US 12,445,661 B2
Virtual object interaction method, apparatus, storage medium and computer program product
Qimin Tan, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Hangzhou AliCloud Feitian Information Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou (CN)
Appl. No. 18/685,209
Filed by Hangzhou AliCloud Feitian Information Technology Co., Ltd., Hangzhou (CN)
PCT Filed Oct. 20, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/126523
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 20, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/071917, PCT Pub. Date May 4, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202111245048.5 (CN), filed on Oct. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0142137 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2187 (2013.01) [G06T 13/40 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of virtual object interaction, applied to a live stream platform configured to provide one or more live stream rooms for a using party to conduct a live stream activity, the method comprising:
performing a live stream by using a first virtual streamer in a first live stream room of the live stream platform;
making a virtual interactive object appear in the first live stream room for a preset time period during the live stream of the first live stream room, the preset time period being shorter than a time period of the live stream of the first live stream room;
obtaining an appearing time point when the virtual interactive object appears in the first live stream room, the appearing time point being randomly set; and
making the virtual interactive object appear in the first live stream room when current time reaches the appearing time point,
wherein the first virtual streamer performs a live stream task set by the using party of the first live stream room, and the virtual interactive object performs an interactive task set by a manager of the live stream platform.