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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Munetaka Tsuda, Kyoto, JP;
Yui Iida, Kyoto, JP;
Kouichi Kawamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Taiyo Hara, Kyoto, JP;
Ryoma Aoki, Kyoto, JP;
Naonori Oonishi, Kyoto, JP;
Akihiro Umehara, Kyoto, JP;
Ginga Kamei, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroaki Hiruma, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Okada, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuto Kakimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Arisa Yanagi, Kyoto, JP;
Hayuru Soma, Kyoto, JP;
NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
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 (Ar) for each group, avatars (Av) of not more than five users belonging to a group, who have recently posted a message, are displayed. An arrangement of the avatars (Av) is determined based on a posting time and date of a latest message posted by each user represented by an avatar (Av). In an avatar display area (Ar), a message included in a balloon is displayed, which message has been posted by a user represented by a displayed avatar (Av).