Audio-visual terminal, viewing authentication system and control program

A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, perform the steps of:

• sending an audio-visual program to an audio-visual terminal operated by the viewer in response to a request from the viewer;
• creating motion instruction information unique to an audio-visual program which consists of information with which a program provider that provides the audio-visual program requests the viewer to make a predetermined motion at times unique to the audio-visual program;
• sending the motion instruction information to the audio-visual terminal operated by the viewer;
• receiving information about a response motion of the viewer which is obtained from a detection result detected by a motion sensor of the audio-visual terminal and which is output from the audio-visual terminal operated by the viewer and sent back to transmit the fact that the viewer is normally viewing the audio-visual program;
• processing the received information about a response motion of the viewer into information for use in authenticating that the viewer has viewed the audio-visual program;
• analyzing the received information about a response motion of the viewer to specify the response motion of the viewer;
• and
• recording the information for use in authenticating that the viewer has viewed the audio-visual program output from the viewing authentication system to authenticate that the viewer has viewed the audio-visual program.

An audio-visual terminal operated by a viewer of an audio-visual program, the audio-visual terminal comprising:

• a microprocessing unit, the microprocessing unit configured to:
• reproduce the audio-visual program;
• detect in the audio-visual program reproduced as a result of a reproduction operation by the viewer, reproduction authentication points as signals provided in the audio-visual program at predetermined time intervals by a program provider that provides the audio-visual program;
• cause a clock for outputting the times when the reproduction authentication points were detected;
• and sent for transmission to a viewing authenticating principal, which authenticates that the viewer is normally viewing the audio-visual program, the detected reproduction authentication points and the times when the reproduction authentication points were detected to a viewing authentication system of the viewing authenticating principal.

A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, perform the steps of:

• reproducing and presenting an audio-visual program according to an operation of the viewer on the audio-visual terminal;
• detecting, in the audio-visual program reproduced as a result of a reproduction operation by the viewer, reproduction authentication points as signals provided in the audio-visual program at predetermined time intervals by a program provider that provides the audio-visual program;
• outputting the times when the reproduction authentication points were detected;
• and
• sending, for transmission to a viewing authenticating principal, which authenticates that the viewer is normally viewing the audio-visual program, the detected reproduction authentication points and the times when the reproduction authentication points were detected to a viewing authentication system of the viewing authenticating principal.

A viewing authentication system for authenticating that a viewer of an audio-visual program is normally viewing the audio-visual program, the viewing authentication system comprising:

• a microprocessing unit, the microprocessing unit configured to:
• provide reproduction authentication points as signals for defining the program running time of the audio-visual program in the audio-visual program at predetermined time intervals;
• send the audio-visual program to an audio-visual terminal operated by the viewer in response to a request from the viewer;
• receive the reproduction authentication points as signals provided in the audio-visual program at predetermined time intervals by a program provider that provides the audio-visual program and detected when the viewer reproduces the audio-visual program with the audio-visual terminal;
• cause a clock for outputting the times when the reproduction authentication points were received by the receiving part;
• and
• record the reproduction authentication points and the times when the reproduction authentication points were received, for authentication of the viewing.

A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, perform the steps of:

• providing reproduction authentication points as signals for defining a program running time of an audio-visual program in the audio-visual program at predetermined time intervals;
• sending the audio-visual program to an audio-visual terminal operated by the viewer in response to a request from the audio-visual terminal;
• receiving the reproduction authentication points as signals provided in the audio-visual program at predetermined time intervals by a program provider that provides the audio-visual program and detected when the viewer reproduces the audio-visual program with the audio-visual terminal, from the audio-visual terminal operated by the viewer;
• outputting the times when the reproduction authentication points were received;
• and
• recording the reproduction authentication points and the times when the reproduction authentication points were received, for authentication of the viewing.