US 11,949,643 B2
Apparatus and method for displaying announcements from instant messaging services
Ji Seon Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/828,459.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0069858 (KR), filed on May 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0385614 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 51/224 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01); H04L 51/226 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/224 (2022.05) [H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/226 (2022.05)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An announcement display method performed by a computing device for an instant messaging service, the announcement display method comprising:
displaying an intro screen including a friend account list of a user account, the intro screen being different from a screen displaying messages of a chat room;
fixedly displaying an announcement list at a top of the intro screen separately from the friend account list, wherein the announcement list comprises at least one announcement of at least one chat room to which the user account belongs;
displaying a comment icon in an announcement displayed at the top of the intro screen while displaying the friend account list in the intro screen; and
in response to user input on the comment icon, displaying a comment related to the announcement while displaying the friend account list in the intro screen.