Message transmitting method and apparatus, message receiving method and apparatus, device, and medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12045448-B2
Application number	US-202217830872-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2022
Priority date	May 20, 2020
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A message transmitting method and apparatus provide for a subtle reminder function. Head portraits of at least two user accounts are displayed in a first chat interface. The at least two user accounts include a first user account and a second user account. An interaction message is generated in response to an interaction with the head portrait of the second user account. The interaction message is transmitted to the second user account. The interaction message is used to trigger the display of an animation of the head portrait of the second user account in a second chat interface. This provides for a new interaction between user accounts, and can provide a subtle reminder function.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A message transmitting method comprising:
displaying a first chat interface that comprises head portraits of a first user account and head portraits of a second user account, wherein the head portraits of the first user account correspond to chat messages of the first user account and the head portraits of the second user account correspond to chat messages of the second user account;
generating an interaction message in response to an interaction with the head portrait of the second user account, wherein the interaction message comprises an action identifier used to indicate an action of the first user account to the second user account and an interaction identifier used to indicate that a message type of the interaction message is the interaction message, wherein the message type of the interaction message is different from the chat messages of the first user account and the chat messages of the second user account; and
transmitting the interaction message to a server configured to verify that the interaction message meets a transmission condition, wherein
if the interaction message meets the transmission condition, transmitting the interaction message to the second user account, the interaction message being configured to trigger a displaying of an animation of the head portrait of the second user account in a second chat interface; and
if the interaction message does not meet the transmission condition, receiving a failure prompt from the server.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the interaction comprises a double-click or a tap.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying the animation of the head portrait of the second user account in the first chat interface in response to the interaction.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the displaying the animation of the head portrait further comprises:
displaying an animation of at least one of a plurality of head portraits of the second user account in a head portrait area.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a message content of the interaction message in the first chat interface, a message display manner of the interaction message being different than a message display manner of a chat message.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the displaying the message content of the interaction message further comprises:
scrolling, automatically in response to displayed content in the first chat interface not including a last message, to the last message in the first chat interface, the last message comprising the message content of the interaction message.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the message content comprises a name of the first user account, a name of the second user account, and a description of an action of the first user account, names comprising at least one of a remark name, a group nickname, or a customized nickname.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
displaying an attribute page of the first user account in response to an interaction with the name of the first user account.

9. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying at least one of n consecutive interaction messages in a collapsed form in response to the n interaction messages in the first chat interface, the n interaction messages being in a read state.

10. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
displaying at least one of m consecutive interaction messages in a collapsed form in response to the m interaction messages in the first chat interface, the m interaction messages being prior to a last non-interaction message, and the non-interaction message being a message other than the m interaction messages.

11. The message transmitting method of claim 1 , wherein the verifying that the interaction message meets a transmission condition comprises:
calculating a sum of the quantity of times that the first user account and the quantity of times that the second user account transmit the interaction message, and
determining that the interaction message does not meet the transmission condition when the sum exceeds a threshold.

12. A computer device, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing at least one instruction, at least one program, a code set, or an instruction set, and the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set, or the instruction set being loaded and executed by the processor to implement the message transmitting method according to claim 1 .

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, storing at least one instruction, at least one program, a code set, or an instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set, or the instruction set being loaded and executed by a processor to implement the message transmitting method according to claim 1 .

14. A message receiving method comprising:
displaying a chat interface that comprises head portraits of a first user account and head portraits of a second user account, wherein the head portraits of the first user account correspond to chat messages of the first user account and the head portraits of the second user account correspond to chat messages of the second user account;
receiving an interaction message transmitted by the first user account to the second user account;
displaying the interaction message in the chat interface of the second user account;
determining the chat message of the second user account closest to the interaction message;
displaying an animation of the head portrait of the second user account in the chat interface on the head portrait corresponding to the closest chat message; and
updating a read state of the interaction message in accordance with whether the animation of the head portrait has been displayed.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the displaying the interaction message comprises:
displaying a message content of the interaction message in the second chat interface, a message display manner of the interaction message being different than a message display manner of a chat message.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the displaying the animation of the head portrait comprises:
displaying the animation of the head portrait in a head portrait area corresponding to a chat message transmitted by the second user account closest to the interaction message.

17. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
displaying at least one of n consecutive interaction messages in a collapsed form in response to the n interaction messages in the second chat interface, the n interaction messages being in a read state.

18. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising
displaying at least one of m consecutive interaction messages in a collapsed form in response to the m interaction messages in the second chat interface, the m interaction messages being prior to a last non-interaction message, and the non-interaction message being a message other than the m interaction messages.

19. A message transmitting apparatus comprising:
a memory, the memory storing computer-readable instructions for transmitting a message; and
a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured by the computer readable instructions to:
display a first chat interface and head portraits of a first user account and head portraits of a second user account, wherein the head portraits of the first user account correspond to chat messages of the first user

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cai Bohan
• Yan Xi
• Tang Xucheng
• Chen Zhihao
• Jin Qiuchen
• Huang Runjia
• Huang Qing
• Liang Junjie
• Xu Genxi
• Qiu Hongfa
• Liu Yanlan
• Zhou Wancheng
• Feng Jingqiong

Classifications

• H04L51/046

  Interoperability with other network applications or services · CPC title

• H04L51/216

  Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/18

  Commands or executable codes · CPC title

• G06F3/04842 Primary

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title