US 12,081,823 B2
Comment distribution system, comment distribution server, terminal, comment distribution method, and program
Satoshi Yokohata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to DWANGO CO., LTD., (JP)
Appl. No. 18/012,646
Filed by DWANGO Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/026480
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/024765, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-127116 (JP), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254528 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4316 (2013.01) [H04N 21/235 (2013.01); H04N 21/8146 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A comment distribution system, comprising:
a video distribution server configured to distribute a video;
a comment distribution server configured to distribute comments input regarding the video; and
a terminal configured to display the video and comments received,
wherein the comment distribution server includes:
a receiving part configured to receive the comments;
a classifying part configured to classify the comments into first comments that are displayed on both the video display area and a comment field outside the video display area and second comments displayed only in the comment field,
wherein display of the first comments may be thinned based on classification criteria; and
a distributing part configured to distribute the first comments and the second comments; and
wherein the terminal includes:
a video display part configured to display the received video;
a comment receiving part configured to receive the first comments and the second comments; and
a comment display part configured to display the first comments in both the video display area and the comment field outside the video display area and displaying the second comments only in the comment field.