US Patent 10367779 Method and client terminal for prompting instant communication message

A method for prompting an instant communication message is disclosed. The method includes receiving an instant communication message; determining a message type according to the instant communication message; and invoking a corresponding way of prompting according to the message type, where at least a first way of prompting and a second way of prompting are set up in advance, and the first way of prompting and the second way of prompting are different from each other. The disclosed method is capable of providing prompts for instant communication messages of different types differently.