JP5740367B2 - Relay device, information presentation method, control program, terminal device, and display device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a relay device or the like that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device such as a television that displays moving image content.

  In recent years, television receivers (hereinafter referred to as televisions) equipped with a web browser have become widespread, and such televisions can view and browse content on the Internet in addition to broadcast content. ing.

  As a prior art document regarding such a television, for example, the following Patent Document 1 is cited. Patent Document 1 below describes that notification information including second content and access information for acquiring the third content via a network is acquired during viewing of the first content. Yes. Then, it is described that the second content is displayed, a display instruction for the third content is received, and the third content is received and displayed using the access information.

  According to the above technology, the user can view the third content on the network only by giving a display instruction to the displayed second content without actively starting up the web browser. can do. Further, since the web browser is not always displayed, it is possible to suppress the viewing of the first content. Therefore, information existing on a network different from the television broadcast can be easily browsed.

JP 2012-15643 A (published January 19, 2012)

  By using the above technology, for example, a message created by a portable terminal device is transmitted to a relay device on the network, registered, and acquired via the relay device, so that it can be easily performed from a home TV. It is also possible to browse. As a result, a new communication system via the television can be provided, and the added value of the television can be increased.

  Here, in such a system, when the user of the terminal device is in a place away from the television (for example, in another room or outdoors), it is not known whether there is a person watching the television, and who is watching the television. There is a problem that I do not know whether I am watching.

  In other words, the user of the terminal device registers the message without knowing when and when to see it, so it is difficult to exchange messages in both directions, and it can be said that the system is sufficient as a communication tool. Absent.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a relay device and the like that can facilitate communication between a viewer of a display device such as a television and a user of a terminal device. There is to do.

  In order to solve the above problems, the relay device of the present invention is a relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays moving image content, and the moving image content being displayed by the display device Content information acquisition means for acquiring content information indicating the content information, content information acquired by the content information acquisition means, and a person viewing the moving image content on the display device generated based on the content information Presenting means for presenting at least one of the viewer information to the terminal device is provided.

  In addition, the information presentation method of the present invention is an information presentation method by a relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays moving image content in order to solve the above-described problem. Content information acquisition step for acquiring content information indicating the video content being displayed, content information acquired in the content information acquisition step, and viewing of the video content on the display device generated based on the content information A presentation step of presenting at least one of the viewer information indicating the person who is performing on the terminal device.

  According to said structure, the content information which shows the moving image content which a display apparatus is displaying is acquired. Then, at least one of the acquired content information and viewer information indicating a person viewing the moving image content on the display device generated based on the content information is presented to the terminal device.

  Therefore, the user of the terminal device can register a message to be displayed on the display device after referring to the content information or the viewer information. In other words, according to the above configuration, the user who registers the message in the terminal device can grasp the viewing status of the moving image content on the display device, so that the communication between the viewer of the display device and the user of the terminal device is facilitated. Can be.

  It should be noted that, for “presentation” of content information and viewer information to the terminal device, in addition to transmitting the information to the terminal device, the content information and viewer information should be made available to the terminal device. Is also included. For example, the above “presentation” includes transmission of information for accessing such information (information storage destination URL or the like) to the terminal device.

  The presenting means preferably describes at least one of the content information and the viewer information in an input content for receiving an input of a message from the terminal device, and transmits it to the terminal device.

  According to said structure, at least any one of content information and viewer information is described in the content for input, and it transmits to a terminal device. Therefore, the terminal device can present the content information and / or the viewer information to the user only by displaying the input content, and can input a message while referring to this.

  In addition, the relay device includes viewer specifying means for specifying a viewer according to the moving image content indicated by the content information from candidates of viewers who view the moving image content on the display device. Preferably, viewer information indicating the viewer specified by the viewer specifying means is presented to the terminal device.

  According to said structure, the viewer according to the moving image content which content information shows is identified from the candidate of a viewer, and the viewer information which shows the identified viewer is shown to a terminal device.

  Therefore, compared with the case where only the content information is presented, the terminal device can make the user easily recognize who is viewing the moving image content on the display device.

  Further, the relay device designates a viewer specifying means for specifying a viewer according to the video content indicated by the content information, and a viewer from among candidate viewers who view the video content on the display device If the designated viewer matches the viewer identified by the viewer identifying means, the specific viewer target presenting means for presenting the message on the display device is provided. It is preferable to provide.

  According to said structure, the viewer according to the moving image content which content information shows is specified from a candidate of a viewer. When a message specifying the viewer is registered, when the specified viewer candidate matches the viewer specified by the viewer specifying means, the message is presented on the display device.

  Therefore, a message designating a candidate can be presented at the timing when the candidate views the moving image content on the display device. Note that the “presentation” of the message includes not only transmitting the message to the display device but also enabling the user of the display device to display the message on the display device.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of display devices to display the message, and the message specifying any of the plurality of display devices is registered, the relay device only applies the message to the specified display device. It is preferable that a specific device object presenting means for presenting is provided.

  According to the above configuration, when a message designating any one of a plurality of display devices is registered, the message is presented only to the designated display device.

  Therefore, the user of the terminal device determines from the content information and / or the viewer information the display device that the other party wants to send the message to, and designates the display device to register the message, so that It will only be possible to present a message.

  In addition, the relay device has already been read for the notification destination and a notification destination presenting means for presenting a notification destination for notifying that the message has been read on the display device to the display device. It is preferable to provide message presenting means for presenting the message notified to the terminal device together with information indicating that the message has been read.

  According to said structure, the notification destination which notifies that the message was already read on the display apparatus is shown to the said display apparatus. Then, the message notified to the notification destination that it has been read is presented to the terminal device together with information indicating that the message has been read.

  Therefore, it is possible to make the user of the terminal device know whether or not the registered message has been read.

  In addition, when the message specifying the moving image content is registered from the terminal device, the relay device is at a timing when it is confirmed that the moving image content indicated by the content information matches the specified moving image content. It is preferable that a specific content target presenting unit for presenting the message on the display device is provided.

  According to the above configuration, when a message specifying the moving image content is registered, the message is displayed at a timing when it is confirmed that the moving image content indicated by the content information matches the specified moving image content. To present.

  Therefore, the user of the terminal device can present a message to the person who is viewing the specified moving image content. This is useful, for example, when writing a message regarding the moving image content.

  The relay device may be realized by a computer. In this case, a control program that causes the relay device to be realized by the computer by operating the computer as each unit of the relay device, and recording the program. Such computer-readable recording media also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the relay device of the present invention is based on the content information acquisition unit that acquires the content information indicating the moving image content being displayed on the display device, the content information acquired by the content information acquisition unit, and the content information. Display means for presenting at least one of the viewer information indicating the person who is viewing the moving image content on the display device generated on the terminal device.

  In addition, as described above, the information presentation method of the present invention includes the content information acquisition step of acquiring content information indicating the moving image content being displayed on the display device, the content information acquired in the content information acquisition step, and the content A presentation step of presenting to the terminal device at least one of viewer information indicating a person who is viewing the moving image content on the display device generated based on the information.

  Therefore, the user of the terminal device can register a message to be displayed on the display device after referring to the content information or the viewer information. In other words, according to the above configuration, the user who registers the message in the terminal device can grasp the viewing status of the moving image content on the display device, so that the communication between the viewer of the display device and the user of the terminal device is facilitated. There is an effect that can be made.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the SNS server and SNS management DB concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of the message presentation system containing the said SNS server and SNS management DB. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the family SNS page in the portable terminal contained in the said message presentation system. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the television contained in the said message presentation system. It is a figure which shows an example of the message record which the said SNS server uses for management of a message. It is a figure which shows an example of the terminal record which the said SNS server uses for management of a terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the page transmission process for the said portable terminals which the said SNS server performs. It is a figure which shows an example of viewing information. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a principal part structure of the SNS server and SNS management DB concerning other embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the record for member determination which the said SNS server uses for determination of a viewing member. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the page transmission process for portable terminals which the said SNS server performs. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the family SNS page in the said portable terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the message record for managing the message addressed to a specific member. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the family SNS page in the said portable terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the incoming request response process which the said SNS server performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the message record corresponding to a some television. It is a figure which shows an example of the terminal record corresponding to a some television. It is a figure which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the said SNS server corresponding to a some television. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the page transmission process corresponding to several television which the said SNS server performs. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the new arrival request corresponding | compatible process corresponding to several television which the said SNS server performs. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of the family SNS page in the said portable terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen for notifying that the message is already read from the said television. It is a figure which shows an example of the message record containing the information which shows whether the message is already read. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the read request corresponding | compatible process which the said SNS server performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the said portable terminal which displayed the web page produced | generated based on the message record in which the read message was managed so that identification was possible.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

<System overview>
First, an outline of the message presentation system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an overview of the message presentation system 100.

  As illustrated, the message presentation system 100 includes an SNS server (relay device) 1, an SNS management DB 2, a notification distribution server 3, a viewing information server 4, a viewing information DB 5, a television (display device) 6, and a portable terminal (terminal). Device) 7 is included.

  The SNS server 1 is a server that provides a social networking service (SNS) that allows members of a group to exchange messages. Here, it is assumed that a group including the user of the television 6 and the user of the mobile terminal 7 is set. That is, the SNS server 1 accepts message registration from the television 6 or the mobile terminal 7 and presents a registered message in response to a request from the television 6 or the mobile terminal 7.

  The SNS management DB 2 is a database used by the SNS server 1 for managing groups and messages.

  The notification distribution server 3 is a server that notifies the television 6 that there is a new message. Specifically, when a new arrival request for inquiring whether there is a new message from the television 6 and the identification information (terminal ID) of the television 6 are received, the new arrival message of the group corresponding to this terminal ID is stored in the SNS management DB 2. The SNS server 1 is inquired. When there is a response indicating that the message is stored, the television 6 is notified that there is a new message.

  As described above, the SNS server 1, the SNS management DB 2, and the notification distribution server 3 realize a family SNS service capable of exchanging messages in groups such as a family.

  The viewing information server 4 is a server that acquires viewing information (content information) indicating a broadcast program (moving content) being viewed on the television 6 and accumulates it in the viewing information DB 5. The viewing information DB 5 stores the viewing information acquired by the viewing information server 4 in association with the identification information (terminal ID) of the television 6 from which the viewing information is acquired.

  The television 6 is a television receiver that receives a broadcast program and outputs video and audio. The television 6 also has a browser function for accessing a network such as the Internet and displaying content on the network. Furthermore, the television 6 also has a function of transmitting viewing information indicating a broadcast program currently being output to the viewing information server 4.

  The portable terminal 7 is a portable terminal device having a browser function for accessing a network such as the Internet and displaying content on the network. In the present embodiment, the mobile terminal 7 displays a message registered in the family SNS using this browser function. The mobile terminal 7 may be any device that can register a message to the family SNS and view the registered message, and may be a mobile phone, a smartphone, or the like, for example.

<Display screen example>
Next, an example of a display screen on the mobile terminal 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of the family SNS page on the mobile terminal 7.

  In the illustrated example, three messages M1 to M3 are displayed. A write key K1 for writing a new message is displayed together with the new message M4. Further, a character string indicating a broadcast program currently being viewed on the television 6 is displayed in the viewing broadcast column C1.

  Messages M1 to M3 are messages registered in the family SNS, and are displayed together with information indicating the registration date and time of the message and registered members (persons who registered the message).

  The message M4 is a message to be registered in the mobile terminal 7 from now on. A message can be created / edited by touching the field where the message M4 is displayed, and the message created by touching the write key K1 can be registered in the family SNS service.

  At this time, since the broadcast program currently being viewed on the television 6 is displayed in the viewing broadcast column C1, the user of the mobile terminal 7 has the power of the home television 6 turned on, and someone in the family You can see that you are watching the broadcast. Moreover, since the favorite broadcast program is usually different for each member of the family, it is possible to guess who is watching the television 6.

  Thereby, the user of the portable terminal 7 can register a message addressed to a member who is considered to be watching the television 6 at a timing when there is a high possibility that someone in the family is watching the television 6.

  Next, a display screen example on the television 6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of the television 6.

  Since the television 6 exchanges messages while a broadcast program is being displayed, if the received message is displayed immediately, there is a risk that viewing of the broadcast program may be hindered. Therefore, as shown in (a) of the figure, when a new message is registered, a notification that there is a new message is displayed.

  In the example of the screen shown in FIG. 5A, the beginning part of the registered message is displayed, and a key describing “details” is displayed. When this key is selected, the television 6 starts a web browser and displays a web page including the message, as shown in FIG.

<Configuration of SNS server>
A more detailed configuration of the SNS server 1 and the SNS management DB 2 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a main configuration of the SNS server 1 and the SNS management DB 2.

  As illustrated, the SNS server 1 includes a control unit 10 that controls and controls the functions of the SNS server 1, a storage unit 11 that stores various data used by the control unit 10, and communication for communicating with other devices. Part 12 is provided. The control unit 10 includes an authentication unit 15, a page transmission unit (presentation unit) 16, a viewing information acquisition unit (content information acquisition unit) 17, a message registration unit 18, and a new arrival management unit 19.

  The authentication unit 15 performs login authentication to the family SNS. Specifically, when a login request is received from the mobile terminal 7, the user ID and password received together with the request are collated with a user ID and password registered in advance. And when a match is confirmed, while identifying the family ID matched with the user ID, it notifies the portable terminal 7 that authentication was successful. On the other hand, if the match is not confirmed, the mobile terminal 7 is notified that the authentication has failed.

  The page transmission unit 16 reads a message corresponding to the family ID specified by the authentication unit 15 from the SNS management DB 2, and includes a web page (input content) that includes the read message and receives a message input by the user of the mobile terminal 7. Generate. Then, the generated web page is transmitted to the mobile terminal 7.

  At this time, the page transmission unit 16 describes the viewing information acquired by the viewing information acquisition unit 17 on the web page. Thereby, the viewer information is presented on the mobile terminal 7. Since this viewing information indicates the broadcast program currently being viewed on the television 6, the user of the mobile terminal 7 can recognize that there is a person viewing the television 6 from the web page, You can also guess who is watching. Therefore, the user of the portable terminal 7 can write a message for the person who is watching in a timely manner.

  Moreover, the page transmission part 16 produces | generates and transmits a web page, also when a request is received from the television 6. FIG. Specifically, when receiving a family SNS page request including a terminal ID (terminal ID of the television 6) from the television 6, the page transmission unit 16 refers to the terminal record 21 and the family to which the received terminal ID belongs. Specify the ID. Then, the message of the family ID is acquired from the message record 20, a web page that can refer to the acquired message is generated, and transmitted to the television 6 via the communication unit 12. Further, the page transmission unit 16 updates the date and time of the final family SNS request in the terminal record 21. Details of the message record 20 and the terminal record 21 will be described later.

  The viewing information acquisition unit 17 acquires viewing information indicating the broadcast program currently being viewed on the television 6. Specifically, the viewing information acquisition unit 17 transmits a viewing information request to the viewing information server 4 together with the identification information (terminal ID) of the television 6 corresponding to the family ID specified by the authentication unit 15 and receives a response thereto. Thus, viewing information of the television 6 is acquired.

  The message registration unit 18 performs processing for registering a message in the SNS management DB 2. Specifically, when the message registration unit 18 receives a message write request from the portable terminal 7, the message registration unit 18 registers this message in the message record 20 of the SNS management DB 2 as a message of the family ID to which the user belongs. Then, after registering the message, the mobile terminal 7 is notified that the writing was successful.

  Similarly, when a message writing request is received from the television 6, it is registered in the message record 20 of the SNS management DB 2 as a message of a family ID corresponding to the terminal ID of the television 6. Then, after registering the message, the television 6 is notified of the successful writing. Note that the message writing request from the television 6 includes the terminal ID of the television 6, and the family ID corresponding to this can be specified by referring to the terminal record 21.

  The new arrival management unit 19 notifies a new arrival message. Specifically, when the new arrival management unit 19 receives a new arrival request including the terminal ID of the television 6 from the notification server 3, the family ID to which the terminal ID belongs is referred to the terminal record 21 of the SNS management DB 2. Identify. Then, an unread message with the specified family ID is acquired from the message record 20 and transmitted to the notification server 3. If there is no unread message, the notification server 3 is notified accordingly. In addition, the new arrival management unit 19 records the reception date and time of the new arrival request.

<Configuration of SNS management DB>
The SNS management DB 2 is a database including data necessary for providing the family SNS service. As illustrated, the SNS management DB 2 includes a message record 20 and a terminal record 21. Note that the SNS management DB 2 may be stored in the SNS server 1.

  The message record 20 is data for managing messages to be browsed and registered in the family SNS service. For example, the message record 20 may be as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the message record 20. The illustrated message record 20 is data in which a message ID, a family ID, a registered member, a registration date, contents, and details are associated with each other.

  “Message ID” is identification information that identifies a registered message. When a message is registered, a unique message ID is assigned to the message.

  “Family ID” is identification information for identifying a group registered in the family SNS, whereby messages can be managed in units of groups. That is, in the illustrated example, the family IDs are all the same, but the management using this family ID allows the SNS server 1 to provide services to each of a plurality of groups.

  “Registered member” indicates a member who registered the message among the members of the group registered in the family SNS. In the example shown in the figure, members are indicated by character strings such as “dad” and “mother”, but needless to say, they may be indicated by numbers or symbols.

  “Registration date / time” indicates the registration date / time of the message, and “Content” indicates the content of the registered message (data in a format such as text of the input message). “Details” is information for browsing the content, and in the illustrated example, the address (URL) of a website for browsing the message is described. Note that the URL may be different for each message, or one URL may be associated with a plurality of messages.

  The terminal record 21 is data for managing a terminal (television) registered in the family SNS. The terminal record 21 may be, for example, as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the terminal record 21. The illustrated terminal record 21 is data in which the terminal ID, the family ID, the last new arrival request date and time, and the last family SNS request date and time are associated with each other.

  The “terminal ID” is identification information that uniquely identifies the television registered in the family SNS. Although FIG. 2 shows an example in which only one television 6 is provided, a plurality of televisions can be registered in one group by using this terminal ID.

  “Family ID” is identification information that uniquely identifies a group registered in the family SNS. The SNS server 1 can manage a plurality of groups by this family ID. For example, in the illustrated message record 20, a group with family ID = 0001 and a group with family ID = 0008 are registered. A TV with a terminal ID = 000002 is registered in a group with a family ID = 0001, and a TV with a terminal ID = 00016 is registered in a group with a family ID = 0008. Thus, a message from a group member with family ID = 0001 can be displayed on the television with terminal ID = 000002, and a message from a group member with family ID = 0008 can be displayed on the television with terminal ID = 00001.

  “Last new arrival request date / time” indicates the date / time when the last new arrival request was received, and “Last family SNS request date / time” indicates the date / time when the last transmission request for the SNS web page was received.

  These dates and times are used for determining whether or not the message is unread. For example, when the last new arrival request date and time is used, a message registered after the date and time when the last new request is received from the television may be unread. However, if “details” (see FIG. 4A) is not selected after a new arrival request, the content of the message is not confirmed. In this case, it cannot be confirmed whether or not the message has been read. On the other hand, when the last family SNS request date and time is used, a message registered after the date and time when the family SNS web page was last viewed from the television can be unread. In this case, it can be determined that the message has been read.

  By using the message record 20 and the terminal record 21 described above, the display screen of FIG. 4 can be displayed. For example, when the terminal ID of the television 6 is 00002, it is assumed that a new arrival request including this ID is transmitted from the television 6 to the SNS server 1 at 19:20 on June 21.

  In this case, the SNS server 1 specifies from the terminal record 21 that the family ID = 0001 corresponding to the terminal ID = 000002. Similarly, from the terminal record 21, the date and time of the last new arrival request with the family ID = 0001 is specified. From the terminal record 21 in FIG. 6, the last new arrival request with ID = 0001 is identified as 19:15 on June 21.

  Subsequently, the SNS server 1 determines whether a new message (unread message) is registered in the message record 20. In addition, since the date and time of the last new arrival request is read out in the above, here, what is registered in the message record 20 after the last new arrival request date and time is regarded as new arrival, but the date and time of the last family SNS request is read out and after this date and time The message may be new.

  When a new message is registered, the content (only the beginning part) and the address (“details” of the message record 20) for accessing this content are notified to the television 6, and the television 6 receives the information shown in FIG. A screen such as (a) is displayed.

  Further, when “details” is selected on the television 6, the television 6 accesses the address, whereby the SNS server 1 receives a page request including the terminal ID = 000002 of the television 6 from the television 6.

  The SNS server 1 that has received this page request identifies the family ID = 0001 corresponding to the terminal ID of the television 6 with reference to the terminal record 21. And the record of family ID = 0001 is extracted from the message record 20, the web page containing the registered member of this record, registration date, and the content is produced | generated, and it transmits to the television 6. FIG. Thereby, on the television 6, a screen as shown in FIG. 4B is displayed.

  Thereafter, the SNS server 1 updates the terminal record 21. That is, the last new arrival request with ID = 0001 is updated to 19:20 on June 21. If a page request is received at 19:21 on June 21, the last family SNS request is updated to 19:21 on June 21. In addition, when determining whether it is a new arrival message by the date of the last new arrival request, it is sufficient to update only the date of the last new arrival request. When this determination is performed by the date of the last family SNS request, the final family SNS request You only need to update the date and time.

<Page transmission processing (for mobile devices)>
Next, page transmission processing (information presentation method) for transmitting a web page to the mobile terminal 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a page transmission process for the mobile terminal 7. This page transmission process is performed when a page request for the family SNS is received from the mobile terminal 7 logged into the family SNS.

  First, the page transmission unit 16 refers to the message record 20 of the SNS management DB 2 and acquires a message of a family ID to which the user of the mobile terminal 7 belongs (S1). The family ID to which the user of the mobile terminal 7 belongs is specified at the time of login authentication.

  Next, the page transmission unit 16 refers to the terminal record 21 of the SNS management DB 2 and acquires the terminal ID of the television registered in the family ID family (S2). In addition, the page transmission unit 16 transmits the acquired terminal ID to the viewing information acquisition unit 17 and instructs to acquire the viewing information of the TV with the terminal ID.

  Upon receiving this instruction, the viewing information acquisition unit 17 requests the viewing information server 4 for the viewing information of the TV with the terminal ID (S3), and acquires a response to the viewing information of the television (S4, content information acquisition). Step).

  This viewing information only needs to include at least data indicating a broadcast program being viewed on the television. For example, data as shown in FIG. 8 may be used. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of viewing information.

  The viewing information in FIG. 8 includes the terminal ID of the terminal subject to the request, the time when the request was received, the type (broadcast type), the area code indicating the broadcast area, the channel, the program name, and the program genre. Yes. When such viewing information is received, not only the program name but also the channel, broadcast type, broadcast area, and program genre can be displayed.

  Next, the page transmission part 16 produces | generates the web page of family SNS using the message acquired by S1, and the viewing information acquired by S4 (S5), and transmits to the portable terminal 7 via the communication part 12 (S5). S6, presentation step).

  The web page generated in S5 only needs to include at least a part of the acquired viewing information. For example, a message and a broadcast program being viewed may be arranged as in the example of FIG. Good. By generating a web page that can refer to at least part of the viewing information, the user of the mobile terminal 7 can recognize the broadcast program being viewed on the television 6 and can create a message corresponding to the broadcast program.

<< Embodiment 2 >>
In the above embodiment, an example in which the program name of the broadcast program being viewed on the TV 6 is displayed on the mobile terminal 7 is shown. In this example, the user of the mobile terminal 7 needs to guess who is watching the TV. was there.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, an example in which the SNS server determines who is watching TV will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same reference number is attached | subjected to the structure similar to the said embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

<Configuration of SNS server and SNS management DB>
The configuration of the SNS server (relay device) 30 and the SNS management DB 35 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a main configuration of the SNS server 30 and the SNS management DB 35.

  As illustrated, the SNS server 30 is different from the SNS server 1 of the above-described embodiment in that it includes a member determination unit (viewer specifying means) 31. The SNS management DB 35 is different from the SNS management DB 2 of the above embodiment in that it includes a member determination record 36.

  The member determination unit 31 specifies a viewer according to the viewing information acquired by the viewing information acquisition unit 17 from the candidate viewers of the television 6 (members of a group corresponding to the television 6). That is, it is determined who in the group is watching TV based on the viewing information. Specifically, the member determination unit 31 refers to the member determination record 36, identifies a member corresponding to the viewing information acquired by the viewing information acquisition unit 17, and determines that this member is watching TV. . Then, the member determination unit 31 notifies the page transmission unit 16 of this member. Thereby, a web page including information (viewer information) indicating that the member is watching the television is generated and presented to the user of the mobile terminal 7. In the following, a member who is watching TV is called a viewing member.

  The member determination record 36 is data for specifying a viewing member, and may be data as shown in FIG. 10, for example. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the member determination record 36.

  (A) of the figure shows an example of the member determination record 36 for specifying the viewing member from the program name. In this member determination record 36, since the program name, family ID, and viewing member are associated with each other, the viewing member in the family ID group to which the user of the portable terminal 7 belongs is used using the program name acquired from the viewing information. Can be specified. For example, in the example shown in the figure, since “Mom” is associated with the program name “XXXXX”, the program name included in the acquired viewing information is “XXXXXX” In this case, the viewing member is determined to be “mom”.

  Moreover, (b) of the figure has shown an example of the record 36 for member determination which specifies a viewing member from a program genre. In this member determination record 36, since the program genre, family ID, and viewing member are associated with each other, the viewing member in the family ID group to which the user of the mobile terminal 7 belongs using the program genre acquired from the viewing information. Can be specified. For example, in the illustrated example, “mom” is associated with the genre of “Korean drama”, so if the program genre included in the acquired viewing information is “Korean drama”, the viewing member Will be determined to be “mom”.

  Note that association between group members and program names or program genres may be performed manually, or may be automatically performed based on general statistical information (viewing audience of programs such as age and gender). Further, when the association is automatically performed, the association can be performed at the time of determination of the viewing member. Therefore, it is not always necessary to prepare the member determination record 36 in advance.

<Page transmission processing (for mobile devices)>
Next, page transmission processing (information presentation method) for transmitting a web page to the mobile terminal 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a page transmission process for the mobile terminal 7 by the SNS server 30. This page transmission process is performed when a page request of the family SNS is received from the mobile terminal 7 logged into the SNS service.

  Note that the processing from S11 to S14 and S17 in FIG. 11 is the same as the processing from S1 to S4 and S6 in FIG.

  In S15, the viewing information acquisition unit 17 notifies the member determination unit 31 of the viewing information acquired in S14, and the member determination unit 31 determines the viewing member corresponding to the notified viewing information. Specifically, the member determination unit 31 refers to the member determination record 36 of the SNS management DB 35, and the viewing associated with the notified viewing information among the members of the family ID to which the user of the mobile terminal 7 belongs. Get a member.

  In S16, the viewing member acquired by the member determination unit 31 is notified to the page transmission unit 16, and the message acquired by the page transmission unit 16 in S11 and information indicating the notified viewing member (for example, the member name of the viewing member) are displayed. A family SNS web page is generated. And the page transmission part 16 transmits this web page to the portable terminal 7 (S17, information presentation step), and a page transmission process is complete | finished by this.

<Display screen example>
Next, an example of a display screen on the mobile terminal 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of the family SNS page on the mobile terminal 7. The screen example of FIG. 12 is the same as the screen example of FIG. 3 except for the display content of the viewing broadcast column C1, and thus the description other than the display content of the viewing broadcast column C1 is omitted.

  In the viewing broadcast column C1 in the screen example of FIG. 12, a character string indicating that the member who is viewing the broadcast program on the television 6 is “mother” is displayed. Thereby, the user of the portable terminal 7 knows that the TV 6 at home is turned on and “Mom” is watching the TV broadcast. In the illustrated example, only viewing members are displayed, but the program name, channel, program genre, and the like may also be displayed.

<< Embodiment 3 >>
In the example of each of the above embodiments, a message is written for the viewing member of the television 6, but it is also assumed that the member who wants to send the message does not watch the television 6 when trying to write the message. In this embodiment, an example in which a message is transmitted to a specific member in a group will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same reference number is attached | subjected to the structure similar to the said embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

<Configuration of SNS server and SNS management DB>
Since the SNS server and the SNS management DB of the present embodiment have the same configuration as the SNS server 30 and the SNS management DB 35 of FIG. 9, the present embodiment will be described with reference to the same drawing. In the SNS server 30 of the present embodiment, the process executed by the new arrival management unit 19 is different from that of the above embodiment, and in the SNS management DB 35 of the present embodiment, the content of the message record 20 is the same as that of the above embodiment. It is different.

  The new arrival management unit 19 of this embodiment is the same as the above embodiment in that a new arrival message is notified in response to a new arrival request, but at the timing when a member set as the message destination is watching the television 6. It is different in that a new message is notified. That is, the new arrival management unit 19 of the present embodiment functions as a specific viewer target presenting unit that presents a message to a specific viewer (member).

  Further, the message record 20 of the present embodiment includes information indicating a message destination in order to manage a message addressed to a specific member. Here, the message record 20 included in the SNS management DB 35 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message record 20 for managing a message addressed to a specific member.

  In addition to the items in the example of FIG. 5, the message record 20 in FIG. 13 includes an item “destination member” indicating a member designated as a message destination and an item “send date / time” of the message. Since there is no transmission date and time for an untransmitted message, a value of “null” indicating this is described (see message ID = 00001007 in FIG. 13).

<Display screen example>
Next, an example of a display screen on the mobile terminal 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of the family SNS page on the mobile terminal 7. In the screen example of FIG. 14, the description of the same parts as those of the screen examples of FIGS. 3 and 12 is omitted.

  The screen example of FIG. 14 is different from the screen examples of FIGS. 3 and 12 in that it includes a destination display column C2 and a drop-down key K2. In the screen example of FIG. 14, by touching the drop-down key K2, the members of the group to which the user of the terminal device 7 belongs are displayed in a list, and the members selected as destinations are displayed in the destination display column C2. .

  Then, by touching the write key K1, a new message M4 is transmitted as a message addressed to the member displayed in the destination display column C2. That is, when the portable terminal 7 detects a touch operation on the write key K1, it transmits a new message M4 to the SNS server 30 together with information indicating that the member displayed in the destination display field C2 is the destination.

  With such a configuration, a message can be transmitted to a member other than the member who is currently viewing the television 6 (the member displayed in the viewing broadcast column C1). In the illustrated example, the member name is displayed in the viewing broadcast column C1, but a program name or the like may be displayed.

<New request processing>
Next, the new arrival request handling process executed by the new arrival management unit 19 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a new arrival request handling process.

  First, when the new arrival management unit 19 receives a new arrival request including the terminal ID of the television 6 from the notification server 3, it notifies the viewing information acquisition unit 17 of the received terminal ID and instructs to acquire the viewing information. To do. Upon receiving this instruction, the viewing information acquisition unit 17 requests the viewing information server 4 for the received viewing information of the TV of the terminal ID (S21), acquires a response to the viewing information (S22), and sends it to the new arrival management unit 19 Notice.

  Moreover, the new arrival management part 19 acquires family ID to which the said terminal ID belongs from the terminal record 21 of SNS management DB35 (S23). This process may be performed in parallel with the processes of S21 and S22, or may be performed before these processes.

  Next, the new arrival management unit 19 notifies the member determination unit 31 of the viewing information acquired by the viewing information acquisition unit 17 to determine the viewing member. The member determination unit 31 that has received this notification refers to the member determination record 36 of the SNS management DB 35, acquires a viewing member corresponding to the notified viewing information (S24), and notifies the new arrival management unit 19 of it.

  The new arrival management unit 19 that has acquired the viewing member and the family ID as described above acquires the unread message of the viewing member from the message record 20 of the SNS management DB 35 among the messages of the family ID group (S25). The unread message is a message having a transmission date and time of “null” in the message record 20 (see FIG. 13).

  Here, if there is no unread message of the family ID in the message record 20 (NO in S26), the new arrival management unit 19 notifies the notification server 3 that there is no new arrival message (S28).

  On the other hand, if there is an unread message (YES in S26), the new arrival management unit 19 transmits this unread message to the notification server 3 (S27). As a result, an unread message is notified from the notification server 3 to the television 6, and a notification such as (a) of FIG. 4 is displayed on the television 6. The viewing member of the television 6 can confirm the content of the unread message by selecting the “detail” key.

  Finally, the new arrival management unit 19 records the new arrival request reception date and time from the terminal ID in the terminal record 21 of the SNS management DB 35 (S29), and ends the new arrival request response processing. In addition, the timing which records a new arrival request reception date and time may be arbitrary timings after reception of a new arrival request, and is not specifically limited.

  As described above, when the message specifying the member is registered, the new arrival management unit 19 sends the message from the television 6 when the specified member matches the member specified by the member determination unit 31. Make it viewable. Therefore, a message designating a member can be presented at the timing when the member is watching the television 6.

  The invention of this embodiment can be expressed as follows, for example. That is, a message presentation device that displays a message registered by the terminal device on a display device that displays moving image content, the content information acquisition means for acquiring content information indicating the moving image content being displayed by the display device, A viewer specifying means for specifying a viewer corresponding to the video content indicated by the content information and a message designating the viewer are registered from candidates for viewers who view the video content on the display device. In this case, when the designated viewer and the viewer specified by the viewer specifying means match, a specific viewer target presenting means for presenting the message on the display device is provided. Message presentation device.

<< Embodiment 4 >>
In each of the above embodiments, one TV 6 is registered for one group (family ID), but a plurality of TVs 6 may be registered. In the present embodiment, an example in which a plurality of televisions 6 are registered in one group will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same reference number is attached | subjected to the structure similar to the said embodiment, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

<Configuration of SNS server and SNS management DB>
Since the SNS server and SNS management DB of the present embodiment have the same configuration as the SNS server 1 and SNS management DB 2 of FIG. 1, the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. However, in the SNS management DB 2 of this embodiment, the contents of the message record 20 and the terminal record 21 are different from those of the above embodiment.

  Here, the message record 20 included in the SNS management DB 2 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of a message record 20 corresponding to a plurality of televisions.

  The message record 20 in FIG. 16 includes an item “notification terminal ID” indicating a message notification target in addition to the items in the example in FIG. 5. This makes it possible to determine on which of the plurality of televisions each message should be presented. Note that the notification terminal ID = null indicates that the television is not a notification target (the mobile terminal 7 or another terminal is a notification target).

  Next, the terminal record 21 included in the SNS management DB 2 of the present embodiment will be described based on FIG. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a terminal record 21 corresponding to a plurality of televisions.

  The terminal record 21 in FIG. 17 includes an item “name” that is a name assigned to each television in addition to the items in the example in FIG. 6. Thereby, each television can be presented in a manner that the user can easily recognize. In addition, what is necessary is just to register this "name" by making a user input, for example at the time of group registration to a family SNS service.

<Operation overview>
Next, an outline of the operation of the SNS server 1 in the present embodiment will be described based on FIG. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the SNS server 1 corresponding to a plurality of televisions. As shown in the figure, the SNS server may be an SNS server 30 (see FIG. 9).

  In the illustrated mobile terminal 7, a viewing broadcast column C1 'is displayed in addition to the viewing broadcast column C1. Thus, the SNS server 1 corresponding to a plurality of televisions may include a viewing broadcast column corresponding to each of the plurality of televisions on the web page of the family SNS displayed on the mobile terminal 7. Thereby, the user of the portable terminal 7 can grasp at a glance what kind of broadcast program is being viewed on each of the plurality of televisions. When the SNS server 30 is applied instead of the SNS server 1, viewing members may be displayed as in the viewing broadcast fields C1 and C1 'of the mobile terminal 7 on the right side of the figure.

  In addition, a target television display column C3 is displayed on the illustrated mobile terminal 7. By touching the drop-down key K2, a list of televisions of the group to which the user of the terminal device 7 belongs is displayed, and the televisions selected as destinations are displayed in the target television display column C3.

  Then, by touching the write key K1, a new message M4 is transmitted as a message addressed to the television displayed in the target television display column C3. That is, when the portable terminal 7 detects a touch operation on the write key K1, it transmits a new message M4 to the SNS server 1 (or 30) together with the terminal ID of the television displayed in the target television display column C3.

  The SNS server 1 (or 30) presents the message received in this way to the designated television 6. For example, in the illustrated example, a kitchen TV 6 with a terminal ID = 00003 and a living room TV 6 ′ with a terminal ID = 000002 are registered, and a message addressed to the kitchen TV 6 is registered with the portable terminal 7. Assumes that. In this case, when a new arrival request is received from both the kitchen TV 6 and the living room TV 6 ′, the SNS server 1 (or 30) sends a response indicating that there is a new arrival message to the kitchen TV 6. Send. On the other hand, a response indicating that there is no new message is transmitted to the living room TV 6 ′. Thereby, the user of the portable terminal 7 can display a message only on the television watched by the designated viewing member and allow the member to confirm the message.

<Page transmission processing (for mobile devices)>
Next, page transmission processing (information presentation method) in which the SNS server 1 of the present embodiment transmits a web page to the mobile terminal 7 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a page transmission process corresponding to a plurality of televisions. This page transmission process is performed when a page request of the family SNS is received from the mobile terminal 7 logged into the SNS service.

  Note that the processing of S31, S34, S35, and S38 in FIG. 19 is the same as the processing of S1, S3, S4, and S6 in FIG.

  In S32, the page transmission unit 16 refers to the terminal record 21 of the SNS management DB 2, and acquires the terminal IDs of all televisions registered in the family of the family ID. Then, the terminal ID of the television for which viewing information has not yet been acquired is extracted from the acquired terminal ID (S33), and is transmitted to the viewing information acquisition unit 17 so as to acquire the viewing information of the television of this terminal ID. To instruct.

  In S36, the page transmission unit 16 confirms whether there is any terminal ID acquired in S32 that has not acquired viewing information. Here, when it is determined that there is information for which viewing information has not been acquired (YES in S36), the processing returns to S33.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that viewing information has been acquired for all terminal IDs (NO in S36), the page transmission unit 16 receives the message acquired in S31 and the viewing information of each TV acquired in the processing from S32 to S36. The web page of the family SNS is generated using (S37).

  When viewing information of a plurality of televisions is acquired, a web page including a viewing broadcast column corresponding to each television may be generated as in the example of FIG. Also, regardless of whether viewing information has been acquired, a web page including a viewing broadcast column corresponding to each television is generated, and the television is not being viewed in the viewing broadcast column of the television from which viewing information has not been acquired. You may state that.

  In this way, by generating the web page using the viewing information of each television, it becomes possible for the user of the mobile terminal 7 to recognize what broadcast program is being viewed on each television. It is also possible to register a message specifying any one of a plurality of televisions.

<New request processing>
Next, a new arrival request response process executed when the SNS server 1 of the present embodiment receives a new arrival request including the terminal ID of the television 6 from the notification server 3 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a new arrival request response process corresponding to a plurality of televisions. Note that the processing of S41, S43 to S46 in FIG. 20 is the same as the processing of S23, 26 to S29 in FIG.

  In S42, the new arrival management unit 19 acquires, from the message record 20 of the SNS management DB 35, the message for the terminal ID that transmitted the new arrival request among the messages of the family ID group acquired in S41. Specifically, the new arrival management unit 19 displays a message in which the family ID is associated with the message ID of the message record 20 and the terminal ID received together with the new arrival request as the “notification terminal ID”. get.

  As described above, the new arrival management unit 19 according to the present embodiment sets only a message for the terminal ID that is the transmission source of the new arrival request to be transmitted to the notification server 3. As a result, the new arrival management unit 19 according to the present embodiment, when a message designating any one of a plurality of televisions is registered, the specific device target presentation unit that allows the message to be viewed only on the designated television. Function as.

<Specifying the destination member>
Also in this embodiment, it is possible to register a message by specifying a member as a destination. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating a display screen example of the family SNS page on the mobile terminal 7. In the screen example of FIG. 21, the description of the same part as the screen example of FIG. 18 is omitted.

  In the screen example of FIG. 21, the target television display column C3 in the screen example of FIG. 18 is changed to a destination display column C2. As a result, the user of the mobile terminal 7 displays a desired member in the destination display field C2 and writes a message so that the registered television is displayed at the timing when the member is watching the registered television. Can present a message. Note that the specific processing contents for presenting the message are as described with reference to FIG.

《Notification of read message》
In the configuration of each embodiment described above, it is impossible to confirm whether or not the message has been read from the mobile terminal 7 side that has written the message. Therefore, here, as a modified example of each of the above embodiments, an example in which a message is read or not will be described based on FIGS. 22 to 25.

<Notification from TV>
In order to present to the portable terminal 7 whether or not the message has been read, a notification of reading is given from the television 6 that displays the message. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen for notifying that a message has been read from the television 6.

  In the illustrated example, the beginning part of the registered message is displayed, and a key described as “details” and a key described as “read” are displayed. As described above, a URL is assigned to the “details” key, and when this key is touched and selected, the TV 6 starts a web browser to access this URL, and a web page including the message. Is displayed.

  On the other hand, the key described as “read” is a key for notifying that the message has been read, and a unique URL is assigned to the message like the “detail” key. This URL may be the same as that assigned to the “details” key.

  When the “read” key is selected by touching, the television 6 requests the URL assigned to this key to make the message read as well as the terminal ID of the television 6. Send a read request. The already-read request and the terminal ID are received by the SNS server 1.

  In order to enable transmission of such a read request, when the new arrival management unit 19 of the SNS server 1 transmits an unread message to the notification server 3, the notification destination (URL or the like) of the read request is also transmitted. Transmit to the notification server 3. That is, the new arrival management unit 19 in this example functions as a notification destination presenting unit that presents a notification destination on the television 6 to notify that the message has been read.

<Message record>
The SNS server 1 that has received the read request and the terminal ID records that the message has been read. Thereby, the read message and the unread message can be presented to the mobile terminal 7 in an identifiable manner.

  This message management can be performed using the message record 20, for example. This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the message record 20 including information indicating whether or not the message has been read. In the illustrated example, an item “read date and time” is added as compared to the example of FIG. 5.

  In the “read date and time” item, the date and time when the message has been read is recorded. In the “read date and time” item of the unread message, information indicating that fact (“null” in the illustrated example) is described. Thereby, a read message and an unread message can be identified.

<Processing for read requests>
Next, the read request handling process performed by the SNS server 1 that has received the above-described read request will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a read request handling process.

  First, the new arrival management unit 19 confirming reception of the read request acquires the family ID to which the terminal ID received together with the read request belongs from the terminal record 21 of the SNS management DB 2 (S51).

  Next, the new arrival management unit 19 refers to the message record 20 of the SNS management DB 2 and identifies the message corresponding to the URL of the read request and the family ID acquired in S51. Then, the current date and time are written in the read date and time of the message (S52), and a response indicating that the write is successful is transmitted to the television 6 that is the transmission source of the read request (S53), Exit.

<Display screen example>
When managing the read message based on the message record 20 as described above, for example, a display screen as shown in FIG. 25 can be displayed. FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the mobile terminal 7 displaying a web page generated based on the message record 20 in which the read message is managed so as to be identifiable.

  In the screen example of FIG. 25, messages M5 to M7 written in the past are displayed and a new message M8 is displayed. Among these messages, the message “M5” is displayed with “read” characters indicating that the message has been read, together with the message “I will return now”. Thereby, the user of the portable terminal 7 can recognize that the message “I will return now” has been read by the member watching the television 6. In addition, when using what recorded read date and time like the message record 20 of FIG. 23, you may display read date and time with the information which has been read.

  For messages M5 and M7, information indicating the message destination members is displayed. This is displayed based on the “destination member” of the message record 20. Note that since the message M6 is a message written from the television 6 without specifying the destination, the destination member is not displayed.

  The page transmission unit 16 can generate a web page on which such a screen display is made by referring to, for example, a message record 20 as shown in FIG. That is, the page transmission unit 16 of this example functions as a message presenting unit that presents the message notified that the message has been read, together with information indicating that the message has been read, to the mobile terminal 7.

<Modification>
In each of the above embodiments, the example in which the SNS server 1 (or 30), the notification distribution server 3, and the viewing information server 4 are independent devices has been described. However, the SNS server 1 (or 30) may include at least one of the notification distribution server 3 and the viewing information server 4. That is, the SNS server 1 (or 30) may be configured to directly transmit / receive a new arrival request and a new arrival response to / from the television 6 or may be configured to acquire viewing information directly from the television 6.

  In each of the embodiments described above, an example is shown in which a new message is notified to the television 6 and the television 6 that has received the notification accesses a web page and confirms the details of the message. However, the SNS server 1 (or 30 ) May send a message to the television 6.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, an example in which a message designating a member is shown, but a message designating a broadcast program may be registered. In this case, the new arrival management unit 19 of the SNS server 1 presents a message to the television 6 at a timing when it is confirmed that the designated broadcast program matches the broadcast program indicated by the acquired viewing information. Specifically, registration of the message is notified to the television 6 on which the broadcast program is viewed via the notification server 3. That is, the new arrival management unit 19 of this example functions as a specific content target presentation unit.

  This is useful when writing messages about broadcast programs. For example, it can be used when a comment on the broadcast program is to be transmitted to the viewing member, or when recording of the broadcast program is requested.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, an example in which the broadcast program being viewed on the television 6 or the viewing members associated with the broadcast program is presented to the mobile terminal 7 has been shown. However, the information presented on the mobile terminal 7 is not limited to the above example as long as it is a clue to guess who is watching the television 6.

  For example, the television 6 may be viewing content recorded by a recording device, content recorded on a recording medium such as a DVD or BD, or content provided online via the Internet or the like. Even when such content is viewed, it is possible to guess who is watching the television 6 from the content. For this reason, the mobile terminal 7 may be presented with information indicating the content displayed on the television 6 without being limited to the broadcast program. In this case, the SNS server 1 may be acquired from the information television 6 indicating the content displayed on the television 6 or may be acquired from a peripheral device (such as a recorder) displaying the content on the television 6. .

  In this case as well, as in the example of the second embodiment, the viewing members may be estimated from the content displayed on the television 6, and the estimated viewing members may be presented.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the claims. Further, embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

<Example of implementation by software>
Finally, each block of the SNS servers 1 and 30, particularly the control unit 10, may be realized in hardware by a logic circuit formed on an integrated circuit (IC chip), or a CPU (Central Processing Unit) may be implemented. And may be realized in software.

  In the latter case, the SNS servers 1 and 30 include a CPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores the program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program, and the program And a storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing various data. An object of the present invention is a recording medium in which program codes (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the SNS servers 1 and 30 which are software for realizing the functions described above are recorded so as to be readable by a computer. Can also be achieved by reading the program code recorded on the recording medium and executing it by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include tangible media with fixed data (non-transitory tangible medium), such as tapes such as magnetic tape and cassette tape, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and CD-ROM / Discs including optical disks such as MO / MD / DVD / CD-R, cards such as IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM (registered trademark) / flash ROM Or logic circuits such as PLD (Programmable Logic Device) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) can be used.

  The SNS servers 1 and 30 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited as long as it can transmit the program code. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, and the like can be used. The transmission medium constituting the communication network may be any medium that can transmit the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, even with wired lines such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), IEEE 802.11 wireless, HDR ( It can also be used by radio such as High Data Rate (NFC), Near Field Communication (NFC), Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), mobile phone network, satellite line, and digital terrestrial network. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention can be used for a service for presenting a message received from a certain terminal to another terminal.

1 SNS server (relay device)
16 page transmission unit (presentation means, specific device object presentation means, message presentation means)
17 Viewing information acquisition unit (content information acquisition means)
18 Message registration unit 19 New arrival management unit (specific viewer target presenting means, notification destination presenting means, specific content target presenting means)
6 TV (display device)
7 Mobile terminals (terminal devices)
30 SNS server (relay device)
31 Member Judgment Department (viewer identification means)

Claims (13)

A relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays video content,
Content information acquisition means for acquiring content information indicating the video content being displayed by the display device;
Viewer information indicating a person who is viewing the video content in the display device is generated based on the content information the content information acquisition means has acquired, or the terminal the content information and the viewer information, Presenting means for presenting to the device ;
Viewer specifying means for specifying a viewer according to the video content indicated by the content information from among candidates for viewers who view the video content on the display device,
It said presenting means, the relay device the viewer information indicating the viewer the viewer identification means has identified and characterized that you come to the terminal apparatus. If a message is specified listener viewing is registered, when the specified viewer, the viewer in which the viewer identification means has identified matches a particular viewer target presenting the message on the display device The relay apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a presentation unit.   A relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays video content,
  Content information acquisition means for acquiring content information indicating the video content being displayed by the display device;
  Presenting at least one of content information acquired by the content information acquisition means and viewer information indicating a person watching the moving image content on the display device generated based on the content information to the terminal device Presenting means, and
  Viewer identifying means for identifying a viewer according to the video content indicated by the content information from among candidates for viewers who view the video content on the display device;
  When a message specifying a viewer is registered, a specific viewer target that presents the message to the display device when the specified viewer matches the viewer specified by the viewer specifying means A relay apparatus comprising: a presentation unit.   A relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays video content,
  Content information acquisition means for acquiring content information indicating the video content being displayed by the display device;
  Presenting at least one of content information acquired by the content information acquisition means and viewer information indicating a person watching the moving image content on the display device generated based on the content information to the terminal device And presenting means for
There are multiple display devices to display the message,
A relay device, further comprising: a specific device target presenting unit that presents a message to only the designated display device when a message designating any of the plurality of display devices is registered. The presenting means describes at least one of the content information and the viewer information in an input content for receiving an input of a message from the terminal device, and transmits the content information to the terminal device. Item 5. The relay device according to any one of Items 1 to 4 . A notification destination presenting means for presenting on the display device a notification destination for notifying that the message has been read on the display device;
A message presenting means for presenting the message notified to the notification destination to the terminal device together with information indicating that the message has been read is provided. The relay device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . When a message specifying the moving image content is registered from the terminal device, the message is sent to the display device at a timing when it is confirmed that the moving image content indicated by the content information matches the specified moving image content. relay device according to any one of claims 1 6, characterized in that it comprises a specific content object presenting means presenting. An information presentation method by a relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays video content,
A content information acquisition step of acquiring content information indicating the video content being displayed by the display device;
Viewer information indicating a person who is viewing the video content in the display device is generated based on the acquired content information in the content information obtaining step or the terminal the content information and the viewer information, A presentation step to present to the device;
Identifying a viewer according to the video content indicated by the content information from candidates for viewers who view the video content on the display device,
In the presenting step, viewer information indicating the viewer identified in the step of identifying the viewer is presented to the terminal device .   An information presentation method by a relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays video content,
  A content information acquisition step of acquiring content information indicating the video content being displayed by the display device;
  Presenting at least one of content information acquired in the content information acquisition step and viewer information indicating a person who is viewing the video content on the display device generated based on the content information to the terminal device Presenting step to
  Identifying a viewer according to the video content indicated by the content information from among candidates for viewers who view the video content on the display device;
  When a message specifying a viewer is registered, when the specified viewer matches the viewer specified in the step of specifying the viewer, the message is displayed on the display device And a method of presenting information.   An information presentation method by a relay device that displays a message registered by a terminal device on a display device that displays video content,
  A content information acquisition step of acquiring content information indicating the video content being displayed by the display device;
  Presenting at least one of content information acquired in the content information acquisition step and viewer information indicating a person who is viewing the video content on the display device generated based on the content information to the terminal device And presenting step to
  There are multiple display devices to display the message,
  An information presentation method further comprising a step of presenting the message only to the designated display device when a message designating any of the plurality of display devices is registered. A control program for operating the relay device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, a control program for causing a computer to function as each means described above. A terminal device that displays the message on a display device that displays video content by registering a message in the relay device,
The relay device acquires content information indicating the moving image content being displayed on the display device, and selects the moving image content indicated by the acquired content information from candidates of viewers who view the moving image content on the display device. The viewer information indicating the viewer who is viewing the moving image content on the display device, or the content information and the viewer information specified according to the display device is presented to the terminal device,
The terminal device displays the viewer information presented by the relay device, or the content information and the viewer information. A display device that displays video content and displays a message registered in a relay device by a terminal device,
The relay device acquires content information indicating the moving image content being displayed on the display device, and selects the moving image content indicated by the acquired content information from candidates of viewers who view the moving image content on the display device. In response, the viewer who is viewing the moving image content on the display device is specified, and the acquired content information and at least one of the viewer information indicating the specified viewer is presented to the terminal device,
  In addition, when a message specifying a viewer is registered, the relay device enables the message to be viewed from the display device when the specified viewer matches the specified viewer,
The display device displays the message that is enabled to be browsed by the relay device.

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