# US 10,771,411 B2 · Display method, information processing device, information processing terminal, display program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,771,411 B2 - Document ID: US10771411B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/151,954 - Filed: 2016-05-11 - Published: 2017-05-04 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-30 - Assignees: LINE Corporation - Applicants: LINE Corporation - Inventors: Ahi Sercantaha - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771411B2 ## CPC - H04L 51/046: Interoperability with other network applications or services - H04L 51/234: for tracking messages - H04L 67/1097: for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A display method is a display method of displaying a message on a terminal, and includes receiving a message from another terminal different from the terminal, associating the message and a time at which the message is received to store the message and the time in a storage unit, and displaying a first message stored in the storage unit and a second message different from the first message at an interval based on a difference between a first time associated with the first message and a second time associated with the second message. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display method of displaying a message on a terminal, comprising: receiving a first message and a second message, the second message being a message received after the first message from another terminal different from the terminal; associating the first message and a first reception time at which the first message is received and a first storage time at which the first message is received in a storage; associating the second message and a second reception time at which the second message is received and a second storage time at which the second message is received in the storage; and displaying the first message and the second message stored in the storage spaced apart at a spacing interval, the spacing interval being proportional to a difference between a first time associated with the first message and a second time associated with the second message, the first time being one of the first reception time and the first storage time and the second time being one of the second reception time and the second storage time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying includes displaying the spacing interval between the first message and the second message, the spacing interval being proportional to the difference between the first reception time of the first message and the second reception time of the second message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying includes displaying one or more messages transmitted to and received from within a time period in units of a plurality of display periods, which include a first display period and a second display period different from the first display period, such that a first message group corresponding to the first display period and a second message group corresponding to the second display period are displayed at an another spacing interval proportional to a time between the first display period and the second display period. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display method according to claim 3, wherein the displaying includes selecting one of the plurality of display periods and displaying messages transmitted and received during the selected one of the plurality of display periods in response to the selecting. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying includes displaying each of one or more messages at the spacing interval. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying displays the first message and the second message at the spacing interval, and further based on a spacing interval coefficient having a first value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display method according to claim 6, further comprising: changing the spacing interval coefficient from the first value to a second value smaller than the first value in response to the spacing interval being greater than a threshold; and re-calculating the spacing interval based on (1) the difference between the first time associated with the first message and the second time associated with the second message and (2) the second value of the spacing interval coefficient. ### Claim 8 An information processing terminal that is configured to relay communication of a plurality of terminals and transmit display information for displaying a message transmitted from each terminal to the plurality of terminals, the information processing terminal comprising: a communication circuit configured to transmit or receive one or more messages to or from another terminal; a storage configured to store the one or more messages, the one or more messages including a first message and a second message; and a controller configured to, receive the first message and the second message, the second message being a message received after the first message from the another terminal, associate the first message and a first reception time at which the first message is received and a first storage time at which the first message is received in the storage, associate the second message and a second reception time at which the second message is received and a second storage time at which the second message is received in the storage, and display the first message and the second message stored in the storage spaced apart at a spacing interval, the spacing interval being proportional to a difference between a first time associated with the first message and a second time associated with the second message, the first time being one of the first reception time and the first storage time and the second time being one of the second reception time and the second storage time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The information processing terminal according to claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to display the spacing interval between the first message and the second message, the spacing interval being proportional to the difference between the first reception time of the first message and the second reception time of the second message. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The information processing terminal according to claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to display the one or more messages transmitted to and received from within a time period in units of a plurality of display periods, which include a first display period and a second display period different from the first display period, such that a first message group corresponding to the first display period and a second message group corresponding to the second display period are displayed at an another spacing interval proportional to a time between the first display period and the second display period. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing terminal according to claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to select one of the plurality of display periods and display messages transmitted and received during the selected one of the plurality of display periods. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The information processing terminal according to claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to display each of the one or more messages at the spacing interval. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The information processing terminal according to claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to display the first message and the second message at the spacing interval, and further based on a spacing interval coefficient having a first value. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The information processing terminal according to claim 13, wherein the controller is further configured to, change the spacing interval coefficient from the first value to a second value smaller than the first value in response to the spacing interval being greater than a threshold; and re-calculate the spacing interval based on (1) the difference between the first time associated with the first message and the second time associated with the second message and (2) the second value of the spacing interval coefficient. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having a display program stored thereon, when executed the display program causing a computer of a terminal to display messages transmitted to and received from another terminal on a display screen by: receiving a first message and a second message, the second message being a message received after the first message from another terminal different from the terminal; associating the first message and a first reception time at which the first message is received and a first storage time at which the first message is received in a storage; associating the second message and a second reception time at which the second message is received and a second storage time at which the second message is received in the storage; and displaying the first message and the second message stored in the storage spaced apart at a spacing interval, the spacing interval being proportional to a difference between a first time associated with the first message and a second time associated with the second message, the first time being one of the first reception time and the first storage time and the second time being one of the second reception time and the second storage time. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 15, wherein the displaying includes displaying the first message and the second message at the spacing interval, and further based on a spacing interval coefficient having a first value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer readable recording medium according to claim 16, wherein the displaying further includes, changing the spacing interval coefficient from the first value to a second value smaller than the first value in response to the spacing interval being greater than a threshold, and re-calculating the spacing interval based on (1) the difference between the first time associated with the first message and the second time associated with the second message and (2) the second value of the spacing interval coefficient.