COMMENT DELIVERY SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMENT DELIVERY METHOD, COMMENT OUTPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMMENT DELIVERY PROGRAM

• US 20100122309A1
• Filed: 04/23/2008
• Published: 05/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dwango Co., Ltd. (Kadokawa Dwango Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Dwango Co., Ltd. (Kadokawa Dwango Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawakami, Nobuo, Koizuka, Akihiko
• Application Number:
  US12/597,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20100122309A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/116
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4722 for requesting additional data associated with the content
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

There is provided a comment delivery server in a comment delivery system having: a video delivery server which delivers video data a comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video; and a terminal device, wherein the comment delivery server has: a conversion data storage section which stores conversion data which associates a comment targeted for conversion together with the comment obtained after the targeted comment has been converted; a receiving section which receives as comment information from the terminal device a comment and a comment attachment time which represents an elapsed video playback time at the point when the comment was attached; a determination section which refers to the conversion data storage section and determines whether or not a comment targeted for conversion is included in the comment information received by the receiving section; a comment conversion section which, when it is determined based on a determination result from the determination section that a comment targeted for conversion is included in the comment information received by the receiving section, refers to the conversion data storage section and converts the received comment into a post-conversion comment which corresponds to this comment; a comment information storage section which stores the comment information after it has been converted by the conversion section; and a comment delivery section which delivers the comment stored in the comment information storage section to the terminal device.

Claims

1. A comment delivery server in a comment delivery system comprising a video delivery server which delivers video data, the comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video, and a terminal device, the comment delivery server comprising:

a conversion data storage section which stores conversion data in which a comment targeted for conversion is associated with a converted comment obtained by converting the targeted comment;

a receiving section which receives as comment information from the terminal device a comment and a comment attachment time which represents an elapsed video playback time at the point when the comment is attached;

a determination section which determines whether or not the comment targeted for conversion is included in the comment information received by the receiving section in reference to the conversion data storage section;

a comment conversion section which converts the comment included in the comment information received by the receiving section into the converted comment which corresponds to the comment targeted for conversion in reference to the conversion data storage section when it is determined based on a determination result of the determination section that the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

a comment information storage section which stores the comment information converted by the conversion section; and

a comment delivery section which delivers the comment stored in the comment information storage section to the terminal device.

2. The comment delivery server according to claim 1, wherein the conversion data storage section stores different conversion data for each item of video delivered by the video delivery server.

3. The comment delivery server according to claim 1, wherein, in the conversion data, the converted comment is any one of audio, a static image, video, and a program.

4. A terminal device in a comment delivery system comprising a video delivery server which delivers video data, a comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video, and the terminal device, the terminal device comprising:

a conversion data storage section which stores conversion data in which a comment targeted for conversion is associated with a converted comment obtained by converting the targeted comment;

a receiving section which receives as comment information from the comment delivery server a comment and a comment attachment time which represents an elapsed video playback time at the point when the comment is attached;

a determination section which determines whether or not the comment targeted for conversion is included in the comment information received by the receiving section in reference to the conversion data storage section;

a comment conversion section which converts the comment included in the comment information received by the receiving section into the converted comment which corresponds to the comment targeted for conversion in reference to the conversion data storage section when it is determined based on a determination result of the determination section that the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

a comment information storage section which stores the comment information converted by the conversion section; and

an output section which outputs the comment information stored in the comment information storage section in accordance with the comment attachment time included in the comment information so as to be synchronized with the elapsed video playback time of the video data.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the conversion data storage section stores different conversion data for each item of video delivered by the video delivery server.

6. The comment delivery server according to claim 4, wherein, in the conversion data, the converted comment is any one of audio, a static image, video, and a program.

7. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein:

the comment delivery system comprises a contents delivery server which delivers contents;

the terminal device comprises a download section which, when a download request which commands that a download be performed is included in the comment in the comment information stored in the comment information storage section, performs a download from the contents delivery server in accordance with the download request; and

the output section outputs as a comment the contents downloaded by the download section in accordance with the comment attachment time included in the comment information so as to be synchronized with the elapsed video playback time of the video data.

8. The terminal device according to claim 4, wherein, if the download of the contents which correspond to the relevant comment attachment time is not been completed by an elapsed playback time which corresponds to the comment attachment time of the video data, the output section outputs different contents from the contents which is not yet been completely downloaded.

9. A comment delivery method in a comment delivery system comprising a video delivery server which delivers video data, a comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video, and a terminal device, the comment delivery method in the comment delivery server comprising:

receiving as comment information from the terminal device a comment and a comment attachment time which represents an elapsed video playback time at the point when the comment is attached;

in reference to a conversion data storage section which stores conversion data in which a comment targeted for conversion is associated with a converted comment obtained by converting the targeted comment, determining whether or not the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

converting the comment included in the received comment information into the converted comment which corresponds to the comment targeted for conversion in reference to the conversion data storage section when it is determined based on the determination result that the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

storing the converted comment information in a comment information storage section; and

delivering the comment stored in the comment information storage section to the terminal device.

10. A comment output method in a comment delivery system comprising a video delivery server which delivers video data, a comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video, and a terminal device, the comment output method in the terminal device comprising:

receiving as comment information from the comment delivery server a comment and a comment attachment time which represents an elapsed video playback time at the point when the comment is attached;

in reference to a conversion data storage section which stores conversion data in which a comment targeted for conversion is associated with a converted comment obtained by converting the targeted comment, determining whether or not the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

converting the comment included in the received comment information into the converted comment which corresponds to the comment targeted for conversion in reference to the conversion data storage section when it is determined based on the determination result that the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

storing the converted comment information in a comment information storage section; and

outputting the comment information stored in the comment information storage section in accordance with the comment attachment time included in the comment information so as to be synchronized with the elapsed video playback time of the video data.

11. A computer readable recording medium storing a program which causes to be executed on a computer of a comment delivery server of a comment delivery system comprising a video delivery server which delivers video data, the comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video, and a terminal device:

a function of receiving as comment information from the terminal device a comment and a comment attachment time which represents an elapsed video playback time at the point when the comment is attached;

in reference to a conversion data storage section which stores conversion data in which a comment targeted for conversion is associated with a converted comment obtained by converting the targeted comment, a function of determining whether or not the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

a function of converting the comment included in the received comment information into the converted comment which corresponds to the comment targeted for conversion in reference to the conversion data storage section when it is determined based on the determination result that the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

a function of storing the converted comment information in a comment information storage section; and

a function of delivering the comment stored in the comment information storage section to the terminal device.

12. A computer readable recording medium storing a program which causes to be executed on a computer of a terminal device of a comment delivery system comprising a video delivery server which delivers video data, a comment delivery server which delivers comments relating to the video, and the terminal device:

a function of receiving as comment information from the comment delivery server a comment and a comment attachment time which represents an elapsed video playback time at the point when the comment is attached;

in reference to a conversion data storage section which stores conversion data in which a comment targeted for conversion is associated with a converted comment obtained by converting the targeted comment, a function of determining whether or not the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

a function of converting the comment included in the received comment information into the converted comment which corresponds to the comment targeted for conversion in reference to the conversion data storage section when it is determined based on the determination result that the comment targeted for conversion is included in the received comment information;

a function of storing the converted comment information in a comment information storage section; and

a function of outputting the comment information stored in the comment information storage section in accordance with the comment attachment time included in the comment information so as to be synchronized with the elapsed video playback time of the video data.