# US 12,182,503 B2 · Method and apparatus for displaying online document, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,182,503 B2 - Document ID: US12182503B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/593,836 - Filed: 2024-03-01 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-24 - Assignees: Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beijing Bytedance Network Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yu Xu; Shimin Xu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182503B2 ## CPC - G06F 40/169: Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes - G06F 40/103: Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents (automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191) - H04L 51/04: Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] - H04L 51/046: Interoperability with other network applications or services - H04L 51/224: providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages - H04L 65/4015: {where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference} - G06F 40/106: Display of layout of documents; Previewing - H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying an online document, and a storage medium. The method for displaying an online document includes, in response to receiving an interactive instruction for a first user through the online document, generating an online document notification message on an instant messaging client of the first user, where the interactive instruction includes that a second user mentions the first user or that the second user mentions the content published by the first user in the online document; in response to receiving an instruction triggering the online document notification message, displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window, where the document container is integrated into an instant messaging framework; wherein the online document is not opened through jumping to a browser but is opened in the instant messaging window. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for displaying an online document, wherein the method is applied to an instant messaging client and comprises: in response to receiving an interactive instruction for a first user through the online document, generating an online document notification message on the instant messaging client of the first user, wherein the interactive instruction comprises that a second user mentions the first user in the online document or that the second user mentions content published by the first user in the online document; and in response to receiving an instruction triggering the online document notification message, displaying the online document through a document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, wherein the document container is integrated into a framework of the instant messaging client; wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client comprises: in a first display area of the instant messaging window, displaying information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user, wherein the first display area displays a page of the online document, and wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the information in the first display area; wherein the online document is not opened through jumping to a browser but is opened in the instant messaging window; and wherein the method further comprises: in response to receiving a switching instruction, displaying the online document in a preset browser, wherein a number of editing functions for the online document displayed in the preset browser is greater than a number of editing functions for the online document displayed in the instant messaging window. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client comprises: in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, positioning and displaying the information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in response to the interactive instruction for the first user being that the second user mentions the first user, in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, positioning and displaying the information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user comprises: positioning a place where the second user mentions the first user in the online document; and displaying the place in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window and highlighting an area where a mentioned identifier of the first user is located. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in response to the interactive instruction for the first user being that the second user edits the content published by the first user in the online document, in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, positioning and displaying the information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user comprises: positioning a content area targeted when the second user edits the content; and highlighting the content area in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein in response to the interactive instruction for the first user being that the second user comments on the content published by the first user in the online document, in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, positioning and displaying the information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user comprises: positioning a content area targeted when the second user comments and a comment area generated when the second user comments; and highlighting the content area and the comment area in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client further comprises: in a second display area of the instant messaging window, displaying a notification message corresponding to the information, wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the notification message in the second display area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client further comprises: in a second display area of the instant messaging window, displaying a notification message corresponding to the information, wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the notification message in the second display area. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client further comprises: in a second display area of the instant messaging window, displaying a notification message corresponding to the information, wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the notification message in the second display area. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client further comprises: in a second display area of the instant messaging window, displaying a notification message corresponding to the information, wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the notification message in the second display area. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client further comprises: in a second display area of the instant messaging window, displaying a notification message corresponding to the information, wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the notification message in the second display area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the online document notification message is used for notifying the first user that the first user is mentioned by the second user or that the content published by the first user in the online document is mentioned by the second user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: in response to receiving a topping instruction, displaying an icon of the online document on top in an instant messaging session list, wherein an opening instruction of the online document is able to be triggered through the icon of the online document. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: in response to a user editing the online document displayed in the instant messaging window, uploading content edited by the user to a server for saving. ### Claim 14 An apparatus for displaying an online document, comprising a processor and a memory for storing execution instructions executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to: in response to receiving an interactive instruction for a first user through the online document, generate an online document notification message on an instant messaging client of the first user, wherein the interactive instruction comprises that a second user mentions the first user in the online document or that the second user mentions content published by the first user in the online document; and in response to receiving an instruction triggering the online document notification message, display the online document through a document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, wherein the document container is integrated into a framework of the instant messaging client; wherein the instant messaging window comprises a first display area; and wherein the processor is configured to: in the first display area of the instant messaging window, display information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user, wherein the first display area displays a page of the online document, and wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the information in the first display area; wherein the online document is not opened through jumping to a browser but is opened in the instant messaging window; and wherein the processor is further configured to: in response to receiving a switching instruction, display the online document in a preset browser, wherein a number of editing functions for the online document displayed in the preset browser is greater than a number of editing functions for the online document displayed in the instant messaging window. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to, in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, position and display the information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to: in response to the interactive instruction for the first user being that the second user mentions the first user in the online document, position a place where the second user mentions the first user in the online document; or in response to the interactive instruction for the first user being that the second user edits the content published by the first user in the online document, position a content area targeted when the second user edits the content; or in response to the interactive instruction for the first user being that the second user comments on the content published by the first user in the online document, position a content area targeted when the second user comments and a comment area generated when the second user comments; and display the place in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window and highlight an area where a mentioned identifier of the first user is located, or highlight the content area in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window, or highlight the content area and the comment area in the online document displayed in the instant messaging window. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the instant messaging window further comprises a second display area; and the processor is further configured to, in the second display area of the instant messaging window, display a notification message corresponding to the information, wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the notification message in the second display area. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer processor, are configured to cause the computer processor to perform the following steps: in response to receiving an interactive instruction for a first user through an online document, generating an online document notification message on an instant messaging client of the first user, wherein the interactive instruction comprises that a second user mentions the first user in the online document or that the second user mentions content published by the first user in the online document; and in response to receiving an instruction triggering the online document notification message, displaying the online document through a document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client, wherein the document container is integrated into a framework of the instant messaging client; wherein displaying the online document through the document container in the instant messaging window of the instant messaging client comprises: in a first display area of the instant messaging window, displaying information corresponding to the interactive instruction for the first user, wherein the first display area displays a page of the online document, and wherein the first user is allowed to reply to the information in the first display area; wherein the online document is not opened through jumping to a browser but is opened in the instant messaging window; and wherein the computer processor further performs the following step: in response to receiving a switching instruction, displaying the online document in a preset browser, wherein a number of editing functions for the online document displayed in the preset browser is greater than a number of editing functions for the online document displayed in the instant messaging window.