IP Library Patent Application 13937950
Patent Application
App. No. 13/937,950

DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

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App. No.
13/937,950
Abstract

Provided is a data processing device including: a selection unit which selects a server from among a plurality of servers; an acquisition unit which acquires messages from the plurality of servers; and a display unit which display a message acquired by the acquisition unit from the server selected by the selection unit, wherein the acquisition unit acquires, before acquiring a remaining message from the server, a message from a server which is next likely to be selected by the selection unit after the server.

Claims (33)

1 . A data processing device comprising:

a selection unit configured to select a server from among plural servers;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire messages from the plural servers; and

a display unit configured to display one or more messages acquired by the acquisition unit from the server selected by the selection unit,

wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire a message from the server and, before acquiring a remaining message from the server, acquire a message from a server which is next likely to be selected by the selection unit after the server.

2 . The data processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display unit is configured to display pieces of information indicating the plural servers which have included the messages acquired by the acquisition unit, the pieces of information being arranged, and

the acquisition unit is configured to acquire, before acquiring the remaining message from the server, a message from a server, among the plural servers, that is subsequent to the server in arrangement order on the display unit.

3 . The data processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the selection unit is configured to select a first server, which is the server selected by the selection unit, according an instruction from a user,

the acquisition unit is configured to acquire at least one first message which is the one or more messages from the first server, and

the acquisition unit is further configured to acquire a second message which is a message from a second server which is one of the plural servers and subsequent to the first server in the arrangement order on the display unit, and acquire, as a remaining message, at least one third message different from the at least one first message from the first server, in a period in which the display unit displays the at least one first message.

4 . The data processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire, as the at least one first message, a new message which has not been acquired by the acquisition unit among messages included in the first server.

5 . The data processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire, as the at least one third message, a remaining message included in the first server except for the at least one first message.

6 . The data processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein after acquiring the at least one third message, the acquisition unit is configured to acquire a fourth message from a third server which is one of the plural servers and subsequent to the second server in the arrangement order on the display unit, and acquire at least one message different from the second message from the second server.

7 . The data processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein after acquiring the at least one third message, the acquisition unit is configured to acquire a message from a fourth server which is one of the plural servers and preceding the first server in the arrangement order on the display unit.

8 . The data processing device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a holding unit including a memory and configured to hold the messages acquired by the acquisition unit,

wherein when the acquisition unit acquires a new message, the holding unit is configured to

store the new message in the memory, and

preferentially delete, from the memory, a message, among the messages displayed on the display unit, that is displayed at a position most distant from a position at which information, among the pieces of information, which indicates the server selected by the selection unit is displayed.

9 . The data processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the display unit is further configured to display a cursor at a position where information, among the pieces of information, is displayed which indicates the server selected by the selection unit.

10 . A data processing method comprising:

(a) selecting a server from among plural servers;

(b) acquiring messages from the plural servers; and

(c) displaying one or more messages acquired in step (b) from the server selected in step (a),

wherein in step (b), a message is acquired from the server and, before acquiring a remaining message from the server, a message is acquired from a server which is next likely to be selected in step (a) after the server.

11 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a computer program for causing a computer to execute the data processing method according to claim 10 .

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2014
From: YAMAGUCHI, KOICHIRO; SHINOHARA, HIROKI; SHIBATA, KEN-ICHI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032085/0351 →