JP2019097087A - Server and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To reflect a distributer's intention of the moment about visiting a cruise into a determination of a destination of the cruise.SOLUTION: A server controls live distribution contents to be distributed to spectator terminals in a cruise service where a plurality of live distribution contents is circulated to spectators. The server comprises a determination section and a generation section. The determination section determines the live distribution contents to be distributed to spectator terminals. The generation section generates control information to cause a distributer terminal to display a GUI component which receivers user input to reject a spectator's visiting the cruise service. When receiving user input information showing selection of the GUI component through a first distributer terminal which is a distribution source of a first live distribution content, the determination section does not determine, at least once, the first live distribution content to be the live distribution content to be distributed to spectator terminals.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to live delivery of video in a video sharing system.

  In recent years, in some moving image sharing systems, moving images shot by a user (hereinafter simply referred to as a distributor) can be live-distributed (also called live broadcasting) to a large number of spectators via the Internet. By the nature of live distribution content, it is difficult for a spectator to find a favorite one by, for example, keyword search. For this reason, the viewing behavior of the audience to the live delivery content is, typically, selectively watching the live delivery content of the distributor of the preference of the audience, or referring to the ranking of the live delivery content to be interesting It tends to be either zapping.

  As one way of enjoying live distribution content, a service called "cruise" has already been operated (see Non-Patent Document 1). The conventional cruise described in Non-Patent Document 1 (formally named Nico Raw Cruise) is a service that allows a plurality of live distribution contents to be viewed by audiences one after another in a cycle of, for example, about several tens of seconds (hereinafter referred to as patrol). The live distribution content to be circulated is determined by the service provider. The spectator using a cruise (during boarding) can choose to proceed to the next live delivery content or stay on the current live delivery content (disembarking).

  Cruises have the advantage that the audience can watch various live distribution contents without actively searching for content, and the distributor can temporarily view their own live distribution contents to a large audience. There is an advantage that you will be given the opportunity to receive, and you can expect to acquire new followers, such as channel members.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a cyclic distribution device [0009] capable of circulating a predetermined broadcasting station device, sequentially receiving streaming data from each broadcasting station device, and distributing the streaming data to a receiving device connected to a lower device. It is described that the operator of the cyclic distribution apparatus can freely set the specific distribution apparatus to be connected and the connection order [0090]. In addition, in the second embodiment, a cyclic playback apparatus [0092] configured by a node apparatus is disclosed, and the operator of the node apparatus determines connection time and connection order of the cyclic target broadcast station and the cyclic target broadcast station. It is described that it can be set freely [0134].

  Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a moving image distribution system which combines moving image contents from various sources such as a real-time broadcast program and distributes them in a program organization meeting the preference of the user. This moving image distribution system determines a plurality of program candidates that most closely meet the user's preference, transmits it to the user's viewing terminal, and allows selection from the program candidates.

JP, 2006-87046, A JP, 2016-134859, A

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  Although cruises have the above-mentioned merits to distributors, there are also distributors who do not like cruises because a large number of spectators who are not their followers may visit and the place may be rough. Therefore, in the conventional cruise, the distributor can prevent the cruise from coming to his / her live delivery content by appropriately editing the metadata such as the content tag and category.

  However, for example, even if a distributor who thinks it is okay for a cruise to come, a cruise will come during the program planning, etc., when he / she wants to leave the seat during the microphone test, when it is booming with the inner ring material. You may not want to, and conversely, you may want to go on a cruise right away, for example, before showing off your stuff. Conventional cruises did not reflect such a distributor's occasional intention in destination determination.

  An object of the present invention is to reflect the current intention of the distributor for the cruise visit in the determination of the destination of the cruise.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, the server controls live distribution content to be distributed to spectators terminals for a cruise service that allows the audience to tour multiple live distribution content. The server includes a determination unit, a generation unit, a transmission unit, and a reception unit. The determination unit determines the live delivery content to be delivered to the audience terminal. The generation unit generates first control information for displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) component that receives a user input for rejecting a spectator visit by the cruise service. The transmission unit transmits the first control information to the first distributor terminal that is the distribution source of the first live distribution content. The receiving unit receives first user input information indicating that the first GUI component is selected. When the first user input information is received from the first distributor terminal, the determination unit does not determine the first live distribution content as the live distribution content to be distributed to the audience terminal at least once.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, the server controls live distribution content to be distributed to spectators terminals for a cruise service that allows the audience to tour multiple live distribution content. The server includes a determination unit, a generation unit, a transmission unit, and a reception unit. The determination unit determines the live delivery content to be delivered to the audience terminal. The generation unit generates first control information for displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) component that receives a user input for requesting a spectator visit by a cruise service. The transmission unit transmits the first control information to the first distributor terminal that is the distribution source of the first live distribution content. The receiving unit receives first user input information indicating that the first GUI component is selected. The determination unit, when receiving the first user input information from the first distributor terminal, does not receive the first user input information from the first distributor terminal at least once. The first live delivery content is determined as the live delivery content to be delivered to the spectator terminal with high probability.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reflect the occasional intention of the distributor for the visit of the cruise in the determination of the destination of the cruise.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The block diagram which shows an example of the live delivery system of a moving image containing the control server which concerns on embodiment. The block diagram which illustrates the control server concerning an embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the distributor terminal which received control information. Explanatory drawing of how to decide the destination of a cruise. Explanatory drawing of how to determine the destination of a cruise, when raw animation A is excluded from the next destination. Explanatory drawing of how to determine the destination of a cruise, when raw animation A is excluded from the next destination. The figure which shows another example of the screen displayed on the distributor terminal which received control information. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the control server of FIG. 2; FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the operation of the control server of FIG. 2;

  Hereinafter, the description of the embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, elements which are the same as or similar to the already described elements are denoted by the same or similar reference numerals, and redundant descriptions will be basically omitted. For example, when there are a plurality of identical or similar elements, a common code may be used to explain each element without distinction, and the common code may be used to distinguish and describe each element. In addition, branch numbers may be used.

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The control server according to the embodiment can be incorporated into a moving image live distribution system shown in FIG. The live distribution system includes distributor terminals 100-1, 100-2, and so on, a moving image distribution server 200, audience terminals 300-1, 300-2, and so on, and a control server 400.

  In the example of FIG. 1, the moving image distribution server 200 basically uses live distribution content sequentially transmitted from the distributor terminal 100 (in the following description, for the sake of convenience, a live program is used, but the live distribution content is not limited thereto. ) To the audience terminal 300. Here, the spectators are large in size to those who watch the live program selected by themselves (normal spectators) and those who watch the live program determined by the control server 400 using a cruise (cruise users). It is divided. In the following description, for the sake of convenience, the spectator refers to the cruise user, and the spectator terminal 300 refers to the terminal used by the cruise user in principle.

  The video distribution server 200 can provide cruise to the spectator terminal 300 in cooperation with the control server 400 described later. In a cruise, the control server 400 determines a live program (that is, the destination of the cruise) to be delivered next to the spectator terminal 300, and the moving image distribution server 200 spans the determined live program to the spectator terminal 300 for, for example, several tens of seconds. Distribution, and again the control server 400 determines the next live program to be distributed to the audience terminal 300.

  The control server 400 sends a control information to the distributor terminal 100 to receive a user input for temporarily rejecting a spectator's visit by a cruise, or a graphical user interface (GUI) component or a spectator's quick visit by a cruise. Are displayed on the distributor terminal 100 for receiving a user input for requesting the user. Then, when the distributor makes a user input to select the GUI part, the control server 400 temporarily excludes the distributor's live program from the destination of the cruise, or gives priority to the live program. Determine the destination of the next cruise. By this, when the distributor does not want to visit the cruise, by expressing its intention, the cruise will not come to the live program of the distributor, and when the distributor desires to promptly visit the cruise, it expresses that intention. This makes it easier for the cruise to come to the live program of the distributor.

  The moving image distribution server 200 is connected to the distributor terminal 100, the audience terminal 300, and the control server 400 via a network, and can transmit and receive data to and from each other. Similarly, the control server 400 is connected to the distributor terminal 100 and the moving image distribution server 200 via a network. The control server 400 transmits control information for displaying a GUI component to be described later to the distributor terminal 100, and receives user input information indicating that the distributor has selected the GUI component from the distributor terminal 100. , And instructs the moving picture distribution server 200 on the live program to be distributed to the audience terminal 300, that is, the destination of the cruise.

  In addition, the number of each apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is only an illustration. For example, the number of distributor terminals 100 and the number of audience terminals 300 may change from moment to moment, and may be zero, or hundreds or thousands. In addition, a Web server or a comment delivery server not shown in FIG. 1 may be further provided, or these functions may be incorporated into the moving picture delivery server 200. Also, the video distribution server 200 and the control server 400 may be integrated.

  The distributor terminal 100 is, for example, an electronic device such as a computer connected to a moving image source such as a video camera, for example, a television receiver (including an internet television), a PC (Personal Computer), a mobile terminal (for example, a tablet, a smartphone, A laptop, a feature phone, a portable game console, a digital music player, an electronic book reader, etc., a VR (Virtual Reality) terminal, an AR (Augmented Reality) terminal, etc. may be used. The distributor terminal 100 sequentially transmits, to the moving picture distribution server 200, the encoded moving picture data output from the moving picture source.

  The video distribution server 200 receives encoded video data sequentially transmitted from the distributor terminal 100. Then, the moving picture distribution server 200 distributes the moving picture data to the distributor terminal 100 and the audience terminal 300 distributing or viewing the moving picture data. The audience terminal 300 may be an electronic device similar to the distributor terminal 100, but unlike the distributor terminal 100, the audience terminal 300 need not be connected to a moving image source. Also, the moving picture distribution server 200 distributes moving picture data corresponding to the destination determined by the control server 400 to the audience terminal 300 of the cruise user.

  The control server 400 determines the live program (the next destination of the cruise) to be delivered next to the audience terminal 300 from the plurality of live programs that can be currently delivered. The control server 400 transmits the above-described control information to the distributor terminal 100 before determining the next destination of the cruise. Then, when the control server 400 receives user input information indicating that the GUI part displayed based on the control information is selected, the control server 400 decides the distributor's intention (temporarily refuses to visit the cruise, or to the cruise). Determine the destination of the cruise in consideration of the speedy visit). The control server 400 instructs the moving picture distribution server 200 to distribute the determined live program to the audience terminal 300. The control server 400 may determine the destination of the cruise according to a predetermined algorithm, may leave it to the selection of the audience, or may use both of them together. When the destination of the cruise is to be selected by the audience, the control server 400 may exchange necessary data with the audience terminal 300 via the network.

  Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the control server 400 in FIG. 1 will be sequentially described with reference to the drawings.

  The control server 400 is a computer, a processor that generates control information, determines the destination of a cruise, and the like, a program executed by the processor to realize such processing, data used by the processor, etc. And a memory for temporarily storing.

  The control server 400 can further utilize a communication device for connecting to the network. The communication device may be incorporated in the control server 400 or may be externally attached to the control server 400.

  The communication device communicates with the distributor terminal 100 and the moving image distribution server 200 via the network. For example, the communication device receives information of a live program that can be currently distributed from the moving image distribution server 200, instructs the moving image distribution server 200 to the next destination of the cruise, and displays a GUI on the distributor terminal 100. Control information is transmitted, or user input information indicating that the distributor has selected a GUI from the distributor terminal 100 is received.

  Next, the description of the configuration example of the control server 400 will be continued using FIG. The control server 400 in FIG. 2 includes a live program information acquisition unit 401, a control information generation unit 402, a transmission unit 403, a reception unit 404, and a destination determination unit 405.

  The live program information acquisition unit 401 acquires information of a live program that can be currently distributed, that is, selectable as a cruise destination. The live program information acquisition unit 401 may receive live program information from the moving image distribution server 200 via a network, for example. The live program information acquisition unit 401 may be the above-described communication device or an interface with the communication device.

  The information on the live program includes, for example, information identifying the live program and / or its distributor, information indicating the time frame of the live program, metadata attached to the live program (eg, video tag (keyword), sponsor name, Program category), distributor comment, explanatory note, live program and / or attribute information of distributor, number of audience and / or comment number of live program, thumbnail image data of live program, moving image data of live program, post to live program It may be a comment or the like.

  The live program information acquisition unit 401 sends information on the live program to the control information generation unit 402 and the destination determination unit 405. The information on the live program may be stored, for example, in a storage unit (not shown), and the control information generation unit 402 and the destination determination unit 405 may refer to the information as appropriate. Further, when the control server 400 is incorporated into the moving image distribution server 200, the live program information acquisition unit 401 may be unnecessary.

  The control information generation unit 402 receives, from the live program information acquisition unit 401, information on live programs that can be currently distributed. The control information generation unit 402 generates control information for displaying a GUI component to be described later on the distributor terminal 100 that is a distribution source of a part or all of the currently distributable live programs. Here, generating control information may also include reading one of the control information stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown). The control information generation unit 402 sends the control information to the transmission unit 403. The control information generator 402 may be the processor and memory described above.

  For example, the control information generation unit 402 may generate control information for causing the distributor terminal 100 to display a GUI component that receives a user input for temporarily rejecting a spectator visit by a cruise. In the following description, this GUI part may be called "a button not coming now," but this GUI part may be a button having a name different from the name, or a GUI part different from the button. It may be

  In addition, the control information generation unit 402 may generate control information for causing the distributor terminal 100 to display a GUI component that receives a user input for requesting a spectator's immediate visit by a cruise. In the following description, this GUI part may be called "coming soon and a button", but this GUI part may be a button having a name different from the name, or a GUI part different from the button. May be

  The control information generation unit 402 may generate only one of these control information, or may generate both. Also, the control information generation unit 402 may generate control information different from any of these.

  In the case where the control information generation unit 402 generates control information for the distributor terminal 100 that is a distribution source of a part of the currently distributable live program, the live program may be selected as follows. .

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the destination determination unit 405 selects a plurality of destinations from the currently deliverable live program, and selects a plurality of candidates from among the plurality of candidates according to a predetermined algorithm or by the intention of the audience. Suppose you decide the destination. In this case, the control information generation unit 402 generates control information for displaying a button that does not come now for the distributor terminal 100 that is a distribution source of live programs currently selected as a plurality of candidates. May be In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, the screen of the distributor terminal 100 is by the cruise to the distributor such as "Cruise may come soon" in addition to the Do not come button now. A comment may be automatically displayed to announce the visit of the audience. As a result, the exchange of control information and user input information described later occurs only at the distribution source of the live program which is highly likely to be determined as the destination of the cruise, so the processing load on the control server 400 is reduced and the distributor You do not have to make useless input. In addition, a button that does not come now does not give a bad impression to the distributor by blocking the screen of the distributor terminal 100 of the distributor that does not need to use the button. From the same point of view, in the distributor terminal 100, when the button is used without coming, the display of the button may be temporarily or permanently removed from the screen.

  In addition, the control information generation unit 402 immediately arrives at the distributor terminal 100 that is the distribution source of the live program, when the currently deliverable live program or the distributor or spectator thereof satisfies the predetermined condition. Control information for displaying a button may be generated, for example, a command. This can prevent a large number of distributors from coming in at the same time to select a button, and prevent the effect from being diluted.

  Specifically, the control information generation unit 402 is a distribution source serving as a distribution source of a limited number of raw moving images such as, for example, a raw moving image in which the number of comments or the number of spectators is rapidly increasing Control information may be generated for the user terminal 100. As a result, it is possible to give preferentially a chance of attracting a spectator by a cruise to a live video distributor and a distributor who is active in promotion, which are showing excitement.

  Alternatively, the control information generation unit 402 may randomly narrow down the distributor terminal 100 to be the target of generating the control information in order to prevent the dilution of the effect of the button coming soon. In this method, although it is not possible to select a distributor whose button will be available immediately, it is possible to prevent the dilution of the effect of the button because the distributor terminal 100 where the button is displayed immediately is limited. it can. For example, a lottery unit (not shown) draws a lottery for a currently deliverable live program or its distributor, and the control information generation unit 402 targets the distributor of the elected live program or the distributor's terminal 100 of the elected distributor. Control information may be generated. In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, in addition to the button coming soon, the screen of the distributor terminal 100 automatically displays a comment such as "immediately coming button hit!" Good.

  Besides, the number of times or use interval of the button may be limited to prevent the dilution of the effect of the button coming soon. Such limitation of the number of times of use of the coming button or the use interval may be performed by the control server 400 or may be performed by each distributor terminal 100. For example, when the number of times the button has been used has reached the upper limit or the use interval has not ended, the button may immediately disappear from the screen of the distributor terminal 100 and the display of the button may disappear, or the button is switched to the inactive state. May be

  The transmitting unit 403 receives, from the control information generating unit 402, control information targeting the distributor terminal 100 that is a distribution source of a part or all of the currently distributable live programs, and transmits this via the network to the distributor terminal Send to 100 The transmission unit 403 may be the above-described communication device or an interface with the communication device.

  Also, the transmitting unit 403 receives information indicating the destination of the cruise from the destination determining unit 405, for example, identification information of a live program as a destination, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), and the like, and transmits this to the moving image distribution server 200 via the network. Do.

  The receiving unit 404 receives user input information indicating that the GUI component displayed based on the control information transmitted by the transmitting unit 403 is selected from the distributor terminal 100 via the network. If no GUI component is selected in any of the distributor terminals 100, the receiving unit 404 does not receive user input information. The reception unit 404 sends user input information to the destination determination unit 405. The receiving unit 404 may be the above-described communication device, or may be an interface with the communication device.

  The destination determination unit 405 determines the live distribution content to be distributed to the audience terminal 300, that is, the destination of the cruise. As will be described later, the destination determination unit 405 may determine the destination of the cruise according to a predetermined algorithm, may be left to select the audience, or both may be used in combination. In any case, when the destination determination unit 405 receives user input information indicating that a GUI component is selected from the reception unit 404, the destination determination unit 405 determines the destination of the cruise in consideration of the user input information. The destination determination unit 405 transmits information indicating the determined destination to the transmission unit 403. The destination determination unit 405 may be the processor and memory described above.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the destination determination unit 405 selects a plurality of destination candidates (live program A, live program B, and live program C) from the currently distributable live programs, and selects the plurality of candidates. The destination (live program A) can be determined from among the above. However, the example of FIG. 4 is only one method of determining the destination, and the destination determining unit 405 directly determines the destination (live program A) without selecting a plurality of candidates by a predetermined algorithm. You may

  The destination determination unit 405 may select a plurality of candidates by a predetermined algorithm. Specifically, the destination determination unit 405 may randomly select a plurality of candidates, or an element included in information of a live program, for example, attributes of a live program and / or a distributor and a live program Depending on the metadata, the number of audiences of the live program, and / or the number of comments, etc., the ease of selection may be different. Then, the destination determination unit 405 may determine the destination of the cruise, depending on which of the plurality of candidates the spectator has selected. The plurality of candidates may be presented, for example, as options to the audience terminal 300, and the options selected by the audience may be received by the receiving unit 404 as, for example, user input information. The destination determination unit 405 receives information indicating the choice selected by the audience from the reception unit 404, and may determine, for example, one destination common to all the audiences based on this information, or determines the destination for each audience. You may

  For example, the destination determination unit 405 may determine the destination of each spectator as a live program associated with the option selected by the spectator. The destination of the spectator who did not select any option may be determined arbitrarily, but may be, for example, a live program associated with the option selected from the most spectators.

  Also, an option with an extremely small number selected by the audience may be ignored from the viewpoint of suppressing the increase in the number of streaming. The destination of the spectator who has selected such an option may be determined in the same manner as the destination of the spectator who did not select any of the options. Whether or not the number selected by the spectator is extremely small may be determined, for example, by comparing the number or the rate at which the option is selected among all the options with a threshold.

  Furthermore, if the number of options is less than the upper limit number of destinations, for example, if the destination is determined to be at most two if the number of options is smaller than the upper limit number of destinations, for example, The options may be extracted up to the upper limit number in the descending order of the number, and the live program associated with the extracted options may be determined as the destination. The destination of the spectator who did not select the extracted option may be determined in the same manner as the destination of the spectator who did not select any option.

  When the destination determination unit 405 receives, from the distributor terminal 100, user input information indicating that the button has not been received and indicates that a button has been selected, the destination determination unit 405 uses the distributor terminal 100 as a distribution source at least once. I do not decide the program as the destination of the cruise.

  For example, it is assumed that user input information indicating that a button has been selected without coming from a distributor terminal 100 that is a distribution source of live program A is received. In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the destination determination unit 405 excludes the live program A from the currently deliverable live programs, and then removes a plurality of destination candidates (live program B, live program C and live programs). The program D) may be selected, and the destination (live program B) may be determined from the plurality of candidates. Alternatively, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the destination determination unit 405 selects a plurality of destination candidates (a live program A, a live program B and a live program C) from the currently distributable live programs and selects the plurality of candidates. The destination (live program B) may be determined after excluding the live program A from among the above. Thus, the destination determination unit 405 does not determine the live program A as the destination of the cruise at least once.

  Note that the destination determination unit 405 may redo selection of a plurality of candidates or determination of a destination depending on the reception timing of the user input information. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 5, when the user input information is received after a plurality of candidates (live program A, live program B and live program C) are selected, the destination determination unit 405 performs the live program Live program D may be advanced instead of A. Thus, the number of options presented to the audience can be maintained, and the situation in which the audience does not actually choose a destination for live program A can be avoided. Similarly, when the user input information is received after the destination (the live program A) is determined in the example of FIG. 6, the destination determination unit 405 may advance the live program B instead of the live program A. By this, even if the distributor does not come now and the timing for selecting the button is delayed, it is possible to capture the intention and exclude the live program of the distributor from the destination of the cruise.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 8, an operation example of the control server 400 regarding the button will be described without coming. In the operation example of FIG. 8, the button is not immediately considered, but the operation of the control server 400 related to both buttons can be grasped by referring to the description to be described later with reference to FIG. 9. is there.

The control server 400 repeats steps S501 to S506 described below each time the destination of the cruise is determined, until the cruise ends.
First, in step S501, the live program information acquisition unit 401 acquires information on distributable live programs, and the process proceeds to step S502. Although steps S501 to S506 are repeated until the end of the cruise as described above, the execution of step S501 is skipped if it is not necessary to update the information on the live program acquired at the time of execution of step S501 in the past. You may

  In step S502, the control information generation unit 402 generates control information for causing the distributor terminal 100, which is a distribution source of a part or all of the currently distributable live programs, to display a button without coming. . Here, step S502 may not necessarily be performed each time the destination of the cruise is determined. For example, when the control information for the distributor terminal 100 that is the distribution source of all the live programs that can be distributed at the time of execution of step S502 in the past is generated, the steps are performed until there is a change in the available live programs. The execution of S502 may be skipped. In addition, before step S502, the destination determination unit 405 may select a plurality of destination candidates, and the control information generation unit 402 may generate control information for the selected plurality of candidates.

  Next, the transmitting unit 403 transmits the control information generated in step S502 to the target distributor terminal 100 (step S503). The distributor terminal 100 having received the control information transmitted in step S503 displays a button on the screen without coming, based on the control information.

  If the receiver 404 does not come and receives user input information indicating a button before the destination determination unit 405 determines the next destination of the cruise, the process proceeds to step S505, otherwise the process proceeds to step S506. Go to

  In step S505, the destination determination unit 405 excludes a live program for which a button has been pressed without coming and determines the next destination of the cruise. On the other hand, in step S506, the destination determination unit 405 determines the next destination of the cruise. In steps S505 and S506, the destination determination unit 405 may determine the destination of the cruise according to a predetermined algorithm, may be left to select the audience, or both may be used in combination.

  After the end of step S505 or step S505, the control server 400 waits for an opportunity to determine the next destination until the end of the cruise (step S507). When the opportunity comes, the process returns to step S501.

  When the destination determination unit 405 receives user input information indicating that a button has been selected immediately after coming from the distributor terminal 100, a live program whose distribution source is the distributor terminal 100 at least once. Determined as the destination of the cruise preferentially. Here, “preferentially” means that when the distributor comes immediately and selects a button, the live program of the distributor becomes more likely to be determined as the destination of the cruise than when not selected, for example, with a high probability It can mean that it is decided as a destination.

  For example, the destination determination unit 405 selects a plurality of destination candidates from the live program of the distributor who came immediately and selected the button, and when the frame is left, the remaining candidates from the currently deliverable live programs other than that are selected. You may choose. Alternatively, for the score for selecting a candidate (for example, it may be a value calculated based on live program information) or the winning probability (in the case of random selection), the destination determination unit 405 immediately comes and selects a distribution You may adjust so that the score or winning probability of a person's live program may become high compared with, when not selecting the said button. Also, the destination determination unit 405 determines the destination from the live program of the distributor who came immediately and selected the button, and determines the remaining destinations from other currently deliverable live programs when the frame is left. Good. Alternatively, with regard to the score for determining the destination (for example, it may be the number of selections made by the audience), the destination determining unit 405 immediately after the selection of the button, the score of the live program of the distributor did not select the button It may be adjusted to be higher than the case.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 9, an operation example of the control server 400 regarding the button will be described immediately. In addition, in the operation example of FIG. 9, the button is not considered at present, but as described above, the operation of the control server 400 related to both buttons is grasped by referring to the description using FIG. It is possible.

The control server 400 repeats steps S601 to S606 described below each time the destination of the cruise is determined, until the cruise ends.
First, in step S601, the live program information acquisition unit 401 acquires information of distributable live programs, and the process proceeds to step S602. Although steps S601 to S606 are repeated until the end of the cruise as described above, the execution of step S601 is skipped if it is not necessary to update the information of the live program acquired at the time of execution of step S601 in the past. You may

  In step S602, the control information generation unit 402 generates control information for causing a button to be displayed immediately upon the distributor terminal 100 that is a distribution source of a part or all of the currently distributable live programs. Here, step S602 may not necessarily be performed each time the destination of the cruise is determined. For example, when control information for the distributor terminal 100 that is the distribution source of all the live programs that can be distributed at the time of execution of step S602 in the past is generated, the steps are performed until there is a change in the live programs that can be distributed. The execution of S602 may be skipped.

  Next, the transmitting unit 403 transmits the control information generated in step S602 to the target distributor terminal 100 (step S603). The distributor terminal 100 that has received the control information transmitted in step S603 comes on the basis of the control information and displays a button on the screen.

  If the receiver 404 immediately comes and receives user input information indicating a button before the destination determining unit 405 determines the next destination of the cruise, the process proceeds to step S605, otherwise the process proceeds to step S606. move on.

  In step S605, the destination determination unit 405 determines the next destination of the cruise with priority given to the raw moving image that is immediately coming and the button is pressed. On the other hand, in step S606, the destination determination unit 405 determines the next destination of the cruise. In steps S605 and S606, the destination determination unit 405 may determine the destination of the cruise according to a predetermined algorithm, may leave it to the selection of the audience, or may use both together.

  After the end of step S605 or step S605, the control server 400 waits for an opportunity to determine the next destination until the end of the cruise (step S607). When the opportunity comes, the process returns to step S601.

  The effects of the button and the button coming soon may not be coming, but may be temporary, for example, may last for a predetermined number of times in the future, for example, for 5 destinations, or for a predetermined time, for example 5 It may persist over the determination of the destination to be made a minute ahead. In addition, the effect of the button that comes immediately may be regarded as having reached the purpose when the live program of the distributor who has selected the button is determined as the destination of the cruise, and may be deleted.

  By the way, there is a possibility that the same distributor, in the same live program, may select both the button and the button coming soon without coming. For example, the distributor may select a button without coming now for leaving, and may come and select a button soon after coming back. Or, the distributor came immediately before holding the neta and selected the button, but the cruise did not come in, so he did not wait for the cruise and did not hold the neta, so I think it would be troublesome even if the cruise came again You may choose a button without coming now.

  In any case, the destination determination unit 405 may ignore the old user input information at the reception timing as the new user input information at the reception timing is closest to the current intention of the distributor. That is, the destination determination unit 405 receives the user input information indicating that the button has not been selected from the distributor terminal 100 and the user has immediately received the user input information indicating that the button has been selected from the distributor terminal 100. When the input information is received, it is sufficient to ignore the previously received user input information, ie, that the button has been selected without coming now. Similarly, the destination determination unit 405 indicates that the user does not come from the distributor terminal 100 after the user input information indicating that the button comes immediately after the distributor terminal 100 is selected and the button is selected. When the user input information is received, it is sufficient to ignore the previously received user input information, that is, that the button is selected immediately.

  As described above, the control server according to the embodiment may come to accept a user's input to request a button and / or a prompt visit of the cruise, without a come now temporarily rejecting the visit of the cruise. Control information for causing the distributor terminal to display the button is generated and transmitted to the audience terminal. Then, when the user input information indicating that these buttons are selected is received, the control server determines the destination of the cruise in consideration of the user input information. Specifically, the control server temporarily excludes, from the target of the cruise destination, a live program for which a button is immediately coming and is pressed, and gives priority to a live program for which a button is pressed and does not come now. Decide as a destination. Therefore, according to this control server, it is possible to timely reflect on the decision of the destination of the cruise the current intention of the distributor regarding the visit of the cruise. That is, when the distributor does not want to visit the cruise, the cruise does not come, and when the distributor wants to visit the cruise, the cruise becomes easy to come.

  The embodiments described above are merely illustrative examples to assist in understanding the inventive concept, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Embodiments can add, delete, or convert various components without departing from the scope of the present invention.

  The various functional units described in the above embodiments may be realized by using a circuit. The circuit may be a dedicated circuit that implements a specific function or may be a general-purpose circuit such as a processor.

  At least a part of the processing in each of the above-described embodiments can also be realized by using a general-purpose computer as basic hardware. The program for realizing the above process may be provided by being stored in a computer readable recording medium. The program is stored in the recording medium as an installable file or an executable file. The recording medium may be a magnetic disk, an optical disk (CD-ROM, CD-R, DVD or the like), a magneto-optical disk (MO or the like), a semiconductor memory or the like. The recording medium may store the program and may be any computer readable one. Further, the program for realizing the above processing may be stored on a computer (server) connected to a network such as the Internet, and may be downloaded to the computer (client) via the network.

100 ... distributor terminal 200 ... moving image distribution server 300 ... audience terminal 400 ... control server 401 ... live program information acquisition unit 402 ... control information generation unit 403 ... transmission unit 404 ... Reception unit 405 ... Destination determination unit

Claims (10)

A server for controlling live distribution content delivered to a spectator terminal for a cruise service for causing a spectator to tour a plurality of live delivery contents,
A determination unit that determines live distribution content to be distributed to the audience terminal;
A generation unit configured to generate first control information for displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) component that receives a user input for rejecting a visit of the spectator by the cruise service;
A transmitter configured to transmit the first control information to a first distributor terminal that is a distribution source of the first live distribution content;
A receiver configured to receive first user input information indicating that the first GUI component has been selected;
The determining unit is a live delivery content that delivers the first live delivery content to the audience terminal at least once when the first user input information is received from the first distributor terminal. Do not decide,
server.   When the first user input information is received, the determination unit does not determine the first live distribution content as the live distribution content to be distributed to the audience terminal for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times. The server described in 1. The determination unit selects a plurality of candidates for the live delivery content to be delivered to the audience terminal, and determines the live delivery content to be delivered to the audience terminal from the plurality of candidates.
The transmission unit transmits the first control information to a distributor terminal of at least one live distribution content included in the plurality of candidates selected.
The server according to claim 1 or claim 2. The generation unit further generates second control information for displaying a second GUI component that receives a user input for requesting a visit of the spectator by the cruise service.
The transmission unit further transmits the second control information to a second distributor terminal that is a distribution source of the second live distribution content.
The receiving unit further receives second user input information indicating that the second GUI component is selected.
The determination unit is configured to receive the second user input information from the second distributor terminal, as compared to the case where the second user input information is not received from the second distributor terminal. The second live delivery content is determined as the live delivery content to be delivered to the audience terminal with high probability.
The server according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The transmission unit further transmits the first control information to the second distributor terminal.
The determination unit is configured to: (1) when the second user input information is received from the second distributor terminal after the first user input information is received from the second distributor terminal; Ignoring the first user input information and (2) receiving the first user input information from the second distributor terminal after the second user input information is received from the second distributor terminal Ignore the second user input information,
The server according to claim 4. A server for controlling live distribution content delivered to a spectator terminal for a cruise service for causing a spectator to tour a plurality of live delivery contents,
A determination unit that determines live distribution content to be distributed to the audience terminal;
A generation unit configured to generate first control information for displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) component that receives a user input for requesting a visit of the spectator by the cruise service;
A transmitter configured to transmit the first control information to a first distributor terminal that is a distribution source of the first live distribution content;
A receiver configured to receive first user input information indicating that the first GUI component has been selected;
The determination unit receives the first user input information from the first distributor terminal at least once when the first user input information is received from the first distributor terminal. The first live delivery content is determined as the live delivery content to be delivered to the spectator terminal with a higher probability than when it is not
server.   When the first user input information is received, the determination unit has a higher probability than when the first user input information is not received for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times. The server according to claim 6, wherein the live delivery content of is determined as live delivery content to be delivered to the audience terminal.   The transmitter transmits the first control information when the first live distribution content, the distributor of the first live distribution content, or the spectator of the first live distribution content satisfies a predetermined condition. The server according to claim 6 or 7, which transmits to the first distributor terminal. The system further comprises a lottery unit for performing lottery on the live delivery content or a distributor of the live delivery content,
The transmission unit transmits the first control information to the first distributor terminal when a distributor of the first live distribution content or the first raw distribution content is won in the lottery. The server according to any one of claims 6 to 8. A program for causing a computer to control live distribution content to be distributed to a spectator terminal for a cruise service for causing a spectator to make a tour of a plurality of live distribution contents,
The computer,
A means for determining live delivery content to be delivered to the audience terminal
Means for generating first control information for displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) component that receives a user input for rejecting the spectator's visit by the cruise service;
Means for transmitting the first control information to a first distributor terminal that is a distribution source of the first live distribution content;
Function as a means for receiving first user input information indicating that the first GUI component has been selected,
The means for determining is a live delivery that delivers the first live delivery content to the audience terminal at least once when the first user input information is received from the first distributor terminal. Not determined as content,
program.