CPC H04L 51/02 (2013.01) [H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.05)] | 19 Claims |
1. A method for managing messages on an instant messaging application, the method being executed by one or more processors of a user terminal associated with a user and comprising:
receiving a new message from another user through a chat room of the instant messaging application, the user and the another user belonging to the chat room;
displaying the new message on a display of the user terminal;
sending a waiting message to the another user;
displaying, in response to a first user input for requesting display of a user interface of the chat room, the user interface of the chat room and content of the new message in the chat room on the display of the user terminal, after sending the waiting message;
terminating, in response to a second user input for requesting to terminate the display of the user interface of the chat room, the display of the user interface of the chat room; and
until the user sends a subsequent message to the new message in the chat room,
causing to maintain the new message on the display of the user terminal of the user and a display of another user terminal of the another user as an unread message, and
notifying the user of a presence of the new message that has not been read on the display of the user terminal.
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