US 12,075,128 B2
Method and apparatus for playing video signal of multi-user interaction, and device
Shuyuan Zheng, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/962,466.
Application 17/962,466 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/138604, filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011628456.4 (CN), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0034686 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4781 (2013.01) [H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/47205 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for playing a video signal of multi-user interaction, executed by a first terminal, the method comprising:
generating a video playing interface of a live streaming room, the video playing interface being configured to play a multi-user interactive live streaming video signal initiated in the live streaming room;
switching an operation mode of the video playing interface from a viewer mode to an anchor in response to an anchor mode switching instruction, wherein in the anchor mode, the video playing interface comprises a first list entry configured to display a list of multi-user interaction activities that are already in progress and a second list entry configured to display a list of multi-user interaction activities that are not in progress;
displaying, on the video playing interface, at least one display item of at least one multi-user interaction activity corresponding to the first list entry;
generating a live streaming instruction for a first multi-user interaction activity in the at least one multi-user interaction activity in response to a trigger operation for one of the at least one display item corresponding to the first multi-user interaction activity in the at least one multi-user interaction activity, the first multi-user interaction activity being a game playing that is already in progress; and
playing a live streaming video signal of the first multi-user interaction activity in the video playing interface in response to the live streaming instruction for the first multi-user interaction activity, the live streaming video signal of the first multi-user interaction activity being transmitted to a client on a second terminal logged in by at least one user account in the live streaming room.