ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,382, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LTD (Shenzhen, China).
"Data processing method and apparatus based on instant messaging, device, and storage medium" was invented by Dan He (Guangdong, China), Fen He (Guangdong, China), Xuejun Sun (Guangdong, China), Liqiang Liu (Guangdong, China) and Zhiheng Mo (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing method and apparatus based on instant messaging, a device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: obtaining a message transmitting request including message data transmitted by a first communication component, ...