Multi-user talking system and multi-user talking method
First Claim
1. A multi-user talking system for providing a multi-user talking service among viewers of a content, wherein:
- said multi-user talking system comprises a content distribution apparatus and a multi-user talking control apparatus, each apparatus being connected to terminals of viewers through a network;
said content distribution apparatus comprises;
request-for-viewing receiving means for receiving a request for viewing said content from a terminal of a viewer;
viewer management means for managing a request for viewing received by said request-for-viewing receiving means, associating said request with a transmission source address of said request for viewing; and
content distribution means for distributing said content to a transmission source address managed by said viewer management means, through said network; and
said multi-user talking control apparatus comprises;
request-for-participation receiving means for receiving a request for participation in multi-user talking, from a terminal of a viewer;
participant management means that manages a transmission source address of a request for participation received by said request-for-participation receiving means, when said transmission source address is managed by said viewer management means;
mixing means that receives, through said network, respective pieces of talking data from terminals of viewers who have transmission source addresses managed by said participant management means, and mixes said pieces of talking data received to generate multi-user talking data; and
multi-user talking data distribution means for distributing the multi-user talking data generated by said mixing means to transmission source addresses managed by said participant management means, through said network.
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Abstract
Out of viewers of the same content, multi-user talking service is provided to only viewers who wish to enjoy the content in a large number of people. Only when an address of a terminal 4, 5 that has transmitted a request for participation in multi-user talking is registered in a viewer management DB (which manages viewers of contents), a content distribution/multi-user talking service center 1 registers the above-mentioned address into a participant management DB (which manages participants in multi-user talking) associating the address with identification information of a content that is registered in association with the address in question in the viewer management DB. Then, for each content, respective pieces of talking data received from addresses registered in association with identification information of said content in the participant management DB are synthesized to generate multi-user talking data, and generated multi-user talking data is transmitted to each of said addresses.
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10 Claims
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1. A multi-user talking system for providing a multi-user talking service among viewers of a content, wherein:
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said multi-user talking system comprises a content distribution apparatus and a multi-user talking control apparatus, each apparatus being connected to terminals of viewers through a network;
said content distribution apparatus comprises;
request-for-viewing receiving means for receiving a request for viewing said content from a terminal of a viewer;
viewer management means for managing a request for viewing received by said request-for-viewing receiving means, associating said request with a transmission source address of said request for viewing; and
content distribution means for distributing said content to a transmission source address managed by said viewer management means, through said network; and
said multi-user talking control apparatus comprises;
request-for-participation receiving means for receiving a request for participation in multi-user talking, from a terminal of a viewer;
participant management means that manages a transmission source address of a request for participation received by said request-for-participation receiving means, when said transmission source address is managed by said viewer management means;
mixing means that receives, through said network, respective pieces of talking data from terminals of viewers who have transmission source addresses managed by said participant management means, and mixes said pieces of talking data received to generate multi-user talking data; and
multi-user talking data distribution means for distributing the multi-user talking data generated by said mixing means to transmission source addresses managed by said participant management means, through said network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of multi-user talking, which uses a computer for providing a multi-user talking service among viewers of a content, comprising:
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a request-for-viewing receiving step of receiving a request for viewing said content from a terminal of a viewer;
a viewer management step of managing a request for viewing received in said request-for-viewing receiving step, associating said request with a transmission source address of said request for viewing;
a content distribution step of distributing said content to a transmission source address managed in said viewer management step;
a request-for-participation receiving step of receiving a request for participation in multi-user talking, from a terminal of a viewer;
a participant management step of managing a transmission source address of a request for participation received in said request-for-participation receiving step, when said transmission source address is managed in said viewer management step;
a mixing step of receiving respective pieces of talking data from terminals of viewers who have transmission source addresses managed in said participant management step, and mixing said pieces of talking data received to generate multi-user talking data; and
a multi-user talking data distribution step of distributing the multi-user talking data generated in said mixing step to transmission source addresses managed in said participant management step. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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