# US 8,972,896 B2 · Computer-readable storage medium having activation control program stored therein and activation control apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,972,896 B2 - Document ID: US8972896B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/087,109 - Filed: 2013-11-22 - Published: 2014-03-20 - Granted: 2015-03-03 - Earliest claimed: 2008-09-30 - Assignees: Nintentdo Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Nintendo Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yoshihiro Matsushima; Yuki Onozawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8972896B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - A63F 13/20: Input arrangements for video game devices - A63F 13/2145: the surface being also a display device, e.g. touch screens - A63F 13/26: having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0484: for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range - G06F 3/0485: Scrolling or panning - G06F 3/04855: Interaction with scrollbars - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - 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 - G06F 9/451: Execution arrangements for user interfaces - A63F 2300/206: Game information storage, e.g. cartridges, CD ROM's, DVD's, smart cards - G06F 3/0481: based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A system is disclosed including a first display control section 218 for selectively displaying, in a first display area, a second predetermined number of first objects among first objects, corresponding to a first predetermined number of game programs, for which an order is set, a second display control section for displaying a position designation image at a position corresponding to a position, of subject software, in an order set for the first predetermined number of pieces of software; a display change section for designating a first object to be displayed in the first display area, based on an operation input received by using the position designation image; and an activation execution section for activating software corresponding to one first object which is selected from among the second predetermined number of first objects displayed in the first display area, based on the operation input. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a control program causing a computer to perform: first display control for selectively displaying, in a first display area, a partial subset of a first number of first objects for which an order is set; second display control for displaying, in a second display area that is different from the first display area, a second number of second objects corresponding to first objects; and first scroll control for scrolling the first objects displayed in the first display area in response to a user input on the both edge areas of the second display area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the second display control displays respective second objects corresponding to respective first objects. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2, wherein the second number is the same as the first number. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 3, wherein the control program causing a computer to further perform: second scroll control for scrolling the first objects displayed in the first display area in response to a user input on the first display area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the first display control displays the first objects in the first display area on a touchscreen and the second display control displays the second objects in the second display area on the touchscreen. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the first display control displays the first objects in line and the second display control displays the second objects in line. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6, wherein the direction of the arrangement of the first objects and the direction of the arrangement of the second objects are the same. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the control program causing a computer to further perform: indication control for indicating, in the second display area, the position of the first object currently displayed in the first display area. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the control program causing a computer to further perform: change control for changing, in appearance, a second object corresponding to a first object which satisfies a predetermined condition. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein each second object comprises a smaller image than the image of the first object. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10, wherein each second object comprises a dot-image. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the control program causing a computer to further perform: third display control for displaying, in response to a user input on the second display area, the first objects which corresponds to the input position.