Audio-visual terminal, viewing authentication system and control program

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

a reproducing part for reproducing the audio-visual program;

a motion instructing part for instructing, based on motion instruction information unique to the audio-visual program 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, the viewer to make the motion;

a motion sensor for detecting a response motion of the viewer made by the viewer for transmission to a viewing authenticating principal, which authenticates that the viewer is normally viewing the audio-visual program, every time the motion is instructed by the motion instructing part;

a sending part for sending information output from the audio-visual terminal to a viewing authentication system of the viewing authenticating principal, for obtaining viewing authentication;

a coding part for coding information about the response motion of the viewer obtained from a detection result detected by the motion sensor into a signal sendable by the sending part;

a response motion recording part for recording detection results detected by the motion sensor as a response motion history;

a response motion comparing part for comparing the detection result detected last by the motion sensor and detection results except the detection result detected last by the motion sensor in the response motion history recorded by the response motion recording part; and

a viewer authenticating part for outputting a viewer authentication which authenticates the viewer as the correct viewer to whom the program provider of the audio-visual program is supposed to provide the audio-visual program when the detection result detected last by the motion sensor is determined to agree with the other detection results included in the response motion history in light of predetermined criteria based on a result of comparison by the response motion comparing part.

2. The audio-visual terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the coding part has a motion authenticating part for outputting a motion authentication which determines the response motion of the viewer to be a valid response motion when the response motion of the viewer detected by the motion sensor and the motion instructed to the viewer by the motion instructing part are determined to agree with each other in light of predetermined criteria.

3. The audio-visual terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the coding part has at least one authenticating part selected from a group consisting of:

a motion authenticating part for outputting a motion authentication which determines the response motion of the viewer to be a valid response motion when the response motion of the viewer detected by the motion sensor and the motion instructed to the viewer by the motion instructing part are determined to agree with each other in light of predetermined criteria;

a response authenticating part for outputting a viewing authentication based on a motion response rate when a motion response rate comparing a total number of pieces of the motion instruction information and a total number of detections of the response motion of the viewer detected by the motion sensor satisfies predetermined criteria; and

a time authenticating part for outputting a time authentication based on a period of time taken by the viewer to respond when the period of time taken by the viewer to respond from the time when the motion instructing part instructed the viewer to make the motion, which is output from a clock of the audio-visual terminal for outputting the times when the audio-visual terminal performs a control operation, to the time when the response motion of the viewer was detected by the motion sensor, which is output from the clock, satisfies predetermined criteria, and comprising the clock; and

wherein the coding part is configured to output information about the response motion of the viewer based on an authentication result output from the authenticating part and code the information about the response motion of the viewer.

4. The audio-visual terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the motion instructing part is configured to instruct, based on touch instruction information unique to the audio-visual program with which the audio-visual program provider that provides the audio-visual program requests the viewer to make a predetermined touch at times unique to the audio-visual program, the viewer to make the touch; and

comprising a touch screen detecting part for detecting a touch on the audio-visual terminal made by the viewer for transmission to the viewing authenticating principal every time the touch is instructed by the motion instructing part; and

wherein the coding part is configured to code information about the touch of the viewer obtained from a detection result detected by the touch screen detecting part into a signal sendable by the sending part.

5. The audio-visual terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the sending part is configured to carry out the sending while the viewer is viewing the audio-visual program.

6. The audio-visual terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the sending part is configured to carry out the sending after the viewer has reproduced the audio-visual program.

7. A control program for controlling an audio-visual terminal operated by a viewer of an audio-visual program, the control program is configured to execute the steps of:

reproducing the audio-visual program;

instructing, based on motion instruction information unique to the audio-visual program 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, the viewer to make the motion;

detecting a response motion of the viewer made by the viewer for transmission to a viewing authenticating principal, which authenticates that the viewer is normally viewing the audio-visual program, every time the motion is instructed, using a motion sensor;

cording information about the response motion of the viewer obtained from a detection result detected by the motion sensor into a signal sendable;

sending information output from the audio-visual terminal to a viewing authentication system of the viewing authenticating principal, for obtaining a viewing authentication;

recording detection results detected by the motion sensor as a response motion history;

comparing the detection result detected last by the motion sensor and detection results except the detection result detected last by the motion sensor in the response motion history recorded; and

outputting a viewer authentication which authenticates the viewer as the correct viewer to whom the program provider of the audio-visual program is supposed to provide the audio-visual program when the detection result detected last by the motion sensor is determined to agree with the other detection results included in the response motion history in light of predetermined criteria based on a result of the comparing.