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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 04, 2019
Kakao Corp., Jeju-si, Jeju-do, KR;
Hwa Young Lee, Seoul, KR;
Ki Yong Shim, Seoul, KR;
Sun Ho Choi, Seongnam-si, KR;
Doo Won Lee, Gwangju-si, KR;
Eun Jung Ko, Seoul, KR;
Cho Eun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Pyung Hwa Choi, Yongin-si, KR;
Ji Sun Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung Yeon Jung, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae Gil Lee, Incheon, KR;
KAKAO CORP., Jeju-si, Jeju-Do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of operating a terminal on which an application for an instant messaging service is installed, the method that displays a first user interface (UI) for switching an input mode in a chatting interface of a chatroom in which a user of the application is participating, based on whether the user is assigned an authority to emphasize a message in the chatroom, switches the input mode from a first mode which is a normal mode to a second mode for emphasizing a message, in response to a user input with respect to the first UI, emphasizes a message input in the second mode for a predetermined period in a predetermined manner, and cancels the emphasizing of the message input in the second mode, when the predetermined time elapses.