Patent ID: 8880626
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G06T,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an operation unit acquiring an input operation for a message composed of at least one of text and an image; a recording control unit recording the message in accordance with the acquired input operation; and a reproduction control unit reproducing the recorded message to display the message on a display unit, wherein the display unit is configured to allow a plurality of users to interface with the information processing apparatus to publicly display the recorded messages on the display unit, wherein the recording control unit further records a state of the input operation, wherein the reproduction control unit processes the message in accordance with the state of the input operation to reproduce the message, wherein the recording control unit records a duration of the input operation, and wherein the reproduction control unit reproduces animation of the message with a duration in keeping with the duration of the input operation, and wherein the reproduction control unit is operable when the duration of the input operation exceeds a first threshold, to reproduce the animation of the message by making the duration of reproduction shorter than the duration of the input operation.