JP7413266B2 - Streaming content real-time sharing method and system - Google Patents

Description

The following description relates to a technique for providing streaming content provided to a user to other users in real time.

Most mobile terminals such as smartphones, tablets, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and PMPs (Portable Multimedia Players), which have become common in recent years, support streaming content playback functions such as music and videos. The user can directly select and play such streaming content, create a playlist in the desired playback order, and watch the streaming content continuously. As an example of a playlist generation technique, Patent Document 1 (registration date: February 27, 2008) discloses a technique for creating a user playlist for a plurality of sound source data stored in a sound source data reproduction device.

However, such users' playlists only provide and share information about what kind of streaming content is included with other users; It cannot be shared. Therefore, in order to share a playlist with other users, you must directly search for streaming content based on the streaming content information contained in the playlist, generate the playlist, and then request playback. There was the inconvenience of having to do so.

As a result, there is a need for a technology that allows users to share streaming content included in a playlist while resolving this inconvenience.

Korean Registered Patent No. 10-0810276

One embodiment proposes a technology that eliminates the inconvenience of having to directly search for streaming content and request playback, and allows the streaming content itself included in a playlist to be shared between the user and other users. do.

Further, in one embodiment, when sharing the streaming content itself included in the playlist between the user and other users, a streaming content real-time service that provides the streaming content provided to the user to other users in real time is provided. A sharing method and system, a computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium coupled to a computer to cause the computer to execute a streaming content real-time sharing method, and the recording medium are proposed.

According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented streaming content real-time sharing method includes the steps of: providing streaming content to a sharing producer terminal; and real-time sharing requests originating from the sharing producer terminal or from at least one participant terminal. The method includes providing, in real time, the same streaming content that is being provided to the shared producer terminal to the at least one participant terminal in response to a real-time participation request that occurs.

According to one aspect, the step of providing the same streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time includes the step of providing the same streaming content to the at least one participant terminal when the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal is provided to the shared producer terminal. The streaming content may be controlled to be played back at the same timing as the streaming content being played.

According to another aspect, providing streaming content that is the same as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time comprises providing streaming content that is the same as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time. The method may include performing playback timing synchronization for the provided streaming content.

According to still another aspect, the step of performing the playback timing synchronization includes providing the synchronization to the shared creator terminal based on network delay information of the shared creator terminal and network delay information of the at least one participant terminal. The playback timing may be synchronized with respect to the streaming content being provided to the at least one participant terminal.

According to still another aspect, control authority over streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal is granted to the shared creator terminal instead of being granted to the at least one participant terminal. may be used as

According to still another aspect, the step of providing the same streaming content as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time includes the step of providing the streaming content that is the same as the streaming content to the shared creator terminal that includes the streaming content that is being provided to the shared creator terminal. The method may further include providing the at least one participant terminal with a playlist in real time.

According to yet another aspect, the playlist of the shared creator terminal may display content preference information of the shared creator terminal and content preference information of the at least one participant terminal.

According to still another aspect, providing the playlist of the shared creator terminal to the at least one participant terminal in real time includes content preference information of the shared creator terminal or content of the at least one participant terminal. selecting at least one streaming content not included in the playlist based on at least one of the preference information, and recommending the selected at least one streaming content to the shared producer terminal. , or automatically adding the selected at least one streaming content to the playlist.

According to another aspect, the content preference information of the shared creator terminal includes a history of streaming contents played in the past by the shared creator terminal, a history of streaming contents shared in real time in the past, or a history of streaming contents in which the shared creator terminal participated in real time in the past. The content preference information of the at least one participant terminal is generated based on a content history, and the content preference information of the at least one participant terminal is a history of streaming content played in the past by the at least one participant terminal, a history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or It may be generated based on the history of streaming content that has been participated in real time in the past.

According to still another aspect, providing the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time includes transmitting user information of the at least one participant terminal to the shared creator terminal and the at least one participant terminal. The method may further include the step of publishing the information to the terminal.

According to another aspect, the step of providing the streaming content to a shared creator terminal includes, when the real-time sharing request is generated from the shared creator terminal, a service of the shared creator terminal to which the streaming content is provided. The method may further include automatically posting information regarding the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal on an SNS that cooperates with the platform.

According to still another aspect, the real-time sharing request generated from the sharing creator terminal is sent to an acquaintance on the phonebook of the sharing creator terminal, an acquaintance on an SNS installed on the sharing creator terminal, or the streaming content. A real-time participation request originating from the at least one participant terminal is directed to acquaintances on the service platform provided with the at least one participant terminal, and the real-time participation request generated from the at least one participant terminal is sent to the acquaintances in the telephone directory of the at least one participant terminal, to the at least one participant terminal. The target may be acquaintances on the installed SNS or acquaintances on the service platform where the streaming content is provided.

According to one embodiment, there is provided a computer program for causing a computer system to perform a streaming content real-time sharing method, the method comprising: providing streaming content to a sharing creator terminal; and providing the streaming content to a sharing creator terminal. In response to a real-time sharing request originating from a terminal or a real-time participation request originating from at least one participant terminal, streaming content that is the same as the streaming content being provided to the sharing producer terminal is provided to the at least one participant terminal. Including the stage of providing in real time.

According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented streaming content real-time sharing system includes at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions, the at least one processor transmitting streaming content to a sharing producer. a first providing unit that provides streaming content to the shared creator terminal in response to a real-time sharing request generated from the shared creator terminal or a real-time participation request generated from at least one participant terminal; and a second providing unit that provides the same streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time.

According to one aspect, the streaming content real-time sharing system controls the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal to be played at the same timing as the streaming content provided to the sharing producer terminal. It may further include a controller.

According to another aspect, the control unit may synchronize playback timings of streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal and streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal. .

According to another aspect, the second providing unit provides the at least one participant terminal with a playlist of the shared creator terminal that includes streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal in real time. It's fine.

According to still another aspect, when the real-time sharing request is generated from the sharing creator terminal, the first providing unit provides information on an SNS that cooperates with a service platform of the sharing creator terminal to which the streaming content is provided. , information regarding the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal may be automatically posted.

One embodiment solves the inconvenience of having to directly search for streaming content and request playback by proposing a technique for sharing the streaming content itself included in a playlist between the user and other users. be able to.

Further, in one embodiment, when sharing the streaming content itself included in the playlist between the user and other users, a streaming content real-time service that provides the streaming content provided to the user to other users in real time is provided. A sharing method and system, a computer program, and its recording medium can be proposed.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example network environment in one embodiment. FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the internal configurations of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating example components that a processor of a server may include, in one embodiment. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for real-time sharing of streaming content that may be performed by a server in one embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of a shared creator terminal during a process in which streaming content is provided to the shared creator terminal in an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of a sharing creator terminal for explaining a process of selecting at least one participant to share streaming content in real time, according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of an SNS that cooperates with a service platform of a shared creator terminal to which streaming content is provided, according to an embodiment. FIG. 3 illustrates a service screen of at least one participant terminal during which streaming content is provided to the at least one participant terminal in one embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating synchronization of playback timing performed for streaming content provided to a shared creator terminal and streaming content provided to at least one participant terminal in one embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of a shared creator terminal during a process in which a playlist is provided to the shared creator terminal in one embodiment. FIG. 4 illustrates a service screen of at least one participant terminal during which a playlist is provided to the at least one participant terminal in one embodiment.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

However, the invention should not be limited or limited by the embodiments. Also, the same reference numerals presented in each drawing indicate the same parts.

In addition, the term "Terminology" used in this specification is a term used to appropriately express the preferred embodiment of the present invention, but this terminology is a term used to appropriately express the preferred embodiment of the present invention. It may differ depending on the customs of the field to which it belongs. Therefore, the definition of this term should be based on the overall content of this specification. For example, singular forms mentioned herein include plural forms unless the context specifically indicates otherwise. Also, as used herein, "comprises" and/or "comprising" refer to the referenced components, steps, acts, and/or elements in one or more other configurations. It does not exclude the presence or addition of elements, steps, acts and/or elements.

It should also be understood that the various embodiments of the invention, while different, need not be mutually exclusive. For example, the particular shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein in connection with one embodiment may be implemented in other examples without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Furthermore, it should be understood that the position, arrangement, or configuration of individual components within the scope of each presented embodiment may be changed without departing from the technical spirit and scope of the present invention. No.

Embodiments described in the present invention relate to a technology for sharing streaming content itself between a user and other users, and by providing streaming content provided to the user to other users in real time. To achieve this, it is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of having to directly search for and request playback of streaming content that another user is listening to in order to listen to it. Hereinafter, streaming content will be described using audio content provided in the form of a streaming service as an example, but the streaming content is not limited to this and may also be video content.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example network environment, according to one embodiment. The network environment of FIG. 1 shows an example including multiple electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140, multiple servers 150, 160, and a network 170. Such FIG. 1 is only an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited as shown in FIG. 1.

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals realized by computer devices. Therefore, in the following, electronic equipment means a terminal. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, tablets, navigation systems, PCs (personal computers), notebook PCs, digital broadcasting terminals, PDAs (personal digital assistants), and PMPs (portable devices). Multimedia Player), etc. As an example, electronic device 110 may communicate with other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and/or servers 150, 160 via network 170 using wireless or wired communication methods.

The communication method is not limited, and is not limited to communication methods that utilize communication networks that can be included in the network 170 (for example, mobile communication networks, wired Internet, wireless Internet, and broadcasting networks), as well as communication methods that utilize short distances between devices. Wireless communications may be included. For example, the network 170 includes a PAN (personal area network), a LAN (local area network), a CAN (campus area network), a MAN (metropolitan area network), and a WAN (wide area network). area network), BBN (broadband network), the Internet, etc. may include any one or more of the networks. Additionally, network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including, but not limited to, a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree or a hierarchical network, and the like. It will not be done.

Each server 150, 160 is implemented by one or more computing devices that communicate with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 via a network 170 to provide instructions, code, files, content, services, etc. good.

For example, the server 160 may provide a file for installing an application to the first electronic device 110 connected via the network 170. In this case, the first electronic device 110 may install the application using a file provided from the server 160. The first electronic device 110 also connects to the server 150 under the control of an operating system (OS) included in the first electronic device 110 and at least one program (for example, a browser or the installed application), and provides services and content provided by the server 150. You may receive an offer. For example, when the first electronic device 110 sends a service request message to the server 150 via the network 170 under the control of an application, the server 150 may send a code corresponding to the service request message to the first electronic device 110; 1 electronic device 110 may provide content to the user by configuring and displaying a code-based screen under the control of an application.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the internal configuration of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment. In FIG. 2, the internal configuration of the first electronic device 110 will be described as an example of an electronic device, and the internal configuration of the server 150 will be described as an example of a server. Other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configurations.

Electronic device 110 and server 150 may include memory 211, 221, processor 212, 222, communication module 213, 223, and input/output interface 214, 224. The memories 211 and 221 are computer-readable recording media, and may include permanent mass storage devices such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and disk drives. Furthermore, an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a code for an application installed and executed in the first electronic device 110) may be recorded in the memories 211 and 221. Such software components may be loaded from a computer readable storage medium separate from the memory 211, 221. Such other computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy drives, disks, tapes, DVD/CD-ROM drives, memory cards, and the like. In other embodiments, the software components may be loaded into the memory 211, 221 through a communication module 213, 223 that is not a computer readable storage medium. For example, the at least one program may be a program that is installed by a file provided over network 170 by a developer or a file distribution system that distributes application installation files (e.g., server 160, described above). application) may be loaded into the memory 211, 221 based on the application.

Processors 212, 222 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to the processor 212, 222 by the memory 211, 221 or the communication module 213, 223. For example, processors 212, 222 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code recorded on a storage device, such as memory 211, 221.

The communication modules 213 and 223 may provide a function for the first electronic device 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other via the network 170, or may provide a function for the first electronic device 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other, or may provide a function for communicating with other electronic devices (for example, the second electronic device 120). Alternatively, a function for communicating with another server (for example, server 160) may be provided. As an example, a request (for example, a search request) generated by the processor 212 of the first electronic device 110 according to a program code recorded in a storage device such as the memory 211 is sent to the server via the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213. 150. On the contrary, control signals, instructions, contents, files, etc. provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 are transmitted to the first electronic device via the communication module 223 and the network 170, and then through the communication module 213 of the first electronic device 110. may be received at 110. For example, control signals, commands, etc. of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 and the memory 211, and contents, files, etc. are recorded on a recording medium that the first electronic device 110 can further include. It's okay to be.

Input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with input/output device 215. For example, input devices may include a device such as a keyboard or mouse, and output devices may include a device such as a display for displaying a communication session of an application. As another example, input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device that has integrated input and output functionality, such as a touch screen. As a more specific example, when the processor 212 of the first electronic device 110 processes instructions of a computer program loaded into the memory 211, it is configured to use data provided by the server 150 and the second electronic device 120. Service screens and content may be displayed on the display through the input/output interface 214. Input/output interface 224 may similarly output information constructed using data provided by server 150 as processor 222 of server 150 processes instructions of a computer program loaded into memory 221 .

Also, in other embodiments, the first electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include more components than those in FIG. 2. However, most prior art components need not be clearly illustrated. For example, the first electronic device 110 may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 215 described above, or may include a transceiver, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, a camera, various sensors, a database, etc. It may further include other components such as. As a more specific example, if the first electronic device 110 is a smartphone, the smartphone typically includes an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, a camera, various physical buttons, buttons using a touch panel, and input/output ports. , a vibrator for vibration, etc., may be implemented to be further included in the first electronic device 110.

Below, specific embodiments of a streaming content real-time sharing method and system for providing streaming content provided to a user to other users in real time will be described.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating example components that a processor of a server may include, in one embodiment, and FIG. 4 illustrates a method for real-time sharing of streaming content that may be performed by a server, in one embodiment. It is a flowchart showing. Further, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a service screen of a shared creator terminal in the process of providing streaming content to a shared creator terminal in one embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of a sharing creator terminal for explaining the process of selecting at least one participant to share in real time, in which streaming content is provided in one embodiment; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a service screen of an SNS that cooperates with a service platform of a shared creator terminal. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of at least one participant terminal during which streaming content is provided to at least one participant terminal, in one embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining synchronization of playback timing performed for streaming content provided to the creator terminal and streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal; FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of a shared creator terminal during a process in which a playlist is provided to a shared creator terminal in an embodiment; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a service screen of at least one participant terminal in the process of being connected;

Referring to FIGS. 3-11, the server 150 according to one embodiment may be configured with a computer-implemented streaming content real-time sharing system. The server 150 provides a streaming content real-time sharing service for a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140, which are clients, and is installed on the electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140. A method for implementing a streaming content real-time sharing method for sharing the streaming content itself with the electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 in response to a service request by a dedicated application or a connection to a web/mobile site associated with the server 150. It is.

More specifically, the server 150 provides streaming content to a user's electronic device (e.g., first electronic device 110), and provides streaming content being provided to the user's electronic device 110 to another user's electronic device (e.g., first electronic device 110). , the second electronic device 120) in real time, the streaming content itself can be shared between the user's electronic device 110 and the other user's electronic device 120.

Hereinafter, the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 will be referred to as a plurality of terminals 110, 120, 130, 140, and the user terminal to which streaming content is provided will be referred to as a shared creator terminal. Terminals of other users who are the targets of services that are shared in real time (terminals to which the same streaming content as the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal is provided in real time) are described as participant terminals.

In order for the server 150 to execute the streaming content real-time sharing method according to FIG. 330. Depending on the embodiment, components of processor 222 may be selectively included or excluded from processor 222. Also, depending on the embodiment, components of processor 222 may be separated or combined to express the functionality of processor 222. For example, at least some of the components of processor 222 may be implemented by a processor included in a user's terminal.

Such processor 222 and components of processor 222 may control server 150 to perform steps 410-420 included in the streaming content real-time sharing method of FIG. For example, processor 222 and components of processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions according to operating system code and at least one program code that memory 221 contains.

Here, the components of processor 222 may be representations of different functions of processor 222 that are executed by processor 222 according to instructions provided by program code stored on server 150. For example, the first provider 310 may be utilized as a functional representation of the processor 222 that controls the server 150 according to the instructions described above so that the server 150 provides streaming content to shared producer terminals.

Processor 222 may read the necessary instructions from memory 221 loaded with instructions related to control of server 150 prior to step 410 (not shown). In this case, the read instructions may include instructions for controlling processor 222 to perform steps 410-420, described below.

In step 410, the first providing unit 310 may provide the streaming content to the shared creator terminal. For example, if a user of a shared creator terminal issues a streaming content playback request in order to view streaming content, the first providing unit 310 provides streaming content in response to the streaming content playback request received from the shared creator terminal. may be provided to the shared creator terminal. Hereinafter, streaming content being provided to a shared creator terminal (or participant terminal) means that the streaming content is streamed to a shared creator terminal (or participant terminal) This means that it will be played for viewing by the following users.

In this way, when the first providing unit 310 provides streaming content to the shared creator terminal, the currently provided streaming content is displayed on the service screen 500 of the shared creator terminal, as shown in FIG. information may be displayed. For example, a video 510 of streaming content is displayed on one side of the service screen 500, and information 520 such as the total playback time of the streaming content, the current playback point, the name of the streaming content, and the artist is displayed on the other side. It's okay to be.

At this time, a control button 521 for controlling the playback operation of the streaming content may be displayed on the service screen 500 of the shared creator terminal. The control button 521 is for supporting the user of the shared creator terminal to control playback of streaming content, and the first providing unit 310 uses the control button 521 to support the service of the shared creator terminal. By displaying the shared creator terminal in an activated state on the screen 500, control authority over the streaming content may be granted to the shared creator terminal. Hereinafter, when the control button 521 is displayed in an activated state, it means that the control button 521 is displayed in a state where the user can generate an input to the control button 521. On the other hand, displaying the control button 521 in a deactivated state means that the control button 521 is displayed in a state where the user cannot generate an input to the control button 521.

In particular, a share button 522 for generating a real-time share request may be displayed on the service screen 500 of the share creator terminal. The share button 522 is for generating a sharing request to share the streaming content provided to the sharing creator terminal to other terminals (for example, participant terminals) in real time, and the first providing unit 310 , a real-time sharing request may be generated when a user inputs the share button 522, and the operations of the second providing unit 320 described below may be performed.

To explain in more detail, when a user input occurs on the share button 522, the first providing unit 310 displays a window 610 for selecting an acquaintance to be a target of real-time sharing using the service of the sharing creator terminal, as shown in FIG. It may be displayed on the screen 600. Such a window 610 outputs a list of acquaintances in the phonebook of the shared creator terminal, acquaintances on the SNS installed on the shared creator terminal, or acquaintances on the service platform where streaming content is provided, At least one acquaintance to be shared in real time may be selected by the user's selection input. Hereinafter, selecting at least one acquaintance to be the target of real-time sharing means at least one participant terminal to be the target of sharing the streaming content itself provided to the sharing creator terminal in real time. means to select.

Here, the real-time sharing of the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal is performed in response to a real-time participation request generated from at least one participant terminal, in addition to a real-time sharing request generated from the shared creator terminal. May be executed. For example, a real-time participation request originating from at least one participant terminal may be entered by a user of at least one participant terminal at a service platform on the at least one participant terminal (the service platform on which the streaming content is played). good. In such a case, the real-time participation request, similar to the real-time sharing request, includes information about acquaintances output to the service platform on at least one participant terminal (acquaintances in the telephone directory of at least one participant terminal, acquaintances on SNS, This may occur in response to the selection of any one sharing creator playing the streaming content to be shared from a list of users (or acquaintances on the service platform) who are playing the streaming content to be shared.

In addition, the real-time participation request of at least one participant terminal is sent to at least one timeline post (a post indicating information about streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal) posted on the SNS of the shared creator terminal. May be generated by user input on participant terminals. Hereinafter, the SNS of the shared creator terminal means the SNS that cooperates with the service platform of the shared creator terminal on which streaming content is provided and played, but it shall not be restricted or limited to this, and the streaming content provided It may be another SNS unrelated to the service platform being used.

For example, when the first providing unit 310 generates a real-time sharing request from the sharing creator terminal using the share button 522 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, information 710 regarding the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal may be automatically posted on the service screen 700 on the SNS of the shared creator terminal. At this time, information 710 regarding the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal includes content 711 informing that the streaming content will be shared in real time, information such as the name and artist of the streaming content, and at least one participant terminal. may include a join button 713 for generating a real-time join request. Such a service screen 700 on the SNS of the shared creator terminal is also provided in the same way to at least one participant terminal, and user input is performed using the participation button 713 on the service screen 700 of at least one participant terminal. If this occurs, a real-time participation request from at least one participant terminal may be generated, and the operations of the second providing unit 320 described below may be performed.

Accordingly, in step 420, the second providing unit 320 responds to the real-time sharing request generated from the sharing creator terminal or the real-time participation request generated from at least one participant terminal, and provides the request to the sharing creator terminal. The same streaming content may be provided to at least one participant terminal in real time. At this time, the second providing unit 320 does not perform real-time sharing of the streaming content to only one participant terminal other than the sharing creator terminal, but performs real-time sharing of the streaming content to all of the plurality of participant terminals. May be executed.

In this way, when the second providing unit 320 provides streaming content to at least one participant terminal, as shown in FIG. Information regarding streaming content may be displayed. For example, a video 810 of streaming content is displayed on one side of the service screen 800, and information 820 such as the total playback time of the streaming content, the current playback point, the name of the streaming content, and the artist is displayed on the other side. It's fine.

At this time, a control button 821 for controlling the playback operation of the streaming content may be displayed on the service screen 800 of at least one participant terminal, and a control button 821 displayed on the service screen 500 of the shared creator terminal may be displayed. 521, it may be displayed in a deactivated state. That is, since the second providing unit 320 only provides at least one participant terminal with the same streaming content as the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal, the second providing unit 320 has control authority over the provided streaming content. It will not be assigned to one participant terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the control button 821 may not only be displayed in an inactive state, but may not be displayed on the service screen 800 of at least one participant terminal from the beginning.

Although not shown in the figure, in step 420, the controller 330 causes the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal to be played at the same timing as the streaming content provided to the shared producer terminal. In addition, the first providing section 310 and/or the second providing section 320 may be controlled. Specifically, the control unit 330 synchronizes the playback timing of the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal and the streaming content provided to at least one participant terminal, and synchronizes the playback timing of the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal. By matching the playback time of each of the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal with the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal, the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal is provided to the shared creator terminal. The content may be controlled to be played at the same timing as the streaming content being played. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, if the current playback time of the streaming content that the first providing unit 310 is providing to the shared creator terminal is 1 minute 37 seconds out of the total playback time of 4 minutes 28 seconds. , the control unit 330 controls the second providing unit 320 so that the streaming content provided to at least one participant terminal is played back from the playback point of 1 minute 37 seconds out of the total playback time of 4 minutes 28 seconds. You can control it.

Here, since the shared creator terminal and at least one participant terminal are provided with streaming content via their respective networks connected to the server 150, the shared creator terminal and at least one participant terminal can each use the streaming content. Differences in network performance may cause differences (delays) in the playback time of streaming content. Therefore, the control unit 330 takes into account the network delay information of the shared creator terminal and the at least one participant terminal, and controls the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal and the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal. The playback timing may be synchronized by synchronizing the time with the streaming content.

Furthermore, the difference in playback time (delay) of streaming content is caused not only by the difference in network performance used by the shared creator terminal and at least one participant terminal, but also by the difference in hardware characteristics (difference in hardware specifications). ) or due to differences in codecs used to play streaming content. Accordingly, when considering the network delay information of the shared creator terminal and the at least one participant terminal, the control unit 330 can determine the differences in hardware characteristics of the shared creator terminal and the at least one participant terminal, and After further considering differences in codecs, playback timing is synchronized by time synchronizing the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal and the streaming content provided to at least one participant terminal. good.

Above, it has been explained that the first providing unit 310, the second providing unit 320, and the control unit 330 share and provide the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal to at least one participant terminal in real time. However, not only the streaming content but also a playlist of a shared producer terminal that includes the streaming content may be shared and provided to at least one participant terminal in real time. Hereinafter, a playlist means a list of a plurality of streaming contents including the streaming content currently being played.

For example, in step 410, the first providing unit 310 not only provides the streaming content to the shared creator terminal, but also displays a playlist 1020 including the streaming content on the service screen of the shared creator terminal, as shown in FIG. 1000 may be provided. At this time, a control button 1010 for controlling the playback operation of the streaming content included in the playlist 1020 is displayed in an activated state on the service screen 1000 of the shared creator terminal. The user may be able to control playback operations for the playlist 1020 using the control buttons 1010.

Accordingly, in step 420, the second providing unit 320 not only provides the same streaming content as the streaming content provided to the shared producer terminal to at least one participant terminal in real time, but also provides the same streaming content as shown in FIG. In addition, the playlist 1120 provided to the shared creator terminal may be provided to the service screen 1100 of at least one participant terminal in real time. Similarly, a control button 1110 for controlling the playback operation of the streaming content included in the playlist 1120 may be displayed on the service screen 1100 of at least one participant terminal. Since the at least one participant terminal is not given control rights over the content, it may be displayed in a deactivated state, unlike the shared creator terminal.

In addition, when the playlist 1020 of the shared creator terminal is shared and provided to at least one participant terminal in real time, the playlist 1020 includes content preference information of the shared creator terminal and content of the at least one participant terminal. Preference information 1021 may be displayed. Here, the content preference information of the shared creator terminal is based on the history of streaming content played by the shared creator terminal in the past, the history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or the history of streaming content in which the shared creator terminal participated in real time in the past. The generated content preference information 1021 of at least one participant terminal includes a history of streaming content played in the past by at least one participant terminal, a history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or a streaming content in which the at least one participant terminal participated in real time in the past. may be generated based on the history of

Further, the playlists 1020, 1120 may be updated based on the content preference information of the shared creator terminal or the content preference information 1021 of the at least one participant terminal. For example, the first providing unit 310 or the second providing unit 320 may generate playlists 1020, 1120 based on at least one of content preference information of a shared creator terminal or content preference information 1021 of at least one participant terminal. After selecting at least one streaming content that is not included in the playlist 1020 , 1120 , the selected at least one streaming content is recommended to the shared creator terminal, and the at least one streaming content is recommended to the user of the shared creator terminal in the playlist 1020 , 1120 . At least one streaming content may be added to the playlist 1020, 1120 and updated. As another example, the first providing unit 310 or the second providing unit 320 creates a play list based on at least one of the content preference information of the shared creator terminal or the content preference information 1021 of the at least one participant terminal. After selecting at least one streaming content that is not included in the playlists 1020, 1120, the selected at least one streaming content may be automatically added to the playlists 1020, 1120 and updated.

Furthermore, when the playlists 1020, 1120 are provided to the service screen 1000 of the shared creator terminal and the service screen 1100 of at least one participant terminal, a participant receiving the real-time sharing service of the playlist 1020 of the shared creator terminal additional information may be made public. For example, when the playlist 1020 of the shared creator terminal is shared and provided to a total of six participant terminals in real time, the playlist 1020 on the service screen 1000 of the shared creator terminal is displayed as shown in FIG. The list 1020 and the playlist 1120 on the service screen 1100 of each participant terminal may display information informing that the playlist 1020 of the shared creator terminal is shared with six participant terminals.

Thus, according to the embodiments described above, streaming content and playlists provided on a shared producer terminal are provided in real time to at least one participant terminal, and the streaming content and playlists are shared among users in real time. A method and system are proposed to achieve the advantage of eliminating the inconvenience of having to directly search for and request playback of streaming content that a user is listening to in order for other users to listen to it. I can do it.

The apparatus described above may be realized by hardware components, software components, and/or a combination of hardware and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments include a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as various devices capable of executing and responding to instructions. A processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that execute on the OS. The processing device may also be responsive to execution of the software to access, record, manipulate, process, and generate data. Although for convenience of understanding, one processing device may be described as being used, those skilled in the art will appreciate that a processing device may include multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. You will understand. For example, a processing device may include multiple processors or a processor and a controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

Software may include computer programs, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these that configure a processing device or instruct a processing device, independently or collectively, to perform operations as desired. You may do so. The software and/or data may be embodied in a machine, component, physical device, computer storage medium or device of any kind for being interpreted by or providing instructions or data to a processing device. good. The software may be distributed on computer systems connected by a network, and may be recorded or executed in a distributed manner. The software and data may be recorded on one or more computer readable storage media.

Methods according to embodiments may be implemented in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on computer-readable media. Here, the medium may be one that continuously records a computer-executable program, or one that temporarily records it for execution or download. Also, the medium may be a variety of recording or storage means in the form of a single or multiple hardware combinations, and is not limited to a medium directly connected to a computer system, but may be distributed over a network. It may also exist. Examples of media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, It may also include ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc., and may be configured to record program instructions. Further, other examples of the medium include an application store that distributes applications, a site that supplies or distributes various other software, and a recording medium or storage medium managed by a server.

As described above, the embodiments have been described based on limited embodiments and drawings, but those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and variations based on the above description. For example, the techniques described may be performed in a different order than in the manner described and/or components of the systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. described may be implemented in a different form than in the manner described. Even when combined or combined, substituted or substituted by other components or equivalents, suitable results can be achieved.

Therefore, even if the embodiments are different, if they are equivalent to the scope of the claims, they fall within the scope of the appended claims.

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A computer-implemented streaming content real-time sharing method, comprising:
providing streaming content to a shared producer terminal; providing the same streaming content as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
providing the same streaming content as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
further comprising providing the at least one participant terminal in real time with a playlist of the shared creator terminal that includes streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal;
The playlist on the shared creator terminal includes:
content preference information of the shared creator terminal and content preference information of the at least one participant terminal are displayed ;
The content preference information of the shared creator terminal is
Generated based on the history of streaming content played by the shared creator terminal in the past, the history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or the history of streaming content in which the shared creator terminal participated in real time in the past,
The content preference information of the at least one participant terminal is:
Generated based on the history of streaming content played by the at least one participant terminal in the past, the history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or the history of streaming content in which the at least one participant terminal participated in real time in the past,
The content preference information of the shared creator terminal and the content preference information of the at least one participant terminal are displayed in such a way that it can be understood from the playlist which user prefers which song.
How to share streaming content in real time. providing the same streaming content as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
Streaming according to claim 1, characterized in that the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal is controlled to be played at the same timing as the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal. How to share content in real time. providing the same streaming content as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
3. The real-time streaming content according to claim 2, comprising: performing playback timing synchronization for streaming content provided to the shared producer terminal and streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal. How to share. The step of synchronizing the playback timing includes:
Streaming content being provided to the shared creator terminal and streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal based on network delay information of the shared creator terminal and network delay information of the at least one participant terminal. 4. The streaming content real-time sharing method according to claim 3, further comprising: synchronizing the playback timings. The control authority over the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal includes:
The streaming content real-time sharing method according to claim 1, characterized in that the sharing creator terminal is assigned instead of being assigned to the at least one participant terminal. providing the playlist of the shared creator terminal to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
selecting at least one streaming content that is not included in the playlist based on at least one of content preference information of the shared producer terminal or content preference information of the at least one participant terminal;
further comprising any one of: recommending the selected at least one streaming content to the shared creator terminal; or automatically adding the selected at least one streaming content to the playlist. include,
The streaming content real-time sharing method according to claim 1. providing the same streaming content as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
The streaming content real-time sharing method of claim 1, further comprising: publishing user information of the at least one participant terminal to the sharing creator terminal and the at least one participant terminal. Providing the streaming content to a shared creator terminal includes:
When the real-time sharing request is generated from the shared creator terminal, the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal on an SNS that cooperates with the service platform of the shared creator terminal to which the streaming content is provided. The streaming content real-time sharing method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of automatically posting information regarding the streaming content. The real-time sharing request generated from the sharing creator terminal is
Targeting acquaintances on the phonebook of the shared creator terminal, acquaintances on the SNS installed on the shared creator terminal, or acquaintances on the service platform on which the streaming content is provided,
The real-time participation request generated from the at least one participant terminal includes:
Targeting acquaintances on the telephone directory of the at least one participant terminal, acquaintances on the SNS installed on the at least one participant terminal, or acquaintances on the service platform on which the streaming content is provided;
The streaming content real-time sharing method according to claim 8 . A computer program for causing a computer system to perform a streaming content real-time sharing method, the computer program comprising:
The streaming content real-time sharing method includes:
providing streaming content to a shared creator terminal; and in response to a real-time sharing request originating from the shared creator terminal or a real-time participation request originating from at least one participant terminal, providing the same streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time,
providing the same streaming content as the streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
further comprising providing the at least one participant terminal in real time with a playlist of the shared creator terminal that includes streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal;
The playlist on the shared creator terminal includes:
Content preference information of the shared creator terminal and content preference information of the at least one participant terminal are displayed ;
The content preference information of the shared creator terminal is
Generated based on the history of streaming content played by the shared creator terminal in the past, the history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or the history of streaming content in which the sharing creator terminal participated in real time in the past,
The content preference information of the at least one participant terminal is:
Generated based on the history of streaming content played by the at least one participant terminal in the past, the history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or the history of streaming content in which the at least one participant terminal participated in real time in the past,
The content preference information of the shared creator terminal and the content preference information of the at least one participant terminal are displayed in such a way that it can be understood from the playlist which user prefers which song.
computer program. A streaming content real-time sharing system realized by a computer,
at least one processor implemented to execute computer-readable instructions;
The at least one processor includes:
a first providing unit that provides streaming content to a shared creator terminal; a second providing unit that provides the same streaming content as the provided streaming content to the at least one participant terminal in real time;
The second providing unit is
providing the at least one participant terminal in real time with a playlist of the shared creator terminal that includes streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal;
The playlist on the shared creator terminal includes:
content preference information of the shared creator terminal and content preference information of the at least one participant terminal are displayed ;
The content preference information of the shared creator terminal is
Generated based on the history of streaming content played by the shared creator terminal in the past, the history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or the history of streaming content in which the shared creator terminal participated in real time in the past,
The content preference information of the at least one participant terminal is:
Generated based on the history of streaming content played by the at least one participant terminal in the past, the history of streaming content shared in real time in the past, or the history of streaming content in which the at least one participant terminal participated in real time in the past,
The content preference information of the shared creator terminal and the content preference information of the at least one participant terminal are displayed in such a way that it can be understood from the playlist which user prefers which song.
Streaming content real-time sharing system. 12. Streaming according to claim 11 , further comprising: a control unit that controls the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal to be played at the same timing as the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal. Content real-time sharing system. The control unit includes:
synchronizing the playback timings of the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal and the streaming content provided to the at least one participant terminal;
The streaming content real-time sharing system according to claim 12 . The first providing unit includes:
When the real-time sharing request is generated from the shared creator terminal, the streaming content provided to the shared creator terminal on an SNS that cooperates with the service platform of the shared creator terminal to which the streaming content is provided. Automatically post information about
The streaming content real-time sharing system according to claim 11 .

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