US 11,857,878 B2
Method, apparatus, and terminal for transmitting prompt information in multiplayer online battle program
Hao Song, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/367,270.
Application 17/367,270 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/096956, filed on Jun. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910655572.6 (CN), filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0331070 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. A63F 13/533 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/822 (2014.01); A63F 13/847 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/533 (2014.09) [A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/822 (2014.09); A63F 13/847 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting prompt information in a multiplayer online battle program, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:
displaying a user interface (UI) of the multiplayer online battle program;
receiving, on the UI, a first operation on a first target display element in the UI, the first target display element being one of a plurality of display elements that are displayed in the UI;
in accordance with receiving the first operation on the first target display element, determining a specific target prompt information according to a class to which the first target display element belongs and a current status of the first target display element, the current status of the first target display element being determined according to real-time battle situation information of a battle in the multiplayer online battle program;
determining one or more virtual characters in the battle of the multiplayer online battle program for receiving the specific target prompt information that is been determined, wherein the one or more determined virtual characters are teammates of a master virtual character associated with the terminal in the battle; and
transmitting the specific target prompt information to terminals associated with the one or more determined virtual characters.