CN114527913A

CN114527913A - Message display method and device and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN114527913A
Application number: CN202011232282.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 何芬; 林锋
Original assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-11-06
Filing date: 2020-11-06
Publication date: 2022-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 2040-11-06
Also published as: CN114527913B

Abstract

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a message display method and device and terminal equipment. The method comprises the following steps: responding to a trigger instruction of a target message in a session interface aiming at the target session, and displaying a message folding control of the target message; responding to an operation instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and determining the target folding time length of the target message; within the target folding duration, a folding prompt message is adopted to replace a folded message for displaying after the target message; wherein the collapsed message is a message that has a message sending time after the target message and is received within the target collapse duration. The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can fold other messages sent after the target message in the target folding time period aiming at the real-time target message in the target session.

Description

Message display method and device and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer and communication technologies, and in particular, to a message display method and apparatus, and a terminal device.

Background

With the development of internet technology, social clients are gradually widely used by group members; the social client refers to software (APP) for realizing information interaction between group members through a network. The social client can establish a target session between the group members, so that information interaction can be carried out between the group members in the target session through a session interface of the target session.

At present, after a social client acquires a message set of a target session, all messages in the message set are usually directly and sequentially displayed in a session interface of the target session, and it can be seen that the existing message display method is single, and cannot meet specific requirements of some specific application scenarios, so that the viscosity of group members of the social client is low.

It is to be noted that the information disclosed in the above background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background of the present disclosure.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a message display method and device and a terminal device, which can enrich message display modes and meet specific requirements of specific application scenes, thereby effectively improving the group member viscosity of a social client operated in the terminal device.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the detailed description which follows, or in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the disclosure.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a message display method, which comprises the following steps: responding to a trigger instruction of a target message in a session interface aiming at a target session, and displaying a message folding control of the target message; responding to an operation instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and determining the target folding time length of the target message; and within the target folding duration, replacing the folded message with a folding prompt message for displaying after the target message. Wherein the collapsed message is a message that has a message send time after the target message and is received within the target collapse duration.

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the method further comprises: and responding to a trigger instruction aiming at a message unfolding control, or automatically reordering and displaying all messages and all first messages in the folded messages according to the sequence of message sending time when the countdown of the target folding duration is finished. Wherein the message expansion control is included in the collapsing prompt message, or the message expansion control is displayed independently of the collapsing prompt message.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a message display method, which comprises the following steps: displaying a target message in a session interface of a target session; displaying a collapse prompt message after the target message within a target collapse duration. Wherein the collapse prompt message is used to replace display of a collapsed message, the collapsed message being a message received within the target collapse duration after the target message by a message sending time, the target collapse duration being determined in response to an operating instruction of a message collapse control for the target message, the message collapse control for the target message being displayed in response to a triggering instruction of the target message in a session interface for the target session.

The disclosed embodiment provides a message display device, the device includes: the message folding control display unit is used for responding to a trigger instruction of a target message in a conversation interface aiming at the target conversation and displaying the message folding control of the target message; a target folding duration determining unit, configured to determine a target folding duration of the target message in response to an operation instruction of a message folding control for the target message; a message folding unit, configured to replace, within the target folding duration, a folded message with a folding prompt message after the target message for displaying; wherein the collapsed message is a message that has a message send time after the target message and is received within the target collapse duration.

The disclosed embodiment provides a message display device, the device includes: the target message display unit is used for displaying the target message in a session interface of the target session; and the folding prompt message display unit is used for displaying a folding prompt message after the target message within the target folding duration. The folding prompt message is used for replacing and displaying a folded message, the folded message is a message which is received within the target folding duration after the target message at the message sending time, the target folding duration is determined in response to an operation instruction of a message folding control for the target message, and the message folding control for the target message is displayed in response to a trigger instruction of the target message in a session interface for the target session.

The disclosed embodiments provide a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, which when executed by a processor implements a message display method as described in the above embodiments.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a terminal device, including: at least one processor; a storage device configured to store at least one program that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to implement the message display method as described in the above embodiments.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a computer program product or computer program comprising computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium. The processor of the computer device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions to cause the computer device to perform the message display method provided in the various alternative implementations of the above-described embodiments.

In the technical solutions provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, after a target message in a session interface of a target session is determined, a message folding control of the target message may be displayed by responding to a trigger instruction for the target message, and an operation instruction of the message folding control for the target message may be further responded to determine a target folding duration of the target message, and for a folded message after the target message that needs to be highlighted, a folding prompt message may be used for replacement display in the session interface, on one hand, a message after a certain specific position that is sent in real time in the target session may be folded, which facilitates management of messages in the target session, so that an important target message may be displayed in time and prevented from being covered by too many messages; on the other hand, the ability to collapse messages received after the target message and within the target collapse period is made possible, so that a target message with timeliness, in which notification and highlighting of a target message is effected, can be focused on by an object in the target session that needs attention, without interfering with other objects in the target session that see the target message after the target collapse period is out of date. By the scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the message display modes of the social client side are enriched, and the group member viscosity of the social client side can be effectively improved.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present disclosure and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. It is to be understood that the drawings in the following description are merely exemplary of the disclosure, and that other drawings may be derived from those drawings by one of ordinary skill in the art without the exercise of inventive faculty. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interface for folding content in the related art.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic interface diagram for unfolding and viewing the folded contents in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 schematically shows a flow chart of a message display method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interface for a target message selected by a target object according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 schematically illustrates an interface diagram of a message folding control displaying the targeted message shown in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 schematically illustrates an interface diagram showing the candidate folding duration of the target message shown in fig. 5 to determine the target folding duration.

FIG. 7 schematically illustrates an interface diagram showing a collapse prompt message displayed within the target collapse time period of the target message shown in FIG. 6.

Fig. 8 schematically illustrates an interface diagram of other group members of the target session viewing the collapse prompt message illustrated in fig. 7 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an interface for the other group members to input a new message in the input box based on the diagram in fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a process interface for collapsing new messages input by other group members based on the process interface shown in fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a schematic interface diagram illustrating a folding prompt message after the new message input by the other group member is folded based on the interface diagram shown in fig. 10.

Fig. 12 schematically shows an interface diagram of the other group members themselves expanding the collapsed message of fig. 11.

Fig. 13 schematically illustrates an interface diagram for automatically expanding the collapsed message of fig. 11 at the end of the countdown of the target collapse duration.

Fig. 14 schematically illustrates an interface diagram of a target object of a target session viewing a foldout prompt message according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 15 is a schematic diagram of an interface for the target object to input a new message in the input box based on the diagram in fig. 14.

Fig. 16 schematically shows an interface diagram showing a new message input in fig. 15.

Fig. 17 schematically illustrates an interface diagram showing the collapsed message in fig. 16 expanded.

Fig. 18 schematically shows an interface diagram of the target object expanding the collapsed message by itself.

Fig. 19 is a schematic diagram of an interface for inputting a new message into an input box by a target object based on the input shown in fig. 18.

Fig. 20 schematically shows an interface diagram showing a new message input in fig. 19.

Fig. 21 schematically shows an interface diagram for collapsing the message shown in fig. 20 again.

Fig. 22 schematically illustrates a system architecture diagram of a communication session system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 23 schematically illustrates a system architecture diagram of a communication session system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 24 schematically shows a block diagram of a message display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 25 schematically shows a block diagram of a message display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 26 shows a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device suitable for implementing an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Example embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of example embodiments to those skilled in the art. The same reference numerals denote the same or similar parts in the drawings, and thus, a repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

The described features, structures, or characteristics of the disclosure may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the subject matter of the present disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, devices, steps, and the like. In other instances, well-known methods, devices, implementations, or operations have not been shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the disclosure.

The drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure, in which the same reference numerals denote the same or similar parts, and thus, a repetitive description thereof will be omitted. Some of the block diagrams shown in the figures do not necessarily correspond to physically or logically separate entities. These functional entities may be implemented in the form of software, or in at least one hardware module or integrated circuit, or in different networks and/or processor means and/or microcontroller means.

The flow charts shown in the drawings are merely illustrative and do not necessarily include all of the contents and steps, nor do they necessarily have to be performed in the order described. For example, some steps may be decomposed, and some steps may be combined or partially combined, so that the actual execution sequence may be changed according to the actual situation.

In this specification, the terms "a", "an", "the", "said" and "at least one" are used to indicate the presence of at least one element/component/etc.; the terms "comprising," "including," and "having" are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements/components/etc. other than the listed elements/components/etc.; the terms "first," "second," and "third," etc. are used merely as labels, and are not limiting on the number of their objects.

The following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure refers to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 and 2 illustrate one manner of collapsing content in the related art. As shown in fig. 1, the XXX fans can be displayed on the page, as an example, with the XXX avatar and some related content describing the owner XXX of the group. When too much content is introduced to the group owner XXX, part of the content may be collapsed, for example, only "group owner XXX" is shown in fig. 1. Do not believe to disturb …, "…" here represents the contents being collapsed. After that, corresponding to an "expand" button, when the group member wants to view more or the complete content, it needs to click the "expand" button in fig. 1, and then display the page as shown in fig. 2, i.e. display all the introduction content "group owner XXX completely. Do not believe to disturb. Not a data burst. We are chatting in this group. The data group is searched by the data-making moto. "

However, in the method shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, only existing information can be collapsed, that is, non-real-time information is collapsed, which is not suitable for real-time chat scenarios.

Another way of collapsing the related art exists, for example, in a chat group, if identical messages appear continuously in a certain period of time, such as a password red packet, the identical messages can be collapsed, and only one of the identical messages and the names of all message senders who send the identical messages are displayed.

However, the folding method mainly solves the problem that repeated messages interfere chatting, and only can fold the same real-time messages, but cannot achieve the purpose of highlighting a certain message.

In group chat, some information is time sensitive or needs to be noticed by group members currently in the AIO for a certain period of time.

For these scenarios, in the related art message display method, what information publishers (typically administrators or group owners) often do is to withdraw messages of others and forbid a period of time (e.g., fan group); if there is a frequent need, such as a family group, a teacher may build 2 groups, one for publishing jobs and forbidding others to speak, and one for chatting, in order to avoid the published jobs being buried in other messages; or by a group notification (a form of notification).

For example, a group owner or administrator may send a group notification in the form of a group announcement in order to keep all group members within a chat group interested in certain information. However, after sending the group notification, although the group member currently on the group AIO (All In One, interface showing All group member chat information) interface can see the group notification, the group member who subsequently enters the group AIO will also see, that is, the group member who enters AIO In non-message-aging will also receive the group notification. I.e., group notification, addresses the goal of full member notification of certain particularly important information whenever a group member enters the group.

But some information is time-efficient, and after a certain period of time, the notification is meaningless; and some information does not need attention of all people, and only needs attention of people currently in the AIO. For both of these types of requirements, group notifications cannot be satisfied.

As can be seen, in the above scenarios, the solutions in the related art are either complex in operation flow or cause interference to other group members.

Based on the above description of the message display method, the embodiment of the present disclosure provides a message display method. The message display method provided by each embodiment of the present disclosure may be executed by any one of the above-mentioned social clients, and may also be executed by a terminal device running the social client. For convenience of explanation, the embodiment of the present disclosure takes the social client side to perform the message display method as an example.

The social client is software for realizing information interaction between users through a network. The social client may include at least one of: instant messaging clients, and the like. Instant messaging refers to a terminal service that allows two or more people to use a network to transmit information such as text, files, voice, etc. and to communicate with audio and video instantly.

The social client may run in any terminal device, where the terminal device may include but is not limited to: smart phones, tablet computers, notebook computers, desktop computers, smart speakers, smart watches, wearable smart devices, car machines, smart televisions.

As shown in fig. 3, the method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may include the following steps.

In step S310, in response to a trigger instruction of a target message in a session interface for a target session, a message folding control of the target message is displayed.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target session may be established by the social client, which may specifically be any single chat session established by the social client, or any group session established by the social client, which is not limited to this. The single chat session is a session composed of two users, and the group session is a session composed of three or more users. In the following embodiments, the users within a single chat session or a group session are referred to as group members. In a specific implementation, the social client may detect whether a display trigger operation for a session interface of a target session exists, and if so, may display the session interface of the target session.

In particular implementations, various messages may be included in the target conversation, such as real-time conversation messages that may be displayed in a conversation interface of the target conversation. The session message refers to a message sent by each group member in the target session through a session interface, and may specifically include at least one of the following: messages sent by the master-mode user in the target session, and messages sent by the guest-mode user. The main status user refers to a user/group member corresponding to a social account number of the login social client, and the guest status user refers to a user/group member other than the main status in the target session.

In a practical scenario, the messages in the target conversation may also include non-conversational messages. The non-session message refers to a message in the target session except for the session message, and may specifically include, but is not limited to: announcement notification messages, system alert messages, and the like. The announcement notification message refers to a message posted in the target session by a user in the target session through an announcement function provided by the social client, such as a group announcement message or a group notification message. The system prompt message is a message pushed by the server when detecting that the target session has information change. For example, when a new user (new group member) joins the target session, so that user information (group member information) of the new user is newly added to the target session, the server pushes prompt information about the joining of the new user to the target session. For another example, when there is a user (e.g., user a) exiting the target session, such that the user information of user a is reduced in the target session, the server pushes prompt information about user a exiting the target session. As another example, when there is a session name (e.g., a group name) of the target session modified, the server pushes hints about the modified session name, and so on.

It should be understood that each message may be pushed to the social client by the server in real time, that is, the message may be updated in real time. And each message in the target session has message sending time, wherein the message sending time refers to system time when the social client sends the message to the server and the server receives the message sent by the social client. In general, the messages in the target session may be arranged in the order of the message sending time from early to late.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target message may be a session message that is time-sensitive in the target session or needs to be noticed by the group members currently in the target session within a specific time period.

For example, if the target session is a fan group with a large number of group members (which may be determined according to specific situations), the target message may be a session message corresponding to a countdown aggregation activity sent by a group owner or an administrator in the target session, that is, a session message requiring some group members currently in the fan group to click on a link within a limited time.

For another example, if the target session is a game group with a large number of group members, and when the session message of the current chat is too much or the group members are playing a certain game, the target message may be a session message or a published game rule sent by the group owner or administrator in the target session and requiring a certain temporary chat focused by all group members currently in the game group.

For another example, if the target session is a school group, the group members of the school group include any teacher in a class and parents in the class, and in order that the any teacher may issue a job or send some notification session messages in the target session every day without being masked by the parents' chat messages, the any teacher may issue a job or send some notification session messages in the target session every day as the target message.

For another example, if the target session is an office group, the office group includes employees and leaders of a certain department of a certain company, and in order to lead the session messages such as the meeting and the activity registration notification issued in the target session, which are not covered by the chat messages of the employees, the session messages such as the meeting and the activity registration notification issued in the target session by the leaders can be used as the target message.

It is to be understood that the above is merely illustrative of some application scenarios for the target session and the target message, and the present disclosure is not limited to the above application scenarios.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: obtaining the number of objects existing in the target session at the current time; if the number of the objects is larger than an object threshold value, determining that a target object exists in the target session at the current time and is an object with management authority in the target session, wherein the target object is an object which triggers the triggering instruction in the target session; if the number of objects is less than or equal to the object threshold, determining that the target object is an object existing in the target session at the current time.

Specifically, the current time may be a time for determining which message in the target session is the target message, or may be a message sending time of the target message. Here, taking the current time as the time for determining which message in the target session is the target message, the number of all group members (objects, i.e., users in the target session) in the target session at this time is determined as the above-mentioned number of objects.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, which group members in the target session have the authority to initiate message folding can be determined at the current time according to the number of objects existing in the target session at the current time, that is, the group members can be used as target objects here, that is, the group members granted with the authority to initiate message folding can be adjusted according to the number of objects in the target session.

For example, assuming that the object threshold is 20 persons, in a target session of more than 20 members of the group (which may be referred to as a large group, but the large group is relatively non-limiting, and may be determined according to actual scenarios), objects having administrative rights in the target session, such as a group owner and an administrator, may be set as target objects, which may collapse at least part of messages, including sent and not sent messages, after the message sending time of a certain entry targeting message and within a target collapse duration described below; in a target session of less than or equal to 20 crowd members, it may be set that all the crowd members in the target session may be targeted at the current time, i.e. all the crowd members may initiate message folding.

It should be noted that, determining which group members in the target session can be used as the target object for initiating message folding is not limited to the above example.

For example, it can be set that only the group owner and administrator with administrative rights in all target sessions can be the target object for initiating message rollup, regardless of the number of objects. For another example, the target session may be set to be less than 10 group members, and all group members in the target session may initiate message folding as target objects; in the target session of more than 200 crowd members, only the group owner in the target session can be used as the target object for initiating message folding. For another example, if group members in the target session set different member levels, for example, a member level can be calculated for each group member according to the authority each group member has, the activity level of publishing messages in the target session (calculated by integrating the number of times of sending messages, the online time length, etc.), etc., and the member level can be updated in real time according to the activity level of publishing messages by the group member, for example, a certain group member is LV 45 (the member level is 45), another group member is LV 25, and another group member is LV 100, then a group member whose member level exceeds a certain set level threshold (for example, 100) can be called as a group member with an ultrahigh level, and a group member with an ultrahigh level in the target session can be set as a target object. For another example, the number of objects in the target session and the member level may also be combined to adjust who may serve as the target object, which is not limited by this disclosure.

For example, as shown in fig. 4, the target session "XXX fan group" is assumed to be a large group including 1511 crowd members, and the target object having the function of initiating message folding therein is set as a group owner or administrator. When the target object sends a message, its target object identifier and the corresponding message are displayed in the session interface, where the target object identifier may include, for example, the name "a" of the target object and its avatar (avatar) in fig. 4.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target object having the function of initiating message folding may be an object that sends the target message, or may not be an object that sends the target message. For example, in a family group, some parents are members of a family committee and participate in some conference in a school, and then the parents of the family committee send a notification in the conference to the family group, and in order to highlight the notification sent by the parent, the master teacher, which is the group owner or manager of the family group, may select a message corresponding to the notification as a target object and use the message as the target message.

Referring to FIG. 4, assume that the target object, a group owner or administrator, is the master status user in the target session "XXX fan group", and long-presses (or other operations, such as double-clicking or single-clicking, hovering, etc.) the message "SuperFructo Redo 7 people's staging success, soon to participate! To call the list for XXX assistance! 32 people rendezvous and rendezvous in progress ", the social client side responds to the trigger instruction of the target object aiming at the message, and determines the message as the target message.

With continued reference to fig. 4, after the message sending time of the target message, there are also "double forgotten" session messages sent by group member b and "good" session messages sent by group member c in the target session, and the object identifications of group member b and group member c, for example, the object name "b" and its avatar (second avatar), "c" and its avatar (third avatar) in fig. 4 are correspondingly displayed.

The target object name and object name in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include, but are not limited to: a network nickname (a name used by a user in a social network), a session name (a remark name used by a user in a targeted session), etc.

Referring to fig. 4, an input box may also be displayed on the session interface of the target session for the target object to continue inputting and sending new messages through the input box.

It should be noted that the content of the message in the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to contain words, and may further include at least one of the following: words (e.g., chinese characters), symbols (e.g., spaces, commas, etc.), expressions, pictures, audio, video, and so forth.

For example, after the target object nail is pressed for a long time (not limited to the operation of pressing for a long time, but may be any other specified operation) in fig. 4, the user interface shown in fig. 5 is displayed, and at least one selectable option is displayed on the target message, wherein the at least one selectable option includes a message folding control (corresponding to the "folding message" option in fig. 5).

With continued reference to fig. 5, the at least one selectable option may further include, but is not limited to, a copy control, a forward control, a reply control, a multiple-choice control, and the like, where if the target object clicks the copy control, the target message may be copied, if the target object clicks the forward control, the target message may be forwarded to another session, if the target object clicks the reply control, a reply may be made to the target message in the target session, and if the target object clicks the multiple-choice control, the target object may select at least one message from messages sent in the target session for subsequent operations, such as merge forwarding, forwarding one by one, and the like.

Referring to fig. 5 again, in addition to the above selectable options, the following triangular control may be clicked to display more selectable options, which may be set according to a specific application scenario, which is not limited in this disclosure.

In step S320, a target folding duration of the target message is determined in response to an operation instruction of the message folding control for the target message.

For example, assuming that the target object clicks a message folding control corresponding to "fold message" in fig. 5, the social client responds to a selection instruction (included in the above operation instructions) of the message folding control for the target message, and displays the folding duration to be selected as shown in fig. 6.

As shown in fig. 6, it is assumed that the candidate folding duration may include:

folding the message 5 minutes after the message sending time of the target message if the folding time to be selected is selected, and automatically unfolding the folded message after counting down for 5 minutes;

15 minutes, namely if the folding time to be selected is selected, folding the message 15 minutes after the message sending time of the target message, and automatically unfolding the folded message after counting down for 15 minutes;

after the whole member consults, namely if the folding time length to be selected is selected, the message folding has no specific time length, and only after the target message is consulted by all group members in the target session at the current time, the folded message is automatically expanded.

Referring to fig. 6, a prompt message "all messages after the message are to be folded, please select the time length required to be folded" may also be displayed to inform the target object, and when a certain below-selected folding time length is selected, all messages after the message sending time of the target message and sent within the selected folding time length to be selected are folded.

With continued reference to FIG. 6, a cancel control may also be displayed, and the target object may click on the cancel control, returning to the user interface as shown in FIG. 4 or as shown in FIG. 5.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the folding duration to be selected with a certain time point, like 5 minutes or 15 minutes, is referred to as a first folding duration, and the folding duration to be selected without a certain time point, like "after review by all people", is referred to as a second folding duration.

It is to be understood that the first folding time period is not limited to the above-mentioned exemplary 5 minutes and 15 minutes, and may also include only 5 minutes or 15 minutes, for example, and may also be set to other time periods such as 10 minutes, 20 minutes, and the like.

It should be noted that how to determine the target folding duration of the target message is not limited to the manner illustrated in fig. 5 and fig. 6.

In some embodiments, the selected folding duration and the message folding control may be displayed in the same session interface. For example, after the target object presses the target message for a long time, the message folding control shown in fig. 5 is displayed, and when the target object places the cursor on the message folding control (by moving the cursor or changing the touch position), the folding duration to be selected can be displayed in a floating manner on the user interface shown in fig. 5 without jumping to the user interface shown in fig. 6.

In other embodiments, the to-be-selected folding duration may not be displayed, for example, after the target object triggers the message folding control shown in fig. 5, a folding duration input control (e.g., an input box for inputting the target folding duration) may be displayed, and the target object may input any duration that the target object wants to set in the folding duration input control as the target folding duration, for example, 3 minutes, 1 hour, 1 week, and the like. The folding duration input control and the message folding control can be displayed on the same session interface or different user interfaces.

In still other embodiments, any combination of the above approaches may be used. For example, on the basis of the user interface shown in fig. 6, a folding duration input control may be additionally displayed, and when the target object finds that the to-be-selected folding duration provided by the system does not meet the target folding duration that the target object wants to set, the target object may directly input the target folding duration that the target object wants to set through the folding duration input control, so as to provide more selectability for the target object; when the target folding time length which is just better than the target folding time length which is desired to be set in the time length to be selected is available, the target object can be directly selected from the time length to be selected, and therefore the operation of the target object is simplified.

In other embodiments, only the first folding time period or the second folding time period may be displayed. There are various ways for determining whether the target message has been referred to by all group members in the target session at the current time, and the disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, each group member in the target session at the current time may be asked to reply "consulted" in the target session, and it is statistically known whether the target message has been consulted by all members. For another example, a consulted control may be added to the target message, and a group member clicking on the consulted control represents that the target message has been consulted. As another example, it may be detected whether a group member has reviewed a target message by determining whether the group member opened a conversation interface for the target conversation on their social clients after the message-sending time of the target message.

For example, assuming that the target object selects "5 minutes" in fig. 6, the social client determines that the target folding duration of the target message is "5 minutes" in response to the selection instruction for the to-be-selected folding duration of "5 minutes". In the embodiment of the present disclosure, in the AIO, a group member (e.g., a group owner or an administrator herein) determines a certain message as a target message according to the length of the message, and then clicks a message folding control of "message folding", selects a time length that the target message needs to be folded, and uses the time length as a target folding time length, and then all messages below the entry mark message are folded to be used as a folded message.

In the above process of determining the target collapse time, the countdown is started by determining a certain message as the target message as the current time, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, for example, the countdown may be started by using the message sending time of the target message as the current time, for example, all messages sent within 5 minutes after the message sending time of the target message are collapsed, so that messages within a specific time can be collected conveniently and quickly. The application scenario may include, for example, that a message inviting a group member in a target session to register a certain activity is used as a target message, after the target message is sent, a group member replying the target message calculates registration within 5 minutes, at this time, an entry interaction message sent by a group member replying the target message may be folded as a folded message, and by checking the folded message, which group member registration is successful may be quickly known.

In step S330, within the target collapsing duration, a collapsing hint message is used to replace the collapsed message for display after the target message.

Wherein the collapsed message is a message that has a message send time after the target message and is received within the target collapse duration.

It should be noted that, if the target folding duration is determined as the second folding duration without a certain time point, for example, the "after all member review" mentioned above, the target folding duration is the indefinite duration from the current time to the time when all group members existing in the target session are detected to have reviewed the target message at the current time.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: determining a number of objects present in the target session within the target collapse duration; if the number of the objects is larger than a set threshold, determining the member level of the objects existing in the target session in the target folding time; determining a message sent by an object with a member level lower than a level threshold within the target folding duration as the folded message.

In the above examples of fig. 4, 5 and 6, all messages (including messages sent by the target object and messages sent by other objects except the target object) received within the target folding duration after the message sending time of the target message are taken as the folded messages, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, it is also possible to set a message sent by only a part of the group members to be received as a received message.

For example, if the number of objects existing in the target session is greater than a set threshold (assuming 1000 persons) within the target folding duration, the member level of the objects existing in the target session within the target folding duration may be further determined, and only messages sent by group members having a member level of LV 90 (level threshold) or less in the target session may be set to be folded (assuming that the highest member level is LV 100, but the disclosure is not limited thereto). Therefore, the message sent by the head important active group member in the target conversation can be displayed after the target message, and richer and more diverse message display modes are provided.

It should be noted that the manner how to determine the member level of each object in the target session is not limited to the above-mentioned exemplary manner. For example, a target object in a target session is determined to have the highest membership level, and then the membership level of each other object in the target session may be determined according to the affinity relationship between the target object and each other object, with the higher the affinity relationship with the target object, the higher the membership level of the object. For example, the affinity between an object and the target object may be determined according to the relationship between the real life of the object and the target object, for example, in a school group, the member level of a master teacher is the highest, and the affinity between other master teachers and the master teacher is the highest, so that it is determined that the member level of the other master teachers in the school group is relatively higher, and then the member level of parents of the school group is lower than that of the master teacher and the master teachers, but the affinity between parents of the school group and the master teacher is higher than that of parents of the non-school group, so that the member level of parents of the school group may be higher than that of the parents of the non-school group, and so on.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: determining an object type of an object existing in the target session within the target collapse duration; and determining the message sent by the object with the object type as the target object type within the target folding duration as the folded message.

For example, the object types of the group members in the target session may be divided into normal members without management authority and group owners and administrators with management authority, and when the object types of the group members are target object types such as normal members, only the messages sent by the normal members after the target message and within the target folding duration are regarded as folded messages, that is, the messages sent by the group owner and the administrator after the target message and within the target folding duration are not folded, so that all important messages sent by the group owner and the administrators can be displayed.

For another example, if the target session is a school group, the object types of the group members in the target session may be divided into a teacher, a student, and a parent, and when the object types of the group members are the target object types, such as the student and the parent, only the messages sent by the student and the parent after the target message and within the target folding time period are used as folded messages, that is, the messages sent by any teacher after the target message and within the target folding time period are not folded, so that all the messages, such as jobs and notifications, issued by any teacher are not folded and can be displayed.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: responding to a selection instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and displaying a to-be-selected folding message type of the target message; responding to a selection instruction aiming at the type of the folding message to be selected, and determining the target folding message type of the target message; taking a message with a message sending time after the target message and within the target folding duration and a message matching the target folding message type as the folded message.

For example, assuming that the preset type of the selected foldable message may include a picture, a text, a file, a voice, an expression, a video, a red packet, an identical message, etc., the target object may select one or some types of the selected foldable message as the target type of the target message. For example, assuming that in some target sessions (large groups) with a large number of group members, when one part of the group members are discussing a certain topic normally, another part of the group members are sending emoticons or picture fights, and at this time, the target object can select emoticons or picture messages as the target folding message type, all emoticons or picture messages sent after the target message and within the target folding duration can be folded as the folded message, so that the group members in discussion can discuss the topic normally without interference.

For another example, if the target session is getting red in the group in the past year or festival, the red packet can be selected as the target folding message type, and all the red packet messages sent after the target message and within the target folding duration can be folded, so that all the group members can quickly get to all the red packets without finding the red packets in a large number of messages.

For another example, when group members in the target session reply with a "received" message after a certain notification is issued, the notification may be used as a target message, and the type of the target folding message is set to be identical, so that all the "received" messages sent after the target message and within the target folding duration may be folded, which may quickly check which group members reply with the message without affecting other chats.

As another example, a target-collapsed message type may also be determined as a message having an association with the target message. The message having the association with the target message may be, for example, a related message replied to the target message by the group member in the target session, or a message having a higher similarity to the target message. For example, in a school group, a teacher issues a message for people to register a certain community, determines the message for registering a certain community as a target message, and determines a target folding duration of the target message according to the registration deadline, and a parent in the school group replies messages like "XX child registers the community" and "YY child registers the community" in the target folding duration, so that the messages like "XX child registers the community" and "YY child registers the community" replied in the target folding duration can be all folded as folded messages. As another example, in a group of classmates, a classmate sends a message "wish tadpole happy birthday of the classmate! "other classmates send the message" quick start! "," Happy birthday, congratulate on tadpoles younger and younger! "," little tadpole happy birthday |! "etc., the first transmission may be" happy together with the student's birthday "to congratulate on tadpoles! "as a target message, a message including keywords such as" happy birthday "and" happy birthday "or pictures, expressions, etc. transmitted within the target folding time period is recognized as having an association with the target message to be folded as a folded message. By the mode, the screen-swiping chat messages sent within the target folding time can be folded, and the problems that display resources are occupied and other messages are interfered by group members due to screen swiping are avoided.

It should be noted that, in the above embodiments, the target object in the target session that initiates the message folding function is taken as an example for illustration, but the disclosure is not limited thereto, and in other embodiments, a system, such as a social client, may automatically determine which message in the target session is taken as the target message, and automatically set the target folding duration by the system.

For example, in the above example, the system may automatically detect the message in the target conversation received in real time, determine whether there are some keywords, such as "entry", "pick up", "notify", etc. (which may be set according to a specific application scenario), and once these keywords are detected, determine the message including these keywords as the target message, or pop up a prompt box to ask whether the target object is to determine it as the target message, and after the target object is determined, determine it as the target message. Further, the system may also automatically detect other keywords in the target message, such as "registration deadline reaches eight pm" and "please get up before am" and other time-related contents, and based on the current time and the time-related contents in the target message, the system may automatically determine the target folding duration. Alternatively, the system may set the target collapse time period based on historical data.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: responding to a selection instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and displaying a folding object to be selected of the target message; responding to a selection instruction aiming at the to-be-selected folding object, and determining a target folding object of the target message; determining a message sent by the target folding object at a message sending time after the target message and within the target folding duration as the folded message.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, in addition to setting the target folding duration, it is also possible to set the target folding object, that is, folding the messages sent by which group members, and not folding the messages sent by which group members. By combining the target-folding duration with the target-folding object, it is possible to more accurately control which messages are folded.

For example, it may be set that the to-be-selected folding object includes a common member without management authority and a group owner and an administrator with management authority, and if the target folding object is selected as the group owner and the administrator with management authority, only the group owner and the administrator can fold the message sent after the target message and within the target folding duration, so that the group owner and the administrator can pay attention to the message in the folded message without affecting other group members to normally view the message in the folded message.

As another example, it may be set that the to-be-selected child object includes group members whose member level is higher than the level threshold and group members whose member level is lower than or equal to the level threshold. Assuming that some group tasks sent to the target session can only participate in group members below LV 5, the target folding object may be selected as a group member whose member level is lower than or equal to the level threshold, and only the group members in the target session below the member level LV 5 (assumed as the level threshold) may fold the message sent after the target message and within the target folding time period, which may serve the purpose of reminding the group members.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: acquiring a target object identifier of a target object, wherein the target object is an object which triggers the trigger instruction in the target session; determining a number of messages in the collapsed message, wherein the number of messages in the collapsed message is dynamically increased or decreased with an update of the messages in the collapsed message; counting down according to the target folding time length from the determination of the target folding time length, and determining the remaining folding time length; and generating the folding prompt message according to the target object identification, the message quantity in the folded message and the remaining folding time.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the target object initiates message folding, a small gray bar (a method of performing text notification in the AIO, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto) may be displayed in the AIO to remind the group members of the number of messages that have been folded.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, the collapse prompt message may include "you have collapsed the lower 2 messages 04: 59" for all members, where the style of the collapse prompt message seen by the target object a, and assuming that the message is collapsed for all group members present within the target collapse duration within the target session, where the number "2" represents the number of messages that have currently collapsed, in the fig. 7 embodiment, the collapsed message is a "good" session message sent by both group member b and group member c in fig. 4, as described above. "04: 59" is the remaining folding time after the target folding time "5 minutes" is counted down from the current time.

It should be noted that, although the example of the present disclosure takes the target object identifier (e.g., "you" in fig. 7 and "a" in fig. 8 below) including the target object in the folding prompt message as an example, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, in the above example, if the system initiating the message folding function is the system itself, and there is no target object at this time, the folding prompt message may not include the target object identifier of the target object.

In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the display manner of the number of messages and the remaining folding duration included in the folding prompt message is not limited to the above-mentioned style, for example, two numbers spaced at a certain interval may be displayed in different colors only in the folding prompt message, for example, a red number represents the number of messages in the folding message, and a green number represents the remaining folding duration.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the group members in the target session may send messages to the session interface in real time, and therefore, before the countdown of the target folding duration is completed, the messages in the folded messages may be updated in real time, for example, some group members may continuously send new messages, some group members may withdraw the sent messages, and the like, and along with the dynamic change of the number of messages in the folded messages, the number of messages in the folding prompt message may also change in real time.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, as the target folding duration is counted down, the remaining folding duration is also continuously changed.

In the message display method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, after a target message in a session interface of a target session is determined, a message folding control of the target message may be displayed by responding to a trigger instruction for the target message, and an operation instruction of the message folding control for the target message may be further responded to determine a target folding duration of the target message, and for a folded message after the target message that needs to be highlighted, a folding prompt message may be used for replacement display in the session interface, on one hand, a message after a certain specific position sent in real time in the target session may be folded, which facilitates management of the message in the target session, so that an important target message may be displayed in time and prevented from being covered by too many messages; on the other hand, the ability to collapse messages sent after the target message and within the target collapse time period is made possible, so that a target message with timeliness, in which notification and highlighting of a target message is performed without interfering with other objects in the target session that see the target message after the target collapse time period has expired, can be attended to by objects in the target session that need attention. By the scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the message display modes of the social client side are enriched, and the group member viscosity of the social client side can be effectively improved.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, after the target object initiates message folding, the folded messages in the session interfaces of other group members in the target session are automatically folded, and a small gray bar is displayed as a folding prompt message in the AIO of the other group members.

For example, as shown in fig. 8, for the folding prompt message seen by the target object shown in fig. 7, the folding prompt message seen by the other group members in the target session is that "a has folded the lower 2 messages 04:10 for all members," a "is used to indicate the target object identifier of the target object initiating the folding of the message," 2 "is the number of messages in the folded message, and" 04:10 "is the remaining folding time at this time.

Based on the description in fig. 8, as shown in fig. 9, the other group member may input a new message (a message sent after the current time and within the target folding duration) "participated" through the virtual input keyboard in the input box, and click the sending control on the virtual input keyboard to send the new message to the session interface of the target session.

On the basis of fig. 9, as shown in fig. 10, the new message "participated in" sent by the other group members in fig. 9 is automatically collapsed into the collapsed message, and the process may demonstrate through animation that the new message enters the collapsed message, and assume that the remaining collapsing time at this time becomes "4: 05" minutes.

As shown in fig. 11, when the new message "already participating" in fig. 10 is automatically collapsed into the collapsed message, the collapse prompting message is automatically changed to "first collapsed the lower 3 messages 04:02 for all members".

It should be noted that, although the above-mentioned embodiments shown in fig. 8 to 11 take the example of folding the new message input and sent by the other group members, if the setting is to fold the messages sent by all the group members within the target folding duration, the new message sent by the target object may be similar to the new message sent by the target object.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: responding to a trigger instruction aiming at a message unfolding control, unfolding and displaying the messages in the folded message according to the message sending time sequence, and converting the message unfolding control into a message refolding control, wherein the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are included in the folding prompt message, or the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are independent of the folding prompt message for display; and responding to a triggering instruction aiming at the message refolding control, and replacing the folded message with the folding prompt message for displaying.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, "expand display" means to expand the messages in the collapsed message, and display them on the session interface of the target session one by one in sequence according to the message sending time of each message in the collapsed message.

It should be noted that, in the following example, the message expansion control and the message refolding control are both exemplified by being included in the folding prompt message, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In other embodiments, the message expansion control and/or the message refolding control may be independent of the folding prompt message. For example, when the folding prompt message is displayed, a dot may be displayed below the folding prompt message, and "expand" is displayed on the dot to prompt the group member as a message expansion control, and the group member may expand and display the message in the folded message by clicking the dot. For another example, a floating layer may be displayed in a certain set area of the session page of the target session while the folding prompt message is displayed, a message unfolding control is displayed on the floating layer, and the group member may unfold and display the message in the folded message by clicking the floating layer.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the collapsed message in the collapsed message can be expanded and displayed again. There are various ways to expand the display again.

For example, as shown in the embodiments of fig. 7 to 11, the folding prompt messages each include a message expansion control (identified by "expand"). As shown in fig. 12, if the other group members are assumed to be "d", if the "d" clicks the message expansion control in the folding prompt message in the session interface shown in fig. 11, the folding prompt message shown in fig. 12 is displayed, and the message expansion control in the folding prompt message is changed to a message refolding control (identified by "folding"), and after the target message, the session messages of "all forgetting to double" sent by the group member b, "good" sent by the group member c, and "already participating" sent by the group member d are sequentially displayed according to the message sending time of the message in each folded message from morning to evening, and the group member b, the group member c, the group image d, and the group image d are correspondingly displayed. Similarly, the target object may also click on the message expansion control in fig. 7 to expand the message in the collapsed message. That is, regardless of whether the target collapse duration is the first collapse duration or the second collapse duration, the group members in the target session can view the collapsed message by manually clicking the message expansion control.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: when the target folding duration is a first folding duration with a determined time point, counting down the target folding duration from the determination of the target folding duration; and when the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, automatically unfolding and displaying the messages in the folded messages in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, if the target folding duration is determined as the first folding duration with a certain time point, for example, "5 minutes" as described above, when the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, the message in the folded message is automatically expanded and displayed.

As shown in fig. 13, assuming that the countdown of the target folding duration of "5 minutes" is finished, the folding prompt message is not displayed any more at this time, and after the target message, the session messages "all forget to double", the session messages "good" sent by the group member c, and the session messages "already participated" sent by the group member d are sequentially displayed according to the sequence of the message sending time of the message in each folded message from morning to evening.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: when the target folding duration is a second folding duration without a determined time point, determining the message sending time of the target message; determining a current object present in the target session from the message sending time of the target message to the second collapsed duration; and if the target message is detected to be consulted by each current object in the target session, automatically expanding and displaying the messages in the folded message in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence.

For example, when the target object selects the above "after all view" as the target folding duration, the target message is viewed by all current objects in the target session, and then the target message is sequentially displayed according to the message sending time of the messages in each folded message from morning to evening after the target message.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: displaying a message collapse entry, wherein the message collapse entry is included in the collapse prompt message, or the message collapse entry is displayed independently of the collapse prompt message; and responding to a trigger instruction aiming at the message folding inlet, displaying a folding message viewing page, and expanding and displaying the messages in the folded message in the folding message viewing page according to the message sending time sequence.

In the above embodiments, the collapsed message is collapsed in the AIO of the target session, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the collapsed message may be collapsed into a message collapsing entry, the message collapsing entry is displayed on the session interface, the message collapsing entry may be displayed at any position of the session interface, when the message collapsing entry is clicked, the second-level message viewing page may be entered or a floating layer may be popped up on the session interface as a message viewing page, and the messages in the collapsed message viewing page are expanded and displayed according to the message sending time sequence.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, before the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, if the group member manually clicks the message unfolding control to unfold and display the message in the folded message again, the message in the folded message may not be folded again. For example, the group member may display the message in the folded message by pressing the expansion, and no message folding control corresponding to the "folded message" is displayed. For the message in the folded message displayed by re-expanding after the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, the message in the folded message can be folded again.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message in the collapsed message may not include a message sent by a target object within the target collapse duration, wherein the target object is an object in the target session that triggers the triggering instruction. Wherein the method may further comprise: and within the target folding duration, when a first message which is sent by the target object and has message sending time behind the folding prompt message is received in the target session, sequentially displaying the first messages between the target message and the folding prompt message according to the message sending time sequence of the first messages.

Specifically, within the target folding duration, if the target object initiating the message folding sends a message again (referred to as a first message), the first message may be displayed below the target message and above a small gray bar of the folding prompt message, and if there are a plurality of first messages, the first messages may be sequentially displayed according to the sequence of the message sending times, where the previously sent message is displayed on the top and the recently sent message is displayed on the bottom. And after the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, automatically reordering and displaying the messages in the first messages and the folded messages according to the sequence of the message sending time.

As shown in FIG. 14, assume that the displayed collapse prompt message is "you have collapsed the lower 3 messages 03:00 for all members" and includes a message expand control. I.e. the target folding duration has not yet counted down.

As shown in fig. 15, within the target collapse period, the target object inputs the first message of "big speed out staging bar" in the input box through the virtual input keyboard.

After the target object clicks the send control, the user interface shown in fig. 16 is entered, that is, after the target message and before the hint message is collapsed, the first message of "big speed exit staging bar" input by the target object in fig. 15 is displayed.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: and responding to a triggering instruction aiming at the message unfolding control, or automatically reordering and displaying the messages and the first messages in the folded messages according to the message sending time sequence when the countdown of the target folding time length is finished. Wherein the message expansion control is included in the collapsing prompt message, or the message expansion control is displayed independently of the collapsing prompt message.

As shown in fig. 17, when the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, the first messages of "big speed out aggregation bar" input and sent by the target object are sorted and displayed again according to the sequence of the message sending times, wherein the first messages are sent by the group member b and "all leave twice", the second messages are sent by the group member c and "good" and the second messages are sent by the group member d.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: in the target folding duration, responding to a trigger instruction for a message unfolding control, unfolding and displaying messages in the folded message in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence, and converting the message unfolding control into a message refolding control, wherein the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are included in the folding prompt message, or the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are independent of the folding prompt message for display; when a second message sent by a target object is received, displaying the message in the folded message and the second message according to the message sending time sequence, wherein the target object is an object triggering the trigger instruction in the target session; in response to a trigger instruction for the message resign control, replacing, within the target collapse duration, an updated collapsed message with an update collapse prompt message for display after the target message, wherein the updated collapsed message includes a message in the collapsed message and the second message.

Specifically, within the target folding duration, if the target object initiating the message folding manually clicks the message unfolding control in the folding prompt message to re-unfold and display the message in the folded message, when the target object sends a new message (referred to as a second message) after that, the sent second message and the message in the folded message are displayed according to the sequence of the message sending time. When the target object clicks the message refolding control in the folding prompt message again, the second message sent by the target object is also folded.

For example, as shown in fig. 18, when the countdown of the target folding duration is not finished, after the target object manually clicks the message expansion control of the folding prompt message, the message expansion control is changed to a message refolding control, and at this time, the message in the folded message is expanded and displayed below the folding prompt message: the conversation messages sent by the group member B are 'all forgotten twice', the conversation messages sent by the group member C are 'good', and the conversation messages sent by the group member D are 'already participated'.

As shown in fig. 19, when the countdown of the target folding duration is not finished, the target object nail inputs a second message "big speed out of the aggregation bar" in the input box through the virtual input keyboard, and clicks the sending control to enter the user interface shown in fig. 20, that is, the message and the second message in the folded message are displayed according to the sequence of the message sending time: "all members forget to do double" sent by group member b, "good" sent by group member c, "already participating" conversation message sent by group member d, and "big speed out to gather together" second message, and at this time, the folding prompt message is updated from "you have folded the lower 3 messages 03: 00" for all members to "you have folded the lower 4 messages 02:10 for all members" in fig. 18, that is, the second message is also considered to be folded.

As shown in fig. 21, when the target object clicks the message refolding control in the folding prompting message in fig. 20 again, and the target folding duration is still not counted down, an update folding prompting message "you have folded the lower 4 messages 02:08 for all members" is generated, and the update folding prompting message is used to replace and display the update folded message: the conversation messages sent by the group member B are 'all forgotten twice', the conversation messages sent by the group member C are 'good', and the conversation messages sent by the group member D are 'already participated'.

Further, an embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a message display method, which may include: displaying a target message in a session interface of a target session; displaying a collapse prompt message after the target message within a target collapse duration. The folding prompt message is used for replacing and displaying a folded message, the folded message is a message which is received within the target folding duration after the target message at the message sending time, the target folding duration is determined in response to an operation instruction of a message folding control for the target message, and the message folding control for the target message is displayed in response to a trigger instruction of the target message in a session interface for the target session.

The message display method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure provides a capability of collapsing at least part of the messages after a certain item message, so that the target message with timeliness can be focused by group members needing to be focused within the target collapsing time period, and other group members who see the message after the message is out of date can not be disturbed. On one hand, the method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can fold real-time chat messages, not only limited to the same or similar messages, but also all messages; on the other hand, the messages with timeliness can play the roles of notification and highlighting within the message timeliness.

The message display method provided by the above embodiment is described below with reference to the communication session system shown in fig. 22, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. As shown in fig. 22, the communication session system is assumed to include a terminal device 1 of a group owner/administrator, a server 2, a terminal device 3 of a user B (any other group member than the group owner/administrator in the target session), and a terminal device 4 of a user C (any other group member than the group owner/administrator in the target session).

Assuming that a group owner or administrator folds a certain message (determined as a target message) in a group chat window (a session interface of a target session), it is assumed that a social client running on the terminal device 1 folds and displays all messages behind the target message and within a target folding duration, and sends a message folding request to the server 2. The message folding request carries data such as a group uin (the uin is a mark or a code number of the group and has uniqueness), a message id (a unique identifier of the target message) of the target session, and a remaining folding duration counted down by the target folding duration.

After receiving the message folding request sent by the social client running on the terminal device 1, the server 2 parses the data packet corresponding to the message folding request, searches information of all group members currently chatting in the group according to the group uin of the target session, and pushes a folding notification to the social clients installed on the terminal devices (for example, the terminal device 3 and the terminal device 4) corresponding to all group members (in fig. 22, the user B and the user C are taken as an example, but not limited to this). The collapse notification carries data such as the group uin of the target session, the message id of the target message, and the remaining collapse duration after the countdown of the target collapse duration.

After the social client installed on the terminal device corresponding to the group member receives the folding notification sent by the server 2, the data packet corresponding to the folding notification is unpacked, the group uin of the folded target conversation is found according to the folding notification, the corresponding message is folded in the chat message list, and meanwhile, a small gray bar is inserted to display the folding prompt message.

When the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, or after the group member clicks the message expansion control in the folding prompt message, the corresponding social client side expands and displays the message in the current folded message.

In the message folding state, if a group member newly sends a message (for example, it is assumed that the user B and the user C send a new message), the corresponding social client folds the new message into the folded message, and when the folded message is expanded and displayed, the new message is displayed in sequence according to the message sending time of all the messages.

As shown in fig. 22, it is a schematic diagram of a communication flow between the server 2 and each social client, and the main functions of the server 2 include:

1) receiving a message folding request of a target object such as a group owner/administrator, analyzing a corresponding data packet, obtaining data such as a group uin of a target session, a message id of a target message, remaining folding duration after countdown of the target folding duration and the like, searching information of a current group member in a cache and a database, and pushing a folding notification to a social client corresponding to the group member.

2) And receiving a request of sending a new message by a corresponding social client, inserting the new message into a message database and a cache, and pushing a new message notification to the social clients corresponding to other group members, wherein the new message notification comprises a group uin of a target session, the message content of the new message, the message id of the new message and the like.

The server 2 refers to a device that can establish a communication session between at least two social clients and provide multiple services such as data storage, message pushing and the like for each social client. Specific examples thereof may include, but are not limited to: data servers, web servers (web servers), application servers, cloud servers, and so forth. It should be understood that the server 2 may be an independent server, a server cluster or a distributed system formed by a plurality of servers, or a cloud server providing basic cloud computing services such as a cloud service, a cloud database, cloud computing, a cloud function, cloud storage, a web service, cloud communication, a middleware service, a domain name service, a security service, a CDN (Content Delivery Network), a big data and artificial intelligence platform, and the like.

As shown in fig. 23, the client installed on the terminal device (here, a social client is taken as an example) may include a network layer, a data layer and a presentation layer.

The network layer is a module for communication between the social client and the server in the background, and includes sending a message folding request (carrying data such as a group uin of a target session, a message id of a target message, and remaining folding time after countdown of the target folding time)/a new message to the server, pulling group member information, receiving server push, and the like, the social client updates data to the data layer after receiving the data, and a bottom layer communication Protocol may be a User Datagram Protocol (UDP). When the network is not connectable, a failure is prompted.

The data layer may be configured to store data related to the social client, and may include a message folding request (data such as a group uin carrying a target session, a message id of a target message, and a remaining folding duration counted down by the target folding duration)/message data (message content, message id, and the like)/group member data/administrator data, and the like. The data is stored in the internal memory cache (cache) and the local database, when the internal memory cache does not have the data, the corresponding data is loaded in the database and cached in the internal memory cache, and the acquisition speed is improved. And after receiving the data sent by the server, the social client updates the memory cache and the database at the same time.

The display layer is a part of the social client responsible for UI (User Interface) display, and may include 4 major parts, the first part is a setting message folding page, and may include a message folding control (such as a message folding button), a folding time selector (for displaying a folding time to be selected and determining a target folding time), and the like, and is responsible for display by a standard system control, and when the group member is successfully set, the network layer is notified to send a message folding request; the second part is a message list and a small gray bar prompt, and comprises message list display, small gray bar prompt display (for example, "you fold the lower X messages for all members", X is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1 and represents the number of messages in the folded messages), a countdown control (for counting down the target folding time), a message expansion control (for example, a message expansion button), and the like, wherein the standard system control is responsible for display, when a group member clicks the message expansion control, the folded messages are expanded and displayed, and if a new message exists, the message is displayed according to the message sending time sequence of all messages; the third part is a message folding control, which finds a message range to be folded (for example, all messages sent within a target folding duration) according to the message id, hides the corresponding message, displays only one current target message, automatically expands the messages in the folded message when the group members click the message expanding control, cancels the hidden state of all the messages in the folded message, and displays the messages in a list; the fourth part is a group chat window page which is mainly responsible for displaying a group chat frame, including an input box for message input, message display, group member display and the like, and is responsible for displaying by a standard system control.

The display layer can simultaneously be responsible for responding to group member interactive operation, monitoring clicking and dragging events, calling back to corresponding function processing, and providing capability support by a standard system control.

The message display method provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can provide the capability of folding messages for group owners and administrators by folding messages behind specific positions, thereby facilitating the management of message contents, enabling important messages to be displayed in time and avoiding being covered by too many messages. For group members, important message contents can be conveniently and quickly seen, and compared with the situation that all message contents need to be seen in the related technology, the scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure is higher in efficiency and better in experience. Meanwhile, more group management capacity is provided, and public praise and use frequency of group members can be improved.

Fig. 24 schematically shows a block diagram of a message display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 24, the message display device 2400 provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure may include a message folding control display unit 2410, a target folding time period determination unit 2420, and a message folding unit 2430.

In this embodiment of the disclosure, the message folding control displaying unit 2410 may be configured to respond to a trigger instruction of a target message in a session interface for a target session, and display a message folding control of the target message. The target collapse time length determination unit 2420 may be configured to determine a target collapse time length of the target message in response to an operation instruction of a message collapse control for the target message. The message collapsing unit 2430 may be configured to replace a collapsed message with a collapse prompt message for display after the target message within the target collapse duration. Wherein the collapsed message is a message that has a message send time after the target message and is received within the target collapse duration.

The message display device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can display the message folding control of the target message by responding to the trigger instruction for the target message after determining the target message in the session interface of the target session, and can further respond to the operation instruction for the message folding control of the target message to determine the target folding time of the target message, and can adopt the folding prompt message to replace and display the folded message after the target message needing to be highlighted, on one hand, the message after a certain specific position sent in the target session in real time can be folded, so that the message in the target session can be managed conveniently, the important target message can be displayed and processed in time, and the message is prevented from being covered by too many messages; on the other hand, the ability to collapse messages sent after the target message and within the target collapse period is made possible, so that a time-efficient target message can be focused on by objects in the target conversation that need to be focused on, serving as notification and highlighting of the target message over the time-efficient of the target collapse period, without interfering with other objects in the target conversation that see the target message after the target collapse period has expired. By the scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the message display modes of the social client side are enriched, and the group member viscosity of the social client side can be effectively improved.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a target object identifier obtaining unit, configured to obtain a target object identifier of a target object, where the target object is an object that triggers the trigger instruction in the target session; a collapsed message number determination unit, configured to determine a number of messages in the collapsed message, where the number of messages in the collapsed message is dynamically increased or decreased with an update of the messages in the collapsed message; a remaining folding duration determining unit, configured to count down the target folding duration from the determination of the target folding duration, and determine a remaining folding duration; a folding prompt message generating unit, configured to generate the folding prompt message according to the target object identifier, the number of messages in the folded message, and the remaining folding duration.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a folded message unfolding display unit, configured to respond to a trigger instruction for a message unfolding control, unfold and display messages in the folded message according to a message sending time sequence, and convert the message unfolding control into a message refolding control, where the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are included in the folding prompt message, or the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are independent of the folding prompt message for display; and the message refolding unit can be used for responding to a trigger instruction aiming at the message refolding control and replacing the folded message with the folding prompt message for displaying.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a target folding duration countdown unit, configured to count down the target folding duration from the determination of the target folding duration when the target folding duration is a first folding duration having a determined time point; and the automatic unfolding and displaying unit for the folded message can be used for automatically unfolding and displaying the message in the folded message in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence after the countdown of the target folding duration is finished.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a target message sending time determining unit, configured to determine a message sending time of the target message when the target folding duration is a second folding duration without a determined time point; a current object determining unit, configured to determine a current object existing in the target session from the message sending time of the target message to the second collapsed duration; the whole-member searching, expanding and displaying folded message unit may be configured to automatically expand and display the messages in the folded message in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence if it is detected that the target message is searched by each current object in the target session.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a message folding entry display unit, configured to display a message folding entry, where the message folding entry is included in the folding prompt message, or the message folding entry is displayed independently of the folding prompt message; and the display unit of the folded message viewing page can be used for responding to a trigger instruction aiming at the message folding inlet, displaying the folded message viewing page, and expanding and displaying the messages in the folded message viewing page according to the message sending time sequence.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message in the collapsed message may not include a message sent by a target object within the target collapse duration, wherein the target object is an object in the target session that triggers the trigger instruction. Among them, the message display device 2400 may further include: the first message display unit may be configured to, within the target folding duration, sequentially display, between the target message and the folding prompt message, the first messages according to the message sending time sequence of the first messages when the first message that is sent by the target object and whose message sending time is after the folding prompt message is received in the target session.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: and the message reordering display unit may be configured to respond to a trigger instruction for a message expansion control, or automatically reorder and display the messages and the first messages in the folded message according to a message sending time sequence when the countdown of the target folding duration is finished. Wherein the message expansion control is included in the collapsing prompt message, or the message expansion control is displayed independently of the collapsing prompt message.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a message refolding control display unit, configured to respond to a trigger instruction for a message unfolding control within the target folding duration, unfold and display messages in the folded message in the session interface according to a message sending time sequence, and convert the message unfolding control into a message refolding control, where the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are included in the folding prompt message, or the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are displayed independently of the folding prompt message; the second message display unit may be configured to display, when a second message sent by a target object is received, a message in the collapsed message and the second message according to a message sending time sequence, where the target object is an object that triggers the trigger instruction in the target session; and an updated folded message display unit, configured to respond to a trigger instruction for the message refolding control, and replace, within the target folding duration, an updated folded message with an updated folding prompt message for displaying, where the updated folded message includes a message in the folded message and the second message, after the target message.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: an object quantity determination unit, configured to determine a quantity of objects existing in the target session within the target folding duration; a member level determining unit, configured to determine, if the number of the objects is greater than a set threshold, a member level of an object existing in the target session within the target folding duration; a collapsed message determination unit, configured to determine, as the collapsed message, a message sent by an object whose member level is lower than a level threshold within the target collapsing duration.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: an object type determining unit, configured to determine an object type of an object existing in the target session within the target folding duration; the collapsed message obtaining unit may be configured to determine, as the collapsed message, a message sent by an object whose object type is a target object type within the target collapsing time period.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a to-be-selected folding message type display unit, configured to respond to a selection instruction of the message folding control for the target message, and display a to-be-selected folding message type of the target message; a target folding message type determining unit, configured to determine a target folding message type of the target message in response to a selection instruction for the type of folding message to be selected; a collapsed message determination unit operable to determine, as the collapsed message, a message whose message sending time is after the target message and within the target collapse duration, and which matches the target collapse message type.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a to-be-selected folding object display unit, configured to respond to a selection instruction of the message folding control for the target message, and display a to-be-selected folding object of the target message; a target folding object determining unit, configured to determine a target folding object of the target message in response to a selection instruction for the folding object to be selected; a target-to-be-collapsed-object-collapsed-message determining unit, configured to determine, as the collapsed message, a message sent by the target collapsed object after the target message and within the target-to-be-collapsed time period.

In an exemplary embodiment, the message display device 2400 may further include: a current object data obtaining unit, configured to obtain the number of objects existing in the target session at the current time; a target object determining unit, configured to determine, if the number of objects is greater than an object threshold, that a target object is an object that exists in the target session at the current time and has a management right in the target session, where the target object is an object that triggers the trigger instruction in the target session; if the number of objects is less than or equal to the object threshold, determining that the target object is an object existing in the target session at the current time.

Other contents of the message display apparatus of the embodiment of the present disclosure may refer to the above-described embodiment.

Fig. 25 schematically shows a block diagram of a message display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 25, the message display device 2500 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may include a target message display unit 2510 and a folding prompt message display unit 2520.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the target message display unit 2510 may be configured to display the target message in a session interface of the target session. The collapse prompt message display unit 2520 may be used to display a collapse prompt message after the target message within a target collapse duration.

The folding prompt message is used for replacing and displaying a folded message, the folded message is a message which is received within the target folding duration after the target message at the message sending time, the target folding duration is determined in response to an operation instruction of a message folding control for the target message, and the message folding control for the target message is displayed in response to a trigger instruction of the target message in a session interface for the target session.

It should be noted that although in the above detailed description several units of the device for action execution are mentioned, this division is not mandatory. Indeed, the features and functions of two or more units described above may be embodied in one unit, in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. Conversely, the features and functions of one unit described above may be further divided into embodiments by a plurality of units.

Reference is now made to fig. 26, which shows a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device suitable for implementing embodiments of the present application. The terminal device shown in fig. 26 is only an example, and should not bring any limitation to the functions and the range of use of the embodiments of the present application.

Referring to fig. 26, a terminal device provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a processor 2601, a communication interface 2602, a memory 2603, and a communication bus 2604.

Wherein the processor 2601, communication interface 2602, and memory 2603 communicate with one another via a communication bus 2604.

Alternatively, the communication interface 2602 may be an interface of a communication module, such as an interface of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) module. The processor 2601 is used to execute programs. The memory 2603 is used for storing programs. The program may comprise a computer program comprising computer operating instructions. Wherein, can include in the procedure: and (5) a game client program.

The processor 2601 may be a central processing unit CPU or a Specific Integrated circuit asic (application Specific Integrated circuit) or one or more Integrated circuits configured to implement embodiments of the present disclosure.

The memory 2603 may include a Random Access Memory (RAM) memory, and may further include a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory.

Among them, the procedure can be specifically used for: responding to a trigger instruction of a target message in a session interface aiming at a target session, and displaying a message folding control of the target message; responding to an operation instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and determining the target folding time length of the target message; and within the target folding duration, replacing the folded message with a folding prompt message for displaying after the target message. Wherein the collapsed message is a message that has a message send time after the target message and is received within the target collapse duration.

Alternatively, the program may be specifically for: displaying a target message in a session interface of a target session; within a target folding duration, displaying a folding prompt message behind the target message; the folding prompt message is used for replacing and displaying a folded message, the folded message is a message which is received within the target folding duration after the target message at the message sending time, the target folding duration is determined in response to an operation instruction of a message folding control for the target message, and the message folding control for the target message is displayed in response to a trigger instruction of the target message in a session interface for the target session.

According to an aspect of the application, a computer program product or computer program is provided, comprising computer instructions, the computer instructions being stored in a computer readable storage medium. The processor of the computer device reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions to cause the computer device to perform the method provided in the various alternative implementations of the embodiments described above.

It is to be understood that any number of elements in the drawings of the present disclosure are by way of example and not by way of limitation, and any nomenclature is used for differentiation only and not by way of limitation.

Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.

It will be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements described above and shown in the drawings and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A message display method, comprising:

responding to a trigger instruction of a target message in a session interface aiming at a target session, and displaying a message folding control of the target message;

responding to an operation instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and determining a target folding time of the target message;

within the target folding duration, replacing the folded message with a folding prompt message for display after the target message;

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a target object identifier of a target object, wherein the target object is an object which triggers the trigger instruction in the target session;

determining a number of messages in the collapsed message, wherein the number of messages in the collapsed message is dynamically increased or decreased with an update of the messages in the collapsed message;

counting down according to the target folding time length from the determination of the target folding time length, and determining the remaining folding time length;

and generating the folding prompt message according to the target object identification, the message quantity in the folded message and the remaining folding time.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responding to a trigger instruction aiming at a message unfolding control, unfolding and displaying the messages in the folded message according to the message sending time sequence, and converting the message unfolding control into a message refolding control, wherein the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are included in the folding prompt message, or the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are independent of the folding prompt message for display;

and responding to a triggering instruction aiming at the message refolding control, and replacing the folded message with the folding prompt message for displaying.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the target folding duration is a first folding duration with a determined time point, counting down the target folding duration from the determination of the target folding duration;

and when the countdown of the target folding duration is finished, automatically unfolding and displaying the messages in the folded messages in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the target folding duration is a second folding duration without a determined time point, determining the message sending time of the target message;

determining a current object existing in the target session from the message sending time of the target message to the second folding duration;

and if the target message is detected to be consulted by each current object in the target session, automatically expanding and displaying the messages in the folded message in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a message collapse entry, wherein the message collapse entry is included in the collapse prompt message, or the message collapse entry is displayed independently of the collapse prompt message;

and responding to a trigger instruction aiming at the message folding inlet, displaying a folded message viewing page, and expanding and displaying the messages in the folded message viewing page according to the message sending time sequence.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the message in the collapsed message does not include a message sent by a target object within the target collapse duration, wherein the target object is an object in the target session that triggers the triggering instruction; wherein the method further comprises:

and within the target folding duration, when a first message which is sent by the target object and has message sending time behind the folding prompt message is received in the target session, sequentially displaying the first messages between the target message and the folding prompt message according to the message sending time sequence of the first messages.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in the target folding duration, responding to a trigger instruction for a message unfolding control, unfolding and displaying messages in the folded message in the session interface according to the message sending time sequence, and converting the message unfolding control into a message refolding control, wherein the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are included in the folding prompt message, or the message unfolding control and the message refolding control are independent of the folding prompt message for display;

when a second message sent by a target object is received, displaying the message in the folded message and the second message according to the message sending time sequence, wherein the target object is an object triggering the trigger instruction in the target session;

in response to a trigger instruction for the message refolding control, replacing, within the target folding duration, an updated folded message with an updated folding prompt message for display after the target message, wherein the updated folded message includes a message in the folded message and the second message.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a number of objects present in the target session within the target collapse duration;

if the number of the objects is larger than a set threshold, determining the member level of the objects existing in the target session in the target folding time;

determining a message sent by an object with a member level lower than a level threshold within the target folding duration as the folded message.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining an object type of an object existing in the target session within the target collapse duration;

and determining the message sent by the object with the object type as the target object type within the target folding duration as the folded message.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responding to a selection instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and displaying a to-be-selected folding message type of the target message;

responding to a selection instruction aiming at the type of the folding message to be selected, and determining the target folding message type of the target message;

taking a message with a message sending time after the target message and within the target folding duration and a message matching the target folding message type as the folded message.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responding to a selection instruction of a message folding control aiming at the target message, and displaying a folding object to be selected of the target message;

responding to a selection instruction aiming at the folding object to be selected, and determining a target folding object of the target message;

determining a message sent by the target folding object at a message sending time after the target message and within the target folding duration as the folded message.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining the number of objects existing in the target session at the current time;

if the number of the objects is larger than an object threshold value, determining that a target object exists in the target session at the current time and is an object with management authority in the target session, wherein the target object is an object which triggers the triggering instruction in the target session;

if the number of objects is less than or equal to the object threshold, determining that the target object is an object existing in the target session at the current time.

14. A message display method, comprising:

displaying a target message in a session interface of a target session;

within a target collapse duration, displaying a collapse prompt message behind the target message;

15. A message display apparatus, comprising:

the message folding control display unit is used for responding to a trigger instruction of a target message in a conversation interface aiming at the target conversation and displaying the message folding control of the target message;

a target folding duration determining unit, configured to determine a target folding duration of the target message in response to an operation instruction of a message folding control for the target message;

a message folding unit, configured to replace, within the target folding duration, a folded message with a folding prompt message after the target message for displaying;