Patent ID: 8280225
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A display data providing method used in an information processing device including a communication unit for communicating with a purchase history storage device for storing, for a user of a plurality of users, purchase history data including article identification information for identifying an article purchased by the user and purchased time information indicating a time the article is purchased, a display device for displaying an image, and a storage unit for storing user image data in which user identification information for identifying the user and a user image representing the user are recorded in correspondence to each other, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring the purchase history data from the purchase history storage device; generating property data in which a first property image representing a property owned by the user through purchase and the purchased time information are recorded in correspondence to each other based on the purchase history data acquired in the acquiring step, and recording the generated property data in the storage unit, wherein the first property image comprises a representation of the article; updating the property data stored in the storage unit to provide updated property data including a second property image generated by modifying the representation of the article in the first property image so that the second property image visually represents a time interval elapsed from a time when the user purchased the article until a current time, based on the purchased time information of the property data stored in the storage unit and time information defining the current time; generating, in response to a display request received from the display device, display data comprising the user image representing the user and at least one image of the property owned by the user, based on the user image data and the property data, wherein the at least one image comprises the second property image; and transmitting the display data generated in the generating step to the display device transmitting the display request.