Granted Patent B2

US 12,654,099 · App. 18/344,298 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: Weisong Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Chenxing Pei (Shenzhen, CN); Peiyuan Zeng (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED

A63F13/533A63F13/537A63F13/55

Abstract

Claims (56)

1 . A user interface display method, executed by a terminal and comprising:

displaying an arena entrance of a qualifying mode, the qualifying mode being one of at least two match modes provided by a client, and the qualifying mode being an arena mode for determining a gaming competence rank of a user account in a ranking list;

in response to a trigger operation on the arena entrance, controlling a virtual character of the user account to participate in a qualifying match of the qualifying mode;

in response to successfully participating in the qualifying match, displaying a journey value obtained in a current season during participating in the qualifying match, the journey value being a numeral value related to times of participating in qualifying matches in the current season by the user account, wherein the displaying the journey value obtained in the current season during participating in the qualifying match comprises displaying a sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in at least one qualifying match; in response to successfully participating in the qualifying match by the user account in a first duration of the current season, displaying an addition journey value obtained in the first duration during participating in the qualifying match; the addition journey value being greater than a single journey value obtained by the user account in a second duration, and the second duration being a duration in the current season except the first duration,

wherein the displaying the sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in the at least one qualifying match comprises at least one of: displaying the journey value sum at a settlement interface; or, displaying the journey value sum at a season activity page entrance of the current season; and

in response to that the journey value reaches a level threshold, displaying an obtained journey reward corresponding to the level threshold.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying the journey value obtained in the current season during participating in the qualifying match comprises at least one of:

displaying a sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in at least one qualifying match; or

displaying a single journey value obtained in the current season during participating in a single qualifying match.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the displaying the single journey value obtained in the current season during participating in the single qualifying match comprises:

in response to that the user account participates in the single qualifying match and wins in the single qualifying match, displaying a first quantity of the journey values obtained in the current season during participating in the single qualifying match; and

in response to that the user account participates in the single qualifying match and loses in the single qualifying match, displaying a second quantity of the journey values in the current season during participating in the single qualifying match;

the first quantity being less than or equal to the second quantity.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: in response to that the qualifying matches participated in by the user account are first n qualifying matches in the first duration of the current season, displaying an addition journey value obtained in the first duration during participating in the qualifying match, n being a positive integer.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

in response to that the user account successfully participates in the qualifying match in the second duration, determining a hidden credit; and

based on the hidden credit, determining a session number n of the qualifying match that obtains the addition journey value in the first duration.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the in response to that the user account successfully participates in the qualifying match in the second duration, determining the hidden credit, comprises:

in response to that the user account participates in the qualifying match in the second duration and wins in the qualifying match, determining a third quantity of the hidden credits; and

in response to that the user account participates in the qualifying match in the second duration and loses in the qualifying match, determining a fourth quantity of the hidden credits;

the third quantity being less than the fourth quantity.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: in response to that the user account has not yet participated in the qualifying match in the first duration, displaying prompt information; the prompt information being configured to prompt the user account to participate in the qualifying match in the first duration.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the in response to that the journey value reaches the level threshold, displaying the obtained journey reward corresponding to the level threshold comprises:

in response to that the journey value reaches the level threshold, displaying at least one of a virtual ranking coin, a virtual season badge, and a virtual appearance reward corresponding to the level threshold.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying an entrance of a ranking mall exclusive to the qualifying mode; and

in response to a trigger operation on the entrance of the ranking mall, displaying a mall interface of the ranking mall exclusive to the qualifying mode, the mall interface of the ranking mall comprising at least one virtual item purchasable using the virtual ranking coin.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying an entrance of personal information of the user account; and

in response to a trigger operation on the entrance of the personal information, displaying an account information page of the user account, and displaying, in the account information page, the virtual season badge obtained by the user account in the current season.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

displaying an entrance of a virtual collection exclusive to the qualifying mode;

in response to a trigger operation on the entrance of the virtual collection, displaying at least one of: the virtual appearance reward obtained by the user account in the current season, or an exclusive virtual item purchased by the user account using the virtual ranking coin;

the exclusive virtual item being a virtual item exclusive to the qualifying mode in the current season.

12 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying an entrance of a season activity page of the current season; and

in response to a trigger operation on the entrance of the season activity page of the current season, displaying the season activity page, displaying, on the season activity page, at least one of: the journey reward obtained by the user account in the current season, or the journey reward upon meeting a next level threshold.

13 . A user interface display apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor and at least one memory, the at least one memory storing at least one computer instruction, and the at least one computer instruction being loaded and executed by the at least one processor to implement:

displaying an arena entrance of a qualifying mode, the qualifying mode being one of at least two match modes provided by a client, and the qualifying mode being an arena mode for determining a gaming competence rank of a user account in a ranking list;

in response to a trigger operation on the arena entrance, controlling a virtual character of the user account to participate in a qualifying match of the qualifying mode;

in response to successfully participating in the qualifying match, displaying a journey value obtained in a current season during participating in the qualifying match, the journey value being a numeral value related to times of participating in qualifying matches in the current season by the user account, wherein the displaying the journey value obtained in the current season during participating in the qualifying match comprises displaying a sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in at least one qualifying match; in response to successfully participating in the qualifying match by the user account in a first duration of the current season, displaying an addition journey value obtained in the first duration during participating in the qualifying match; the addition journey value being greater than a single journey value obtained by the user account in a second duration, and the second duration being a duration in the current season except the first duration, wherein the displaying the sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in the at least one qualifying match comprises at least one of: displaying the journey value sum at a settlement interface; or, displaying the journey value sum at a season activity page entrance of the current season; and

in response to that the journey value reaches a level threshold, displaying an obtained journey reward corresponding to the level threshold.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the displaying the journey value obtained in the current season during participating in the qualifying match comprises at least one of:

displaying a sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in at least one qualifying match; or

displaying a single journey value obtained in the current season during participating in a single qualifying match.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the displaying the single journey value obtained in the current season during participating in the single qualifying match comprises:

in response to that the user account participates in the single qualifying match and wins in the single qualifying match, displaying a first quantity of the journey values obtained in the current season during participating in the single qualifying match; and

in response to that the user account participates in the single qualifying match and loses in the single qualifying match, displaying a second quantity of the journey values in the current season during participating in the single qualifying match;

the first quantity being less than or equal to the second quantity.

16 . A non-transitory computer storage medium, the computer readable storage medium storing at least one computer instruction, and the at least one computer instruction being loaded and executed by at least one processor to implement:

displaying an arena entrance of a qualifying mode, the qualifying mode being one of at least two match modes provided by a client, and the qualifying mode being an arena mode for determining a gaming competence rank of a user account in a ranking list;

in response to a trigger operation on the arena entrance, controlling a virtual character of the user account to participate in a qualifying match of the qualifying mode;

in response to successfully participating in the qualifying match, displaying a journey value obtained in a current season during participating in the qualifying match, the journey value being a numeral value related to times of participating in qualifying matches in the current season by the user account, wherein the displaying the journey value obtained in the current season during participating in the qualifying match comprises displaying a sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in at least one qualifying match; in response to successfully participating in the qualifying match by the user account in a first duration of the current season, displaying an addition journey value obtained in the first duration during participating in the qualifying match; the addition journey value being greater than a single journey value obtained by the user account in a second duration, and the second duration being a duration in the current season except the first duration,

wherein the displaying the sum of journey values obtained in the current season during participating in the at least one qualifying match comprises at least one of: displaying the journey value sum at a settlement interface; or, displaying the journey value sum at a season activity page entrance of the current season; and

in response to that the journey value reaches a level threshold, displaying an obtained journey reward corresponding to the level threshold.

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