Server, method, and computer-readable storage medium storing a program for providing video chat
A setup that allows special communication between the user and the specific user is provided. The server in an embodiment includes an information storage unit, an event reservation management unit, a virtual space management unit, and a video chat control unit. The virtual space management unit causes a standby screen to be displayed, the standby screen being a screen for standing by for the video chat with the specific user and including user information of a plurality of users standing by for the video chat. The video chat control unit specifies, in accordance with a predetermined rule, one user from the plurality of users standing by for video chat, and causes the communication for video chat to be performed between the terminal of the specified user and the terminal of the specific user.
1. A server for providing, to a user, a video chat with a specific user, comprising:
one or more computer processors, wherein the one or more computer processors execute readable instructions to perform:
causing, in response to a request from the user, a standby screen to be displayed on a terminal of the user, the standby screen being a screen for standing by for the video chat with the specific user and including user information of a plurality of users standing by for the video chat with the specific user; and
specifying, in accordance with a predetermined rule, one user from the plurality of users standing by, and causing communication for the video chat to be performed between a terminal of the specified user and a terminal of the one user from the plurality of users,
wherein causing the communication for the video chat to be performed includes causing the communication for the video chat to be performed within a video chat duration set based on a number of used items of reservation information necessary for a reservation for the video chat and specified by the user in making the reservation.
2. The server of claim 1 , further comprising a storage configured to store at least participant information specifying a plurality of users capable of participating in the video chat with the specific user,
wherein causing the standby screen to be displayed includes causing the standby screen to be displayed on a terminal of a user specified as being capable of participating in the video chat with the specific user based on the participant information.
3. The server of claim 2 , wherein the one or more computer processors further perform: causing, in response to a request from the user, a reservation screen for making a reservation for the video chat with the specific user to be displayed on the terminal of the user; and receiving the reservation made on the reservation screen by the user and updating the participant information such that the user is specified as being capable of participating in the video chat.
4. The server of claim 3 , further comprising a storage configured to store, in association with the specific user, the reservation information necessary for making a reservation for the video chat with the specific user,
wherein the reservation screen is configured such that the user inputs the reservation information to make a reservation for the video chat with the specific user associated with the reservation information inputted by the user.
5. The server of claim 4 , wherein the reservation screen is configured such that the user specifies a number of used items of the reservation information to make a reservation for the video chat with the specific user, and
updating the participant information includes setting a video chat duration based on the number of used items of the reservation information specified in the received reservation.
6. The server of claim 1 , wherein the standby screen is configured such that text chat can be performed between the plurality of users standing by.
7. The server of claim 1 , further comprising: a storage configured to store at least order information capable of specifying order of the plurality of users standing by for the video chat with the specific user to perform the video chat,
wherein the standby screen displays the user information corresponding to the plurality of users standing by based at least on the order information.
8. The server of claim 7 , wherein the standby screen displays the user information corresponding to the plurality of users standing by at positions based at least on the order information.
9. The server of claim 1 , wherein causing the communication for the video chat to be performed includes starting sending, to a certain terminal, video data of the specified user sent from the terminal of the specified user, and in response to an instruction from a user of the certain terminal, starting sending video data of the specific user sent from the terminal of the specific user to the terminal of the specified user.
10. The server of claim 1 , wherein causing the communication for the video chat to be performed includes terminating the communication for the video chat and specifying another user in accordance with the predetermined rule when a predetermined amount of time elapsed after the specified user started the video chat with the specific user and/or when a current time reached a predetermined time.
11. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for providing, to a user, a video chat with a specific user, the instructions being configured to cause, upon execution via one or more computers, the one or more computers to perform:
causing, in response to a request from the user, a standby screen to be displayed on a terminal of the user, the standby screen being a screen for standing by for the video chat with the specific user and including user information of a plurality of users standing by for the video chat with the one user from the plurality of users, and
specifying, in accordance with a predetermined rule, one user from the plurality of users standing by, and causing communication for the video chat to be performed between a terminal of the specified user and a terminal of the specific user, and
wherein causing the communication for the video chat to be performed includes causing the communication for the video chat to be performed within a video chat duration set based on a number of used items of reservation information necessary for a reservation for the video chat and specified by the user in making the reservation.
12. A method using one or more computers for providing, to a user, a video chat with a specific user, the one or more computers comprising one or more processors configured to execute readable instructions to perform the method, comprising:
causing, in response to a request from the user, a standby screen to be displayed on a terminal of the user, the standby screen being a screen for standing by for the video chat with the specific user and including user information of a plurality of users standing by for the video chat with the specific user; and
specifying, in accordance with a predetermined rule, one user from the plurality of users standing by, and causing communication for the video chat to be performed between a terminal of the one user from the plurality of users,
wherein causing the communication for the video chat to be performed includes causing the communication for the video chat to be performed within a video chat duration set based on a number of used items of reservation information necessary for a reservation for the video chat and specified by the user in making the reservation.