METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE DISPLAY OF MESSAGES OF A GROUP CHAT

摘要

A computing device performs a method of managing the display of messages on its screen. After receiving a first user request to open a target communication window on the screen, the computing device opens the target communication window and displays a first set of messages associated with the group chat in the target communication window, which was received by the computing device after last closure of the target communication window and includes a recently-received message. After receiving a second user request to access an earlier-received message after the last closure of the target communication window, the computing device replaces the display of the first set of messages with the display of a second set of messages in the target communication window, which was received by the computing device after the last closure of the target communication window and includes the earlier-received message.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of managing the display of messages on a screen of a computing device, the method comprising:
At the computing device having one or more processors and memory for storing program modules to be executed by the processors:
receiving a first user request to open a target communication window on the screen, wherein the target communication window corresponds to a group chat among multiple users of an online messaging application;in response to the first user request, opening the target communication window and displaying a first set of messages associated with the group chat in the target communication window, wherein the first set of messages were received by the computing device after last closure of the target communication window and includes a recently-received message;receiving a second user request to access an earlier-received message after the last closure of the target communication window; andin response to the second user request, replacing the display of the first set of messages with the display of a second set of messages in the target communication window, wherein the second set of messages were received by the computing device after the last closure of the target communication window and includes the earlier-received message.