US 10,897,437 B2 · Method for providing user profile information to designated online friend in instant messaging service, server, user device and application implementing the method

Abstract

A user profile information providing method for a messaging server that provides an instant messaging service to provide user profile information, includes: receiving private profile information set in a terminal of a user who uses the instant messaging service for a targeted friend; storing the private profile information corresponding to the targeted friend; and transmitting the private profile information to a terminal of the targeted friend. The private profile information is displayed differently from default profile information of the user, and is displayed as a profile of the user only in the terminal of the targeted friend. The default profile information is displayed as a profile of the user in terminals of friends, in which the private profile information is not set, among friends of the user.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing user profile information of an instant messaging application by a terminal, comprising:

when a private profile setting is requested, displaying a private profile setting screen in which user's default profile information set for friends is changed for a targeted friend;
receiving private profile information which includes a profile message set for the targeted friend and a function embedded in the profile message, in the private profile setting screen;
and
transmitting the private profile information for the targeted friend to the messaging server,
wherein the private profile information is displayed only to a terminal of the targeted friend as a profile of the user,
the default profile information is displayed as a profile of the user on terminals of friends other than the targeted friend, and
the function is performed when the profile message is selected by the targeted friend.

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A method for providing friend profile information of an instant messaging application by a terminal of a user, comprising:

receiving private profile information of a friend from a messaging server;
displaying the private profile information which includes a profile message set for the user and a function embedded in the profile message, as a profile of the friend in an interface screen of the instant messaging application, instead of default profile information of the friend;
and
performing the function when receiving a selection of the profile message,
wherein the private profile information is different from the default profile information that is displayed as the profile of the friend in an interface screen of the instant messaging application for users other than the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for providing user profile information to designated online friend in instant messaging service, server, user device and application implementing the method

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Method for providing user profile information to designated online friend in instant messaging service, server, user device and application implementing the method

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