IP Library Granted Patent US 11,010,012
Granted Patent B2
US 11,010,012 · App. 16/401,275 · Granted May 18, 2021

Display control method, first terminal, and storage medium

Inventors: Hiroaki Arisada (Tokyo, JP); Tasuku Okuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
G06F3/0481G06F3/0486G06F3/04883G06F3/04886H04L51/16H04L51/32
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Patent No.
US 11,010,012
App. No.
16/401,275
Granted
May 18, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control method performed by a first terminal of a first user is disclosed. The display control method includes receiving an instruction to display first talk information and second talk information on a screen of the first terminal; displaying, in a first display area of the screen, transmission data of a second user included in the first talk information; displaying, in a second display area of the screen, transmission data of a third user included in the second talk information; and displaying, in a third display area of the screen, transmission data of the first user included in the first talk information and in the second talk information. Pieces of the transmission data of the first to third users included in the first talk information and the second talk information are displayed and spatially arranged in the first to third display areas in a single time sequence.

Claims (49)

1. A method of displaying of a terminal that displays information based on data transmitted from a first terminal in a first talk room and that displays information based on data transmitted from a second terminal in a second talk room, the first talk room being different from the second talk room, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors of the terminal, first information transmitted from the first terminal to the terminal and second information transmitted from the second terminal to the terminal, the first information being different from the second information, the first information being displayed in the first talk room, the second information being displayed in the second talk room; and

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, an integrated talk display area which displays the first information displayed in the first talk room and the second information displayed in the second talk room in an integrated manner, based on a first input to the terminal by a user of the terminal,

wherein the displaying the integrated talk display area includes a graphical representation of users from the first talk room and the second talk room and the first information from the first talk room and the second information from the second talk room displayed in chronological order.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information is displayed in a first display area in the integrated talk display area, and

the second information is displayed in a second display area in the integrated talk display area.

3. The method according to claim 2 further comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, third information based on third data transmitted to either the first terminal or the second terminal from the terminal based on a second input to the terminal by the user of the terminal, the second input including an input selecting either a first user of the first terminal or a second user of the second terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second input includes the input selecting either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal by selecting either the first display area or the second display area by the user of the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein

the integrated talk display area displays a first display to input data for the first user of the first terminal and a second display to input data for the second user of the second terminal, and

the second input includes the input selecting either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal by inputting either the first display or the second display by the user of the terminal.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein

the integrated talk display area displays first user information to select the first user of the first terminal and second user information to select the second user of the second terminal, and

the second input includes the input selecting either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal by inputting either the first user information or the second user information by the user of the terminal.

7. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, the first display area and the second display area which is different from the first display area in a display mode, in response to either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal being selected based on the second input.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information and the second information are displayed in the integrated talk display area in a single time sequence.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, fourth information based on fourth data transmitted from the terminal to the first terminal in a first display area; and

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, the fourth information, which is changed from the first display area to a second display area, based on an input to the fourth information displayed in the first display area in the integrated talk display area by the user of the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, either the first talk room or the second talk room, which is changed from the integrated talk display area displayed in a display area, in the display area of the terminal based on a third input to the terminal by the user of the terminal.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the integrated talk display area such that the integrated talk display area displays both the first information displayed in the first talk room and the second information displayed in the second talk room in chronological order.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-readable program that, when executed by a terminal that displays information based on data transmitted from a first terminal in a first talk room and that displays information based on data transmitted from a second terminal in a second talk room, the first talk room being different from the second talk room, the terminal performs a process, the process comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors of the terminal, first information transmitted from the first terminal to the terminal and second information transmitted from the second terminal to the terminal, the first information being different from the second information, the first information being displayed in the first talk room, the second information being displayed in the second talk room; and

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, an integrated talk display area which displays the first information displayed in the first talk room and the second information displayed in the second talk room in an integrated manner, based on a first input to the terminal by a user of the terminal,

wherein the displaying the integrated talk display area includes a graphical representation of users from the first talk room and the second talk room and the first information from the first talk room and the second information from the second talk room displayed in chronological order.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein

the first information is displayed a first display area in the integrated talk display area, and

the second information is displayed a second display area in the integrated talk display area.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the process further comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, third information based on third data transmitted to either the first terminal or the second terminal from the terminal based on a second input to the terminal by the user of the terminal, the second input including an input selecting either a first user of the first terminal or a second user of the second terminal.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the second input includes the input selecting either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal by selecting either the first display area or the second display area by the user of the terminal.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein

the integrated talk display area displays a first display to input data for the first user of the first terminal and a second display to input data for the second user of the second terminal, and

the second input includes the input selecting either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal by inputting either the first display or the second display by the user of the terminal.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein

the integrated talk display area displays a first user information to select the first user of the first terminal and second user information to select the second user of the second terminal, and

the second input includes the input selecting either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal by inputting either the first user information or the second user information by the user of the terminal.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the process further comprising: displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, the first display area and the second display area which is different from the first display area in a display mode, in response to either the first user of the first terminal or the second user of the second terminal being selected based on the second input.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first information and the second information are displayed in the integrated talk display area in a single time sequence.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , the process further comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, fourth information based on fourth data transmitted from the terminal to the first terminal in a first display area; and

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, the fourth information, which is changed from the first display area to a second display area, based on an input to the fourth information displayed the first display area in the integrated talk display area by the user of the terminal.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , the process further comprising:

displaying, by the one or more processors of the terminal, either the first talk room or the second talk room, which is changed from the integrated talk display area displayed in a display area, in the display area of the terminal based on a third input to the terminal by the user of the terminal.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the displaying includes displaying the integrated talk display area such that the integrated talk display area displays both the first information displayed in the first talk room and the second information displayed in the second talk room in chronological order.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2024
From: Z INTERMEDIATE GLOBAL CORPORATION
To: LY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067096/0431 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: LINE CORPORATION
To: Z INTERMEDIATE GLOBAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067069/0467 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE CITY SHOULD BE SPELLED AS TOKYO PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058597 FRAME: 0141. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: LINE CORPORATION
To: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062401/0328 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE ASSIGNEES CITY IN THE ADDRESS SHOULD BE TOKYO, JAPAN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058597 FRAME: 0303. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: LINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062401/0490 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: LINE CORPORATION
To: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058597/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: LINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058597/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2015-246590 · Dec 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15084923 · Mar 30, 2016
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