Patent ID: 9737816
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A63F

Claim:
1. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising: transmitting, via a communication interface of the electronic device, a display request for a ranking list to a computer, the display request including identification information corresponding to a user who is a ranking confirmation target; controlling, by circuitry of the electronic device, the communication interface to receive, in response to the display request, a position in the ranking list of the user in relation to a display range of the ranking list from the computer, wherein the position is identified by the computer based on ranking data stored in the computer; displaying, by the circuitry, a pointer that corresponds to the position received by the communication interface; determining, by the circuitry, based on a user input at the electronic device, whether the display range is changed; determining, by the circuitry, when it is determined that the display range is changed, a direction of the pointer based on the changed display range and the position received by the communication interface; determining, by the circuitry, that a user input is received at the pointer displayed by the electronic device; controlling, by the circuitry, the communication interface to receive the ranking data including another user based on the user input received at the pointer; and display, by the circuitry, the display range of the ranking list including a rank of the another user based on the received ranking data.