Server, method, and terminal
Provided is a server configured to provide a game that is playable in a livestream and involves gaining or losing points. The server includes: a relay unit adapted to transmit a video data related to the livestream from a terminal of a live-streamer to a terminal of a viewer; a receiving unit adapted to receive a start request for the game from the terminal of the viewer over a network; and a starting unit adapted to start to provide the game in the livestream to the terminal of the viewer in response to reception of the start request, the game having a gain-loss setting corresponding to the live-streamer of the livestream.
1 . A server configured to provide a game, the game being playable in a livestream and involving gaining or losing points, comprising:
a relay unit adapted to transmit a video data related to the livestream from a terminal of a live-streamer to a terminal of a viewer;
a receiving unit adapted to receive a start request for the game from the terminal of the viewer over a network; and
a starting unit adapted to start to provide the game in the livestream to the terminal of the viewer in response to reception of the start request, the game having a gain-loss setting corresponding to the live-streamer of the livestream,
wherein the points are used to give a gift during the livestream from the viewer to the live-streamer.
2 . The server of claim 1 , further comprising:
a holding unit adapted to hold correspondence between live-streamers and gain-loss settings; and
an identifying unit adapted to identify, in response to reception of the start request, the gain-loss setting corresponding to the live-streamer of the live-stream that the viewer who has sent the start request is watching,
wherein the starting unit starts to provide the game with the identified gain-loss setting.
3 . The server of claim 2 , wherein the holding unit holds correspondence between a predetermined live-streamer with a predetermined gain-loss setting, the predetermined gain-loss setting is more advantageous to the viewer than other normal gain-loss settings.
4 . The server of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined live-streamer includes a live-streamer who has not yet spent a predetermined period of time since the live-streamer started live-streaming.
5 . The server of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined live-streamer includes a live-streamer who is selected in connection with a live-streaming event.
6 . The server of claim 2 , wherein the holding unit holds correspondence between the live-streamer and one of a plurality of different gain-loss settings randomly determined.
7 . A method performed at a server configured to provide a game, the game being playable in a livestream and involving gaining or losing points, comprising:
relaying a video data related to a livestream from a terminal of a live-streamer to a terminal of a viewer;
receiving a start request for a game from the terminal of the viewer over a network; and
starting to provide the game in the livestream to the terminal of the viewer in response to reception of the start request, the game having a gain-loss setting corresponding to the live-streamer of the livestream,
wherein the points are used to give a gift during the livestream from the viewer to the live-streamer.
8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising: holding correspondence between live-streamers and gain-loss settings; and identifying, in response to reception of the start request, the gain-loss setting corresponding to the live-streamer of the live-stream that the viewer who has sent the start request is watching, wherein the starting includes starting to provide the game with the identified gain-loss setting.
9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the holding includes holding correspondence between a predetermined live-streamer with a predetermined gain-loss setting, the predetermined gain-loss setting is more advantageous to the viewer than other normal gain-loss settings.
10 . The server of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined live-streamer includes a live-streamer who has not yet spent a predetermined period of time since the live-streamer started live-streaming.
11 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined live-streamer includes a live-streamer who is selected in connection with a live-streaming event.
12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the holding includes holding correspondence between the live-streamer and one of a plurality of different gain-loss settings randomly determined.
13 . A method performed at a server configured to provide a game, the game being playable in a livestream and involving gaining or losing points, comprising:
relaying a video data related to a livestream from a terminal of a live-streamer to a terminal of a viewer;
receiving a start request for a game from the terminal of the viewer over a network;
starting to provide the game in the livestream to the terminal of the viewer in response to reception of the start request, the game having a gain-loss setting corresponding to the live-streamer of the livestream;
holding correspondence between live-streamers and gain-loss settings; and
identifying, in response to reception of the start request, the gain-loss setting corresponding to the live-streamer of the live-stream that the viewer who has sent the start request is watching,
wherein the starting includes starting to provide the game with the identified gain-loss setting.