Comment distribution system, and a method and a program for operating the comment distribution system

• US 9,606,991 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2012
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dwango Co., Ltd. (Kadokawa Dwango Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Dwango Co., Ltd. (Kadokawa Dwango Corp.)
• Inventors: Hoshi, Hajime, Miyazaki, Kenchi, Sano, Masaki, Koizuka, Akihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Trujillo, James
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morris, John J
• Application Number:
  US13/668,727
• Publication Number:
  US 20130318099A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,604 Days
• Field of Search: 707/748, 707/752, 707/728, 707/770, 707/999.107, 709/203, 386/230
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7867 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, title and artist information, manually generated time, location and usage information, user ratings
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/488 Data services, e.g. news ticker systems specially adapted for using meteorological information in broadcast systems H04H60/71
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73

Abstract

In the conventional technology, a flag, which is for processing non-display of a certain comment according to existence or number of counts of deletion requests, is given to the comment in server side and distributed to the respective terminals. Therefore, there is a deficiency that comments with flags are not displayed in all users'"'"' terminals without exception. In order to solve the above deficiency, the present invention provides a comment distribution system, where a score is given to a comment to be distributed, the score is reduced in the distribution server according to registrations of inappropriate word from users as viewers, and a threshold is given with respect to each reproduction terminal and the score and the threshold are compared, thereby determining whether the comment is reproduced.

Claims

1. A comment distribution system, that is configured to execute processes by a processor and that distributes video information and comment information associated with the video information to a plurality of reproduction terminals used by a plurality of users, respectively, the comment information including an initial comment score, the system comprising:

an inappropriate word registration unit configured to register the comment information as an inappropriate word when one of the plurality of users designates the comment information as the inappropriate word;

a calculation unit configured to calculate a new first comment score for a first comment that is obtained by changing the initial comment score for the first comment based on a number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information for the first comment as the inappropriate word;

a comment information distribution unit configured to distribute the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on a threshold value of the new first comment score set by each of the plurality of users, the threshold value being stored in each of the plurality of reproduction terminals, wherein

each of the plurality of reproduction terminals has the determination unit,

the threshold value, which is stored in one of the plurality of reproduction terminals, is changed to a different threshold value by one of the plurality of users, who uses the one of the plurality of reproduction terminals,

the plurality of users has a first user, the first comment is made by the first user at a first predetermined time, and a second comment is made by the first user at a second predetermined time,

when a difference between the first and second predetermined times is within a predetermined period, the calculation unit is configured to calculate a new second comment score for the second comment that is obtained by changing the initial comment score for the second comment based on the number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information for the first comment as the inappropriate word,

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is within the predetermined period, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the comment information associated with the new second comment score for the second comment is reproductive by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value, and

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is in an outside of the predetermined period, the calculation unit is configured to maintain the initial score of the second comment so that the determination unit is configured to determine whether the comment information associated with the initial comment score for the second comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value.

2. The comment distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a comment entry reception unit configured to receive the comment information entered by the plurality of users via the plurality of reproduction terminals;

a user score storage configured to store a user ID of each of the plurality of users, an initial user score being associated with each of the user IDs;

a score addition unit configured to add the initial user score to the comment information received by the comment entry reception unit; and

a user score calculation unit configured to calculate a new first user score for the first user that is obtained by changing the initial user score for the first user based on the number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information associated with the user ID for the first user as the inappropriate word.

3. The comment distribution system according to claim 2,

wherein the user score storage is configured to store the user ID and the new first user score, and the new first user score corresponds to each of the video information,

wherein the inappropriate word registration unit is configured to acquire the user ID who enters the comment information associated with the inappropriate word corresponding to each of the video information, and

wherein the user score calculation unit is configured to calculate the new first user score corresponding to each of the video information.

4. The comment distribution system according to claim 2, further comprising:

a counting unit configured to count a number of the comment information received by the comment entry reception unit with respect to each of the plurality of users; and

a user score recovery unit configured to change the initial user score stored in the user score storage according to the number of the comment information with respect to the each of the plurality of users.

5. The comment distribution system according to claim 2, wherein

the user score calculation unit is configures to calculate a new second user score for a second user that is obtained by changing the initial user score for the second user when the comment information entered by the second user contains the comment information including the inappropriate word entered by the first user.

6. The comment distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an inappropriate user ID acquisition unit configured to acquire a user ID of each of the plurality of users who enters the comment information including the inappropriate word designated by the inappropriate word registration unit as an inappropriate user ID;

a user classification storage configured to store the inappropriate user ID and a user classification identified by the inappropriate user ID; and

a user classification acquisition unit configured to acquire the stored user classification of the inappropriate user ID associated with the inappropriate word,

wherein the calculation unit is configured to calculate the new first comment score associated with the inappropriate user ID that is obtained by changing the initial comment score based on the acquired user classification.

7. The comment distribution system according to claim 1, wherein

the video information has attribute information thereof, and the attribute information is one of a category, a producer, a cast, a production year, a production location, and a viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the threshold value is changed to the different threshold value by the one of the plurality of users depending on the attribute information.

8. The comment distribution system according to claim 7, wherein

the threshold value has a plurality of threshold values, and each of the plurality of threshold values corresponds to each of the attribute information including the category, the producer, the cast, the production year, the production location, and the viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the determination unit is configured to obtain one of the plurality of threshold values corresponding to one of the attribute information of the video information which the one of the plurality of users watches.

9. A comment distribution system, that is configured to execute processes by a processor and that distributes video information and comment information associated with the video information to a plurality of reproduction terminals used by a plurality of users, respectively, the comment information including an initial comment score, each of the plurality of users having a user ID, the system comprising:

an inappropriate comment user registration unit configured to register the user ID of a first user of the plurality of users who makes the comment information including a first comment as an inappropriate comment user ID when a second user of the plurality of users designates the comment information including the first comment made by the first user as an inappropriate word;

a calculation unit configured to calculate a new first comment score for the first comment that is obtained by changing the initial comment score for the first comment based on a number of the inappropriate comment user ID;

a comment information distribution unit configured to distribute the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment; and

a determination unit configured to determine whether the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on a threshold value of the new first comment score set by each of the plurality of users, the threshold value being stored in each of the plurality of reproduction terminals, wherein

each of the plurality of reproduction terminals has the determination unit,

the threshold value, which is stored in one of the plurality of reproduction terminals, is changed to a different threshold value by one of the plurality of users, who uses the one of the plurality of reproduction terminals,

the first comment is made at a first predetermined time, and a second comment is made by the first user at a second predetermined time,

when a difference between the first and second predetermined times is within a predetermined period, the calculation unit is configured to calculate a new second comment score for the second comment that is obtained by changing the initial comment score for the second comment based on the number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information for the first comment as the inappropriate word,

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is within the predetermined period, the determination unit is configured to determine whether the comment information associated with the new second comment score for the second comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value, and

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is in an outside of the predetermined period, the calculation unit is configured to maintain the initial score of the second comment so that the determination unit is configured to determine whether the comment information associated with the initial comment score for the second comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value.

10. The comment distribution system according to claim 9, comprising:

a comment entry reception unit configured to receive the comment information entered by the plurality of users via the plurality of reproduction terminals;

a user score storage configured to store the user ID of each of the plurality of users and an initial user score associated with each of the user IDs;

a score addition unit configured to add the initial user score to the comment information received by the comment entry reception unit; and

a user score calculation unit configured to calculate a new first user score for the first user that is obtained by changing the initial user score for the first user based on the number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information associated with the user ID for the first user as the inappropriate word.

11. The comment distribution system according to claim 10,

wherein the user score storage is configured to store the user ID and new user scores for the plurality of users, and the new user scores correspond to each of the video information,

wherein the inappropriate comment user registration unit is configured to acquire the user ID who enters the comment information associated with the inappropriate word corresponding to each of the video information, and

wherein the user score calculation unit is configured to calculate the new user scores corresponding to each of the video information.

12. The comment distribution system according to claim 10, further comprising:

a counting unit configured to count a number of the comment information received by the comment entry reception unit with respect to each of the plurality of users; and

a user score recovery unit configured to change the initial user score stored in the user score storage according to the number of the comment information with respect to the each of the plurality of users.

13. The comment distribution system according to claim 10, further comprising:

an inappropriate word registration unit configured to register the comment information as the inappropriate word when one of the plurality of users designates the comment information as the inappropriate word; and

wherein

the user score calculation unit is configures to calculate a new second user score for the second user that is obtained by changing the initial user score for the second user when the comment information entered by the second user contains the comment information including the inappropriate word entered by the first user.

14. The comment distribution system according to claim 10, wherein

the user score calculation unit is configured to calculate a new second user score for the second user that is obtained by changing the initial user score for the second user when a third comment is entered by the second user the predetermined period.

15. The comment distribution system according to claim 9, further comprising:

an inappropriate user ID acquisition unit configured to acquire the user ID of each of the plurality of users who enters the comment information including the inappropriate word designated by the inappropriate comment user registration unit as an inappropriate user ID;

a user classification storage configured to store the inappropriate user ID and a user classification identified by the inappropriate user ID; and

a user classification acquisition unit configured to acquire the stored user classification of the inappropriate user ID associated with the inappropriate word,

wherein the calculation unit is configured to calculate the comment new score associated with the inappropriate user ID that is obtained by changing the initial comment score based on the acquired user classification.

16. The comment distribution system according to claim 9, wherein

the video information has attribute information thereof, and the attribute information is one of a category, a producer, a cast, a production year, a production location, and a viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the threshold value is changed to the different threshold value by the one of the plurality of users depending on the attribute information.

17. The comment distribution system according to claim 16, wherein

the threshold value has a plurality of threshold values, and each of the plurality of threshold values corresponds to each of the attribute information including the category, the producer, the cast, the production year, the production location, and the viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the determination unit is configured to obtain one of the plurality of threshold values corresponding to one of the attribute information of the video information which the one of the plurality of users watches.

18. A method for operating a comment distribution system, the method distributing video information and comment information associated with the video information to a plurality of reproduction terminals used by a plurality of users, respectively, the comment information including an initial comment score, the method causing a computer to execute a process, the method comprising:

registering the comment information as an inappropriate word when one of the plurality of users designates the comment information as the inappropriate word;

calculating a new first comment score for a first comment that is obtained by changing the initial comment score for the first comment based on a number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information for the first comment as the inappropriate word;

distributing the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment; and

determining whether the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on a threshold value of the new first comment score set by each of the plurality of users, the threshold value being stored in each of the plurality of reproduction terminals, wherein

the determining is performed in each of the plurality of reproduction terminals,

the threshold value, which is stored in one of the plurality of reproduction terminals, is changed to a different threshold value by one of the plurality of users, who uses the one of the plurality of reproduction terminals,

the plurality of users has a first user, the first comment is made by the first user at a first predetermined time, and a second comment is made by the first user at a second predetermined time,

when a difference between the first and second predetermined times is within a predetermined period, a new second comment score for the second comment is calculated by chancing the initial comment score for the second comment based on the number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information for the first comment as the inappropriate word,

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is within the predetermined period, it is determined whether the comment information associated with the new second comment score for the second comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value, and

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is in an outside of the predetermined period, the initial score of the second comment is maintained so that it is determined whether the comment information associated with the initial comment score for the second comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value.

19. The method for operating a comment distribution system according to claim 18, wherein

the video information has attribute information thereof, and the attribute information is one of a category, a producer, a cast, a production year, a production location, and a viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the threshold value is changed to the different threshold value by the one of the plurality of users depending on the attribute information.

20. The method for operating a comment distribution system according to claim 19, wherein

the threshold value has a plurality of threshold values, and each of the plurality of threshold values corresponds to each of the attribute information including the category, the producer, the cast, the production year, the production location, and the viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the determining obtains one of the plurality of threshold values corresponding to one of the attribute information of the video information which the one of the plurality of users watches.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a process of operating a comment distribution system that distributes video information and comment information associated with the video information to a plurality of reproduction terminals used by a plurality of users, respectively, the comment information including an initial comment score, that when execution on a processor, perform the step of:

registering the comment information as an inappropriate word when one of the plurality of users designates the comment information as the inappropriate word;

calculating a new first comment score for the first comment that is obtained by changing the initial comment score for the first comment based on a number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information far the first comment as the inappropriate word;

distributing the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment; and

determining whether the comment information associated with the new first comment score for the first comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on a threshold value of the new first comment score set by each of the plurality of users, the threshold value being stored in each of the plurality of reproduction terminals, wherein

the determining is executed in each of the plurality of reproduction terminals,

the threshold value, which is stored in one of the plurality of reproduction terminals, is changed to a different threshold value by one of the plurality of users, who uses the one of the plurality of reproduction terminals,

the plurality of users has a first user, the first comment is made by the first user at a first predetermined time, and a second comment is made by the first user at a second predetermined time,

when a difference between the first and second predetermined times is within a predetermined period, a new second comment score for the second comment is calculated by changing the initial comment score for the second comment based on the number of the plurality of users who designate the comment information for the first comment as the inappropriate word,

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is within the predetermined period, it is determined whether the comment information associated with the new second comment score for the second comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value, and

when the difference between the first and second predetermined times is in an outside of the predetermined period, the initial score of the second comment is maintained so that it is determined whether the comment information associated with the initial comment score for the second comment is reproduced by each of the plurality of reproduction terminals based on the threshold value.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 21, wherein

the video information has attribute information thereof, and the attribute information is one of a category, a producer, a cast, a production year, a production location, and a viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the threshold value is changed to the different threshold value by the one of the plurality of users depending on the attribute information.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 22, wherein

the threshold value has a plurality of threshold values, and each of the plurality of threshold values corresponds to each of the attribute information including the category, the producer, the cast, the production year, the production location, and the viewer age limitation of the video information, and

the determining obtains one of the plurality of threshold values corresponding to one of the attribute information of the video information which the one of the plurality of users watches.