US 12,438,996 B2
Video call method and apparatus, and electronic device and storage medium
Yuxi Chen, Beijing (CN); and Junqiang Wang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed by Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/345,583.
Application 18/345,583 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/142809, filed on Dec. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202011628457.9 (CN), filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388440 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 5/262 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 5/262 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video call method, comprising:
displaying a video call page, wherein the video call page comprises a display region of a video call image of at least one user making a video call, wherein the at least one user comprises a local user and a peer user;
in response to receiving a first trigger operation using a first target special effect, determining a first action object of the first target special effect;
in response to determining that the first action object comprises a target peer user, sending a special effect request to a server to request an acquisition of a first special effect image where the first target special effect is added, wherein the first special effect image is used for being displayed at a client of the at least one user; and
in response to receiving the first special effect image forwarded by the server, updating a first video call image displayed in a first display region corresponding to the target peer user as the first special effect image,
wherein before displaying the video call page, the method further comprises:
in response to receiving a fifth trigger operation enabling the local user to make a video call with at least one peer user, generating a video call request carrying target user identification information of the at least one peer user, and sending the video call request to the server to request the server to control the at least one peer client to establish a video call connection with a local client through the server, wherein the at least one peer client is an active client of the at least one peer user, the at least one peer client corresponds to at least one different application software, and
wherein the active client of the at least one peer user is determined by the following manner: in a case where the at least one different application software corresponding to the at least one peer client is in an offline state, the active client is determined based on an online frequency and a length of time since a last online state of the at least one different application software corresponding to the at least one peer client.