US 12,128,320 B2
Ranking list display method in game system, and system for executing the method
Maya Sawamura, Tokyo (JP); Takuya Kai, Tokyo (JP); Kenji Iguchi, Tokyo (JP); Yushi Takagi, Tokyo (JP); and Toshiharu Yabe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GREE, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by GREE, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/564,891.
Application 17/564,891 is a continuation of application No. 15/681,713, filed on Aug. 21, 2017, granted, now 11,247,131.
Application 15/681,713 is a continuation of application No. 15/386,971, filed on Dec. 21, 2016, granted, now 9,737,816, issued on Aug. 22, 2017.
Application 15/386,971 is a continuation of application No. 14/174,291, filed on Feb. 6, 2014, granted, now 9,561,434, issued on Feb. 7, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2013-031903 (JP), filed on Feb. 21, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118367 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/798 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/537 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/798 (2014.09) [A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/537 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
storing a target user identification corresponding to a target user who is to be designated by a pointer, the target user identification being stored in association with a user identification of a user of users, the target user being another user who is associated with the user based on a relationship;
controlling, by circuitry, a communication interface of the electronic device to receive a ranking list of the users;
displaying, by the circuitry, the pointer that corresponds to a rank of the target user in the ranking list received by the communication interface of the electronic device; and
determining, by the circuitry, based on a user input at the electronic device, whether a display range of the ranking list is changed, wherein
when the rank of the target user to whom the pointer corresponds is within the display range, the displaying displays the pointer adjacent to the rank of the target user to whom the pointer corresponds and pointing to the target user, such that both the pointer and the rank of the target user are displayed on a same screen and the pointer moves along with the rank of the target user as a scrolling operation is performed.