US 12,278,794 B2
Method for searching for chat information and electronic device
Mingzhi Shen, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Dongguan (CN)
Filed by VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Dongguan (CN)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,827.
Application 17/866,827 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/073177, filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010074437.5 (CN), filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353225 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 51/21 (2022.01); G06F 40/279 (2020.01)
CPC H04L 51/21 (2022.05) [G06F 40/279 (2020.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for searching for chat information, comprising:
receiving a first input comprising a keyword inputted by a user to search for chat information associated with the keyword, wherein the chat information associated with the keyword fall under N different information types;
displaying N identifiers indicating the N different information types of the chat information associated with the keyword in response to the first input without displaying the chat information, wherein each identifier comprises a user-selectable icon annotated with the corresponding information type, wherein N is a positive integer, and the N information types comprise a picture information type and a video information type;
in response to receiving a second input selecting a first identifier among the N identifiers from the user, displaying M pieces of the chat information that is of the information type indicated by the first identifier, M being a positive integer;
receiving a third input performed by the user on first target chat information in the M pieces of chat information;
jumping to a target chat interface in which the first target chat information is located in response to the third input, wherein the target chat interface comprises the first target chat information; and
displaying, when the target chat interface further comprises T pieces of chat information corresponding to an information type of a second identifier, the T pieces of chat information according to a first preset mode,
wherein the second identifier is any identifier other than the first identifier in the N identifiers, T is a positive integer, and the first preset mode comprises at least one of a hiding mode or a thumbnail mode.