US 11,956,504 B2
Content distribution server, content distribution system, content distribution method, and program
Nobuo Kawakami, Tokyo (JP); Kentarou Matsui, Hokkaido (JP); Shinnosuke Iwaki, Tokyo (JP); Takashi Kojima, Tokyo (JP); and Naoki Yamaguchi, Hokkaido (JP)
Assigned to DWANGO CO., LTD., (JP)
Filed by DWANGO Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,769.
Application 17/860,769 is a continuation of application No. 17/257,551, granted, now 11,425,461, previously published as PCT/JP2019/028801, filed on Jul. 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-162619 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353575 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04L 65/612 (2022.01); H04L 65/75 (2022.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4542 (2013.01) [H04L 65/612 (2022.05); H04L 65/75 (2022.05); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/258 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A content distribution server configured to:
distribute live content for synthesizing video in virtual space with information on a distributor as information on a virtual character;
receive a disclosure restriction setting from a distributor terminal configured to be used by the distributor for restricting a virtual object present in the virtual space displayed on a distributor terminal from being displayed on a viewer terminal configured to be used by a viewer for viewing the live content; and
receive a setting for setting aside an area in the virtual space displayed on the distributor terminal as a private area that is not displayed on a viewer terminal, and establish a public restriction setting for the virtual object via the private area,
wherein the content distribution server is configured to receive the virtual object in the virtual space from the distributor terminal and transmit the virtual object to the viewer terminal, and
wherein the content distribution server is further configured to output different audio from the distributor terminal and the viewer terminal based on the disclosure restriction setting,
wherein the virtual object subject to the disclosure restriction setting is a hidden object indicating a script, a timekeeper, a camera, or a position of a camera.