JP2022174118A - Program, information processing method, and terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program, a terminal, and an information processing method thereof that enable users to roughly confirm moving image content of specific moving image content set.

SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus 110, which is a terminal, receives, with a communication unit of the terminal, first moving image content uploaded by a first user to a content providing server and second moving image content uploaded by a second user, performs control, with a control unit of the terminal, to display the first moving image content in a first display region of a display unit of the terminal and display the second moving image content in a second display region of the display unit, performs control, with the control unit, to display the first moving image content in a third display region of the display unit based on input for the first moving image content by a user of the terminal, and performs control, with the control unit, to display a plurality of contents uploaded by the first user on the display unit based on input for the terminal on which the first moving image content is displayed.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

The following description relates to a method and system for providing content, more specifically, a method and system for providing content so that a user can roughly check video content of a specific video content collection, and a method for providing content to an electronic device. The present invention relates to a computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium for execution.

Since camera modules began to be installed in various electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets, it has become common to provide electronic devices with video (image and video) shooting functions using camera modules.

For example, when a user of an electronic device uses a camera provided in the electronic device and shifts to a video shooting mode, the electronic device displays a preview video input to the camera on the screen. At this time, in the conventional technology, when a user operates an electronic device to input a video shooting command, the electronic device encodes the video taken after the video shooting command and stores it in a preset format (MP4, for example). (MPEG-4 Part 14)) video file is generated.

There is also a service for uploading such moving image files to a server and providing contents such as moving image files from the server to users via a network. For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a user-generated content service method and system.

However, such conventional technology merely provides the user with one specific video content (for example, the video content requested by the user or the video content selected by the server) or a content list. It is not possible to provide a function that allows a user to roughly check a specified category of content (for example, video content uploaded by a specific user). For example, the user profile home area of conventional social network services is generally composed of a passive atmosphere such as the user's photo, introduction, posting list, etc., and intuitively and actively conveys the user's style. Rather, it has the limitation that the visitor must continue to interact in order to see the content.

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A program executed by a terminal that communicates with a server, wherein a communication unit of the terminal receives first video content uploaded by a first user and second video content uploaded by a second user. a control unit of the terminal for displaying the first moving image content in a first display area of the display unit of the terminal and displaying the second moving image content in a second display area of the display unit; performing control by the control unit to display the first moving image content in a third display area of the display unit based on an input by a user of the terminal with respect to the first moving image content; and displaying the first moving image content. and performing control by the control unit to display the plurality of contents uploaded by the first user on the display unit based on the inputted input to the terminal.

An information processing method for a terminal that communicates with a server, wherein a communication unit of the terminal receives first moving image content uploaded by a first user and second moving image content uploaded by a second user; displaying the first moving image content in a first display area of the display unit of the terminal and displaying the second moving image content in a second display area of the display unit by a control unit of the terminal; performing control by the control unit to display the first moving image content in a third display area of the display unit based on an input by the user of the terminal with respect to the first moving image content; and displaying the first moving image content. performing control by the control unit to display the plurality of contents uploaded by the first user on the display unit based on the input to the terminal.
A terminal that communicates with a server, the communication unit receiving first video content uploaded by a first user and second video content uploaded by a second user, and first displaying the first video content. a display unit for displaying the second moving image content in a second display area and displaying the first moving image content in a third display area of the display unit based on an input by the user of the terminal for the first moving image content; a control unit that controls display on a display area, and controls display of a plurality of contents uploaded by the first user on the display unit based on an input to the terminal on which the first video content is displayed; Prepare.

1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining internal configurations of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a user list in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of representative video content of a user in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of video content selected from a user list in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of moving to a screen for displaying video content of a specific user in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of playing back video content in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which selected video content is played back in chronological order according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of moving to the screen of the content display area in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example for explaining playback of additional content in one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of layer switching in one embodiment of the present invention; 1 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components that a processor of an electronic device may include, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of a content providing method that can be executed by an electronic device in one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components that a processor of a server may include in one embodiment of the invention; FIG. 1 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method for providing content that can be executed by a server in one embodiment of the present invention;

Embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

A content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by an electronic device or server described below, and a content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be executed by the electronic device or server. For example, an application implemented as a computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed and executed in an electronic device, and the electronic device may read content according to an embodiment of the present invention under control of the executed application. A provision method may be performed. The computer program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium for causing the electronic device to execute the content providing method. As another example, the server may provide content to the electronic device through data communication with an application installed in the electronic device according to the content providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment in one embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including multiple electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 , multiple servers 150 , 160 , and a network 170 . Such FIG. 1 is merely an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited as in FIG.

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented by computing devices. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, navigation systems, PCs (personal computers), notebook PCs, digital broadcasting terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and PMPs (Portable Multimedia Players). ), tablets, etc. As an example, FIG. 1 shows a smart phone as an example of the electronic device 1 (110), but in the embodiment of the present invention, a wireless or wired communication system is substantially used to communicate with other electronic devices via the network 170. It may refer to one of a variety of devices capable of communicating with 120, 130, 140 and/or servers 150, 160.

The communication method is not limited, and not only the communication method using the communication network that can be included in the network 170 (eg, mobile communication network, wired Internet, wireless Internet, broadcasting network), but also the short distance between devices. Wireless communication may be included. For example, the network 170 includes a PAN (personal area network), a LAN (local area network), a CAN (campus area network), a MAN (metropolitan area network), a WAN (wide area network), a BBN (broadband network), and the Internet. Any one or more of the networks may be included. Additionally, network 170 may include any one or more of network topologies including, but not limited to, bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, tree or hierarchical networks, and the like. will not be

Each of servers 150, 160 is implemented by one or more computing devices that communicate with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 over network 170 to provide instructions, code, files, content, services, etc. good. For example, the server 150 may be a system that provides a first service to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 connected via the network 170, and the server 160 may also be a system that provides a plurality of electronic devices connected via the network 170. It may be a system that provides the second service to the electronic devices 110 , 120 , 130 , 140 . As a more specific example, the server 160 may be a system that provides installation files for installing applications (computer programs) to the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, and 140 as a second service. In addition, the server 150 installs an application using an installation file, and installs a content providing server (game, SNS, chat, content streaming, video recording service, or video editing service).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining internal configurations of an electronic device and a server in one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the internal configuration of the electronic device 1 (110) and the internal configuration of the server 150 will be described as an example of the electronic device. Other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configurations as electronic device 1 (110) or server 150 described above.

Electronic device 1 (110) and server 150 may include memory 211, 221, processors 212, 222, communication modules 213, 223, and input/output interfaces 214, 224. The memories 211, 221 are computer-readable storage media and may include random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and permanent mass storage devices such as disk drives. Here, a permanent large-capacity recording device such as a ROM or disk drive may be included in the electronic device 1 (110) or the server 150 as a separate permanent recording device separate from the memories 211 and 221. The memories 211 and 221 also store an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a browser installed and executed in the electronic device 1 (110) or the electronic device 1 (110) for providing a specific service). (codes for applications installed in the device, etc.) may be recorded. Such software components may be loaded from a computer-readable medium separate from memories 211,221. Such other computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy drives, disks, tapes, DVD/CD-ROM drives, memory cards, and the like. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into memory 211, 221 through communication modules 213, 223 that are not computer-readable media. For example, at least one program is a program installed by a file provided by a developer or a file distribution system (server 160 as an example) that distributes an installation file of an application via the network 170 (the application described above as an example). may be loaded into memory 211, 221 based on.

Processors 212, 222 may be configured to process computer program instructions by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input/output operations. Instructions may be provided to processors 212 , 222 by memory 211 , 221 or communication modules 213 , 223 . For example, processors 212 , 222 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code stored in storage devices, such as memories 211 , 221 .

Communication modules 213 and 223 may provide functions for electronic device 1 (110) and server 150 to communicate with each other via network 170, and electronic device 1 (110) and/or server 150 may communicate with each other. may provide functionality for communicating with other electronic devices (eg, electronic device 2 (120)) or other servers (eg, server 160). As an example, a request generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 (110) according to the program code recorded in the recording device such as the memory 211 is transmitted to the server 150 via the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213. you can Conversely, control signals, commands, contents, files, etc. provided under the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 are electronically transmitted through the communication module 213 of the electronic device 1 (110) via the communication module 223 and the network 170. It may be received by Device 1 (110). For example, control signals, commands, contents, files, etc. of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 and the memory 211, and the contents, files, etc. may be further included in the electronic device 1 (110). may be recorded on a recording medium capable of recording (the permanent recording device described above).

Input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with input/output devices 215 . For example, input devices may include devices such as keyboards or mice, and output devices may include devices such as displays and speakers. As another example, input/output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device that integrates functionality for input and output, such as a touch screen. The input/output device 215 may consist of one device with electronic device 1 (110). Input/output interface 224 of server 150 may also be a means for interfacing with devices (not shown) for input or output that connect to server 150 or that server 150 may include. As a more specific example, when the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 (110) processes the instructions of the computer program loaded into the memory 211, data provided by the server 150 and the electronic device 2 (120) are used. The service screens and content to be displayed may be displayed on the display through the input/output interface 214 .

Also, in other embodiments, electronic device 1 (110) and server 150 may include more components than those in FIG. However, most prior art components need not be explicitly shown in the figures. For example, electronic device 1 (110) may be implemented to include at least some of the input/output devices 215 described above, a transceiver, a GPS (Global Positioning System) module, a camera, various sensors, a database It may further include other components such as As a more specific example, when the electronic device 1 (110) is a smartphone, the acceleration sensor, gyro sensor, camera module, various physical buttons, buttons using a touch panel, input/ Various components such as an output port, a vibrator for vibration, etc. may be further included in the electronic device 1 (110).

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a user list in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows an example of a user list displayed on the touch screen screen of the electronic device 1 (110) provided with a touch screen. At this time, the user of the electronic device 1 (110) may control the user list displayed on the touch screen screen by touch gestures such as touch & drag, swipe, or flick. For example, in FIG. 3, the representative video content 311 of user a, the representative video content 312 of user b, the representative video content 313 of user c, and the representative video content 314 of user d are displayed on the first screen 310, and the representative video content 314 of user e is displayed. An example is shown in which representative moving image content 315 and part of representative moving image content 316 of user f are displayed. At this time, by recognizing an upward flick as a user's input on the first screen 310 , the display portion of the user list may be changed to the second screen 320 . On the second screen 320, by moving the user list upward on the first screen 310, only a portion of the representative video content 311 of user a and the representative video content 312 of user b are displayed, and the representative video of user c is displayed. Content 313, representative video content 314 of user d, representative video content 315 of user e, and representative video content 316 of user f are displayed.

Here, as one embodiment, the users included in the user list are the users of the electronic device 1 (110) and the users of the services provided by the content providing server according to the embodiment of the present invention or other services linked with the above services. The user may be a user with whom a social relationship (for example, a friend relationship on a messenger or social network service) is formed. Here, the content providing server may correspond to the server 150 described above, for example.

As another embodiment, the users included in the user list are selected according to preset criteria from all users of the service provided by the content providing server according to the embodiment of the present invention (for example, users who have recently It may be a user selected from a certain number of users based on the updated date or randomly selected). In this case, the electronic device 1 (110) receives and displays a user list including representative video content of a certain number of users from the content providing server, and then further displays the user list according to user input such as touch gestures. The user list may be expanded by receiving additional representative video content of the user each time there is a need to do so.

At this time, the user's representative video content is content selected according to preset criteria from among the content uploaded by the user (for example, content recently uploaded to the content providing server, or randomly selected content). ). For example, assuming that there are content 1, content 2, and content 3 uploaded by user a, and content 3 is the recently uploaded content, content 3 may be selected as representative video content for user a. Also, the user's representative moving image content shown in FIG. 3 may be each moving image content as an example, and may be repeatedly reproduced in each display area. For example, the representative video content of user a being displayed in the first area 310 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a user's representative video content in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 illustrates an example showing moving image content 410 as representative moving image content of user a. Here, the character string “Signal” indicated in the first dotted line box 411 may mean the identifier of the user a, and the number “2,321” indicated in the second dotted line box 412 indicates that the video content 410 is It may mean the number of times selected by the user and played so far. Also, the number "48" shown in the third dotted box 413 is the number of times the user of the video content 410 has selected the user interface provided to display favorable impressions or recommendations for the video content 410 (hereinafter referred to as " number of recommendations"). Depending on the embodiment, the number of comments the user has entered regarding the video content 410, the date the video content 410 was shot, or the date the video content 410 was uploaded may be displayed along with the video content 410.

As described above, the video content 410 can be provided in a form that is repeatedly reproduced in a corresponding area, rather than in an image form such as a snapshot. For example, the content provided in the embodiment of the present invention is set in advance by an electronic device equipped with a camera (eg, electronic device 2 (120)) shifting to a video shooting mode using a camera. Capture a preview video input to a camera based on a frame per second (FPS) rate, and apply at least one of a plurality of preset time-fake effects to the captured preview video. It may be video content generated by applying a timefake effect. It is difficult to freely search, extract and control frames from video files of certain formats such as MP4, while freely searching, extracting and controlling frames from captured preview video. Therefore, the electronic device can easily apply various time fake effects to the preview video under the control of the application. At this time, the frame rate of the preview video may be set in consideration of the reproduction of a large number of video contents on one screen, as in the user list described above.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of content selected from a user list in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows that the representative video content 312 of the user b is selected by the user of the electronic device 1 (110) from the user list described in the first screen 310 of FIG. By touching the area where 312 is displayed, representative moving image content 312 of the selected user b is reproduced in the entire area for displaying content like the third screen 510 .

At this time, according to an embodiment, the third screen 510 may further display various additional information related to the area where the representative video content 312 of the user b is played.

A first dotted line box 511 shown on the third screen 510 indicates that user b's profile information is displayed as additional information. User b's profile information may include, by way of example, identifiers such as user b's profile picture and user b's nickname. User b's profile information may also include a link to user b's home screen or a screen for briefly reviewing content uploaded by user b.

A second dotted line box 512 shown on the third screen 510 indicates that position information regarding the shooting position of the representative video content 312 of user b is displayed as additional information. Such position information may be determined based on the GPS coordinates acquired by the electronic device when the representative video content 312 is captured by the electronic device of user b. For example, location information may be displayed in the form of proper nouns associated with GPS coordinates, such as "OO Park" and "AA Garden." Such display of location information will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the variety of conventional techniques for providing location information based on GPS coordinates.

A third dotted line box 513 shown on the third screen 510 displays, as additional information, the number of times the representative video content 312 of the user b has been inquired by another user (for example, the user of the electronic device 1 (110)). It indicates that For example, the number of times the representative video content 312 of user b has been queried may be displayed in a form such as 'inquiries 50'.

A fourth dotted line box 514 shown on the third screen 510 indicates that date information regarding the shooting date of the representative video content 312 of the user b is displayed as additional information. Such date information may be determined based on time information when the representative moving image content 312 was captured by the electronic device of user b.

A fifth dashed box 515 shown in the third screen 510 indicates that various other information is displayed as additional information. Various other information may also be displayed, such as, for example, the number of recommendations and comments discussed above.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of movement to a screen for displaying content of a specific user in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows an example in which the user b's content display area 610 is provided by the user selecting a link included in the user b's profile information on the third screen 510 of FIG. 5 described above. User b's content display area 610 is an area in which content uploaded by user b can be generally checked, and as an example, may be used as a home screen for user b's content. Information such as the number of postings uploaded by user b, the number of followers of user b, the number of followers, and the number of recommendations may be displayed as additional information in the content display area 610 of user b.

The content display area such as the example in FIG. 6 described above is a function that allows users to roughly check the content included in a specific video content group (for example, in FIG. 6, a video content group uploaded by user b). I will provide a. For example, electronic device 1 (110) receives from the content providing server a URL list of URLs for accessing a certain number of video content uploaded by user b. Here, the URL for accessing video content is only an example, and address information for informing where the video content on the network is located and a list of such address information can be used without limitation in the present invention. It can be used for embodiments. Such address information and a list of address information may be generalized and expressed as "designator" and "designator list", respectively. At this time, the electronic device 1 (110) uses the URL list to determine the order of the video content to be reproduced in the content display area (for example, the content display area assigned to the user b) from the video content set. It may be determined sequentially or randomly. In this case, the electronic device 1 (110) acquires the video content using the corresponding URLs in the URL list according to the determined order of the video content, and the video content is acquired in the content display area set in advance. You can play it.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example in which content is reproduced in one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the example of FIG. 6, when the electronic device 1 (110) attempts to reproduce the video content in the content display area 610 of the user b, the video content related to the content display area 610 of the user b is sent to the content providing server. may be requested. The content providing server 710 may be implemented like the server 150 described above, and may manage a content database 720 that stores a plurality of content groups in which user-uploaded video content is classified by user. Here, the content database 720 may be implemented to be included in the content providing server 710, or may be implemented in another device and managed by data communication between the content providing server 710 and another device. may be For example, the content providing server 710 may manage uploaded video content in association with the identifier of the user who uploaded the video content. In other words, video content associated with a particular user's identifier constitutes one video content set. For example, the content providing server 710 receives a request including the identifier of the user b or the identifier of the content display area 610 assigned to the user b from the electronic device 1 (110), and thereby uploads the video content uploaded by the user b. Collections may be identified from content database 720 . As such, the content database 720 can be said to be a place to manage various parameters related to criteria for classifying uploaded content rather than actually managing a collection of content. As in the above example, by managing the uploaded video content and the identifier of the user who uploaded the video content in association with each other, or by managing the video content and the corresponding category name in association with each other, A specific user or video content of a specific category forms one content collection.

Here, the content providing server 710 does not transmit all the contents of the confirmed moving image content set to the electronic device 1 (110), but provides a URL for accessing a part of the moving image content included in the moving image content set. may be generated and transmitted to the electronic device 1 (110). At this time, some video content may be selected based on the date the video content was uploaded, or may be randomly selected. Depending on the embodiment, the video content may be selected according to various conditions such as the size and resolution of the video content.

In this case, the electronic device 1 (110) uses the URL list received from the content providing server 710 to set the order of the video content to be reproduced in the content display area 610 of the user b sequentially or randomly from the video content set. You can decide to At this time, the electronic device 1 (110) may acquire and reproduce the video content in order according to the determined order of the video content. Obtaining video content may be done using the corresponding URL in the URL list.

Therefore, the electronic device 1 (110) can download and play the video content sequentially or randomly instead of downloading and playing all the video content in the URL list. When the user of the electronic device 1 (110) no longer needs to display the content display area 610 of the user b, the process for acquiring and playing the moving image content may end immediately.

At this time, according to specific conditions, the content providing server 710 may further transmit a URL for accessing part of the moving image content other than the moving image content in the moving image content collection to the electronic device 1 (110). In this case, the electronic device 1 (110) may extend the URL list using the received URLs, and may download and play the video content sequentially or randomly using the extended URL list.

As described above, the content display area according to the embodiment of the present invention is an area for playing back part of video content included in a specific video content set in order in one region for schematic confirmation. I can say Therefore, since it is not necessary to check all video content, the method and system for providing content according to the embodiment of the present invention can receive only a part of a specific video content set and reproduce it in order or at random. can be performed repeatedly while the content display area is displayed on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110). Also, by expanding the URL list of video content that is played back according to specific conditions, it is possible to check a wider variety of video content.

Furthermore, all video content described in embodiments of the present invention may be content that is automatically played by the system, regardless of the user's explicit play command.

In the above example, when the content display area 610 is arranged on the home screen of the user b, the user of the electronic device 1 (110) can roughly view part of the video content uploaded by the user b on the home screen of the user b. A URL list that is gradually expanded in accordance with specific conditions allows a wider variety of video contents to be confirmed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example in which selected video content is played back in chronological order according to one embodiment of the present invention. For example, assume that a first content collection includes ten pieces of content from the first content to the tenth content. As described in FIG. 7, the electronic device 1 (110) may receive a URL list for part of the video content set from the content providing server 710, and the order determined by the URL list may be ordered or randomly. Video content may be obtained and played according to. For example, if the determined order is the first content, the second content, and the third content, the electronic device 1 (110) obtains and reproduces the first content, and obtains the second content. The content is played back, and the third content is acquired and played back. At this time, the acquisition process of the next content may proceed while one content is being reproduced. As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the content display area 610 for user b is changed to the content display area 810 for user b where the first content is being played, and the content display area for user b where the second content is being played. 820, and further to the content display area 830 of user b in which the third content is being reproduced.

Further, when a specific condition is satisfied, the electronic device 1 (110) acquires from the content providing server 720 the URL for part of the video content other than the above video content in the specific video content set. may be used to extend the URL list. At this time, if the order determined by the expanded URL list is the order of the first content to the sixth content, electronic device 1 (110) may repeat acquisition and playback of the content according to the determined order. . In this case, the content display area 610 of the user b may be changed in order like the content display areas 810 to 860 shown in FIG. If content reproduction is requested continuously after the sixth content has been reproduced, the electronic device 1 (110) may repeatedly reproduce the moving image content again from the first content.

In other words, the electronic device 1 (110) continuously reproduces the video content while the content display area is displayed on the screen. In this case, the longer the content display area is displayed on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110), the higher the probability that the same video content will be played repeatedly. Therefore, the electronic device 1 (110) may configure a cache memory to record the once-downloaded moving image content file, and repeatedly reuse the moving image content file recorded in the cache memory. For example, the electronic device 1 (110) may record the once-downloaded video content file in the cache memory in association with the corresponding URL. Also, the cache memory is searched from the URL of the content to be reproduced at present, and if there is a file of the video content that has already been downloaded from the URL, the video content can be reproduced by reusing the file. Download and memory load times for files can be reduced.

Such a content display area need not be limited to a specific user's home screen, and a video content collection need not be limited to a specific user's video content. For example, regardless of the user, there is a need to roughly check a part of the video content of a specific category within the entire video content, or uploading by another user with whom the user has a personal relationship A person skilled in the art will understand that the method and system for providing content according to the embodiments of the present invention can be modified and used even when it is necessary to roughly check a part of the video content. can be readily understood from the above-described embodiments of the invention.

A specific condition for additionally receiving content may include, for example, movement of the content display area to the screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of moving the content display area to the screen in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 shows that the content display area 610 of the user b is moved from the screen by the user's flick gesture on the content display area 610 of the user b, and the contents of the first portion (the first content 910 and the second content 920 are displayed by the movement). , and third content 930) are displayed.

At this time, the specific condition may be based on the movement of the user b on the screen of the content display area 610 according to the user's input. For example, by moving the content display area 610 on the screen by the user b, all the list for the video content in the URL list is displayed on the screen (for example, the video content that is additionally displayed in the video content list is displayed on the screen). if not) may be the specific conditions mentioned above. In this case, the electronic device 1 (110) may generate a content addition request and transmit it to the content providing server 710, and the content providing server 710, according to the content addition request, adds video content included in the video content set. may be sent to electronic device 1 (110), and electronic device 1 (110) may utilize the received URLs to extend the URL list.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example for explaining playback of additional content in one embodiment of the present invention. As described above, electronic device 1 (110) further uses content newly added by expanding the URL list (for example, fourth content 1010, fifth content 1020, and sixth content 1030 in FIG. 10). may determine the video content to be played back. FIG. 10 also shows that the list of moving image contents appearing by moving the content display area 610 on the screen of the user b includes all the moving image contents of the extended URL list.

If the video contents of the extended URL list are displayed on the screen at least once and there is no additional content to be displayed from the list of video contents, the content addition request may be transmitted to the content providing server 710 again, and another one may be displayed. A URL for the video content of the part may be provided to the electronic device 1 (110). In this case, electronic device 1 (110) expands the URL list again. Accordingly, such a process of expanding the URL list may be repeated by repeating a specific condition or until no video content providing additional URLs remains in the video content collection.

As one embodiment, the content display area described in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the user profile screen. At this time, a list for some of the videos posted by the corresponding user may be arbitrarily recommended on the user profile screen, and the videos in the list may be automatically played in the content display area realized on the user profile screen. At this time, instead of forcibly selecting a large number of notices as objects, an arbitrary reproduction object may be selected by paging in fixed units. In addition, in order to naturally connect the playback of the posters, after overlapping the animation surface view (SurfaceView) twice, the intersecting fade in / out (Fade in / out) will make it look like one video. can be given. The front area and the back area, which are double-layered, pre-load the metadata of the moving image, respectively, and realize the playback of the moving image content so as not to cause interruption due to loading time during cross playback. you can Playback of video content, once played, can be played quickly and efficiently without data communication if there is a locally recorded cache.

For example, the loading time of video content may cause a delay in continuous playback of video content. Therefore, in order to prevent such a delay, by using layer switching between two layers, it is possible to continuously reproduce video content without delay.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining an example of layer switching in one embodiment of the present invention. While the electronic device 1 (110) loads the first content and reproduces the first content on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110) in the first layer 1110, the second content is loaded and the first layer 1110 is played back. A second layer 1120 positioned below 1110 may be played. The first layer 1110 and the second layer 1120 may be horizontally arranged at the same position as the content display area and may have the same size as the content display area. Also, initially, the first layer 1110 may be overlaid on top of the second layer 1120 . At this time, the content actually reproduced on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110) may be the first content, and the second layer 1120 where the second content is reproduced is not displayed by the first layer 1110. FIG. At this time, the electronic device 1 (110) switches between the first layer 1110 and the second layer 1120 when the reproduction of the first content is completed, and the second content is displayed on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110) in the second layer 1120. You may allow

Since the content display area is an area for roughly confirming the video content of a specific video content group, it is not necessary for the video content to be played from the beginning. is not so important, there is no problem even if the two contents are played together at the same time or with a certain time difference.

Further, electronic device 1 (110) loads the third content and reproduces it on first layer 1110 while the second content is being reproduced on the screen of electronic device 1 (110) on second layer 1120. good. In this case, the third content of the first layer 1110 positioned below the second layer 1120 is not displayed. At this time, when the reproduction of the second content ends, the electronic device 1 (110) again switches between the first layer 1110 and the second layer 1120, and the third content being reproduced is displayed on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110). may be displayed in

In this way, by reproducing two moving image contents in two layers and switching between layers, it is possible to prevent a delay due to loading time when continuously reproducing moving image contents. Also, the first layer 1110 and the second layer 1120 may correspond to double overlapping Front and Back regions, as described above. In other words, while the first content is being reproduced on the first layer 1110, the metadata of the second content is preloaded on the second layer 1120, so that when the reproduction of the first content ends, the first layer 1110 and the second content are reproduced. When the layer 1120 is switched, it is possible to prevent a phenomenon in which video playback is interrupted due to loading time due to cross playback.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components that a processor of an electronic device may include, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 13 illustrates components executed by the electronic device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a flow chart showing an example of a possible content providing method;

FIG. 12 shows the processor 212 of the electronic device 1 (110) described above, and as shown in FIG. A content reproduction unit 1240 is provided, and optionally, a content addition request unit 1250 and a URL list extension unit 1260 may be further provided. Such processor 212 and components of processor 212 may perform steps 1310-1360 included in the method of providing content of FIG. The processor 212 and the components of the processor 212 execute instructions by the code of the operating system contained in the memory 211 and the code of at least one computer program (for example, an application for the content providing service provided by the content providing server). can be implemented as follows: Here, the components of processor 212 may be representations of different functions of processor 212 that are executed by processor 212 according to control instructions provided by code recorded in electronic device 1 (110). For example, the video content requester 1210 may be used as a functional representation of the processor 212 that controls the electronic device 1 (110) to request video content according to the control instructions described above.

In step 1310, the video content requesting unit 1210 responds to a request to display a preset content display area related to a service provided by the content providing server on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110), and displays the preset content display area. A request may be made to the content providing server for video content related to the content display area. Here, in a preset content display area, a set of video contents related to a service provided by the content providing server may be played back, and the video content played in the preset content display area may be played. may be requested from the content providing server. The content providing server may correspond to the content providing server described above (for example, the content providing server 710 in FIG. 7), and may be implemented by the server 150 described with reference to FIGS. Such a content providing server may manage content display areas associated with a particular collection of video content. For example, in the case of a service that provides users with content uploaded by users, the content providing server may manage a set of content uploaded by each user, and may allocate and manage at least one content display area for each user. you can A video content collection associated with such a content display area may be determined by a corresponding user identifier or a content display area identifier, and the video content request unit 1210 attempts to display a specific content display area on the screen. In this case, a request including an identifier associated with the content display area is sent to the content providing server so that the content providing server determines a set of video content to be displayed in the content display area based on the identifier. can be

In step 1320, the URL list receiving unit 1220 receives a URL list including URLs for accessing part of the video content of the video content collection associated with the preset content display area from the content providing server through the network. may receive As described above, the content providing server may determine a moving image content set according to a request, generate a URL list for part of the moving image content included in the determined moving image content set, and ). The video content included in the determined video content collection may include content uploaded by the first user to whom the corresponding content display area is assigned. A part of the moving image content may be selected at random as described above, or may be selected according to various conditions such as the upload date of the content.

In step 1330, the order determining unit 1230 may sequentially or randomly determine video contents to be played in a preset content display area using the URL list. Substantially, step 1330 may be a process of selecting video content to be played, using the indicator list to determine the order of video content to be played in a preset content display area in the video content set. It may be a process of determining from

In step 1340, the video content reproducing unit 1240 acquires the determined video content using the corresponding URLs of the URL list according to the order in which the video content is determined, and displays the determined video content in the predetermined content display area. The video contents may be reproduced in the order in which they were acquired. Step 1340 is a process of acquiring video content using the corresponding indicators of the indicator list according to the determined order of the video content and playing back the video content in a preset content display area in the acquired order. you can As described above, the embodiment of the present invention provides an area (as an example, a preview area) for roughly checking video content included in a specific video content collection. It is not necessary to play all the video content in the content set or the video content included in the URL list. For example, when playing back randomly selected moving image content, the same moving image content may be selected continuously, or there may be moving image content that is not played back.

In step 1350, the content addition request unit 1250, based on the movement of the preset content display area to the screen of the electronic device 1 (110) by the input of the user of the electronic device 1 (110), adds the content via the network. An add request may be sent to the content providing server. At this time, the content addition request unit 1250 acquires at least a part of the video content from the URL list received by moving the preset content display area on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110), and (110) is displayed in parallel on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110), and by the movement, a content addition request is generated based on the degree of occupancy displayed on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110) and transmitted to the content providing server. You can For example, as described with reference to FIG. 9, in the video content list displayed by moving the content display area, when all the video content according to the URL list is displayed on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110), , the content addition request unit 1250 may transmit a content addition request to the content providing server. As another example, a certain number of video contents out of the video contents in the URL list are displayed as a list of video contents on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110), or conversely, the video contents in the URL list are displayed on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110). A request to add content may be sent when the number of pieces of video content not displayed as a list of video content in is less than a preset number. Display of such a list of video content may be based on movement of the content display area by user input. As another example, the content addition request may be transmitted each time the content display area is moved by the user's input. Such content addition requests may be repeated each time certain conditions based on movement of the content display area are met and until all video content of the video content collection is received.

In step 1360, the URL list extension unit 1260 adds another part of the video content of the video content collection, i. URLs to access may be received to extend the URL list. In response to the content addition request, the content providing server may confirm URLs for some other video content from the video content collection and transmit them to the electronic device 1 (110). At this time, the URL list extension unit 1260 may extend the URL list by adding the URL transmitted by the content providing server to the URL list.

In this way, since a part of the moving image content of the specific moving image content set is continuously reproduced and provided, the area where the moving image content of the specific moving image content set can be roughly confirmed can be efficiently used. can be provided to the user as a matter of course. User input can also expand the URL list for determining video content to be played. Such an embodiment of the present invention eliminates the need to transmit the video content of a specific video content collection at once, thereby enabling distribution or reduction of the traffic for the transmission of video content, thereby increasing user convenience. Data costs for downloading video content can also be reduced from the terminal's point of view.

Such video content can be captured at a frame rate set in advance by shifting the first user's electronic device (for example, the electronic device 2 (120) as an example) that shoots the video content to a video shooting mode using a camera. (FPS), the preview video input to the camera is captured, and at least one of a plurality of preset time fake effects is applied to the captured preview video. good. The preview image may mean an image input to the camera module before the user starts shooting (recording) when the camera module is executed in the electronic device, and is converted into MP4 by the end of shooting (recording) of the moving image. It may mean a frame before a video file is generated in a specific video format such as. Since such frames are images that do not have a specific video format to enhance the compression effect, they are free to search, extract, and control (for example, speed up frame playback, speed up frame playback, etc.) or apply timefake effects such as changing the playback order of frames from forward to backward).

Also, as described with reference to FIG. 11, the first layer and the second layer may be used in order to prevent delays due to loading time during continuous playback of moving image content. For example, in step 1340, the video content reproducing unit 1240 loads the first video content according to the order in which the video content is acquired and reproduces it in the first layer corresponding to the position of the preset content display area. During this time, the second video content is loaded and played on the second layer located below the first layer, and when the playback of the first video content ends, the positions of the first layer and the second layer are switched. , the second video content may be reproduced on the second layer.

In addition to this, the moving image content may include information about the date and location when the moving image content was shot, and the moving image content to be played back is shot on the screen of the electronic device 1 (110) on which the acquired moving image content is played back. Information regarding the date and location of the event may also be displayed. Also, in addition to information on date and location, various information such as the number of recommendations and the number of comments may be displayed together with the corresponding video content.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating exemplary components that a processor of a server may include in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 15 illustrates components that the server performs in one embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of a possible content providing method;

FIG. 14 shows the processor 222 of the server 150 described above. Here, the server 150 may be a device that implements the content providing server described above. The processor 222 may comprise a video content manager 1410, a content display area manager 1420, a video content request receiver 1430, and a URL list provider 1440, as shown in FIG. 14, and optionally receive a content addition request. A unit 1450 and a URL information transmission unit 1460 may be further provided. Such processor 222 and components of processor 222 may perform steps 1510-1550 included in the method of providing content of FIG. Processor 222 and components of processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions in accordance with the operating system code and at least one computer program code contained in memory 221 . Here, the components of processor 222 may be representations of different functions of processor 222 that are executed by processor 222 according to control instructions provided by code stored on server 150 . For example, the video content manager 1410 may be used as a functional representation of the processor 222 controlling the server 150 to manage video content according to the control instructions described above.

In operation 1510, the video content manager 1410 may manage the video content uploaded by the user for each user. For example, 100 pieces of video content from video content 1 to video content 100 uploaded by user A may be associated with user A's identifier and classified and managed as one video content set.

In operation 1520, the content display area manager 1420 may allocate at least one content display area for each user. For example, a content display area may be allocated for User A for generally reviewing User A's content, and a collection of video content managed in association with User A may be identified in the content display area. For example, the content display area may include an identifier for the corresponding video content set and an identifier for User A. As another example, the identifier of user A and the identifier of the content display area assigned to user A may be associated and managed by the server 150, and the identifier of user A and video content uploaded by user A may be associated with each other. User A's set of video content may be identified by the identifier of the content display area by managing them in correspondence.

At step 1530, the video content request receiving unit 1430 may receive a request for video content associated with the preset content display area from the electronic device. Video content to be reproduced in a preset content display area may be received by the content providing server from the electronic device. Here, the electronic device may correspond to the electronic device 1 (110) described above. Also, the request for video content associated with a preset content display area may include an identifier of the content display area or an identifier of the user corresponding to the content display area. Such an identifier may be understood as identification information for matching a content display area and a set of video content uploaded by a user to which the corresponding content display area is assigned.

In step 1540, the URL list transmission unit 1440 checks the video content set of the user to whom the preset content display area is allocated among the video content sets managed by each user, and transmits the confirmed content through the network. A URL list of URLs for accessing some of the video content contained in the video content collection may be sent to the electronic device. At this time, as described above, the electronic device may determine and acquire video content for playback based on the URL list and play it.

Further, the electronic device is implemented to transmit a content addition request to the content providing server via the network based on movement of a preset content display area on the screen of the electronic device according to input by the user of the electronic device. you can

At step 1550, the content addition request receiver 1450 may receive a content addition request from the electronic device.

In step 1560, the URL information providing unit 1460, according to the content addition request, provides a URL for accessing another part of the video content in the video content collection, that is, a part of the video content other than the video content in the video content collection. The URL may be sent to the electronic device.

At this time, the electronic device may receive URLs from the content providing server and extend the already received URL list. In addition, the expanded URL list may be used to determine and acquire video content for playback, and the acquired video content may be played.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a part of the moving image content set is sequentially or randomly reproduced in the content display area associated with the service provided by the content providing server, and the user can roughly display the moving image content set. In addition to providing a function that allows users to check the video content, another part of the video content collection can be played back sequentially or randomly along with the existing part according to the user's reaction.

In some embodiments, the content display area has been described as an area assigned to a specific user, but it should preferably be understood as an area for generally reviewing the content of a specific video content collection. In other words, a particular collection of video content need not be limited to collections of video content uploaded by a single user. As in the above example, other users with whom a personal relationship is formed in order to roughly check a set of video content belonging to a specific category among all video content managed by the content providing server that the embodiments of the present invention can be utilized to generally review the video content of the user, as well as the video content of other users selected by the user Those skilled in the art will be able to easily understand with reference to the embodiments of the present invention.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide an intuitive and active user introduction screen by naturally connecting and automatically playing video content such as a user-posted video, so that a visitor can It is possible to provide a service that allows visitors to understand at a glance what style of user they are by allowing them to naturally look at the user's video content without complicated interactions. .

The systems or devices described above may be realized by hardware components, software components, or a combination of hardware and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments may include, for example, processors, controllers, ALUs (arithmetic logic units), digital signal processors, microcomputers, FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), PLUs (programmable logic units), microcontrollers, It may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as a processor or various devices capable of executing instructions and responding to instructions. The processing unit may run an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications that run on the OS. The processor may also access, record, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to executing software. For convenience of understanding, one processing device may be described as being used, but those skilled in the art will appreciate that the processing device may include multiple processing elements and/or multiple types of processing elements. You will understand. For example, a processing unit may include multiple processors or a processor and a controller. Other processing configurations are also possible, such as parallel processors.

The method according to the embodiments may be embodied in the form of program instructions executable by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable media may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. singly or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for an embodiment, or they may be of the kind known and available to those of skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and floptical disks. magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include high-level language code that is executed by a computer, such as using an interpreter, as well as machine language code, such as that generated by a compiler.

As described above, the embodiments have been described based on the limited embodiments and drawings, but those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and variations based on the above description. For example, the techniques described may be performed in a different order than in the manner described and/or components such as systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. described may be performed in a manner different from the manner described. Appropriate results may be achieved when combined or combined, opposed or substituted by other elements or equivalents.

Accordingly, different embodiments that are equivalent to the claims should still fall within the scope of the appended claims.

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A program executed by a terminal communicating with a server, comprising:
Receiving, by a communication unit of the terminal, first video content uploaded by a first user and second video content uploaded by a second user;
displaying the first video content in a first display area of the display unit of the terminal and displaying the second video content in a second display area of the display unit by a control unit of the terminal;
performing control by the control unit to display the first moving image content in a third display area of the display unit based on an input by the user of the terminal for the first moving image content;
and performing control by the control unit to display the plurality of contents uploaded by the first user on the display unit based on an input to the terminal on which the first moving image content is displayed is performed by the terminal. . The program according to claim 1,
The third display area is a larger area than the first display area. The program according to claim 1 or claim 2,
The third display area includes the first display area and the second display area. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The first moving image content is reproduced in the first display area. The program according to claim 4,
The terminal performs control by the control unit to repeatedly reproduce the first moving image content in the first display area. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The terminal performs control by the control unit to reproduce the plurality of moving image contents corresponding to the plurality of contents displayed on the display unit. The program according to claim 6,
The plurality of moving image contents are reproduced based on the set order. The program according to claim 7,
The video content is played by the first user based on the order in which the plurality of video content was uploaded. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
the plurality of contents is a first plurality of contents;
The control unit may perform control to display a second plurality of contents different from the first plurality of contents on the display unit based on an input by a user of the terminal to the terminal on which the first plurality of contents is displayed. executed by the terminal; The program according to claim 9,
The input by the user of the terminal to the terminal on which the first plurality of contents is displayed includes a flick operation on the terminal by the user of the terminal. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
Based on the display of the plurality of contents, the terminal performs control by the control section to display a plurality of contents different from the plurality of contents on the display section. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
Based on a certain number of the plurality of contents being displayed on the display section, the terminal performs control by the control section to display a plurality of contents different from the plurality of contents on the display section. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
The first moving image content displayed in the third display area is displayed in such a manner that the first information, which is not superimposed on the first moving image content displayed in the first display area, is superimposed. 14. The program according to claim 13,
The first information includes information indicating favorable impression or recommendation for the first moving image content. The program according to claim 13 or 14,
The first information includes information regarding comments on the first moving image content. The program according to any one of claims 13 to 15,
The first information includes information regarding a link for displaying information of the first user. 17. The program according to claim 16,
The information of the first user includes profile information of the first user. The program according to any one of claims 13 to 15,
The first information includes information on links for displaying content uploaded by the first user. 19. The program according to claim 18,
Second information is displayed on the screen displaying the content uploaded by the first user. A program according to claim 19,
The second information includes information on the number of followers followed by the first user or information on the number of followers who follow the first user. 21. The program according to any one of claims 19 and 20,
The second information includes the number of recommendations. An information processing method for a terminal that communicates with a server,
Receiving, by a communication unit of the terminal, first video content uploaded by a first user and second video content uploaded by a second user;
displaying the first video content in a first display area of the display unit of the terminal and displaying the second video content in a second display area of the display unit by a control unit of the terminal;
performing control by the control unit to display the first moving image content in a third display area of the display unit based on an input by the user of the terminal with respect to the first moving image content;
and controlling, by the control unit, to display the plurality of contents uploaded by the first user on the display unit based on an input to the terminal on which the first video content is displayed. A terminal that communicates with a server,
a communication unit that receives first moving image content uploaded by a first user and second moving image content uploaded by a second user;
a display unit that displays the first moving image content in a first display area and displays the second moving image content in a second display area;
performing control to display the first moving image content in a third display area of the display unit based on an input by the user of the terminal for the first moving image content, and inputting to the terminal on which the first moving image content is displayed; and a control unit for controlling display of the plurality of contents uploaded by the first user on the display unit based on.

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