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US 12,401,699 · App. 18/004,232 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Information processing device and information processing method for managing a video call

Inventors: Masako Kadobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Masatoshi Fukuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
H04L65/1093H04L65/403
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Patent No.
US 12,401,699
App. No.
18/004,232
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device including a call control unit that controls a video call between a performer terminal used by a performer and a participant terminal used by a participant, in which the call control unit forcibly terminates the video call on the basis of a stop request received from the performer terminal or an observer terminal used by an observer who monitors the video call.

Claims (69)

1. An information processing device, comprising:

a processor configured to:

control a video call between a performer terminal associated with a performer and a participant terminal associated with a participant, wherein

a time duration of the video call is based on a right, to participate in the video call, owned by the participant,

the right to participate in the video call includes at least one serial number associated with purchased music content of the performer,

each serial number of the at least one serial number is associated with a specific time duration for the video call, and

in the control of the video call, the processor is further configured to:

forcibly terminate the video call based on a stop request received from one of the performer terminal or an observer terminal associated with an observer, wherein the video call is monitored by the observer; and

cause the performer terminal and the observer terminal to display a first visual object for transmission of the stop request in association with a start of the video call.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to perform monitoring control on at least one waiting participant waiting for the start of the video call.

3. The information processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to cause at least one of the performer terminal or the observer terminal to display a video of a waiting participant captured by the participant terminal.

4. The information processing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to forcibly release a waiting state of the waiting participant based on an exclusion request received from the performer terminal or the observer terminal that displays the video of the waiting participant.

5. The information processing device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to cause the performer terminal or the observer terminal that displays the video of the waiting participant to display a second visual object for transmission of the exclusion request.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to cause the performer terminal to display a video obtained from at least a part of a video of the participant captured by the participant terminal.

7. The information processing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to process a video of the participant so that at least a part of a body of the participant is shielded.

8. The information processing device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to process the video of the participant so that an area other than a face of the participant is shielded.

9. The information processing device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to process the video of the participant by using a second visual object selected by the participant.

10. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to cause the participant terminal to display a video obtained from at least a part of a video of the performer captured by the performer terminal.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to process the video of the performer by using a second visual object selected by the participant.

12. The information processing device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to process the video of the performer by using a second visual object selected by the participant of the video call.

13. The information processing device according to claim 12 , wherein

the second visual object includes an image related to clothing, and

the processor is further configured to process an image of the performer so that the image related to the clothing selected by the participant is superimposed on the performer.

14. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to transmit, to the participant terminal, an image obtained by combination of a video of the participant captured by the participant terminal and a video of the performer captured by the performer terminal.

15. The information processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to cause the participant terminal to output a voice with a volume corresponding to a waiting time until the start of the video call.

16. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of performer terminals includes the performer terminal,

a plurality of participant terminals includes the participant terminal, and

the processor is further configured to control the video call between at least three terminals including the plurality of performer terminals or the plurality of participant terminals.

17. An information processing method, comprising

controlling, by a processor, a video call between a performer terminal associated with a performer and a participant terminal associated with a participant, wherein

a time duration of the video call is based on a right, to participate in the video call, owned by the participant,

the right to participate in the video call includes at least one serial number associated with purchased music content of the performer,

each serial number of the at least one serial number is associated with a specific time duration for the video call, and

the controlling further includes;

forcibly terminating the video call based on a stop request received from one of the performer terminal or an observer terminal associated with an observer, wherein the video call is monitored by the observer; and

causing the performer terminal and the observer terminal to display a visual object for transmitting the stop request in association with a start of the video call.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:

controlling a video call between a performer terminal associated with a performer and a participant terminal associated with a participant, wherein

a time duration of the video call is based on a right, to participate in the video call, owned by the participant,

the right to participate in the video call includes at least one serial number associated with purchased music content of the performer,

each serial number of the at least one serial number is associated with a specific time duration for the video call, and

the controlling the video call further includes:

forcibly terminating the video call based on a stop request received from one of the performer terminal or an observer terminal associated with an observer, wherein the video call is monitored by the observer; and

causing the performer terminal and the observer terminal to display a visual object for transmitting the stop request in association with a start of the video call.

19. A system, comprising:

a performer terminal associated with a performer;

a participant terminal associated with a participant;

a server, having a processor, configured to control a video call between the performer terminal and the participant terminal, wherein

a time duration of the video call is based on a right, to participate in the video call, owned by the participant,

the right to participate in the video call includes at least one serial number associated with purchased music content of the performer, and

each serial number of the at least one serial number is associated with a specific time duration for the video call; and

an observer terminal associated with an observer to monitor the video call,

wherein, in the control of the video call, the processor is further configured to:

forcibly terminate the video call based on a stop request received from one of the performer terminal or the observer terminal; and

cause the performer terminal and the observer terminal to display a visual object for transmission of the stop request in association with a start of the video call.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2023
From: KADOBAYASHI, MASAKO; FUKUDA, MASATOSHI
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063125/0577 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-120489 · Jul 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230262100A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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