Storage medium, communication terminal, and display method for enabling users to exchange messages
US10097492B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/306
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An exemplary group selection screen shows groups in which users share a message, so that any of the groups is selectable. In an avatar display area (Ar12) for each group, avatars (Av1) of not more than five users belonging to a group, who have recently posted a message, are displayed. An arrangement of the avatars (Av1) is determined based on a posting time and date of a latest message posted by each user represented by an avatar (Av1). In an avatar display area (Ar12), a message included in a balloon is displayed, which message has been posted by a user represented by a displayed avatar (Av1).
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