INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20180028918A1
• Filed: 10/04/2017
• Published: 02/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: TANG, Yong, WENG, Jianmiao, CHEN, Yu, GONG, Wei
• Granted Patent: US 10,639,549 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/2145 the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/533 for prompting the player, e.g. by displaying a game menu
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5378 for displaying an additional top view, e.g. radar screens or maps using two or more virtual cameras concurrently A63F13/5252
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/58 by computing conditions of game characters, e.g. stamina, strength, motivation or energy level
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/308 Details of the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/65 for computing the condition of a game character
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

An information processing method, including: at a first gaming terminal that corresponds to a first game player in a game: displaying a first game scene from a first viewing perspective corresponding to the first game player; displaying, concurrently with the first game scene, a character selection area that is distinct from the first game scene, including displaying, within the character selection area, respective avatars corresponding a first subset of the plurality of game characters that are currently eligible targets of a first game operation associated with the first game player; detecting a selection input directed to at least a first avatar in the character selection area that corresponds to a first game character of the first subset of the plurality of game characters; and in response to detecting the selection input, selecting the first game character in the first game scene as a target of the first game operation.

Claims

1. An information processing method, comprising:

at a first gaming terminal, wherein the first gaming terminal corresponds to a first game player in a game, and wherein the first gaming terminal comprises one or more processors and memory;

displaying a first game scene from a first viewing perspective corresponding to the first game player in the game, wherein the first game scene includes a plurality of game characters with which the first game player is configured to interact with in the game;

displaying, concurrently with the first game scene, a character selection area that is distinct from the first game scene, including displaying, within the character selection area, respective avatars corresponding a first subset of the plurality of game characters that are currently eligible targets of a first game operation associated with the first game player;

detecting a selection input directed to at least a first avatar in the character selection area that corresponds to a first game character of the first subset of the plurality of game characters; and

in response to detecting the selection input directed to at least the first avatar in the character selection area that corresponds to the first game character of the first subset of the plurality of game characters, selecting the first game character in the first game scene as a target of the first game operation associated with the first game player.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the character selection area further includes:

displaying, within the character selection area, respective avatars corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of game characters that are currently not eligible targets of the first game operation associated with the first game player, wherein the avatars of the first subset of the plurality of game characters are visually distinguished from the avatars of the second subset of the plurality of game characters in the character selection area based on a first visual effect applied to the avatars of only one of the first or second subset of game characters.

3. The method of claim 2, including:

while concurrently displaying the first game scene and the character selection area, detecting changes in the game characters displayed within the first game scene, wherein the changes in the game characters cause at least one game character in the first subset of the plurality of game characters to become an ineligible target for the first game operation associated with the first game player; and

in response to detecting the changes in the game characters within the first game scene, updating the character selection area, including changing a visual appearance of the avatar corresponding to the at least one game character to reflect that the at least one game character is no longer in the first subset of the plurality of game characters and is now in the second subset of the plurality of game characters.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the changes in the game characters include at least one of:

the at least one game character has exited a target range of the first game operation associated with the first game player, and

the at least one game character has changed status and become immune to the first game operation associated with the first game player.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the game is a group game, and the plurality of game characters include a respective game character that corresponds to a second game player using a second gaming terminal, and a respective avatar of the second game character is displayed within the character selection area, and wherein the method includes:

determining a predefined enemy status for enemy characters within a second game scene from a viewing perspective of the second game player; and

displaying a respective indicator object in association with the respective avatar of the second game character, wherein the respective indicator object indicates a summary of the predefined enemy status for enemy characters within the second game scene from the viewing perspective of the second game player.

6. The method of claim 5, including:

determining the predefined enemy status for a subset of the enemy characters that are within both the first game scene and the second game scene; and

displaying an adjustment to the respective indicator object that indicates a summary of the predefined enemy status for the subset of the enemy characters that are within both the first game scene and the second game scene.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the summary of the predefined enemy status includes a total amount of enemy life remaining, or total enemy ammunition, or a total enemy count, within an attack range of a respective game character for which the summary is being determined.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

;

one or more processors; and

memory, wherein;

the electronic device serves as a first gaming terminal, the first gaming terminal corresponds to a first game player in a game, and the memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

displaying a first game scene from a first viewing perspective corresponding to the first game player in the game, wherein the first game scene includes a plurality of game characters with which the first game player is configured to interact with in the game;

displaying, concurrently with the first game scene, a character selection area that is distinct from the first game scene, including displaying, within the character selection area, respective avatars corresponding a first subset of the plurality of game characters that are currently eligible targets of a first game operation associated with the first game player;

detecting a selection input directed to at least a first avatar in the character selection area that corresponds to a first game character of the first subset of the plurality of game characters; and

in response to detecting the selection input directed to at least the first avatar in the character selection area that corresponds to the first game character of the first subset of the plurality of game characters, selecting the first game character in the first game scene as a target of the first game operation associated with the first game player.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein displaying the character selection area further includes:

displaying, within the character selection area, respective avatars corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of game characters that are currently not eligible targets of the first game operation associated with the first game player, wherein the avatars of the first subset of the plurality of game characters are visually distinguished from the avatars of the second subset of the plurality of game characters in the character selection area based on a first visual effect applied to the avatars of only one of the first or second subset of game characters.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the operations include:

while concurrently displaying the first game scene and the character selection area, detecting changes in the game characters displayed within the first game scene, wherein the changes in the game characters cause at least one game character in the first subset of the plurality of game characters to become an ineligible target for the first game operation associated with the first game player; and

in response to detecting the changes in the game characters within the first game scene, updating the character selection area, including changing a visual appearance of the avatar corresponding to the at least one game character to reflect that the at least one game character is no longer in the first subset of the plurality of game characters and is now in the second subset of the plurality of game characters.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the changes in the game characters include at least one of:

the at least one game character has exited a target range of the first game operation associated with the first game player, and

the at least one game character has changed status and become immune to the first game operation associated with the first game player.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein the game is a group game, and the plurality of game characters include a respective game character that corresponds to a second game player using a second gaming terminal, and a respective avatar of the second game character is displayed within the character selection area, and wherein the method includes:

determining a predefined enemy status for enemy characters within a second game scene from a viewing perspective of the second game player; and

displaying a respective indicator object in association with the respective avatar of the second game character, wherein the respective indicator object indicates a summary of the predefined enemy status for enemy characters within the second game scene from the viewing perspective of the second game player.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the operations include:

determining the predefined enemy status for a subset of the enemy characters that are within both the first game scene and the second game scene; and

displaying an adjustment to the respective indicator object that indicates a summary of the predefined enemy status for the subset of the enemy characters that are within both the first game scene and the second game scene.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the summary of the predefined enemy status includes a total amount of enemy life remaining, or total enemy ammunition, or a total enemy count, within an attack range of a respective game character for which the summary is being determined.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

at a first gaming terminal, the first gaming terminal corresponds to a first game player in a game;

displaying a first game scene from a first viewing perspective corresponding to the first game player in the game, wherein the first game scene includes a plurality of game characters with which the first game player is configured to interact with in the game;

displaying, concurrently with the first game scene, a character selection area that is distinct from the first game scene, including displaying, within the character selection area, respective avatars corresponding a first subset of the plurality of game characters that are currently eligible targets of a first game operation associated with the first game player;

detecting a selection input directed to at least a first avatar in the character selection area that corresponds to a first game character of the first subset of the plurality of game characters; and

in response to detecting the selection input directed to at least the first avatar in the character selection area that corresponds to the first game character of the first subset of the plurality of game characters, selecting the first game character in the first game scene as a target of the first game operation associated with the first game player.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein displaying the character selection area further includes:

displaying, within the character selection area, respective avatars corresponding to a second subset of the plurality of game characters that are currently not eligible targets of the first game operation associated with the first game player, wherein the avatars of the first subset of the plurality of game characters are visually distinguished from the avatars of the second subset of the plurality of game characters in the character selection area based on a first visual effect applied to the avatars of only one of the first or second subset of game characters.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the operations include:

while concurrently displaying the first game scene and the character selection area, detecting changes in the game characters displayed within the first game scene, wherein the changes in the game characters cause at least one game character in the first subset of the plurality of game characters to become an ineligible target for the first game operation associated with the first game player; and

in response to detecting the changes in the game characters within the first game scene, updating the character selection area, including changing a visual appearance of the avatar corresponding to the at least one game character to reflect that the at least one game character is no longer in the first subset of the plurality of game characters and is now in the second subset of the plurality of game characters.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the changes in the game characters include at least one of:

the at least one game character has exited a target range of the first game operation associated with the first game player, and

the at least one game character has changed status and become immune to the first game operation associated with the first game player.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the game is a group game, and the plurality of game characters include a respective game character that corresponds to a second game player using a second gaming terminal, and a respective avatar of the second game character is displayed within the character selection area, and wherein the method includes:

determining a predefined enemy status for enemy characters within a second game scene from a viewing perspective of the second game player; and

displaying a respective indicator object in association with the respective avatar of the second game character, wherein the respective indicator object indicates a summary of the predefined enemy status for enemy characters within the second game scene from the viewing perspective of the second game player.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the operations include:

determining the predefined enemy status for a subset of the enemy characters that are within both the first game scene and the second game scene; and

displaying an adjustment to the respective indicator object that indicates a summary of the predefined enemy status for the subset of the enemy characters that are within both the first game scene and the second game scene.