US Patent Issued to RAKUTEN GROUP on Sept. 16 for "Display control device for managing display of objects on a screen, display control method and program" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,009, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to RAKUTEN GROUP INC. (Tokyo).

"Display control device for managing display of objects on a screen, display control method and program" was invented by Naoko Takubo (Tokyo), Suehyun Kim (Tokyo) and Reiko Inoue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one processor of a display control device displays at least one object on a display screen. The at least one processor determines, when the at least one object is displayed, whether a predetermined time period has elapsed. The at least one processor changes, when it is determined that the predetermined time period has elapsed, at least one of ...