# US 11,439,906 B2 · Information prompting method and apparatus, storage medium, and electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,439,906 B2 - Document ID: US11439906B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/922,884 - Filed: 2020-07-07 - Published: 2020-10-22 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-01 - Assignees: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Applicants: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Inventors: Dajia Sun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439906B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/5375: for graphically or textually suggesting an action, e.g. by displaying an arrow indicating a turn in a driving game - A63F 13/35: Details of game servers - A63F 13/426: involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun - A63F 13/5372: for tagging characters, objects or locations in the game scene, e.g. displaying a circle under the character controlled by the player - A63F 13/5378: for displaying an additional top view, e.g. radar screens or maps - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An information prompting method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device are provided. In an information prompting method of a game application, an operation instruction is obtained in a virtual scene of the game application in which a first virtual role is located. The operation instruction is generated in response to a marking operation, by a user of the first virtual role, on a virtual object at a first position. The virtual object is used by the first virtual role to complete a task in the virtual scene. A prompt identifier matching the virtual object is generated according to the operation instruction. The prompt identifier is used to notify a second virtual role of attribute information of the virtual object. The second virtual role belongs to a same team as the first virtual role. Further, the prompt identifier is displayed at the first position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information prompting method of a game application, the method comprising: obtaining an operation instruction in a virtual scene of the game application in which a first virtual role is located, the operation instruction being generated in response to a marking operation, by a user of the first virtual role, on a virtual object at a first position, the virtual object being used by the first virtual role to complete a task in the virtual scene; generating, by processing circuitry and based on the operation instruction, a preset prompt identifier according to (i) an object type of the virtual object on which the marking operation is performed and (ii) a user selection of one of a plurality of mark options displayed in a relationship establishment interface, the preset prompt identifier being displayed to a second virtual role belonging to a same team as the first virtual role; and displaying, by processing circuitry, the preset prompt identifier at the first position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information prompting method according to claim 1, wherein the generating comprises: determining the object type of the virtual object based on the operation instruction; and generating the preset prompt identifier matching the object type, the preset prompt identifier including an attribute icon corresponding to the virtual object. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information prompting method according to claim 2, wherein the generating the preset prompt identifier matching the object type comprises: generating, based on the object type indicating an attack type, an attack identifier matching the attack type; generating, based on the object type indicating an attack assist type, an attack assist identifier matching the attack assist type; generating, based on the object type indicating a defense type, a defense identifier matching the defense type; and generating, based on the object type indicating a supply type, a supply identifier matching the supply type. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information prompting method according to claim 1, wherein after the displaying the preset prompt identifier at the first position, the method further comprises: automatically clearing the preset prompt identifier displayed at the first position based on a clear condition being met. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information prompting method according to claim 4, further comprising: determining that the clear condition is met based on at least one of (i) a deletion instruction for the preset prompt identifier being obtained, (ii) an association relationship being determined to be already established between the virtual object and the first virtual role, (iii) an association relationship being determined to be already established between the virtual object and the second virtual role, (iv) distances between all virtual roles in the team to which the first virtual role belongs and the first position all exceeding a first threshold, and (v) a display duration of the preset prompt identifier reaching a second threshold. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information prompting method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a click instruction generated in response to a click operation on the virtual object, displaying the relationship establishment interface in response to the click instruction, and obtaining the operation instruction generated in response to the user selection of one of the plurality of mark options displayed in the relationship establishment interface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information prompting method according to claim 1, wherein the preset prompt identifier is displayed in a panoramic map and a local map, the local map including a subregion of the panoramic map in which the first virtual role is located. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information prompting method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a moving track generated in response a movement operation in a human-computer interaction interface, the moving track being used to notify the second virtual role of an action track that the second virtual role is to refer to in a process of reaching the virtual object; and displaying the moving track in the human-computer interaction interface. ### Claim 9 An information prompting method of a game application, the method comprising: obtaining, by processing circuitry in a virtual scene displayed in a human-computer interaction interface corresponding to a first virtual role, a moving track generated by performing a movement operation in the human-computer interaction interface, the moving track being used to notify a virtual role of an action track that the virtual role in a team of the first virtual role is to refer to during task execution; and displaying, by the processing circuitry, the moving track in the human-computer interaction interface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information prompting method according to claim 9, further comprising: notifying a second virtual role in the team of the first virtual role of a track type of the moving track, the track type including at least one of an attack track for indicating an attack, a retreat track for indicating a retreat, and a search track for indicating a search range. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The information prompting method according to claim 9, further comprising: obtaining a clear instruction generated in response to selection of a clear button displayed in the human-computer interaction interface; and clearing, according to the clear instruction, the moving track currently displayed in the human-computer interaction interface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The information prompting method according to claim 9, wherein before the obtaining, the method further comprises: determining a third virtual role from all virtual roles in the team of the first virtual role; and displaying the moving track in a human-computer interaction interface corresponding to the third virtual role, the moving track not being displayed in a human-computer interaction interface corresponding to a virtual role other than the third virtual role in all the virtual roles in the team of the first virtual role. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The information prompting method according to claim 9, wherein the moving track is displayed in a panoramic map and a local map, the local map including a subregion of the panoramic map in which the first virtual role is located. ### Claim 14 An information prompting apparatus, comprising: processing circuitry configured to obtain an operation instruction in a virtual scene of a game application in which a first virtual role is located, the operation instruction being generated in response to a marking operation, by a user of the first virtual role, on a virtual object at a first position, the virtual object being used by the first virtual role to complete a task in the virtual scene; generate, based on the operation instruction, a preset prompt identifier according to (i) an object type of the virtual object on which the marking operation is performed and (ii) a user selection of one of a plurality of mark options displayed in a relationship establishment interface, the preset prompt identifier being displayed to a second virtual role belonging to a same team as the first virtual role; and display the preset prompt identifier at the first position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The information prompting apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the object type of the virtual object based on the operation instruction; and generate the preset prompt identifier matching the object type, the preset prompt identifier including an attribute icon corresponding to the virtual object. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The information prompting apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to generate, based on the object type indicating an attack type, an attack identifier matching the attack type; generate, based on the object type indicating an attack assist type, an attack assist identifier matching the attack assist type; generate, based on the object type indicating a defense type, a defense identifier matching the defense type; and generate, based on the object type indicating a supply type, a supply identifier matching the supply type. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The information prompting apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to automatically clear, after the preset prompt identifier is displayed at the first position, the preset prompt identifier displayed at the first position based on a clear condition being met. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The information prompting apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine that the clear condition is met based on at least one (i) a deletion instruction being obtained, (ii) an association relationship is determined to be already established between the virtual object and the first virtual role, (iii) an association relationship being determined to be already established between the virtual object and the second virtual role, (iv) distances between all virtual roles in the team to which the first virtual role belongs and the first position all exceeding a first threshold, and (v) a display duration of the preset prompt identifier reaching a second threshold. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The information prompting apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to: obtain a click instruction generated in response to a click operation on the virtual object, display the relationship establishment interface in response to the click instruction, and obtain the operation instruction generated in response to the user selection of one of the plurality of mark options displayed in the relationship establishment interface. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The information prompting apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the preset prompt identifier is displayed in a panoramic map and a local map, the local map including a subregion of the panoramic map in which the first virtual role is located.