JP2022179488A - Program, display method, and information processing terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program, a display method, and an information processing terminal that can display a content sent and received between a plurality of terminals in the background.

SOLUTION: A program is a program for displaying a background of an instant messenger talk room in which a first user and a second user participate causes an information processing terminal to execute the steps of: displaying in the background the first content sent by the first user; and displaying in the background the first content and the second content received from the second user.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present disclosure relates to a program, display method, and information processing terminal for displaying the background of a talk room.

Conventionally, a chat system has been developed in which the background screen can be changed. For example, in Patent Document 1, an image captured by a camera unit is displayed on the background screen of a chat window that displays instant messages sent and received between a terminal and one or more other terminals, and the surrounding situation is displayed. A technology is disclosed that enables real-time sharing with a partner.

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However, although Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for displaying an image transmitted from one terminal to another terminal on the background screen of a chat window, the technique is limited to one-way image transmission. There is a problem that the display of the background screen is limited to the image transmitted by one of the terminals.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above problems, and aims to provide a program, a display method, and an information processing terminal capable of displaying content transmitted and received between a plurality of terminals in the background.

A program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a program for causing an information processing terminal to display the background of an instant messenger talk room in which a first user and a second user participate, wherein the first Displaying the content in the background and displaying the first content and the second content received from the second user in the background are performed.

A program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, further comprising: receiving a layer regarding placement of content in the background; and placing the first content and the second content as the background in response to the layer.

In a program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, receiving another layer different from the one layer transmitted to the second user; and placing as .

A program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes the step of displaying newly transmitted and received content as a background relatively large among the first content and the second content.

The program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes changing the number of pieces of content displayed as backgrounds in response to the number of users participating in the talk room.

In a program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a plurality of contents including a first content and a second content are received within a predetermined time, content determined based on a predetermined condition among the plurality of contents, Including displaying as background.

In the program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the content is a photograph, the predetermined condition is that relatively many users participating in the talk room are included.

In a program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a step of displaying each of the first content and the second content as images in the background of the chat room; and displaying.

In a program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a step of selecting a plurality of contents including a first content and a second content, and preferentially displaying a content selected by a large number of users among the plurality of contents as a background. and a step.

A display method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a display method for displaying, on an information processing terminal, the background of an instant messenger talk room in which a first user and a second user participate, wherein the first user transmits Displaying the first content in the background; Displaying the first content and the second content received from the second user in the background.

An information processing terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a display device that displays the background of an instant messenger talk room in which a first user and a second user participate; a control unit for displaying, wherein the control unit displays the first content and the second content received from the second user in the background.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a program, a display method, and an information processing terminal capable of displaying content transmitted and received between a plurality of terminals in the background.

1 illustrates a configuration of a communication system in one aspect of an embodiment; FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of the background of the talk room; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of layers regarding arrangement of content; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another display example of the background of the talk room; It is a figure which shows an example of the sequence of a process of the communication system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the sequence of a process of the communication system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment.

<Observance of Confidentiality of Communications>
It should be noted that the implementation of the disclosure contained herein is subject to legal requirements relating to the secrecy of communications.

Embodiments for implementing (examples) such as a BOT control management system according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1 , in a communication system, a server 10 and terminals 20 (terminals 20A, 20B, and 20C) are connected via a network 30 . The server 10 provides the terminal 20 owned by the user via the network 30 with a service for realizing transmission and reception of messages between the terminals 20 . Note that the number of terminals 20 connected to the network 30 is not limited.

The network 30 serves to connect one or more terminals 20 and one or more servers 10 . That is, the network 30 means a communication network that provides a connection path so that the terminal 20 can transmit and receive data after connecting to the server 10 .

For example, one or more portions of network 30 may be wired or wireless networks. The network 30 may be an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN). ), wide area network (WAN), wireless WAN (WWAN), metropolitan area network (MAN), part of the Internet, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) mobile phone networks, ISDNs (integrated service digital networks), wireless LANs, LTE (long term evolution) CDMA (code division multiple access), Bluetooth (registered trademark), satellite communications, etc., or any of these Combinations of two or more can be included. However, in the present disclosure, network 30 is not limited to these. Network 30 may also include one or more networks 30 .

The terminal 20 (terminal 20A, terminal 20B, terminal 20C) may be any information processing terminal capable of realizing the functions described in each embodiment. Terminal 20 is typically a smart phone, but also a mobile phone (e.g., feature phone), computer (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), media computer platform (e.g., cable, satellite set-top box, digital video recorders), handheld computing devices (eg, personal digital assistants (PDAs), email clients, etc.), wearable terminals (eg, glasses-type devices, watch-type devices, etc.), or other types of computers or communication platforms. However, in the present disclosure, the terminal 20 is not limited to these. Also, the terminal 20 may be expressed as an information processing terminal.

Since terminal 20A, terminal 20B, and terminal 20C have basically the same configuration, terminal 20 will be described as a representative in the following description. Also, user information associated with the terminal 20X will be described as user information X, and a user who operates the terminal 20X will be described as user X, as required. The user information is part or all of the information associated with an account in SNS (Social Network Service) typified by instant messenger, and is, for example, a user name and a user image. In addition, information such as a user identifier, age, sex, and address of the user, or a combination thereof may be used. However, it is not limited to these.

The server 10 has a function of providing a predetermined service to the terminal 20 . The server 10 may be any information processing device capable of realizing the functions described in each embodiment. Server 10 is typically a server device, and also a computer (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, etc.), media computer platform (e.g., cable, satellite set-top box, digital video recorder), handheld computer device (e.g., e.g., PDA, email client, etc.), or any other type of computer or communication platform. However, in the present disclosure, the server 10 is not limited to these. Also, the server 10 may be expressed as an information processing device.

<Hardware (HW) configuration>
The HW configuration of each device included in the communication system will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) Terminal HW Configuration The terminal 20 includes a control device 21 (CPU: central processing unit (central processing unit)), a storage device 28, a communication I/F 22 (interface), an input/output device 23, a display device 24, and a microphone 25. , a speaker 26 and a camera 27 . Each component of the HW of the terminal 20 is interconnected via a bus B, for example.

Communication I/F 22 transmits and receives various data via network 30 . The communication may be performed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Communication I/F 22 has a function of executing communication with server 10 via network 30 . The communication I/F 22 transmits various data to the server 10 according to instructions from the control device 21 . The communication I/F 22 also receives various data transmitted from the server 10 and transmits the data to the control device 21 .

The input/output device 23 includes a device for inputting various operations to the terminal 20 and a device for outputting processing results processed by the terminal 20 . The input/output device 23 may be an integrated input device and an output device, or may be separated into an input device and an output device.

The input device is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices that can receive input from the user and transmit information related to the input to the control device 21 . The input device is typically realized by a touch panel or the like, detects contact with a pointing tool such as a user's finger or a stylus, and the contact position, and transmits the coordinates of the contact position to the control device 21 . On the other hand, the input device may be realized by an input device other than the touch panel. The input device includes, for example, hardware keys typified by a keyboard, etc., a pointing device such as a mouse, a camera (operation input via moving images), and a microphone (operation input by voice). However, in the present disclosure, the input device is not limited to these.

The output device is realized by any one or a combination of all kinds of devices capable of outputting processing results processed by the control device 21 . The output device is typically realized by a touch panel or the like. On the other hand, the output device may be implemented by an output device other than the touch panel. For example, speakers (audio output), lenses (eg, 3D (three dimensions) output or hologram output), printers, and the like can be included. However, in the present disclosure, the output device is not limited to these.

The display device 24 is implemented by any one or a combination of all kinds of devices capable of displaying according to the display data written to the frame buffer. The display device 24 is typically realized by a monitor (for example, a liquid crystal display or an OELD (organic electroluminescence display)). The display device 24 may be a head mounted display (HDM). Also, the display device 24 may be implemented by a device capable of displaying images, text information, etc. in the air (or even in a vacuum) using projection mapping, holograms, or the like. Note that these display devices 24 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D. However, in the present disclosure, the display device 24 is not limited to these.

When the input/output device 23 is a touch panel, the input/output device 23 and the display device 24 may be arranged facing each other with substantially the same size and shape.

The controller 21 has physically structured circuitry to perform the functions implemented by the code or instructions contained within the program, for example implemented by a hardware built-in data processor. .

The control device 21 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), in addition to a microprocessor, processor core, multiprocessor, ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit), FPGA (field programmable gate array). However, in the present disclosure, the control device 21 is not limited to these.

The storage device 28 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the terminal 20 to operate. The storage device 28 is realized by various storage media such as HDD (hard disk drive), SSD (solid state drive), flash memory, RAM (random access memory), and ROM (read only memory). However, in the present disclosure, the storage device 28 is not limited to these.

The terminal 20 stores the program P in the storage device 28 , and executes the program P so that the control device 21 executes processing as each unit included in the control device 21 . In other words, the program P stored in the storage device 28 causes the terminal 20 to implement each function executed by the control device 21 .

A microphone 25 is used to input voice data. The speaker 26 is used for outputting audio data. The camera 27 is used for acquiring moving image data.

(2) Server hardware configuration
The server 10 includes a control device 11 (CPU), a storage device 15 , a communication I/F 14 (interface), an input/output device 12 and a display 13 . Each component of the HW of the server 10 is interconnected via a bus B, for example.

The controller 11 has physically structured circuitry to perform the functions implemented by the code or instructions contained within the program, and is implemented, for example, by a data processor embedded in hardware. .

The controller 11 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), but may also be a microprocessor, processor core, multiprocessor, ASIC, or FPGA. However, in the present disclosure, the control device 11 is not limited to these.

The storage device 15 has a function of storing various programs and data necessary for the operation of the server 10 . The storage device 15 is realized by various storage media such as HDD, SSD, and flash memory. However, in the present disclosure, the storage device 15 is not limited to these.

Communication I/F 14 transmits and receives various data via network 30 . The communication may be performed by wire or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication can be performed. Communication I/F 14 has a function of executing communication with terminal 20 via network 30 . Communication I/F 14 transmits various data to terminal 20 according to instructions from control device 11 . Also, the communication I/F 14 receives various data transmitted from the terminal 20 and transmits the data to the control device 11 .

The input/output device 12 is realized by a device for inputting various operations to the server 10 . The input/output device 12 is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices that can receive input from a user and transmit information related to the input to the control device 11 . The input/output device 12 is implemented by hardware keys typically represented by a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse. Note that the input/output device 12 may include, for example, a touch panel, a camera (operation input via moving images), and a microphone (operation input by voice). However, in the present disclosure, the input/output device 12 is not limited to these.

The display 13 is typically realized by a monitor (for example, a liquid crystal display or an OELD (organic electroluminescence display)). Note that the display 13 may be a head mounted display (HDM) or the like. Note that these displays 13 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D. However, in the present disclosure, the display 13 is not limited to these.

The server 10 stores the program P in the storage device 15 , and executes the program P so that the control device 11 executes processing as each unit included in the control device 11 . In other words, the program P stored in the storage device 15 causes the server 10 to implement each function executed by the control device 11 .

Each embodiment of the present disclosure is described as being implemented by the CPU of the terminal 20 and/or the server 10 executing the program P. FIG. The BOT server 40 has the same configuration as the server 10, for example.

Note that the control device 21 of the terminal 20 and/or the control device 11 of the server 10 is not only a CPU, but also a logic circuit formed in an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)) or the like. (hardware) or a dedicated circuit may realize each process. Moreover, these circuits may be realized by one or more integrated circuits, and a plurality of processes shown in each embodiment may be realized by one integrated circuit. LSIs are also called VLSIs, super LSIs, ultra LSIs, etc., depending on the degree of integration.

Also, the program P (software program/computer program) of each embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided in a state stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium can store the program in a "non-temporary tangible medium".

The storage medium may, where appropriate, be one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs) such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or Application Specific ICs (ASICs), hard drives, Disk drive (HDD), hybrid hard drive (HHD), optical disk, optical disk drive (ODD), magneto-optical disk, magneto-optical drive, floppy diskette, floppy disk drive (FDD), magnetic tape, solid state drive (SSD), RAM drive, secure digital card or drive, any other suitable storage medium, or any suitable combination of two or more thereof. Storage media may, where appropriate, be volatile, nonvolatile, or a combination of volatile and nonvolatile. Note that the storage medium is not limited to these examples, and any device or medium that can store the program P may be used.

The server 10 and/or the terminal 20 can, for example, read the program P stored in the storage medium and execute the read program P to implement the functions of the functional units shown in each embodiment.

Also, the program P of the present disclosure may be provided to the server 10 and/or the terminal 20 via any transmission medium (communication network, broadcast wave, etc.) capable of transmitting the program. The server 10 and/or the terminal 20 realize the functions of the functional units shown in each embodiment, for example, by executing a program P downloaded via the Internet or the like.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may also be implemented in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which program P is embodied by electronic transmission.

At least part of the processing in the server 10 and/or the terminal 20 may be realized by cloud computing configured by one or more computers.

At least part of the processing in the terminal 20 may be configured to be performed by the server 10 . In this case, for example, the server 10 may perform at least a part of the processing of the functional units of the control device 21 of the terminal 20 .

At least part of the processing in the server 10 may be configured to be performed by the terminal 20 . In this case, for example, the terminal 20 may perform at least a part of the processing of the functional units of the control device 11 of the server 10 .

In the present disclosure, the determination configuration is not essential, and it is natural that predetermined processing may be performed when the determination condition is satisfied, or predetermined processing may be performed when the determination condition is not satisfied.

The program of the present disclosure can be implemented using, for example, script languages such as ActionScript and JavaScript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C and Java (registered trademark), markup languages such as HTML5, and the like. . However, the present disclosure is not limited to these.

<First Embodiment>
The first embodiment is a mode in which content displayed in the background is shared among a plurality of users participating in a talk room. The content described in the first embodiment can be applied to any of the other embodiments.

<Functional configuration>
(1) Terminal functional configuration
As shown in FIG. 1 , the terminal 2 has a talk participation unit 211 , a message processing unit 212 , a content processing unit 213 , and a display processing unit 214 as functions realized by the control device 21 .

The talk participation unit 211 has a function of performing processing for participation in a desired talk room. You can participate in the talk room on an individual basis, and you can also participate in a group basis. Also, the BOT server 40 can participate in the talk room in the same way as an individual. You can also create a new talk room. By sending (speaking) a message while participating in the talk room, the message is sent to the terminals 2 of other participants and/or the BOT server 40 .

The message processing unit 212 has a function of performing processing such as transmission and reception of messages in the talk room and display of the transmitted and received messages on its own terminal. As a general display screen, received messages are displayed on the left side and transmitted messages are displayed on the right side with respect to the time axis extending from top to bottom. The message processing unit 212 generates display data for displaying transmitted and received messages.

The content processing unit 213 has a function of performing processing such as transmission and reception of content to be displayed in the background of the talk room and display of the transmitted and received content on its own terminal. The content processing unit 213 performs, for example, a process of displaying the first content transmitted by the first user in the background. In response to the user of the own terminal (first user) selecting the first content as the background of the talk room, the content processing unit 213 performs processing for displaying the first content in the background of the own terminal, and displays the first content as the talk room background. It is transmitted to the terminals of other users (for example, the second user) participating in the room.

In addition, the content processing unit 213 performs processing for displaying second content received from another user (for example, a second user) participating in the talk room in the background. For example, in response to receiving the second content from the second user, the content processing unit 213 performs a process of displaying it in the background of its own terminal.

The content processing unit 213 may receive from the server 10 in advance a layer regarding the arrangement of content in the background of the talk room, and display the content in the background in response to the received layer. A layer is obtained by dividing the background of the talk room into a plurality of areas, for example. The content processing unit 213 displays each of the multiple contents in one of the multiple areas. It should be noted that each of the plurality of areas may be provided with a priority for arranging the content.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of the background of the talk room displayed on the display device 24. As shown in FIG. FIG. 2(a) is an example of layers relating to the arrangement of content. A layer is obtained by dividing the background of the talk room into a plurality of areas, and is divided into two in the example of FIG. 2(a). In the example of FIG. 2(a), the divided regions are divided into substantially the same size, but the divided regions do not have to be substantially the same size, and one region is larger than the other regions. can be divided into Also, in the layer example of FIG. 2A, a priority is provided for each of the plurality of divided areas. In the example of FIG. 2(a), of the two areas obtained by dividing the background of the talk room, the upper area has a higher priority (priority 1), and the lower area has a higher priority (priority 1). 2) is low. Note that the priority of the areas shown in FIG. 2A is merely an example, and the priority of the area on the upper side may be set lower than the priority of the area on the lower side.

The content processing unit 213 receives the layers illustrated in FIG. 2A from the server 10 in advance, and displays the content as a background in response to the received layers. FIG. 2(b) is a display example when multiple contents are displayed as a background in response to a layer. As shown in FIG. 2B, different contents are displayed in each of a plurality of areas set in layers. Note that the content displayed in each of the plurality of areas does not necessarily have to be different, and may be the same content.

A layer received in advance by the terminal 10 may be divided into a plurality of areas in which content is arranged, and the number of the plurality of areas is not necessarily limited to two. FIG. 3 is another example of layers related to content placement. As shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b), the layers may divide the background of the talk room into three. The layers may divide the background of the talk room into three substantially identical regions, as shown in FIG. It may be divided into three regions. Also, as shown in FIG. 3(c), the layer may divide the background of the talk room into five areas. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the layer may divide the background of the talk room into any number of regions as long as it divides the background into a plurality of regions. It may be a size (area). Note that the division method is not limited to these.

The content processing unit 213 may display newly transmitted and received content relatively larger than other content. For example, as shown in FIG. ), set relatively large (wide). As a result, the content processing unit 213 displays the content in response to the layer, so that the newly transmitted and received content can be displayed relatively larger than other content.

The content processing unit 213 displays the content as a background, for example, in response to the time series of transmission and reception of the content. For example, the content processing unit 213 causes the most recently transmitted and received content to be displayed in the area with the highest priority. When displaying new content in a high-priority area, the content processing unit 213 causes the other content displayed in the high-priority area to be displayed in a low-priority area. That is, the content processing unit 213 performs a process of transposing (moving) another content displayed in a high-priority area to a low-priority area.

Also, the content processing unit 213 may display each of the plurality of contents as an image. The content processing unit 213 may display the selected content in a pop-up in response to the user selecting one of the plurality of content displayed as images.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another display example of the background of the talk room displayed on the display device 24. As shown in FIG. Note that the display example of the background illustrated in FIG. 4 displays a plurality of contents in response to the layer illustrated in FIG. 3(c).

As shown in FIG. 4(a), the content processing unit 213 divides the background of the talk room into five regions in response to the layer illustrated in FIG. 3(c), and displays different content in each region. Let Here, it is assumed that the terminal of one user (for example, the first user) participating in the talk room transmits and receives new content as the background of the talk room (FIG. 4(b)). In response to transmission/reception of new content, the content processing unit 213 displays the new content in the highest priority area of the layer. That is, the content processing unit 213 displays the transmitted and received new content illustrated in FIG. In this case, the content processing unit 213 performs a process of transposing (moving) each of the other contents displayed in the area with the higher priority to the area with the lower priority by one. The content processing unit 213 causes the content A displayed in the priority 1 area to be displayed in the priority 2 area. In addition, the content processing unit 213 causes the content B displayed in the priority 2 area to be displayed in the priority 3 area. In this way, when displaying new content in a high-priority area, the content processing unit 213 displays other content displayed in the high-priority area in a low-priority area. In this manner, the content processing unit 213 displays a plurality of pieces of content in the order of transmission/reception of the pieces of content, from areas with high priority to areas with low priority.

The display processing unit 214 displays display data related to the message generated by the message processing unit 212 via the display device 24 . Also, the display processing unit 214 displays display data regarding the background of the talk room generated by the content processing unit 213 via the display device 24 . The display processing unit 214 has a function of converting display data generated by the message processing unit 212 and the content processing unit 213 into pixel information and writing the pixel information into the frame buffer of the display device 24 . It should be noted that the display processing unit 214 displays the display data related to the message generated by the message processing unit 212 superimposed on the display data related to the background of the talk room generated by the content processing unit 213 .

(2) Server functional configuration
As shown in FIG. 1 , the server 1 has a talk room management section 111 , a message processing section 112 and a content processing section 113 as functions realized by the control device 11 .

The talk room management unit 111 has a function of managing participants in the talk room.

The message processing unit 112 has a function of transmitting (transferring) the message to the terminal 2 of another participant as a destination and/or the BOT server 40 when receiving a message transmitted in a specific chat room from the terminal 2. have.

The content processing unit 113 also has a function of transferring content received from the terminals 20 of users participating in the talk room to the terminals 20 of other users. For example, the content processing unit 113 transfers the first content received from the terminal 20A of the first user to the terminal 20B of the second user. Also, the content processing unit 113 transfers the second content received from the second user's terminal 20B to the first user's terminal 20A.

In addition, the content processing unit 113 transmits in advance a layer regarding the arrangement of content in the background of the talk room to each of the terminals of users participating in the talk room. The content processing unit 113, for example, transmits layers illustrated in FIG. 2(a) and FIGS. 3(a) to 3(c) to the terminals 20A and 20B in advance.

Note that the content processing unit 113 may transmit different layers to the terminals of users participating in the talk room. For example, the layer illustrated in FIG. 2(a) is transmitted to the terminal 20A of the first user, and the layer illustrated in FIG. 3(c) is transmitted to the terminal 20B of the second user. good too. Also, each of the layers transmitted to the terminals of the users participating in the talk room may be selected by the users using the respective terminals.

Also, the content processing unit 113 may change the number of regions into which the background of the talk room is divided in response to the number of users participating in the talk room. When the number of users participating in the talk room is large, the content processing unit 113 may divide the background of the talk room into more areas than when the number of users participating is small. The content processing unit 113 transmits the layers divided into the number of regions determined in response to the number of users participating in the talk room to the terminals 20 of the users participating in the talk room.

Also, the content processing unit 113 may transmit a new layer to each of the terminals of users participating in the talk room at a predetermined timing. The predetermined timing may be, for example, when a request is received from a user who participates in a talk room, or when a predetermined period of time has passed since the layer was transmitted.

Also, the content processing unit 113 may hide all the content displayed as the background of the talk room at a predetermined timing. That is, the content processing unit 113 restores (resets) the state in which no content is displayed in the background of the talk room at a predetermined timing. Then, the content processing unit 113 may display, as the background of the talk room, content that has been newly transmitted and received since the content was hidden. The predetermined timing may be, for example, a predetermined cycle, or a predetermined time (for example, one hour) from the time when the content is first displayed as the background of the talk room. Also, the content processing unit 113 may hide part of the content displayed as the background of the talk room at a predetermined timing.

<Communication system processing>
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the processing sequence of the communication system according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the server 10 transmits in advance a layer regarding the arrangement of content in the background of the talk room to each of the terminals of users participating in the talk room (S101).

When the first user who is the user of the own terminal selects the first content as the background of the talk room, the terminal 20A responds to the layer received in advance from the server 10 and displays the first content as the background (S102). .

In response to the first user's selection of the first content as the background of the chat room, the terminal 20A sends, via the server 10, the terminal 20B of the second user, who is another user participating in the chat room. , the first content is transmitted (S103).

In response to receiving the first content from the terminal 20A, the terminal 20B responds to the layer previously received from the server 10 and displays the first content as a background (S104).

Further, when the first user selects the second content as the background of the talk room, the terminal 20A responds to the layer received in advance from the server 10 and displays the second content as the background (S105).

Then, in response to the first user selecting the second content as the background of the chat room, the terminal 20A transmits the second content to the terminal 20B of the second user via the server 10 ( S106).

In response to receiving the second content from the terminal 20A, the terminal 20B responds to the layer previously received from the server 10 and displays the second content as a background (S107).

Subsequently, when the second user selects the third content as the background of the talk room, the terminal 20B responds to the layer received in advance from the server 10 and displays the third content as the background (S108).

Then, in response to the second user selecting the third content as the background of the chat room, the terminal 20B transmits the third content to the terminal 20A of the first user via the server 10 ( S109).

In response to receiving the third content from the terminal 20B, the terminal 20A responds to the layer previously received from the server 10 and displays the third content as a background (S110).

Here, it is assumed that the server 10 transmits a new layer to each of the terminals 20 of users participating in the talk room (the terminals 20A and 20B in the example of FIG. 5) (S111).

In this case, each of the terminals 20 redisplays the content (first to third content) displayed as the background of the talk room in response to the new layer received from the server 10 (S112).

As described above, the information processing terminal or the like in the first embodiment can share the content displayed in the background among a plurality of users participating in the talk room.

<First modification>
In the first modification, when a plurality of contents are transmitted and received within a predetermined period of time, the content determined based on a predetermined condition among the plurality of contents is displayed as the background of the talk room.

For example, when the terminal 20 receives a plurality of contents equal to or greater than the number of divisions of the area set by the layer within a predetermined time, the processing load for displaying the transmitted and received contents as the background of the talk room is increased. There is a risk that it will increase. In such a case, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the terminal 20 by displaying some of the contents determined based on a predetermined condition as the background.

When a plurality of contents are transmitted and received within a predetermined period of time, the content processing unit 213 of the terminal 20 displays the content determined based on a predetermined condition among the plurality of contents as the background of the talk room. The predetermined period of time may be of any length, for example, within one minute or within one hour. Also, the plurality of contents may be, for example, the number of contents exceeding a predetermined number. The predetermined number may be set within a predetermined time and in response to the number of divisions of the region in the layer, for example, the predetermined time is within 1 minute and the number of divisions of the region in the layer is 5. In this case, the predetermined number is set to 10 sheets. It goes without saying that these numerical values are merely examples and may be set in any manner.

For example, the content processing unit 213 may preferentially display the content transmitted by its own terminal as a predetermined condition. Conversely, the content processing unit 213 may preferentially display the content received from the other terminal 20 as a predetermined condition.

Further, when a user selects each of a plurality of transmitted and received contents, the content processing unit 213 preferentially displays, as a background, the content selected by a large number of users among the plurality of contents as a predetermined condition. good too.

The content processing unit 213 creates, for example, display data for displaying a predetermined icon selectable by the user around the content to be displayed in the background. The predetermined icon is, for example, an icon with the character "Like" attached, and can be selected by the user. For example, the user can select the icon for the content that the user feels is "good" or "good impression". Note that the predetermined icon is not limited to the icon with the character "Like!", and may be any icon as long as the user can select it for the content.

When the user selects a predetermined icon, the content processing unit 213 transmits information indicating the selection to the terminals 20 of other users via the server 10 . In response to receiving the information indicating the selection from the other terminal 20, the content processing unit 213 preferentially selects the content that has been selected many times by the users participating in the talk room among the plurality of contents. may be displayed.

Further, for example, when the content is a photograph, the content processing unit 213 may preferentially display the photograph including the user participating in the talk room as a predetermined condition. The content processing unit 213 responds to the shape of the face included in the photo and identifies whether or not the user participating in the talk room is included in the photo. For example, the content processing unit 213 responds to the face rectangle and face attributes (such as a mark on the face) of a person included in the photo, and determines the face of the person included in the photo and the user who participates in the talk room that is known in advance. to identify if the user is in the photo. Then, in response to the specified result, the content processing unit 213 determines that the content to be preferentially displayed is the photograph including the user participating in the talk room.

Note that the content processing unit 213 may specify the number of users participating in the talk room included in the photo in response to the shape of the face included in the photo. The content processing unit 213 determines that a photo with a large number of specified users is content to be displayed preferentially over a photo with a small number of specified users.

As described above, in the first modification, when a plurality of contents are transmitted and received within a predetermined period of time, the content determined based on a predetermined condition among the plurality of contents is displayed as the background of the chat room. , and an increase in the processing load on the terminal 20 can be suppressed.

<Second embodiment>
In the second embodiment, the server 10 generates display data for displaying the background of the talk room and transmits it to the terminals 20 of users participating in the talk room.

The content described in the second embodiment can be applied to any of the other embodiments.

In the second embodiment, the content processing unit 213 of the terminal 20 transmits the content to the server 10 in response to the user of the own terminal selecting the content as the background of the talk room.

The content processing unit 113 of the server 10 generates display data for displaying the received content as a background in response to a predetermined layer. The content processing unit 113 then transmits the generated display data to the terminals 20 of the users participating in the talk room.

The display processing unit 214 of the terminal 20 displays the background of the talk room on the display device 24 in response to the display data received from the server 10 .

<Communication system processing>
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the processing sequence of the communication system according to the second embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the first user who is the user of the terminal 20A selects the first content as the background of the talk room (S201), the terminal 20A transmits the first content to the server 10 (S202).

The server 10 generates display data for displaying the first content received from the terminal 20A as a background in response to the predetermined layer (S203). The server 10 then transmits the generated display data to the terminals 20 of the users participating in the talk room (S204).

The display processing unit 214 of the terminal 20 displays the background of the talk room on the display device 24 in response to the display data received from the server 10 (S205).

Also, when the second user who is the user of the terminal 20B selects the second content as the background of the talk room (S206), the terminal 20B transmits the second content to the server 10 (S207).

The server 10 generates display data for displaying the second content received from the terminal 20B as a background in response to the predetermined layer (S208). The server 10 then transmits the generated display data to the terminals 20 of the users participating in the talk room (S209).

The display processing unit 214 of the terminal 20 displays the background of the talk room on the display device 24 in response to the display data received from the server 10 (S210).

As described above, the server 10 generates display data for displaying the background of the talk room, and transmits it to the terminals 20 of the users who participate in the talk room. control becomes possible.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described with reference to drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various variations and modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations and modifications are included within the scope of this disclosure. For example, the functions included in each means, each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically inconsistent, and it is possible to combine a plurality of means, steps, etc. into one or divide them. . Also, the configurations shown in the respective embodiments may be appropriately combined.

10 server (information processing device)
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 11 control device 111 talk room management unit 112 message processing unit 113 content processing unit 12 input/output device 13 display 14 communication I/F
15 storage device 20 terminal (information processing terminal)
21 control device 211 talk participation unit 212 message processing unit 213 content processing unit 214 display processing unit 22 communication I/F
23 input/output device 24 display device 25 microphone 26 speaker 27 camera 28 storage device 30 network 40 BOT server

Claims (3)

the computer,
a message acquisition means for acquiring messages transmitted and received between a plurality of users;
a content acquisition means for acquiring content, which is a video or image transmitted by another user;
display area setting means for setting a content display area consisting of a different number of individual areas according to the number of the plurality of users;
content display means for displaying the content in any of the individual areas;
A program for functioning as history display means for displaying messages sent and received between a plurality of users superimposed on the content display area. the computer
a message acquisition step for acquiring messages sent and received between a plurality of users;
a content acquisition step of acquiring content, which is a video or image sent by another user;
a display area setting step of setting a content display area consisting of a different number of individual areas according to the number of the plurality of users;
a content display step of displaying the content in one of the individual areas;
and a history display step of displaying messages sent and received between a plurality of users so as to be superimposed on the content display area. a message acquisition unit for acquiring messages transmitted and received between a plurality of users;
a content acquisition unit that acquires content that is a video or image sent by another user;
a display area setting unit that sets a content display area consisting of a different number of individual areas according to the number of the plurality of users;
a content display unit that displays the content in one of the individual areas;
An information processing terminal, comprising: a history display unit that displays messages transmitted and received between a plurality of users so as to be superimposed on the content display area.

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