Communication system and communication method
AssigneeDWANGO Co., Ltd.
InventorAkihiko Koizuka
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Abstract
In a communication system which includes: a comment server that delivers to user terminals comments that are input in response to contents which are played by the user terminals, and comment input times that show the point in time when a comment was input with the contents playing start time used as a reference; and user terminals that are connected to this server, the user terminals play received contents, and also sort the plurality of comments which are delivered to it from the comment server to each one of a plurality of time segments based on the comment input time corresponding to each comment, and also output in synchronization with the contents a predetermined number of comments for each time segment.
Claims12
A communication system comprising:
- a comment server that stores, as comment information, a plurality of comments that are input in response to contents and comment input times indicative of times when the plurality of comments are input in association with each other, and delivers the comment information;
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- user terminals including:
- an output section that displays the contents that are delivered from the contents server and a plurality of the comments that are included in the comment information delivered from the comment server;
- and an output control section that, based on the comment input times of the comments, sorts each of the comments into one of a plurality of time segments created by dividing playing time of the contents, and causes the output section to display the comments whose number is less than or equal to a predetermined number determined for each of the time segments.
A communication method comprising:
- delivering to the user terminal a plurality of comments that are input in response to contents played on a user terminal, as well as comment input times indicative of times when the comments are input;
- sorting each of the comments into one of a plurality of time segments created by dividing playing time of the contents based on the comment input times by the user terminal;
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- playing the contents in the user terminal, and displaying the comments whose number is less than or equal to a predetermined number determined for each of the time segments together with the contents based on their comment input times.
A user terminal comprising:
- a contents receiving section which receives content delivered from outside;
- a comment receiving section which receives a plurality of comments input in response to the content and comment input times indicative of times when the plurality of the comments are input in association with each other;
- an output section which displays the content and the plurality of the comments;
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- an output control section that, based on the comment input times, sorts each of the comments into one of a plurality of time segments created by dividing playing time of the content, and causes the output section to display the comments whose number is less than or equal to a predetermined number determined for each of the time segments.
A method for displaying comments comprising the steps of:
- receiving content delivered from outside by a contents receiving section;
- receiving a plurality of comments input in response to the content and comment input times indicative of times when the plurality of the comments are input in association with each other by a comment receiving section;
- sorting each of the comments into one of a plurality of time segments created by dividing playing time of the content based on the comment input times;
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- causing a display to display the content along with the comments whose number is less than or equal to a predetermined number determined for each of the time segments.
A computer readable media storing a program for making a computer functioning as a user terminal execute the steps of:
- receiving content delivered from outside by a contents receiving section;
- receiving a plurality of comments input in response to the content and comment input times indicative of times when the plurality of the comments are input in association with each other by a comment receiving section;
- sorting each of the comments into one of a plurality of time segments created by dividing playing time of the content based on the comment input times;
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- causing a display to display the content along with the comments whose number is less than or equal to a predetermined number determined for each of the time segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.