US 12,032,865 B2
Information processing apparatus
Kenichirou Matsumura, Chiyoda-ku (JP); Kuniichiro Naruse, Shinagawa-ku (JP); Keita Saito, Shibuya-ku (JP); Akira Kurosawa, Shibuya-ku (JP); Hiroki Takagaki, Shibuya-ku (JP); Kiwako Miura, Shibuya-ku (JP); Yuki Kobayashi, Shibuya-ku (JP); and Takehisa Gokaichi, Shibuya-ku (JP)
Assigned to NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku (JP)
Appl. No. 18/040,910
Filed by NTT DOCOMO, INC., Chiyoda-ku (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/049236
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/049795, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-149642 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0325139 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2022.01); H04M 1/247 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/14 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); H04M 1/247 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to implement
a display controller configured to control a foldable display device;
an executer configured to execute at least one of a first application program or a second application program; and
an acquirer configured to acquire a guide image, wherein:
display states of the foldable display device include a first display state and a second display state, wherein a display area in the second display state is larger than a display area in the first display state, and wherein the first display state is a foldable state and the second display state is an unfolded state,
the guide image is an image that prompts switching from the first display state to the second display state,
in response to the executer executing the first application program in the first display state, the acquirer is configured to acquire the guide image in accordance with a running state of the first application program,
in response to the executer executing the second application program in the first display state, the acquirer is configured to acquire the guide image in accordance with a running state of the second application program, and
the display controller is configured to cause the foldable display device to display the guide image in the first display state,
wherein:
the executer is configured to execute an electronic commerce application program as the first application program or the second application program, and
the display controller is configured to cause the foldable display device to display the guide image when the running state of the electronic commerce application program is detected in which an item to be purchased has been decided on in the first display state.