JP2017010118A - Service providing apparatus, service providing method, and service providing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance the service relating to a video.SOLUTION: A service providing apparatus includes a receiving unit, a service providing unit, and a calculation unit. The receiving unit receives a registration of a video content to be used in a service. The service providing unit provides a service to be distributed, by associating the video content received by the receiving unit with a video summary, which is information formed by a predetermined creator summarizing the configuration of the video content. The calculation unit calculates rewards to be distributed to the creator who has created the video summary, on the basis of information on a state of use of the service provided by the service providing unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a service providing apparatus, a service providing method, and a service providing program.

  In recent years, with the rapid spread of the Internet, various services are provided through the network. One of the services is a video distribution service. In the video distribution service, a service is provided that accepts an upload from a user who wants to provide video content and distributes the video content to a user who wants to view the video content. The administrator of the video distribution service makes a profit by putting an advertisement on the web page of the video distribution site or embedding the advertisement in the video content.

  As a technique related to moving picture distribution, a technique of creating index information of moving picture contents to be streamed is known in order to improve user convenience (for example, Patent Document 1). There is also known software that can capture a predetermined moving image or edit moving image content with a simple operation (for example, Non-Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-204536 A

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  However, it is difficult to activate services related to moving images with the above-described conventional technology. Specifically, in the prior art, index information is merely added to an arbitrary scene in the moving image content by mechanical analysis or manual input. In other words, according to the prior art, although the searchability when there is a scene that the user particularly wants to watch and the convenience at the time of viewing the video can be improved, the unknown video is not shown to the user visiting the video distribution site. It is difficult to promote the action to view content.

  Note that, for commercial video content such as a movie produced by a corporation, a short video showing an outline may be created to promote viewing. That is, by allowing the user to view the short video as an advertisement, it is possible to prompt the user to view the main video content. However, most of the moving image content distributed by the moving image distribution service is posted by a general user, and there are few opportunities for creating a short moving image. For this reason, many moving image contents are introduced by a moving image distribution service using a given title, one still image thumbnail captured from the moving image, or the like. However, since it is difficult for the user to determine whether or not to view the video content based on scarce information such as still image thumbnails (in other words, whether or not the video content is of interest to himself / herself), this is necessary. In operation, viewing of moving image content is not promoted, and there is a possibility that the service cannot be activated.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a service providing apparatus, a service providing method, and a service providing program capable of activating a service related to a moving image.

  The service providing apparatus according to the present application includes a reception unit that receives registration of video content used in the service, the video content received by the reception unit, and information that a predetermined creator outlines the configuration of the video content. Distribute to the creator who created the video summary based on information on the usage status of the service provided by the service providing unit and the service provided by the service providing unit in association with a video summary And a calculating unit for calculating a reward to be performed.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to activate a service related to a moving image.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service providing process according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a moving image summary according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the service providing system according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the service providing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a summary storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a usage status storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI presentation process according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI creation process according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing by the service providing unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a flowchart (1) illustrating a processing procedure performed by the service providing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 12 is a flowchart (2) illustrating a processing procedure by the service providing apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram (1) illustrating an example of the service providing process according to the modification. FIG. 14 is a diagram (2) illustrating an example of the service providing process according to the modification. FIG. 15 is a diagram (1) illustrating an example of processing by the service providing unit according to the modification. FIG. 16 is a diagram (2) illustrating an example of processing performed by the service providing unit according to the modification. FIG. 17 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer that realizes the function of the service providing apparatus.

  Hereinafter, modes for implementing a service providing apparatus, a service providing method, and a service providing program according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as “embodiments”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the service providing apparatus, the service providing method, and the service providing program according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

[1. Example of service provision processing)
First, an example of service providing processing according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service providing process according to the embodiment. The service providing apparatus 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 provides a service that distributes moving image content and a moving image summary, which is information that outlines the structure of the moving image content, in association with each other via a network. The service providing apparatus 100 provides the creator with an environment for creating a moving image summary, and causes the creator to create a moving image summary, thereby acquiring the moving image summary. Then, the service providing apparatus 100 distributes a predetermined reward to the creator who created the video summary (hereinafter referred to as “summary creator”) according to the service usage status. As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can provide a service that is highly convenient for the user and can provide a moving image distribution service that can return profits to the summary creator. Below, an example of the service provision process performed by the service provision apparatus 100 is demonstrated along a flow.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a video poster uses a posting terminal 20 that is an information processing terminal to post video content to the service providing apparatus 100 (step S01). This means that the video poster registers the video content in the service provided by the service providing apparatus 100 as the video content desired to be distributed.

  Note that the video poster sets a predetermined reward for the video content when posting. A reward is paid to the summary creator who created the video summary according to the setting of the video poster. Here, the reason why the predetermined reward is set by the video poster will be described below.

  The video poster obtains advertising revenue based on the advertisement displayed when the video content is used in the video distribution service. For example, when the moving image content distributed by the moving image distribution service is reproduced, the advertising content is reproduced for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) before the main part is reproduced. The advertiser pays a predetermined advertisement fee for reproducing the advertisement content. That is, the video poster can increase his / her own profit as the use of the video content in the video distribution service is promoted. However, since a large number of video contents are posted on the video distribution service, it is difficult to promote the use of the video contents posted by the video distribution service. Therefore, the video poster presents a predetermined reward to the summary creator, and prompts the user to create a video summary of the video content posted by the video poster. By creating an excellent video summary that can be seen by the users of the service, the video poster can promote the use of video content posted by the user and increase advertising revenue. In this way, video contributors can promote the creation of better video summaries by setting rewards that are paid when video content is used via video summaries for video content that they post. Can do.

  In the example of FIG. 1, “20 yen / 1 playback” is set as a reward for the moving image content C01. This indicates that “20 yen” is paid to the summary creator each time the moving image content C01 is played “once”. Similarly, “15 yen / 1 playback” is set as a reward for the moving image content C02. This indicates that “15 yen” is paid to the summary creator every time the moving image content C02 is played “once”.

Subsequently, the service providing apparatus 100 receives a request for creating a video summary from the summary creator for the posted video content. Specifically, the service providing apparatus 100, the creation terminal 10 ₁ or creation terminal 10 ₂ is an information processing terminal that summary creator operation, the user interface (User Interface for Creating summary, in the following as "UI" Provide the notation). The summary creator obtains, via the UI, a tool for creating a moving image summary and information regarding a reward to be returned to the summary creator. In the following, when there is no need to distinguish the creation terminal 10 ₁ to 10 ₂ are collectively referred to referred to as "creation terminal 10".

Then, the summary creator who desires the creation of the moving image summary selects the desired moving image content and creates the moving image summary (step S02). 1, for example, by creation terminal 10 _1, video summary M011 is generated corresponding to the video content C01. Moreover, the creation terminal 10 ₂ which is operated by the summary author different from the creation terminal 10 _1, video summary M021 is generated corresponding to the video content C02. Further, the video summary M012, the video summary M013, and the video summary M022 may be created by another summary creator (not shown). The service providing apparatus 100 stores the created video summary in association with the video content. The service providing apparatus 100 associates and presents a video summary when presenting video content to the user in the video distribution service.

  The user uses the moving image distribution service provided by the service providing apparatus 100 via the user terminal 30 to be operated (step S03). By referring to the video summary, the user can receive distribution of video content that interests him / her from among video content presented in large numbers in the video distribution service.

  Here, a moving image summary referred to in the moving image distribution service will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a moving image summary according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 shows an example in which moving image summaries M011 to M13 corresponding to the moving image content C01 are displayed on the user terminal 30.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the moving image content C01 is displayed on the user terminal 30 with a still image thumbnail 50 and a short text description 52 attached to the still image thumbnail. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected to display the moving image summary M011 corresponding to the moving image content C01. Then, the display unit 31 of the user terminal 30 transitions to a screen that displays the video summary M011.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, the moving image summary M011 is shown in a format in which the moving image content C01 is divided into a plurality of portions within an arbitrary time range. Each segment of the video summary M011 includes an item “range” indicating time information in the video content C01, a “thumbnail image” indicating each segment as an image, and a “summary wording” that is text describing the content of each segment. Consists of. The user can know the outline of the configuration of the moving image content C01 by referring to the moving image summary M011. In other words, the user can grasp the contents included in the moving image content C01 without reproducing the entire moving image content C01, and the range of the content of the moving image content C01 such as the range of the content of interest. Get an overview.

  Further, the user can reproduce the moving image content C01 from the range set as the delimiter by selecting the delimiter of the moving image summary M011. In the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the user selects (tap) the range “0:19 to 1:19”. In this case, the display of the user terminal 30 transitions from the moving image summary M011 to the display of the moving image content C01 with “0:19” as the reproduction start point. In this way, the user can grasp the content of the moving image content by referring to the moving image summary, and can quickly reproduce a portion including the content of interest.

  Note that “range”, “summary wording”, and the like in the video summary are arbitrarily set by the summary creator. Thus, even if it is the video summary corresponding to the same video content, since the information presented by the summary creator is different, it is assumed that the customer collection property of the video summary is also different. For example, it is assumed that a video summary in which information to be presented is easy for the user to understand is likely to be an opportunity for the user to select the video content and use the video content.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the description will be continued. The service providing apparatus 100 notifies the video poster of the usage status of the service (step S04). Specifically, the service providing apparatus 100 displays the total use (playback) count of the video content posted by the video poster, the number of times each video summary is selected when the video content is used via the video summary, and the like. Notify the video contributor.

Then, the video poster pays the service providing apparatus 100 a reward for the summary creator calculated according to the usage situation (step S05). The summary creator receives the reward paid from the video poster via the service providing apparatus 100 (step S06). In other words, the service providing apparatus 100 distributes the reward paid from the video poster to the summary creator. Specifically, the service providing apparatus 100 calculates a compensation amount in accordance with the number of times a video summary M011 is selected, distributes the summary authors corresponding to creation terminal 10 _1. Similarly, the service providing apparatus 100 calculates a compensation amount in accordance with the number of times a video summary M021 is selected, distributes the summary authors corresponding to creation terminal 10 _2.

  In this way, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment accepts posting of moving image content used in the service from a moving image poster. The service providing apparatus 100 provides a moving image distribution service that distributes moving image content in association with the moving image summary, which is information that the summary creator outlines the configuration of the moving image content. Furthermore, the service providing apparatus 100 calculates a reward to be distributed to the summary creator who created the video summary, based on information regarding the usage status of the video delivery service.

  Thereby, since the service providing apparatus 100 can promote the use of the moving image content, it is possible to increase the advertising revenue of the moving image poster. Further, the service providing apparatus 100 can increase the willingness of the summary creator to create the video summary by paying the summary creator in accordance with the use of the video content. Then, by creating many high-quality video summaries by the summary creator, the service providing apparatus 100 can provide a highly convenient service for a user who wants to use video content. That is, the service providing apparatus 100 can improve the service quality of the entire moving image distribution service. For this reason, the service providing apparatus 100 can increase the profit of the video distribution service itself (for example, increase of the advertisement profit affixed to the web page that provides the video distribution service). As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can activate the service related to the moving image.

[2. Configuration of service provision system]
Next, the configuration of the service providing system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the service providing system 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the service providing system 1 includes a creation terminal 10, a posting terminal 20, a user terminal 30, an advertiser terminal 40, and a service providing apparatus 100. The creation terminal 10, the posting terminal 20, the user terminal 30, the advertiser terminal 40, and the service providing apparatus 100 are connected via the network N so that they can communicate with each other by wire or wirelessly. The service providing system 1 shown in FIG. 3 includes a plurality of creation terminals 10, a plurality of posting terminals 20, a plurality of user terminals 30, a plurality of advertiser terminals 40, The service providing apparatus 100 may be included.

  The creation terminal 10 is an information processing terminal used by a summary creator. For example, the creation terminal 10 accesses a service provided by the service providing apparatus 100 according to an operation by the summary creator. Then, the creation terminal 10 executes a video summary creation process. Hereinafter, the creation terminal 10 may be referred to as a summary creator. That is, in the following, the summary creator can be read as the creation terminal 10.

  The posting terminal 20 is an information processing terminal used by a video poster. For example, the posting terminal 20 creates video content that can be used in the network N in accordance with an operation by a video poster. In addition, the posting terminal 20 transmits the moving image content to the service provided by the service providing apparatus 100. In the following, the posting terminal 20 may be referred to as a video poster. That is, in the following, a video poster can be read as the posting terminal 20.

  The user terminal 30 is an information processing terminal used by a user who browses content. For example, the user terminal 30 accesses a web page that provides a moving image distribution service in accordance with an operation by the user. Then, the user terminal 30 receives the distribution of the moving image content by selecting the moving image content desired by the user. Then, the user terminal 30 displays the received moving image content on the display unit 31 (for example, a liquid crystal display). Hereinafter, the user terminal 30 may be referred to as a user. That is, in the following, the user can be read as the user terminal 30.

  The advertiser terminal 40 is an information processing terminal used by the advertiser. For example, the advertiser terminal 40 submits advertising content to the service providing apparatus 100 or a predetermined advertisement management server (not shown) according to an operation by the advertiser. The advertising content submitted by the advertiser is distributed to the user by being embedded in the moving image content to be distributed or embedded in a web page that provides a moving image distribution service. Hereinafter, the advertiser terminal 40 may be referred to as an advertiser. That is, in the following, the advertiser can be read as the advertiser terminal 40.

  In addition, the advertiser may request an agency for a submission work or the like. In this case, it is the agent that uses the moving image distribution service provided by the service providing apparatus 100. In the following, the term “advertiser” is a concept that includes not only the advertiser but also the agency, and the term “advertiser terminal” includes not only the advertiser terminal but also the agency terminal used by the agency. It is assumed to be a concept.

  The service providing apparatus 100 is a web server or the like, for example. As described with reference to FIG. 1, the service providing apparatus 100 provides a service for distributing moving image content and a moving image summary corresponding to the moving image content to the user.

  The creation terminal 10, the posting terminal 20, the user terminal 30, and the advertiser terminal 40 described above may be, for example, a desktop PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, a smartphone (Smartphone), or a tablet terminal. Or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a wearable terminal (Wearable Device), or the like.

[3. Configuration of service providing device]
Next, the configuration of the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the service providing apparatus 100 includes a communication unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a control unit 130. The service providing apparatus 100 includes an input unit (for example, a keyboard and a mouse) that receives various operations from an administrator of the service providing apparatus 100 and a display unit (for example, a liquid crystal display) for displaying various types of information. You may have.

(About the communication unit 110)
The communication unit 110 is realized by a NIC (Network Interface Card), for example. The communication unit 110 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless. The communication unit 110 transmits and receives information to and from the creation terminal 10, the posting terminal 20, the user terminal 30, and the advertiser terminal 40 via the network N.

(About the storage unit 120)
The storage unit 120 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 120 includes a content storage unit 121, a summary storage unit 122, and a usage status storage unit 123.

(About the content storage unit 121)
The content storage unit 121 stores information regarding moving image content posted from the posting terminal 20. Here, FIG. 5 shows an example of the content storage unit 121 according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content storage unit 121 according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the content storage unit 121 includes items such as “video poster ID”, “video content ID”, “reward”, and “number of video summaries”.

  The “video poster ID” indicates identification information for identifying the video poster or the posting terminal 20. “Video content ID” indicates identification information for identifying video content posted to the service providing apparatus 100 from a video poster. In the present specification, the identification information shown in FIG. 5 may be used as a reference symbol. For example, the video poster identified by the video poster ID “CL01” may be referred to as “video poster CL01”, and the video content identified by the video content ID “C01” may be referred to as “video content C01”.

  “Reward” indicates a reward to the summary creator. The reward may be arbitrarily set by the video contributor or may be set by the service providing apparatus 100. Further, the reward is not necessarily limited to money. For example, the reward may be a service point that can be used in the service, a mark representing the evaluation of the summary creator (such as a medal displayed on the service), or the like.

  “Movie summary number” indicates the number of movie summary that has been created. For example, it is assumed that the number of video summaries will increase for video content that is frequently accessed by users and video content that is set to a high reward because the summary creator is more motivated to create video summaries. The

  That is, in the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the video poster identified by the video poster ID “CL01” posts the video content identified by the video content ID “C01” to the service. In addition, the reward set for the video content C01 is “20 yen / 1 playback”, and the video summary corresponding to the video content C01 is generated as “3” video summaries. .

(About summary storage unit 122)
The summary storage unit 122 stores information on the moving image summary created by the summary creator. Here, FIG. 6 illustrates an example of the summary storage unit 122 according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the summary storage unit 122 according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the summary storage unit 122 includes items such as “summary creator ID”, “moving picture summary ID”, “moving picture content ID”, “range”, and “summary wording”.

  The “summary creator ID” indicates identification information for identifying the summary creator or the creation terminal 10. “Movie summary ID” indicates identification information for identifying the movie summary created by the summary creator. “Movie content ID” is identification information for identifying the movie content, and here, the movie content corresponding to the movie summary is shown. In this specification, the identification information shown in FIG. 6 may be used as a reference symbol. For example, the summary creator identified by the summary creator ID “U011” may be referred to as “summary creator U011”, and the moving picture summary identified by the moving picture summary ID “M011” may be referred to as “moving picture summary M011”.

  “Range” indicates information specifying a time-series delimiter range of moving image content in the moving image summary. The “range” can be arbitrarily set by the summary creator. “Summary wording” indicates an explanatory text corresponding to each division divided by a range. The “summary wording” can be arbitrarily set by the summary creator.

  That is, in the example shown in FIG. 6, the summary creator identified by the summary creator ID “U011” creates a video summary identified by the video summary ID “M011” as the video summary corresponding to the video content C01. ing. In addition, the moving image summary M011 includes an example in which there is a delimiter delimited within a range of “0:05 to 0:18”, and the summary wording corresponding to the delimiter is “a person can be made in 0.2 seconds”. ing.

  5 and 6, the moving image content and moving image summary data that are actually distributed to the user terminal 30 may be stored in a predetermined storage server provided separately from the service providing apparatus 100. In this case, the service providing apparatus 100 specifies the moving image content and the moving image summary stored in the external storage server based on the moving image content ID and the moving image summary ID stored in the content storage unit 121 and the summary storage unit 122. Then, the service providing apparatus 100 controls the storage server to distribute the specified moving image content and moving image summary to the user terminal 30.

(About usage status storage unit 123)
The usage status storage unit 123 stores information regarding the usage status of the service. Here, FIG. 7 illustrates an example of the usage status storage unit 123 according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the usage status storage unit 123 according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 7, the usage status storage unit 123 includes items such as “moving image content ID”, “use count”, “moving image summary ID”, and “selection count”.

  “Movie content ID” and “Movie summary ID” correspond to the same items shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. “Number of times of use” indicates the number of times that the video content is accessed and used (reproduced) by the user in the service.

  “Number of selections” indicates the number of times that the video summary is accessed and selected by the user in the service. Since the user can also use the moving image content without selecting the moving image summary, the sum of the “number of selections” of each moving image summary may not match the “usage number”.

  In other words, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the moving image content C01 is used “14500” times, of which the moving image summary M011 is “5200” times, the moving image summary M012 is “2500” times, and the moving image summary M013 is “700” times. Indicates that it is selected.

(About the control unit 130)
Returning to the description of FIG. 4, the control unit 130 performs various programs (service providing programs) stored in a storage device inside the service providing apparatus 100 by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like. This is realized by executing the RAM as a work area. The control unit 130 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 130 includes a receiving unit 131, a UI (user interface) providing unit 132, a creating unit 133, a service providing unit 134, a distribution unit 135, and a distribution unit 136. The functions and operations of information processing described below are realized or executed. Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 130 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 4, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described below is performed. In addition, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 130 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 4, and may be another connection relationship.

(About the reception unit 131)
The accepting unit 131 accepts registration of moving image content used in the service. For example, the accepting unit 131 accepts posting of moving image content from a moving image poster and registers it as moving image content to be distributed by the service.

  The receiving unit 131 receives a reward setting when the moving image content is used via the moving image summary. For example, the reception unit 131 receives a reward setting from a video poster at a timing when video content is posted. In addition, the receiving unit 131 may receive an update of reward settings after the moving image content is distributed. Accordingly, the video poster can prompt the creation of a video summary by raising the set reward, or can adjust the amount of reward set in accordance with the actual situation. In addition, the reception unit 131 stores the received information in the content storage unit 121. In addition, the receiving unit 131 may receive, from the advertiser terminal 40, data of advertising content incorporated in the advertising space of the web page related to the video distribution service.

(About the UI providing unit 132)
The UI providing unit 132 provides a UI for creating a moving image summary corresponding to the moving image content received by the receiving unit 131. The UI providing unit 132 presents moving image content that allows the summary creator to create a moving image summary or provides a tool for creating a moving image summary via the UI.

  Here, the UI provided by the UI providing unit 132 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. First, the moving image content presentation processing will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI presentation process according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 shows an example in which the UI presents moving image content that can generate a moving image summary in accordance with a search query input from the summary creator.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the UI providing unit 132 displays a display screen having the query input space 54 on the creation terminal 10 as a UI. In order to search for moving image contents for which a moving image summary is desired to be created, the summary creator inputs, for example, a word of interest as a query into the query input space 54. In the example of FIG. 8, it is assumed that the summary creator inputs “cat” as a query.

  When “cat” is input to the query, the UI providing unit 132 outputs the moving image content related to “cat” from the content storage unit 121 and causes the creation terminal 10 to display the moving image content. Note that the processing related to the search is realized by a known method. For example, the UI providing unit 132 may search for video content based on tag information, a title, or the like embedded in the video content in advance, or determine the degree of coincidence between the information extracted from the content of the video content and the query. By doing so, the moving image content may be searched.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the UI providing unit 132 presents moving image content related to “cat” as a search result. The summary creator can select the moving image content for which the moving image summary is desired to be created by selecting the display area 56 described as “Create this moving image summary” on the UI.

  Next, a moving image summary creation tool provided by the UI providing unit 132 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a UI creation process according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 shows an example in which “summary” and “summary wording” for dividing moving image content are set by the summary creator.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the UI providing unit 132 provides a tool for creating a video summary having a range input space 58 and a summary text input space 60 as a UI. The summary creator can divide the video content by setting the start time and end time in the range input space 58 (in the example of FIG. 9, for the sake of convenience, each of the breaks is divided into “summary 1” and “summary 2”. Etc.). That is, the summary creator creates “summary 1” as a delimiter by specifying a range in the moving image content.

  Then, the summary creator inputs the summary text in the summary text input space 60 corresponding to the summary 1. When the summary creator has completed the input to the summary 1, the summary creator selects the display area 62 described as “completed”. Subsequently, when the summary creator wants to add a break after the summary 1, he / she can select the display area 64 labeled “increase the summary further” and add a break.

(About the creation unit 133)
The creation unit 133 creates a moving image summary based on the information input to the UI provided by the UI provision unit 132. Specifically, the creation unit 133 receives information on the video summary from the summary creator via the UI provided by the UI provision unit 132. Then, the creation unit 133 creates a video summary corresponding to the video content according to the content set by the summary creator. Then, the creation unit 133 stores information regarding the created moving image summary in the summary storage unit 122.

(About the service providing unit 134)
The service providing unit 134 provides a service for associating and delivering moving image content and a moving image summary, which is information that the summary creator outlines the structure of the moving image content. For example, the service providing unit 134 provides a moving image distribution service via a predetermined web page accessible by the user. When the video content is presented, the service providing unit 134 presents a video summary corresponding to the video content, thereby providing a video delivery service with excellent user convenience.

  When there are a plurality of video summaries corresponding to video content, the service providing unit 134 provides a service that allows a user using the service to select a video summary arbitrarily. This point will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of processing performed by the service providing unit 134 according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 illustrates an example in which the user terminal 30 that has accessed the moving image distribution service displays the service provided by the service providing unit 134.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the service providing unit 134 displays the moving image content C01 on the upper part of the display unit of the user terminal 30. In addition, the service providing unit 134 displays a plurality of video summaries corresponding to the video content C01 at the bottom of the display unit so that the user can arbitrarily select them. Specifically, the service providing unit 134 displays a moving image summary M011, a moving image summary M012, and a moving image summary M013 corresponding to the moving image content C01. Then, when the video summary is selected by the user, the service providing unit 134 changes the screen so that the content of the video summary is displayed. Note that when displaying the video summary, the service providing unit 134 may also display information regarding the creator of the video summary and information regarding evaluation of the video summary.

  In the example of FIG. 10, it is assumed that the user selects the moving image summary M011 by tapping the display unit of the user terminal 30. Then, the service providing unit 134 displays the moving image content C01 and the moving image summary M011 side by side on the display unit of the user terminal 30. In this state, for example, when the user taps a break indicated by “0:19 to 01:19” in the video summary M011, the service providing unit 134 starts playback from the time “0:19” in the video content C01. Let it begin. That is, the service providing unit 134 provides a moving image distribution service that allows the user to control the behavior as described above.

(About distribution unit 135)
The distribution unit 135 distributes information related to the service provided by the service providing unit 134. Specifically, the distribution unit 135 distributes a web page related to a service when the user terminal 30 accesses the service. In addition, when a predetermined moving image content is selected in the moving image distribution service, the distribution unit 135 distributes moving image content and information related to the moving image summary corresponding to the moving image content (for example, a thumbnail indicating the moving image content).

  In addition, when the moving image summary is selected, the distribution unit 135 distributes the moving image summary data including the contents set in the moving image summary and the summary wording to the user. In addition, the distribution unit 135 distributes video content data when a selection to a predetermined range is performed, for example, by a user tapping a video summary break. Note that the distribution unit 135 may distribute video content data even when the user directly taps the video content without going through the video summary.

(About distribution unit 136)
The distribution unit 136 distributes the reward to the creator who created the video summary based on the information regarding the usage status of the service provided by the service providing unit 134. The distribution unit 136 includes an acquisition unit 137, a calculation unit 138, and a notification unit 139, and realizes distribution processing by each processing unit. That is, the processing performed by the acquisition unit 137, the calculation unit 138, and the notification unit 139 described below can be read as processing performed by the distribution unit 136.

(About the acquisition unit 137)
The acquisition unit 137 acquires various types of information. For example, the acquisition unit 137 acquires the usage status in the service provided by the service providing unit 134. Specifically, the acquisition unit 137 acquires the number of times that the moving image content has been distributed by the distribution unit 135 and the number of times that the moving image summary has been distributed to the user terminal 30 that has accessed the service. In other words, the acquisition unit 137 acquires the number of times the video content and video summary in the service have been used or selected by the user.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 137 refers to the content storage unit 121 and the like to acquire a reward setting corresponding to the distributed video content, information specifying a video poster who posted the video content, and the like. In addition, the acquisition unit 137 acquires information that identifies the summary creator who created the video summary. The acquisition unit 137 stores the acquired information in the usage status storage unit 123. In addition, the acquisition unit 137 sends the acquired information to the calculation unit 138.

(About the calculation unit 138)
The calculation unit 138 calculates a reward to be distributed to the creator who created the video summary, based on the information regarding the usage status of the service provided by the service providing unit 134. For example, when the moving image content is used via the moving image summary, the calculating unit 138 calculates a reward to be distributed to the creator of the moving image summary based on the reward setting by the moving image poster. Further, the calculation unit 138 calculates the payment amount of the video poster corresponding to the setting based on the reward setting by the video poster.

  For example, the calculation unit 138 distributes a reward to the summary creator who created the video summary based on the number of times the video content corresponding to the video summary is used by the user in the service. That is, when the reward setting such as “20 yen / 1 playback” is received from the video contributor, the calculating unit 138 multiplies “20 yen” by the number of times that the video content has been played through the video summary. By calculating the reward. Note that the calculation unit 138 may calculate a reward based on the number of times the user has selected the video summary as well as the number of times the video content has been used, depending on the content set by the video poster. Further, the calculation unit 138 may calculate a predetermined fee received by the service providing apparatus 100 with respect to delivery of rewards between the video poster and the summary creator.

(Notification unit 139)
The notification unit 139 notifies various information. For example, the notification unit 139 notifies the video contributor and the summary creator of the usage status of the service. Specifically, the notification unit 139 notifies the usage count of the video content posted by the video poster, the selection count of each video summary when the video content is used via the video summary, and the like.

  In addition, the notification unit 139 notifies the summary creator calculated by the calculation unit 138, the payment amount of the video poster, and the like. Note that the notification unit 139 may perform a reception process for accepting payment from a video contributor or a remittance process for sending a fee to the summary creator.

[4. Processing procedure)
Next, a processing procedure performed by the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. First, the flow of processing for creating a video summary from posted video content will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart (1) illustrating a processing procedure performed by the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the accepting unit 131 accepts posting of moving image content (step S101). Then, the UI providing unit 132 provides a UI for creating a video summary corresponding to the received video content (step S102).

  Then, the UI providing unit 132 determines whether the creation of the video summary has been received from the summary creator via the UI (step S103). When the creation is not accepted (step S103; No), the UI providing unit 132 waits until the creation is accepted.

  On the other hand, when creation is received (step S103; Yes), the UI provision part 132 acquires the information regarding creation of a moving image summary. Then, the creation unit 133 creates a moving image summary, and the creating unit 133 stores the moving image content and the moving image summary in association with each other (step S104). With this process, a video summary provided to the user in the service is created.

  Next, the processing after FIG. 11 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart (2) illustrating a processing procedure by the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment.

  The service providing unit 134 provides a service for distributing moving image content and a moving image summary. Then, the service providing unit 134 determines whether access has been received from the user in the service (step S201).

  When the access is not accepted (step S201; No), the service providing unit 134 waits until the access is accepted. On the other hand, when access is accepted (step S201; Yes), the acquisition unit 137 acquires the usage status within the service performed by the user, such as distribution of moving image content by the distribution unit 135 (step S202).

  Then, the calculation unit 138 calculates a reward for the summary creator based on the information regarding the usage situation acquired by the acquisition unit 137 (step S203). Subsequently, the notification unit 139 notifies the video poster of information relating to the usage status including the amount of reward calculated by the calculation unit 138 (step S204).

  And the notification part 139 receives payment of a reward from a video contributor (step S205). Furthermore, the notification unit 139 distributes a reward to the summary creator based on the payment received from the video poster (step S206). The processing by the service providing apparatus 100 proceeds to step S201 after step S206, and repeats the above processing.

[5. (Modification)
The service providing system 1 according to the above-described embodiment may be implemented in various different forms other than the above-described embodiment. Therefore, in the following, another embodiment of the service providing system 1 will be described.

[5-1. (Revenue return model)
In the above-described embodiment, the service providing apparatus 100 receives an example of setting a reward for the moving image content from the moving image poster, and calculates a reward for the summary creator based on the setting. However, the service providing apparatus 100 may calculate a reward for the summary creator by different processing. This point will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram (1) illustrating an example of the service providing process according to the modification. In FIG. 13, the service providing apparatus 100 distributes the revenue of the service itself to the summary creator and the video poster without receiving a reward setting from the video poster. Below, an example of the service provision process performed by the service provision apparatus 100 which concerns on a modification is demonstrated along a flow.

  The video poster posts the video content C01 desired to be distributed in the video distribution service to the service providing apparatus 100 (step S11). The service providing apparatus 100 receives creation of a video summary for the received video content C01.

  Then, the summary creator creates a moving image summary via the UI provided by the service providing apparatus 100 (step S12). The service providing apparatus 100 provides the user with a service for distributing the moving image content and the generated moving image summaries M011 to M013. The user uses the provided service (step S13).

  At this time, it is assumed that the service providing apparatus 100 acquires revenue from the service (step S14). For example, the service providing apparatus 100 obtains revenue by receiving an advertisement fee from an advertiser by distributing advertisement content pasted on a web page that provides the service. Since the advertisement fee is linked to the number of accesses to the web page, etc., for example, the service providing apparatus 100 can acquire more revenue as the number of accesses to the service increases by creating a high-quality video summary. it can.

  Then, the service providing apparatus 100 returns the obtained profit to the video poster (step S15). For example, the service providing apparatus 100 calculates a profit corresponding to the number of uses of the video content C01, and returns the calculated amount to the video poster. This is because it is considered that the video contributor who posted the video content frequently used by the user contributed to the profit of the service itself.

  Similarly, the service providing apparatus 100 returns the obtained profit to the summary creator (step S16). For example, the service providing apparatus 100 calculates a profit corresponding to the number of times of selection of the video summary created by the summary creator, and returns the calculated amount to the summary creator. This is because the fact that the video summary is selected and referenced for viewing the video content is considered to have contributed to the profit of the service itself.

  As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 may distribute a part of the revenue generated by using the moving image content in the service as a reward to the summary creator and the moving image poster.

  That is, the service providing apparatus 100 rewards the summary creator with a model that returns the revenue obtained by increasing the use of the service by creating the video summary without causing the video poster to set a reward for the summary creator. Can be distributed. In addition, for the video contributor, as the number of times of use increases, the profit earned by the video contributor increases, which can be a motivation to post better quality video content. As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can acquire high-quality moving image content and a moving image summary and improve the service quality, so that the service can be activated.

[5-2. (External platform)
In the above-described embodiment, the service providing apparatus 100 has received an example of accepting posting of moving image content from a moving image poster and registering it as moving image content used in the service. Here, the service providing apparatus 100 may perform a service of presenting a video summary using an external platform such as another video distribution site. This point will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram (2) illustrating an example of the service providing process according to the modification. In FIG. 14, the service providing apparatus 100 does not directly accept posting of moving image content from a moving image poster, but operates the service by using moving image content distributed on an external platform. Below, an example of the service provision process performed by the service provision apparatus 100 which concerns on a modification is demonstrated along a flow.

  The video poster posts the video content C01 on a predetermined external video platform (step S21). The external moving image platform indicates a platform on which a moving image distribution service different from the service provided by the service providing apparatus 100 is provided. For example, the platform 51, the platform 52, and the platform 53 shown in FIG. 14 are websites that provide different video distribution services. The platforms 51 to 53 each independently accept posting of moving image content and distribute the received moving image content to the user.

  The moving image content posted to the external moving image platform is associated with the moving image content and the advertising content on each platform (step S22). Specifically, the moving image content is set in each platform so that the advertisement content is displayed when played back. The video contributor can earn revenue by using the advertising fee for the advertising content.

  Here, the service providing apparatus 100 embeds the moving image content C01 in a service provided by itself (step S23). Specifically, the service providing apparatus 100 obtains the link of the moving image content C01 in the external moving image platform, and performs setting so that the moving image content can be accessed from the service provided by itself. The service providing apparatus 100 may acquire a link of the video content C01 by crawling on the network N, or receive a link provided from the external video platform by making a business alliance with the external video platform. Also good. Further, the service providing apparatus 100 may accept registration of moving image content at the request of the moving image poster. For example, when a video poster provides video content to a service provided by the service providing apparatus 100, the video poster may set a reward in the same manner as in the example of FIG. 1 and promote the use of his video content.

  The service providing apparatus 100 accepts creation of a video summary for the video content C01 that can be used in its own service in this way. The summary creator creates a moving image summary via the UI provided by the service providing apparatus 100 (step S24). The service providing apparatus 100 provides a user with a service for distributing the moving image content C01 and the generated moving image summaries M011 to M013. The user uses the provided service (step S25).

  And the service provision apparatus 100 acquires the profit by service (step S26). In this case, the service providing apparatus 100 returns the profit obtained by the service to the summary creator as in the example of FIG. 13 (step S27).

  In this case, the external moving image platform achieves the distribution of the advertisement content associated with itself by distributing the moving image content C01 by the user, although the distribution environment is different (step S28). For this reason, the external moving image platform obtains a predetermined advertisement fee. Then, the external video platform pays a reward to the video poster based on the obtained profit (step S29).

  As described above, the receiving unit 131 according to the service providing apparatus 100 may receive registration of moving image content by specifying a link of the moving image content used in an external service different from the service provided by the service providing unit 134. Good. And the service provision part 134 provides the service which matches and distributes the moving image content specified by designation | designated of a link, and the moving image summary of the said moving image content.

  That is, the service providing apparatus 100 can create a video summary and present the video summary to the user even for video content that the service providing apparatus 100 does not accept. For this reason, the service providing apparatus 100 can secure the moving image content that is the basis of the moving image summary more flexibly. And as above-mentioned, the service provision apparatus 100 can improve the profit which not only the service provision apparatus 100 but an external moving image platform gets, so that a moving image summary is delivered with a moving image content and the frequency | count of use increases. In this way, by providing an environment for creating a moving image summary, the service providing apparatus 100 can activate the entire service relating to moving images including the external moving image platform.

[5-3. (Present video content)
The service providing unit 134 according to the service providing apparatus 100 can present moving image content to be distributed by various methods in the provided service. This point will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram (1) illustrating an example of processing performed by the service providing unit 134 according to the modification. FIG. 15 shows an example in which a screen of a service provided by the service providing unit 134 is displayed on the user terminal 30. As illustrated in FIG. 15, the service providing unit 134 presents information such as the number of summaries corresponding to the moving image content, the number of reproduced moving image content, and the date of upload. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, the service providing unit 134 presents moving image content from the top in the descending order of the number of reproductions. Thereby, the user can preferentially find popular video content.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 15, the service providing unit 134 preferentially presents the video content C21 having a large summary number corresponding to the video content as “recommended video” even if the video content has a small number of playbacks. May be. That is, the service providing unit 134 can set a high evaluation on the assumption that the moving image content C21 in which many moving image summaries are created is an attractive moving image content at least. Such presentation is not only because the video content is attractive as content, but also because it is video content that brings a lot of rewards (for example, high reward settings) for the summary creator, This may be done with the intention of increasing the motivation of the summary creator through encouraging the user.

  Next, FIG. 16 will be described. FIG. 16 is a diagram (2) illustrating an example of processing by the service providing unit 134 according to the modification. FIG. 16 also shows an example in which the screen of the service provided by the service providing unit 134 is displayed on the user terminal 30 as in FIG.

  Here, FIG. 16 illustrates an example in which the service providing unit 134 presents moving image content in descending order of the corresponding moving image summary. In this way, the service providing unit 134 presents video content in descending order of the corresponding video summary, so that the video content evaluated on a scale different from the number of playbacks or the date when the video content was uploaded is given priority to the user. Can be presented.

  Further, the service providing unit 134 may increase the order in which the video content is listed by accepting a large amount of advertising fees, for example, even if the video content has a smaller number of video summaries or playback than others. In the example illustrated in FIG. 16, the moving image content C22 should be presented at a lower level than the moving image content presented as “moving image C” because the moving image summary number is “1”. However, by receiving a predetermined advertising fee, the service providing unit 134 presents the moving image content C22 at a higher rank than the moving image content presented as “moving image C”. As described above, the service providing unit 134 can improve the profit of the service itself by changing the order in which the moving image contents are presented flexibly or by changing the order of insertion according to the advertisement fee. For example, the calculation unit 138 may optimize the relationship between the revenue and the order of publication by learning the relationship with the revenue balance.

[5-4. Acquisition of usage status)
As described above, the acquisition unit 137 has shown an example of acquiring the usage count of the video content, the selection count of the video summary, and the like as the usage status. However, the acquisition unit 137 may acquire different information as the usage status. For example, the acquisition unit 137 may acquire information such as how long the user has viewed the moving image content and when the user has left the moving image content.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 137 may count the number of times of use when the viewing time of the moving image content exceeds a predetermined threshold as well as the number of times that the use of the moving image content is started. That is, the acquisition unit 137 is not necessarily limited to the number of times the moving image summary or moving image content has been used as the information regarding the usage status of the service, and may acquire various information flexibly. The acquisition unit 137 may acquire the number of times the advertisement content distributed along with the video summary or the video content is viewed together with the number of times the video summary or the video content is used. The advertising content distributed along with the video summary and the video content is, for example, the advertising content embedded in the video summary or the video content in the video distribution service. Further, the acquisition unit 137 may acquire the time when the advertisement content is viewed from the user. Then, the calculation unit 138 displays the time when the video summary or the video content was viewed, the number of times the video content or the advertising content distributed along with the video summary was viewed, or the advertising content distributed along with the video content or video summary. A reward to be distributed to the summary creator who created the video summary may be calculated based on the time when is watched. As described above, the calculation device 100 can flexibly calculate a reward for the summary creator in accordance with the mode of service to be performed. Note that the calculation device 100 may use the number of times the advertisement content has been viewed as the number of times the advertisement content has been viewed, or the number of times the advertisement content has been viewed to the end (the number of times the advertisement content has been completed). It may be used for processing.

[5-5. Web server)
In the above-described embodiment, an example in which a predetermined web page is provided when the service providing apparatus 100 provides the moving image distribution service has been described. However, the service providing apparatus 100 may leave the management and distribution of web pages to a predetermined web server or the like. In this case, the distribution unit 135 according to the service providing apparatus 100 distributes a web page by transmitting a control command to a predetermined web server.

[6. Hardware configuration)
The service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment described above is realized by a computer 1000 configured as shown in FIG. 17, for example. Hereinafter, the service providing apparatus 100 will be described as an example. FIG. 17 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer 1000 that implements the functions of the service providing apparatus 100. The computer 1000 includes a CPU 1100, RAM 1200, ROM 1300, HDD 1400, communication interface (I / F) 1500, input / output interface (I / F) 1600, and media interface (I / F) 1700.

  The CPU 1100 operates based on a program stored in the ROM 1300 or the HDD 1400 and controls each unit. The ROM 1300 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1100 when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like.

  The HDD 1400 stores a program executed by the CPU 1100, data used by the program, and the like. The communication interface 1500 receives data from other devices via the communication network 500 (corresponding to the network N shown in FIG. 3), sends the data to the CPU 1100, and transmits the data generated by the CPU 1100 to the other devices via the communication network 500. Send to device.

  The CPU 1100 controls an output device such as a display and a printer and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse via the input / output interface 1600. The CPU 1100 acquires data from the input device via the input / output interface 1600. Further, the CPU 1100 outputs the data generated via the input / output interface 1600 to the output device.

  The media interface 1700 reads a program or data stored in the recording medium 1800 and provides it to the CPU 1100 via the RAM 1200. The CPU 1100 loads such a program from the recording medium 1800 onto the RAM 1200 via the media interface 1700, and executes the loaded program. The recording medium 1800 is, for example, an optical recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Etc.

  For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 130 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200. The HDD 1400 stores data in the storage unit 120. The CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 reads these programs from the recording medium 1800 and executes them, but as another example, these programs may be acquired from other devices via the communication network 500.

[7. Others]
In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various types of information illustrated in each drawing is not limited to the illustrated information.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. For example, the UI providing unit 132 and the creation unit 133 illustrated in FIG. 4 may be integrated. Further, for example, information stored in the storage unit 120 may be stored in a storage server provided outside via the network N.

  Further, for example, in the above-described embodiment, an example is shown in which the service providing apparatus 100 performs a reception process for accepting posting of video content, a creation process for creating a video summary, a distribution process for distributing a reward to the summary creator, and the like. It was. However, the service providing apparatus 100 described above may be separated as an apparatus that performs each process. In this case, for example, the reception device includes a reception unit 131. The creation apparatus includes a UI providing unit 132, a creating unit 133, and a service providing unit 134. In addition, the distribution device includes a distribution unit 135 and a distribution unit 136. In this case, the processing by the service providing apparatus 100 is realized by the service providing system 1 including the receiving apparatus, the creating apparatus, and the distribution apparatus.

  In addition, the above-described embodiments and modifications can be combined as appropriate within a range that does not contradict processing contents.

[8. effect〕
As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment includes the accepting unit 131, the service providing unit 134, and the calculating unit 138. The accepting unit 131 accepts registration of moving image content used in the service. The service providing unit 134 associates and distributes the moving image content received by the receiving unit 131 and the moving image summary that is information that the summary creator (an example of a predetermined creator) outlines the configuration of the moving image content. Provide service. The calculation unit 138 calculates a reward to be distributed to the summary creator who created the video summary based on the information regarding the usage status of the service provided by the service providing unit 134.

  As described above, since the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment provides a service that distributes a video summary that is information that outlines the configuration of video content, the convenience of a user who selects video content can be improved. it can. Then, the service providing apparatus 100 can increase the will of the creator of the summary by calculating a reward for the summary creator who creates the video summary according to the usage situation. Thereby, in the service provided by the service providing apparatus 100, many high-quality moving image summaries are created, and the service quality is improved. As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can activate the service related to the moving image.

  The accepting unit 131 accepts a reward setting when the moving image content is used via the moving image summary from the moving image poster (an example of a moving image content provider). When the moving image content is used via the moving image summary, the calculating unit 138 calculates a reward to be distributed to the summary creator of the moving image summary based on the reward setting by the moving image poster.

  As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment can arbitrarily accept a reward setting so that a reward according to the intention of the video poster is distributed to the summary creator. As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can provide a monetize mechanism that satisfies both the video contributor who wants to increase the number of times the video content has been played and increase the advertising revenue, and the summary creator. .

  In addition, the calculation unit 138 calculates a reward to be distributed to the summary creator who created the video summary based on the service provider's revenue generated by using the video content in the service.

  As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment can calculate a reward to the summary creator based on the profit obtained by itself. With this method, the summary creator can secure profit regardless of the reward setting determined by the video poster, and can therefore actively work on the summary creation of video content that he is interested in. Thereby, since the service providing apparatus 100 can increase the creator's willingness to create, the service can be activated.

  In addition, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment further includes a UI providing unit 132 that provides a user interface (UI) for a summary creator to create a video summary in the service provided by the service providing unit 134. The service providing unit 134 provides a service for distributing a moving image summary created using the UI provided by the UI providing unit 132.

  As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment develops a service that provides a UI for creating a summary. As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can lower the entry barrier for the summary creator who intends to obtain profits by using the video distribution service. Specifically, the summary creator can create a video summary only by preparing the creation terminal 10 such as a smartphone. In this way, the service providing apparatus 100 can activate the service by expanding the base of the persons involved in the service.

  In addition, the UI providing unit 132 accepts designation of a time-series range in the moving image content, thereby giving an arbitrary reproduction start point in the moving image content and arbitrarily explaining the moving image content in the time-series range. Provides a UI that accepts wording specifications.

  As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment enables setting of a range and a summary word via the UI. As a result, the summary creator can create a moving image summary whose contents can be set flexibly based on his / her intention. Further, according to the service providing apparatus 100, it is possible for the user to use the moving image content together with the moving image summary given for each range, so that the service quality can be improved in terms of user convenience.

  The accepting unit 131 accepts registration of the moving image content by specifying a link of the moving image content used in an external service (for example, an external moving image platform) different from the service provided by the service providing unit 134. The UI providing unit 132 provides a UI for the summary creator to create a moving image summary corresponding to the moving image content specified by the link designation.

  As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment may provide a service for distributing moving image content together with a moving image summary by utilizing an external moving image distribution platform. Thereby, since the service providing apparatus 100 can create a video summary corresponding to many video contents existing in a plurality of video distribution services, the service providing apparatus 100 can improve the profit of the entire service related to the video. .

  The service providing unit 134 provides a service that allows a user using the service to arbitrarily select a video summary when there are a plurality of video summaries corresponding to the video content.

  Thus, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment can create a plurality of moving image summaries for moving image content. Thereby, the service providing apparatus 100 can provide a service with excellent usability, such as being able to select a moving image summary that the user likes. Further, the service providing apparatus 100 can also activate the service by encouraging competition between the summary creators.

  When there are a plurality of video summaries corresponding to the video content, the service providing unit 134 provides a service for presenting the video content to the user based on the order according to the number of video summaries.

  Thus, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment can present the moving image content to the user using the number of moving image summaries as one scale. As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can flexibly present video content that is attractive from the viewpoint of the summary creator to the user or preferentially present video content that is likely to improve profits in the service. Services can be provided.

  The calculation unit 138 is the number of times that the video content corresponding to the predetermined video summary is used by the user, the number of times the predetermined video summary is selected, the time when the video content or the predetermined video summary is viewed, or A reward to be distributed to the summary creator who created the predetermined moving image summary is calculated based on at least one of the number of times or time when the advertisement content distributed along with the moving image content or the moving image summary is viewed.

  As described above, the service providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment calculates a reward for the summary creator based on the number of times the service is used in the service. Thereby, the service providing apparatus 100 can make the summary creator have a willingness to create a high-quality moving image summary that increases the number of selections. As a result, the service providing apparatus 100 can improve the quality of the provided service.

  As described above, some of the embodiments of the present application have been described in detail based on the drawings. It is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with improvements.

  In addition, the above-mentioned “section (module, unit)” can be read as “means” or “circuit”. For example, the acquisition unit can be read as acquisition means or an acquisition circuit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Service provision system 10 Creation terminal 20 Posting terminal 30 User terminal 40 Advertiser terminal 100 Service provision apparatus 121 Content storage part 122 Summary storage part 123 Usage status storage part 130 Control part 131 Reception part 132 UI provision part 133 Creation part 134 Service provision Unit 135 distribution unit 136 distribution unit 137 acquisition unit 138 calculation unit 139 notification unit

Claims (11)

A reception unit that accepts registration of video content used in the service;
A service providing unit that provides a service for associating and distributing the moving image content received by the receiving unit and a moving image summary that is information that the predetermined creator outlines the configuration of the moving image content;
A calculation unit that calculates a reward to be distributed to a creator who created the video summary, based on information on a usage situation in which the service provided by the service providing unit is used;
A service providing apparatus comprising: The reception unit
Receiving the reward setting when the video content is used via the video summary from the video content provider,
The calculation unit includes:
When video content is used via the video summary, a reward distributed to the creator of the video summary is calculated based on a reward setting by the provider.
The service providing apparatus according to claim 1. The calculation unit includes:
Calculating a reward to be distributed to the creator who created the video summary, based on the service provider's revenue generated by using the video content in the service;
The service providing apparatus according to claim 1. In a service provided by the service providing unit, a UI providing unit that provides a UI (user interface) for the predetermined creator to create a video summary;
Further comprising
The service providing unit includes:
Providing a service for distributing a video summary created using the UI provided by the UI providing unit;
The service providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein The UI providing unit includes:
By accepting designation of a time-series range in the video content, an arbitrary playback start point is given to the video content, and a UI that accepts designation of a word that arbitrarily describes the video content in the time-series range I will provide a,
The service providing apparatus according to claim 4. The reception unit
Accepting registration of the video content by specifying the link of the video content used in an external service different from the service provided by the service providing unit,
The UI providing unit includes:
The predetermined creator provides a UI for creating a video summary corresponding to the video content specified by the designation of the link;
The service providing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the service providing apparatus is provided. The service providing unit includes:
When there are a plurality of video summaries corresponding to the video content, a service using a service is provided so that a user can arbitrarily select a video summary.
The service providing device according to claim 1, wherein the service providing device is a device. The service providing unit includes:
When there are a plurality of video summaries corresponding to the video content, providing a service for presenting the video content to the user based on the order according to the number of video summaries.
The service providing device according to claim 1, wherein the service providing device is a device. The calculation unit includes:
In the service, the number of times that the video content corresponding to the predetermined video summary is used by the user, the number of times the predetermined video summary is selected, the time when the video content or the predetermined video summary is viewed, or the Calculating a reward to be distributed to the creator who created the predetermined video summary, based on at least one of the number of times or time when the video content or the advertisement content distributed along with the predetermined video summary is viewed;
The service providing device according to claim 1, wherein the service providing device is a device. A service providing method executed by a computer,
A reception process for accepting registration of video content used in the service;
A service providing step of providing a service for associating and distributing the moving image content received by the receiving step and a moving image summary, which is information that a predetermined creator outlines the configuration of the moving image content;
A calculation step of calculating a reward to be distributed to a creator who created the video summary based on information on a usage situation in which the service provided by the service providing step is used;
A service providing method characterized by including: Acceptance procedure to accept registration of video content used in the service,
A service providing procedure for providing a service for associating and delivering the moving image content received by the receiving procedure and the moving image summary, which is information in which a predetermined creator outlines the configuration of the moving image content;
A calculation procedure for calculating a reward to be distributed to the creator who created the video summary, based on information on a usage situation in which the service provided by the service providing procedure is used;
A service providing program for causing a computer to execute.

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