Display control method, information processing apparatus, and terminal

• US 10,530,717 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2016
• Issued: 01/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LY Corp. (A Holdings Corp.), Z Intermediate Global Corporation
• Original Assignee: LINE Corporation (A Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Arisada, Hiroaki, Okuda, Tasuku
• Primary Examiner(s): Dragoescu, Claudia
• Application Number:
  US15/083,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20170111299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,379 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A display control method is for performing a process executed by a computer including a processor. The process includes reporting a theme to two or more user terminals; receiving options selected at the two or more user terminals with respect to the theme, from the two or more user terminals; and displaying, on a display device, the options and user information items regarding users who selected the options, in display areas provided for the respective options.

Claims

1. A display controlling method for performing a process executed by one or more processors included in a first terminal, the method comprising:

sending, by using the one or more processors, to two or more second user terminals, (i) a theme for a group, (ii) a first selection option based on the theme, and (iii) a second selection option based on the theme, members of the group including users of the two or more second user terminals and a user of the first user terminal;

displaying (i) the first selection option in a first display area and (ii) the second selection option in a second display area, which is different from the first display area, the first display area and the second display area being on a display of the first terminal;

receiving, by using the one or more processors, (i) a first message from a first-second user terminal selecting the first selection option and (ii) a second message from a second-second user terminal selecting the second selection option, the first-second user terminal and the second-second user terminal being among the two or more second user terminals;

displaying (i) the first message in a third display area and (ii) the second message in a fourth display area of the first terminal;

sending, by using the one or more processors, to the two or more second user terminals, information related to a determined selection option among a plurality of selection options including at least the first selection option and the second selection option determined based on the first message from the first-second user terminal selecting the first selection option and the second message from the second-second user terminal selecting the second selection option; and

displaying the information related to the determined selection option on a fifth display area of the display of the first terminal.

2. The display controlling method according to claim 1, wherein

the displaying includes displaying an information item indicating a corresponding user in the display.

3. The display controlling method according to claim 1, wherein

the first and second messages are displayed in chronological order in the display.

4. The display controlling method according to claim 3, further comprising:

setting a tag indicating that the first message or the second message is related to the theme.

5. The display controlling method according to claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a change request from the first terminal for selecting the second selection option; and

changing the display such that the first message is displayed in the second display area.

6. The display controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

before the second message and the second selection option are received, displaying an information item indicating a user of a third-second user terminal from among the two or more second user terminals in a selection awaiting area, the information item indicating that a-any selection option has not yet been received.

7. The display controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying, on the display, a report prompting to set the theme and either one of the first selection option or the second selection option with respect to the theme at the two or more second user terminals, based on messages being sent and received among the two or more second user terminals at a frequency exceeding a threshold.

8. The display controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

reporting a content of one of the first and second selection options as a conclusion with respect to the theme to two or more selected second user terminals including the first-second user terminal and the second-second user terminal,

wherein based on selections of the same one of the first and second selection options being received from greater than or equal to a ratio of the two or more selected second user terminals among the two or more second user terminals from which the selections of the first and second selection options are received, the same one of the first and second selection options is reported as the conclusion.

11. The display controlling method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third message from a third-second user terminal selecting the first selection option, the third-second user terminal being among the two or more second user terminals; and

displaying the third message in the third display area.

12. The display controlling method according to claim 11, wherein

the first message and the third message are displayed in the third display area in an order of receipt.

13. The display controlling method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying includes

displaying the first selection option in the first display area and the first message in the third display area of each of the two or more second user terminals simultaneously;

and

displaying the second selection option in the second display area and the second message in the fourth display area of each of the two or more user terminals simultaneously.

14. The display controlling method according to claim 1, wherein

the displaying includes displaying first information indicating a user of the first-second user terminal in the first display area and second information indicating a user of the second-second user terminal in the second display area.

15. The display controlling method according to claim 1, wherein

(i) the theme, (ii) the first selection option and (iii) the second selection option are sent to the two or more second user terminals through a server.

16. The display controlling method according to claim 1, wherein the first message in the third display area and the second message in the fourth display area are displayed simultaneously.

17. The display controlling method according to claim 14, wherein

the displaying includes displaying a third selection option which indicates a holding state, the holding state indicating that neither the first selection option nor the second selection option is selected, the third selection option being in another display area which is different from the first display area and the second display area;

and

the displaying includes displaying third information indicating a user of a third-second terminal in the another display area, the third-second terminal being among the two or more second user terminals.

9. A first user terminal comprising:

a processor configured to execute a process including,

sending, to two or more second user terminals, (i) a theme for a group, (ii) a first selection option based on the theme, and (iii) a second selection option based on the theme, members of the group including users of the two or more second user terminals and a user of the first user terminal,

displaying (i) the first selection option in a first display area and (ii) the second selection option in a second display area, which is different from the first display area, the first display area and the second display area being on a display of the first user terminal,

receiving (i) a first message from a first-second user terminal selecting the first selection option and (ii) a second message from a second-second user terminal selecting the second selection option, the first-second user terminal and the second-second user terminal being among the two or more second user terminals,

displaying (i) the first message in the first a third display area and (ii) the second message in a fourth display area of the first terminal,

sending to the two or more second user terminals, information related to a determined selection option among a plurality of selection options including at least the first selection option and the second selection option determined based on the first message from the first-second user terminal selecting the first selection option and the second message from the second-second user terminal selecting the second selection option, and

displaying the information related to the determined selection option on a fifth display area of the display of the first terminal.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer including a processor to execute a method performed in a first user terminal, the method comprising:

sending to two or more second user terminals, (i) a theme for a group, (ii) a first selection option based on the theme, and (iii) a second selection option based on the theme, members of the group including users of the two or more second user terminals and a user of the first user terminal;

displaying (i) the first selection option in a first display area and (ii) the second selection option in a second display area, which is different from the first display area, the first display area and the second display area being on a display of the first terminal;

receiving (i) a first message from a first-second user terminal selecting the first selection option and (ii) a second message from a second-second user terminal selecting the second selection option, the first-second user terminal and the second-second user terminal being among the two or more second user terminals;

displaying (i) the first message in a third display area and (ii) the second message in a fourth display area of the first terminal;

sending to the two or more second user terminals, information related to a determined selection option among a plurality of selection options including at least the first selection option and the second selection option determined based on the first message from the first-second user terminal selecting the first selection option and the second message from the second-second user terminal selecting the second selection option; and

displaying the information related to the determined selection option on a fifth display area of the display of the first terminal.