JP2012034351A - Operational information transfer server, operational information transfer system, and operational information transfer method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operational information transfer system that enables remote instructions without requiring new hardware for receiving radio signals.SOLUTION: A first terminal apparatus includes: an input section for inputting operational information indicating the content of an operation; and a first transmission section for transmitting, to an operational information transfer server, packet information including the operational information input from the input section and destination information specifying a second terminal apparatus to which the operational information should be transmitted among a plurality of terminals. The operational information transfer server includes: a first receiving section for receiving the packet information transmitted from the first transmission section; and a second transmission section for referring to the destination information included in the received packet information and transmitting the packet information to the second terminal corresponding to the destination information. The second terminal apparatus receives the packet information transmitted from the second transmission section, acquires the operational information from the packet information, and controls its operation according to the operational information.

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation information transfer server, an operation information transfer system, and an operation information transfer method for operating a terminal remotely.

In recent years, the use range of mobile phones has been expanded, and functions for remotely operating home appliances have been installed. For example, in Patent Document 1 shown below, a mobile phone is connected to a data center via a network, and a control code corresponding to a device to be controlled is downloaded. Then, the control code is read out and transmitted from the mobile phone to the target device by short-range radio such as infrared rays. Thereby, the apparatus can be operated remotely.
By the way, a mobile phone has a function of outputting contents such as voice, video, and text. Further, a computer device connected to a network is an example of viewing content. Some users view content using both a mobile phone and a computer device.

JP 2002-204292 A

As described above, when viewing content using a mobile phone and a computer device, it may be possible to remotely operate the computer device using a mobile phone.
However, a computer device is not always equipped with an infrared communication function or a short-range wireless communication function for receiving a control code. In addition, when such an infrared communication function or short-range wireless communication is to be installed, it is necessary to newly install hardware capable of receiving a radio signal in the computer apparatus.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is an operation capable of remotely instructing a computer apparatus without newly providing hardware for receiving a radio signal. An object is to provide an information transfer server, an operation information transfer system, and an operation information transfer method.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention provides an operation information transfer server in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network. The packet information transmitted from the first terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, the packet information including the operation information representing the operation details related to the output of the content distributed from the content server is received. A first receiving unit; and a second transmission unit that transmits the operation information to a second terminal device that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information. .

  The present invention also provides an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network, 1 terminal device receives an input of operation information representing operation details related to output of content distributed from the content server, and packet information including operation information received by the input unit is transferred to the operation information A first transmission unit that transmits to the server, wherein the operation information transfer server is addressed to a first reception unit that receives packet information transmitted from the first transmission unit, and to a second terminal. A second transmitter that transmits the operation information, wherein the second terminal device receives the operation information transmitted from the second transmitter, and the second receiver. And having a control unit for outputting the content on the basis of the operation content operation information received by the receiver represents.

  In the operation information transfer system according to the present invention, a content server for distributing content is connected to the operation information transfer system, and the content server receives the operation information and responds to the operation information. A distribution unit that distributes a program that realizes an operation function and content in response to a request from the terminal device; and the second terminal device includes a reproduction unit that connects to the content server and reproduces the content. And the control unit of the second terminal device outputs the content by executing the program.

  In the operation information transfer system described above, the first transmission unit of the first terminal device generates the destination information using the login information input via the input unit and generates a packet. The information is transmitted to the operation information transfer server, and the second transmission unit of the operation information transfer server is a packet transmitted from the first transmission unit among the second terminal devices to which login information is inputted and logged in. The operation information is transmitted to a second terminal device corresponding to destination information included in the information.

  According to the present invention, in the operation information transfer system described above, the input unit of the first terminal device includes an instruction to specify a user attribute from a provider providing the content in addition to the input of the operation information. The first transmission unit of the first terminal device generates destination information that designates the second terminal corresponding to the attribute input from the input unit as a transmission target, and the operation information transfer server The second transmission unit according to the destination information for the second terminal device corresponding to the attribute transmitted from the first terminal device to the second terminal of the user corresponding to the attribute Operation information is transmitted.

  Further, the present invention provides the operation information transfer system described above, wherein the first terminal device includes a storage unit that stores viewing history information representing a history of content reproduced in the terminal device of the first terminal device. When an instruction to transmit viewing history is input from the input unit, the first transmission unit of the terminal device reads the viewing history information stored in the storage unit, and packet information using the viewing history information as operation information is read out. It produces | generates and transmits to the said operation information transfer server, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the operation information transfer system according to the present invention, the operation information transfer server uses source identification information and the first terminal device used when the first terminal device performs voice communication. A storage unit that associates and stores transmission destination information that is a destination for specifying and transmitting a second terminal device owned by the user, and the first terminal device that stores the transmission source identification information of the first terminal device Alternatively, a transmission source identification information acquisition unit acquired from a terminal device of a provider that provides the content, and the transmission source information corresponding to the transmission source identification information is acquired by referring to the storage unit by acquiring the transmission source identification information. And a control unit that transmits the operation information to the second terminal device by the second transmission unit in accordance with the read transmission destination information.

  In the operation information transfer system described above, the content server includes a determination unit that determines a member type of a user of the first terminal device, and the distribution unit of the content server includes the determination unit The determination result is distributed to the first terminal device, and the operation information is operation information for performing an operation of switching the member type according to the determination result transmitted from the content server, and the first terminal device The first transmission unit transmits packet information including the operation information and destination information for designating a second terminal device that is a transmission target of the operation information among the plurality of terminal devices, to the operation information transfer server. It is characterized by doing.

  In the operation information transfer system described above, the content server includes a determination unit that determines a member type of a user of the first terminal device, and the operation information is determined according to the determination result. The operation information for performing an operation of switching the membership type, and the distribution unit of the content server includes the operation information and destination information for designating a second terminal device to which operation information is to be transmitted among the plurality of terminal devices. Is transmitted to the operation information transfer server.

  In the operation information transfer system described above, the second reception unit of the second terminal device receives the packet information transmitted by the second transmission unit of the operation information transfer server, The control unit of the second terminal device is connected to a user information management server that switches the membership type of the user according to packet information received by the second reception unit.

  Further, the present invention provides an operation in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network, and a plurality of terminal devices are connected to the network. An operation information transfer server in an information transfer system, which is operation information input from an input unit of a first terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, and an operation related to output of content distributed from the content server A first receiving unit that receives packet information including operation information representing content, and a second receiving unit that transmits the operation information to a second terminal that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information. And a transmission unit.

  The present invention also relates to an operation information transfer method for an operation information transfer server in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network. The first receiving unit includes packet information transmitted from the first terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, and includes operation information representing operation details related to output of the content distributed from the content server. The packet information is received, and the second transmission unit transmits the operation information to a second terminal device that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information.

  The present invention also provides an operation information transfer method in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server for distributing content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network, the plurality of terminals Among them, the input unit of the first terminal device inputs operation information representing the operation details related to the output of the content distributed from the content server, and the first transmission unit of the first terminal device receives the input unit. Packet information including the operation information input from is transmitted to the operation information transfer server, the first reception unit of the operation information transfer server receives the packet information transmitted from the first transmission unit, A second transmission unit of the operation information transfer server transmits the operation information to the second terminal, and a second reception unit of the second terminal device is transmitted from the second transmission unit. It receives the operation information, the control unit of the second terminal device, and outputs the content based on the operation content indicated the second operation information received by the receiver is.

  Further, the present invention provides an operation in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network, and a plurality of terminal devices are connected to the network. An operation information transfer method in an operation information transfer server in an information transfer system, wherein the first receiving unit is operation information input from an input unit of a first terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, Second information is received by the second transmission unit that receives the packet information including the operation information representing the operation content related to the output of the content distributed from the content server, and the second transmission unit outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information. The operation information is transmitted to the terminal.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the operation information input from the first terminal device is distributed and received by the operation information transfer server connected via the network to the other terminal devices. The terminal device performs processing according to the operation content. Accordingly, it is possible to remotely instruct the computer apparatus without newly providing hardware for receiving a radio signal in the computer apparatus.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the operation information transfer system by one Embodiment of this invention. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a distributor terminal 10. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a content server 20. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone 30. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an operation information transfer server 40. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal 50. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile phone 30. 4 is a diagram showing an example displayed on a screen of a mobile phone 30. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example displayed on a screen of a mobile phone 30. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example displayed on a screen of a mobile phone 30. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the operation information transfer server 20. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a user terminal 50. It is a figure showing an example of the content displayed on the screen of the user terminal. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in a storage unit 43. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen as which a content is displayed on the screen of the mobile telephone 30 or the user terminal. 4 is a diagram illustrating functions of the mobile phone 30. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the user terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 43 in other embodiment. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of user registration information stored in a storage unit 43. FIG. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the operation information transfer system by other embodiment of this invention. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a content server 20. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a user terminal 50. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone 30. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation example of the operation information transfer system by other embodiment of this invention. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a selection screen displayed on the mobile phone 30. FIG. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation example of the operation information transfer system by other embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, an operation information transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a configuration of an operation information transfer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the operation information transfer system 1, a distributor terminal 10, a content server 20, a mobile phone 30, an operation information transfer server 40, and a user terminal 50 are connected via a network 60. This network includes a communication network in which the user terminal 50 and the mobile phone 30 can communicate such as the Internet network and public line network. The mobile phone 30 is an example of a first terminal device, and the user terminal 50 is an example of a second terminal device.
Here, in the following embodiments, when the user terminal 50 and the mobile phone 30 are not particularly distinguished, they are simply referred to as “terminals”.

An outline of the operation of the operation information transfer system 1 will be described. A distributor who distributes content creates content using the distributor terminal 10 and distributes the created content to the content server 20 together with a content distribution request. The content may be created by the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50 in addition to the distributor terminal 10.
Upon receiving this distribution request, the content server 20 distributes the requested content to the terminal that has requested the content distribution. In addition, when a comment is input from the user viewing the content via the user terminal 50 or the mobile phone 30, the content server 20 receives the comment and is addressed to other terminals viewing the same content. Deliver with content.
As for the content to be distributed, live video distributed from the distributor terminal 10 may be distributed in real time to each terminal that has requested distribution. Alternatively, the content once stored in the content server 20 may be streamed upon receiving a distribution request from the terminal. In this way, communication can be achieved through comments while sharing the same content among a plurality of users.

  In this embodiment, the user can view content using a plurality of terminals. For example, the user owns one user terminal 50 and one mobile phone 30. Then, the user terminal 50 can input a comment on the content and transmit it to the content server 20 using the mobile phone 30 while reproducing and viewing the moving image or audio content. Further, the user can operate the user terminal 50 from a remote place using the mobile phone 30. For example, the user terminal 50 is directly operated by inputting a command for increasing the volume of the audio of the content played by the user terminal 50 from the mobile phone 30 and transmitting the command to the user terminal 50 via the operation information transfer server 40. Even if not, it can be operated remotely.

Next, each part of the operation information transfer system 1 will be further described.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the distributor terminal 10. The distributor terminal 10 is a terminal used by a distributor who distributes live video. The distributor is a person who appears in live video content (program), a group or an individual that is a main body of distribution, for example, a performer such as a moderator, a talent, an actor, or an actress.

In the distributor terminal 10, the camera 110 captures an imaging target. Here, for example, an image of a performer appearing in a live video serving as content is taken. The microphone 120 detects sound in the venue where real-time video is captured. Here, for example, the voice of a performer in the venue (in the studio) is detected.
The content ID management unit 130 generates a content ID for identifying content distributed by the distributor terminal 10. Each program can be identified by this content ID.
The data conversion unit 140 converts the image data captured by the camera 110, the audio data detected by the microphone 120, and the content ID generated by the content ID management unit 130 into communicable data.

The communication unit 150 has a function of distributing audio data and video data converted by the data conversion unit 140 to the content server 20 as content, and a function of communicating with each terminal and the operation information transfer server 20.
The input unit 160 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. For example, text data or the like can be added to the content in response to an input instruction from the distributor. The output unit 170 is, for example, a liquid crystal display device or a speaker, and outputs generated content.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the content server 20. In the content server 20, the comment storage unit 210 associates text information that is a comment with each comment identification information that identifies a comment transmitted from the user terminal 50 or the mobile phone 30, and stores it as comment information. Here, the comment storage unit 210 may include a different comment storage area (thread) for each content (each program) distributed to the user terminal 50 or the mobile phone 30. Further, a plurality of threads may be provided for one content.

  The receiving unit 220 receives comment information transmitted from each terminal (user terminal 50, mobile phone 30) and stores it in the comment storage unit 210. The comment management unit 230 adds and stores additional comment information received by the receiving unit 220 from each terminal in the comment information storage unit 210 according to the content ID and thread ID.

When the content ID is designated from the terminal and the content distribution request is received, the distribution unit 240 transmits the content corresponding to the content ID to the requesting terminal. As a content distribution method, for example, streaming distribution is performed.
Further, the distribution unit 240 reads comment information corresponding to the content ID requested for distribution from the comment storage unit 210 and transmits the comment information to the terminal that has requested distribution.
The distribution unit 240 distributes an operation information transfer program for realizing a function for viewing content in response to a distribution request from the terminal. The operation information transfer program, when executed, receives packet information (described later) to other terminals and packet information transmitted from other terminals, and stores the operation information included in the packet information. It is a program that realizes a function that performs a corresponding operation. The packet information here is information transmitted to the terminal device via the operation information transfer server 40, including information on the operation content input from the terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the mobile phone 30.
The input unit 31 is, for example, an input device such as a keyboard or a touch panel, and inputs operation information representing operation content according to a user operation. Further, the input of the operation information may be performed by inputting a user's voice using a microphone as the input unit 31, converting the voice into characters, and analyzing the contents. The operation information includes, for example, an operation for switching the content being played back on another terminal to another content, an operation for increasing or decreasing the volume of content audio, an operation for inputting a comment, and a playback performed by another terminal. When the content being played is a game, there are operations that are instructions that can be input in the game, search results, and the like. As a comment, text, an image, a sound, or the like can be input. Further, the input unit 31 has a function of inputting a login ID and a password necessary for authentication of being a user who uses the service for reproducing the content in accordance with a user instruction.

  The transmission unit 32 transmits to the operation information transfer server 40 packet information including the operation information input from the input unit 31 and destination information that designates a terminal that is a transmission target of the operation information among a plurality of terminals. In addition, the transmission unit 32 generates destination information using login information input via the input unit 31, and transmits packet information to the operation information transfer server 40. The output unit 33 is a sound output device such as a liquid crystal display device or a speaker, for example, and displays an image of the received content or outputs a sound. The reproduction unit 34 reproduces the content received from the content server 20 and outputs the content by the output unit 33. The storage unit 35 stores various information. Although not shown, the mobile phone 30 also has a function of making a voice call as a mobile phone.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the operation information transfer server 40.
The receiving unit 41 receives packet information transmitted from the transmitting unit 32 of the mobile phone 30.
The transmission unit 42 refers to the destination information included in the received packet information, and transmits the packet information to the terminal corresponding to the destination information. Here, when the destination information is designated by the login ID, the transmission unit 42 designates the user terminal 50 that is logged in by the login ID corresponding to the login ID, and sends a packet to the user terminal 50. Send information by multicast. As a result, only the user terminal 50 whose login ID matches among the terminals that have received the packet information acquires the packet information and performs control according to the operation information.

Here, as a method of identifying the user terminal corresponding to the login ID, for example, when the same user uses a plurality of terminals at the time of user registration, the terminal ID for each terminal is registered, and the same User terminal IDs are associated with login IDs and stored as user information in a predetermined storage area. When a login ID is designated as destination information from a certain terminal, this storage area is referred to, a terminal ID corresponding to this login ID is read, and distributed as a destination to which packet information is transmitted.
Here, when user registration is not performed in advance when issuing a login ID, for example, when a request for content distribution is received from the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50, a one-time virtual login ID is issued, This is stored in association with information for identifying the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50. Thereby, matching can be performed.
The storage unit 43 stores various information. The control unit 44 performs various controls in the operation information transfer server 40.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the user terminal 50. The user terminal 50 is a computer device, for example.
The reception unit 51 receives packet information transmitted from the transmission unit 32 of the mobile phone 30.
The control unit 52 extracts operation information from the packet information received by the reception unit 51 and controls the user terminal 50 so as to perform an operation according to the operation information. The function performed by the control unit 52 may be installed in the user terminal 50 in advance, or may be realized by executing an operation information transfer program downloaded from the content server 20 together with the content.
The input unit 53 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. The output unit 54 is a sound output device such as a speaker or a liquid crystal display device. The playback unit 55 is connected to the content server 20 to download and play back content, and the output unit 54 outputs the content.

Next, the operation of the operation information transfer system 1 having the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile phone 30. Here, it is assumed that the content is distributed to the content server 20 by the distributor terminal 10 and the content can be distributed from the content server 20 to each terminal.
First, when the mobile phone 30 accesses the content server 20 in accordance with an instruction from the user, the mobile phone 30 performs a login process (step S11). Here, a screen for entering the login ID and password is displayed on the display unit 33. When the login ID and password are input by the user via the input unit 31, the mobile phone 30 transmits the login ID and password to the content server 20 and receives the authentication result from the content server 20. When the login ID and the password match those registered in advance by the user, authentication is established and information on a screen for selecting content to be viewed is distributed from the content server 20.
When the content to be viewed is designated by the user via the input unit 31 (step S12), the mobile phone 30 transmits a content ID corresponding to the designated content to the content server 20. In response, the content corresponding to the content ID and the operation information transfer program are downloaded from the content server 20 to the mobile phone 30, the content is played back, and the operation information transfer program is executed (step S13).

After the operation information transfer program is executed, the user can input operation information while viewing the content. The mobile phone 30 determines whether or not operation information has been input by the user via the input unit 31 (step S14). Here, the operation content (for example, raising the volume by 1 or lowering the volume) is assigned to each button of the numeric keypad of the mobile phone 30, and when any button is pressed (step S15), The assigned operation content is detected, the operation ID is associated with the login ID input in step S11 as destination information (step S16), and is transmitted to the operation information transfer server 20 as packet information (step S17). This transmission destination is included in the operation information transfer program.
When there is no operation input within a predetermined time or after the packet information is transmitted, the mobile phone 30 determines whether or not the content reproduction has ended (step S18). If the reproduction of the content has not ended, the process proceeds to step S14. If the reproduction has ended, the output of the content ends.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the operation content assigned to the button of the input unit 31 of the mobile phone 30 is displayed on the screen in association with the button. In this figure, the title of the content is displayed in the display field indicated by symbol a. The function assigned to the buttons of the cross buttons (up, down, left, right) of the input unit 31 is displayed in the display field indicated by reference sign b. Here, for example, information indicating that the upper part of the cross button increases the volume, the lower part decreases the volume, the left indicates that the content is rewound, and the right indicates that the content is fast-forwarded.

  In the display field indicated by reference symbol c, the function assigned to the button assigned to the numeric keypad of the input unit 31 is displayed. Here, for example, a function for displaying moving image information is assigned to the button “1”, and a function for displaying a comment list is assigned to the button “2”.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another example in which the operation content assigned to the button of the input unit 31 of the mobile phone 30 is displayed on the screen in association with the button.
Here, as to the functions assigned to the cross buttons, characters indicating which function is assigned to which key of the cross button are displayed as indicated by reference symbols a and b. The function assigned to the numeric keypad is displayed in the same manner as in FIG. 8 (symbol c).

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when the operation content for changing the volume is input on the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50.
In FIG. 10A, the size of the volume is displayed by characters (symbol a) and displayed by an image (symbol b). The volume adjustment screen in FIG. 10A is displayed when a volume up / down key is pressed. While this screen is displayed, keys corresponding to volume up / down are displayed. When pressed, operation information indicating the pressed state is generated. When the volume operation is not performed for a certain period of time (for example, 1 second) after the volume adjustment screen is displayed, the volume adjustment screen is closed and hidden. Note that the volume adjustment screen is also closed when the CLR button indicated by symbol c is pressed.
FIG. 10B is a diagram illustrating a case where a transmission mark (symbol d) indicating that operation information is being transmitted is further displayed on the screen of FIG. 10A. When the operation information is transmitted, the transmission mark is displayed at any position on the screen for a certain period of time and then hidden. Thereby, it is possible to notify the user that the operation information has been transmitted.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the operation information transfer server 20.
The operation information transfer server 20 determines whether packet information has been received from the terminal at regular time intervals (step S21).
When the packet information is received, the operation information transfer server 20 transmits the received packet information to each currently logged-in terminal by multicast. As a method of transmitting the packet information, the operation information transfer server 20 may transmit the packet information to the content server, and the content server 20 may transmit it to each terminal currently logged in (step). S22).

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the user terminal 50.
When the user terminal 50 accesses the content server 20 in accordance with an instruction from the user, the user terminal 50 performs a login process (step S31). Here, a screen for inputting a login ID and a password is displayed on the output unit 54. When the login ID and password are input by the user via the input unit 53, the user terminal 50 transmits the login ID and password to the content server 20 and receives the authentication result. When the login ID and password match those registered in advance by the user, authentication is established and information on a screen for selecting content to be viewed is distributed from the content server 20. In the content selection screen, when the content to be viewed is specified by the user via the input unit 53 (step S32), the user terminal 50 transmits a content ID for specifying the specified content to the content server 20. In response to this, the content corresponding to the content ID and the operation information transfer program are downloaded to the user terminal 50, the content is reproduced, and the operation information transfer program is executed (step S33).

  When the operation information transfer program is executed, the user terminal 50 determines whether or not packet information has been received (step S34). When receiving the packet information, the control unit 52 determines whether or not the packet information is destined for its own terminal by referring to the destination information. If not, the control unit 52 discards the received packet information, If the packet information is addressed, the operation information included in the received packet information is extracted (step S36). When the operation information is extracted, the control unit 52 performs an operation according to the operation information (step S37).

  On the other hand, when the command is not received, when the received packet information is not addressed to itself, or when the execution of the operation information is finished, the control unit 52 determines whether or not the reproduction of the content is finished. (Step S38). If the reproduction of the content has not ended, the process proceeds to step S34. If the reproduction has ended, the output of the content ends.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents displayed on the screen of the transmission destination user terminal 50 when the operation information is received. In this figure, as an example of the operation information, a case where the operation content is an operation content for raising or lowering the volume is shown. When receiving the operation information for performing the volume operation, the user terminal 50 displays a volume adjustment screen in a pop-up, and an image corresponding to the volume specified by the operation information is displayed and specified by the operation information. The sound output from the output unit 54 is changed so that the volume becomes the same. Thus, since the screen corresponding to the received operation content is displayed on the user terminal 50 of the transmission destination, it is possible to grasp what operation has been performed.
Here, when changing the volume, the volume of the user terminal 50 may be adjusted and changed, or the volume (symbol b) of the player may be adjusted and changed.

In addition, as a method of displaying the operation information, as indicated by a symbol c, the contents of the operation information may be displayed in characters in an information display field displayed near the content display screen. Either or both of the operation information display and the pop-up display using this information display field may be performed.
When this operation information is received, the contents of the operation information are displayed in characters and an alarm sound is output together with a selection button for selecting whether to execute the received operation information. Then, the user of the user terminal 50 may select whether or not to execute the received operation information.

  In the above-described embodiment, the operation information transfer program has both a function of transmitting packet information (the function of the mobile phone 30 described above) and a function of receiving and executing the packet information (the function of the user terminal 50 described above). It is possible to realize both of these functions in one terminal by including. Here, the program may be executed by the user specifying either one of the function of transmitting packet information or the function of receiving and executing packet information. Thereby, only one of the function of transmitting packet information or receiving and executing packet information can be used properly.

In the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone 30 is configured to remotely operate the user terminal 50. However, the user terminal 50 may be configured to remotely operate the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50. Remote control may be performed between the mobile phones 30. The user terminal 50 may be a device having a communication function for connecting to a network and a function capable of executing an operation information transfer program, and may be a digital television, a game machine, or the like in addition to a computer device. .
In addition, as the destination information, when the user knows the user ID of the acquaintance user or information that can identify the acquaintance user ID, the acquaintance user is designated as the transmission destination, Operation information may be transmitted. This makes it possible to communicate between the users through the operation details while viewing the content.

  Here, when the transmission source user and the transmission destination user are different, when the transmission destination mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50 receives the operation information transmitted from another user, the received operation information is executed. A screen for inputting an instruction as to whether or not may be displayed. The transmission destination user views this screen, selects whether or not to execute the operation information, and inputs the instruction. Accordingly, the operation information can be executed in accordance with an instruction from the transmission destination user, and it is possible to prevent the operation information from being executed at an inconvenient or unintended timing.

Moreover, in the above-described embodiment, a case where packet information is executed in the user terminal 50 will be described.
(1) Content switching A case where the mobile phone 30 reproduces the content A and the user terminal 50 reproduces the content B will be described as an example. First, the mobile phone 30 transmits, to the user terminal 50 via the information transfer server 40, operation information for switching the content being played back on another terminal (user terminal 50) to another content in response to a user operation. . This operation information includes a content ID representing another content (content A). Upon receiving the operation information, the user terminal 50 sends a content ID representing the content A included in the operation information to the content server 20 to make a distribution request. The content server 20 transmits data of content A to the user terminal 50 in response to the distribution request. The user terminal 50 receives and reproduces the content A distributed from the content server 20. Thereby, even when the content B is being reproduced, the user terminal 50 can switch to and reproduce the different content A according to the instruction from the mobile phone 30.

(2) Volume operation Upon receiving operation information for increasing or decreasing the volume of content audio from the mobile phone 30, the user terminal 50 increases or decreases the volume of the audio of the content being played according to the operation information. . As a result, the volume can be adjusted remotely.

(3) Comment input When the operation information for inputting a comment is received from the mobile phone 30, the user terminal 50 designates the content ID of the content being reproduced and transmits the comment to the content server. Thereby, a comment can be transmitted by using the user ID of the user terminal 50 as a transmission source. For example, when the user IDs of the mobile phone 30 and the user terminal 50 are different, the user can select which user ID is the transmission source.

(4) Game Operation When the content viewed by the user terminal 50 is a game, operation information for operating the game is transmitted from the mobile phone 30 to the user terminal 50. Thereby, for example, when it is necessary to move the character up and down or left and right in the game on the user terminal 50, the character on the user terminal 50 can be operated by the mobile phone 30.

(5) Answer of quiz When the content viewed by the user terminal 50 is a quiz, an answer to the quiz is input from the mobile phone 30 and transmitted to the user terminal 50 as operation information. The user terminal 50 receives this operation information and transmits it as an answer to the content server 20 together with its own login ID. Thereby, an answer can be made using the user ID of the user terminal 50 while operating the mobile phone 30.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.
In the first embodiment, the case where the mobile phone 30 transmits packet information has been described, but in this embodiment, the case where the distributor terminal 10 transmits packet information will be described. Since other functions and configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.
In this embodiment, the storage unit 43 of the operation information transfer server 40 stores the user ID and attribute information in association with each other as user registration information. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of user registration information stored in the storage unit 43.
The user ID is information for identifying a user who uses a terminal (the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50), and is information used when logging in. The attribute information is information stored in association with the user ID and represents the user's attribute. Here, the attribute information includes the user's gender, the user's age, the user's location, the purchase history that is the history of the user buying products on the Internet shopping site related to the operation information transfer system 1, and the operation information transfer system 1. A participating community that represents a community in which the user is participating, a member type that indicates whether the type of member when using the content server 20 is a normal member, or a premium member that can receive more value-added services, a terminal Is a mobile phone 30, there is a carrier type indicating the carrier of the mobile phone 30 used by the user.

  The input unit 160 of the distributor terminal 10 inputs an instruction specifying a user attribute from a provider who provides content. The user attribute is information corresponding to any item included in the attribute information of FIG. For example, the location can be designated as “Tokyo”.

  In this embodiment, when content is distributed, when a distributor designates an attribute from the input unit 160 of the distributor terminal 10 and operation information is input, the distributor terminal 10 generates packet information therefrom. To the operation information transfer server 40. When receiving the packet information, the operation information transfer server 40 distributes the packet information to each terminal by multicast. The terminal that has received this packet information determines whether or not the attribute information included in the packet information matches the attribute set in the packet information. Is extracted and control is performed according to the operation information. Here, what is necessary is just to memorize | store the own attribute beforehand in an own terminal.

  In this embodiment, transmission source information indicating that the transmission source is the distributor terminal 10 may be included in the packet information for transmission.

  Here, a specific community may be designated as the destination information, and the operation information may be transmitted. For example, in the item “participating community” in the attribute information shown in FIG. 14, the user ID belonging to the specified community is extracted, and the operation information is distributed to the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50 corresponding to the user ID. . In addition to using attribute information, community IDs, community names, user IDs of users participating in the community, and information for identifying whether participation in the community is approved or not are supported for each community. In addition, it may be stored as a community table, and by referring to this, the user ID of a user participating in the designated community may be specified, and the operation information may be distributed.

According to the first or second embodiment described above, when operation information and attributes are input from the distributor terminal 10 during the reproduction of content, it is distributed as packet information to other terminals according to the input, It is possible to cause the terminal to perform an operation according to the packet information. As a result, various operations can be executed from a remote location in real time during content reproduction.
For example, if an instruction to mute the volume for a certain period of time is distributed as packet information to a user whose attribute information is located in “Tokyo”, the terminal of the user whose attribute information is located in “Tokyo” , Content audio is not output. For example, when the distributor distributes quiz content, it is possible to convey a hint by voice only to a user whose attribute information is located in a location other than “Tokyo”, thereby improving entertainment.

Next, a third embodiment will be described.
In the first and second embodiments, each time an operation is input, the packet information is distributed to other terminals and executed in real time. In the third embodiment, the operation content Is temporarily stored and distributed at a certain timing. Since other functions and configurations are the same as those in the first and second embodiments, description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the storage unit 35 of the mobile phone 30 stores the operation content. The storage unit 35 stores, for example, viewing history information representing the history of content reproduced on the mobile phone 30 itself.
The transmission unit 32 of the mobile phone 30 stores the selected content ID in the storage unit 35 each time an instruction to select content is input from the input unit 31, and transmits the viewing history from the user. When an instruction is input, the viewing history information stored in the storage unit 35 is read, packet information using the viewing history information as operation information is generated and transmitted to the operation information transfer server 40.

  With such a configuration, each time content is selected on the mobile phone 30, the selected content is played back and stored in the storage unit 35 as a viewing history. By transmitting this as packet information from the mobile phone 30 to the user terminal 50, the user terminal 50 can specify the history of content viewed on the mobile phone 30. Thus, when the user operates the user terminal 50 to view the content, the user can select and view the content on the user terminal 50 from the content viewed on the mobile phone 30, so the content viewed on a different terminal Can be easily identified and viewed. That is, it is possible to easily search and find content that has been viewed in the past, even on different terminals.

  In addition to storing the viewing history, the storage unit 35 may store one operation history for continuous operations such as viewing another content after the volume is lowered. Thereby, the stored operation information can be transmitted to the other terminal at an arbitrary timing.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.
In the first to third embodiments, the point of distributing and executing packet information to other terminals has been described, but in this embodiment, the case of transmitting packet information from the distributor terminal 10 will be described. Since other functions and configurations are the same as those of the first to third embodiments, the description thereof is omitted.

Here, first, a screen displayed on the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50 will be described.
FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which content is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50. Here, a case will be described in which a distributor distributes video or audio captured by a camera from the distributor terminal 10 to the content server 20 in real time, and the content is distributed to the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50.
When the content is displayed on the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50, the video of the content is displayed in the content display area (symbol a) and distributed from the distributor terminal 10 to the display field (symbol b). Message is displayed, and the elapsed time from the start of content playback is displayed in the elapsed time display field (reference c). Further, a volume control operator (symbol d) for changing the volume in the player, a command input field (symbol e) for inputting a command, and an input field (symbol f) for inputting a comment are displayed.

  Next, content in this figure will be described. In the content in this figure, the user of the mobile phone 30 can participate in the content distributed by the distributor terminal 10 by voice call. Specifically, a communication device capable of performing a voice call is provided in a studio in which imaging is performed by the camera 110 of the distributor terminal 10, and voice communication is performed between the communication device and the user of the mobile phone 30. I do. Thereby, while delivering the content in real time, the distributor in the studio who appears in the content and the user of the mobile phone 30 viewing the content can make a voice call. Further, the contents of this voice call are distributed as contents to the mobile phone 30 and the user terminal 50. As a result, the user himself / herself can participate in the content by voice while viewing the content by the user terminal 50, and the user can directly talk to the distributor.

  Here, out of a plurality of users of the mobile phone 30, those who wish to participate in the content are accepted and selected, and only the winning user is allowed to participate in the content and can make a voice call. Is possible. In this case, the distributor terminal 10 transmits a message “You have won!” To the user terminal 50 of the selected user via the content server 20.

Next, functions in this embodiment will be described.
The storage unit 43 of the operation information transfer server 40 identifies the source terminal identification information used when the first terminal device performs voice communication and the second terminal device owned by the user who uses the first terminal device. Are stored in association with transmission destination information which is a transmission destination. Specifically, the telephone number assigned to the mobile phone 30 is used as source identification information, and the IP address assigned to the user terminal 50 owned by the user who uses this mobile phone 30 is associated as destination information. Remember. This information may be registered by the user when performing user registration.
The receiving unit 41 acquires the caller identification information of the mobile phone 30 from the mobile phone 30 or the distributor terminal 10. For example, the operation information transfer server 40 is notified from the mobile phone 30 using the function of notifying the telephone number of the caller, or the winner's telephone number input by the distributor is received from the distributor terminal 10. Can be obtained.
The control unit 44 acquires the transmission source identification information, refers to the storage unit 43, reads the transmission destination information corresponding to the transmission source identification information, and transmits various data to the user terminal 50 by the transmission unit 42 according to the read transmission destination information. Send.

In such a configuration, the distributor performs a lottery from among those who want to participate in the content. For example, one user is determined as a winner, and the message “You have won!” Is sent to the winner. Is input to the distributor terminal 10. In accordance with this input, the distributor terminal 10 instructs the content server 20 to transmit data including a message “You have won!” To the winner and a telephone number that can be used for voice communication with the distributor. Send to. Here, the control unit 44 reads the transmission destination information of the user terminal 50 of the winner, and gives an instruction to transmit data with the read transmission destination information as a destination. In accordance with this data transmission instruction, the content server 20 transmits a message and a telephone number to the user terminal 50 corresponding to the transmission destination information. Alternatively, the message, the telephone number, and the user ID of the winner are transmitted from the distributor terminal 10 to the content server 20 and stored in the content server 20. Here, a winning flag indicating that the user ID has been won, a user ID, a message, and a telephone number are associated with each other and stored as lottery result information. When the mobile phone 30 sends an inquiry to the content server 20 whether there is lottery result information at regular intervals, and when the winning flag, the phone number, and the message can be acquired, the output unit 33 of the mobile phone 30 A message to call the telephone number is displayed. As a result, only the user terminal 50 having the same transmission destination information displays this message in the display field labeled “b” and also displays the telephone number.
Then, the user who knows that he / she has won can make a voice communication with the distributor and can participate in the content by calling from the mobile phone 30 to the phone number displayed continuously.

  In addition, here, when audio communication is performed from the mobile phone 30 in the vicinity while viewing the content by the user terminal 50, the audio output as the content may be detected by the microphone of the mobile phone 30. Therefore, the distributor inputs an instruction to decrease the volume of the user terminal 50 after transmitting the message or at the same time. When this instruction is input, the distributor terminal 10 transmits this packet information to the user terminal 50. As a result, in the case of distributing content that the user participates in the content using voice communication, the sound of the content detected by the mobile phone 30 is transmitted as noise to the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50 of another user. It is possible to prevent the content from being mixed and distributed.

  When a call is made from the selected mobile phone 30, the voice communication device having the function of the exchange receives this, and notifies the content server 20 and the operation information transfer server 40 of the telephone number notified at the time of reception. May be.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although the control part 44 demonstrated the case where data was transmitted by making the user terminal 50 into a transmission destination, you may make it transmit the mobile telephone 30 as a transmission destination. In this case, for example, the transmission source identification number (for example, IP address) of the user terminal 50 that performs voice communication using the Internet line and the transmission destination information of the mobile phone 30 are stored in association with each other. Then, the control unit 44 acquires the IP address notified when accessed from the user terminal 50, and reads the transmission destination information corresponding to the IP address to transmit the data.

Next, a fifth embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, the point that the remote control function is activated from the mobile phone 30 will be described. Since functions other than those in this embodiment are the same as those in the first to fourth embodiments described above, description thereof will be omitted.
FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the function of the mobile phone 30.
When the above-described content viewing service application is activated by the user terminal 50, when the above-described content viewing service application is activated on the mobile phone 30, “It seems that the content viewing service is used on a PC. Remote control mode The message “Do you want to switch to?” And the choices “Yes” and “No” are displayed (symbol a). Here, when “Yes” is clicked, in the user terminal 50, when the content is being reproduced in the application of the content viewing service, various operation screens of the player who reproduces the content are displayed (reference numeral b). On the other hand, when the content is not reproduced on the user terminal 50, a menu screen for selecting the content to be reproduced is displayed (reference c). Thus, the operation screen can be switched and displayed according to the usage status of the user terminal 50.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 50. FIG. 17A shows an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 50 when the content viewing service application is activated on the mobile phone 30. When the content viewing service is activated on the user terminal 50, a plurality of tabs for selecting functions are displayed on a part of the screen, and when a tab relating to the remote control mode (symbol a) is clicked, “The app is being activated in the remote control mode. Is displayed. Thereby, in the mobile phone 30, it can be grasped that the remote control function is effective.
FIG. 17B is an example of a screen displayed on the user terminal 50 when the content viewing service application is not activated on the mobile phone 30. When a tab related to the remote control mode on the screen of the user terminal 50 is clicked, a message “Application is not activated.” And a button (reference symbol b) for instructing activation of the application are displayed. When the button for starting the application is clicked, an e-mail including an instruction for the operation information transfer server 40 to start the application is transmitted to the mobile phone 30. This transmission destination may be stored in the storage unit 43 by associating the electronic mail address of the mobile phone 30 with the user terminal 50.

Next, a sixth embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, a case where the mobile phone 30 transmits packet information without specifying destination information will be described. Since functions other than those in this embodiment are the same as those in the first to fifth embodiments described above, description thereof will be omitted.
In this embodiment, the transmission unit 32 of the mobile phone 30 transmits the operation content and the terminal identification information of the mobile phone 30 itself to the operation information transfer server 40 as packet information. This terminal identification information may be anything that can identify the mobile phone 30.
The storage unit 43 of the operation information transfer server 40 stores the terminal identification information of the mobile phone 30 and the destination information indicating the target to which the operation information is transmitted in association with each other. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the storage unit 43 in this embodiment. The destination information used here is information that can designate one or a plurality of user terminals 50 as a transmission target. For example, terminal identification information for identifying the user terminal 50 or attribute information of the user of the user terminal 50 is used. Can be used.
The transmission unit 42 of the operation information transfer server 40 extracts terminal identification information included in the packet information transmitted from the mobile phone 30, reads destination information corresponding to the terminal identification information from the storage unit 43, and reads the read destination information The packet information is transmitted to the user terminal 50 corresponding to.

According to this configuration, the mobile phone 30 receives input of operation information and transmits it as packet information together with its own terminal identification information. When receiving the packet information, the operation information transfer server 40 transmits the operation information to the user terminal 50 according to the destination information corresponding to the terminal identification information included in the packet information. Here, for example, when the participation community “baseball” is designated as the destination information, the user ID of the user participating in the “baseball” community is referred to the user registration information stored in the storage unit 43. The packet information is read and transmitted to the user terminal 50 corresponding to the user ID.
According to this embodiment, the mobile phone 30 can transmit packet information to the user terminal 50 corresponding to its own terminal identification information only by transmitting its own terminal identification information together with the operation content. Further, since the operation information transfer server 40 refers to the destination information stored in the storage unit 43 and transmits the packet information to the user terminal 50, the service provider side determines the destination according to the service content. Can do.

  In addition to the attribute information, the destination information stored in the storage unit 43 may be terminal identification information that designates a transmission destination target, or the same content as the content that is being played on the mobile phone 30 is played back. A user terminal 50 may be designated. Here, the transmission source of the packet information may be the user terminal 50, and the transmission destination may be the mobile phone 30.

Next, a seventh embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the device that executes the packet information transmitted from the operation information transfer server 40 is a device other than the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50.
Here, the information home appliance that can be connected to the network is installed in the user's home, receives the packet information transmitted from the operation information transfer server 40 via the network, and executes an operation according to the operation information. It has a function.
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of user registration information stored in the storage unit 43.
The user registration information is information in which a user ID, a participating community, an owned device, and a device ID are associated with each other.
The user ID is information for identifying a user who uses a terminal (the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50), and is information used when logging in. The participating community is information representing a community in which the user participates in the operation information transfer system 1.
The possessed device type is information indicating the type of information home appliances owned by the user. Here, for example, the lighting device A is a lighting device capable of adjusting the illuminance. The device ID is information for identifying each owned device owned by each user, and the owned device connected to the network can be uniquely specified by this device ID.
In this embodiment, the mobile phone 30 transmits to the operation information transfer server 40 packet information including the operation content input from the user and the type of the home appliance that specifies the type of the information home appliance to be operated and the destination information.
The transmission unit 42 of the operation information transfer server 40 extracts the owned device type included in the packet information received from the mobile phone 30, reads the device ID of the information home appliance corresponding to the owned device type, and reads the read device ID. Packet information is transmitted as a transmission target.

  According to this embodiment, for example, when the user is away from home, the user operates the mobile phone 30 and inputs the operation content for designating the lighting device A and turning off the switch, thereby installing the lighting device installed in the home. A can be switched off.

  In this embodiment, it is also possible to consider the user terminal 50 playing the content specified by the mobile phone 30 as the transmission source as a transmission target. For example, the operation information transfer server 40 acquires the content ID from the mobile phone 30 together with the packet information. The acquisition of the content ID may be specified from the mobile phone 30, or the content ID being reproduced by the mobile phone 30 is specified based on session information where the mobile phone 30 and the content server 20 are connected. You may go by. Then, the operation information transfer server 40 extracts the user terminal 50 reproducing the same content based on the content ID, and among the possessed device types associated with the user ID corresponding to the user terminal 50, The device ID corresponding to the possessed device type that matches the packet information is specified, and the packet information is transmitted as the destination information.

  For example, when the user of the mobile phone 30 is playing the drama content live, the user is playing the same content in accordance with the scene where the intercom sounds in the drama, and the owned device type is “ Input “intercom” and “sound intercom” as the operation content, and send it as packet information. As a result, the operation information transfer server 40 identifies the user terminal 50 reproducing the same content, reads the device ID corresponding to the possessed device type of “interphone”, and uses this device ID as destination information. The packet information which is the operation content of “ring the intercom” is transmitted. Thereby, since the actual intercom at home is sounded to the user of the user terminal 50 in accordance with the scene where the intercom is sounded, the presence of content can be increased. It is also possible to turn off the lighting device of the user who is playing the same content in accordance with the scene of the content whose lighting is turned off.

  Note that the mobile phone 30 transmits packet information including its own terminal identification information instead of the destination information, and the terminal identification information of the mobile phone 30 is described on the operation information transfer server 40 side as described in the above embodiment. It is also possible to specify the destination information according to. For example, if a participating community is specified as the destination information, a device ID associated with a device that matches the type of the information home appliance to be operated is read out from the users participating in the participating community. The packet information may be transmitted with the ID as a transmission target.

Next, an eighth embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, the case where there are a normal member who uses the content distribution service by the content server 20 free of charge and a premium member who uses it for a fee will be described as the member types as described above. Also, a case will be described in which packet information including operation information for performing a process of switching the member type is transmitted to the mobile phone 30 according to the difference in behavior caused by the difference in the member type. Here, configurations and functions different from those of the above-described embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the configuration of the operation information transfer system 1 of this embodiment. Here, the user terminal 50 is described as an example of a first terminal device, and the mobile phone 30 is described as an example of a second terminal device. The operation information transfer system 1 of this embodiment further includes a user information management server 70 and a billing server 80.

  The user information management server 70 performs access management of the mobile phone 30 or the user terminal 50 connected to the content server 20. The user information management server 70 stores user registration information including information indicating the membership type of the user shown in FIG. 14 in its own storage area. When the user information management server 70 receives a member type switching request from the terminal, the user information management server 70 communicates with the mobile phone 30 and the billing server 80 to perform switching processing for changing the user member type.

  The accounting server 80 is a server of a service provider that provides a communication service for the mobile phone 30. This billing server 80 performs billing for the mobile phone 30 from the content distribution service provided by the content server 20, and provides a billing proxy service that charges the user together with the communication fee of the mobile phone 30. That is, the billing server 80 is a mobile carrier server, and performs billing for service use on a mobile phone. Here, the billing server 80 communicates with the mobile phone 30 and the user information management server 70, and when the user membership type is switched from a normal member to a premium member, the premium member charge is charged. Perform proxy processing.

The content server 20 of this embodiment includes a user information management unit 250 in addition to the functional units similar to those of the above-described embodiment. FIG. 21 is a diagram showing the configuration of the content server 20.
The user information management unit 250 counts and detects the number of terminals (number of sessions) to which the content server 20 distributes content in real time. Here, in order not to overload the content server 20 and the network 60, control is performed so that the number of terminals connected to the content server 20 is a certain number (for example, 1000) or less. That is, when the content server 20 receives a content distribution request from a number of terminals that exceeds a certain number, the user information management unit 250 rejects the distribution of the content for a portion exceeding the certain number. Such a fixed number is stored in the storage area of the user information management unit 250 and can be changed as appropriate. The user information management unit 250 communicates with the user information management server 70 to receive user registration information and store it in its own storage area.

  Here, when the number of connected terminals exceeds a certain number, the user information management unit 250 gives priority to the terminal of the user who is a premium member over the terminal of the user whose membership type is a normal member. Control to distribute content. Specifically, when receiving a content distribution request, the user information management unit 250 determines whether or not the number of connected terminals is equal to or less than a certain number. If it is determined that the number of connected terminals is equal to or less than a certain number, the distribution unit 240 starts distributing content to the terminal that has transmitted the distribution request. On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of connected terminals exceeds a certain number, the user information management unit 250 determines the membership type of the user of the terminal that has transmitted the distribution request.

  Here, if the user information management unit 250 determines that the member type of the user is a normal member, the user information management unit 250 does not perform distribution. On the other hand, if it is determined that the user's member type is a premium member, it is determined whether there is a terminal of a normal member that is connected. If it is determined that there are connected regular member terminals, distribution to the same number of terminals of the connected regular member as the number of premium member terminals that transmitted the distribution request is stopped, and the premium member Perform priority processing to connect to the terminal and start distribution. When a content distribution request is received from another premium member's terminal, such priority processing is performed until there is no connected normal member's terminal. On the other hand, if it is determined that there is no connected normal member terminal and all the connected terminals are premium member terminals, even if a distribution request is received from the premium member terminal, distribution to the terminal is performed. Not performed.

  The distribution unit 240 distributes the determination result by the user information management unit 250 to the user terminal 50. For example, when the user information management unit 250 determines that the number of connections to the content server 20 exceeds a certain number and the user's membership type is normal, and distribution of content to the user's terminal is stopped As a result of such determination, a stop notification to the effect that content distribution has been stopped is transmitted to the user terminal 50.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the user terminal 50. In this embodiment, the user terminal 50 further includes a transmission unit 56.
The transmission unit 56 performs operation information for performing an operation of switching the member type according to the determination result transmitted from the content server 20, and destination information for designating the mobile phone 30 that is the transmission target of the operation information among the plurality of mobile phones 30. Are transmitted to the operation information transfer server 40.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile phone 30. In this embodiment, the mobile phone 30 further includes a receiving unit 36 and a control unit 37.
The receiving unit 36 receives packet information transmitted by the transmitting unit 42 of the operation information transfer server 40.
The control unit 37 connects to the user information management server 70 based on the operation information included in the packet information received by the receiving unit 36, and switches the user membership type.

Next, an operation example of the operation information transfer system 1 of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 24 is a sequence diagram showing an operation example of the operation information transfer system 1 of this embodiment.
When the content server 20 receives the content distribution request from the terminal, the user information management unit 250 determines whether the number of connected terminals exceeds a certain number, whether the user of the terminal that has transmitted the distribution request is a premium member. It is determined whether or not there is a normal member's terminal in the connected terminal, and priority processing is performed. Here, if the user information management unit 250 determines that the number of terminals exceeds a certain number, the user's membership type is a premium member, and there is a connected normal member's terminal, the connected normal member is present. Priority processing is performed to stop distribution of content to the member's terminal and start distribution to the premium member's terminal. When such a priority process is performed, the content server 20 transmits a cancellation notification to the user terminal 50 of the user who canceled the distribution (step S40).

  The transmission unit 56 of the user terminal 50 includes the operation information for performing an operation of switching the membership type in response to the cancellation notification transmitted from the content server 20, and the mobile phone 30 corresponding to the user ID of the mobile phone 30. Packet information including destination information to be specified is generated and transmitted to the operation information transfer server 40 (step S41). When receiving the packet information transmitted from the user terminal 50, the operation information transfer server 40 transfers the packet information to the mobile phone 30 indicated by the destination information included in the received packet information (step S42). When the reception unit 36 of the mobile phone 30 receives the packet information transmitted from the operation information transfer server 40, the control unit 37 selects whether or not to perform premium member registration based on the operation information included in the packet information. A screen to be displayed is displayed on the output unit 33. FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of such a selection screen. On the selection screen, a button for selecting to register a premium member and a button for selecting to watch another live broadcast are displayed.

  Here, when the button for selecting the premium member registration is pressed, the transmission unit 32 of the mobile phone 30 requests the user information management server 70 to perform the premium member registration of the user (step S43). For example, the user information management server 70 transmits information indicating a connection destination to the charging server 80 that performs premium member registration to the mobile phone 30, and the mobile phone 30 is based on the information transmitted from the user information management server 70. Connect to billing server 80. When the user inputs authentication information indicating a predetermined password or the like for charging to the mobile phone 30, the mobile phone 30 transmits the input authentication information to the charging server 80. The accounting server 80 performs an authentication process based on the authentication information transmitted from the mobile phone 30 and, when determining that the authentication is successful, transmits an accounting completion notification to the mobile phone 30 and the user information management server 70. If it is determined that the authentication has failed, the billing server 80 does not transmit a billing completion notification.

  When the billing server 80 communicates with the mobile phone 30 and the user information management server 70 to charge a premium member fee, and the user information management server 70 receives a billing completion notification from the billing server 80, the billing server 80 stores it in its storage area. The membership type of the user included in the registered user registration information is updated from normal to premium and stored, and a premium member registration completion notice is transmitted to the mobile phone 30 and the content server 20 (steps S44 and S45). The mobile phone 30 causes the output unit 33 to display a screen indicating that premium member registration has been completed. The user information management unit 250 of the content server 20 updates the membership type of the user included in the user registration information stored in its own storage area from normal to premium and stores it. Then, the user terminal 50 connects to the content server 20 and transmits a content distribution request (step S46). Here, since the user of the user terminal 50 is stored in the content server 20 as a premium member, the content server 20 permits the connection without rejecting the content distribution, and distributes the content.

  Here, an example is shown in which the content server 20 notifies the user terminal 50 of cancellation and the user terminal 50 generates packet information in response to the cancellation notification. However, the content server 20 generates packet information. It may be transmitted to the operation information transfer server 40. In this case, the distribution unit 240 of the content server 20 includes the operation information for performing an operation of switching the member type according to the determination result by the user information management unit 250 and the mobile phone that is the transmission target of the operation information among the plurality of mobile phones 30. Packet information including destination information designating 30 is transmitted to the operation information transfer server 40.

  FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram illustrating an operation example of such an operation information transfer system 1. Here, when the user information management unit 250 of the content server 20 performs priority processing in response to the content distribution request transmitted from the terminal, the user ID management unit 250 corresponds to the user ID that canceled distribution without performing cancellation notification. Packet information including destination information specifying the mobile phone 30 is generated and transmitted to the operation information transfer server 40 (step S50). The subsequent processing from step S51 to step S55 is the same as the processing from step S42 to step S46 described above.

  In this way, when the content distribution request is made and the number of distribution terminals exceeds a certain number, among the connected terminals, the user of the terminal whose membership type is a normal member and has received a cancellation notice You can encourage switching to a premium member. Here, normally, a user who wants to view the content must separately connect to the user information management server 70 through the user terminal 50 and perform an operation such as searching for a member switching page and making a switching request. It will take time. On the other hand, according to this embodiment, the member type can be easily switched by remote operation. That is, even when a normal member user wants to receive a content distribution by switching the member type to a premium member, the user terminal 50 separately connects to the user information management server 70, searches for a member switching page, and issues a switching request. It is possible to easily switch the membership type using the mobile phone 30 without performing an operation such as. In addition, since the premium server fee is charged by the charging server 80 by making a payment using the mobile phone 30, the user can easily make payment, while the service provider can also easily charge the fee. It can be performed. As a result, it is possible to smoothly register the premium member and view the content, and it is possible to avoid giving up the viewing due to the trouble of switching the member type. In addition, it is possible to provide a service that gives priority to premium members over normal members.

  Further, a program for realizing the functions of the mobile phone 30, the operation information transfer server 40, and the user terminal 50 described above is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system. It is also possible to execute operation information transfer processing and packet information execution processing by executing the processing. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
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. Furthermore, the “computer-readable recording medium” dynamically holds a program for a short time like a communication line when transmitting a program via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In this case, a volatile memory in a computer system serving as a server or a client in that case, and a program that holds a program for a certain period of time are also included. The program may be a program for realizing a part of the functions described above, and may be a program capable of realizing the functions described above in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Operation information transfer system 10 Distributor terminal 20 Content server 30 Cellular phone 31,53,160 Input part 32,42,56 Transmission part 33,54,170 Output part 34,55 Playback part 35,43 Storage part 40 Operation information transfer Server 36, 41, 51, 220 Receiving unit 50 User terminal 37, 52 Control unit 60 Network 70 User information management server 80 Billing server 110 Camera 120 Microphone 130 Content ID management unit 140 Data conversion unit 150 Communication unit 210 Comment storage unit 230 Comments Management unit 240 Distribution unit 250 User information management unit

Claims (14)

An operation information transfer server in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network,
First reception of packet information transmitted from a first terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, the packet information including operation information representing operation details related to output of content distributed from the content server. And
A second transmission unit that transmits the operation information to a second terminal device that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information;
An operation information transfer server comprising: An operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network,
Of the plurality of terminals, the first terminal device is:
An input unit that receives input of operation information representing operation details related to output of content distributed from the content server;
A first transmission unit that transmits packet information including operation information accepted by the input unit to the operation information transfer server;
The operation information transfer server includes:
A first receiver for receiving packet information transmitted from the first transmitter;
A second transmission unit that transmits the operation information to a second terminal,
The second terminal device is:
A second receiver for receiving operation information transmitted from the second transmitter;
A control unit that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information received by the second receiving unit;
An operation information transfer system comprising: A content server that distributes content is connected to the operation information transfer system.
The content server
A distribution unit that distributes a program and content for realizing a function of receiving operation information and performing an operation according to the operation information in response to a request from the terminal device;
The second terminal device is:
A playback unit for playing back content by connecting to the content server;
The operation information transfer system according to claim 2, wherein the control unit of the second terminal device outputs the content by executing the program. A first transmission unit of the first terminal device generates the destination information using login information input via the input unit and transmits packet information to the operation information transfer server;
The second transmission unit of the operation information transfer server is a second terminal corresponding to the destination information included in the packet information transmitted from the first transmission unit, out of the second terminal devices to which login information is input and logged in. The operation information transfer system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the operation information is transmitted to the terminal device. The input unit of the first terminal device inputs, in addition to the input of the operation information, an instruction for designating a user attribute from a provider providing the content,
The first transmission unit of the first terminal device generates destination information that designates a second terminal corresponding to the attribute input from the input unit as a transmission target,
The second transmission unit of the operation information transfer server, according to destination information for the second terminal device corresponding to the attribute transmitted from the first terminal device, the second of the user corresponding to the attribute The operation information transfer system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the operation information is transmitted to a terminal. The first terminal device is:
A storage unit for storing viewing history information representing a history of content reproduced in its own terminal device;
When a transmission instruction for viewing history is input from the input unit, the first transmission unit of the first terminal device reads the viewing history information stored in the storage unit, and uses the viewing history information as operation information. The operation information transfer system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein generated packet information is generated and transmitted to the operation information transfer server. The operation information transfer server includes:
Source identification information used when the first terminal device performs voice communication and destination information that is a destination for specifying and transmitting the second terminal device owned by the user who uses the first terminal device And a storage unit for storing
A source identification information acquisition unit for acquiring the source identification information of the first terminal device from the first terminal device or the terminal device of the provider providing the content;
The transmission source identification information is acquired, the storage unit is referred to, the transmission destination information corresponding to the transmission source identification information is read, and the second transmission device is read by the second transmission unit according to the read transmission destination information. A control unit for transmitting the operation information;
The operation information transfer system according to claim 2, further comprising: The content server
A determination unit for determining a membership type of the user of the first terminal device;
The distribution unit of the content server distributes the determination result of the determination unit to the first terminal device,
The operation information is operation information for performing an operation of switching the member type according to the determination result transmitted from the content server, and the first transmission unit of the first terminal device includes the operation information, The packet information including destination information for designating a second terminal device to which operation information is to be transmitted among the plurality of terminal devices is transmitted to the operation information transfer server. The operation information transfer system according to any one of the above. The content server
A determination unit for determining a membership type of the user of the first terminal device;
The operation information is operation information for performing an operation of switching the member type according to the determination result, and the distribution unit of the content server is a transmission target of the operation information and the operation information among the plurality of terminal devices. The operation information transfer system according to any one of claims 3 to 7, wherein packet information including destination information designating a second terminal device is transmitted to the operation information transfer server. . A second reception unit of the second terminal device receives the packet information transmitted by the second transmission unit of the operation information transfer server;
The control unit of the second terminal device is connected to a user information management server that switches the membership type of the user according to packet information received by the second reception unit. The operation information transfer system according to claim 9. Operation information in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server for distributing content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network, and a plurality of terminal devices are connected to the network A transfer server,
Among the plurality of terminal devices, receive packet information including operation information input from an input unit of a first terminal device and indicating operation details related to output of content distributed from the content server. A first receiver;
A second transmission unit that transmits the operation information to a second terminal that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information;
An operation information transfer server comprising: An operation information transfer method for an operation information transfer server in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network,
Packet information including operation information representing operation details related to output of content distributed from the content server, wherein the first receiving unit is packet information transmitted from the first terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices. Receive
The operation information transfer method, wherein the second transmission unit transmits the operation information to a second terminal device that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information. An operation information transfer method in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server that distributes content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network,
Among the plurality of terminals, the input unit of the first terminal device inputs operation information representing operation details related to output of content distributed from the content server,
A first transmission unit of a first terminal device transmits packet information including operation information input from the input unit to the operation information transfer server;
A first receiving unit of the operation information transfer server receives packet information transmitted from the first transmitting unit;
A second transmission unit of the operation information transfer server transmits the operation information to a second terminal;
A second receiving unit of the second terminal device receives the operation information transmitted from the second transmitting unit;
The operation information transfer method, wherein the control unit of the second terminal device outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information received by the second reception unit. Operation information in an operation information transfer system in which a plurality of terminal devices, a content server for distributing content, and an operation information transfer server are connected via a network, and a plurality of terminal devices are connected to the network An operation information transfer method in a transfer server,
The first receiving unit is operation information input from the input unit of the first terminal device among the plurality of terminal devices, and operation information representing operation details related to output of content distributed from the content server Receive packet information including
The operation information transfer method, wherein the second transmission unit transmits the operation information to a second terminal that outputs the content based on the operation content represented by the operation information.

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