US 12,246,251 B2
Method and apparatus for displaying virtual item, electronic device, and storage medium
Han Gu, Shenzhen (CN); Jianquan Li, Shenzhen (CN); Tao Liu, Shenzhen (CN); and Liangliang Chen, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on May 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/747,319.
Application 17/747,319 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/126520, filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202110301716.5 (CN), filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0297003 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63F 13/35 (2014.01); A63F 13/52 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/837 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/52 (2014.09) [A63F 13/35 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/837 (2014.09)] 21 Claims
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1. A method for displaying a virtual item, performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying a virtual object in a virtual scene, the virtual object having a plurality of virtual items, the plurality of virtual items being equipped by or individually accessible to the virtual object and respectively having virtual functions; and
displaying a virtual assembled item in the virtual scene in response to a first trigger operation targeting at least two virtual items of the plurality of virtual items, the virtual assembled item being obtained by combining the at least two virtual items into a target virtual item, the target virtual item supporting a new virtual function, the new virtual function of the target virtual item being different from the virtual function of each of the at least two virtual items alone, and the new virtual function of the target virtual item being realized without switching the target virtual item by the virtual object.