US 12,137,274 B2
Video distribution system distributing video that includes message from viewing user
Masashi Watanabe, Tokyo (JP); and Yasunori Kurita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to GREE, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Gree, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/474,982.
Application 17/474,982 is a continuation of application No. 16/406,494, filed on May 8, 2019, granted, now 11,190,848.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-089628 (JP), filed on May 8, 2018; application No. 2018-152708 (JP), filed on Aug. 14, 2018; application No. 2018-206760 (JP), filed on Nov. 1, 2018; and application No. 2019-045554 (JP), filed on Mar. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0409827 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4784 (2011.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4784 (2013.01) [G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06V 40/23 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/4882 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video distribution system, comprising:
a storage storing a first post message and a second post message, the first post message being posted by a first viewing user classified into a first user group in accordance with an adjustable classification criterion, the second post message being posted by a second viewing user classified into a second user group in accordance with the classification criterion; and
one or more computer processors,
wherein the one or more computer processors execute computer-readable instructions to:
select a first display area for displaying the first post message based on the first viewing user belonging to the first user group;
select a second display area for displaying the second post message based on the second viewing user belonging to the second user group; and
distribute a video that includes:
the first display area in which the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is displayed; and
the second display area in which the second post message posted by the second viewing user belonging to the second user group is displayed and the first post message posted by the first viewing user belonging to the first user group is not displayed,
wherein the first display area is distinct from the second display area, and
wherein the one or more computer processors adjust the classification criterion when a difference between a number of the second viewing users belonging to the second user group and a number of the first viewing users belonging to the first user group is smaller than a predetermined value.