US 12,121,822 B2
Method, apparatus, and terminal for transmitting message in multiplayer online battle program, and medium
Pengsen Wang, Shenzhen (CN); Jiaxun He, Shenzhen (CN); Zhiming Liang, Shenzhen (CN); Banghua Yang, Shenzhen (CN); Xinyue Liao, Shenzhen (CN); Xin Chen, Shenzhen (CN); Yuntao Peng, Shenzhen (CN); and Jiajie Chen, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/840,477.
Application 17/840,477 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/124232, filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202110553181.0 (CN), filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020032 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/87 (2014.01); A63F 13/335 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/847 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/87 (2014.09) [A63F 13/335 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/847 (2014.09); A63F 2300/407 (2013.01); A63F 2300/572 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for transmitting a message in a multiplayer game performed by a first terminal, the first terminal logging into the multiplayer game using a first account, and the method comprising:
displaying a first user interface of the multiplayer game, the multiplayer game providing a virtual environment for at least two teams of virtual characters to conduct an online battle;
displaying a warning transmitting control icon in a predetermined region on the first user interface in response to that an event associated with a virtual character in the virtual environment satisfies a warning condition, the warning transmitting control icon being customized according to the event and configured to transmit a warning message corresponding to the event;
transmitting the warning message to a second terminal in response to a transmitting operation triggered on the warning transmitting control icon, the second terminal logging into the multiplayer game using a second account, and the first account and the second account having a teammate relationship; and
displaying the warning message on the first user interface and removing the warning transmitting control icon from the first user interface.