Message video delivery apparatus, message video delivery method, and message video delivery program

A message video delivery apparatus communicable with a submitter terminal held by a submitter and a purchaser terminal held by a purchaser through a network,

• the message video delivery apparatus being a server included in a computer system in which the submitter submits a self-shot video with voice as a product and the purchaser purchases the product, the server being configured to deliver, to the purchaser, a self-shot video responding to a request from the purchaser, the apparatus comprising:
• a submission data storage unit configured to store submission data including, in a manner associated with one another, the submission ID for uniquely identifying a product submitted by the submitter, a submitter user ID for uniquely identifying the submitter of the product, and product information including at least a description of the submitted product, a sales period and a sales quantity of the product, and a record time of a video;
• a purchase data storage unit configured to store purchase data including, in a manner associated with one another, a purchase ID for uniquely identifying a purchase of a product by the purchaser, a submission ID of the purchased product, a purchaser user ID for uniquely identifying the purchaser of the product, and request information including a request for voice and an image to be self-shot by the submitter for the purchased product;
• a video data storage unit configured to store video data including, in a manner associated with each other, the purchase ID and a message video that is a self-shot video shot by the submitter;
• a product information receiver configured to receive, from the submitter terminal, the product information input by the submitter;
• a submission data entry unit configured to create the submission data based on the product information received by the product information receiver and the submitter user ID of the submitter that has input the product information, and enter the created submission data into the submission data storage unit;
• a first search request receiver configured to receive a first search request associated with the product information from the purchaser terminal;
• a product information sender configured to retrieve submission data associated with the first search request received by the first search request receiver from the submission data entered in the submission data storage unit, and send the product information included in the retrieved submission data to the purchaser terminal that has sent the first search request;
• a purchase instruction receiver configured to receive a purchase instruction for the product input by the purchaser from the purchaser terminal displaying the product information sent from the product information sender;
• a request information receiver configured to receive, from the purchaser terminal that has sent the purchase instruction, the request information including a request for voice and an image to be self-shot for the purchased product;
• a purchase data entry unit configured to create the purchase data based on the request information received by the request information receiver, the submission ID of the purchased product, and the purchaser user ID, and enter the created purchase data into the purchase data storage unit;
• a second search request receiver configured to receive a second search request associated with the purchase data from the submitter terminal;
• a request information sender configured to retrieve purchase data associated with the second search request received by the second search request receiver from the purchase data entered in the purchase data storage unit, and send the request information included in the retrieved purchase data to the submitter terminal;
• a self-shot video receiver configured to receive, from the submitter terminal displaying the request information sent from the request information sender, a self-shot video with voice shot based on the displayed request information;
• a video data entry unit configured to create the video data based on the self-shot video with voice received by the self-shot video receiver and the purchase ID in the purchase data retrieved by the request information sender, and enter the created video data into the video data storage unit;
• an output request receiver configured to receive an output request for the video data from the purchaser terminal;
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• a self-shot video sender configured to retrieve video data associated with the output request received by the output request receiver from the video data entered in the video data storage unit, and send the self-shot video with voice included in the retrieved video data to the purchaser terminal that has sent the output request.

A message video delivery method used in a computer system in which a submitter submits a self-shot video with voice as a product and a purchaser purchases the product, the computer system including a submitter terminal held by the submitter, a purchaser terminal held by the purchaser, and a server communicable with the submitter terminal and the purchaser terminal through a communication network, the server being configured to deliver, to the purchaser, a self-shot video with voice responding to a request from the purchaser, the method comprising:

• receiving product information including at least a description of a submitted product, a sales period and a sales quantity of the product, and a record time of a video from the submitter terminal;
• sending the received product information to the purchaser terminal;
• receiving, from the purchaser terminal displaying the sent product information, a purchase instruction for a product displayed on the purchaser terminal;
• receiving, from the purchaser terminal that has sent the purchase instruction, request information including a request for voice and an image to be self-shot for the purchased product;
• sending the received request information to the submitter terminal held by the submitter that has submitted the purchased product;
• receiving, from the submitter terminal displaying the sent request information, a self-shot video with voice shot based on the displayed request information;
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• sending the received self-shot video with voice to the purchaser terminal that has sent the purchase instruction.

A message video delivery program for delivering, to a purchaser, a self-shot video with voice responding to a request from the purchaser in a computer system in which a submitter submits a self-shot video with voice as a product and the purchaser purchases the product, the computer system including a submitter terminal held by the submitter, a purchaser terminal held by the purchaser, and a server communicable with the submitter terminal and the purchaser terminal through a communication network, the program causing the server to implement:

• receiving product information including at least a description of a submitted product, a sales period and a sales quantity of the product, and a record time of a video from the submitter terminal;
• sending the received product information to the purchaser terminal;
• receiving, from the purchaser terminal displaying the sent product information, a purchase instruction for a product displayed on the purchaser terminal;
• receiving, from the purchaser terminal that has sent the purchase instruction, request information including a request for voice and an image to be self-shot for the purchased product;
• sending the received request information to the submitter terminal held by the submitter that has submitted the purchased product;
• receiving, from the submitter terminal displaying the sent request information, a self-shot video with voice shot based on the displayed request information;
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• sending the received self-shot video with voice to the purchaser terminal that has sent the purchase instruction.