JP2014071615A - Message display device, control method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To specify a message to be displayed on a display part from among a plurality of messages.SOLUTION: A message display device displays some of messages associated with date/time information and arranged in time series on the basis of the date/time information, on a display part, displays a plurality of date operators indicating different dates each other and concatenated in time series on the display part, specifies a message to be displayed on the display part according to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction, and specifies the message to be displayed on the display part according to an operation on the date operator.

Description

  The present invention relates to a message display device, a control method, and a program.

  An application is provided in which a plurality of user terminals transmit and receive messages input in an e-mail, an electronic bulletin board, a chat, and the like via a network such as the Internet (for example, see Patent Document 1). . When a user terminal having such an application receives a message, for example, information such as a user name for identifying the user who has input the message and an input message is arranged in time series based on the transmission date / time or the reception date / time. Is displayed so that can be listed. If multiple messages cannot be displayed on one screen, they can be scrolled.

Japanese Patent No. 4782822

  However, as the amount of stored messages increases, the amount of message scrolling increases. At this time, if the user wants to see one of the accumulated messages again, he / she has to do many scroll operations to move to the place he / she wants to see It may not be possible to operate efficiently due to passing through the location. Therefore, it is desirable to make the operation of moving to the location of the message that the user wants to see among the plurality of messages scroll-displayed in this way more easily and efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and provides a message display device, a control method, and a program for specifying a message to be displayed on a display unit from among a plurality of messages.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a part of a plurality of messages associated with date / time information arranged in chronological order based on the date / time information is displayed on the display unit (110). A message display control unit (152) to be displayed, a scroll instruction unit (156) for specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction, and a plurality of date operators indicating different dates A date operator display control unit (153) that displays (E9) in time series on the display unit, and a date instruction unit (157) that specifies a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to an operation on the date operator And a message display device (100).

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the date operator display control unit displays a plurality of date operators corresponding to date information associated with a plurality of messages in time series on the display unit. And

  Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the date instruction unit causes the display unit to display the first message among a plurality of messages associated with the date and time information corresponding to the date indicated by the date operator on which the operation is performed. It is specified as a message.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the date operator display control unit causes the date operator to display a part of the date information indicating the date, and displays the entire date information (E14) according to a predetermined operation. It is characterized by being displayed.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the date operator display control unit changes the display mode of the date operator indicating the date associated with the message specified by the scroll instruction unit to the date operator indicating another date. It is characterized by being displayed differently from the display mode.

  One embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the date operator display control unit causes a plurality of date operators to be connected and displayed on the display unit in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction.

  Further, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a step of displaying a part of a plurality of messages associated with date and time information arranged in time series based on the date and time information on the display unit and a plurality of dates indicating different dates Chronologically connecting the date operators to a display unit, displaying a message to be displayed on the display unit according to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction, and operating the date operator And a step of specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit, and a method for controlling the message display device.

  Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the computer of the message display device causes the display unit to display a part of a plurality of messages associated with the date and time information arranged in time series based on the date and time information. A step of connecting a plurality of date operators indicating different dates in time series and displaying them on the display unit, and a step of specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction; And a step of specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in accordance with an operation on the date operator.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the message display device causes the display unit to display a part of the plurality of messages associated with the date and time information arranged in time series based on the date and time information, Multiple date controls that indicate the date of each other are connected in time series and displayed on the display unit, and the message to be displayed on the display unit is specified in response to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction, and operations on the date control unit are performed. Accordingly, since the message to be displayed on the display unit is specified, the message to be displayed on the display unit can be specified from among a plurality of messages.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the message display system by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the example of the screen information which the user terminal by the 1st Embodiment of this invention produces | generates. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen which the display part by the 1st Embodiment of this invention displays. It is a figure which shows the example of the user information by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the group information by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the message information by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the user terminal by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the indicator by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of the date information displayed on a display part by the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of the date information displayed on a display part by the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 3rd example of the date information displayed on a display part by the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the 4th example of the date information displayed on a display part by the 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<First Embodiment>
First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a message display system 1 according to the present embodiment. The message display system 1 includes a plurality of user terminals 100-N (N is a positive integer; user terminal 100-1, user terminal 100-2, user terminal 100-3,...) And a server device 200. These computer apparatuses are connected via a network 5. Here, since the plurality of user terminals 100-N have the same configuration, the description of “−1”, “−2”, etc. will be omitted and described as the user terminal 100 unless otherwise distinguished. Here, the three user terminals 100 are explicitly described, but the message display system 1 may include four or more arbitrary number of user terminals 100.

  The message display system 1 supports communication between users by transmitting and receiving messages between a plurality of user terminals 100. As the message display system 1, for example, an application such as e-mail, electronic bulletin board, timeline, miniblog (microblog, tweet blog), chat or the like is used to send and receive messages associated with date and time information among a plurality of user terminals 100. Thus, a computer system that displays the images in chronological order based on the date / time information can be applied. In the present embodiment, an example in which the user terminal 100 displays a plurality of messages transmitted and received by the chat application will be described. Here, the user ID (Identifier) that identifies the user of the user terminal 100-1 is user A, the user ID that identifies the user of the user terminal 100-2 is user B, and the user of the user terminal 100-3 is identified. The user ID will be described as user C.

  First, an outline of the present embodiment will be described. When chatting between a plurality of users, the user terminal 100 sends the message transmitted to the other user terminal 100 in response to an operation from the own user who is the user, and the user terminal of the other user who is the other user. The message transmitted from 100 is stored. The user terminal 100 generates screen information in which a plurality of stored messages are arranged in time series based on the transmission date / time or reception date / time of the message, and displays the screen information so that the user can list it. At this time, if the message cannot be displayed on one screen, the user terminal 100 displays a part of the messages arranged in time series and performs scroll control of the message. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen information generated by the user terminal 100 according to the present embodiment. The code | symbol 144a is an example of the screen information which arranged the message transmitted / received between specific other users in descending order based on the time series. The user terminal 100 generates such screen information 144a and specifies a portion of the screen information 144a to be displayed on the display unit if not all of the screen information 144a can be displayed on one screen. For example, the user terminal 100 specifies the part indicated by reference numeral 144b in the screen information 144a as a part to be displayed on the display unit.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen that displays a part 144b specified as a part to be displayed on the display unit in the screen information 144a generated by the user terminal 100. Reference numeral 110a is an example of a screen that the user terminal 100 displays on the display unit. The user terminal 100 scrolls and displays a message up and down in response to a scroll operation performed at an arbitrary position on a screen that is, for example, a touch panel. However, in this case, when there are a large number of messages, if the user wants to see one of the accumulated messages again, the user wants to see the entire screen information 144a only by the normal scroll operation. It may be difficult to move easily to a location. Therefore, the user terminal 100 displays an indicator E8 in which a plurality of date operators (software buttons) E9 indicating different dates are connected in time series in the area denoted by reference numeral 110d.

  When the date operator E9 is pressed, the user terminal 100 displays a portion of the screen information 144a that includes a message associated with the date indicated by the pressed date operator E9. Thereby, the user can move the display position of the message by selecting the date operator E9 in addition to scrolling and moving the displayed message by the conventional scroll operation. For this reason, for example, if the user remembers vaguely when the message he / she wants to see again is, the user can immediately move to the location of the message around that date. Alternatively, if a message corresponding to the date indicated by the pressed date manipulator E9 is displayed one after another according to the slide operation on the indicator E8, it is possible to efficiently find the part of the message that the user wants to see again. it can. An embodiment in which the display of the message is controlled by the date operator E9 will be described in detail below.

Returning to FIG. 1, the network 5 is an information communication network configured by the Internet, a WAN (Wide Area Network), a LAN (Local Area Network), a dedicated line, or a combination thereof.
The user terminal 100 is a computer device used by a user, and is a message display device that displays messages transmitted to and received from other user terminals 100 via the server device 200. As the user terminal 100, for example, an apparatus that includes a display device and can be connected to an information communication network, such as a PC (Personal Computer), a tablet PC, a smartphone, and a game machine, can be applied. Here, the user terminal 100 will be described as a smartphone. The user terminal 100 includes a display unit 110, an input unit 120, a communication unit 130, a storage unit 140, and a control unit 150. The plurality of user terminals 100-N are assumed to include the same units.

  The display unit 110 is a display device that displays information such as images and characters. An area for displaying information on the display unit 110 is referred to as a screen, and information displayed on the screen of the display unit 110 is referred to as screen information. As described above, of the screen information 144a shown in FIG. 2, the part including the message specified to be displayed on the screen is displayed on the display unit 110 as shown in FIG. The information displayed on the display unit 110 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. Here, the example of the chat screen of the user A and the user B which the user terminal 100-1 displays is shown. The unit of users who chat is called a group. This chat screen is a chat screen of a group to which two people, user A and user B, belong to user A, and the other user is user B. The name of the group is displayed in the area 110b. Here, an example is shown in which the user name of the user B is “Tanaka B child” and the user name of the chat partner is displayed as the group name. When the chat screen of the same group is displayed on the user terminal 100-2 of the user B, the user name of the user A who is the chat partner is displayed as the group name.

  In the area denoted by reference numeral 110c, display components are arranged so that messages transmitted and received in the group are displayed in descending order based on the date and time when the message was transmitted and received. In the date label E1, the date when the message is transmitted and received is displayed. When there are a plurality of messages with the same date, the date label E1 is displayed on the upper part of the message associated with the date and time information indicating the oldest date and time among the plurality of messages. That is, the message is displayed by being separated by the date label E1 for each date. The icon E2 is an icon indicating another user. The icon may be, for example, an image registered in advance by another user or an image prepared in advance by the message display system 1. The user name label E3 displays the user name of the user corresponding to the icon E2.

  In the balloon E4, a message transmitted from another user is displayed. The time label E5 displays the time when the message displayed in the balloon E4 is received. Here, the message of the other user is displayed in a balloon from the left side, and the message of the own user is displayed in a balloon from the right side. In the balloon E6, a message transmitted by the user is displayed. The time label E7 displays the time when the message displayed in the balloon E6 was transmitted.

  Here, the display unit 110 is a touch panel, and a message is scroll-displayed in accordance with a scroll operation (slide operation) at an arbitrary location in the area 110c. For example, when a vertical scroll operation is performed on the touch panel in the area denoted by reference numeral 110f, the message is scroll-displayed. That is, for example, when an upward scroll operation is performed, a scroll is performed so that a balloon (for example, a balloon E6) in which a message with a date and time newer than that of the balloon E4 is displayed is displayed in the area where the balloon E4 is displayed. Is displayed. On the other hand, when the scroll operation in the downward direction is performed, the scroll display is performed so that a balloon in which a message having a date and time older than that of the balloon E4 is displayed is displayed in an area where the balloon E4 is displayed.

  A display component for specifying a message to be displayed in the area 110c is arranged in the area 110d. The indicator E8 is a display component in which a plurality of date operators (software buttons) E9 indicating different dates are connected in time series. Here, the date operation element E9 displays the old date as it goes to the left, and the new date as it goes to the right. Here, only the date operator E9 indicating the date on which the message exists is displayed instead of all dates. The “date on which the message exists” is a message stored in the user terminal 100 and a date on which the message has been transmitted or received even once.

  When any one of the plurality of date operators E9 constituting the indicator E8 is pressed, a message corresponding to the date is displayed in the area 110c. For example, when the date operator E9 indicating the date “3” is pressed, the message for September 3 is displayed in the area 110c. An arrow operator (arrow) E10 is a leftward operator corresponding to the indicator E8. When the arrow operator E10 is pressed, the date operator E9 constituting the indicator E8 is moved left by one unit. The movement amount may be, for example, one day, or all dates displayed on the indicator E8 may be switched. The arrow operator E11 is a rightward operator corresponding to the indicator E8. When the arrow operator E11 is pressed, the date operator E9 constituting the indicator E8 is moved rightward by one unit.

  A display component for transmitting a message to another user terminal 100 is displayed in the area denoted by reference numeral 110e. In the text box E12, a message input from the user is displayed. The send button E13 is an operator for sending the message input in the text box E12 to another user.

Returning to FIG. 1, the input unit 120 is an input device that generates an input signal in response to an operation from a user. For example, a keyboard, a button, a touch panel, or the like can be applied to the input unit 120. In the present embodiment, an example will be described in which a touch panel in which the input unit 120 and the display unit 110 are integrally configured to receive an operation input from a user is applied.
The communication unit 130 communicates with the server device 200 via the network 5.

  The storage unit 140 is configured using a recording medium such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or a combination thereof, and controls each unit included in the user terminal 100. Stores programs and various information. The storage unit 140 may be a memory card that is attached to the user terminal 100. The storage unit 140 includes a user information storage unit 141, a group information storage unit 142, a message information storage unit 143, and a screen information storage unit 144.

  The user information storage unit 141 stores user information related to a user who performs chat. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information stored in the user information storage unit 141. The user information includes information in which the user ID is associated with the user name. The user ID is information for identifying the user. The user name is the name of the user. The user information of the chat partner is registered by each user terminal 100-N by the user himself / herself. The user information of the chat partner may be corrected later by the user terminal 100 of the own user.

  The group information storage unit 142 stores information related to a group of users who perform chat. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of group information stored in the group information storage unit 142. Two or more users belong to one group. For example, when the user A and the user B chat, group information regarding the group to which the user A and the user B belong is stored in the group information storage unit 142. The group information includes information in which a group ID, a group name, and a user ID are associated with each other. The group ID is information that uniquely identifies a group generated by the server device 200. The group name is a name of the group and is automatically given when the group is formed, and can be set by the user afterwards. The user ID is information for identifying users belonging to the group. Here, for example, the name of the group whose group ID is “G1” is not set by the user. In a chat to which two people belong (one-to-one chat) as in the G1 group, the user name of the chat partner is automatically set as the name of the group with reference to the user information storage unit 141. It is indicated that two users, “user A” and “user B”, belong to the G1 group. The name of the group whose group ID is “G2” is set as “tennis circle” by the user. It is shown that the users belonging to this group are four users of “user A”, “user B”, “user C”, and “user D”.

The message information storage unit 143 stores message information regarding messages transmitted and received in the group to which the user belongs. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of message information stored in the message information storage unit 143. The message information includes information in which a group ID, a user ID, date / time information, and a message are associated with each other. The group ID is information for identifying a group in which a message is transmitted / received. The user ID is information for identifying the user who has input the message. The date / time information is information indicating the date / time when the message was transmitted / received. For example, in the case of a message transmitted from another user, the message is stored in association with date and time information indicating the date and time when the user terminal 100 of the own user has received the message. The date and time information indicating the date and time when the user's user terminal 100 transmits the message to the server device 200 is stored in association with each other. The date / time information includes year, month, day, hour, minute, second (YYYY / MM / DD HH: MM: SS) information. The message is a character string indicating a message transmitted / received to / from another user.
Returning to FIG. 1, the screen information storage unit 144 temporarily stores the screen information (screen information 144a) in which a plurality of messages are arranged in time series as described above.

The control unit 150 includes an information processing apparatus such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that functions as a control center of the user terminal 100, and controls each unit included in the user terminal 100. The control unit 150 includes a display control unit 151, an instruction unit 154, and a message transmission / reception unit 158.
The display control unit 151 includes a message display control unit 152 and a date operator display control unit 153, and generates screen information of the chat screen and causes the display unit 110 to display the screen information.

  The message display control unit 152 reads a plurality of message information stored in the message information storage unit 143, and displays screen information in which a plurality of messages associated with date / time information are arranged in time series based on the date / time information. Generated and stored in the screen information storage unit 144. In addition, the message display control unit 152 causes the display unit 110 to display a part of the generated screen information. For example, the message display control unit 152 causes the display unit 110 to display a part including the message specified by the operation from the user in the screen information. A part of the screen information displayed on the display unit 110 in the initial stage can be, for example, a location including a message associated with the latest date and time information among a plurality of read messages.

  The date operator display control unit 153 causes the display unit 110 to display an indicator E8 in which a plurality of date operators E9 indicating different dates are connected in time series. Here, the date operator display control unit 153 causes the display unit 110 to display a plurality of date operators E9 corresponding to the date and time information associated with the plurality of messages in time series. For example, the date operator display control unit 153 reads the date / time information of the message associated with the chat screen group to be displayed on the display unit 110 from the message information storage unit 143, and obtains the date information from the read date / time information. Extracted and arranged in descending order, and an indicator E8 composed of a date operator E9 indicating the date is displayed on the display unit 110. In the example of FIG. 3, the dates of the 12th, 14th, 18th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th The example of the indicator E8 when the message information matched with the date information to show is memorize | stored in the message information storage part 143 is shown.

  The indicator E8 can be displayed in any location and direction on the screen, but in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, it is displayed in a direction (left-right direction) orthogonal to the scroll direction (up-down direction). . Thereby, the user can distinguish and operate scroll operation and operation of the indicator E8. In other words, erroneous operations can be prevented and more intuitive operations can be performed.

The instruction unit 154 generates instruction information based on the input signal generated by the input unit 120 in response to an operation from the user. The instruction unit 154 includes a message transmission instruction unit 155, a scroll instruction unit 156, and a date instruction unit 157.
The message transmission instruction unit 155 generates a message transmission instruction in chat according to an operation from the user. Specifically, when a message is input to text box E12 on the chat screen and transmission button E13 is pressed on the chat screen, message transmission instructing unit 155 chats in which the message is input to the message input to text box E12. A transmission instruction including message information in which a group ID for identifying a group on the screen, a user ID for identifying the user who is the user who has input the message, and the current date and time acquired from the timekeeping function is generated.

  The scroll instruction unit 156 specifies a message to be displayed on the display unit 110 in response to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction. The predetermined scroll direction is, for example, the vertical direction. “Identifying a message” means detecting a message to be displayed on the display unit 110 from screen information including a plurality of messages arranged in time series by the message display control unit 152. Specifically, the scroll instruction unit 156 generates a scroll instruction for moving the screen information upward or downward in accordance with a scroll operation performed at an arbitrary position on the touch panel, and inputs the scroll instruction to the message display control unit 152. To do. In response to the scroll instruction input from the scroll instruction unit 156, the message display control unit 152 moves part of the screen information displayed on the display unit 110 upward or downward. As a result, the scroll instruction unit 156 specifies a message to be displayed on the display unit 110.

  The date instruction unit 157 specifies a message to be displayed on the display unit 110 in response to an operation on the date operator E9. Specifically, the date instruction unit 157 is associated with date and time information corresponding to the date selected by the user in response to an operation on the indicator E8 displayed on the display unit 110 by the date operator display control unit 153. A date movement instruction for displaying a message is generated and input to the message display control unit 152. In response to the date movement instruction input from the date instruction unit 157, the message display control unit 152 displays the screen information displayed on the display unit 110 in the location of the message associated with the date and time information indicated in the date movement instruction. Move to. Thereby, the date instruction unit 157 specifies a message to be displayed on the display unit 110.

When the message transmission instruction unit 155 generates a transmission instruction in response to an operation on the input unit 120, the message transmission / reception unit 158 reads the group ID of the chat screen in which the message is input from the group information storage unit 142, and reads the read group ID The message information included in the transmission instruction generated by the message transmission instruction unit 155 is transmitted to the server apparatus 200 as a destination. At this time, the group ID, user ID (own user), date / time information, and message included in the message information are stored in the message information storage unit 143 as new records.
In addition, the message transmission / reception unit 158 receives message information transmitted from another user terminal 100 with the own user as the destination from the server apparatus 200, and includes a group ID, user ID (other user), date and time included in the message information. Information and a message are memorize | stored in the message information storage part 143 as a new record.

  The server device 200 includes a storage unit that stores information similar to the user information storage unit 141 and the group information storage unit 142 included in the user terminal 100, and the message information transmitted from the user terminal 100 with the group ID as the destination. Upon reception, the user ID associated with the destination group ID is specified and transmitted to the user terminal 100 indicated by the user ID. Here, the user information storage unit 141 and the group information storage unit 142 included in the user terminal 100 store only information related to the user itself, whereas the storage unit included in the server device 200 includes a server Information on all users and groups that send and receive messages via the device 200 is stored.

Next, an operation example of the message display system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the user terminal 100 according to the present embodiment.
When the instruction unit 154 generates an instruction to display a chat screen of a specific group in response to a user operation on the input unit 120, the message display control unit 152 displays message information associated with the group corresponding to the instruction. Is generated from the message information storage unit 143, screen information in which the read message information is arranged in descending order based on the date and time information associated with the message information is generated and stored in the screen information storage unit 144. A part of information is displayed on the display unit 110. Further, the date operator display control unit 153 causes the display unit 110 to display an indicator E8 including a plurality of date operators E9 (step S1).

  When a scroll operation is performed at an arbitrary position on the screen (step S2: YES), the scroll instruction unit 156 generates a scroll instruction corresponding to the scroll operation and inputs it to the message display control unit 152 (step S3). When the scroll operation is not performed (step S2: NO), and the operation is performed on the date operator E9 (step S4: YES), the date instruction unit 157 generates a date movement instruction according to the operation on the date operator E9. The message is input to the message display control unit 152 (step S5). The message display control unit 152 moves the part of the screen information to be displayed on the display unit 110 according to the instruction information generated by the scroll instruction unit 156 or the date instruction unit 157, and displays a message (step S6). If no operation is performed on the date operator E9 (step S4: NO), the message display control unit 152 does not move the screen information.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in addition to specifying a message by moving screen information to be displayed on the display unit 110 by a scroll operation, a message is displayed by selecting a date when the message is transmitted and received. The screen information to be displayed on the unit 110 can be moved and the message to be displayed can be specified. Thereby, the user can operate the message displayed on the display unit 110 among the plurality of accumulated messages more efficiently, more simply, and intuitively.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the configuration of the message display system 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, a characteristic process in the present embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the example in which the date operator display control unit 153 causes the display unit 110 to display the date operator E9 corresponding to the date on which the message exists is shown. It is also possible to display an indicator E8a configured by a date operator E9 corresponding to all dates. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the indicator E8 that the date operator display control unit 153 displays on the display unit 110 according to the present embodiment. The indicator E8 includes a date operator E9 from the 22nd to the 30th and from the 1st to the 5th regardless of the presence or absence of a message.

The indicator E8a configured by the date operator E9 for all dates shown in the present embodiment is displayed or configured by the date operator E9 only for the date on which the message exists, as shown in the first embodiment. Whether to display the indicator E8 may be selected by a user operation.
Further, whether or not to display the indicators E8 and E8a may be selected by a user operation.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the configuration of the message display system 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, a characteristic process in the present embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the date indicating unit 157 displays a message associated with date and time information corresponding to the date in response to an operation on one of the plurality of date operators E9 constituting the indicator E8. A movement instruction is generated, and it is indicated that the message display control unit 152 moves the message to the location of the message associated with the date and time information indicated in the date movement instruction. At this time, for example, when there is one message associated with the date / time information indicated in the date movement instruction, the message display control unit 152 includes the message to be displayed on the screen. It can be moved to the location of the screen information. Alternatively, when there are a plurality of messages associated with the date and time information indicated in the date movement instruction, it is possible to move to a screen information location including an arbitrary message among the plurality of messages. For example, it is also possible to move to the location of the message associated with the latest date and time information among the plurality of messages.

  In the present embodiment, the date instruction unit 157 causes the display unit 110 to display the first message among a plurality of messages associated with date / time information corresponding to the date indicated by the date operator E9 on which the operation has been performed. Is generated and input to the message display control unit 152. In response to the date movement instruction input from the date instruction unit 157, the message display control unit 152 displays the screen information displayed on the display unit 110 among the messages associated with the date and time information indicated in the date movement instruction. , The position including the message associated with the oldest time is moved so as to be displayed at the top of the screen. The “first message” refers to a message when there is one message associated with the date selected by the date operator E9. When there are a plurality of messages associated with the date selected by the date operator E9, the message is associated with date / time information indicating the oldest date / time among the plurality of messages. Thereby, the user can find a message more intuitively.

<Fourth Embodiment>
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the configuration of the message display system 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, a characteristic process in the present embodiment will be described. The date operator display control unit 153 of the present embodiment displays part of the date information indicating the date on the date operator E9, and displays all of the date information on the display unit 110 according to a predetermined operation.
9 to 12 are diagrams illustrating examples of date information displayed on the display unit 110 by the date operator display control unit 153 according to the present embodiment.

  FIG. 9 shows that when the indicator E8 displays “30” as a part of date information (2012/9/30) indicating the date on the date operator E9 and the date operator E9 is pressed, the date is displayed. This is an example in which a pop-up label E14 that displays “2012/9/30”, which is the entire information, is displayed. In this way, the number of characters displayed on the date operator E9 can be reduced as compared with the case where all the date information is displayed on the date operator E9. Thereby, in the limited screen area | region, the area | region for displaying the indicator E8 can be made small. In addition, when the date operator E9 is pressed, all of the date information is displayed in a pop-up, so that the user can know what year, what month and what date the user has selected. Furthermore, even when the date operator E9 is pressed and the pressed date is hidden by his / her finger, it is possible to know how many days the user has pressed by pop-up display. Thereby, the indicator E8 can be operated intuitively.

FIG. 10 shows that the indicator E8 displays “29”, which is a part of the date information (2012/9/29) indicating the date, on the date operator E9 and the date operator E9 is pressed. This is an example in which a pop-up label E14a for displaying “2012/9/29”, which is the entire information, is displayed.
FIG. 11 shows that the indicator E8 displays “28”, which is a part of date information (2012/9/28) indicating the date, on the date operator E9, and when the date operator E9 is pressed, the date is displayed. This is an example in which a pop-up label E14b for displaying “2012/9/28”, which is the entire information, is displayed.

FIG. 12 shows that the indicator E8 displays “18”, which is a part of date information (2012/9/18) indicating the date, on the date operator E9, and when the date operator E9 is pressed, the date is displayed. This is an example in which a pop-up label E14c for displaying “2012/9/18”, which is the entire information, is displayed.
As described above, when the finger on the indicator E8 is slid to the left from the state in which the “30” date operator E9 shown in FIG. 9 is pressed, the date indicated by the date operator E9 being pressed according to the slide is displayed. The associated messages can be sequentially displayed in the area 110c shown in FIG. 3, and the entire date can be popped up. Thereby, intuitive operation of the indicator E8 becomes possible.

  Note that when a slide operation is performed on the indicator E8, messages associated with dates indicated by the date operator E9 being pressed in response to the slide operation can be sequentially displayed. It is also possible to move the message display location by determining the time when the finger is removed from the touch panel without moving the message display location when is pressed.

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Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. Since the configuration of the message display system 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, a characteristic process in the present embodiment will be described. The date operator display control unit 153 in the present embodiment is different from the display mode of other date operators E9 in the display mode of the date operator E9 corresponding to the date corresponding to the scroll operation displayed on the display unit 110. To display. For example, the date operator E9 corresponding to the date corresponding to the scroll operation is highlighted so that it stands out. That is, the date operator display control unit 153 causes the display unit 110 to display the date operator E9 indicating the date associated with the message specified by the scroll instruction unit 156 separately from the others. Thereby, it becomes easy to understand which date message is scroll-displayed by confirming the date of the date operator E9 displayed in conjunction with the scroll operation.

  Here, when displaying the display mode of the date operator E9 corresponding to the date corresponding to the scroll operation so as to be different from the display mode of other date operators E9, for example, the date according to the scroll operation is set to the date. The color of the corresponding date operator E9 can be made brighter or darker than other date operators E9. Alternatively, a number indicating the date to be displayed on the date operator E9 is displayed in bold (bold), the frame of the date operator E9 is thickened and highlighted, or the size of the date operator E9 is displayed. Can be displayed larger than the size of the other date operator E9.

Note that the functions described in the first to fifth embodiments described above can be arbitrarily combined.
In the above-described embodiment, two or more users belong to one group. However, a group to which only the own user belongs may be created. Such a group may be used, for example, as a memo for one's own use. For example, a message of a group to which only the own user belongs is disclosed to unspecified other users and used for notifying information to other users. May be.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the date and time information associated with the message information is a message transmitted from another user, the message is stored in association with the date and time when the user terminal 100 received the message, and transmitted by the own user. In the case of a message, an example is shown in which the date and time when the message is transmitted to the server device 200 is associated and stored. However, in the case of a message transmitted from another user, information indicating the date and time when the message was transmitted at another user terminal 100 may be received and stored together with the message. The transmitted date and time can be received and stored together with the message.

  Alternatively, when the server apparatus 200 receives message information from the user terminal 100 that is the transmission source and transfers the message information to the user terminal 100 that is the destination, the server apparatus 200 acquires date and time information from its own clocking function and assigns it to the message information. Then, it may be transmitted to the destination user terminal 100. That is, the reception time at which the server device 200 receives a message transmitted from the user terminal 100 can be used as date / time information indicating the date / time at which the message was transmitted. In this way, even when the time indicated by the timekeeping function among the plurality of user terminals 100 is different or when messages are transmitted and received between the user terminals 100 in areas with a time difference, the server device 200 unifies them. Time-series date and time information can be added, and control can be performed so that messages are arranged in time-series correctly.

  More specifically, for example, when the transmission source user terminal 100 transmits message information to the server apparatus 200 and the server apparatus 200 receives the transmitted message information, the server apparatus 200 displays the received reception time as message information. Is sent back to the user terminal 100 that is the transmission source. The transmission source user terminal 100 can store this reception time as date and time information when the user terminal 100 transmits message information.

  The plurality of message information stored in the message information storage unit 143 may include message information associated with the same date and time information (that is, message information with the same transmission date and time). . In this case, the message display control unit 152 may display the message information associated with the same date and time information on the message screen in time series according to the order stored in the message information storage unit 143, for example. Good. When the message transmission / reception unit 158 receives message information associated with the same date / time information, the message information storage unit counts up the time (for example, the number of seconds) of one of the date / time information as different date / time information. 143 may be stored.

  The plurality of message information stored in the message information storage unit 143 may be configured not to include message information associated with the same date information. In this case, the server device 200 may prohibit associating message information with the same date and time information, and may associate different date and time information with each message information. Specifically, for example, when the server device 200 receives message information that has the same date and time information, the server device 200 counts up the time (for example, the number of seconds) of one of the date and time information, and the destination user It can be transmitted to the terminal 100.

In the above-described embodiment, an example of message display control in the chat application has been described. However, as described above, messages in e-mail, electronic bulletin board, timeline, mini-blog (microblog, tweet blog) chat, etc. The embodiment described above can also be applied to display control. Here, the e-mail may be an e-mail transmitted and received by a short message service using a mobile phone or the like.
In the above-described embodiment, the message transmitted and received between the user terminals 100 is a character string. However, the message may include image information such as a pictograph or a photo, and information such as a voice.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example of the scroll operation at an arbitrary position on the touch panel is shown as the scroll operation. For example, a scroll bar is displayed on the right side of the screen and a knob (knob) of the scroll bar is dragged. The scroll operation can also be performed.

Further, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described example, and can take various forms within the scope of the present invention. For example, each component included in the message display system 1 described above can be distributed or aggregated in an arbitrary computer device. For example, the server device 200 is distributed or aggregated to any computer device according to the cloud environment, the network environment, the number of users, the number of hardware prepared for configuring the message display system 1, specifications, and the like. Can be arranged.
Further, for example, the server device 200 stores all messages transmitted and received between the plurality of user terminals 100, transmits the message in response to an arbitrary request from the user terminal 100, and causes the user terminal 100 to display the message. It may be.
In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a plurality of user terminals 100 transmit and receive messages via the server device 200 has been described. However, a plurality of user terminals 100 directly transmit and receive messages without using the server device 200. May be.

  Note that a message display control is performed by recording a program for realizing the function of the processing unit in the present invention on a computer-readable recording medium, causing the computer system to read and execute the program recorded on the recording medium. May be performed. Here, “loading and executing a program recorded on a recording medium into a computer system” includes installing the program in the computer system. The “computer system” here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” may include a plurality of computer devices connected via a network including a communication line such as the Internet, WAN, LAN, and dedicated line. The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. As described above, the recording medium storing the program may be a non-transitory recording medium such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium also includes a recording medium provided inside or outside that is accessible from the distribution server in order to distribute the program. The code of the program stored in the recording medium of the distribution server may be different from the code of the program that can be executed by the terminal device. That is, the format stored in the distribution server is not limited as long as it can be downloaded from the distribution server and installed in a form that can be executed by the terminal device. It should be noted that the program may be divided into a plurality of parts, downloaded at different timings, and combined in the terminal device, or the distribution server that distributes each of the divided programs may be different. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” holds a program for a certain period of time, such as a volatile memory (RAM) inside a computer system that becomes a server or a client when the program is transmitted via a network. Including things. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  In addition, some or all of the functions described above may be realized as an integrated circuit such as an LSI (Large Scale Integration). Each function described above may be individually made into a processor, or a part or all of them may be integrated into a processor. Further, the method of circuit integration is not limited to LSI, and may be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. In addition, when an integrated circuit technology that replaces LSI appears due to the advancement of semiconductor technology, an integrated circuit based on the technology may be used.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Message display system 5 Network 100 User terminal 110 Display part 120 Input part 130 Communication part 140 Storage part 141 User information storage part 142 Group information storage part 143 Message information storage part 144 Screen information storage part 150 Control part 151 Display control part 152 Message Display control unit 153 Date operator display control unit 154 Instruction unit 155 Message transmission instruction unit 156 Scroll instruction unit 157 Date instruction unit 158 Message transmission / reception unit 200 Server device

Claims (8)

A message display control unit that displays a plurality of messages associated with date and time information on a display unit in a time series based on the date and time information; and
A scroll instruction unit for specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction;
A date operator display control unit configured to display a plurality of date operators indicating different dates in a time series on the display unit;
A date indicating unit for specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to an operation on the date operator;
A message display device comprising: The date operator display control unit causes a plurality of date operators corresponding to date and time information associated with the plurality of messages to be connected in time series and displayed on the display unit. The message display device described. The date indicating unit specifies a first message as a message to be displayed on the display unit among a plurality of the messages associated with date and time information corresponding to a date indicated by the date operator that has been operated. The message display device according to any one of claims 1 and 2. The date operator display control unit displays a part of date information indicating a date on the date operator, and displays the entire date information on the display unit according to a predetermined operation. The message display device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The date operator display control unit is configured to make a display mode of a date operator indicating a date associated with a message specified by the scroll instruction unit different from a display mode of a date operator indicating another date. The message display device according to claim 1, wherein the message display device is displayed. The date operation element display control unit causes a plurality of date operation elements to be connected and displayed on the display unit in a direction orthogonal to the scroll direction. 6. The message display device according to item 1. Displaying a plurality of messages associated with date and time information in a time series on the display unit based on the date and time information; and
Linking a plurality of date operators indicating different dates in time series and displaying them on the display unit;
Specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction;
Identifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to an operation on the date operator;
A method for controlling a message display device comprising: In the message display computer,
Displaying a plurality of messages associated with date and time information in a time series on the display unit based on the date and time information; and
Linking a plurality of date operators indicating different dates in time series and displaying them on the display unit;
Specifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to a scroll operation along a predetermined scroll direction;
Identifying a message to be displayed on the display unit in response to an operation on the date operator;
A program that executes

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