Method for social networking based on virtual image, system, storage medium, and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025191080-A1
Application number	US-202519059444-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 21, 2025
Priority date	Jan 20, 2023
Publication date	Jun 12, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for social networking based on a virtual image, a system, a storage medium, and a terminal device, and is applied to the field of information processing technologies. A social application interface displayed by a social application system includes an object screening control and a virtual image of each social object. In this way, a first social object related to an online state of a current social user is determined through an operation performed on the object screening control, the object screening control is collapsed, and a virtual image of the first target social object is displayed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for social networking based on a virtual image, executed by a terminal device, and comprising:
displaying a social application interface, the social application interface comprising an object screening control and virtual images of a plurality of social objects in a social application, the social application on the terminal device being logged in by a current social user, and each virtual image being associated with at least one social operation control; determining, in response to an operation performed on the object screening control, at least one first social object related to an online state of the current social user from the social application, the online state of the current social user describing a state of a virtual image of the current social user or a state of the current social user; and collapsing the object screening control in the social application interface and displaying a virtual image of the at least one first social object.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the social object comprises a social user, and the method further comprises:
displaying the online state of the current social user in a first area of the social application interface; and after the displaying of the online state in the first area has reached a preset time, replacing the online state in the first area with a matching control, the matching control being configured to find, based on a set condition, a social user to interact with the current social user from the social application.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein at least one candidate online state is displayed in a second area of the social application interface, the first area and the second area being adjacent areas, the method further comprises:
displaying a candidate online state in the first area upon detecting a user operation of moving from the first area to the second area or a trigger operation performed on the second area; and the method further comprises: determining a related second social object based on the displayed at least one candidate online state; and displaying a virtual image of the second social object in the social application interface.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
in response to that the candidate online state displayed in the first area is not consistent with the online state of the current social user, replacing the online state of the current social user with the candidate online state displayed in the first area.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the collapsing the object screening control in the social application interface and displaying a virtual image of the at least one first social object comprises one of the following:
collapsing the virtual image of the current social user and the object screening control in the social application interface and displaying the virtual image of the at least one first social object; collapsing the object screening control in the social application interface and displaying the virtual image of the current social user and the virtual image of the at least one first social object; or collapsing the object screening control in the social application interface and displaying a virtual image of the at least one first social object.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein in response to the operation performed on the object screening control, the method further comprises:
jumping to an object screening sub-control panel in response to the operation performed on the object screening control, and displaying, on the object screening sub-control panel, object screening sub-controls respectively corresponding to a plurality of online states; and collapsing the object screening sub-control panel in response to an operation performed on an object screening sub-control, and in response to that an online state corresponding to the operated object screening sub-control is consistent with the online state of the current social user, performing the operation of determining the first social object; or in response to that the online state corresponding to the operated object screening sub-control is inconsistent with the online state of the current social user, determining a third social object related to the online state corresponding to the operated object screening sub-control, and displaying a virtual image of the third social object in the social application interface.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the social object comprises a social user, a topic, and a chat scene;
in response to that the online state of the current social user is an interaction-type online state, the first social object related to the online state of the current social user comprises at least one of the following: a social user having the same online state as the current social user, or a chat scene related to the online state of the current social user; and in response to that the online state of the current social user is a content-type online state, the first social object related to the online state of the current social user comprises at least one of the following: a social user having the same online state as the current social user, or a topic related to the online state of the current social user.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying a virtual image of the at least one first social object comprises:
displaying a two-dimensional image of the first social object, and loading a three-dimensional model of the first social object based on the two-dimensional image of the first social object; and binding the three-dimensional model with a social operation control corresponding to the first social object, and performing a social interaction operation with the first social object when the social operation control receives a trigger operation.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the displaying a social application interface, the social application interface comprises a background space, and the method further comprises:
when user operation information is received in the background space of the social application interface and the user operation information is a preset refresh operation gesture, obtaining a fourth social object based on the user operation information, and displaying a virtual image of the fourth social object on the social application interface.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the social application interface further comprises a state setting control, and the method further comprises:
jumping to a state setting interface in response to an operation performed on the state setting control, the state setting interface comprising a state control; displaying an online state selecting interface in response to an operation performed on the state control, the online state selecting interface comprising at least one of the following: a plurality of candidate online states, an online-state automatic defining control, or an intelligently matched online state; and determining an online state determined in the online state selecting interface as the online state of the current social user.

11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the social object comprises a social user, and the method further comprises:
displaying a chat establishing control in response to an operation for the virtual image, the chat establishing control being configured to trigger real-time interaction with a social object corresponding to the virtual image; and creating and displaying a first chat scene and an inviting control in response to an operation for the chat establishing control, and displaying the virtual image corresponding t

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yue Yaohua
• Kang Kai
• Xiong Wenbo
• Yang Chenguang
• He Song
• Zhu Qiming

Classifications

• G06Q10/40 Primary

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/04

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title

• G06T15/00

  Three-dimensional [3D] image rendering · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06Q50/01 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic