US 11,799,815 B2
Group management method, terminal, and storage medium
Yuan Tian, Shenzhen (CN); Lin Li, Shenzhen (CN); and Feng Li, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,693.
Application 17/901,693 is a continuation of application No. 17/037,394, filed on Sep. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,470,033.
Application 17/037,394 is a continuation of application No. 15/804,845, filed on Nov. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,826,860.
Application 15/804,845 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/CN2016/082387, filed on May 17, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 201510440016.9 (CN), filed on Jul. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417198 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 51/224 (2022.01); H04L 67/50 (2022.01); H04L 51/04 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 51/224 (2022.05) [H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 67/535 (2022.05)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chat group management method performed at a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the computing device, the method comprising:
detecting a message receiving mode corresponding to a chat group, wherein a user of the computing device is an existing member of the chat group;
in accordance with a determination that the message receiving mode corresponding to the chat group has been a mute-notification receiving mode for a predefined time period, wherein the mute-notification receiving mode means that the computing device receives a message without enabling a prompt tone on the computing device:
determining an activity degree of the user in the chat group during the predefined time period; and
in accordance with a determination that the activity degree during the predefined time period is less than a first predefined threshold level, removing the user from being a member of the chat group.