JP2006157363A - Contents edit system, contents edit method, edit server apparatus, program, and edit client apparatus, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology of reducing a communication quantity between a server apparatus and a client apparatus in a contents edit system adopting the client server system. <P>SOLUTION: Upon the receipt of a request of contents edit from the client 200, an edit server 100 transmits contents on request to the requester client 200. An editor enters an edit instruction applied to the contents to the client 200 and the client 200 edits the contents according to the edit instruction. Further, the client 200 stores the edit instructions to a storage section and transmits the edit instructions altogether to the edit server 100 at the end of edit. The edit server 100 receiving the edit instructions traces the edit processes carried out by the client to update the contents. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a content editing system, a content editing method, an editing server device, a program, and an editing client device and program, and in particular, a content editing system, a content editing method, and an editing server for editing content stored in a server with a client device. The present invention relates to an apparatus, a program, an editing client apparatus, and a program.

  Digital video content (hereinafter simply referred to as video content) stored on the hard disk of a content server accessible via a public line or network is digitally edited from a personal computer or workstation located at a remote location ( Hereinafter, it is simply referred to as editing.

  For example, a moving image editing system disclosed in Patent Document 1 edits content by remote operation from a terminal device. More specifically, the moving image editing system receives a series of editing instructions from the terminal device, edits the moving image based on the editing instructions, and returns the editing result to the terminal device. The user completes editing while repeating transmission of a new editing instruction based on the editing result and reception of the editing result.

In addition, there is an editing mode in which content is downloaded to a client via a communication network, the content is edited by the client, and the edited content is uploaded.
JP 2002-369130 A (page 4-6, FIG. 1-3)

In the moving image editing system disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to transmit the moving image content edited by the server device to the terminal device so that the user can issue a next editing instruction. For this reason, when editing is repeated for the same content, a large amount of data is transmitted from the server device to the client device. In addition, when editing requests are simultaneously received from a large number of users, processing waits in the server device, and it takes time for each user to obtain an editing result.
In the mode of editing on the client device, a large amount of data is transmitted from the client device to the server device. In particular, when a communication network such as an ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line is used as the communication network, the communication speed of the uplink is slower than the communication speed of the downlink, the edited content is transferred from the client device to the server device. It took a lot of time to transfer.

  As described above, the conventional content editing system imposes an extra waiting time on the user. The problem of forcing the user to wait for an extra time is a problem that occurs regardless of the type of content to be edited.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content editing method, an editing server device, a program, an editing client device, and a program with less waiting time for processing in the client device.

A content editing system according to a first aspect of the present invention includes:
A content editing system including a server device and a client device that is connected to the server device via a communication network and edits content stored in the server device,
Server-side storage means for storing content;
Edit accepting means for accepting a content edit request from a client device;
Content transmitting means for reading the content received by the editing accepting means and transmitting it to the client device;
Editing operation receiving means for receiving instruction information corresponding to an editing instruction request indicating an editing operation on content transmitted from the client;
Server-side editing means for updating the content by performing editing instructed by the instruction information received by the editing operation receiving means on the content stored in the server-side storage means;
A server device comprising:
Content receiving means for receiving the content transmitted by the content transmitting means;
Client-side storage means for storing content received by the content receiving means;
An editing operation receiving means for receiving the editing instruction request;
Client-side editing means for updating the content by performing editing instructed by the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means to the content stored in the client-side storage means;
Editing operation transmitting means for transmitting instruction information corresponding to the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means;
A client device comprising:
Is provided.

  According to the present invention, the entire content is sent from the server device to the client device at the start of editing. Then, the client transmits instruction information corresponding to editing operations such as scene cuts, replacements, and various effects performed on the content to the server device. The server device updates the content stored in the storage unit by applying an editing operation instructed by the instruction information transmitted from the client. For this reason, the client apparatus is not easily affected by the processing wait of the server apparatus or communication delay.

In the content editing system,
The client device preferably includes an editing history storage unit that stores instruction information corresponding to the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving unit. in this case,
The editing operation transmitting means transmits a plurality of instruction information stored in the editing history storage means to a server device;
The server side editing means updates the contents by performing editing instructed by each instruction information in the order of accumulation in the editing history storage means.

In this content editing system,
The editing operation transmitting means determines whether or not there is an editing instruction for canceling the immediately preceding editing operation in the editing operations stored in the editing history storage means, and editing for canceling the immediately preceding editing operation. When it is determined that there is an instruction, it is desirable not to transmit to the server device instruction information corresponding to the editing instruction for canceling the editing operation immediately before and the editing operation immediately before the editing instruction.

  According to the present invention, the server device does not perform unnecessary editing operations.

In the content editing system,
Server device
A lock unit that locks content that has received an edit request by the edit receiving unit;
Unlocking means for releasing the lock applied by the locking means triggered by the end of content editing in the server-side editing means;
You may comprise.

In the content editing system,
In the communication network, it is desirable that the uplink communication speed is slower than the downlink communication speed.

In the content editing system,
The client device may include output means for outputting data corresponding to the content updated by the client side editing means.

In the content editing system,
The client device may include a deleting unit that deletes the content stored in the client-side storage unit.

In the content editing system,
The editing operation transmission means performs an editing instruction for the server device corresponding to the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means, or processing performed on the content in response to the editing instruction request by the client side editing means. Information to be identified is transmitted to the server device as instruction information.

The content editing method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes:
In a content editing system comprising a server device for storing content and a client device connected to the server device via a communication network,
A content transmission step in which the server device reads out stored content and transmits the content to the client device;
A receiving step in which the client device receives the content transmitted in the content transmitting step;
A storage step in which the client device stores the content received in the reception step in a storage means;
An editing instruction receiving step in which the client device receives a request for editing instructions for the content from the editor;
A client-side editing step in which the client device edits the content stored in the storage unit in accordance with the request for the editing instruction received in the editing instruction receiving step;
An editing instruction transmission step in which the client apparatus transmits editing instruction data representing the content of the editing instruction request received in the editing instruction reception step to the server apparatus via a communication network;
The server device receives an editing instruction receiving step for receiving the editing instruction data transmitted in the editing instruction transmitting step;
A server-side editing step in which the server device edits and updates content according to the editing instruction data received in the editing instruction receiving step;
Is provided.

An editing server device according to a third aspect of the present invention is:
An editing server device connected to a client device via a communication network,
Content storage means for storing content;
Edit accepting means for accepting a content edit request from the client device;
A content transmitting unit that reads the content that has received the editing request by the editing receiving unit, and transmits the content to the requesting client device via the communication network;
Editing operation receiving means for receiving data indicating an editing operation performed on the content by the client;
Content editing means for updating the content by performing editing indicated by the data indicating the editing operation received by the editing operation receiving means on the content stored in the content storage means;
It comprises.

The program according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is:
A computer device comprising storage means for storing content;
Accepts a content editing request from a client device connected via a communication network,
Read the content that received the edit request, send it to the requesting client device via the communication network,
Receiving data indicating an editing operation performed on the content by the client device;
The content stored in the storage means is edited as indicated by the data indicating the received editing operation, and the content is updated.
It functions as an editing server device.

An editing client device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is:
An editing client device that downloads and edits content from a server device connected via a communication network, and transmits the edited content.
Content receiving means for receiving content requested to be edited from the server device;
An editing operation receiving means for receiving an editing instruction request indicating an editing operation on the content from an operator;
Content editing means for performing the editing instructed by the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means on the content received by the content receiving means;
Editing operation transmitting means for transmitting data indicating an editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means to the server device via the communication network;
It comprises.

The program according to the sixth aspect of the present invention is:
Computer equipment,
Download the content from the server device connected via the communication network,
Receiving an editing instruction request indicating an editing operation on the content from the operator;
Edit the downloaded content instructed by the received edit instruction request,
Transmitting data indicating the received editing instruction request to the server device via the communication network;
It functions as an editing client device.

  According to the present invention, content can be edited with a small processing waiting time in a client device.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a content editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a content editing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an editing server 100 and clients 200A, 200B,... 200N connected to the editing server 100 via a communication network C. . Hereinafter, the client 200 will be referred to when the clients are not distinguished. In FIG. 1, three clients are shown, but any number of clients may be used.

  The content edited by the content editing system according to the embodiment of the present invention is moving image data in the MPEG (Motion Picture Experts Group) -4 format (ISO / IEC 14496-2).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, MPEG-4 format moving image data can be classified into data for one screen (picture) into an I picture, a P picture, and a B picture by an encoding method. An I picture is encoded alone. In the P picture, a residual between an image predicted from the immediately preceding I picture or P picture on the time axis and its own image is encoded. In the B picture, a residual between an image predicted from the immediately preceding picture and the immediately following picture on the time axis and itself is encoded. From the I picture to the picture immediately before the next I picture on the time axis is called GOP (Group Of Pictures) and is a unit of encoding.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the communication network C is a communication network of a public ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line based on a communication protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol). For this reason, the communication speed from the client 200 to the editing server 100 (up) is slower than the communication speed from the editing server 100 to the client 200 (down).

  The editing server 100 accepts a content editing request from the client 200 and transmits the requested content to the requesting client 200. Then, an instruction for an editing operation performed on the content is received from the client 200, and the same editing operation is performed on the content stored in the editing server 100. The configuration of such an editing server 100 is shown in FIG. As illustrated, the editing server 100 includes a control unit 110, a storage unit 120, an input control unit 130, an output control unit 140, and a communication control unit 150.

  The controller 110 includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU) and a storage device (RAM (Random Access Memory)) serving as a work area. Based on the operation program stored in the storage unit 120, the control unit 110 executes editing processing on the server side while controlling each unit.

  The storage unit 120 is configured by a storage device such as a hard disk device, and stores various operation programs executed by the control unit 110, contents to be edited by the content editing system 1, and the like. The operation program stored in the storage unit 120 realizes editing processing on the server side described later in cooperation with the OS in addition to an arbitrary OS (Operating System: basic software) that controls the basic operation of the editing server 100. Includes an editing server program, etc.

  For example, an input device 13 such as a keyboard or a pointing device is connected to the input control unit 130. The input control unit 130 receives an instruction to the control unit 110 input from the input device 13 and transmits the instruction to the control unit 110.

  For example, an output device 14 such as a display device or a printer is connected to the output control unit 140. The output control unit 140 outputs the processing result of the control unit 110 to the output device 14 as necessary.

  The communication control unit 150 includes a communication device such as a NIC (Network Interface Card) or a router, and controls communication between the editing server 100 and the client 200 via the communication network C.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the clients 200A, 200B,..., 200N receive content from the editing server 100, perform nonlinear video editing on the received content, and edit the history of editing operations performed during video editing. Send to server 100. The configuration of such a client 200 is shown in FIG. Since the configurations of the clients 200A, 200B,..., 200N are the same, the configuration of the client 200A is shown as a representative.

  As illustrated, the client 200 (200A) includes a control unit 210, a storage unit 220, an input control unit 230, an output control unit 240, and a communication control unit 250.

  The control unit 210 includes, for example, a CPU and a storage device serving as a work area. Based on the operation program stored in the storage unit 220, the control unit 210 executes client-side editing processing, which will be described later, while controlling each unit.

  For example, the storage unit 220 includes a storage device (RAM, hard disk, etc.). The storage unit 220 stores the operation program of the control unit 210 (including the editing client program unique to the present embodiment), the content being edited, the editing history information recording the editing operation procedure for the content, and the like in the form of a table, for example. is doing.

  Here, the editing client program is configured to perform various editing operations performed as video editing such as scene deletion, replacement, and special effects (for example, superimpose, fade-out, etc.) on the content. Although not particularly limited, these various editing operations are performed in GOP units. This is to save time and effort for expanding and recompressing contents created in the MPEG-4 format at the time of editing.

As shown in FIG. 5, the editing history information includes “identifier”, “start time”, “end time”, “edit content specifying information”, and the like.
Here, the “identifier” is identification information that specifies an instruction of an editing operation performed on the content by the editor with the client 200, and is information that specifies the order of the editing operation. The “start time” and “end time” are information that identifies which part of the content the editing operation performed on the content is. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the time code before the start of editing of the content is stored. However, for example, it can be specified by the position from the beginning of the picture before the start of editing. The “editing content specifying information” is information indicating the content of the editing operation performed on the part from the “start time” to the “end time” of the content or the position specified by the “start time” of the content. There are also editing operations that are not associated with “start time” and “end time”, such as the editing operation to which identifier 4 is assigned. Further, in FIG. 5, “editing content specifying information” is described in a natural language for easy understanding, but in actuality, it is described in the control unit 210 as “editing content specifying information” information. In order to facilitate interpretation of the contents, the contents described by using a dedicated description language, markup language, etc., editing instructions of the editing server 100 and the client 200 corresponding to the editing operation, and the like are stored.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the input control unit 230 is connected to an input device 23 such as a keyboard or a pointing device (mouse). The input control unit 230 receives an instruction to the control unit 210 input from the input device 23 and transmits it to the control unit 210.

  For example, an output device 24 such as a display device or a printer is connected to the output control unit 240. The output control unit 240 outputs the processing result of the control unit 210 to the output device 24 as necessary.

  The communication control unit 250 includes a network card, for example, and receives content to be edited by the client 200 from the editing server 100. In addition, the editing history information indicating the content of the editing operation performed on the received content is transmitted to the editing server 100.

  Hereinafter, the editing process will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the editing process. FIG. 7 shows an example of a screen displayed on the output device 24 in the editing process.

  The editor operates the client 200 to issue a content editing request instruction to the editing server 100. Upon receiving the editing request instruction, the client 200 transmits information specifying the content requested to be edited and the editing request to the editing server 100 (step S201).

  Upon receiving the content editing request, the editing server 100 locks the designated content (FIG. 6, step S101). Then, the content is read from the storage unit 120 and transmitted to the client 200 that has requested content editing via the communication network C (step S102).

  When the content is received (step S202), the control unit 210 of the client 200 operates the editing client program and displays, for example, an editing screen as shown in FIG.

  In the editing screen 400 shown in FIG. 7, an area 401 for displaying a picture in the content being edited, an area 402 for displaying a time axis of the content, a portion of the content with a mark, and the like are displayed. Area 403 in which buttons for inputting an instruction to change a picture (rewind, fast forward, etc.) are arranged (a mark or a slider arranged in area 402 also performs this function), and an editing instruction for content Are arranged, an area 404 for indicating a current editing position, an end button 406 for the editor to notify the editing client program of the end of editing, and the like.

  The editor operates the input device 23 (for example, a mouse) of the client 200 and clicks a button or the like arranged on the editing screen 400 to input an editing instruction for the content. Then, the control unit 210 receives the input editing instruction (step S203). The control unit 210 identifies the clicked position on the editing screen 400, determines which editing operation is instructed according to the identified position on the screen, and which part of the content is the target of the editing operation. Identify. Then, it is determined whether or not the received editing operation instruction is an editing end instruction (step S204). If the received editing operation instruction is not an editing end instruction (step S204: NO), the control unit 210 generates one-time editing history information based on the instructed editing operation and the content portion, and the storage unit It adds to 220 (step S205). Further, the control unit 210 performs the input editing operation on the content stored in the storage unit 220 (step S206). The edited content is stored in the storage unit 220. Then, the control unit 210 updates the display content such as the area 402 indicating the time axis of the content, the content portion with the mark, and the like according to the updated content. For example, when a part of the content is deleted by the editing operation, the control unit 210 adjusts the display position of the slider and the mark displayed in the area 402 according to the length of the content after the change, and the current The numerical value indicating the editing position of the area 405 indicating the editing position is changed. Then, control unit 210 waits to accept a request for a new editing instruction. The process returns to step S203.

  When the editor repeatedly inputs content range designation and editing operation instructions and then clicks the end button 406 to instruct the end of editing the content (FIG. 6, step S204: YES), the control unit 210 The editing history information stored in the storage unit 220 is transmitted from the communication control unit 250 to the editing server 100 via the communication network C (step S207). Here, when the control unit 210 scans the editing history information from the top and finds an instruction (undo) to cancel the immediately preceding editing operation, the control unit 210 cancels the immediately preceding editing operation and the immediately preceding editing instruction. Is deleted from the editing history information. For example, referring to FIG. 5, the control unit 210 determines that the editing operation to which the procedure identifier 4 is assigned is undo, and determines the editing operation to which the procedure identifiers 3 and 4 are assigned from the editing history information. delete.

  When the editing history information is received from the client 200 (step S107), the control unit 110 of the editing server 100 starts the editing operation included in the received editing history information with respect to the content stored in the storage unit 120 in the order of instructions. The editing operation is applied (step S108), and the editing operation performed on the client 200 side is traced.

  The control unit 110 stores the edited content in the storage unit 120 and updates it (step S109). Finally, the control unit 110 releases the lock applied to the content and ends the editing process (step S110).

  As described above, according to the content editing system 1 according to the present embodiment, the editing server 100 transmits content to the client 200, and the client 200 performs various editing operations on the received content. The client 200 transmits data representing the editing operation performed on the content to the editing server 100. The editing server 100 edits the content stored in the storage unit 120 according to the editing operation indicated in the received data representing the editing operation. For this reason, the amount of information transmitted from the client 200 to the editing server 100 is reduced as compared with the case where the editing result itself is returned to the editing server 100. Further, the content is transmitted from the editing server 100 to the client 200 only once at the start of editing, and the amount of data transferred from the editing server 100 to the client 200 also issues an editing operation request to the editing server 100. Each time, the content is reduced as compared with the case where the content is transmitted to the client 200.

  In addition, the client 200 collectively transmits editing operations performed by the editor to the editing server 100. For this reason, the editing server 100 collectively executes editing operations for content. For example, when the editing client program supports cancellation (undo) of the immediately preceding editing operation, the editing server 100 does not perform a useless editing operation when tracing the editing operation performed on the client 200 side. I'm sorry.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation and application are possible.

  For example, although the above embodiment has been described assuming that editing is performed on a single content, it can be applied to editing that combines two or more contents. In this case, the client 200 requests content from the editing server 100 as much as necessary for editing. The editing server 100 may store a plurality of contents in the storage unit 120. In this case, the editing server 100 and the client 200 handle content by distinguishing the content by a file name or the like, for example.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the content is a moving image compressed in the MPEG-4 format has been described. However, the content is not limited to this, and the moving image compressed in another format, audio, text, Alternatively, they may be fused.

  Further, every time an instruction for an editing operation is received, data representing the instruction for the editing operation may be transmitted from the client 200 to the editing server 100. Alternatively, data representing an instruction for editing operation may be transmitted during editing. In this case, the control unit 210 is explicitly instructed by the editor to transmit data indicating an instruction for an editing operation, or automatically transmitted at regular intervals. In addition, the control unit 210 clears the editing history information when transmitting data representing an editing operation instruction.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the content editing system 1 performs nonlinear editing of content. However, linear editing or other known editing methods may be used.

  Further, the client 200 may delete the content stored in the storage unit 220 after the editing is completed (after step S207).

  The editing server 100 may store the content in the storage unit 120 as another content instead of updating the content in step S109.

  Further, the processing in steps S108 and S109 shown in FIG. 6 need not be performed immediately after the processing in step S107. For example, the editing server 100 may edit content by nighttime batch processing. If comprised in this way, the edit server 100 can edit a content when processing is vacant, and it is useful for load distribution.

  Further, the control unit 210 may transmit the data generated for the content editing operation together with data indicating a method for applying the data to the content. In this case, the editing server 100 edits the content stored in the storage unit 120 based on the received data generated for the editing operation and the data indicating how to apply the data to the content.

  In the above embodiment, the editing server 100 and the client 200 are connected by the communication network C whose downlink communication speed is faster than the uplink communication speed. However, the configuration of the communication network C is limited to this. Absent.

  Note that the content editing system 1 in each of the above embodiments can be realized using a normal computer system, not a dedicated system. For example, a program for executing the above operation is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (FD, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.) and distributed, and the program is installed in the computer to execute the above processing. The editing server 100 and the client 200 may be configured. Alternatively, it may be stored in a disk device of a server device on a network such as the Internet and downloaded to a computer, for example.

  Further, when the above-described function is realized by sharing between the OS and the application or by cooperation between the OS and the application, only the part other than the OS may be stored in the medium.

  It is also possible to superimpose a program on a carrier wave and distribute it via a communication network. For example, the program may be posted on a bulletin board (BBS, Bulletin Board System) on a communication network and distributed through the network. Then, the above-described processing may be executed by starting this program and executing it under the control of the OS in the same manner as other application programs.

1 is a block diagram of a content editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating how to arrange the picture in MPEG-4 format. It is a block diagram of the edit server of FIG. It is a block diagram of the client of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the edit history information stored in the memory | storage part of FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the edit process concerning embodiment of this invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen displayed on the client-side output device in the editing process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

100 Editing server 110, 210 Control unit 120, 220 Storage unit 130, 230 Input control unit 13, 23 Input device 140, 240 Output control unit 14, 24 Output device 150, 250 Communication control unit 200 Client

Claims (13)

A content editing system including a server device and a client device that is connected to the server device via a communication network and edits content stored in the server device,
Server-side storage means for storing content;
Edit accepting means for accepting a content edit request from a client device;
Content transmitting means for reading the content received by the editing accepting means and transmitting it to the client device;
Editing operation receiving means for receiving instruction information corresponding to an editing instruction request indicating an editing operation on content transmitted from the client;
Server-side editing means for updating the content by performing editing instructed by the instruction information received by the editing operation receiving means on the content stored in the server-side storage means;
A server device comprising:
Content receiving means for receiving the content transmitted by the content transmitting means;
Client-side storage means for storing content received by the content receiving means;
An editing operation receiving means for receiving the editing instruction request;
Client-side editing means for updating the content by performing editing instructed by the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means to the content stored in the client-side storage means;
Editing operation transmitting means for transmitting instruction information corresponding to the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means;
A client device comprising:
A content editing system comprising: The client device includes an editing history storage unit that stores instruction information corresponding to the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving unit,
The editing operation transmitting means transmits a plurality of instruction information stored in the editing history storage means to a server device;
The server side editing means updates contents by performing editing instructed by each instruction information in the order of accumulation in the editing history storage means;
The content editing system according to claim 1. The editing operation transmitting means determines whether or not there is an editing instruction for canceling the immediately preceding editing operation in the editing operations stored in the editing history storage means, and editing for canceling the immediately preceding editing operation. When it is determined that there is an instruction, the instruction information corresponding to the editing instruction for canceling the immediately preceding editing operation and the editing operation immediately before the editing instruction is not transmitted to the server device.
The content editing system according to claim 2. The server device
A lock unit that locks content that has received an edit request by the edit receiving unit;
Unlocking means for releasing the lock applied by the locking means triggered by the end of content editing in the server-side editing means;
The content editing system according to claim 1, 2, or 3.   5. The content editing system according to claim 1, wherein the communication network has an uplink communication speed slower than a downlink communication speed.   6. The content editing system according to claim 1, wherein the client device includes an output unit that outputs data corresponding to the content updated by the client side editing unit.   The content editing system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the client device includes a deleting unit that deletes the content stored in the client-side storage unit.   The editing operation transmission means performs an editing instruction for the server device corresponding to the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means, or processing performed on the content in response to the editing instruction request by the client side editing means. 8. The content editing system according to claim 1, wherein information to be specified is transmitted to the server device as instruction information. In a content editing system comprising a server device for storing content and a client device connected to the server device via a communication network,
A content transmission step in which the server device reads out stored content and transmits the content to the client device;
A receiving step in which the client device receives the content transmitted in the content transmitting step;
A storage step in which the client device stores the content received in the reception step in a storage means;
An editing instruction receiving step in which the client device receives a request for editing instructions for the content from the editor;
A client-side editing step in which the client device edits the content stored in the storage unit in accordance with the request for the editing instruction received in the editing instruction receiving step;
An editing instruction transmission step in which the client apparatus transmits editing instruction data representing the content of the editing instruction request received in the editing instruction reception step to the server apparatus via a communication network;
The server device receives an editing instruction receiving step for receiving the editing instruction data transmitted in the editing instruction transmitting step;
A server-side editing step in which the server device edits and updates content according to the editing instruction data received in the editing instruction receiving step;
A content editing method comprising: An editing server device connected to a client device via a communication network,
Content storage means for storing content;
Edit accepting means for accepting a content edit request from the client device;
A content transmitting unit that reads the content that has received the editing request by the editing receiving unit, and transmits the content to the requesting client device via the communication network;
Editing operation receiving means for receiving data indicating an editing operation performed on the content by the client;
Content editing means for updating the content by performing editing indicated by the data indicating the editing operation received by the editing operation receiving means on the content stored in the content storage means;
An editing server device comprising: A computer device comprising storage means for storing content;
Accepts a content editing request from a client device connected via a communication network,
Read the content that received the edit request, send it to the requesting client device via the communication network,
Receiving data indicating an editing operation performed on the content by the client device;
The content stored in the storage means is edited as indicated by the data indicating the received editing operation, and the content is updated.
A program characterized by functioning as an editing server device. An editing client device that downloads and edits content from a server device connected via a communication network, and transmits the edited content.
Content receiving means for receiving content requested to be edited from the server device;
An editing operation receiving means for receiving an editing instruction request indicating an editing operation on the content from an operator;
Content editing means for performing the editing instructed by the editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means on the content received by the content receiving means;
Editing operation transmitting means for transmitting data indicating an editing instruction request received by the editing operation receiving means to the server device via the communication network;
An editing client device comprising: Computer equipment,
Download the content from the server device connected via the communication network,
Receiving an editing instruction request indicating an editing operation on the content from the operator;
Edit the downloaded content instructed by the received edit instruction request,
Transmitting data indicating the received editing instruction request to the server device via the communication network;
A program that functions as an editing client device.

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