacing the display of the conversation interface with a virtual-item package generation interface;
receiving, via the virtual-item-package generation interface, a first input from the first user, the first user input specifying one or more virtual-item-package parameters to deduct a virtual item from a virtual item account associated with the first user;
generating a first virtual-item-package in accordance with the deducted virtual item;
receiving, via the virtual-item-package generation interface, a second input from the first user for recording an audio and/or video message;
in response to receiving the second input from the first user for recording an audio and/or

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Ying
• Yang Jingjing
• Deng Yangzhou
• Wang Chong
• Zhang Yumiao
• Dai Xingxing
• Wu Zhenquan
• Chen Shan

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

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• H04L51/222

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• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q20/0655

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• G06Q20/3223

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