US 12,177,309 B2
Image processing method, apparatus, device, and computer-readable storage medium
Wei Yan, Shenzhen (CN); Xuefen Yuan, Shenzhen (CN); and Feng Lin, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/901,716.
Application 17/901,716 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/107054, filed on Jul. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010791419.9 (CN), filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417343 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04L 67/55 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/55 (2022.05) [G06F 16/583 (2019.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. An image processing method, executed by a computer device, the method comprising:
displaying an object following page in a first group communication session page in response to an object following operation performed on a first image, the object following page comprising a setting control and plural face images, including at least one face image included in the first image, wherein each of the plural face images is included in one or more images shared in the first group communication session page, and the first group communication session page being a page corresponding to a local user account participating in the group communication; and
creating, by processing circuitry of the computer device, an object following relationship between a selected face image among the plural face images and the local user account in response to a trigger operation performed on the setting control of the selected face image in the object following page, the object following relationship providing an image update prompt to the local user account, the image update prompt prompting to view an image associated with the selected face image.