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US 11,153,660 B2Granted
Video distribution system distributing video that includes message from viewing user
AssigneeGREE, Inc.
InventorsMasashi Watanabe, Yasunori Kurita
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Abstract
A video distribution system in one embodiment includes a storage that stores a first post message posted by a first user belonging to a first user group and a second post message posted by a second user belonging to a second user group, and one or more computer processors. In the embodiment, the one or more processors execute computer readable instructions to distribute a video that includes a first display area in which the first post message is displayed and a second display area in which the second post message is displayed but the first post message is undisplayed.
Claims27
A video distribution system, comprising:
- a storage storing (i) first post data comprising a first post message posted by a first user belonging to a first user group and first group information indicating that the first user belongs to the first user group, and (ii) second post data comprising a second post message posted by a second user belonging to a second user group and second group information indicating that the second user belongs to the second user group;
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- one or more computer processors, wherein the one or more computer processors, in response to executing computer readable instructions, effectuate operations comprising:
- retrieving the first post data and the second post data from the storage;
- determining, based on the first post data, that the first post message is to be displayed in a first display area of a video, the first display area being for displaying post messages posted by users belonging to the first user group;
- determining, based on the second post data, that the second post message is to be displayed in a second display area of the video, the second display area being for displaying post messages by users belonging to the second user group;
- selecting the first display area for displaying the first post message based on the first user belonging to the first user group;
- selecting the second display area for displaying the second post message based on the second user belonging to the second user group;
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- distributing a video to a plurality of users, the plurality of users comprising the first user and the second user, wherein the video includes:
- the first display area in which the first post message posted by the first user belonging to the first user group is displayed, and
- the second display area in which the second post message posted by the second user belonging to the second user group is displayed and the first post message posted by the first user belonging to the first user group is not displayed, and
- wherein the first display area is distinct from the second display area.
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A method of distributing a video performed by executing computer readable instructions using one or more computer processor, the method comprising:
- storing first post data comprising a first post message posted by a first user belonging to a first user group in storage and first group information indicating that the first user belongs to the first user group;
- storing second post data comprising a second post message posted by a second user belonging to a second user group in the storage and second group information indicating that the second user belongs to the second user group;
- retrieving, from the storage, the first post data and the second post data;
- determining, based on the first post data, that the first post message is to be displayed in a first display area of a video, the first display area being for displaying post messages posted by users belonging to the first user group;
- determining, based on the second post data, that the second post message is to be displayed in a second display area of the video, the second display area being for displaying post messages by users belonging to the second user group;
- selecting the first display area for displaying the first post message based on the first user belonging to the first user group;
- selecting the second display area for displaying the second post message based on the second user belonging to the second user group;
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- distributing a video to a plurality of users, the plurality of users comprising the first user and the second user, wherein the video includes:
- the first display area in which the first post message posted by the first user belonging to the first user group is displayed, and
- the second display area in which the second post message posted by the second user belonging to the second user group is displayed, wherein:
- the first post message posted by the first user belonging to the first user group is not displayed in the second display area, and
- wherein the first display area is distinct from the second display area.
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A computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium comprising a program that, when executed by one or more computer processors, effectuate operations comprising:
- storing first post data comprising a first post message posted by a first user belonging to a first user group in storage and first group information indicating that the first user belongs to the first user group;
- storing second post data comprising a second post message posted by a second user belonging to a second user group in the storage and second group information indicating that the second user belongs to the second user group;
- retrieving the first post data and the second post data from the storage;
- determining, based on the first post data, that the first post message is to be displayed in a first display area of a video, the first display area being for displaying post messages posted by users belonging to the first user group;
- determining, based on the second post data, that the second post message is to be displayed in a second display area of the video, the second display area being for displaying post messages by users belonging to the second user group;
- selecting the first display area for displaying the first post message based on the first user belonging to the first user group;
- selecting the second display area for displaying the second post message based on the second user belonging to the second user group;
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- distributing a video to a plurality of users, the plurality of users comprising the first user and the second user, wherein the video includes:
- the first display area in which the first post message posted by the first user belonging to the first user group is displayed, and
- the second display area in which the second post message posted by the second user belonging to the second user group is displayed, wherein:
- the first post message posted by the first user belonging to the first user group is not displayed in the second display area, and
- wherein the first display area is distinct from the second display area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.