JP2013207793A - Server device, content reproduction terminal, content reproduction system, content reproduction method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a plurality of users to simultaneously view the same content with comparatively simple work.SOLUTION: A server device 20 includes: a reproduction history information acquisition section 21a which acquires reproduction history information showing a reproduction history of content from a content reproduction terminal 10; a reproduction period analysis section 21b which acquires a reproduction period of related content having a previously determined relation on the basis of the reproduction history information; a reproduction schedule determining section 21c which receives content information for specifying the content from the content reproduction terminal 10 and obtains the schedule time when the received content is reproduced on the basis of related content identification information and the reproduction period of the related content; and a reproduction schedule information providing section 21d which provides reproduction schedule information showing the schedule time to the content reproduction terminal 10.

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device, a content playback terminal, a content playback system, a content playback method, and a program.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a system for sharing information (recording reservation information) for recording recording of various broadcast program contents such as news, dramas, music, etc., within a group composed of a plurality of content playback terminals registered in advance. It is disclosed.

  In this system, the same broadcast program content is recorded in each content reproduction terminal by recording reservation information shared within the group. Also, in this system, when one content playback terminal in the group plays back recorded broadcast program content, the content playback terminal performs synchronization processing with other content playback terminals, and each content playback terminal Plays the same broadcast program content at the same time. Thereby, each user who belongs to a group can view the same content simultaneously.

JP 2010-62963 A

  However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to determine between users when and what content is to be reproduced, and work for a plurality of users to view the same content at the same time However, there was a problem that it was complicated and unusable.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and a server device, a content reproduction terminal, a content reproduction system, a content reproduction method, and a plurality of users that can simultaneously view the same content by a relatively simple operation. And to provide a program.

The server device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides:
A playback history information acquisition unit that acquires playback history information representing a playback history of content played on the content playback terminal from a content playback terminal;
A reproduction time analysis unit for obtaining a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
Receiving the content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and receiving the content based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A playback schedule determination unit for obtaining a scheduled time for playback,
A playback schedule information providing unit that provides the content playback terminal with playback schedule information indicating a scheduled time for playback of the content obtained by the playback schedule determination unit.

  The server device may include a connection destination setting unit that sets a connection destination for the content reproduction terminal that reproduces the content to share a comment at the scheduled time obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit.

  In the server device, a comment is received from each content playback terminal that plays back the content at the scheduled time obtained by the playback schedule determination unit, and the received comment is sent to the connection destination set by the connection destination setting unit. A comment processing unit may be provided that records and provides the comment recorded in the connection destination to each content reproduction terminal connected to the connection destination.

  In the server device, the reproduction time analysis unit obtains the number of reproductions for each time period in which the content is reproduced based on the reproduction time of the content represented by the reproduction history information, and the number of reproductions for each obtained time period Based on the above, a time zone in which the related content is reproduced may be obtained.

  In the server device, the reproduction time analysis unit may obtain a time period in which the number of reproductions for each time period is the largest as a time period in which the related content is reproduced.

  In the server device, the reproduction time analysis unit obtains the number of days from when the content is recorded until the first reproduction based on the reproduction date and the broadcast date of the content represented by the reproduction history information. Based on the number of reproductions per day, the number of days from when the related content is recorded until it is first reproduced may be obtained.

  In the server device, the reproduction time analysis unit may obtain the number of days with the largest number of reproductions for each number of days as the number of days from when the related content is recorded until the first reproduction.

  In the server device, the reproduction time analysis unit may obtain a plurality of reproduction time candidates for the related content based on the reproduction history information.

A content playback terminal according to the second aspect of the present invention provides:
A reproduction schedule for transmitting content information for specifying content to a server device in which the reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship is recorded, and obtaining reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device An information acquisition unit;
A reproduction reservation setting unit for reserving reproduction of the content based on a scheduled time for reproducing the content represented by the reproduction schedule information acquired by the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit;
A reproduction control unit that reproduces the content reserved for reproduction by the reproduction reservation setting unit based on the scheduled time.

  The content playback terminal may include a playback history information transmitting unit that transmits playback history information representing the playback history of the content played back on its own terminal to the server device.

  The content playback terminal may include a communication control unit connected to a connection destination for sharing a comment with another terminal based on the scheduled time played back by the playback control unit.

  The content playback terminal includes a content storage unit that stores the content, and a broadcast program information storage unit that stores broadcast program information representing a program guide composed of a plurality of programs, and the playback schedule information acquisition unit includes: Content information for specifying the content recorded in the content storage unit is transmitted to the server device at a preset timing, and the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the content acquired from the server device is transmitted to the broadcast program information. In addition, the reproduction reservation setting unit may reserve reproduction of the content based on a scheduled time represented by reproduction schedule information selected from the reproduction schedule information added to the broadcast program information. .

  The content playback terminal includes a content storage unit that stores the content, and a broadcast program information storage unit that stores broadcast program information representing a program guide composed of a plurality of programs, and the playback schedule information acquisition unit includes: Content information specifying one content selected from the content recorded in the content storage unit is transmitted to the server device, and the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the one content acquired from the server device is broadcast. In addition to program information, the playback reservation setting unit selects playback schedule information for performing playback reservation of the one content from the playback schedule information added to the broadcast program information, and the selected playback schedule Based on the scheduled time represented by the information, the one content is reproduced again. It may be reserved.

  In the content reproduction terminal, the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit transmits content information specifying one content selected from the broadcast program information recorded in the broadcast program information storage unit to the server device, and the server device The reproduction schedule information corresponding to the one content acquired from the broadcast program information is added to the broadcast program information, and the reproduction reservation setting unit reserves the reproduction reservation of the one content from the reproduction schedule information added to the broadcast program information. It is also possible to select reproduction schedule information for performing the recording, reserve the reproduction of the one content based on the scheduled time represented by the selected reproduction schedule information, and reserve the recording of the content.

A content reproduction system according to a third aspect of the present invention is:
A content playback system comprising a content playback terminal for playing back content and a server device for communicating with the content playback terminal,
The server device
A playback history information acquisition unit that acquires playback history information representing a playback history of content played on the content playback terminal from the content playback terminal;
A reproduction time analysis unit for obtaining a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
Receiving the content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and receiving the content based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A playback schedule determination unit for obtaining a scheduled time for playback,
A reproduction schedule information providing unit that provides the content reproduction terminal with reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit;
The content reproduction terminal is
A reproduction schedule information acquisition unit that transmits content information for specifying the content to the server device, and acquires reproduction schedule information representing a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device;
A reproduction reservation setting unit for reserving reproduction of the content based on a scheduled time for reproducing the content represented by the reproduction schedule information acquired by the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit;
A reproduction control unit that reproduces the content reserved for reproduction by the reproduction reservation setting unit based on the scheduled time.

A content reproduction method according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is:
A content reproduction method using a content reproduction terminal that reproduces content and a server device that communicates with the content reproduction terminal,
A reproduction history information acquisition step in which the server device acquires reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of content reproduced by the content reproduction terminal from the content reproduction terminal;
A reproduction time analysis step in which the server device obtains a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
The server device receives content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A reproduction schedule determination step for obtaining a scheduled time for reproducing the received content;
A reproduction schedule information providing step of providing the content reproduction terminal with reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content determined in the reproduction schedule determination step;
A reproduction schedule information acquisition step in which the content reproduction terminal transmits content information specifying the content to the server device, and acquires reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device;
A playback reservation setting step in which the content playback terminal reserves playback of the content based on a scheduled time to play back the content represented by the playback schedule information acquired in the playback schedule information acquisition step;
The content reproduction terminal has a reproduction control step of reproducing the content reserved for reproduction in the reproduction reservation setting step based on the scheduled time.

A program according to the fifth aspect of the present invention is:
Computer
A reproduction history information acquisition unit for acquiring reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of the content reproduced by the content reproduction terminal from the content reproduction terminal;
A reproduction time analysis unit for obtaining a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
Receiving the content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and receiving the content based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A playback schedule determination unit for obtaining a scheduled time for playback,
It is made to function as a reproduction schedule information providing unit that provides the content reproduction terminal with reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit.

A program according to the sixth aspect of the present invention is:
Computer
A reproduction schedule for transmitting content information for specifying content to a server device in which the reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship is recorded, and obtaining reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device Information acquisition unit,
A playback reservation setting unit that reserves playback of the content based on a scheduled time of playback of the content represented by the playback schedule information acquired by the playback schedule information acquisition unit;
It functions as a playback control unit that plays back the content reserved for playback by the playback reservation setting unit based on the scheduled time.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of users can view the same content at the same time with relatively simple work.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the content reproduction system which concerns on the 1st and 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the reproduction | regeneration history information which the server apparatus shown in FIG. 2 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows the structure of the reproduction | regeneration tendency information which the server apparatus shown in FIG. 2 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows the structure of the reproduction | regeneration schedule information which the server apparatus shown in FIG. 2 memorize | stores. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the content reproduction terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the attribute information of the content which the content reproduction terminal shown in FIG. 6 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows the structure of the reproduction history information which the content reproduction terminal shown in FIG. 6 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows the structure of the reproduction schedule information (reproduction reservation information) which the content reproduction terminal shown in FIG. 6 memorize | stores. It is a flowchart of the reproduction | regeneration history information transmission process which the content reproduction terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a flowchart of the reproduction | regeneration log | history information recording process which the server apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a flowchart of the reproduction time analysis process which the server apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention performs. (A) is a figure which shows distribution of the frequency | count of reproduction | regeneration for every time slot | zone of the content in which a time slot | zone and a genre correspond. (B) is a figure which shows distribution of the frequency | count of reproduction | regeneration every day until the content in which a time slot | zone and a genre correspond is reproduced | regenerated. It is a flowchart of the reproduction schedule information acquisition process which the content reproduction terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a flowchart of the reproduction | regeneration schedule information provision process which the server apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a flowchart of the reproduction | regeneration reservation setting process which the content reproduction terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a flowchart of the reproduction | regeneration control process which the content reproduction terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the screen which sets the reproduction | regeneration reservation of a content. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the comment which the server apparatus shown in FIG. 19 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows the structure of the reproduction | regeneration schedule information which the server apparatus shown in FIG. 19 memorize | stores. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the content reproduction terminal which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the comment sharing process which the server apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention performs. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the reproduction | regeneration control processing which the content reproduction terminal which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention performs. (A) is a figure which shows the example of a display which divided | segmented the reproduction | regeneration display area and the comment display area. (B) is a figure which shows the example of a display which superimposed the reproduction | regeneration display area | region and the comment display area | region.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration of the content reproduction system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The content reproduction system 1 includes a content reproduction terminal 10 and a server device 20. The content reproduction terminal 10 and the server device 20 communicate via the network N. The network N is, for example, the Internet, and the means for connecting to the Internet may be either wired or wireless. The content is broadcast program content (hereinafter referred to as content) such as news, drama, music, etc., broadcast from the broadcasting station BS.

  The content playback terminal 10 is a terminal that records content broadcast from the broadcasting station BS and plays back the recorded content. The content playback terminal 10 is a terminal compatible with various networks such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) recorder, a TV with a recording function, and a PC (Personal Computer). The content playback terminal 10 has a function (playback reservation function) for playing back content selected as a playback target at a set time.

  The server device 20 analyzes the content reproduction tendency based on the reproduction history of various types of content reproduced by the content reproduction terminal 10. For example, for each content (related content) having a predetermined relationship such that the genre and the broadcast time zone coincide, it is analyzed when the content is often played back. The server device 20 obtains a scheduled date and time (reproduction schedule) for reproducing the content based on the analyzed reproduction tendency of the content.

  The content reproduction terminal 10 transmits the attribute information of the content recorded in its own terminal to the server device 20, and acquires a reproduction schedule corresponding to the recorded content from the server device 20. As a result, each content playback terminal 10 that has made a content playback reservation based on the same playback schedule can play back the same content simultaneously (simultaneous playback).

  The configuration of the server device 20 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The server device 20 includes a control unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a communication unit 23.

  The control unit 21 includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory) functioning as a main memory of the CPU, a timer, and the like. Note that a part of the control unit 21 may be configured by a dedicated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The control unit 21 controls the entire server device 20. The control unit 21 also functions as a reproduction history information acquisition unit 21a, a reproduction time analysis unit 21b, a reproduction schedule determination unit 21c, and a reproduction schedule information provision unit 21d by executing a program recorded in the storage unit 22. Each part 21a-21d performs the below-mentioned various processes.

  The storage unit 22 includes, for example, a storage device such as a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, and an HDD. The storage unit 22 stores various programs and data used by the control unit 21 to perform various processes, and various data generated or acquired by the control unit 21 performing various processes. The storage unit 22 includes a program storage unit 22a, a reproduction history information storage unit 22b, a reproduction tendency information storage unit 22c, and a reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d.

  The program storage unit 22a stores various programs. A program that causes the control unit 21 to function as the reproduction history information acquisition unit 21a, the reproduction time analysis unit 21b, the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c, and the reproduction schedule information provision unit 21d is recorded in the program storage unit 22a. Has been.

  The reproduction history information storage unit 22b stores reproduction history information. The reproduction history information is information representing the reproduction history of the content reproduced on each content reproduction terminal 10. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the playback history information includes an ID for uniquely identifying the played content, the title of the content, the broadcast date and time of the content, the genre to which the content belongs, the program time of the content, and the time when the content was played ( Playback date and time). In the reproduction history information storage unit 22b, for example, reproduction history information of content that has been reproduced exceeding a certain ratio (for example, 80%) is recorded.

  Based on the reproduction history information recorded in the reproduction history information storage unit 22b, the reproduction tendency information storage unit 22c may reproduce content for each content (related content) having a predetermined relationship. Information (reproduction tendency information) obtained by analyzing whether there are many is stored. The reproduction tendency information is generated by a process described later performed by the reproduction time analysis unit 21b. In the reproduction tendency information storage unit 22c, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the genre, the broadcast time zone, the elapsed days (the number of days until the content is first reproduced), the reproduction time zone (the time zone during which the content is reproduced) Is recorded.

  The reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d stores reproduction schedule information. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the playback schedule information includes an ID for uniquely identifying the content, the title of the content, the broadcast date and time of the content, the genre to which the content belongs, the program time of the content, the scheduled playback time of the content (playback schedule), and the like. It has the attribute of. The reproduction schedule is determined by a process described later performed by the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c.

  The communication unit 23 includes a communication interface device such as a network adapter, for example. The communication unit 23 communicates with the content reproduction terminal 10 under the control of the control unit 21. The communication unit 23 can also communicate with devices in the network other than the content reproduction terminal 10.

  Next, the configuration of the content reproduction terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The content reproduction terminal 10 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a broadcast reception unit 13, an operation unit 14, a display unit 15, and a server communication unit 16.

  The control unit 11 includes, for example, a CPU, a RAM that functions as a main memory of the CPU, a timer, and the like. Note that a part of the control unit 11 may be configured by a dedicated circuit such as an ASIC. The control unit 11 controls the entire content reproduction terminal 10. Further, the control unit 11 functions as a reproduction history information transmission unit 11a, a reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b, a reproduction reservation setting unit 11c, and a reproduction control unit 11d by executing a program recorded in the storage unit 12. Each part 11a-11d performs the below-mentioned various processes.

  The storage unit 12 includes a storage device such as a ROM, a flash memory, and an HDD, for example. The storage unit 12 includes various programs and data used by the control unit 11 to perform various processes, various data generated or acquired by the control unit 11 performing various processes, contents obtained by receiving broadcasts, and the like Remember. The storage unit 12 includes a program storage unit 12a, a content storage unit 12b, a reproduction history information storage unit 12c, a broadcast program information storage unit 12d, and a reproduction reservation information storage unit 12e.

  The program storage unit 12a stores various programs. A program that causes the control unit 11 to function as the reproduction history information transmission unit 11a, the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b, the reproduction reservation setting unit 11c, and the reproduction control unit 11d by the execution of the control unit 11 is recorded in the program storage unit 12a. ing.

  The content storage unit 12b stores content broadcast from the broadcasting station BS. The content is recorded in the content storage unit 12b when a recording reservation is given before broadcasting or a recording instruction is given during broadcasting. The content includes media data that is the content entity and content attribute information. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, content attribute information has attributes such as content ID, content title, content broadcast date, content genre, performer, program time, and the like.

  The reproduction history information storage unit 12c stores reproduction history information. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the playback history information includes an ID for uniquely identifying the played content, the title of the content, the broadcast date and time of the content, the genre to which the content belongs, the program time of the content, and the time when the content was played ( Playback date and time). When the content recorded in the content storage unit 12b is played back, the playback history information is recorded in the playback history information storage unit 12c.

  The broadcast program information storage unit 12d stores broadcast program information included in the broadcast signal received from the broadcast station BS. The broadcast program information includes attribute information of a plurality of contents constituting the broadcast program. The broadcast program information storage unit 12d stores each reproduction schedule information acquired from the server device 20. For example, when each reproduction schedule information shown in FIG. 9 is acquired from the server device 20, each reproduction schedule information is recorded in the broadcast program information storage unit 12d.

  The reproduction reservation information storage unit 12e stores information selected and set by the user from the reproduction schedule information added to the broadcast program information as reproduction reservation information. The reproduction reservation information has the same configuration as the reproduction schedule information. Based on the time of the reproduction schedule represented by the reproduction reservation information, the reproduction control unit 11d performs control to reproduce the content.

  The broadcast receiving unit 13 includes an antenna, a tuner, and a broadcast signal processing unit. The broadcast signal processing unit extracts various information (contents, broadcast program information, etc.) from the broadcast signal from the broadcast station BS under the control of the control unit 11, and supplies the extracted various information to the control unit 11.

  The operation unit 14 includes a user interface device (operation buttons, a remote control device, etc.) that gives various instructions to the content reproduction terminal 10 and performs an input operation of characters and the like. The operation unit 14 receives various user operations and supplies operation signals corresponding to the received various operations to the control unit 11.

  The display unit 15 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display device, an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display device, and the like. The display unit 15 outputs various images based on various image data (media data) supplied from the control unit 11. The display unit 15 may be provided inside the content reproduction terminal 10 or outside the content reproduction terminal 10.

  In addition, the operation part 14 and the display part 15 may be comprised from the touch panel. The touch panel displays a screen for accepting a predetermined operation and supplies an operation signal corresponding to the position where the user touches the screen to the control unit 11.

  The server communication unit 16 is composed of a communication interface device such as a network adapter, for example. The server communication unit 16 communicates with the server device 20 under the control of the control unit 11. The server communication unit 16 can also communicate with devices in the network other than the server device 20.

Next, the operation of the content reproduction system 1 having the above configuration will be described.
In the content reproduction system 1, the server device 20 collects content reproduction history information from a plurality of content reproduction terminals 10 regularly or irregularly. The server apparatus 20 analyzes and records the content reproduction tendency based on the collected reproduction history information. Further, the server device 20 assumes a date and time (reproduction schedule) suitable for simultaneous reproduction of content based on the attribute information of the content received from the content reproduction terminal 10 and the reproduction tendency of the content analyzed and recorded. This is notified to the content reproduction terminal 10.
Each content reproduction terminal 10 transmits the attribute information of the content recorded in the terminal itself to the server device 20 and acquires a reproduction schedule corresponding to the attribute information from the server device 20. Each content reproduction terminal 10 sets a content reproduction reservation based on the reproduction schedule acquired from the server device 20, and reproduces the same content all at once based on the time of the reproduction schedule. In this way, simultaneous reproduction of content among a plurality of content reproduction terminals 10 is realized.

  Next, processing performed by the content reproduction terminal 10 and the server device 20 that realize the above operation will be described.

When the power of the server device 20 is turned on, the control unit 21 reads the program from the program storage unit 22a and executes it. Thereby, the control unit 21 functions as a reproduction history information acquisition unit 21a, a reproduction time analysis unit 21b, a reproduction schedule determination unit 21c, and a reproduction schedule information provision unit 21d, and each unit 21a to 21d is turned off until the power is turned off. The following various processes are repeated.
(1) A reproduction history information recording process for recording reproduction history information transmitted from each content reproduction terminal 10.
(2) Reproduction time analysis processing for analyzing the reproduction time of content based on the reproduction history information received from each content reproduction terminal 10.
(3) A reproduction schedule information providing process for providing reproduction schedule information to the inquiry source content reproduction terminal 10 in response to an inquiry from the content reproduction terminal 10.

On the other hand, when the content playback terminal 10 is turned on, the control unit 11 reads the program from the program storage unit 12a and executes it. Thereby, the control unit 11 functions as a reproduction history information transmission unit 11a, a reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b, a reproduction reservation setting unit 11c, and a reproduction control unit 11d, and each unit 11a to 11d performs the following until the power is turned off. The various processes are repeated.
(1) A reproduction history information transmission process for transmitting the reproduction history information recorded in the reproduction history information storage unit 12c to the server device 20.
(2) A reproduction schedule information acquisition process for acquiring reproduction schedule information corresponding to the content recorded in the content storage unit 12b from the server device 20.
(3) A reproduction reservation setting process for making a content reproduction reservation based on the reproduction schedule information acquired from the server device 20.
(4) Reproduction control processing for reproducing the content reserved for reproduction according to the arrival of the time of the reproduction schedule.

  With reference to FIG. 10, the reproduction history information transmission process performed by the content reproduction terminal 10 will be described. The reproduction history information transmission unit 11a waits until a timing set in advance as the timing for transmitting the reproduction history information arrives, for example, every hour (step S111; NO), and determines that the timing has arrived (Step S111; YES), all the reproduction history information recorded in the reproduction history information storage unit 12c is read (Step S112), and the read reproduction history information is transmitted to the server device 20 (Step S113). Thus, the reproduction history information transmission process is performed.

  Next, the reproduction history information recording process performed by the server device 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The reproduction history information acquisition unit 21a waits until the reproduction history information is acquired from the content reproduction terminal 10 (step S211; NO), and when it is determined that the reproduction history information has been acquired (step S211; YES), the acquired reproduction The history information is sequentially recorded in the reproduction history information storage unit 22b (step S212). The reproduction history information acquisition unit 21a obtains the reproduction history information acquired from the content reproduction terminal 10 for each content (related content) in which, for example, the genre of the content and the time zone of the broadcast date and time (information for identifying the related content) match. Rearrange them and record them in the reproduction history information storage unit 22b. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the contents whose genre is “continuous drama” and whose broadcast time zone is “19:00” are all identified as related content, and the genre and the broadcast time zone are the same. For each content, reproduction history information is recorded in the reproduction history information storage unit 22b.

  Next, the reproduction time analysis process performed by the server device 20 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The reproduction time analysis unit 21b waits until the timing for analyzing the reproduction time arrives, for example, every hour (step S221; NO), and when it is determined that the timing has arrived (step S221; YES), the reproduction history The reproduction history information recorded in the information storage unit 22b is read for each related content (step S222).

  The reproduction time analysis unit 21b determines whether or not there is related content (step S223). If it is determined that there is no related content (step S223; NO), the reproduction time analysis process ends.

  On the other hand, if the reproduction time analysis unit 21b determines that there is related content (step S223; YES), for example, as shown in FIG. 13A based on the reproduction date and time of the content included in the read reproduction history information. As described above, the number of times of reproduction for each time zone in which the related content is reproduced is calculated (step S224).

  The reproduction time analysis unit 21b specifies the time zone in which the number of reproductions is the largest as the representative time zone (step S225). That is, here, the reproduction time analysis unit 21b identifies 21:00.

  In addition, the playback time analysis unit 21b, based on the playback date / time and broadcast date / time of the content included in the read playback history information, for example, as shown in FIG. The number of playbacks for each elapsed day is calculated (step S226).

  The reproduction time analysis unit 21b identifies the elapsed days with the largest number of reproductions as the representative days (step S227). That is, here, the reproduction time analysis unit 21b specifies one day later.

  Then, the reproduction time analysis unit 21b has the genre (continuous drama) and the broadcast time zone (19:00) for specifying the related content, the time zone (21:00) in which the number of times of reproduction is the largest, and the number of times of reproduction. Reproduction tendency information representing a certain number of elapsed days (one day later) is generated, and the generated reproduction tendency information is recorded in the reproduction tendency information storage unit 22c as shown in FIG. 4 (step S228).

  Thereafter, the playback time analysis unit 21b determines whether there is any other related content (step S229). If it is determined that there is another related content (step S229; YES), the playback time analysis unit 21b returns to step S224 to play back the content. The time analysis unit 21b performs the same processing as described above. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no other related content (step S229; NO), the reproduction time analysis unit 21b ends the reproduction time analysis process. Thus, the regeneration time analysis process ends.

  Next, a reproduction schedule information acquisition process performed by the content reproduction terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b waits until a timing that is set in advance as a condition for acquiring reproduction schedule information arrives, such as every time a new content is recorded in the content storage unit 12b, every predetermined time (step S121; NO), when it is determined that the timing has arrived (step S121; YES), the attribute information of all the contents recorded in the content storage unit 12b is transmitted to the server device 20 (step S122). The attribute information of the content transmitted here may be a difference from the attribute information of the content transmitted at the previous transmission. As a result, the server apparatus 20 is inquired about the reproduction schedule information. For example, if four contents are recorded in the content storage unit 12b shown in FIG. 7, the attribute information of all the contents corresponding to this is transmitted to the server device 20. Thereafter, the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b enters a standby state until a response is received from the server device 20 (step S123; NO).

  Here, with reference to FIG. 15, a reproduction schedule information providing process performed by the server device 20 will be described.

  The reproduction schedule determination unit 21c determines whether or not there is an inquiry about reproduction schedule information from the content reproduction terminal 10 (step S231), and waits until there is an inquiry (step S231; NO). When it is determined that the reproduction schedule information has been inquired (step S231; YES), the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c selects one of the content attribute information received together with the inquiry, and the attribute information of the selected content is selected. The reproduction schedule information is searched (step S232).

  When it is determined that the reproduction schedule information having the attribute information of the selected content has already been recorded in the reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d (step S233; YES), the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c uses the reproduction schedule information as the reproduction schedule information. Read from the storage unit 22d. For example, when the reproduction schedule information whose content ID, title, broadcast date and time represented by the content attribute information match each other is recorded in the reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d, the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c displays the reproduction schedule information. Is read from the reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d.

  On the other hand, when the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c determines that the reproduction schedule information having the attribute information of the selected content is not recorded in the reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d (step S233; NO), the corresponding reproduction tendency information is reproduced. It is determined whether or not it is recorded in the trend information storage unit 22c (step S234). Specifically, the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c searches for reproduction tendency information having a genre represented by the attribute information of the selected content and a time zone of the broadcast date and time. When it is determined that the corresponding reproduction tendency information is recorded in the reproduction tendency information storage unit 22c (step S234; YES), the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c extracts the reproduction time zone and the number of days from the reproduction tendency information. (Step S235). For example, if the genre represented by the content attribute information is “continuous drama” and the broadcast date is “November 18 19:00”, the genre “continuous drama”, The reproduction tendency information in the broadcast time zone “19:00” is selected, and the reproduction time zone “21:00” and the elapsed number of days “1 day” are extracted from the reproduction tendency information. On the other hand, when the reproduction schedule determining unit 21c determines that the corresponding reproduction tendency information is not recorded in the reproduction tendency information storage unit 22c (step S234; NO), the reproduction schedule information providing unit 21d displays the content attribute information. It is determined whether or not there is another (step S238). That is, in this case, reproduction schedule information corresponding to the attribute information of the selected content is not obtained, and processing for searching for reproduction schedule information is performed based on the attribute information of other content.

  In step S235, when the playback time zone and the number of days are extracted, the playback schedule determination unit 21c extracts the progress extracted on the broadcast day (November 18 in this case) among the broadcast dates and times represented by the content attribute information. The scheduled reproduction date (November 19) is obtained by adding the number of days (1 day). The reproduction schedule determination unit 21c sets the extracted time zone (21:00) as the scheduled reproduction time. In this way, the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c obtains a reproduction schedule (November 19, 21:00) for reproducing the content based on the attribute information of one content selected from the received attribute information of the content (November 19, 21:00). Step S236).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the reproduction schedule information providing unit 21d generates reproduction schedule information indicating the reproduction schedule of the content obtained by the reproduction schedule determining unit 21c in addition to the attribute information of the content, and generates the reproduction schedule information. The information is recorded in the information storage unit 22d (step S237).

  Thereafter, the reproduction schedule information providing unit 21d determines whether or not there is other (unselected) content attribute information (step S238). If it is determined (step S238; YES), the process returns to step S232. The same processing as above is performed.

  On the other hand, when the reproduction schedule information providing unit 21d determines that the above processing has been performed on the attribute information of all the contents received from the content reproduction terminal 10 (step S238; NO), all the reproduction obtained by the processes so far are performed. The schedule information is transmitted as an inquiry result to the content reproduction terminal 10 as the inquiry source (step S239). In addition, even when the reproduction schedule information is not obtained at all, the fact is transmitted to the content reproduction terminal 10 as the inquiry source. Thus, the reproduction schedule information provision process ends.

  Returning to FIG. 14, when it is determined that there is a response from the server device 20 (step S123; YES), the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b of the content reproduction terminal 10 determines whether the reproduction schedule information has been acquired (step S123). S124). When it is determined that the reproduction schedule information has been acquired from the server device 20 (step S124; YES), the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b records the acquired reproduction schedule information in the broadcast program information storage unit 12d (step S125). As a result, in the broadcast program information storage unit 12d, a reproduction schedule corresponding to the post-broadcast content recorded in the content storage unit 12b is recorded in addition to a plurality of programs constituting the broadcast program. Thus, the reproduction schedule information acquisition process ends.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 16, the reproduction reservation setting process performed by the content reproduction terminal 10 will be described.

  When the user performs an operation of reading broadcast program information recorded in the broadcast program information storage unit 12d using the operation unit 14, the display unit 15 displays, for example, a program table including a time zone of the current date and time. The display unit 15 also displays reproduction schedule information (content title, reproduction schedule (scheduled date and time), etc.) corresponding to the time zone. In addition, an item for designating a date other than the current date is also displayed on the display unit 15, and when the user performs an operation for designating the item using the operation unit 14, a program table including a time zone of the designated date and time is displayed. And the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the time zone is displayed.

  The reproduction reservation setting unit 11c waits for an operation for the user to select reproduction schedule information displayed on the display unit 15 using the operation unit 14 (step S131; NO), and when the operation is performed (step S131; YES) The content is reserved for reproduction based on the reproduction schedule represented by the selected reproduction schedule information (step S132). For example, as shown in FIG. 18, when the program table for the time zone from 18:00 to 21:00 on November 19 is displayed on the display unit 15, the title of the content is “program J” according to the user's operation. When the reproduction schedule information representing the reproduction schedule “November 19, 21:00” is selected, a screen for selecting whether or not to make a reproduction reservation is displayed on the display unit 15. When a selection is made to make a playback reservation according to the user's operation, the playback reservation setting unit 11c makes a playback reservation for the content based on the playback schedule (November 19, 21:00). The reproduction reservation setting unit 11c sets the selected reproduction schedule information as reproduction reservation information, and records this in the reproduction reservation information storage unit 12e. As a result, content playback reservation is made. Thus, the playback reservation setting process ends.

  Next, the playback control process performed by the content playback terminal 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The reproduction control unit 11d determines whether or not the time of the reproduction schedule has arrived based on the current date and time (step S141). For example, the playback schedule of the content reserved for playback is “November 19 21:00”, and when this time comes, the playback control unit 11d determines that the time of the playback schedule has arrived.

  If the playback control unit 11d determines that the time of the playback schedule has arrived (step S141; YES), the playback target content (here, content ID) is identified based on the information (content ID) that identifies the content included in the playback schedule information. Then, the content of “program J” is read from the content storage unit 12b, and the reproduction of the content is started (step S142). As a result, the content reproduction terminals 10 that have made a content reproduction reservation (recording the reproduction reservation information) based on the same reproduction schedule information reproduce the same content all at once.

  Thereafter, the playback control unit 11d determines whether or not playback of the content being played has ended for the content being played based on a predetermined timing or a program time represented by the attribute information of the content (step S11). S143) The content is continuously played until it is determined that the content has been played back (step S143; YES). Note that the playback control unit 11d also determines that the playback of the content has ended even when an operation for stopping the playback of the content by the user is performed. Thus, the playback control process ends.

  As described above, according to the content reproduction system 1 according to the present embodiment, the server device 20 displays the content of the related program based on the reproduction history of the content after broadcasting acquired from each content reproduction terminal 10. A time suitable for playback can be obtained, and playback schedule information corresponding to the content can be provided based on the content attribute information received from each content playback terminal 10. On the other hand, each content playback terminal 10 acquires playback schedule information corresponding to the content recorded in its own terminal from the server device 20, and can make a playback reservation for the content based on the acquired playback schedule information. Thereby, a plurality of users can view the same content at the same time by a relatively simple work, and each user can have a common awareness that the same content is being reproduced.

  The content playback terminal 10 adds the playback schedule information acquired from the server device 20 to the broadcast program information, so that the user can check the playback schedule corresponding to the recorded content in the program guide, and thus the recorded content Can be prevented from being stored without being regenerated.

  The content playback terminal 10 may acquire the playback schedule information corresponding to the content selected based on the user's operation from the server device 20 in addition to acquiring the playback schedule information corresponding to all the recorded content. good. An example of this case will be described below.

  For example, when the content of the title “Program J” and the broadcast date “November 18 19:00” is selected by the user from the content recorded in the content storage unit 12b shown in FIG. The schedule information acquisition unit 11b transmits the attribute information of the content to the server device 20.

  Based on the content attribute information received from the content playback terminal 10, the playback schedule determination unit 21c of the server device 20 generates or reads the playback schedule information as in the above embodiment. Here, based on the genre “continuous drama” of the selected content and the broadcast date “November 18 19:00”, the reproduction schedule is “November 19 21:00” from the reproduction tendency information shown in FIG. Some playback schedule information is obtained. Alternatively, based on the attribute information of the selected content, reproduction schedule information whose reproduction schedule is “November 19 21:00” is obtained from the reproduction schedule information shown in FIG. The reproduction schedule information providing unit 21d transmits the obtained reproduction schedule information to the content reproduction terminal 10 that is an inquiry source.

  The reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b of the content reproduction terminal 10 records the reproduction schedule information acquired from the server device 20 in the broadcast program information storage unit 12d. In addition, the reproduction reservation setting unit 11 c displays a program table for a time period including reproduction schedule information (November 19, 21:00) acquired from the server device 20 on the display unit 15. Thereby, the user can confirm the program schedule of the time slot | zone with the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the content which he selected. Then, when the reproduction schedule information displayed on the display unit 15 is selected according to the user's operation, the reproduction reservation setting unit 11c displays a screen for selecting whether or not to make a reproduction reservation as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed. Then, when a selection is made to make a playback reservation according to the user's operation, the playback reservation setting unit 11c makes a playback reservation for the content based on the playback schedule (November 19, 21:00). As described above, the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the content selected by the user may be acquired from the server device 20, and the content reproduction reservation may be performed based on the reproduction schedule information.

  Further, the content reproduction terminal 10 selects content to be reproduced from the broadcast program information recorded in the broadcast program information storage unit 12d based on the user's operation, and stores reproduction schedule information corresponding to the selected content in the server device. You may acquire from 20. Also in this case, the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b transmits the attribute information of the selected content to the server device 20, acquires the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the selected content from the server device 20, and transmits this to the broadcast program information. Record in the storage unit 12d. When the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the content before broadcasting is selected, the reproduction reservation setting unit 11c performs the reproduction reservation and the recording reservation based on the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the content.

  In addition, the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b of the content reproduction terminal 10 receives an operation of selecting one or more contents as the contents to be simultaneously reproduced from the content storage unit 12b or the broadcast program information storage unit 12d, and the corresponding reproduction schedules. Information may be acquired collectively from the server device 20.

  In addition, the transmission history information transmission timing transmitted by the reproduction history information transmission unit 11a of the content reproduction terminal 10 can be appropriately set every time content is reproduced, such as when a request from the server device 20 is received. Also good.

  Further, content that matches only the time zone of the broadcast time and content that matches only the title may be treated as related content. Moreover, you may handle the content with which other attributes (for example, a genre, a performer) correspond as a related content.

  Further, the reproduction schedule obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c of the server device 20 may be either a date or a time zone. For example, a reproduction schedule for only the date may be obtained based only on the number of reproductions for each number of days from when the related content is recorded until it is first reproduced. On the other hand, a reproduction schedule for only the number of reproductions for each time zone in which related content is reproduced may be obtained. Further, the reproduction schedule may include a day component. In this case, by calculating the day of the week in which the related content is played back, the day of the week with the highest number of playbacks is analyzed to analyze the playback trend in consideration of the day of the week, and the scheduled day of the week on which the content is played back based on the playback trend in consideration of the day of the week You may ask for.

  In addition, the playback time analysis unit 21b of the server device 20 requests each related content that has the largest number of playbacks with respect to the number of days elapsed until playback and the time zone to be played back. A plurality of pieces of reproduction tendency information may be generated by selecting a plurality of pieces in descending order. In this case, the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c obtains a plurality of reproduction schedules, and the user can select a favorite reproduction schedule from among a plurality of reproduction schedule candidates.

(Second Embodiment)
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the description of the same configuration and processing as those described in the first embodiment will be omitted. In the content reproduction system 1 according to the second embodiment, when a plurality of content reproduction terminals 10 reproduce the same content at the same time, comments are made among users via a connection destination set by the server device 20. Provide comment sharing service that can share

  As shown in FIG. 19, in addition to the configuration described in the first embodiment, the server device 20 includes a connection destination setting unit 21e and a comment processing unit 21f in the control unit 21, and a comment storage unit 22e in the storage unit 22. Is provided.

  The connection destination setting unit 21e and the comment processing unit 21f function when the control unit 21 executes a program recorded in the program storage unit 22a, and performs processing described later.

  The comment storage unit 22e stores the connection destination set by the connection destination setting unit 21e, comment data for the connection destination, and the like. Comments transmitted from the respective content reproduction terminals 10 are sequentially recorded at the connection destination. A list of comments recorded in the comment storage unit 22e is provided to each content reproduction terminal 10 as information in, for example, html (Hyper Text Markup Language) format. For example, as shown in FIG. 20, the comment includes comment information, posting time information, and user identification information. The comment information is a character string (text) of the comment. Posting time information is information representing the time when a comment is posted. The user identification information is information for identifying the user who posted the comment. The user identification information includes, for example, a user ID registered in advance when using the content reproduction system 1, a terminal ID for identifying the content reproduction terminal 10, and the like.

  Further, the reproduction schedule information recorded in the reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d has connection destination information as shown in FIG. The connection destination information is information representing a connection destination set by the connection destination setting unit 21e, and is, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 22, the content reproduction terminal 10 includes a communication control unit 11e in addition to the configuration described in the first embodiment. The communication control unit 11e functions when the control unit 11 executes a program recorded in the program storage unit 12a, and performs processing described later.

  In addition, the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b acquires the reproduction schedule information having the connection destination information described above, and records this in the broadcast program information storage unit 12d.

  Next, the operation of the content reproduction system 1 having the above configuration will be described.

  The server device 20 performs a playback history information recording process, a playback time analysis process, a playback schedule information providing process, and a comment sharing process. The reproduction history information recording process and the reproduction time analysis process are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the reproduction schedule information providing process, the connection destination setting unit 21e sets a connection destination corresponding to the reproduction schedule obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit 21c in the comment storage unit 22e. In addition, the connection destination setting unit 21e generates connection destination information representing the storage location of the set connection destination. The connection destination information is generated, for example, by URL conversion (URL encoding) of a character string that combines a domain URL indicating a storage location of the server device 20, a content title, and a reproduction schedule. The reproduction schedule determination unit 21c generates reproduction schedule information representing the reproduction schedule and the connection destination information generated by the connection destination setting unit 21e, and records this in the reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d as shown in FIG. To do.

  Then, the reproduction schedule information providing unit 21d transmits the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the attribute information of the content received from the content reproduction terminal 10 to the content reproduction terminal 10 as in the first embodiment. Thereby, the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b of the content reproduction terminal 10 acquires reproduction schedule information having connection destination information.

  Next, the comment sharing process will be described with reference to FIG. The comment processing unit 21f determines based on the current date and time whether or not the time of the reproduction schedule has arrived based on the reproduction schedule information recorded in the reproduction schedule information storage unit 22d (step S241). For example, when the reproduction schedule information indicating the reproduction schedule of “November 19 21:00” is recorded, the comment processing unit 21f determines that the reproduction schedule has arrived at this time (step S241; YES). At this time, the comment processing unit 21f permits the posting (recording) of the comment to the connection destination corresponding to the reproduction schedule information (step S242), and enables the posting and viewing of the comment.

  Thereafter, when the comment processing unit 21f determines that a comment has been posted from each content reproduction terminal 10 connected to the connection destination where comment posting is permitted (step S243; YES), the posted comments are sequentially set to the connection destination. The recorded comment list is provided to each content reproduction terminal 10 (step S244).

  Then, the comment processing unit 21f accepts comments and provides a list of comments until it is determined that the content reproduction has ended based on the broadcast time (program time) included in the reproduction schedule information (step S245; NO) ), When the reproduction of the content ends (step S245; YES), the comment sharing process ends. That is, in this case, the provision of the comment sharing service for the simultaneously played content ends.

  On the other hand, the content reproduction terminal 10 performs a reproduction history information transmission process, a reproduction schedule information acquisition process, a reproduction reservation setting process, and a reproduction control process. The reproduction history information transmission process, the reproduction schedule information acquisition process, and the reproduction reservation setting process are the same as those in the first embodiment. In the reproduction schedule information acquisition process, the reproduction schedule information acquired by the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit 11b from the server device 20 includes connection destination information.

  In the playback control process, content playback control is performed as in the first embodiment, and control for connecting to a connection destination set by the server device 20 is performed. Hereinafter, the reproduction control process will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the reproduction control unit 11d determines that the time of the reproduction schedule has arrived (step S151; YES), the communication control unit 11e includes the connection destination information included in the reproduction reservation information (reproduction schedule information) representing the reproduction schedule. Specify (URL). Thereby, the communication control unit 11e connects to the connection destination set by the server device 20 (step S152). For example, when the reproduction schedule is “November 19, 21:00”, the communication control unit 11e designates the connection destination information included in the reproduction reservation information and is set by the server device 20 according to the arrival of this time. Connect to the connected destination.

  At this time, for example, as shown in FIG. 25A, the playback control unit 11d displays a content playback display area in which the content to be played back is displayed, and a comment input area in which comments posted by the user of the content playback terminal 10 are input Then, a screen (comment sharing screen) having a comment display area for displaying a list of comments posted by the user of each content reproduction terminal 10 is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S153). On the screen of the display unit 15, participant number information representing the number of participants connected to a common connection destination is displayed based on information provided from the server device 20. The content playback display area and the comment display area may be overlapped as shown in FIG.

  When the user performs an operation of posting a comment via the operation unit 14 (step S155; YES), the communication control unit 11e and the comment information input in the comment input area displayed on the display unit 15 and the posting time information And a comment including the user identification information is transmitted to the connection destination (step S156). Further, the communication control unit 11e receives a list of comments transmitted from the server device 20 each time comment information is recorded at the connection destination, and displays it in the comment display area displayed on the display unit 15.

  Thereafter, when the reproduction of the content ends (step S157; YES), the communication control unit 11e ends the communication with the server device 20 and ends the use of the comment sharing service provided by the server device 20. Thus, the playback control process ends.

  As described above, according to the content reproduction system 1 according to the present embodiment, when the plurality of content reproduction terminals 10 simultaneously reproduce the same content based on the reproduction schedule information, they are set by the server device 20. Comments can be shared among each user via the connection destination. As a result, comments can be shared in real time while viewing the same content among a plurality of users at times other than the broadcast time at which the content is broadcast, and the enjoyment of content reproduction is expanded.

  In the present embodiment, the connection destination for storing the comment from the content reproduction terminal 10 is set in the server device 20, but it may be set outside the server device 20.

  Further, the connection destination information (URL) indicating the connection destination set in the server device 20 may be generated in the content reproduction terminal 10 according to a predetermined rule. For example, the reproduction reservation setting unit 11c combines the domain URL indicating the storage location of the server device 20 on the network N, the content title included in the reproduction reservation information (reproduction schedule information), and the time of the content reproduction schedule. The connection destination information may be generated by URL conversion (URL encoding) of the character string and added to the reproduction schedule information acquired from the server device 20. In this case, the connection destination setting unit 21e of the server device 20 may not generate connection destination information.

  Further, the period during which the content reproduction terminal 10 can use the connection destination can be appropriately set in the server device 20. For example, it can be set as appropriate, such as allowing connection to the connection destination 10 minutes before the time of the playback schedule, or refusing connection to the connection destination 3 days after the content playback ends, Based on this, the comment processing unit 21f of the server device 20 may determine whether or not connection to the connection destination is possible.

  Each of the content reproduction terminal 10 and the server device 20 according to the present invention can be realized by a normal computer. In this case, the program described in the above embodiment is executed by a computer. In addition, each computer performs the operations described in the above embodiments according to a program. The program may be recorded on a portable recording medium or the like. Examples of portable recording media include CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, and BD-ROM. Further, the program may be installed in the content reproduction terminal 10 and the server device 20 via various reading devices from a portable recording medium. Furthermore, the program may be downloaded and installed in the content reproduction terminal 10 and the server device 20 via the Internet or the like. The program may be stored in a storage device such as a server that can communicate with the content reproduction terminal 10 and the server device 20.

  In addition, the present invention is not limited by the description of the above-described embodiment and the drawings, and appropriate modifications and the like can be added to the above-described embodiment and the drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content playback system 10 Content playback terminal 11 Control part 11a Playback history information transmission part 11b Playback schedule information acquisition part 11c Playback reservation setting part 11d Playback control part 11e Communication control part 12 Storage part 12a Program storage part 12b Content storage part 12c Playback history Information storage unit 12d Broadcast program information storage unit 12e Reproduction reservation information storage unit 13 Broadcast reception unit 14 Operation unit 15 Display unit 16 Server communication unit 20 Server device 21 Control unit 21a Reproduction history information acquisition unit 21b Reproduction time analysis unit 21c Determination of reproduction schedule Unit 21d playback schedule information providing unit 21e connection destination setting unit 21f comment processing unit 22 storage unit 22a program storage unit 22b playback history information storage unit 22c playback trend information storage unit 22d playback schedule information storage unit 22e Instrument storage unit 23 communication unit BS broadcasting station N Network

Claims (18)

A playback history information acquisition unit that acquires playback history information representing a playback history of content played on the content playback terminal from a content playback terminal;
A reproduction time analysis unit for obtaining a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
Receiving the content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and receiving the content based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A playback schedule determination unit for obtaining a scheduled time for playback,
A playback schedule information providing unit that provides the content playback terminal with playback schedule information representing a scheduled time for playing back the content determined by the playback schedule determination unit;
The server apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned. A connection destination setting unit for setting a connection destination for the content reproduction terminal that reproduces the content to share a comment at the scheduled time obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit;
The server apparatus according to claim 1. At the scheduled time determined by the reproduction schedule determination unit, a comment is received from each content reproduction terminal that reproduces the content, and the received comment is recorded in the connection destination set by the connection destination setting unit, A comment processing unit for providing the comment recorded in the connection destination to each content reproduction terminal connected to the connection destination;
The server device according to claim 2. The reproduction time analysis unit obtains the number of reproductions for each time period in which the content is reproduced based on the reproduction time of the content represented by the reproduction history information, and based on the obtained number of reproductions for each time period, Obtaining a time zone during which the related content is played;
The server apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The reproduction time analysis unit obtains a time zone in which the number of times of reproduction for each time zone is the largest as a time zone in which the related content is played back.
The server device according to claim 4, wherein: The reproduction time analysis unit obtains the number of days from when the content is recorded until the first reproduction based on the reproduction date and broadcast date of the content represented by the reproduction history information, and reproduction for each obtained number of days Based on the number of times, the number of days from when the related content is recorded until the first playback is obtained.
The server device according to claim 1, wherein the server device is a device. The reproduction time analysis unit obtains the number of days in which the number of reproductions per day is the maximum as the number of days from when the related content is recorded until the first reproduction.
The server device according to claim 6. The reproduction time analysis unit obtains a plurality of reproduction time candidates for the related content based on the reproduction history information.
The server device according to claim 1, wherein the server device is a server device. A reproduction schedule for transmitting content information for specifying content to a server device in which the reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship is recorded, and obtaining reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device An information acquisition unit;
A reproduction reservation setting unit for reserving reproduction of the content based on a scheduled time for reproducing the content represented by the reproduction schedule information acquired by the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit;
A playback control unit that plays back the content reserved for playback by the playback reservation setting unit based on the scheduled time;
A content reproduction terminal characterized by the above. A playback history information transmitting unit that transmits playback history information representing a playback history of content played back by the terminal to the server device;
The content reproduction terminal according to claim 9. A communication control unit connected to a connection destination for sharing a comment with another terminal based on the scheduled time reproduced by the reproduction control unit;
The content reproduction terminal according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that A content storage unit for storing the content;
A broadcast program information storage unit for storing broadcast program information representing a program guide composed of a plurality of programs,
The reproduction schedule information acquisition unit transmits content information specifying the content recorded in the content storage unit to the server device at a preset timing, and corresponds to the content acquired from the server device. Add playback schedule information to the broadcast program information,
The playback reservation setting unit reserves playback of the content based on a scheduled time represented by playback schedule information selected from the playback schedule information added to the broadcast program information.
The content reproduction terminal according to claim 9, wherein the content reproduction terminal is a content reproduction terminal. A content storage unit for storing the content;
A broadcast program information storage unit for storing broadcast program information representing a program guide composed of a plurality of programs,
The reproduction schedule information acquisition unit transmits content information specifying one content selected from the content recorded in the content storage unit to the server device, and corresponds to the one content acquired from the server device Adding the playback schedule information to the broadcast program information,
The reproduction reservation setting unit selects reproduction schedule information for performing reproduction reservation of the one content from the reproduction schedule information added to the broadcast program information, and is represented by the selected reproduction schedule information Reserving playback of the one content based on the scheduled time,
The content reproduction terminal according to claim 9, wherein the content reproduction terminal is a content reproduction terminal. The reproduction schedule information acquisition unit transmits content information specifying one content selected from the broadcast program information recorded in the broadcast program information storage unit to the server device, and the one acquired from the server device. Adding the reproduction schedule information corresponding to the content of the broadcast program information,
The reproduction reservation setting unit selects reproduction schedule information for performing reproduction reservation of the one content from the reproduction schedule information added to the broadcast program information, and is represented by the selected reproduction schedule information Reserving playback of the one content based on a scheduled time and reserving recording of the content,
The content reproduction terminal according to claim 13. A content playback system comprising a content playback terminal for playing back content and a server device for communicating with the content playback terminal,
The server device
A playback history information acquisition unit that acquires playback history information representing a playback history of content played on the content playback terminal from the content playback terminal;
A reproduction time analysis unit for obtaining a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
Receiving the content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and receiving the content based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A playback schedule determination unit for obtaining a scheduled time for playback,
A reproduction schedule information providing unit that provides the content reproduction terminal with reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit;
The content reproduction terminal is
A reproduction schedule information acquisition unit that transmits content information for specifying the content to the server device, and acquires reproduction schedule information representing a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device;
A reproduction reservation setting unit for reserving reproduction of the content based on a scheduled time for reproducing the content represented by the reproduction schedule information acquired by the reproduction schedule information acquisition unit;
A playback control unit that plays back the content reserved for playback by the playback reservation setting unit based on the scheduled time;
A content reproduction system characterized by the above. A content reproduction method using a content reproduction terminal that reproduces content and a server device that communicates with the content reproduction terminal,
A reproduction history information acquisition step in which the server device acquires reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of content reproduced by the content reproduction terminal from the content reproduction terminal;
A reproduction time analysis step in which the server device obtains a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
The server device receives content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A reproduction schedule determination step for obtaining a scheduled time for reproducing the received content;
A reproduction schedule information providing step of providing the content reproduction terminal with reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content determined in the reproduction schedule determination step;
A reproduction schedule information acquisition step in which the content reproduction terminal transmits content information specifying the content to the server device, and acquires reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device;
A playback reservation setting step in which the content playback terminal reserves playback of the content based on a scheduled time to play back the content represented by the playback schedule information acquired in the playback schedule information acquisition step;
The content playback terminal has a playback control step of playing back the content reserved for playback in the playback reservation setting step based on the scheduled time;
A content reproduction method characterized by the above. Computer
A reproduction history information acquisition unit for acquiring reproduction history information representing a reproduction history of the content reproduced by the content reproduction terminal from the content reproduction terminal;
A reproduction time analysis unit for obtaining a reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship based on the reproduction history information;
Receiving the content information specifying the content from the content playback terminal, and receiving the content based on the related content identification information for identifying the related content and the playback time of the related content obtained by the playback time analysis unit A playback schedule determination unit for obtaining a scheduled time for playback,
Causing the content reproduction terminal to function as a reproduction schedule information providing unit that provides reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content obtained by the reproduction schedule determination unit;
A program characterized by that. Computer
A reproduction schedule for transmitting content information for specifying content to a server device in which the reproduction time of related content having a predetermined relationship is recorded, and obtaining reproduction schedule information indicating a scheduled time for reproducing the content from the server device Information acquisition unit,
A playback reservation setting unit that reserves playback of the content based on a scheduled time of playback of the content represented by the playback schedule information acquired by the playback schedule information acquisition unit;
Causing the content reserved for playback by the playback reservation setting unit to play back based on the scheduled time,
A program characterized by that.

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