Method of controlling terminal device, terminal device, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program for executing the method

1. A method of controlling a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving a first message transmitted from a first terminal device;

storing the first message received in association with first identification information and first state information of the first message in a storage;

displaying messages from a plurality of terminal devices and stored in the storage together with respective state information of the messages from various ones of the plurality of terminal devices on a display, the messages including the first message, the respective state information including the first state information, the respective state information each including information indicating at least one of a read state or an unread state of a respective one of the messages;

transitioning the display from one state to another state in accordance with a scrolling operation for the display from a user;

determining whether or not an entirety of the first message is displayed on the display as a result of the transitioning on the display according to the scrolling operation;

updating the first state information of the first message as the read state indicating a state in which the first message has been read in response to a result of the determining indicating that the entirety of the first message is displayed on the display; and

transmitting the first message, the first identification information of the first message of which the first state information has been updated, and the first state information associated with the first message to the first terminal device,

wherein the displaying displays the messages on the display in chronological order,

the determining determines that the entirety of the first message has been displayed on the display as an N-th message in response to at least a part of an (N+1)-th message, from among the messages, displayed on the display as the result of the transitioning on the display according to the scrolling operation, and

the updating updates the first state information of the first message as the N-th message to the read state in response to the result of the determining indicating that at least a part of the (N+1)-th message displayed on the display.

2. The method of controlling a terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting is performed at a timing at which the transitioning of the display according to the scrolling operation from the user is stopped.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting is performed at a timing at which the first state information of the first message is updated to the read state in the updating.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting is performed in response to the scrolling operation for the display being stopped.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the determining determines that the entirety of the first message has been displayed on the display as the N-th message in response to a text end of the N-th message displayed on the display as the result of the transitioning on the display according to the scrolling operation, and

the updating updates the first state information of the first message as the N-th message to the read state in response to the result of the determining indicating that the text end of the N-th message is displayed on the display.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the updating updates the first state information of the first message as the N-th message to the read state in response to at least a part of the (N+1)-th message being displayed after at least a part of the N-th message is displayed for a time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the updating updates the state information of the N-th message to the read state in response to a text end of the N-th message is displayed after at least a part of the N-th message is displayed for a time.

8. A terminal device comprising:

a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions; and

one or more processors configured to execute the computer-readable instructions such that the one or more processors are configured to,

receive a first message transmitted from a first terminal device,

store the received first message in association with first identification information and first state information of the first message in a storage,

display messages from a plurality of terminal devices and stored in the storage together with respective state information of the messages on a display, the messages including the first message, the respective state information including the first state information, the respective state information each including information indicating at least one of a read state or an unread state of a respective one of the messages,

transition the display from one state to another state in accordance with a scrolling operation for the display from a user,

determine whether or not an entirety of the first message is displayed on the display as a result of the transitioning on the display according to the scrolling operation,

update the first state information of the first message as the read state indicating a state in which the first message has been read in response to a result of the determination indicating that the entirety of the first message is displayed on the display, and

transmit the first identification information of the first message of which the first state information has been updated, the first state information associated with the first message, and the first message to the first terminal device,

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to,

display the messages on the display in chronological order,

determine whether or not the entirety of the first message is displayed on the display as an N-th message in response to at least a part of an (N+1)-th message, from among the messages, displayed on the display as the result of the transitioning on the display according to the scrolling operation, and

update the first state information of the first message as the N-th message to the read state in response to the result of the determining indicating that at least a part of the (N+1)-th message displayed on the display.

9. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving a first message transmitted from a first terminal device;

storing the received first message in association with first identification information and first state information of the first message in a storage;

displaying messages from a plurality of terminal devices and stored in the storage together with respective state information of the messages on a display, the messages including the first message, the respective state information including the first state information, the respective state information each including information indicating at least one of a read state or an unread state of a respective one of the messages;

transitioning the display from one state to another state in accordance with a scrolling operation for the display from a user;

determining whether or not an entirety of the first message is displayed on the display as a result of the transitioning on the display according to the scrolling operation;

updating the first state information of the first message as the read state indicating a state in which the first message has been read in response to a result of the determining indicating that the entirety of the first message is displayed on the display; and

transmitting the first identification information of the first message of which the first state information has been updated, the first state information associated with the first message, and the first message to the first terminal device,

wherein the displaying displays the messages on the display in chronological order,

the determining determines that the entirety of the first message has been displayed on the display as an N-th message in response to at least a part of an (N+1)-th message, from among the messages, displayed on the display as the result of the transitioning on the display according to the scrolling operation, and

the updating updates the first state information of the first message as the N-th message to the read state in response to the result of the determining indicating that at least a part of the (N+1)-th message displayed on the display.

10. The method of controlling a terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the storing comprises:

assigning, by a server, the first identification information to the first message, and

storing in the storage associated with the server the first message in association with the first identification information and the first state information of the first message.

11. The method of controlling a terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein the determining determines that the entirety of the first message is displayed on the display

in response to a part of the (N+1)-th message being displayed on the display after an elapse of a threshold time after at least a part of the first message as the N-th message having been displayed on the display, or

in response to an elapse of the threshold time after displaying at least a part of the first message.

12. The method of controlling a terminal device according to claim 11 , further comprising:

determining the threshold time based on a number of characters in the first message or an amount of contents in the first message.