JP2020000644A - Distribution server, distribution system, distribution method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a distribution server or the like capable of distributing a game play screen of an online game and setting, by a distributor for performing a game play, authority for a viewer to view other distributions.SOLUTION: A distribution server 100 distributes a screen of a game play of an online game. The distribution server 100 includes: a comment reception part 141 for receiving comments contributed by a viewer; a distribution part 143 for distributing a distribution screen including a screen of a game play and comments received by the comment reception part 141; an authority setting reception part 142 for receiving setting of viewing authority allowing a viewer to view other distributions from a distributor who performs a game play; and a viewing situation control part 144 for controlling a viewer's viewing situation on the basis of setting of authority.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a distribution server, a distribution system, a distribution method, and a program.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a technique for distributing a video of an online game via a network and further distributing a comment posted by a viewer or a viewer thereto.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a server system that, when a comment of the same content posted by a viewer exceeds a predetermined number on a distribution screen of a game play moving image posted by a player, displays the comment in a large size. .

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-189804

  Meanwhile, when distributing a live video of an online game, a distributor serving as a player may proceed with game play with reference to comments posted by viewers. In particular, when a plurality of distributors participate in a game and distribute their game play, the distributor can receive a comment from a viewer for advice.

  In such a case, it is basically preferable for the viewer to view only one distribution so as not to disrupt the game characteristics. For example, when one viewer views a plurality of distributions, the viewer may intimately inform other distributors of information such as a secret strategy or game play status in a distribution of a certain distributor. On the other hand, the criteria for allowing viewing are different depending on the distributor, and there is also a need for specific viewers to allow viewing and spying.

  Note that viewing of a plurality of distributions that need to be restricted is basically simultaneous viewing. However, viewing is not simultaneous, but a case where a plurality of distributions are alternately viewed by switching distributions is also a substantial simultaneous viewing, so that a restriction may be required. That is, it is preferable to restrict viewing of a plurality of distributions in a short time.

  In the case of distributing the game play of the online game, in addition to the distribution by each distributor, there may be an official distribution that allows a bird's-eye view of information indicating the game play status such as the position of a character or a weapon used by each distributor. . However, even in this case, there may be a case where a viewer of the official distribution needs to restrict the contents of the distribution by each distributor so as not to affect the game play due to the information leakage. . On the other hand, depending on the content of the game, there may be no disadvantage due to information leakage.

  As described above, it is preferable that the distributor can set the right to view another distribution to the viewer according to the content of the game. This allows the distributor to adjust the viewing status of the viewer. In this regard, Patent Document 1 does not disclose a configuration for realizing such adjustment.

  In view of such circumstances, the present disclosure provides a distribution server or the like that distributes a game play screen of an online game and enables a distributor who performs game play to set a right for a viewer to view another distribution. With the goal.

  In order to achieve the above object, a distribution server according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is a distribution server that distributes a game play screen of an online game, and a comment receiving unit that receives a comment posted by a viewer, A distribution unit that distributes a distribution screen including a game play screen and a comment received by the comment reception unit, and a permission setting reception that receives, from a distributor performing the game play, a setting of a viewing authority that allows another distribution to the viewer to be viewed. And a viewing status control unit that controls the viewing status of the viewer based on the setting of the authority.

  To achieve the above object, a distribution system according to a second aspect of the present disclosure includes a distribution server that distributes a game play screen of an online game, a distributor terminal used by a distributor who performs the game play, A distribution system comprising a viewer terminal used by a viewer who watches a distribution, a distribution server receiving a comment posted by the viewer terminal, a game play screen and a comment reception unit. A distribution unit that distributes a distribution screen including the comment received by the viewer terminal and the distributor terminal, an authority setting reception unit that receives, from the distributor terminal, a setting of a viewing authority that allows another distribution to the viewer to be viewed, A viewing condition control unit that controls the viewing condition of the viewer terminal based on the setting of the authority.

  In order to achieve the above object, a distribution method according to a third aspect of the present disclosure is a distribution method for distributing a game play screen of an online game, and a comment receiving step of receiving a comment posted by a viewer. And a distribution step of distributing a distribution screen including a game play screen and a comment received in the comment reception step, and an authority to receive a setting of viewing authority from a distributor performing the game play so that another distribution to the viewer can be viewed. The method includes a setting receiving step and a viewing state control step of controlling a viewing state of the viewer based on the setting of the authority.

  In order to achieve the above object, a program according to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure is a distribution method for distributing a game play screen of an online game, comprising: a comment receiving step of receiving a comment posted by a viewer; , A distribution step of distributing a distribution screen including a game play screen and a comment received in the comment receiving step, and an authority setting for receiving a setting of a viewing authority from a distributor performing the game play so as to view another distribution to the viewer. The method includes a receiving step and a viewing state control step of controlling a viewing state of the viewer based on the setting of the authority.

  According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a distribution server or the like capable of distributing a game play screen of an online game and allowing a distributor performing the game play to set a right for a viewer to view another distribution.

It is a figure showing the example of composition of the distribution system concerning an embodiment. It is a block diagram showing the example of composition of the distribution server concerning an embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information table stored by the distribution server according to the embodiment. It is a figure which shows the specific example of the distribution screen for every distributor, (A) has shown the distribution screen of patent Shiro which is a distributor, and (B) has shown the distribution screen of Kenji Design which is another distributor. . It is a figure showing an example of a distribution screen (overhead screen) of official distribution. It is a figure showing an example of a distribution screen concerning a modification of patent Shiro who is a distributor. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of control processing of the distribution server according to the embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiments described below do not unduly limit the contents of the present disclosure described in the claims. In addition, all of the components shown in the embodiments are not necessarily indispensable components of the present disclosure.

(Embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, the distribution system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a distribution server 100, a game server 200, a plurality of distributor terminals 300, and a plurality of viewer terminals 400. The distribution server 100, the game server 200, the plurality of distributor terminals 300, and the plurality of viewer terminals 400 are communicably connected via the network NW. The network NW is, for example, a WAN (World Area Network).

  The distribution server 100 provides a distribution service via the network NW. The distribution server 100 distributes a distribution screen including a game play screen of distribution as a player and a comment received from a viewer to the distributor terminal 300 or the viewer terminal 400 as a live broadcast. Note that the distribution includes not only distribution by the distributor but also official distribution. Which distribution to watch is selected by the viewer. However, certain restrictions are imposed on the viewer's viewing of the distribution, as described later.

  The distributor terminal 300 used by the distributor displays a distribution screen of the distributor. That is, the distribution screen distributed to distributor terminal 300 is basically the same as the distribution screen distributed to viewer terminal 400. However, since there are functions used only by the distributor and functions used only by the viewer, a part of the display content differs according to those functions. For example, an interface for posting a comment may not be displayed on distributor terminal 300.

  The game server 200 provides an online game via the network NW. The online game is played by a distributor using the distributor terminal 300.

  The online game may be a game in which a plurality of distributors participate simultaneously and proceed with the distributors cooperating with each other, or a battle between the distributors. The online game preferably includes an information warfare element. In this case, a plurality of distributors who distribute the game play screen and viewers who post comments containing useful information can excite the distribution.

  The distributor terminal 300 is used by a distributor who plays an online game and distributes the game play screen. The distributor terminal 300 is a device having a communication function such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, and a smartphone.

  The viewer terminal 400 is a device having a communication function such as a personal computer, a tablet terminal, and a smartphone. The viewer terminal 400 is used by a viewer who views a distribution screen indicating the game play status of the distributor. The distribution screen includes a distribution screen for each distributor and an official distribution.

<Configuration of distribution server>
Hereinafter, the configuration of the distribution server 100 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 2, the distribution server 100 includes a communication unit 110 that communicates with another device, a storage unit 120 that stores various data, a clock unit 130 that measures time, and a control that controls the entire device. Unit 140. These components are interconnected by a bus line BL.

  The communication unit 110 is a communication interface including an NIC (Network Interface Card controller) for performing wired communication or wireless communication. The communication unit 110 communicates with the distributor terminal 300 and the viewer terminal 400 via the network NW.

  The storage unit 120 includes a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and the like. The storage unit 120 stores a program for executing various control processes, various data, and the like. The various data includes an information table of setting information.

  The clock unit 130 includes an oscillation circuit for generating a clock signal, a variable PLL (Phase Locked Loop), a counter circuit for counting the number of pulses of the clock signal, and the like. The timer 130 counts the time based on the number of pulses counted.

  The control unit 140 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like. The control unit 140 controls the overall operation of the distribution server 100 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 120. The control unit 140 performs various controls at a timing based on the number of pulses counted by the timer unit 130. Further, the control unit 140 counts the distribution time based on the time measured by the clock unit 130, and determines whether or not a predetermined time (for example, a scheduled distribution time) has elapsed.

  Hereinafter, a functional configuration of the control unit 140 will be described. The control unit 140 functions as a comment receiving unit 141, an authority setting receiving unit 142, a distribution unit 143, a viewing situation control unit 144, a comment restricting unit 145, and a restricting condition receiving unit 146.

  The comment receiving unit 141 communicates with the viewer terminal 400 via the communication unit 110, and receives a comment posted by the viewer in each of the plurality of distributions. Note that the comment receiving unit 141 may further receive a comment posted by a distributor through communication with the distributor terminal 300.

  The authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from the distributor who performs the game play, the setting of the viewing authority for viewing another distribution to the viewer. The authority setting receiving unit 142 receives information indicating the setting of the viewing authority from the distributor terminal 300 via the communication unit 110. The authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from each of a plurality of distributors, the setting of the viewing authority for each of the distributors.

  First, the authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from the distributor, a setting that prevents a viewer viewing the distribution of the distributor from viewing another distribution unless the viewer has the viewing authority. The other distribution is a distribution of another distributor or an official distribution described later. Then, the authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from the distributor, designation of a viewer who may be given a viewing authority that is an exception to the setting in which another distribution cannot be viewed.

  Specifically, the authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from the distributor, designation of a viewer whose viewing authority is set to be able to view the distribution of another distributor. In addition, the authority setting receiving unit 142 determines that a viewer who is viewing the delivery of another distributor (for example, the distributor B) from the distributor (for example, the distributor A) is the distributor (the distributor A). Accept settings that prevent you from watching the broadcast.

  In addition, the authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from the distributor, designation of a viewer who is a target for setting viewing authority for viewing official distribution that allows a bird's-eye view of the game situation. The official distribution is a distribution by a game organizer, a service provider, or the like, and is a distribution independent of a distributor participating in the game.

  In the official distribution, instead of a game play screen from any viewpoint of a plurality of distributors, for example, a bird's-eye view screen for bird's-eye view of the entire game play situation may be distributed. In the official distribution, a screen that looks at the overall play situation from the viewpoint of the virtual camera or a screen that can confirm the status of each character used by a plurality of distributors may be distributed.

  The authority setting receiving unit 142 may receive, from the distributor, a setting for granting the viewing authority to view the distribution of another distributor only to a viewer who satisfies a predetermined condition.

  Note that the authority setting receiving unit 142 may receive, from the distributor, a setting that allows any viewer who views the distribution of the distributor to view other distributions. That is, the authority setting receiving unit 142 may receive the setting of all or nothing to give or not give the viewing authority to all the viewers. The authority setting receiving unit 142 may receive a setting that gives viewing authority only to some viewers specified by the distributor, and prevents other viewers from viewing other distributions. The authority setting receiving unit 142 sets a setting that only some viewers (for example, malicious viewers) designated by the distributor cannot view other distributions, and gives the other viewers viewing authority. May be accepted.

  The authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from the distributor, the specification of a viewer for which setting authority for setting viewing authority is set. In this case, the viewer designated as the distributor can set the viewing authority for other viewers based on the setting authority.

  The authority setting receiving unit 142 receives spy settings from the distributor. The spy setting is to set the viewing authority for viewing other distributions specified by the distributor to the viewer specified by the distributor.

  The information on the setting received by the authority setting receiving unit 142 and the restriction condition information indicating the restriction condition received by the restriction condition receiving unit 146 described later are stored in the storage unit 120 as an information table. For example, FIG. 3 shows an example of an information table stored in the distribution server 100.

  In this example, the names of three distributors who participate in the game and the setting information for each distributor are stored in association with each other. The setting information includes viewing authority information indicating a viewer to which the viewing authority is set, setting authority information indicating a viewer to which the setting authority is set, and spy setter information indicating a viewer designated as a spy And regulation condition information. The setting information is not limited to this example, and one or more of these pieces of information may be omitted.

  The distribution unit 143 distributes a distribution screen including the acquired game play screen and the comment received by the comment receiving unit 141. The distribution unit 143 may directly acquire the game play screen corresponding to the distributor from the game server 200 via the communication unit 110, or may indirectly acquire the game play screen corresponding to the distributor from the distributor terminal 300. The screen may be acquired. The distribution screen is distributed to the viewer terminal 300 and the distributor terminal 400 for each distribution.

  The distribution unit 143 may display a comment on the distribution screen so as to be superimposed on the game play screen, or may display the comment in a chat box arranged at a position that does not overlap the game play screen. . In addition, the distribution unit 143 distributes the sound of the game and the sound input by the distributor to the distributor terminal 300 as audio information.

  The viewing status control unit 144 controls the viewing status of the viewer based on the authority setting. The authority setting is a setting that the authority setting receiving unit 142 receives from the distributor, and is a setting for each distribution.

  More specifically, the viewing status control unit 144 performs processing to prevent viewers who have not set viewing authority by the distributor from simultaneously viewing other distributions, and simultaneously monitors other distributions with display restrictions imposed. At least one of a process for causing the content to be switched and a process for inhibiting the switching of viewing or zapping between distributions is applied. The display restriction of the distribution screen is, for example, a process of blurring, hiding, or replacing at least a part of the distribution screen by another image.

  As described above, the viewing state control unit 144 controls the viewing state of the viewer, and restricts the viewer from viewing a plurality of distributions. As a result, basically, the viewer cannot view a plurality of distributions at the same time, and viewing a certain distribution and then viewing another distribution is restricted for a predetermined time (for example, 1 hour or 10 minutes). You.

  In order to realize such control, the distribution server 100 preferably acquires the viewing history of the viewer and stores it in the storage unit 120. The distribution server 100 may temporarily store the viewing history without storing it for a long time. This is because, even if the viewer makes a comment on another distribution based on information obtained through too old viewing, the influence on game play is small.

  The predetermined time is set based on a period during which information obtained by the viewer from the distribution loses its validity. The predetermined time may be set according to the game content. The predetermined time is set by, for example, a distribution service provider, a distributor, or the like.

  The viewing situation control unit 144 relaxes the regulation based on the setting of the viewing authority according to the game situation. For example, the viewing status control unit 144 allows the viewer to simultaneously view and zapping a plurality of distributions for the distribution of the distributor who has reached the game over.

  When a comment received by the comment receiving unit 141 from a viewer who has viewed another distribution satisfies a predetermined restriction condition, the comment restriction unit 145 restricts the comment. The regulation of the comment may be performed at the time of distribution, or may be performed at the time of receiving a comment. For example, when a viewer who views a distributor's distribution posts a comment that satisfies the restriction condition to another distributor's distribution, the comment restricting unit 145 restricts the comment.

  The regulation of the comment may be, for example, a process of mosaic processing at least partially blurring, hiding, or replacing with another character so that the character of the comment cannot be read at the time of distribution. The processing may not be displayed on the distribution screen by the unit 143. The comment regulation may be a process of rejecting posting when a comment of a comment to be regulated is received.

  In the official distribution, information that greatly affects game play may be distributed. There is a risk that a viewer who knows such information will notify the distributor by posting a comment. In this case, a cheat action can be established by cooperation between the distributor and the viewer. Therefore, the comment restricting unit 145 may restrict a comment posted on the distribution of the distributor by a viewer who is watching the official distribution that allows a bird's-eye view of the game situation. As a result, it is possible to prohibit cheating by the distributor and the viewer.

  The restriction condition receiving unit 146 receives the setting of the restriction condition from the distributor. The restriction condition receiving unit 146 receives information indicating the restriction condition from the distributor terminal 300 via the communication unit 110. A restrictive condition is, for example, that the comment contains information that is critical to the distributor. The critical information is, for example, a prohibited term set by the distributor. In the present embodiment, the restriction condition is set by the distributor. However, the regulation condition may be set not by the distributor but by the provider of the distribution service.

<Specific examples of distribution screen and game play screen>
Hereinafter, specific examples of the distribution screen and the game play screen will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a distribution screen for each distributor. FIG. 4 (A) shows a distribution screen of Shiro, a distributor, and FIG. 4 (B) shows a distribution screen of Kenji Design, which is a distributor. This example shows a space in a game in which distributors compete against each other. These drawings show a state in which a character 10 operated by Shiro Patent and a character 20 operated by Kenji Design face each other with an obstacle 40 interposed therebetween.

  Specifically, in FIG. 4A, a character 20 having a weapon such as a gun is displayed. An obstacle 40 is displayed in front of the character 20. In addition, since this figure is a viewpoint of the game play of the distributor Shiro Patent (the viewpoint of the character 10), the character 10 is not displayed. The two comments 30 and 50 are comments posted by the viewer for the distribution of Shiro Patent. These comments 30 and 50 are displayed superimposed on the game play screen and flow from right to left on the distribution screen.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 4B, a character 10 holding a weapon such as a stick is displayed. An obstacle 40 is displayed in front of the character 10. Note that this figure is the viewpoint (point of view of the character 20) of the viewpoint of the game play of Kenji Designo, the distributor, and therefore the character 20 is not displayed. The comment 60 is a comment posted by the viewer to the distribution of Kenji Design. The comment 60 is superimposed on the game play screen and displayed from right to left on the distribution screen.

  In this example, comments 30, 50, and 60 posted by the viewer are subject to regulation by the comment regulation unit 145. However, in this example, since the comments 30, 50, and 60 do not satisfy the regulation conditions, they are displayed as normal comments.

  The distribution screen may display information such as the weapon, physical strength, and status of the character used by each distributor, in addition to the game play screen as shown in FIG. This allows the viewer to easily collect information such as the weapons and positions of the characters used by the distributor and the contents of comments.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of a distribution screen (overhead screen) of official distribution. In this example, the distribution unit 143 combines viewer comments on the two distributions, Shiro Patent and Kenji Design, to generate a distribution screen for overviewing the entire game play situation. In the official distribution, the comments 30, 50, and 60 posted on each of the two distribution screens may be color-coded for each distribution to which the comment is posted.

  This distribution screen is a game play screen viewed from the viewpoint of the virtual camera, and is a screen from which the battle situation between Shiro Patent and Kenji Design can be viewed. For example, the viewer can confirm the positional relationship between the character 10 used by Shiro Patent, the character 20 used by Kenji Design, and the obstacle 40 by viewing the distribution screen of the official distribution.

  Here, a modified example of the distribution screen will be described with reference to FIG. This example shows a distribution screen of Shiro Patent, which is distributed from the distribution server 100 and displayed on the viewer terminal 400. In this example, a comment posted by the viewer to the distribution of Shiro Patent is displayed not in the display area A10 of the game play screen but in the display area A20 of the chat box. In this example, comments displayed in the chat box are subject to regulation by the comment regulation unit 145.

  Note that an interface for a viewer to post a comment is displayed in the display area A30. In display area A30, an interface for posting a comment may or may not be displayed on distributor terminal 300.

<Process flow>
Hereinafter, an example of a control process executed by the distribution server 100 will be described with reference to FIG. This process is repeatedly executed at a predetermined timing after the start of the game.

  First, the comment receiving unit 141 of the control unit 140 receives a comment posted by a viewer (Step S101). The distribution unit 143 of the control unit 140 distributes a distribution screen including the game play screen and the comment received by the comment receiving unit 141 to the distributor terminal 300 and the viewer terminal 400 (Step S102). At this time, sound information such as a game sound and a sound input by a distributor are also distributed.

  The authority setting receiving unit 142 receives, from the distributor who plays the game, the setting of the viewing authority for viewing another distribution to the viewer (step S103). The viewing status control unit 144 of the control unit 140 controls the viewing status of the viewer based on the authority setting by the distributor (step S104).

  During the control process, for example, when the distribution server 100 receives information indicating a restriction condition from the distributor terminal 300, the restriction condition receiving unit 146 receives the restriction condition. The comment restricting unit 145 determines whether the comment received by the comment receiving unit 141 satisfies the restriction condition, and restricts the comment that satisfies the restriction condition.

<Explanation of effect>
In the distribution system 1 according to the present embodiment, the distribution server 100 receives, from a distributor who plays a game, a setting of a viewing right that allows the viewer to view another distribution to the viewer, and based on the setting of the right, the viewer's viewing / listening is performed. Control the situation. Therefore, the distributor who plays the game can set the authority for the viewer to view another distribution. Further, according to the distribution server 100, the distributor can set the setting authority for setting the authority of viewing to a specific viewer.

  Thus, for example, an environment in which the viewer views only one distribution can be set so as not to disrupt the game characteristics. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a viewer who is watching the distribution from leaking information such as a secret strategy or a game play status in another distribution.

  On the other hand, distribution server 100 receives spy settings from the distributor. For this reason, the distributor can make spy settings, allow specific viewers to view other distributions, and perform spy activities.

  The description of the embodiment is completed above, but the above embodiment is merely an example. Therefore, the specific configuration of the distribution system 1 and the content of the processing are not limited to those described in the above embodiment. Hereinafter, a modified example of the above embodiment will be described. Components common to the distribution system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals.

(Modification)
The order of the control processing executed by the distribution server 100 is not limited to the example illustrated in FIG. For example, a comment may be received after distribution of the distribution screen. The setting of the viewing authority may be received before the delivery of the delivery screen.

  In the above-described embodiment, the authority setting receiving unit 142 may receive, from the distributor, the designation of the number of viewers whose viewing authority is set to be able to view the distribution of another distributor. In this case, the viewing status control unit 144 may control the number of viewers set as the distributor so that other distributors can view the distribution.

  In the above embodiment, the distribution server 100 controls the display of the distribution screen, the control of comment posting, the restriction of viewing, and the like. However, these controls may be executed by the distributor terminal 300 or the viewer terminal 400. These controls may be realized by cooperation between the distribution server 100 and the distributor terminal 300 or the viewer terminal 400.

  For example, the viewing state control unit 144 and the comment restriction unit 145 may be provided in the viewer terminal 400 instead of the distribution server 100. The execution subject of the control process can be changed as appropriate.

  In the distribution system 1 according to the above embodiment, the distributor terminal 300 and the viewer terminal 400 have different configurations so that they can be distinguished from each other. However, the components of each of these devices may be combined so that the device functions as a distributor terminal and a viewer terminal.

  In addition, the distribution system according to the present disclosure may realize the function thereof by, for example, a computer executing a program, instead of the above-described device. A program for realizing the function of the distribution system 1 is a computer-readable program such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and an HDD (Hard Disc Drive). It may be stored in a possible recording medium or downloaded to a computer via a network.

  Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments, and the present disclosure includes the inventions described in the claims and equivalents thereof. It is. In addition, the configurations of the devices described in the above embodiment and modifications can be appropriately combined as long as no technical contradiction occurs.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Distribution system, 100 ... Distribution server, 200 ... Game server, 300 ... Distributor terminal, 400 ... Viewer terminal, 110 ... Communication part, 120 ... Storage part, 130 ... Clock part, 140 ... Control part, 141 ... Comment Receiving unit, 142: Authority setting receiving unit, 143: Distribution unit, 144: Viewing state control unit, 145: Comment regulating unit, 146: Regulation condition receiving unit

In order to achieve the above object, a distribution server according to a first aspect of the present disclosure is a distribution server that distributes a game play screen of an online game, and a comment receiving unit that receives a comment posted by a viewer, A distribution unit that distributes a distribution screen including a game play screen and a comment received by the comment reception unit, and a permission setting reception that receives, from a distributor performing the game play, a setting of a viewing authority that allows another distribution to the viewer to be viewed. comprises a section, the viewing state control unit for controlling the viewing situation of the viewer based on the setting of the viewing authority, the authority setting receiver from distributor, setting the viewing authority to view the distribution of other distributor Receiving a specification of a target viewer .

In order to achieve the above object, a distribution system according to a second aspect of the present disclosure includes a distribution server that distributes a game play screen of an online game, a distributor terminal used by a distributor who performs the game play, A distribution system comprising a viewer terminal used by a viewer who watches a distribution, a distribution server receiving a comment posted by the viewer terminal, a game play screen and a comment reception unit. A distribution unit that distributes a distribution screen including the comment received by the viewer terminal and the distributor terminal, an authority setting reception unit that receives, from the distributor terminal, a setting of a viewing authority that allows another distribution to the viewer to be viewed, and a viewing status control unit for controlling the viewing situation of the viewer terminal based on the setting of the viewing authority, the authority setting receiving unit, from the distributor, It accepts the designation of the distributor's delivery can watch the setting target of the viewing authority viewers, characterized in that.

In order to achieve the above object, a distribution method according to a third aspect of the present disclosure is a distribution method of distributing a game play screen of an online game, and a comment receiving step of receiving a comment posted by a viewer. And a distribution step of distributing a distribution screen including a game play screen and a comment received in the comment reception step, and an authority to receive a setting of viewing authority from a distributor performing the game play so that another distribution to the viewer can be viewed. setting a reception step, look at including the, the viewing state control step of controlling the viewing situation of the viewer based on the setting of the viewing authority, in the authority setting receiving step, from the delivery person, can watch the delivery of other distributor viewing The specification of a viewer for which the authority is set is received .

Further, in order to achieve the above object, a program according to a fourth aspect of the present disclosure provides a computer which receives a comment posted by a viewer by a comment receiving unit that receives a comment posted by a viewer, a game play screen of an online game, and a comment receiving unit. Distribution means for distributing a distribution screen containing comments and comments, permission setting receiving means for receiving from a distributor performing game play a setting of viewing authority for viewing other distributions to the viewer, and a viewer based on the setting of the viewing authority. The authority setting accepting unit accepts designation of a viewer who is to be set as a viewing authority who can view the distribution of another distributor from the distributor.

Claims (17)

A distribution server that distributes a game play screen of an online game,
A comment reception unit for receiving comments posted by viewers,
A distribution unit that distributes a distribution screen including the game play screen and the comment received by the comment reception unit;
From a distributor performing the game play, an authority setting receiving unit that receives a setting of a viewing authority for viewing another distribution to the viewer,
A viewing state control unit that controls the viewing state of the viewer based on the setting of the authority,
A distribution server comprising: The authority setting accepting unit accepts, from the distributor, a designation of the viewer to be set as the viewing authority capable of viewing the distribution of another distributor.
The distribution server according to claim 1, wherein: The authority setting receiving unit receives, from the distributor, a setting in which the viewer who is viewing the distribution of another distributor is not able to view the distribution of the distributor.
The distribution server according to claim 1, wherein: The authority setting accepting unit accepts, from the distributor, a specification of the viewer to be set as the viewing authority, which allows the user to view an official distribution that allows a bird's-eye view of a game situation,
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein: The authority setting receiving unit receives, from the distributor, only a setting that satisfies a predetermined condition, and a setting that grants the viewing authority that allows the user to view the distribution of another distributor.
The distribution server according to claim 1, wherein: The authority setting receiving unit receives, from each of the plurality of distributors, a setting of the viewing authority for each distributor.
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: The authority setting receiving unit receives, from the distributor, a specification of the viewer to be set as a setting authority capable of setting the viewing authority,
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein: The authority setting receiving unit, from the distributor, sets the viewing authority that can be viewed for other distributions specified by the distributor to the viewer specified by the distributor, accepts a spy setting,
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: The viewing situation control unit, according to a game situation, relaxes the regulation based on the setting of the viewing authority,
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: The viewing status control unit is configured to prevent the viewer to whom the viewing authority has not been set by the distributor from simultaneously viewing other distributions, and to simultaneously view other distributions in a state where display is restricted. And applying one or more processes of viewing switching between distributions or prohibiting zapping,
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein: When the comment received by the comment receiving unit from the viewer who has viewed another distribution satisfies a predetermined restriction condition, a comment restriction unit that restricts the comment is provided.
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein: A restriction condition receiving unit that receives a setting of the restriction condition from the distributor is provided,
When the viewer who views the distributor's distribution posts the comment that satisfies the restriction condition to another distributor's distribution, the comment restriction unit restricts the comment,
The distribution server according to claim 11, wherein: The comment restricting unit, wherein the viewer watching the official distribution that allows a bird's-eye view of the game situation, restricts the comment posted on the distribution of the distributor.
The distribution server according to claim 11, wherein: The authority setting receiving unit, from the distributor, receives designation of the number of viewers to be set the viewing authority that can view the distribution of the other distributor,
The viewing status control unit controls the number of viewers set to the distributor to be able to view the distribution of other distributors.
The distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein: A distribution system including a distribution server that distributes a game play screen of an online game, a distributor terminal used by a distributor performing the game play, and a viewer terminal used by a viewer who views the distribution. So,
The distribution server,
A comment receiving unit that receives a comment posted by the viewer terminal;
A distribution unit that distributes a distribution screen including the game play screen and the comment received by the comment reception unit to the viewer terminal and the distributor terminal,
From the distributor terminal, an authority setting receiving unit that receives a setting of a viewing authority for viewing another distribution to the viewer,
A viewing condition control unit that controls a viewing condition of the viewer terminal based on the setting of the authority;
A distribution system comprising: A distribution method for distributing a game play screen of an online game,
A comment receiving step for receiving comments posted by viewers;
A distribution step of distributing a distribution screen including the game play screen and the comment received in the comment reception step;
From a distributor performing the game play, an authority setting receiving step of receiving a setting of a viewing authority for viewing another distribution to the viewer,
A viewing situation control step of controlling the viewing situation of the viewer based on the setting of the authority;
A distribution method comprising: Computer
Comment receiving means for receiving comments posted by viewers,
A distribution unit that distributes a distribution screen including the game play screen and the comment received by the comment reception unit;
Authority setting receiving means for receiving, from a distributor performing the game play, a setting of viewing authority for viewing another distribution to the viewer,
Viewing status control means for controlling the viewing status of the viewer based on the setting of the authority,
A program to function as