IP Library Granted Patent US 12,328,349
Granted Patent B2
US 12,328,349 · App. 17/939,798 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Method for displaying object in timeline area, object display device, and information recording medium having recorded thereon program for implementing said method

Inventors: Takashi Ohida (Minato-ku, JP); Taro Yoshioka (Minato-ku, JP); Masaya Higashino (Minato-ku, JP); Kenji Sugimoto (Minato-ku, JP); Maya Sawamura (Minato-ku, JP)
Assignee: GREE, INC.
H04L65/403G06F3/0482G06F3/04842H04L51/52G06Q50/01
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Patent No.
US 12,328,349
App. No.
17/939,798
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for displaying objects on a timeline area does not lower user retention and can increase the CVR. The present disclosure provides a method for displaying objects on a timeline area, including the steps of an object display device that manages a timeline of communication messages for a user of a Web service determining whether the user has taken an action within a predetermined time period on the timeline area of the Web service, displaying a first object on the timeline area when determining that the user has not taken the action, and displaying a second object that differs from the first object on the timeline area when determining that the user has taken the action.

Claims (50)

1. A method for displaying an object, comprising:

managing actions of a user in a web service;

determining whether the user has taken a subsequent action in a display area of the web service within a predetermined time period; and

in response to determining that the user has not taken the subsequent action within the predetermined time period, displaying a first object in the display area, wherein

the predetermined time period is measured as an amount of time that has elapsed since a particular event occurred,

the particular event is a previous action taken by the user in the display area of the web service,

the subsequent action includes writing a comment on the display area or posting a remark on the display area,

the display area of the web service is a chronological display area in which objects and comments and remarks are displayed in order chronologically, and

in response to the user not writing the comment or posting the remark on the chronological display area within the predetermined time period since the previous action taken by the user in the chronological display area, the first object is displayed in the chronological display area.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first object is a recommended application frame.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first object is an advertisement.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising

in response to determining that the user has taken the subsequent action within the predetermined time period, displaying a second object in the display area that is different from the first object.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein

the first object includes a first recommendation, and

the second object includes a second recommendation.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein

the first object is a recommended application frame having the first recommendation, and

the second object is friend recommendation frame having the second recommendation.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing thereon a program which, when executed by circuitry, causes the circuitry to:

manage actions of a user in a web service;

determine whether the user has taken a subsequent action in a display area of the web service within a predetermined time period; and

in response to determining that the user has not taken the subsequent action within the predetermined time period, display a first object in the display area, wherein

the predetermined time period is measured as an amount of time that has elapsed since a particular event occurred,

the particular event is a previous action taken by the user in the display area of the web service,

the subsequent action includes writing a comment on the display area or posting a remark on the display area,

the display area of the web service is a chronological display area in which objects and comments and remarks are displayed in order chronologically, and

in response to the user not writing the comment or posting the remark on the chronological display area within the predetermined time period since the previous action taken by the user in the chronological display area, the first object is displayed in the chronological display area.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein

the first object is a recommended application frame.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein

the first object is an advertisement.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 7 , wherein the program further causes the circuitry to:

in response to determining that the user has taken the subsequent action within the predetermined time period, display a second object in the display area that is different from the first object.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 10 , wherein

the first object includes a first recommendation, and

the second object includes a second recommendation.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 11 , wherein

the first object is a recommended application frame having the first recommendation, and

the second object is friend recommendation frame having the second recommendation.

13. A device comprising:

circuitry configured to:

manage actions of a user in a web service;

determine whether the user has taken a subsequent action in a display area of the web service within a predetermined time period; and

in response to determining that the user has not taken the subsequent action within the predetermined time period, display a first object in the display area, wherein

the predetermined time period is measured as an amount of time that has elapsed since a particular event occurred,

the particular event is a previous action taken by the user in the display area of the web service,

the subsequent action includes writing a comment on the display area or posting a remark on the display area,

the display area of the web service is a chronological display area in which objects and comments and remarks are displayed in order chronologically, and

in response to the user not writing the comment or posting the remark on the chronological display area within the predetermined time period since the previous action taken by the user in the chronological display area, the first object is displayed in the chronological display area.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY STREET ADDRESS AND ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 71308 FRAME: 765. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jun 10, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071611/0252 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2025
From: GREE, INC.
To: GREE HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071308/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-208758 · Sep 21, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17352060 · Jun 18, 2021
Continuation 14429677
Related Publication 20230007061A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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