# US 10,771,612 B2 · Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium and method for processing information

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- Number: US 10,771,612 B2
- Document ID: US10771612B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/671,156
- Filed: 2019-10-31
- Published: 2020-02-27
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-14
- Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Kengo Tokuchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10771612B2

## CPC

- H04M 1/72436: for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
- G06F 3/04886: by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
- H04L 51/04: Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
- H04L 51/216: Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
- H04L 51/226: Delivery according to priorities
- G06F 2203/04803: Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
- H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

An information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium and method for processing information are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a display device; and one or more processors configured to form a display area to be displayed on a screen of the display device; set a first display area and a second display area next to each other in the display area; assign a first and a second conversation screens to the first and second display areas respectively, each of the first and second conversation screens comprising a plurality of conversation messages; and move the display area along the screen in response to an operation on the screen, such that the screen sequentially displays all of the first display area, a portion of the first display area and a portion of the second display area, and then all of the second display area and none of the first display area.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing apparatus comprising:
a display device; and
one or more processors configured to:
form a display area to be displayed on a screen of the display device;
set, in the display area, a first display area and a second display area next to each other;
assign a first conversation screen to the first display area and a second conversation screen to the second display area, the first conversation screen comprising a plurality of conversation messages of a first conversation group, the second conversation screen comprising a plurality of conversation messages of a second conversation group, wherein the first conversation group is different from the second conversation group; and
move the display area along the screen in response to an operation on the screen, such that the screen sequentially displays (1) all of the first display area, (2) a portion of the first display area and a portion of the second display area, and then (3) all of the second display area and none of the first display area.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the operation is a slide operation or a flick operation.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the operation is performed in a lateral direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein sizes of the first display area and the second display area are changeable.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the one or more processors are further configured:
resize one of the first display area or the second display area in response to resizing of the other one of the first display area or the second display area.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein sizes of the first display area and the second display area are set based on the number of remarks on each of the first and second conversation screens.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein sizes of the first display area and the second display area are set based on the length of remarks on each of the first and second conversation screens.

### Claim 8

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute information processing, the information processing comprising:
forming a display area to be displayed on a screen of the display device;
setting, in the display area, a first display area and a second display area next to each other;
assigning a first conversation screen to the first display area and a second conversation screen to the second display area, the first conversation screen comprising a plurality of conversation messages of a first conversation group, the second conversation screen comprising a plurality of conversation messages of a second conversation group, wherein the first conversation group is different from the second conversation group; and
moving the display area along the screen in response to an operation on the screen, such that the screen sequentially displays (1) all of the first display area, (2) a portion of the first display area and a portion of the second display area, and then (3) all of the second display area and none of the first display area.

### Claim 9

A method for processing information comprising:
forming a display area to be displayed on a screen of the display device;
setting, in the display area, a first display area and a second display area next to each other;
assigning a first conversation screen to the first display area and a second conversation screen to the second display area, the first conversation screen comprising a plurality of conversation messages of a first conversation group, the second conversation screen comprising a plurality of conversation messages of a second conversation group, wherein the first conversation group is different from the second conversation group; and
moving the display area along the screen in response to an operation on the screen, such that the screen sequentially displays (1) all of the first display area, (2) a portion of the first display area and a portion of the second display area, and then (3) all of the second display area and none of the first display area.