METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING EMOTICON

• US 20140324414A1
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xiaolong, Lin, Qianya, Li, Min, Lin, Yingxia, Zhang, Weicang, Tang, Linping
• Application Number:
  US14/126,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20140324414A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/279 Recognition of textual entities

Abstract

Various embodiments provide methods and apparatus for displaying an emoticon. In an exemplary method, an instant message can be received and a pre-set keyword contained in the instant message can be determined. An emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message can then be obtained and displayed on a chat interface displaying the instant message. Accordingly, an exemplary apparatus for displaying an emoticon can include a first obtaining module, a second obtaining module, and/or a displaying module.

Claims

1. A method for displaying an emoticon, comprising:

receiving an instant message and obtaining a pre-set keyword contained in the instant message;

obtaining an emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message; and

displaying the emoticon on a chat interface displaying the instant message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining of the emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword comprises:

according to the pre-set keyword, obtaining the emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword from a local configuration file, wherein the local configuration file comprises a corresponding relationship between pre-set keywords and emoticons.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the local configuration file further comprises:

a play track, an effective time, and their combinations, of each emoticon included in the corresponding relationship, and wherein, after obtaining the emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword from the local configuration file, the method further comprises;

obtaining, the play track, the effective time, and their combinations, of the emoticon from the local configuration file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the displaying of the emoticon on the chat interface comprises:

displaying the emoticon on the chat interface based on the play track, the effective time, and their combinations, of the emoticon.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

periodically obtaining a configuration file from a server, the configuration file at least comprising a corresponding relationship between pre-set keywords and emoticons; and

renewing a local configuration file with the obtained configuration file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message is obtained by:

determining if the instant message contains a text message;

obtaining a collection of pre-set keywords from a local configuration file, when the instant message is determined that contains the text message;

searching the text message contained in the instant message for each pre-set keyword from the collection of pre-set keywords; and

when a pre-set keyword in the collection of pre-set keywords is found in the instant message, determining the found pre-set keyword is the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message is obtained by:

determining if the instant message contains a text message;

segmenting the instant message to obtain segmented words contained in the instant message, when the instant message is determined that contains the text message;

obtaining a collection of pre-set keywords from a local configuration file;

comparing each segmented word contained in the instant message with each pre-set keyword in the collection of pre-set keywords; and

determining a segmented word from the instant message that is a same as in a pre-set keyword from the collection of pre-set keywords as the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message.

8. An apparatus for displaying an emoticon, comprising:

a first obtaining module, configured to receive an instant message and to obtain a pre-set keyword contained in the instant message;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain an emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message; and

a displaying module, configured to display the emoticon on a chat interface displaying the instant message.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second obtaining module comprises:

a first obtaining unit, configured to obtain the emoticon corresponding to the pre-set keyword from a local configuration file, wherein the local configuration file is configured to store a corresponding relationship between pre-set keywords and emoticons.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the local configuration file is further configured to store a play track, an effective time, and their combinations, of the emoticon included in the corresponding relationship, and wherein the second obtaining module further comprises:

a second obtaining unit, configured to obtain the play track, the effective time, and their combinations, of the emoticon from the local configuration file.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the displaying module comprises:

a displaying unit, configured to display the emoticon on the chat interface based on the play track, the effective time, and their combinations, of the emoticon.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a third obtaining module, configured to periodically obtain a configuration file from a server, the configuration file at least comprising a corresponding relationship between pre-set keywords and emoticons; and

a renewing module, configured to renew a local configuration file with the obtained configuration file.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein, to obtain the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message, the first obtaining module is configured to:

determine if the instant message contains a text message;

obtain a collection of pre-set keywords from a local configuration file, when the instant message is determined that contains the text message;

search the text message contained in the instant message for each pre-set keyword from the collection of pre-set keywords; and

when a pre-set keyword in the collection of pre-set keywords is found in the instant message, determine the found pre-set keyword is the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein, to obtain the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message, the first obtaining module is configured to:

determine if the instant message contains a text message;

segment the instant message to obtain segmented words contained in the instant message, when the instant message is determined that contains the text message;

obtain a collection of pre-set keywords from a local configuration file;

compare each segmented word contained in the instant message with each pre-set keyword in the collection of pre-set keywords; and

determine a segmented word from the instant message that is a same as in a pre-set keyword from the collection of pre-set keywords as the pre-set keyword contained in the instant message.