Automatic list scrolling apparatus, method and program based on a selected item

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store program code; and

at least one processor coupled to said memory, wherein execution of the program code by the at least one processor causes the information processing apparatus to:

list a plurality of items arranged in a predetermined order in a display area on a display;

receive an operation from a user to select a first item of the plurality of items, wherein the operation corresponds to an add-to-favorites operation;

identify a second item, wherein the second item is related to the first item, the second item being among items arranged before a first item among the plurality of items and the second item being positioned outside the display area,

when the first item and the second item have a positional relationship that enables the first item and the second item to be displayed together in the display area:

perform, automatically by the at least one processor, scrolling of the list in a manner to: i) keep a distance between the first item and items originally arranged after the first item among the plurality of items unchanged, and ii) arrange the second item to be the item arranged foremost, and

when the first item and the second items do not have a positional relationship that enables the first item and the second item to be displayed together in the display area:

arrange the first item foremost in the display area while not displaying the second item in the display area.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein execution of the program code by the at least one processor causes the information processing apparatus to:

store, in a storage, logs of scrolling performed according to operations to cause at least one of items not being displayed in the display area, among the plurality of items, to be displayed in the display area;

retrieve, from the storage, logs of first scrolling and second scrolling, the first scrolling being performed over more than a predetermined amount, the second scrolling being performed following the first scrolling in a direction opposite to a direction of the first scrolling at a speed less than a speed of the first scrolling; and

perform at a scrolling speed of any of the first scrolling and the second scrolling identified from the logs retrieved.

3. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the operation to select the first item corresponds to the user flicking the first item to a right direction in the display area.

4. The information processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first item is a commercial item.

5. An information processing method performed by a computer, the method comprising:

listing a plurality of items arranged in a predetermined order in a display area on a display;

receiving an operation from a user to select a first item of the plurality of items, wherein the operation corresponds to an add-to-favorites operation;

identifying a second item, wherein the second item is related to the first item, the second item being among items arranged before a first item among the plurality of items and the second item being positioned outside the display area;

when the first item and the second items have a positional relationship that enables the first item and the second item to be displayed together in the display area:

performing scrolling of the list automatically by the computer in a manner to: i) keep a distance between the first item and items originally arranged after the first item among the plurality of items unchanged, and ii) arrange the second item to be the item arranged foremost; and

when the first item and the second item do not have a positional relationship that enables the first item and the second item to be displayed together in the display area:

arranging the first item foremost in the display area while not displaying the second item in the display area.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the operation to select the first item corresponds to the user flicking the first item to a right direction in the display area.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

receiving a tap from the user on the first item; and

displaying, in the display area, details of the first item.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first item is a commercial item.

9. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

after the receiving the operation, requesting an online marketplace server to add the first item to a favorites list.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon an information processing program, the information processing program causing a computer to:

list a plurality of items arranged in a predetermined order in a display area on a display;

receive an operation from a user to select a first item of the plurality of items, wherein the operation corresponds to an add-to-favorites operation;

identify a second item, wherein the second item is related to the first item, the second item being among items arranged before a first item among the plurality of items and the second item being positioned outside the display area;

when the first item and the second item have a positional relationship that enables the first item and the second item to be displayed together in the display area:

perform, automatically by the information processing program, scrolling of the list in a manner to: i) keep a distance between the first item and items originally arranged after the first item among the plurality of items unchanged, and ii) arrange the second item to be the item arranged foremost; and

when the first item and the second items do not have a positional relationship that enables the first item and the second item to be displayed together in the display area:

arrange the first item foremost in the display area while not displaying the second item in the display area.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the operation to select the first item corresponds to the user flicking the first item to a right direction in the display area.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first item is a commercial item.