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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2006
Hiroaki Arai, Minato-ku, JP;
Hiroaki Arai, Minato-ku, JP;
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a message image display device enabling a user to grasp a content of each message image when a plurality of message images are displayed. A display control unit () causes a display unit () to display a screen including a plurality of message images. A remaining-time-information storage unit () stores remaining time information corresponding to each of the message images. A judging unit () judges whether display of at least a part of the message image is limited by one or more other message images. A remaining-time-information updating unit () updates the remaining time information according to the judgment result made by the judging unit (). The display control unit () limits display of each of the plurality of message images according to the remaining time information stored corresponding to the message image.