Patent ID: 11875385
Assignee: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An information communication method performed by at least one computer, the method comprising:
displaying, on a first user screen of a first terminal device, a first user interface via which messages are transmitted and received between the first terminal device and a second terminal device, the first user interface including a message display area and a message input field in which a first message is input;
displaying, on a second user screen of the second terminal device, a second user interface via which messages are transmitted and received between the first terminal device and the second terminal device, the second user interface including a message display area and a message input field in which a second message that is to be transmitted from the second terminal device to the first terminal device is input;
acquiring first user information indicating a first user corresponding to the first terminal device and second user information indicating a second user corresponding to the second terminal device based on transmission of the first message input in the message input field of the first user interface from the first terminal device to the second terminal device;
displaying the transmitted first message in the message display area of the first user interface on the first user screen of the first terminal device;
displaying, in response to the transmitted first message displayed on the message display area of the first user interface being selected by the first user, a first menu based on attributes of the first user indicated by the acquired first user information, the first menu including a plurality of selection options overlaid on at least one of the message display area or the message input field of the first user interface;
transmitting, based on one of the plurality of selection options included in the first menu being selected by the first user, to the first terminal device, a first advertisement corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of selection options, to be displayed on the message display area of the first user interface and the message display area of the second user interface, respectively;
displaying the transmitted first message in the message display area of the second user interface on the second user screen of the second terminal device;
displaying, in response to the transmitted first message displayed on the message display area of the second user interface being selected by the second user, a second menu based on attributes of the second user indicated by the acquired second user information, the second menu including a plurality of selection options overlaid on at least one of the message display area or the message input field of the second user interface; and
transmitting, based on one of the plurality of selection options included in the second menu being selected by the second user, to the second terminal device, a second advertisement corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of selection options from the second menu, to be displayed on the message display area of the first user interface and the message display area of the second user interface, respectively,
wherein the selection by the first user of the transmitted first message displayed on the message display area of the first user interface is by operation of a different operation part of the first user interface than the input and transmission of the first message in the message input field of the first user interface, and
wherein the selection by the second user of the transmitted first message displayed on the message display area of the second user interface is by operation of a different operation part of the second user interface than the input and transmission of the second message as a reply to the transmitted first message in the message input field of the second user interface.