US 12,445,397 B2
Communication method and apparatus based on avatar interaction interface, and computer device
Xiaolong Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Xiaorui Huang, Shenzhen (CN); Yuan Fang, Shenzhen (CN); Bing Li, Shenzhen (CN); Jianqiu Zheng, Shenzhen (CN); Huai Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Min Tan, Shenzhen (CN); Yuteng Zhong, Shenzhen (CN); Yuan Lai, Shenzhen (CN); Xuan Ye, Shenzhen (CN); Ye Zhang, Shenzhen (CN); Kui Huang, Shenzhen (CN); and Ziqiang Peng, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/949,637.
Application 17/949,637 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/100047, filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010723529.1 (CN), filed on Jul. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0015940 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 51/04 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/04 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); H04L 51/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A communication method based on a virtual role interaction interface, performed by a first terminal device, the communication method comprising:
displaying a virtual role interaction interface of a virtual role interaction application, the virtual role interaction interface comprising a target virtual role identifier, the virtual role interaction application being separate from a first instant messaging application bound to a current virtual role identifier and an instant messaging application bound to the target virtual role identifier;
displaying a virtual role information interface on the virtual role interaction interface in response to a trigger operation on the target virtual role identifier, the virtual role information interface comprising a first instant session message triggering control and a user information query operation entry;
displaying a message input interface in response to a first trigger operation on the first instant session message triggering control;
displaying a user information interface in response to a user information query operation triggered on the user information query operation entry, the user information interface comprising user information of a target instant messaging user account corresponding to the target virtual role identifier and a second instant session message triggering control;
displaying the message input interface in response to a second trigger operation on the second instant session message triggering control in the user information interface;
acquiring, in response to the instant messaging application bound to the target virtual role identifier being different from the first instant messaging application bound to the current virtual role identifier, a current instant messaging user account of a second instant messaging application corresponding to the first instant messaging application bound to the current virtual role identifier, the second instant messaging application being the same as the instant messaging application bound to the target virtual role identifier; and
transmitting, after a session message is inputted in the message input interface, the session message used for displaying on the instant messaging application bound to the target virtual role identifier from the current instant messaging user account to the target instant messaging user account corresponding to the target virtual role identifier.