Video management method and video management system
First Claim
1. A video management method of managing video information which is uploaded to a server by a user belonging to a group including a virtual administrator and a plurality of users and which is viewable by at least one different user belonging to the group via an Internet connection using an information terminal, the video management method comprising:
- associating the video information to be uploaded to the server by the user with user information indicating the user;
storing the video information uploaded via the Internet connection into a storage unit;
authorizing the different user to view the video information stored in the storage unit, the different user belonging to the group to which the user indicated by the user information associated with the video information belongs; and
presenting to the user, at withdrawal of the user from the group, options for a process to be selected by the user, the process to be executed on the video information that the different user belonging to the group is authorized to view, the options for the process including (i) deleting the video information;
(ii) transferring to the different user a right of management of the video information by associating the video information with user information indicating the at least one different user belonging to the group; and
(iii) transferring to the virtual administrator the right of management of the video information by associating the video information with administrator information indicating the virtual administrator of the group.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A video management method includes: associating video information to be uploaded to a moving image distribution server by a user with user information indicating the user; storing the video information uploaded via the Internet into a storage unit; authorizing a different user to view the video information stored in the storage unit; and causing the user to select one process to be executed, at withdrawal of the user from a group, on the video information that the different user belonging to the group is authorized to view, the process being selected from among (i) deleting the video information; (ii) associating the video information with user information indicating the different user belonging to the group; and (iii) associating the video information with administrator information indicating a virtual administrator of the group.
-
Citations
10 Claims
-
1. A video management method of managing video information which is uploaded to a server by a user belonging to a group including a virtual administrator and a plurality of users and which is viewable by at least one different user belonging to the group via an Internet connection using an information terminal, the video management method comprising:
-
associating the video information to be uploaded to the server by the user with user information indicating the user; storing the video information uploaded via the Internet connection into a storage unit; authorizing the different user to view the video information stored in the storage unit, the different user belonging to the group to which the user indicated by the user information associated with the video information belongs; and presenting to the user, at withdrawal of the user from the group, options for a process to be selected by the user, the process to be executed on the video information that the different user belonging to the group is authorized to view, the options for the process including (i) deleting the video information;
(ii) transferring to the different user a right of management of the video information by associating the video information with user information indicating the at least one different user belonging to the group; and
(iii) transferring to the virtual administrator the right of management of the video information by associating the video information with administrator information indicating the virtual administrator of the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
-
-
10. A video management system comprising an information transmitting terminal and a server which are connected to each other via an Internet connection,
the information transmitting terminal uploading, to the server, video information created by a user belonging to a group including a virtual administrator and a plurality of users, the video management system further comprising an association unit configured to associate the video information to be uploaded to the server by the user with user information indicating the user, and the server including: -
a storage unit configured to store the video information uploaded via the Internet connection; an authorization unit configured to authorize at least one different user to view the video information stored in the storage unit, the different user belonging to the group to which the user indicated by the user information associated with the video information belongs; and a selection unit configured to present to the user, at withdrawal of the user from the group, options for a process to be selected by the user, the process to be executed on the video information that the different user belonging to the group is authorized to view, the options for the process including (i) deleting the video information;
(ii) transferring to the different user a right of management of the video information by associating the video information with user information indicating the at least one different user belonging to the group; and
(iii) transferring to the virtual administrator the right of management of the video information by associating the video information with administrator information indicating the virtual administrator of the group.
-
Specification