US 12,340,364 B2
Method and apparatus for communication system using user interfaces for instant messaging service associated with item transactions
Sang Kyeong Lee, Seongnam-Si (KR); Seo Ji Lee, Seongnam-Si (KR); Lim Ah Lee, Seongnam-Si (KR); Yoon Sun Lee, Seongnam-Si (KR); Hyun Ji Oh, Seongnam-Si (KR); and Je Woo Song, Seongnam-Si (KR)
Assigned to KAKAO CORP., Jeju-Si (KR)
Filed by KAKAO CORP., Jeju-Si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/380,310.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0135147 (KR), filed on Oct. 19, 2022; and application No. 10-2022-0169701 (KR), filed on Dec. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0135371 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0232874 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); H04L 51/07 (2022.01); H04L 51/10 (2022.01)
CPC G06Q 20/386 (2020.05) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/07 (2022.05); H04L 51/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal comprising:
a display configured to receive at least one user input;
a communication interface;
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the terminal to:
execute a messenger application installed on the terminal, wherein a user of the messenger application is logged into, via the terminal and using a user account of an instant messaging service associated with one or more item transactions, the instant messaging service, and wherein the instant messaging service is provided via communication between the terminal and a messaging service server;
receive, based on an item transaction service provided by an item transaction server linked to the messaging service server, an indication associated with the item transaction service;
identify a type of item acquired via the one or more item transactions by processing a previous message transmitted via a chatroom interface of the executed messenger application;
determine, based on the type of item, a list of user interface templates that correspond to the type of item;
display, in the chatroom interface of the executed messenger application, a first user interface screen associated with the item transaction service, wherein the first user interface screen associated with the item transaction service comprises:
sender information associated with the one or more item transactions;
a message associated with the one or more item transactions;
information indicating an identifier of an item of the one or more item transactions; and
an interfacing object associated with the list of user interface templates;
receive, based on a user selection of the interfacing object and based on at least one exposure condition associated with the list of user interface templates, at least one user interface template selected from the list of user interface templates;
display, in a second user interface screen of the executed messenger application, a first user interface template of the at least one user interface template, wherein the first user interface template comprises:
an editable user interface element; and
a non-editable user interface element;
modify, based on an editing input, the editable user interface element; and
transmit, based on the modified editable user interface element, a message comprising a modified template associated with the first user interface template.