JP2011233170A - Information communication terminal and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information communication terminal in which the amount of information sent to and displayed on a user's information communication terminal is limited to a predetermined amount or less and information more useful to the user is displayed.SOLUTION: A second information communication terminal connected to an information communication server that sends information input to a first one of multiple information communication terminals to the second information communication terminal receives, from the information communication server, the input information input to the first information communication terminal and a transmission intensity value indicating the degree of transmission of the input information input to the first information communication terminal to the second information communication terminal, and compares the received transmission intensity value with a previously stored threshold of the transmission intensity value. When judging that the transmission intensity value exceeds the threshold, the second information communication terminal causes an output section to output the received input information. When the transmission intensity value does not exceed the threshold, the input information is output by the output section if the first information communication terminal is a predetermined information communication terminal.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information communication terminal and an information communication server in which an information communication server connected to a plurality of user terminals via a network transmits information such as comments transmitted from a specific user terminal to other user terminals.

Conventionally, an information distribution server connected to a plurality of user terminals via a network can transmit information such as comments transmitted from a specific user terminal to other user terminals, thereby enabling real-time communication among a plurality of users. An information communication system is provided. In such an information communication system, for example, a text chat that transmits and receives only text information, or a comment that is input from a user terminal in accordance with a streaming video is superimposed on a video that is displayed on another user terminal. There are information communication systems that can be displayed.
In such an information communication system, the processing capacity of the information communication server alone and the load on the network are limited, so the number of user terminals that can be connected simultaneously is limited.

  Thus, a technique has been proposed in which a plurality of connection servers to which each user terminal is physically connected are installed to distribute the processing load. For example, in Patent Document 1, a plurality of connection servers that manage connection of a plurality of client terminals are connected to different connection servers by transmitting and receiving text information transmitted from client terminals under their control to each other. A chat system using IRC (Internet Relay Chat) technology that enables chat between client terminals has been proposed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-334021

  However, even when the processing load of the connection server is distributed by the above-described technology and a chat system between a large number of user terminals is provided, depending on the hardware processing capability on the user terminal side, all of the large number of comments transmitted There are cases where it is difficult to perform the process of displaying, or the processing time until the received comment is displayed becomes long and may be stressful to the user. Even if the user terminal has sufficient processing capability to display a large amount of comments, it is difficult for the user to read information such as a large amount of comments in a short time. Therefore, information that is more than necessary for the user may become noise, and all information transmitted from a large number of user terminals may not necessarily be output to all other user terminals. Here, it is conceivable that the information to be transmitted is randomly limited to a certain number or less, or the information to be transmitted is restricted by the connection server to which the user terminal is connected. In this way, the information is uniformly restricted. Therefore, it is not possible to transmit information that is meaningful to the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and information that displays information that is meaningful to the user while limiting the amount of information transmitted and displayed to the user's information communication terminal to a certain number or less. A communication terminal and an information communication server are provided.

  One aspect of the present invention receives input information input to a first information communication terminal among a plurality of information communication terminals, and uses the received input information as a second information communication terminal among the plurality of information communication terminals. The second information communication terminal connected to the information communication server to be transmitted to the information communication server, wherein the input information and the input information may be output from the second information communication terminal. An input information receiving unit that receives a transmission intensity value representing height, a threshold storage unit that stores a threshold of the transmission intensity value, the transmission intensity value received by the input information receiving unit, and the threshold storage unit And the determination unit that determines whether the transmission strength value exceeds the threshold value, and the determination unit determines that the transmission strength value exceeds the threshold value, Received by the input information receiver An output control unit that causes the output unit to output the input information, and the output control unit is configured to provide the first information communication terminal with a predetermined value even when the transmission intensity value does not exceed the threshold value. In the case of an information communication terminal, the input information is output to the output unit.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the predetermined information communication terminal is an information communication terminal in which the input information is input by a predetermined person.

  In one aspect of the present invention, the predetermined information communication terminal is an information communication terminal designated by the predetermined person.

  One aspect of the present invention receives input information input to a first information communication terminal among a plurality of information communication terminals, and uses the received input information as a second information communication terminal among the plurality of information communication terminals. A program for operating a computer as the second information communication terminal connected to the information communication server to transmit to the information communication server, the input information from the information communication server and the input information is the second information communication An input information receiving step for receiving a transmission strength value representing a high possibility of being output at the terminal; the transmission strength value received at the input information receiving step; and a transmission strength value stored in a threshold storage unit A determination step of comparing the threshold value and determining whether or not the transmission strength value exceeds the threshold value; and in the determination step, determining that the transmission strength value exceeds the threshold value Output control step for causing the output unit to output the input information received in the input information receiving step, and the first information communication terminal even if the transmission intensity value does not exceed the threshold value Is a program for causing the computer to execute the step of outputting the input information to the output unit.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to display information highly meaningful to the user while limiting the amount of information transmitted and displayed to the user's information communication terminal to a certain number or less.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the information communication system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen displayed on a user terminal by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information communication system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the concept of the panel by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data memorize | stored in the endpoint information storage part of the exchange server by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data memorize | stored in the server endpoint memory | storage part of the exchange server by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data memorize | stored in the user endpoint storage part of the connection server by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data memorize | stored in the transmission intensity | strength value memory | storage part of the connection server by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data memorize | stored in the comment memory | storage part of the connection server by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation example of the information communication system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation example of the information communication system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the concept in the case of providing a performer in the information communication system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of application of the information communication system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of application of the information communication system by one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information communication system 1 according to the present embodiment. The information communication system 1 includes a user terminal 100-1, a user terminal 100-2, a user terminal 100-3, a user terminal 100-4, a user terminal 100-5, ..., a connection server 200-1, and a connection server 200. -2, connection server 200-3, ..., exchange server 300, and moving image distribution server 400, which are connected via network 500. Here, the user terminal 100-1, the user terminal 100-2, the user terminal 100-3, the user terminal 100-4, the user terminal 100-5,... When it is not necessary to explain, the user terminal 100 will be described. In addition, the connection server 200-1, the connection server 200-2, the connection server 200-3,... Have the same configuration, and will be described as the connection server 200 when there is no need to explain them individually. . In addition, although the computer apparatus of the five user terminals 100, the three connection servers 200, the one exchange server 300, and the one video delivery server 400 is illustrated here, network environment and each Any number may be applied according to the machine specifications of the computer device applied to the above.

  First, an outline of a communication system provided by the information communication system 1 in the present embodiment will be described. In the information communication system 1, the moving image distribution server 400 performs streaming distribution of moving images to the user terminal 100 in response to requests from a plurality of user terminals 100 connected via the network 500. The user terminal 100 displays the moving image distributed from the moving image distribution server 400 on the display screen, and accepts input of comments on the moving image from the user. The comment input to the user terminal 100 is transmitted to the connection server 200 corresponding to the user terminal 100. When the connection server 200 receives a comment from the user terminal 100 belonging to itself, the exchange server 300 determines the transmission destination of the comment received by the connection server 200 and comments to the connection server 200 to which the user terminal 100 that is the comment transmission destination belongs. Request to send. The connection server 200 transmits a comment to the user terminal 100 under its control, and the user terminal 100 displays the comment received from the connection server 200 on the moving image received from the moving image distribution server 400.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the moving image distributed from the moving image distribution server 400 and the comment transmitted from another user terminal 100 are displayed on the user terminal 100 in a superimposed manner. Here, the transmitted comment is scrolled and displayed so as to flow from right to left on the moving image. Thereby, the user of the user terminal 100 can share text information input according to the content of the moving image with other users while viewing the moving image. As described above, the information communication system 1 of the present embodiment provides a large-scale communication system that enables simultaneous connection and simultaneous comment transmission of a large number of user terminals 100.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing configurations of the user terminal 100, the connection server 200, and the exchange server 300 according to the present embodiment. Here, the connection server 200 is connected to a plurality of user terminals 100 associated with its own, and performs physical management of the connection of the plurality of connected user terminals 100. On the other hand, the exchange server 300 performs logical management of connection of a plurality of user terminals 100. With such a configuration, while the exchange server 300 performs logical management of connection states of all user terminals 100, a plurality of connection servers 200 distribute management of physical connection states of user terminals 100 in a distributed manner. By doing so, the control load of a large number of user terminals 100 can be efficiently distributed, and a large-scale communication system can be provided.

  First, the exchange server 300 will be described in detail. The exchange server 300 is a computer server device that controls a transmission / reception destination of information between the user terminal 100 and the user terminal 100 under the plurality of connection servers 200, and includes a transmission intensity value calculation unit 310, an endpoint information storage unit 320, a transmission / reception unit 330, and a server endpoint storage unit 340.

The end point information storage unit 320 stores end point information indicating a node that determines a pseudo connection position of the user terminal 100. The end point information includes information indicating a plurality of continuous nodes.
FIG. 4 shows the concept of the panel represented by the end point information. The panel, which is a concept in the present embodiment, includes nodes of a plurality of end points and a plurality of relay nodes. An end point is a node that represents a logical connection position in the communication system of the user terminal 100 that participates in the communication system provided by the information communication system 1, and each user terminal 100 is one of the end points included in the panel information. Is associated with. The relay node is a node that is provided between the end points and is not associated with the user terminal 100. By inserting a relay node between end points, a logical distance can be inserted between the end points.

  As shown in the broken line in FIG. 4, for example, the end point A, the end point B, the end point C, the end point D, the end point E, and the end point F are arranged on the panel. Further, the relay node a is between the end points A, C, and B, the relay node b is between the end points B and E, the relay node c is between the relay node b and the end point D, and the end point E And the relay node d are arranged between the terminal point F and the end point F, respectively. Thus, the logical connection relationship with the other end points or other relay nodes is predetermined for the end points and the relay nodes included in the panel. The plurality of user terminals 100 are respectively associated with one of the end points included in such a panel, whereby a logical connection position in the communication space is determined. In the example of FIG. 4, the user X is associated with the end point A, the user Y is associated with the end point C, the user V is associated with the end point B, the user W is associated with the end point E, and the user Z is associated with the end point F. The user can move from the end point with which the user is associated to another end point. For example, the user Z associated with the end point F can input the end point by inputting operation information to the user terminal 100. It is possible to move to D. In this way, for example, the user can move and approach toward the connection position where the topic of interest is performed in his / her communication space.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data example of end point information corresponding to the panel illustrated in FIG. 4. The end point information is associated with an end point included in the panel and a transmission intensity value subtraction value indicating a distance between the end point and the other end point. The transmission strength value is given by the connection server 200 when a comment is transmitted from the user terminal 100 associated with the end point, and is an index indicating whether or not the comment is output to another user terminal 100. Numerical information. The transmission strength value indicates the degree to which the input information input to the user terminal 100 is transmitted to another user terminal 100. Hereinafter, an end point to which the user terminal 100 that transmitted the comment belongs is set as an input end point, and an end point to which the user terminal 100 that is a transmission destination of the transmitted comment belongs is described as an output end point. Whether a comment input to a certain input end point is output to another end point is determined according to the number of end points or relay nodes between the input end point and the output end point.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, there is a relay node a between an end point A that is an input end point and an end point B that is an output end point, and the end point A and the end point B are a distance of 3 nodes. It is expressed that there is. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the transmission intensity value subtraction value between the end point A and the end point B is set to -3. Similarly, the transmission intensity value subtraction value between the end points A and C is -3, the transmission intensity value subtraction value between the end points A and D is -6, and the transmission intensity value subtraction between the end points A and E is subtracted. The value is associated with -5, and the transmission intensity value subtraction value between the end points A and F is associated with -7.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the transmission / reception unit 330 transmits / receives information to / from the connection server 200. For example, when a comment is transmitted from the user terminal 100 to the connection server 200, the transmission / reception unit 330 receives the input end point ID for identifying the input end point to which the user terminal 100 that transmitted the comment belongs from the connection server 200, and the input comment The comment ID given by the connection server 200 and the transmission strength value are received.

  The server endpoint storage unit 340 stores an endpoint ID that identifies an endpoint managed by the connection server 200 in association with a connection server ID that identifies each of the plurality of connection servers 200. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data example of correspondence information stored in the server endpoint storage unit 340 between the connection server ID and the endpoint ID. Here, a data example is shown in which the end point A is associated with the connection server 200-1, the end point B is associated with the connection server 200-2, and the end point C is associated with the connection server 200-3. As described above, in this embodiment, an example in which one end point is associated with one connection server 200 will be described for the sake of brevity. However, one end point is managed by a plurality of connection servers 200. And may be associated with each other.

  When the transmission / reception unit 330 receives information on the input end point ID, the comment ID, and the transmission strength value from the connection server 200, the transmission strength value calculation unit 310 receives the received information and the end points of the panel stored in the end point information storage unit 320. Based on the information, a process of subtracting the transmission intensity value is performed. For example, when a comment is transmitted from the user terminal 100 of the user X belonging to the input end point A to the connection server 200 and the connection server 200 assigns “5” as the transmission strength value to the comment, the transmission strength value calculation unit 310 Referring to the end point information stored in FIG. 5, subtract 2 from 5 for output end point B, subtract 2 from 5 for output end point C, and subtract 2 from output end point D. 5 is subtracted from 5 to 6 for output end point E, 5 is subtracted from 5 to 5 for output end point E, 2 is subtracted from 5 to 7 for output end point F, and -2. Calculate each.

  The transmission intensity value transmission unit 350 transmits the transmission intensity value calculated by the transmission intensity value calculation unit 310, the comment ID, and the output end point ID to the connection server 200 via the transmission / reception unit 330. At this time, the transmission strength value transmission unit 350 transmits information to the connection server 200 corresponding to the output endpoint whose transmission strength value calculated by the transmission strength value calculation unit 310 is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold (for example, 0). It is also possible not to send. For example, as in the above-described example, when a comment of the transmission strength value “5” is transmitted from the terminal user terminal 100 belonging to the endpoint A, the transmission strength value for the output endpoint D is − 1. The transmission strength value for the output end point E is calculated as 0, and the transmission strength value for the output end point F is calculated as -2, and no information is transmitted to the connection server 200 corresponding to these three points. In this case, the transmission intensity value transmission unit 350 reads the correspondence information stored in the server endpoint storage unit 340, and obtains only the connection server ID corresponding to each of the output endpoint B and the output endpoint C that are the transmission targets of the information. It detects and transmits information only to the connection server 200 corresponding to the detected connection server ID.

The connection server 200 is a computer server device that performs information communication with a plurality of user terminals 100. The connection server 200 includes a user endpoint storage unit 210, a corresponding endpoint allocation unit 220, a transmission strength value storage unit 230, a comment storage unit 240, a comment transmission unit 250, and a transmission / reception unit 260.
The transmission / reception unit 260 performs transmission / reception of information with the exchange server 300 and transmission / reception of information with the plurality of user terminals 100.

  When the transmission / reception unit 260 receives a connection request including the user ID of the user terminal 100 from the user terminal 100, the corresponding endpoint assignment unit 220 determines whether to permit connection of the received user ID to the communication system. Perform authentication processing. Here, for example, authentication is performed using the same user ID as the moving image distribution service provided by the moving image distribution server 400. When the corresponding end point assigning unit 220 authenticates the user and determines that the connection is permitted, the corresponding end point assigning unit 220 includes the user ID of the user terminal 100 included in the connection request and a plurality of end points stored in the end point information storage unit 320 of the exchange server 300. , Correspondence information in which any one of the end points is associated is stored in the user end point storage unit 210. Here, the end points associated with the user IDs may be allocated so as to distribute the user terminals 100 according to the number of user terminals 100 belonging to each end point, or may be associated with predetermined end points. Further, an image showing a panel as shown in a broken line in FIG. 4 may be browsed by the user and the user may select which end point it belongs to.

  The user endpoint storage unit 210 stores an endpoint ID for identifying one of the endpoints and a user ID for identifying a user belonging to the endpoint in association with each other. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the user endpoint storage unit 210. Here, the end point ID “A” and the user ID “X” are stored in association with each other, indicating that the user X belongs to the end point A. The user endpoint storage unit 210 of the connection server 200 may store information in which a plurality of user IDs are associated with each of a plurality of endpoint IDs. In the following description, it is assumed that the user endpoint storage unit 210 stores a user ID associated with a single endpoint. In the present embodiment, the connection server 200-1 stores the user ID associated with the endpoint ID “A”, and the connection server 200-2 stores the user ID of the endpoint ID “B”. Will be described as storing the user ID of the end point ID “C”.

  In the transmission strength value storage unit 230, a user ID and a transmission strength value to be given to a comment transmitted from the user terminal 100 corresponding to the user ID are stored in association with each other. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the transmission intensity value storage unit 230. Here, the user ID “X” and the transmission intensity value “5” are stored in association with each other, and the transmission intensity value “5” is included in the comment transmitted from the user terminal 100 with the user ID “X”. Is expressed. Here, the same transmission strength value may be associated with a plurality of users, or different transmission strength values may be stored for each user. In addition, a large transmission intensity value may be associated only with a specific user. For example, when configuring a communication system linked with the user ID of the moving image distribution server, different transmission strengths can be associated with each other according to user attributes in the moving image distribution server.

  The comment storage unit 240 stores a comment received by the transmission / reception unit 260 from the user terminal 100 and a comment ID for identifying the comment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the comment storage unit 240. The comment storage unit 240 may store information such as the date and time when the connection server 200 receives a comment from the user terminal 100 in association with each other.

  When the transmission / reception unit 260 receives a comment from the user terminal 100, the comment transmission unit 250 reads and reads the transmission strength value corresponding to the user ID of the user terminal 100 that is the source of the comment from the transmission strength value storage unit 230. Assign the transmission strength value to the comment. Here, the comment transmitting unit 250 generates a random number within a range of 0.5 to 1.5, for example, when assigning a transmission strength value to a comment, and a value obtained by multiplying the generated random number by the transmission strength value May be calculated as a transmission intensity value and attached to a comment. In this way, by correcting the transmission intensity value based on the random number and giving irregular fluctuation to the transmission intensity value given to the comment, the range of other user terminals 100 where the comment is displayed is irregularly changed, It is possible to provide a communication system with a moderate change in the reach of comments.

  In addition, when the comment transmission unit 250 receives information about the comment ID, the transmission strength value, and the output end point ID from the exchange server 300, the comment transmission unit 250 reads the user ID corresponding to the received output end point ID from the user end point storage unit 210. The information is transmitted to the user terminal 100 corresponding to the read user ID. At this time, the comment transmitting unit 250 may not transmit the comment to the user terminal 100 when the comment transmission strength value is smaller than a predetermined value. Thus, also in the connection server 200, it is possible to reduce the network load and the processing load for the comment determination by the user terminal 100 by determining whether or not to transmit a comment according to the transmission intensity value. In particular, when a large number of comments occur at a time, it is also effective as a traffic reduction method.

  In the present embodiment, the plurality of connection servers 200 receive and store comments from different user terminals 100, and only the comment ID is transmitted to the exchange server 300. For this reason, the connection server 200 including the comment storage unit 240 in which the text information that is the entity information of the comment is stored is only the connection server 200 to which the user terminal 100 that transmitted the comment belongs, and the connection server 200 corresponding to the output endpoint. May not store comment entity information. In this case, the comment transmission unit 250 requests and receives a comment from another connection server 200 in which the comment entity information corresponding to the comment ID received from the exchange server 300 is stored.

  The user terminal 100 is an information terminal that is used by a user and performs information communication with other information devices via a network. In this embodiment, the user terminal 100 is a PC (personal computer). However, a computer terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a mobile phone terminal can be applied. In the present embodiment, the user terminal 100 is described as transmitting and receiving information to and from the connection server 200 by using a function of an Internet browser that is installed and operated in advance. However, the user terminal 100 is connected to the connection server 200 by dedicated client software or the like. You may make it do. In the example of the present embodiment, the user terminal 100-1 is used by the user with the user ID “X”. The user terminal 100-2 is used by the user with the user ID “Y”. The user terminal 100-3 is used by the user with the user ID “Z”. The user terminal 100-4 is used by the user with the user ID “V”. The user terminal 100-5 is used by the user with the user ID “W”.

The user terminal 100 includes an input unit 110, a transmission / reception unit 120, a determination unit 130, an output control unit 140, an output unit 150, a threshold storage unit 160, a connection request unit 170, and a comment transmission unit 180. ing.
The transmission / reception unit 120 transmits / receives information to / from the connection server 200. The transmission / reception unit 120 also receives comments and transmission intensity values transmitted from the connection server 200 and moving image information that is streamed from the moving image distribution server 400.
The input unit 110 is an input device that receives input information and operation information from the user, and for example, a keyboard or a mouse can be applied.
The output unit 150 is an output device that outputs information received by the transmission / reception unit 120 from the moving image distribution server 400, and is a display that displays moving image information, comment information, and the like.

  The connection request unit 170 makes a connection request to the communication system according to operation information from the user input to the input unit 110. The connection request unit 170 transmits a connection request including its own user ID to the connection server 200 via the transmission / reception unit 120. Here, for example, when the connection request unit 170 has already logged in to the video distribution service of the video distribution server 400 by the function of the Internet browser, the connection request unit 170 is stored in the user terminal 100 in association with the video distribution service. A user ID corresponding to the user ID can be transmitted to the connection server 200 by using information included in the cookie.

  When a comment is input from the user to the input unit 110 according to the video distributed from the video distribution server 400 and displayed on the output unit 150, the comment transmission unit 180 transmits the input comment via the transmission / reception unit 120. It transmits to the connection server 200. Here, when the comment transmission unit 180 transmits a comment, correction information indicating that the transmission intensity value for the comment is corrected may be added. Here, the correction information is information for increasing / decreasing the transmission intensity value according to the input information from the user. For example, the input unit 110 inputs information such as sending a comment “loud” or “loud”. In the case of acceptance, it is information indicating either “loud” or “loud”. In this case, the connection server 200 that receives the correction information together with the comment transmitted from the comment transmission unit 180 performs correction to increase the transmission intensity value if the correction information is “loud”, and if the correction information is “loud”. For example, correction is performed to reduce the transmission intensity value. For example, if it is “loud”, the transmission intensity value may be multiplied by a predetermined number of ones. If it is “loud”, the transmission intensity value is multiplied by a predetermined number of one or less. Also good.

The threshold storage unit 160 stores a threshold value (for example, 0) of a transmission intensity value that determines whether or not to output a comment received from the connection server 200 to the output unit 150.
The determination unit 130 compares the transmission strength value received by the transmission / reception unit 120 together with the comment from the connection server 200 with the threshold stored in the threshold storage unit 160, and determines whether or not the transmission strength value exceeds the threshold. .

  The output control unit 140 causes the output unit 150 to output the comment received by the transmission / reception unit 120 when the determination unit 130 determines that the transmission intensity value exceeds the threshold value. Further, the output control unit 140 outputs a comment regardless of the transmission strength value, even if the transmission strength value is less than the threshold, if the number of comments displayed on the output unit 150 is lower than the predetermined number of comments. You may make it display on the part 150. FIG. Further, for example, a comment having a new time transmitted from the user terminal 100 may be displayed on the output unit 150 with priority.

Next, an operation example of the information communication system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11.
First, the connection request unit 170-4 of the user terminal 100-4 sends the transmission / reception unit 120-4 to the connection server 200-2 corresponding to itself in accordance with the operation information input to the input unit 110-4 by the user V. A connection request including its own user ID “V” is transmitted via (step S1). When the transmission / reception unit 260-2 of the connection server 200-2 receives the connection request transmitted from the user terminal 100-4, the corresponding endpoint assignment unit 220-2 reads the user ID “V” from the received connection request, The read user ID “V” is authenticated. When the corresponding endpoint assignment unit 220-2 determines that the connection to the communication system of the user ID “V” is permitted, the user endpoint storage unit 210 associates the user ID “V” with the defined endpoint ID “B”. -2 (step S2).

  And the transmission / reception part 260-2 of the connection server 200-2 transmits the information which shows connection permission to the user terminal 100-4 (step S3). When the user terminal 100-4 receives the connection permission, the user terminal 100-4 starts receiving the moving image stream-distributed from the moving image distribution server 400, and causes the output unit 150-4 to display the received moving image. Similarly, the user terminal 100-1 used for the user X transmits a connection request including the user ID “X” to the connection server 200-1 corresponding to the user terminal 100-1 (step S4), and the connection server 200-1 The user ID “X” corresponding to the user terminal 100-1 read from the connection request is associated with the determined endpoint ID “A” and stored in the user endpoint storage unit 210-1 (step S5). A connection permission is transmitted to 100-1 (step S6). When the user terminal 100-1 receives the connection permission, the user terminal 100-1 starts receiving a moving image that is stream-distributed from the moving image distribution server 400, and causes the output unit 150-1 to display the received moving image.

  When a moving image is displayed on the output unit 150-1 of the user terminal 100-1, the input unit 110-1 of the user terminal 100-1 receives a comment input from the user. When the comment “delicious-!” Is input to the input unit 110-1, the comment transmission unit 180-1 of the user terminal 100-1 and the input user ID “-1! X "is transmitted to the connection server 200-1 to which it belongs (step S7). When the transmission / reception unit 260-1 of the connection server 200-1 receives the comment “delicious!” And the user ID “X” transmitted from the user terminal 100-1, the received comment “delicious!” Is displayed. The comment ID “C1” is assigned, and the comment ID “C1” and the comment “Looks so good!” Are associated with each other and stored in the comment storage unit 240-1.

The comment transmission unit 250-1 of the connection server 200-1 reads the transmission intensity value corresponding to the user ID “X” received from the user terminal 100-1 from the transmission intensity value storage unit 230.
Here, it is assumed that the read transmission intensity value is “5”. Further, the comment transmission unit 250-1 of the connection server 200-1 reads the end point ID “A” corresponding to the user ID “X” received from the user terminal 100-1 from the user end point storage unit 210, and inputs the input end point ID “ A ”. The comment transmission unit 250-1 transmits the comment ID “C1”, the input end point ID “A”, and the transmission strength value “5” to the exchange server 300 (step S9).

  When the transmission / reception unit 330 of the exchange server 300 receives the information of the comment ID “C1”, the input end point ID “A”, and the transmission strength value “5” from the connection server 200-1, the transmission strength value calculation unit 310 Based on the received information and the end point information stored in the end point information storage unit 320, the output end point of the input comment is determined, and the transmission intensity value of each output end point is calculated (step S10). Here, as described above, it is assumed that an output endpoint whose calculated transmission intensity value is 0 or less is not a comment transmission target, and that the endpoint “A”, endpoint “B”, and endpoint “C” are output endpoint IDs. Is determined.

  The transmission intensity value transmission unit 350 of the exchange server 300 includes the connection server ID “connection server 200-1” corresponding to the output endpoint ID “A” calculated in step S10 and the connection server ID corresponding to the output endpoint ID “B”. “Connection server 200-2” is read from the server endpoint storage unit 340. Then, the transmission intensity value transmission unit 350 determines in step S10 the comment ID “C1” received from the connection server 200-1 in step S9 and the connection server 200-2 corresponding to the read connection server ID “B”. The output end point ID “B” and the transmission intensity value “2” calculated for the output end point ID “B” are transmitted (step S11). Further, the transmission strength value transmission unit 350 determines in step S10 the comment ID “C1” received from the connection server 200-1 in step S9 and the connection server 200-1 corresponding to the read connection server ID “A”. The output end point ID “A” and the transmission intensity value “5” calculated for the output end point ID “A” are transmitted (step S12).

  The connection server 200-1 and the connection server 200-2 receive the comment ID “C1”, the output endpoint ID, and the transmission strength value transmitted from the exchange server 300, respectively. In step S8, the comment transmission unit 250-1 of the connection server 200-1 stores the comment “Delicious!” Corresponding to the comment ID “C1” in the comment storage unit 240-1 (step S13: YES), the comment “Looks so good!” Is read from the comment storage unit 240-1 and transmitted to the user terminal 100-1 (step S16). When the transmission / reception unit 120-1 of the user terminal 100-1 receives the comment and the transmission strength value from the connection server 200-1, the determination unit 130-1 stores the received transmission strength value and the threshold storage unit 160-1. Compare with stored threshold. If the determination unit 130-1 determines that the received transmission intensity value exceeds the threshold value, the output control unit 140-1 causes the output unit 150-1 to output the comment “Looks so good!” (Step S17).

On the other hand, since the comment corresponding to the comment ID “C1” is not stored in the comment storage unit 240-2 of the connection server 200-2 (step S14: NO), the comment transmission unit 250- of the connection server 200-2. 2 requests the comment information corresponding to the comment ID “C1” from the connection server 200-1 (step S15). The comment transmission unit 250-1 of the connection server 200-1 reads the comment “Looks good!” Corresponding to the comment ID “C1” from the comment storage unit 240-1, and transmits the comment to the connection server 200-2. When the connection server 200-2 receives the comment transmitted from the connection server 200-1, the connection server 200-2 transmits the received comment and the transmission strength value received from the exchange server 300 in step S11 to the user terminal 100-4 ( Step S18). When receiving the comment and the transmission strength value transmitted from the connection server 200-2, the transmission / reception unit 120-4 of the user terminal 100-4 causes the output unit 150-4 to output a comment according to the received transmission strength value ( Step S16).
According to the configuration described above, it is possible to display information meaningful to the user while limiting the amount of information transmitted and displayed to the user's information communication terminal to a certain number or less.

  In the present embodiment, when the transmission strength value storage unit 230 of the connection server 200 stores the transmission strength value corresponding to the user ID and receives a comment from the user terminal 100, the user ID of the user terminal 100 that has transmitted the comment. However, the user terminal 100 may store its own transmission strength value and transmit the comment and the transmission strength value to the connection server 200.

Also, as shown in FIG. 12, a user to be a performer is determined among the users, and a comment input from the user terminal 100 corresponding to the performer is transmitted to all other user terminals 100 regardless of the transmission intensity value. And may be displayed. In this case, in addition to the panel including the end point where the participant participates, the end point information corresponding to the panel connecting the performer and the other end point may be stored in the end point information storage unit 320. In this case, comments transmitted from a specific user terminal 100 designated by the performer may temporarily reach all the user terminals 100 through another route similar to that of the performer.
For example, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a concept of a communication system in which such a performer is provided in a pseudo live venue. Here, the performer at the live venue is determined, and the endpoint information corresponding to the panel composed of the endpoint and the relay node is stored in the endpoint information storage unit 320.

Further, the present invention can be applied to a conference system with a large number of people as shown in FIG. As a point adjacent to the relay node located at the center, an end point associated with the tag is provided. Then, the user can hold a conference with a large number of people by participating in one or a plurality of end points represented by the tag. Here, for example, “red” endpoint, “blue” endpoint, “yellow” endpoint, “green” endpoint, etc. are provided for the agenda “What is your favorite color?”. The user communicates by belonging to an end point of any favorite color.
In this case, for example, for a user who likes both “red” and “blue”, a priority of 70% is assigned to “red” and 30% is assigned to “blue”. The transmission range of comments may be changed. The user may change the priority for each end point, or may be able to move from the end point to which the user belongs to another end point afterwards. Even in such a case, by giving the above-mentioned fluctuation to the transmission intensity value, the user may receive the content of the discussion at the other end point from the end point to which the user belongs. Therefore, it is possible to provide a conference system that allows various discussions to be performed rather than performing only the given discussions.

In the present embodiment, the input information and the information output from the output unit 150 corresponding to the input information are text information. However, in addition to text information, the input information and the output information include voice information. Information, video information, etc. may be applied. At this time, when the input information is audio information, an audio output device such as a speaker can be applied as an output unit that outputs the input information.
In addition, the output control unit 140 of the user terminal 100 changes the comment output to the output control unit 140 according to the magnitude of the transmission intensity value associated with the comment received and output from the connection server 200. May be. For example, when the transmission intensity value associated with a comment is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the character for displaying the comment may be displayed with a smaller or thinner character. On the other hand, when the transmission intensity value associated with the comment is sufficiently larger than a predetermined threshold, the character for displaying the comment may be displayed with a larger or darker character. Here, when the input information is audio information, the output volume may be changed according to the magnitude of the transmission intensity value. Alternatively, when the input information is moving image information, for example, if the transmission intensity value is small, a moving image in which noise is added to the input moving image information is displayed on the background image according to the size of the transmission intensity value. You may do it. This noise may be a part of the image that has been processed. For example, snow noise, ghost noise, sandstorms, and background images may be displayed translucently to show through. Also good.

In the present embodiment, the transmission direction of input information has been described as being bidirectional, but a configuration in which transmission is performed in only one direction may be employed.
Further, the comment output to the output unit 150 of the user terminal 100 may be displayed in different font types and colors, for example, according to the user ID of the user terminal 100 that is the source of the comment.

Further, the end point information storage unit 320 may store a plurality of end point information constituting a plurality of panels. At this time, the user may belong to any one of a plurality of end points of a plurality of panels at a time.
In addition, the present invention can be applied to all cases in which endpoints can be expressed, such as extraordinary distribution at the time of an earthquake disaster, sports watching, shogi relay, and the like.

  In addition, information communication is performed by recording a program for realizing the function of the processing unit in the present invention on a computer-readable recording medium, causing the computer system to read and execute the program recorded on the recording medium. May be. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer system” includes a WWW system having a homepage providing environment (or display environment). The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those holding programs for a certain period of time are also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information communication system 100 User terminal 110 Input part 120 Transmission / reception part 130 Determination part 140 Output control part 150 Output part 160 Threshold memory | storage part 170 Connection request part 180 Comment transmission part 200 Connection server 210 User endpoint memory | storage part 220 Corresponding endpoint allocation part 230 Transmission Intensity value storage unit 240 Comment storage unit 250 Comment transmission unit 260 Transmission / reception unit 300 Exchange server 310 Transmission intensity value calculation unit 320 Endpoint information storage unit 330 Transmission / reception unit 340 Server endpoint storage unit 350 Transmission intensity value transmission unit 400 Video distribution server 500 Network

Claims (4)

An information communication server that receives input information input to a first information communication terminal among a plurality of information communication terminals and transmits the received input information to a second information communication terminal among the plurality of information communication terminals. The second information communication terminal connected,
An input information receiving unit that receives from the information communication server the input information and a transmission intensity value representing a high possibility that the input information is output in the second information communication terminal;
A threshold storage unit for storing a threshold of the transmission intensity value;
A determination unit that compares the transmission strength value received by the input information reception unit with the threshold stored in the threshold storage unit and determines whether the transmission strength value exceeds the threshold;
An output control unit that causes the output unit to output the input information received by the input information receiving unit when the determining unit determines that the transmission intensity value exceeds the threshold;
With
The output control unit causes the output unit to output the input information when the first information communication terminal is a predetermined information communication terminal even when the transmission intensity value does not exceed the threshold value. Information communication terminal.   The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information communication terminal is an information communication terminal in which the input information is input by a predetermined person.   The information communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined information communication terminal is an information communication terminal designated by the predetermined person. An information communication server that receives input information input to a first information communication terminal among a plurality of information communication terminals and transmits the received input information to a second information communication terminal among the plurality of information communication terminals. A program for operating a computer as the connected second information communication terminal,
An input information receiving step for receiving from the information communication server the input information and a transmission intensity value representing a high possibility that the input information is output in the second information communication terminal;
A determination step of comparing the transmission strength value received in the input information reception step with a threshold of the transmission strength value stored in the threshold storage unit and determining whether the transmission strength value exceeds the threshold;
An output control step for causing the output unit to output the input information received in the input information receiving step when it is determined in the determining step that the transmission intensity value exceeds the threshold;
Even if the transmission intensity value does not exceed the threshold value, if the first information communication terminal is a predetermined information communication terminal, outputting the input information to an output unit;
For causing the computer to execute.

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