US 12,407,886 B2
Video distribution apparatus, video distribution method, and video distribution program
Shinpei Kameoka, Kanagawa (JP); Masaomi Nishidate, Tokyo (JP); Norihiro Nagai, Kanagawa (JP); Norihiro Takahashi, Tokyo (JP); and Kae Nagano, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/572,790
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP); and Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/024851
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/276076, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 5, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0340482 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/25891 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4755 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video distribution apparatus for distributing a video to a viewer, the video distribution apparatus comprising:
circuitry configured to:
acquire a plurality of viewer attribute information which indicate respective attributes of the viewer of a viewer who has made access to the video distribution apparatus;
specify, as common attribute information, the viewer attribute information that has a point in common with distributor attribute information which indicates an attribute of a distributor of the video, from among the plurality of viewer attribute information items;
determine a degree of interest of the viewer and a degree of interest of the distributor in an attribute indicated by the viewer attribute information specified as the common attribute information;
specify at least one of the plurality of viewer attribute information items corresponding to the plurality of comment information items associated with the predetermined scene, based on the degree of interest of the viewer and the degree of interest of the distributor determined for each of the viewer attribute information items;
select at least one of a plurality of comment information items stored in association with a predetermined scene included in the video, based on the specified viewer attribute information; and
output, together with the predetermined scene included in the video, a comment based on the comment information item selected.