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Message display apparatus, a message display method, and a message display program

  • US 10,639,224 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A message display apparatus for displaying messages of a deceased person on a mobile terminal of a user, comprising:

  • a communicator configured to receive image information of a gravestone transmitted from the mobile terminal along with position information of the mobile terminal;

    a processor configured to;

    specify a deceased person'"'"'s identification information if the image information of the gravestone received by the communicator corresponds with pre-stored image information of the gravestone, and the position information of the mobile terminal received by the communicator corresponds with pre-stored position information of the gravestone, wherein the deceased person'"'"'s identification information identifies the deceased and is associated with the pre-stored image information of the gravestone along with the pre-stored position information of the gravestone;

    output and control a display to display a first message on the mobile terminal, wherein the first message is associated with the deceased person'"'"'s identification information specified by the processor, and pre-stored;

    control the first message so as to be unbrowsable in the mobile terminal for a predetermined period after a browsable period has elapsed, based on pre-stored browsable period information showing the browsable period of the first message, and control the first message so as to be browsable if the communicator receives the image information of the gravestone along with the position information of the mobile terminal after the predetermined period has elapsed;

    output and control a display to display a second message on the mobile terminal, wherein the second message is associated with the deceased person'"'"'s identification information specified by the processor, and pre-stored, if the communicator receives the image information of the gravestone along with the position information of the mobile terminal after the predetermined period has elapsed;

    determine that a reception time at which the communicator received the image information of the gravestone along with the position information of the mobile terminal is within a first distribution period based on pre-stored first distribution period information showing the first distribution period in which the first message can be output on the mobile terminal, and determine that the reception time is within a second distribution period based on pre-stored second distribution period information showing the second distribution period in which the second message can be output on the mobile terminal; and

    if the processor determines that the reception time is within the first distribution period, the processor outputs and displays the first message on the mobile terminal,if the processor determines that the reception time is within the second distribution period, the processor outputs and displays the second message on the mobile terminal, andif the processor determines that the reception time is within the second distribution period, the processor controls the first message so as to be browsable in the mobile terminal.

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