Buddy list presentation control method and system, and computer storage medium

• US 10,775,979 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2019
• Issued: 09/15/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Xu, Zhifen
• Primary Examiner(s): Higgs, Stella
• Application Number:
  US16/258,334
• Publication Number:
  US 20190155488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a buddy list presentation control method and system, and a computer storage medium. The method includes the following steps: acquiring user information, the user information including buddy grouping information; determining whether the acquired user information further includes theme cover information separately corresponding to each buddy group; and adding, if not, a corresponding theme cover to each buddy group separately according to a preset rule, and then, presenting a buddy grouping list obtained by adding the theme covers. According to the method, the system and the computer storage medium in embodiments of the present invention, recognition and operability of buddy grouping are improved, and an operation cost and operation difficulty are lowered.

Claims

1. A buddy list presentation control method, comprising:

at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing a plurality of executable instructions;

acquiring user information, the user information comprising buddy grouping information;

determining whether the acquired user information further comprises theme cover information separately corresponding to each buddy group;

adding a corresponding theme cover to each buddy group that does not have theme cover information separately according to a preset rule;

obtaining through division, according to the buddy grouping information, a display area with a preset size for each buddy group, wherein the preset size is selected from a group of different sizes;

presenting a buddy list obtained by presenting the theme cover of each buddy group in its corresponding display area;

opening a respective buddy group in accordance with a detection of an unfolding operation performed by at least three fingers in a display area of the respective buddy group;

displaying a buddy profile picture in a magnified manner and functional buttons in a preset area next to the buddy profile picture in accordance with a detection of an unfolding operation performed by at least two fingers on the buddy profile picture, the functional buttons including at least one of a date reminder button, a label adding button and a scrawl button; and

while displaying the buddy profile picture in the magnified manner;

receiving a first user input activating the date reminder button;

displaying, in response to the first user input, a date reminder icon in a semi-transparent manner within a first region of the buddy profile picture;

receiving a second user input activating the label adding button; and

displaying, in response to the second user input, a label in the semi-transparent manner within a second region of the buddy profile picture, wherein the second region is different from the first region.

2. The buddy list presentation control method according to claim 1, wherein, if it is determined that the acquired user information further comprises theme cover information separately corresponding to each buddy group, the acquired user information is presented directly.

3. The buddy list presentation control method according to claim 1, wherein the process of adding a corresponding theme cover to each buddy group that does not have theme cover information separately according to a preset rule comprises:

separately selecting a picture from a preset gallery randomly as the theme cover of each buddy group for each buddy group.

4. The buddy list presentation control method according to claim 1, further comprising:

closing the buddy group in accordance with a detection of a gathering operation performed by the at least three fingers.

5. The buddy list presentation control method according to claim 1, further comprising:

closing a magnifying display function and concealing the functional buttons in accordance with a detection of a touch event in an area outside the buddy profile picture.

6. A buddy list presentation control system, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more program instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the control system to;

acquire user information, the user information comprising buddy grouping information;

determine whether the acquired user information further comprises theme cover information separately corresponding to each buddy group;

add a corresponding theme cover to each buddy group that does not have theme cover information separately according to a preset rule;

obtain through division, according to the buddy grouping information, a display area with a preset size for each buddy group, wherein the preset size is selected from a group of different sizes;

present a buddy list obtained by presenting the theme cover of each buddy group in its corresponding display area;

open a respective buddy group in accordance with a detection of an unfolding operation performed by at least three fingers in a display area of the respective buddy group; and

display a buddy profile picture in a magnified manner and functional buttons in a preset area in accordance with a detection of an unfolding operation performed by at least two fingers on the buddy profile picture, the functional buttons including at least one of a date reminder button, a label adding button and a scrawl button; and

while displaying the buddy profile picture in the magnified manner;

receive a first user input activating the date reminder button;

display, in response to the first user input, a date reminder icon in a semi-transparent manner within a first region of the buddy profile picture;

receive a second user input activating the label adding button; and

display, in response to the second user input, a label in the semi-transparent manner within a second region of the buddy profile picture, wherein the second region is different from the first region.

7. The buddy list presentation control system according to claim 6, wherein, the one or more program instructions further comprises an instructions executed by the one or more processors to present the acquired user information directly when the determining result of the determining module is yes.

8. The buddy list presentation control system according to claim 6, wherein the one or more program instructions further comprises an instruction executed by the one or more processors to separately select a picture from a preset gallery randomly as the theme cover of each buddy group for each buddy group.

9. The buddy list presentation control system according to claim 6, wherein the one or more program instructions further comprises an instruction executed by the one or more processors to close the buddy group in accordance with a detection of a gathering operation performed by the at least three fingers.

10. The buddy list presentation control system according to claim 6, wherein the one or more program instructions further comprises an instruction executed by the one or more processors to close a magnifying display function and conceal the functional buttons in accordance with a detection of a touch event in an area outside the buddy profile picture.

11. One or more non-transitory computer storage mediums comprising a plurality of computer executable instructions for performing a buddy list presentation control method, wherein the plurality of computer executable instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

acquire user information, the user information comprising buddy grouping information;

determine whether the acquired user information further comprises theme cover information separately corresponding to each buddy group;

add a corresponding theme cover to each buddy group that does not have theme cover information separately according to a preset rule;

obtain through division, according to the buddy grouping information, a display area with a preset size for each buddy group, wherein the preset size is selected from a group of different sizes;

present a buddy list obtained by presenting the theme cover of each buddy group in its corresponding display area;

open a respective buddy group in accordance with a detection of an unfolding operation performed by at least three fingers in a display area of the respective buddy group; and

display a buddy profile picture in a magnified manner and functional buttons in a preset area in accordance with a detection of an unfolding operation performed by at least two fingers on the buddy profile picture, the functional buttons including at least one of a date reminder button, a label adding button and a scrawl button; and

while displaying the buddy profile picture in the magnified manner;

receive a first user input activating the date reminder button;

display, in response to the first user input, a date reminder icon in a semi-transparent manner within a first region of the buddy profile picture;

receive a second user input activating the label adding button; and

display, in response to the second user input, a label in the semi-transparent manner within a second region of the buddy profile picture, wherein the second region is different from the first region.

12. The computer storage medium according to claim 11, wherein, if it is determined that the acquired user information further comprises theme cover information separately corresponding to each buddy group, the acquired user information is presented directly.

13. The computer storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of computer executable instructions further comprise:

separately selecting a picture from a preset gallery randomly as the theme cover of each buddy group for each buddy group.

14. The computer storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of computer executable instructions further comprise:

closing the buddy group in accordance with a detection of a gathering operation performed by the at least three fingers.

15. The computer storage medium according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of computer executable instructions further comprise:

closing a magnifying display function and concealing the functional buttons in accordance with a detection of a touch event in an area outside the buddy profile picture.