IP Library Patent Application 17894829
Patent Application
App. No. 17/894,829

COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL, AND SERVER

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App. No.
17/894,829
Abstract

A computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a terminal of a viewer to: receive, from a server over a network, a video data related to a live-stream in which a distributor, the viewer, and other viewers participate; accept input of normal information by the viewer during the live-stream, the normal information being viewable by the distributor and the other viewers; and accept input of exclusive information by the viewer during the live-stream, the exclusive information being information that is transmitted to a terminal of the distributor on condition that the viewer pays or consents to pay a price and that is not viewable by the other viewers.

Claims (32)

1 . A computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium storing a program for causing a terminal of a viewer to:

receive, from a server over a network, a video data related to a live-stream in which a distributor, the viewer, and other viewers participate;

accept input of normal information by the viewer during the live-stream, the normal information being viewable by the distributor and the other viewers; and

accept input of exclusive information by the viewer during the live-stream, the exclusive information being information that is transmitted to a terminal of the distributor on condition that the viewer pays or consents to pay a price and that is not viewable by the other viewers.

2 . The computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the price is set such that the larger a maximum number of characters in the exclusive information is, the higher the price is.

3 . The computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the price is set to correspond to a level of the distributor on a live-streaming platform.

4 . The computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the price paid by the viewer is given to the distributor.

5 . The computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the program further causing the terminal of the viewer to:

register pre-inputted exclusive information to a holding unit,

wherein the accepting the input of the exclusive information includes reading out the exclusive information stored in the holding unit.

6 . The computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the program further causing the terminal of the viewer to:

show an effect corresponding to inputted exclusive information on a display during the live-stream,

wherein the effect is also shown on displays of terminals of the other viewers.

7 . The computer-readable tangible non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the live stream is a live-stream of a fortune-telling genre.

8 . A terminal, comprising:

a reception unit receiving, from a server over a network, a video data related to a live-stream in which a distributor, the viewer, and other viewers participate;

an accepting unit accepting input of normal information by the viewer during the live-stream, the normal information being viewable by the distributor and the other viewers; and

an accepting unit accepting input of exclusive information by the viewer during the live-stream, the exclusive information being information that is transmitted to a terminal of the distributor on condition that the viewer pays or consents to pay a price and that is not viewable by the other viewers.

9 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the price is set such that the larger a maximum number of characters in the exclusive information is, the higher the price is.

10 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the price is set to correspond to a level of the distributor on a live-streaming platform.

11 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein at least some of the price paid by the viewer is given to the distributor.

12 . The terminal of claim 8 , further comprising:

a holding unit in which pre-inputted exclusive information is registered,

wherein the accepting the input of the exclusive information includes reading out the exclusive information stored in the holding unit.

13 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the terminal shows an effect corresponding to inputted exclusive information on a display during the live-stream,

wherein the effect is also shown on displays of terminals of the other viewers.

14 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the live stream is a live-stream of a fortune-telling genre.

15 . A server, comprising:

a relay unit relaying video data from a terminal of a distributor to a terminal of a viewer, the video data being related to a live-stream in which the distributor, the viewer, and other viewers participate;

a reception unit receiving normal information inputted by the viewer from a terminal of the viewer during the live-stream;

a transmission unit transmitting the received normal information to a terminal of the distributor and terminals of the other viewers; and

a transmission unit transmitting exclusive information inputted by the viewer to the terminal of the distributor when the viewer pays or consents to pay a price, the exclusive information being not transmitted to the terminals of the other viewers.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ASSIGNEE ADDRESS Recorded Apr 16, 2024
From: 17LIVE JAPAN INC.
To: 17LIVE JAPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 067126/0303 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2022
From: FUJIWARA, MIZUKI
To: 17LIVE JAPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 060891/0523 →