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.
Claims11
A video distribution system, comprising:
- a storage storing a first post message and a second post message, the first post message being posted by a first viewing user classified into a first user group in accordance with an adjustable classification criterion, the second post message being posted by a second viewing user classified into a second user group in accordance with the classification criterion;
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- one or more computer processors,
- wherein the one or more computer processors execute computer-readable instructions to:
- select a first display area for displaying the first post message based on the first viewing user belonging to the first user group, the first display area not to display messages posted by users of the second user group;
- select a second display area for displaying the second post message based on the second viewing user belonging to the second user group;
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- distribute a video that includes:
- the first display area in which the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is displayed;
- and
- the second display area in which the second post message posted by the second viewing user belonging to the second user group is displayed and the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is not displayed,
- wherein the first display area is distinct from the second display area.
A video distribution method for distributing a video performed by one or more computer processors executing computer readable instructions, the video distribution method comprising:
- storing a first post message posted by a first viewing user classified into a first user group in accordance with an adjustable classification criterion;
- storing a second post message posted by a second viewing user classified into a second user group in accordance with the classification criterion;
- selecting a first display area for displaying the first post message based on the first user belonging to the first user group, the first display area not to display messages posted by users of the second user group;
- selecting a 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 that includes:
- the first display area in which the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is displayed and the second post message posted by the second viewing user belonging to the second user group is not displayed;
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- the second display area in which the second post message posted by the second viewing user belonging to the second user group is displayed and the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is not displayed, the first display area being distinct from the second display area.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for distributing a video executed by one or more computer processors, wherein the program causes the one or more computer processors to:
- store a first post message posted by a first viewing user classified into a first user group in accordance with an adjustable classification criterion;
- store a second post message posted by a second viewing user classified into a second user group in accordance with the classification criterion;
- select a first display area for displaying the first post message based on the first viewing user belonging to the first user group, the first display area not to display messages posted by users of the second user group;
- select a second display area for displaying the second post message based on the second viewing user belonging to the second user group;
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- distribute the video that includes:
- the first display area in which the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is displayed and the second post message posted by the second viewing user belonging to the second user group is not displayed;
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- the second display area in which the second post message posted by the second viewing user belonging to the second user group is displayed and the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is not displayed, the first display area being distinct from the second display area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.