US 12,218,898 B2
Method, computer device, and non-transitory computer-readable record medium to display message thread on chatroom cover screen
Sungwhan Kim, Seongnam-si (KR); Hajung Aum, Seongnam-si (KR); and Seo Hyun Cho, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to LINE Plus Corporation, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by LINE Plus Corporation, Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on May 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/735,642.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0057676 (KR), filed on May 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360552 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 51/216 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/216 (2022.05) [H04L 51/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chatroom cover display method performed by a computer device comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions included in a memory, the chatroom cover display method comprising:
by the at least one processor,
in response to an access request for a chatroom,
excluding at least one meaningless message from messages exchanged through the chatroom based on a preset condition;
collecting a message thread including a first set of messages among the messages without the meaningless message, wherein the first set of messages are collected based on a message selection criterion that a specific message has a length longer than a desired first length; and
displaying a cover screen of the chatroom and displaying the collected message thread on the cover screen,
wherein the collecting comprises
in response to a determination that a number of the messages in the first set is less than a threshold, adjusting the message selection criterion by decreasing the desired first length into a desired second length such that at least one additional message is further collected based on the adjusted message selection criterion, each of the at least one additional message having has a length longer than the desired second length and not longer than the desired first length, and
further collecting the additional message to be included in the message thread based on the adjusted message selection criterion.