IP Library Granted Patent US 11,743,529
Granted Patent B2
US 11,743,529 · App. 17/123,785 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Display control method, terminal, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a computer program

Inventor: Naoto Horiguchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LINE Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,743,529
App. No.
17/123,785
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display control method executed by a terminal, the terminal including a display including a screen and at least one processor, the method including displaying, using the at least one processor, a first video content on a first area of the screen; generating, using the at least one processor, a screenshot of the first area of the screen in response to accepting a command to capture an image of the first video content being played back; and displaying, using the at least one processor, the generated screenshot in a second area of the screen. When the screenshot is displayed in the second area, the first video content continues to be played back in the first area of the screen.

Claims (58)

1. A Social Networking Service (SNS) server comprising:

a memory including computer readable instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,

distribute first video content to a first terminal associated with a first user of the SNS,

receive a share command from the first terminal, the share command including a command to distribute new image data to at least one sharing user of the SNS selected by the first user, the at least one sharing user associated with the first user, and the new image data being a screen shot generated based on the first video content and stored in the first terminal as a table in association with time position information identifying a time position of the new image data within the first video content, the table further including date and time of generation of the new image data and network location information of the first video content,

receive the new image data and the time position information associated with the new image data from the first terminal,

determine sharing settings set by the first user on the SNS, the sharing settings including at least one of sharing the new image data in a chat group associated with the first user and sharing the new image data to the at least one sharing user with the first user, and

distribute the new image data to at least one second terminal associated with the at least one sharing user based on the determined sharing settings set by the first user in response to the received share command from the first terminal.

2. The SNS server of claim 1 , wherein the share command is received from the first terminal in response to the first terminal determining the new image data associated with the first video content is stored in an image management table.

3. The SNS server of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to:

receive a response to the new image data from the at least one second terminal, the response including response content from the at least one sharing user; and

transmit the received response to the first terminal.

4. The SNS server of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to,

identify the at least one sharing user based on settings of a chat group of the SNS, the chat group of the SNS including the first user.

5. The SNS server of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to:

post the new image data to the chat group based on the determined sharing settings set by the first user.

6. The SNS server of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to:

transmit the new image data to a timeline on the SNS associated with the first user based on the determined sharing settings set by the first user.

7. The SNS server of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to execute the computer readable instructions to:

transmit the network location information and the time position information to the at least one second terminal, the network location information and the time position information causing the at least one second terminal of the at least one sharing user to play back the first video content starting from a desired time period prior to the time position within the first video content corresponding to the new image data.

8. The SNS server of claim 1 , wherein the new image data is a screenshot image generated at the time position within the first video content.

9. A method of operating a user terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, using at least one processor, first video content from a social networking service (SNS) server;

receiving, using the at least one processor, a capture command to capture new image data of the first video content being played back from a first user;

generating, using the at least one processor, the new image data from the first video content in response to the received capture command, the generating the new image data including generating a screenshot based on the first video content and storing the screenshot in the user terminal as a table in association with time position information identifying a time position of the new image data within the first video content, the table further including date and time of generation of the new image data and network location information of the first video content;

receiving, using the at least one processor, a share command from the first user, the share command including information indicating sharing settings associated with the SNS, the sharing settings including at least one of a sharing the new image data in a chat group associated with the first user and sharing the new image data to the at least one sharing user with the first user; and

transmitting, using the at least one processor, the share command, the new image data, and the time position information associated with the new image data to the SNS server, the transmitted share command causing the SNS server to distribute the new image data to at least one second terminal associated with at least one second user of the SNS selected by the first user based on the sharing settings set by the first user.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein

the sharing settings includes information indicating a chat group of the SNS, the chat group including the first user; and

the transmitting the share command to the SNS server further causes the SNS server to,

identify the at least one second user based on settings of the chat group of the SNS, and

transmit the new image data to the at least one second terminal associated with the identified at least one second user.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transmitting the new image data to the at least one second terminal includes:

posting the new image data to the chat group by the SNS server based on the sharing settings set by the first user.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting the share command to the SNS server further causes the SNS server to:

transmit the new image data to a timeline on the SNS associated with the first user based on the sharing settings set by the first user.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting the share command further includes:

the SNS server is further caused to transmit the network location information and the time position information to the at least one second terminal, the network location information and the time position information allowing the at least one second terminal to play back the new image data starting from a desired time period prior to the time position within the first video content corresponding to the new image data.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the new image data is a screenshot image generated at the time position within the first video content.

15. The method of claim 9 , the method further comprising:

storing, using the at least one processor, information associated with the new image data in a management table, the information including a video content identifier associated with the first video content, the network location information indicating a network location of the first video content.

16. The method of claim 9 , the method further comprising:

determining, using the at least one processor, whether a current display mode of the user terminal is suitable for generating the new image data in response to the received capture command;

changing, using the at least one processor, the current display mode of the user terminal based on results of the determining whether the current display mode of the user terminal is suitable, wherein a suitable display mode is a full screen playback of only the first video content; and

generating, using the at least one processor, the new image data in response to the changed current display mode.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by at least one processor of a social network service (SNS) server, causes the SNS server to:

distribute first video content to a first terminal associated with a first user of the SNS;

receive a share command from the first terminal, the share command including a command to distribute new image data to at least one sharing user of the SNS selected by the first user, the at least one sharing user associated with the first user, and the new image data being a screenshot generated based on the first video content and stored in the first terminal as a table in association with time position information identifying a time position of the new image data within the first video content, the table further including date and time of generation of the new image data and network location information of the first video content;

receive the new image data from the first terminal and the time position information associated with the new image data form the first terminal;

determine sharing settings set by the first user on the SNS, the sharing settings including at least one of sharing the new image data in a chat group associated with the first user and sharing the new image data to the at least one sharing user associated with the first user; and

distribute the new image data to at least one second terminal associated with the at least one sharing user by sharing the new image data based on the determined sharing setting set by the first user in response to the received share command from the first terminal.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the share command is received from the first terminal in response to the first terminal determining the new image data associated with the first video content is stored in an image management table.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the SNS server is further caused to:

receive a response to the new image data from the at least one second terminal, the response including response content from the at least one sharing user; and

transmit the received response to the first terminal.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the SNS server is further caused to:

identify the at least one sharing user based on settings of a chat group of the SNS, the chat group of the SNS including the first user; and

post the new image data to the chat group.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2024
From: Z INTERMEDIATE GLOBAL CORPORATION
To: LY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067096/0431 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 10, 2024
From: LINE CORPORATION
To: Z INTERMEDIATE GLOBAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067069/0467 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE CITY SHOULD BE SPELLED AS TOKYO PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058597 FRAME: 0141. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: LINE CORPORATION
To: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062401/0328 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE ASSIGNEES CITY IN THE ADDRESS SHOULD BE TOKYO, JAPAN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058597 FRAME: 0303. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2023
From: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: LINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062401/0490 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: LINE CORPORATION
To: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058597/0141 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2021
From: A HOLDINGS CORPORATION
To: LINE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058597/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-081399 · Apr 14, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16157884 · Oct 11, 2018
Continuation PCTJP2017015246 · Apr 14, 2017
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