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Method and apparatus for using virtual item, device, and storage medium

US12377348B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 2022
Grant dateAug 5, 2025
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/807
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

This application provides a method and apparatus for using a virtual item, a device, and a storage medium, and belongs to the field of application programs that support a virtual chessboard. The method includes displaying a virtual chessboard and a virtual item bar in a user interface, a virtual chess piece located on the virtual chessboard and being a virtual character having permission to use a first virtual item, and the first virtual item being displayed in the virtual item bar; moving the first virtual item on the user interface following a drag operation, the drag operation being on the first virtual item; and assembling the first virtual item to the virtual chess piece and performing a first vibration reminder in response to the drag operation being stopped in a display range corresponding to the virtual chess piece.

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