IP Library Granted Patent US 12,389,070
Granted Patent B2
US 12,389,070 · App. 17/921,806 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Generation of group for viewers of video to communicate with each other

Inventor: Ko Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
H04N21/454H04N21/4532H04N21/47815H04N21/4788
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Patent No.
US 12,389,070
App. No.
17/921,806
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The generator ( 141 ) generates a group (for example, a group chat) for viewers of a video introducing a product to interact with each other on social media (for example, a messenger service). The detector ( 142 ) detects a viewer who has viewed the video introducing the product and purchased the product. The registrar ( 145 ) then registers the viewer detected by the detector ( 142 ) to the group generated by the generator ( 141 ).

Claims (32)

1. A server device, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, wherein

at least one of the one or more processors perform configured to:

provide, to viewers, a video introducing a product, the video being associated with a video identifier, the product being associated with a product identifier, the video identifier and the product identifier stored in the memory;

generate a group for viewers who viewed the video introducing a product to interact with each other on social media;

detect a viewer from the viewers who has viewed the video associated with the video identifier and purchased the product associated with the product identifier based on a correlation of the video identifier and the product identifier in the memory; and

register the detected viewer to the group.

2. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the one or more processors is further configured to:

invite the detected viewer to the group; and

receive a response from the invited viewer, and

registration to the group is performed based on determining the response indicating acceptance is received.

3. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the one or more processors is further configured to provide a recommendation of the video to a viewer who purchased the product without viewing the video, and

the detected viewer includes a viewer who viewed the suggested video.

4. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein, an introducer who introduces the product in the video is also registered to the group.

5. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein, a provider of the product is registered to the group.

6. A management method performed by at least one processor, the management method comprising:

providing, to viewers, a video introducing a product, the video being associated with a video identifier, the product being associated with a product identifier, the video identifier and the product identifier stored in a memory;

generating a group for viewers who viewed the video introducing a product to interact with each other on social media;

detecting a viewer from the viewers who has viewed the video associated with the video identifier and purchased the product associated with the product identifier based on a correlation of the video identifier and the product identifier in the memory; and

registering the detected viewer to the group.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing instructions, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to execute a method comprising:

providing, to viewers, a video introducing a product, the video being associated with a video identifier, the product being associated with a product identifier, the video identifier and the product identifier stored in the memory;

generating a group for viewers who viewed the video introducing a product to interact with each other on social media;

detecting a viewer from the viewers who has viewed the video associated with the video identifier and purchased the product associated with the product identifier based on a correlation of the video identifier and the product identifier in the memory; and

registering the detected viewer to the group.

8. The server device according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the one or more processors is configured to:

detect a viewer from the viewers who has purchased the product within a certain period of time from a date and time when the viewer viewed the video; and

register the detected viewer to the group.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2024
From: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
To: RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 067685/0007 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2022
From: KIKUCHI, KO
To: RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.
Reel/Frame 061564/0161 →
Continuity (1)
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