WO2019087282A1 - Information processing method, information processing device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

This information processing method, which is executed by an information processing device that communicates with a plurality of information processing terminals, executes: a step for receiving first content from a first information processing terminal; a step for collating the first content with a plurality of pieces of content which are stored in a database included in the information processing device; a step for receiving, from a second information processing terminal, information which indicates a setting related to the use of the first content, when second content, which matches or is similar to the first content, is detected in the collation step; and a step for controlling the use of the first content by the first information processing terminal on the basis of the information which indicates the setting related to the use of the first content.

Description

INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM

The present disclosure relates to an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a program.

Technologies are known that can search for images uploaded using social networking services (SNS, Social Networking Service) etc., or images on curation sites that post information collected and summarized on the Internet etc. (E.g., Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP, 2017-173900, A JP, 2017-054438, A

However, in the prior art, even if the copyright holder of the image detects unauthorized use of the image by searching the image on the SNS, for example, the unauthorized use of the image may be restricted. It is necessary to warn the user etc. and stop the unauthorized use etc. Therefore, there is a problem that it may be difficult to restrict unauthorized use.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of a user having a copyright of content to easily execute control related to use of the content.

An information processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is executed by an information processing apparatus that communicates with a plurality of information processing terminals, and receives a first content from a first information processing terminal; When a second content that matches or is similar to the first content is detected by the steps of matching the content with a plurality of pieces of content stored in the database of the information processing device, and the matching step Receiving information indicating the setting relating to the use of the first content from the second information processing terminal, and by the first information processing terminal based on the information indicating the setting relating to the use of the first content Controlling the use of the content.

It is a figure showing composition of a communication system concerning an embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the sequence of the content registration in the communication system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of the content upload which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of the license setting which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of the meta-information setting which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the license process in the communication system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of content search result display which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the sequence of the license setting in the communication system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of the content list which has the right which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the license change process in the communication system which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 when use of the content which concerns on embodiment is blocked. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 when use of the content which concerns on embodiment is permitted. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of monitoring which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of license execution state display which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of the content detailed display which concerns on embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen display in the terminal 20 at the time of the profile display which concerns on embodiment.

<Compliance with legal matters>
It should be noted that when implementing the invention described herein, it is implemented in compliance with the legal matters of the implementing country regarding the implementation of the present disclosure, such as communication secrets.

Embodiments of an information processing method, an information processing apparatus, and a program according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.
<System configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to the embodiment. As disclosed in FIG. 1, in the communication system, the server 10 is connected to the terminal 20A, the terminal 20B, and the terminal 20C (hereinafter referred to as the “terminal 20” when they are not distinguished from one another) via the network 30. Ru. The server 10 provides the terminal 20 owned by the user via the network 30 with a service for sharing registered content among the terminals 20. The number of terminals 20 connected to the network 30 is not limited.

The network 30 plays a role of connecting one or more terminals 20 and one or more servers 10. That is, the network 30 is a communication network that provides a connection path so that data can be transmitted and received after the terminal 20 has connected to the server 10.

One or more portions of network 30 may be a wired network or a wireless network. Network 30 may include, by way of non-limiting example, an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (Wireless LAN: WLAN), wide area network (WAN), wireless WAN (wireless WAN: WWAN), metropolitan area network (metropolitan area network: MAN), part of the Internet, public switched telephone network (Public Switched) Part of Telephone Network (PSTN), mobile phone network, integrated services digital networks (ISDNs), wireless LANs, long term evolution (LTE), code division multiple access (CDMA), Bluetooth (registered trademark), satellite communication Etc., or it may include combinations of two or more thereof. Network 30 may include one or more networks 30.

The terminal 20 may be any information processing terminal that can realize the functions described in the embodiment. The terminal 20 is, by way of non-limiting example, a computer (for example, but not limited to, desktop, laptop, notebook, tablet etc.), a smart phone, a mobile phone (feature phone), a media computer platform (for non-limiting example, cable television reception set) Top box, satellite set-top box or digital video recorder etc), handheld computing device (such as but not limited to personal digital assistant (PDA), email client etc), wearable terminal (glasses type device, watch type device etc) or Includes other types of computers or communication platforms. Moreover, the terminal 20 may be expressed as an information processing terminal.

The configurations of the terminal 20A, the terminal 20B, and the terminal 20C are basically the same, so the terminal 20 will be described in the following description. The profile information of the user is part or all of the information associated with the account for the registered content sharing service in the communication system. The profile information of the user is, as a non-limiting example, a user name input by the user, a user image, a user's age, a user's gender, a user's address, a user's taste or a user identifier set by an SNS system It may be any one or a combination of these, including information that can identify the user.

The server 10 has a function of providing a predetermined service to the terminal 20. The server 10 may be any device as long as it can realize the functions described in the embodiment. The server 10 may be, by way of non-limiting example, a server device, a computer (by way of non-limiting example, desktop, laptop, tablet etc.), a media computer platform (by way of non-limiting example, cable television reception set top box, satellite set top box or It includes digital video recorders, etc.), handheld computing devices (PDA, e.g. non-limiting examples, e-mail clients etc), or other kinds of computers, or communication platforms. Also, the server 10 may be expressed as an information processing apparatus.
<Hardware configuration>
The hardware configuration of each device included in the communication system will be described with reference to FIG.
(1) Server hardware configuration
The server 10 includes a control device 11 (CPU), a storage device 15, a communication I / F 14 (interface), an input / output device 12, and a display 13. The hardware components of the server 10 are interconnected via the bus B, as a non-limiting example.

The control device 11 has a circuit physically structured to execute functions implemented by codes or instructions contained in a program, and as a non-limiting example, a data processing device incorporated in hardware. To be realized.

The control unit 11 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), and in addition, a microprocessor, processor core, multiprocessor, ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) And FPGA (field-programmable gate array). However, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the control device 11 is not limited to these.

The storage device 15 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the server 10 to operate. The storage device 15 is realized by various storage media such as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, and the like. However, in the present disclosure, the storage device 15 is not limited to these.

The communication I / F 14 transmits and receives various data via the network 30. The communication may be performed by wire or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as communication with each other can be performed. The communication I / F 14 has a function of executing communication with the terminal 20 via the network 30. The communication I / F 14 transmits various data to the terminal 20 in accordance with an instruction from the control device 11. The communication I / F 14 receives various data transmitted from the terminal 20 and transmits the data to the control device 11.

The input / output device 12 is realized by a device that inputs various operations on the server 10. The input / output device 12 is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices capable of receiving input from a user and transmitting information related to the input to the control device 11. The input / output device 12 is realized by a hardware key represented by a keyboard or the like or a pointing device such as a mouse. The input / output device 12 may include, as a non-limiting example, a touch panel or a camera (operation input via a moving image) or a microphone (operation input by voice). However, in the present disclosure, the input / output device 12 is not limited to these.

The display 13 is typically realized by a monitor (as a non-limiting example, a liquid crystal display or OELD (organic electroluminescence display)). The display 13 may be a head mounted display (HMD) or the like. Note that these displays 13 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D (three dimensions). However, in the present disclosure, the display 13 is not limited to these.

The server 10 stores the program P in the storage device 15 and executes the program P, whereby the control device 11 executes processing as each unit included in the control device 11. That is, the program P stored in the storage device 15 causes the server 10 to realize each function executed by the control device 11. In addition, the server 10 causes the storage device 15 to store data D necessary to realize each function executed by the control device 11.

(2) Hardware configuration of terminal The terminal 20 includes a control device 21 (CPU), a storage device 28, a communication I / F 22 (interface), an input / output device 23, a display device 24, a microphone 25, a speaker 26, a camera 27, and the like. Prepare. The respective components of the hardware of the terminal 20 are mutually connected via the bus B as a non-limiting example.

The communication I / F 22 transmits and receives various data via the network 30. The communication may be performed by wire or wireless, and any communication protocol may be used as long as communication with each other can be performed. The communication I / F 22 has a function of executing communication with the server 10 via the network 30. The communication I / F 22 transmits various data to the server 10 in accordance with an instruction from the control device 21. The communication I / F 22 receives various data transmitted from the server 10 and transmits the data to the control device 21.

The input / output device 23 includes a device for inputting various operations to the terminal 20, and a device for outputting the processing result processed by the terminal 20. In the input / output device 23, the input device and the output device may be integrated, or the input device and the output device may be separated.

The input device is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices capable of receiving an input from a user and transmitting information related to the input to the control device 21. The input device includes, as non-limiting examples, hardware keys such as a touch panel, a touch display, and a keyboard, or a pointing device such as a mouse, a camera (operation input via a moving image), and a microphone (operation input by voice).

The output device is realized by any one or a combination of all types of devices capable of outputting the processing result processed by the control device 21. The output device includes, as non-limiting examples, a touch panel, a touch display, a speaker (audio output), a lens (3D output as a non-limiting example, a hologram output), a printer and the like.

The display device 24 is realized by any one or a combination of all kinds of devices capable of displaying according to the display data written in the frame buffer. The display device 24 is, by way of non-limiting example, a touch panel, a touch display, a monitor (as a non-limiting example, a liquid crystal display or OELD (organic electroluminescence display)), a head mounted display (HMD), projection mapping, a hologram, or the like (in vacuum) Includes an apparatus capable of displaying image or text information and the like. Note that these display devices 24 may be able to display display data in 3D.

When the input / output device 23 is a touch panel, the input / output device 23 and the display device 24 may be arranged to face each other with substantially the same size and shape.

The control device 21 has a circuit physically structured to execute a function realized by code or instruction contained in a program, and as a non-limiting example, a data processing device built in hardware. To be realized.

The controller 21 includes, by way of non-limiting example, a central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, processor core, multiprocessor, ASIC, FPGA.

The storage device 28 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the terminal 20 to operate. The storage device 28 includes various storage media such as an HDD, an SSD, a flash memory, a RAM, and a ROM as a non-limiting example.

The terminal 20 stores the program P in the storage device 28 and executes the program P, whereby the control device 21 executes processing as each unit included in the control device 21. That is, the program P stored in the storage device 28 causes the terminal 20 to realize each function executed by the control device 21. In addition, the terminal 20 causes the storage device 28 to store data D necessary to realize each function executed by the control device 21.

The microphone 25 is used to input audio data. The speaker 26 is used to output audio data. The camera 27 is used to acquire moving image data.

The program of the present disclosure uses, as non-limiting examples, a script language such as ActionScript or JavaScript (registered trademark), an object-oriented programming language such as Objective-C or Java (registered trademark), or a markup language such as HTML5. Will be implemented.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the CPU of the terminal 20 and / or the server 10 executes the program P to realize a required function.

The control device 21 of the terminal 20 and / or the control device 11 of the server 10 is not only a CPU but also a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)), etc. Each process may be realized by hardware or a dedicated circuit. Also, these circuits may be realized by one or more integrated circuits, and the plurality of processes described in the embodiments may be realized by one integrated circuit. Also, LSI may be called VLSI, super LSI, ultra LSI, or the like depending on the degree of integration.

Also, the program P (software program / computer program) of the embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided as stored in a computer readable storage medium. The storage medium can store the program in the “non-transitory tangible medium”.

The storage medium is, where appropriate, one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs), such as, by way of non-limiting example, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or application specific ICs (ASICs). , Hard disk drive (HDD), hybrid hard drive (HHD), optical disk, optical disk drive (ODD), magnetooptical disk, magnetooptical drive, floppy diskette, floppy disk drive (FDD), magnetic tape , Solid state drive (SSD), RAM drive, secure digital card or drive, any other suitable storage medium, or any combination of two or more thereof. The storage medium may be volatile, non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile, as appropriate. The storage medium is not limited to these examples, and may be any device or medium as long as the program P can be stored.

The server 10 and / or the terminal 20 can realize the functions of the plurality of functional units shown in the embodiment by reading the program P stored in the storage medium and executing the read program P.

Also, the program P of the present disclosure may be provided to the server 10 and / or the terminal 20 via any transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) capable of transmitting the program. The server 10 and / or the terminal 20 implement the functions of the plurality of functional units shown in the embodiment by executing the program P downloaded via the Internet or the like as a non-limiting example.

The embodiment of the present disclosure can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program P is embodied by electronic transmission.
At least a part of the processing in the server 10 and / or the terminal 20 may be realized by cloud computing configured by one or more computers.

The configuration may be such that at least a part of the processing in the terminal 20 is performed by the server 10. In this case, at least a part of the processing of each functional unit of the control device 21 of the terminal 20 may be performed by the server 10.

The terminal 20 may perform at least a part of the processing in the server 10. In this case, at least a part of the processing of each functional unit of the control device 11 of the server 10 may be performed by the terminal 20.

Unless explicitly stated, the configuration of the determination in the embodiment of the present disclosure is not essential, and the predetermined process is operated when the determination condition is satisfied, or the predetermined process is performed when the determination condition is not satisfied. You may
Embodiment
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described.
<Functional configuration>
(1) Example of Functional Configuration of Server 10 As shown in FIG. 1, the functional units realized by the control device 11 of the server 10 include a user interface control unit 110, a database management unit 111, a content comparison unit 112, and a license processing unit. And 113. The respective functional units can be connected to one another and can communicate with the functional units of the terminal 20.

The user interface control unit 110 has a function of controlling a screen display on the terminal 20 and a screen display for receiving an input of a command or content data or the like by a button click from the user on the screen. As a non-limiting example, the screen display may be provided from the user interface control unit 110 via a browser operating on the terminal 20. The screen display to the user includes content browsing, display of the license exercise status relating to the content, registration of the content, setting of the license, setting of meta information, and the like.

The user is a user of the communication system. Hereinafter, when the user is particularly distinguished, the user who registers the content is referred to as a “registrant”, and the user who has the copyright of the content is referred to as a “right holder”. A user may be identified by a user profile in the communication system and may log into the communication system.

The content corresponds to the entire work. As a non-limiting example, the content may be an image, a moving image, music, text or the like.

The database management unit 111 has a function of registering or updating the profile of the user, the content, the license setting relating to the content, the meta information relating to the content, etc. in the database constructed on the data D of the storage device 15. Note that the database may be possessed by a server other than the server 10 in the communication system, or a combination of a plurality of databases may be used.

In addition, the database management unit 111 has a function of collating the profile of the user included in the database with the profile of the user input from the user interface control unit 110 and executing login processing to the communication system. The database management unit 111 also has a function of updating the database with the profile of the user input from the user interface control unit 110 and executing a new user registration process for the communication system. Also, the database management unit 111 may have a function of totalizing and storing the number of browsed contents or the number of clicks and the like.

The content matching unit 112 matches the content registered by the user with the registered content. As a result of the comparison, it is determined whether the same or similar content exists. The content to be collated by the content collating unit 112 may be content included in a database included in the server 10, content included in a database including a plurality of servers included in the communication system, or the Internet It may be content existing in part or all.

The license processing unit 113 processes a license related to the content. If it is determined that the same or similar content exists as a result of the content matching by the content matching unit 112, the license processing unit 113 notifies the user having the copyright of the content, that is, the right holder that the content is registered. And notify the user who has registered the content, ie, the registrant, of the license setting of the content. Also, the license processing unit 113 applies the license setting input by the right holder to the registered content, and causes the database management unit 111 to update the license setting.
(2) Functional Configuration Example of Terminal 20 As shown in FIG. 1, a functional unit realized by the control device 21 of the terminal 20 includes a user interface processing unit 210. The user interface processing unit 210 can also communicate with the functional units of the server 10.

The user interface processing unit 210 has a function of performing screen display to the user and screen display for receiving an input of a command or content data from the user based on an instruction of the user interface control unit 110 of the server 10. The user interface processing unit 210 transmits, to the user interface control unit 110 of the server 10, a command or content data or the like by a button click input from the user.

<Content registration process>
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a content registration sequence in the communication system according to the embodiment. The operation of the user registering content in the communication system will be described with reference to FIG. Thus, the user shown in FIG. 2 is a registrant. Further, in FIG. 2, an operation of browsing a content registered in the communication system by the user will be described.

In step S101, the user interface control unit 110 transmits information related to screen display to the user interface processing unit 210. The screen display provides the user with an interface of “user registration” or “login”. Subsequently, the user inputs, to the user interface processing unit 210, information related to user registration or login, that is, a user profile (S102). Subsequently, the user profile is input to the database management unit 111 via the user interface processing unit 210 and the user interface control unit 110 (S103, S104), the user profile is updated or collated, and the user is a communication system. Login to (S105).

In step S106, the user interface control unit 110 transmits information related to screen display to the user interface processing unit 210. The screen display provides the user with an interface of “content registration” shown in FIG. 3, “license setting” shown in FIG. 4, or “meta information setting” shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of content upload according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the user can input content to be uploaded by dragging or clicking with a pointing device. In FIG. 3, five pieces of content are uploaded. As a non-limiting example, the first content from the top shows an indication prompting the user to input the content again because an error has occurred, and the second and fourth contents from the top show a display that the upload has been completed, from the top The third and fifth content show the display being uploaded. At the bottom of the screen, a button for proceeding to "Edit license information" is displayed. By clicking the button, the user can advance to a screen for performing license setting of the uploaded content.

FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of a screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of setting a license according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an example in which 30 contents are uploaded, and shows a screen display when performing license setting collectively for the 30 contents. "Credit", "Title", and "Caption" exist as items to be input by the user, and "Prohibit any use as a principle [Prohibit use"] is selected as the license setting. "License under specified conditions" exists as another setting of the license. If the license setting is "[prohibit use] in principle prohibit any use", the use of the content is prohibited and blocked. If the license setting is "licensed under specified conditions", the use of the content is permitted based on the specified conditions. The designated conditions are 1) credit display, 2) link installation, and 3) usage fee processing as non-limiting examples. Details will be described later.

At the bottom of the screen, a button for "to edit meta information" is displayed. By clicking the button, the user can advance to a screen for setting the meta information of the uploaded content. In addition, at the bottom of the screen, a "cancel upload" button and a "return to STEP 1" button are also displayed. STEP 1 is a screen for uploading the content described in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of meta information setting according to the embodiment.
FIG. 5 shows an example in which 30 pieces of content are uploaded, and shows a screen display when setting of meta information is collectively performed on the 30 pieces of content. As items to be input by the user, “basic information” includes “ID”, “photographer”, “photograph classification”, “photographing date”, and “keyword”. For "keyword", buttons of "glamorous", "good mood" and "birthday" are prepared. Also, "area" includes "country", "prefecture", "city", "spot name", "purpose of use", "what place", and "keyword". For "keyword", buttons of "glamorous", "good mood" and "birthday" are prepared. Also, “shooting conditions” include “season”, “weather”, “time zone”, and “keyword”. For "keyword", a button for "fine May" is prepared. In addition, “subject information” includes “type”, “who”, “what kind of person”, “number of people”, “sex”, “how do it look”, “what are you doing”, and “keyword”. A button of "Good mood" is prepared for "keyword". Also, "Add subject" and "Add background" buttons are provided.

At the bottom of the screen, a "confirm registration" button is displayed. By clicking the button, processing for registering the uploaded content in the server 10 is started. In addition, at the bottom of the screen, a "cancel upload" button and a "return to STEP 2" button are also displayed. STEP 2 is a screen for setting a license for the content described in FIG.

Return to FIG. As described in FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, in step S107, the user performs content registration, license setting, and meta information setting. Subsequently, the user interface processing unit 210 transmits the content, license setting and meta information input from the user to the user interface control unit 110 (S108). Subsequently, the user interface control unit 110 transmits the content, the license setting, and the meta information to the database management unit 111 (S109).

In step S110, the database management unit 111 updates the database based on the received content, license setting and meta information. Subsequently, the database management unit 111 causes the content matching unit 112 to start matching of the content (S111).

In step S112, the content collating unit 112 collates the content. As described above, the content to be matched may be the content included in the database of the server 10, or the content included in the database including a plurality of servers of the communication system. It may be content that exists in part or all of the Internet. Content matching determines whether content identical or similar to the registered content already exists in the content to be matched. For content matching, as a non-limiting example, an existing image search engine, an image analysis system, etc. may be used. Subsequently, the content collating unit 112 transmits, to the license processing unit 113, a result of content collation indicating whether or not there is content identical or similar to the registered content (S113).

In step S114, when there is content identical or similar to the registered content, the license processing unit 113 acquires the license setting of the identical or similar content from the database management unit 111. That is, the registered content indicates that the same or similar content is already registered in the communication system, and there is another user who is the right holder. Subsequently, the license processing unit 113 performs license processing (S115).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of license processing in the communication system according to the embodiment. In FIG. 6, the process performed by the license processing unit 113 in step S115 of FIG. 2 will be described.

In step S115, the license processing unit 113 starts license processing. Subsequently, in the content matching result, the license processing unit 113 determines whether the content related to the registered content, that is, the same or similar content is detected. If it is detected (YES in S1151), the process proceeds to step S1153. If it is not detected (NO in S1151), the process proceeds to step S1152.

In step S1152, the license setting input by the registrant is applied to the registered content. Subsequently, the registrant is notified of information indicating that the license input by the registrant is to be applied to the registered content (S1159), and the license processing ends.

On the other hand, in step S1153, the right holder is notified of information indicating that the content having the right has been uploaded. Subsequently, the license processing unit 113 determines whether the license setting of the right holder for the content is “block”. If it is "block" (YES in S1154), the process proceeds to step S1155, and if it is not "block" (NO in S1154), the process proceeds to step S1156.

In step S1155, the registered content is blocked for use. Details of the case where the use of the content is blocked will be described later. Subsequently, for the registered content, the registrant is notified of information indicating that the right holder has blocked the use of the content (S1159), and the license processing is ended.

On the other hand, in step S1156, the license processing unit 113 determines whether the license setting of the right holder for the content is “licensed under specified conditions”. If "specified condition is permitted" (YES at S1156), the process proceeds to step S1157, and if not "specifically permitted at the specified condition" (NO at S1156), the process proceeds to step S1159 and the registered content is The registrant is notified of information indicating that the right holder has not set the license or holds the license setting, and the license process is terminated.

In step S1157, the registered content is permitted to be used under the designated condition set by the right holder. Details of the case where the use of the content is permitted will be described later. Subsequently, in step S1158, a process according to the designated condition set by the right holder is executed. When the designated condition is “credit display”, it is a condition that the credit display is accompanied when the content is used. When the designated condition is "link installation", it is a condition that the link installation is accompanied when the content is used. When the designated condition is "use charge processing", the process involves that the right holder is paid a predetermined use charge when the content is used. The content usage fee to the right holder may be paid by the operator of the communication system or may be paid by the registrant. Also, the content usage fee to the right holder may be sold out, and if the content usage fee is settled, the license for the content may be transferred. The license processing unit 113 executes the processing relating to the payment of the above-mentioned usage fee, and performs necessary notification to the right holder or registrant. Note that one or more conditions may be set as the designation condition, and the designation condition is not limited to the above three conditions. Subsequently, the processing proceeds to step S 1159, where the registrant is notified of information indicating that the right holder has set the usage charge for the registered content, and the license processing is ended. The registrant may not necessarily be notified of the information indicating that the right holder has set the usage fee for the registered content.

Return to FIG. Hereinafter, the sequence for notifying the registrant in step S 1159 of FIG. 6 will be described. The sequence for notifying the right holder will be described later.

In step S116, the license processing unit 113 transmits, to the database management unit 111, information to be notified to the registrant described with reference to FIG. The information notified to the registrant includes the license setting status of the registered content. The license setting status includes information indicating whether the license setting of the registrant is applied to the registered content or which of the license settings of the right holder is applied. Subsequently, the database management unit 111 updates the license setting of the content registered according to the license setting status (S117). Subsequently, the database management unit 111 transmits information for notifying the registrant to the user interface control unit 110 (S118). The license processing unit 113 may transmit the information to be notified to the registrant to the user interface control unit 110 without passing through the database management unit 111.

In step S119, the user interface control unit 110 transmits, to the user interface processing unit 210, information related to screen display for displaying information notified to the registrant to the user. The screen display is for displaying, to the user, information to be notified to the registrant, that is, the license setting status of the registered content. The user can confirm the license setting status of the registered content by the screen display.

If the registrant has the content right, that is, if the registrant and the right holder are the same user, the user who has registered the content detected on the database by the collation of the content in step S112. Then, it is notified in the license process of step S115 that the license setting of the registrant is applied to the content. The notification is the same as the operation after step S208 described later in FIG.

Also, the user can search for content at any time (S150). The database management unit 111 acquires the search condition designated by the user via the user interface processing unit 210 and the user interface control unit 110 (S151, S152), and executes the content search in the database of the communication system (S153) .

In step S154, the database management unit 111 transmits the content search result to the user interface control unit 110. Subsequently, the user interface control unit 110 transmits, to the user interface processing unit 210, information related to screen display for displaying the content search result to the user. The screen display is for displaying the content search result to the user. The user can browse the content search result by the screen display.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of content search result display according to the embodiment. The content search result is displayed on the screen based on the search condition input by the user. As shown in FIG. 7, the content (image) of the content, the license setting, the credit, the number of permitted use, and the number of browsing times are displayed. The display content may be changed as appropriate.

<License setting process>
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a license setting sequence in the communication system according to the embodiment.
In step S115, the license processing unit 113 executes the license processing described in FIG. 2 and FIG. Step S1153 “notice to right holder” shown in FIG. 6 corresponds to step S201. The information notified to the right holder includes information indicating that the content to which the right holder has a right has been registered in the communication system. Subsequently, information to be notified to the right holder is transmitted to the user interface control unit 110 via the database management unit 111 (S201) (S202). The license processing unit 113 may transmit information for notifying the right holder to the user interface control unit 110 without passing through the database management unit 111.

In step S203, the user interface control unit 110 transmits, to the user interface processing unit 210, information related to screen display for displaying information notified to the right holder to the user. The screen display indicates to the user information to be notified to the right holder, that is, the content having the right is registered in the communication system. The user confirms that the content having the right is registered in the communication system by the screen display, and can change the license setting of the content as needed (S204).

In step S204, the user who is the right holder may continue to apply the previously set license setting to the content having the right. That is, the user who is the right holder need not necessarily perform additional processing. Also, the user who is the right holder may change the license setting for the content having the right when notified that the content having the right is registered in the communication system.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of the content list having the right according to the embodiment.
In FIG. 9, the license setting can be changed by clicking “unprocessed” for the content having rights. The number of “unprocessed” indicates the number of cases in which the user has not processed the number of cases in which the content having the right is detected by the content comparison unit 112. The user may collectively set the license for the number of "unprocessed".

As described with reference to FIG. 4, “use prohibited (block)” and “licensed under specified conditions” exist as license settings for content. Furthermore, as a license setting, “pending” may be set to temporarily suspend exercise. If the license setting is "licensed under specified conditions", the use of the content is permitted based on the specified conditions. The designation conditions include, as non-limiting examples, 1) credit display, 2) link installation, and 3) usage fee processing, and the user appropriately designates the conditions.

Return to FIG. In step S 204, the user inputs a change in license setting to the user interface processing unit 210. Subsequently, the license processing unit 113 performs license change processing (S207) via the user interface control unit 110 (S205, S206).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a license change process in the communication system according to the embodiment. In FIG. 10, the process performed by the license processing unit 113 in step S207 of FIG. 8 will be described.

In step S207, the license processing unit 113 starts license processing. In step S2071, the license processing unit 113 determines whether the license setting input by the right holder has been changed to “block”. If it is "block" (YES in S2071), the process proceeds to step S2072, and if it is not "block" (NO in S2071), the process proceeds to step S2073.

In step S2072, the target content for which the license setting has been changed is blocked from use. If use of the content is blocked, the display will be changed when using the content.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of screen display on the terminal 20 when use of content is blocked according to the embodiment. If the use of the content is blocked by the rights holder, the content becomes unusable. In the example of FIG. 11, the image is blacked out and is hidden, and the message “this post has been hidden by the image right holder” is displayed. The process in which the image is hidden may be performed based on data included as embedded in the image.

Return to FIG. Subsequently, in step S2076, the registrant is notified of information indicating that the right holder has blocked the use of the target content, and the license change processing ends.

On the other hand, in step S2073, the license processing unit 113 determines whether the license setting of the right holder for the target content is “licensed under specified conditions”. If it is "licensed under specified conditions" (YES in S2073), the process proceeds to step S2074, and if it is not "licensed under specified conditions" (NO in S2073), the process proceeds to step S2076 and the target content The registrant is notified of information indicating that the license setting has not been made or the license setting is pending, and the license processing is terminated.

In step S2074, the target content is permitted to be used under the designated condition set by the right holder. When the use of the content is permitted, the target content may be made available with legitimate data, that is, high quality data. The high quality data may be data of content registered by the right holder. As a non-limiting example, if the content is an image, a high resolution image may be made available.

FIG. 12 is a view showing an example of the screen display on the terminal 20 when the use of the content according to the embodiment is permitted. When the use of the content is authorized by the right holder, the content becomes available for legitimate data. In the example of FIG. 12, the image is replaced by a high-resolution image that is regular data, and a message “this image has been changed by the right holder” is displayed. The process of replacing the image with a high resolution image may be performed based on data included as embedded in the image. At the bottom of the image, a credit of “Tsukemen / Takahashi by ramen” may be displayed. The credit is displayed when a credit indication is included in the designated condition set by the right holder.

Also, when the use of the content is authorized by the right holder and the legitimate data becomes available, other content, eg, advertisement, is displayed for a predetermined period or until the user instructs before the content with the legitimate data is displayed. May be displayed. As a non-limiting example, when the content is an image, an advertisement may be displayed at the position of the image, and after the user browses the advertisement, an image of the content with legitimate data may be displayed.

Return to FIG. Subsequently, in step S2075, processing in accordance with the designated condition set by the right holder is executed. When the designated condition is “credit display”, it is a condition that the credit display is accompanied when the content is used. When the designated condition is "link installation", it is a condition that the link installation is accompanied when the content is used. When the designated condition is "use charge processing", the process involves that the right holder is paid a predetermined use charge when the content is used. The content usage fee to the right holder may be paid by the operator of the communication system or may be paid by the registrant. The license processing unit 113 executes the processing relating to the payment of the above-mentioned usage fee, and performs necessary notification to the right holder or registrant. In step S 2076, the registrant is notified of information indicating that the right holder has set a usage fee for the registered content, and the license process ends. Note that the registered content may not necessarily be notified of the information indicating that the right holder has set the usage fee.

Return to FIG. Hereinafter, the sequence for notifying the registrant in step S2076 of FIG. 10 will be described.

In step S208, the license processing unit 113 transmits, to the database management unit 111, information to be notified to the registrant described in FIG. The information notified to the registrant includes the license setting status changed by the right holder applied to the content registered by the registrant. Subsequently, the database management unit 111 updates the license settings of the content of the right holder and the registrant according to the license setting status (S209). Subsequently, the database management unit 111 transmits information for notifying the registrant to the user interface control unit 110 (S210). The license processing unit 113 may transmit the information to be notified to the registrant to the user interface control unit 110 without passing through the database management unit 111.

In step S211, the user interface control unit 110 transmits, to the user interface processing unit 210, information related to screen display for displaying information notified to the registrant to the user. The screen display displays, to the user, the license setting status changed by the right holder applied to the content registered by the registrant. The user can confirm the license setting status of the registered content by the screen display.

Also, the user can perform license monitoring at any time (S250). Through the user interface processing unit 210 and the user interface control unit 110 (S251, S252), the database management unit 111 extracts the license exercise status related to the content of the user, that is, the right holder from the database of the communication system (S153).

In step S254, the database management unit 111 transmits the extraction result of the license exercise status related to the content of the right holder to the user interface control unit 110. Subsequently, the user interface control unit 110 transmits, to the user interface processing unit 210, information related to screen display for displaying the extraction result of the license exercise status to the user. The screen display is for displaying, to the user, the monitoring result of the content having the right and the extraction result of the license exercise status. The user can confirm the monitoring result of the content having the right and the extraction result of the license exercise status by the screen display, and can change the license setting as necessary.

Drawing 13 is a figure showing an example of the screen display in terminal 20 at the time of monitoring concerning an embodiment. The user can monitor the content having rights. FIG. 13 shows “Select license” for “domain / URL (Uniform Resource Locator)”, “unprocessed” for “processing status”, “unprocessed” for “registration date” and “2017. 5 as a search condition for content to be monitored. This is an example in which 1 is specified. Note that the content search condition may further be able to specify “content ID”.

In FIG. 13, the first displayed content indicates a situation where the content matching unit 112 has detected the same or similar content. For the detected content, the user can set any of “specified condition permitted”, “block”, “pending”, and “mismatched”. If the license setting is "licensed under specified conditions", the use of the content is permitted based on the specified conditions. If the license setting is "block", the use of the content is prohibited and blocked. If the license setting is "pending", the exercise of the content is temporarily suspended. If the license setting is "mismatch", the exercise of the content is not performed. As shown in FIG. 13, the content may be displayed side by side on the screen so that it can be compared with the content detected to be identical or similar.

Also, for each content to be displayed, the date when the same or similar content was detected is the “detection date”, the date when the processing of the right exercise was performed for the content is the “processing date”, and the “title” of the content "URL" may be displayed. Note that, in the example of the first displayed content, the license has an attribute of “display / non-profit / prohibition of modification” as “CC (Creative Commons) license”.

Further, in FIG. 13, the second displayed content is an example in which “Granted on specified condition” is set, and the third displayed content is an example in which “hold” is set, The fourth displayed content is an example in which "block" is set.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of displaying the license exercise state according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, the license exercise status for the content having rights is listed. In FIG. 14, for the content displayed first, the license is exercised in the “conditional license”, and “receive distribution” is set as the value. The consideration is the usage fee described in step S1158 of FIG.

Further, the checkable items related to the content include “title”, “display item”, “credit”, “caption”, “link destination”, and “content ID”.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of content detail display according to the embodiment. The content detail display shown in FIG. 15 can be confirmed by the user having the right of the content. As a non-limiting example, the content may be selected on the content list display screen in FIG. 9 or FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, as the items of the license relating to the contents, “Distribution Remuneration”, “Reference to Source”, “Source Link”, “Processing”, “Re-editing”, “Permitted” are It can be set. In addition, “embedded code” and “embedded image size” can be set as data to be embedded in content.

The meta information relating to the content is the same as the content described in FIG. 5, and each item of “basic information”, “area”, “photographing condition”, and “subject information” can be set.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of screen display on the terminal 20 at the time of profile display according to the embodiment. The user profile display screen will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, the user's name, the user's biographies, the number of registered contents, and the number of permitted uses can be set. Also, as information associated with the user profile, “Career / Biograph”, “Book”, “Media”, “Area”, and “Subject Information” can be set, and “Current” posted by the user in the communication system "The article" can be confirmed.
<Effect of the embodiment>
In the above-described embodiment, by collating the content registered in the server 10, the user having the content right can be notified that another user has registered the content in the communication system. Further, the user having the right of the content can apply the license setting previously set to the content with respect to the use of the content, and can permit the use of the content under a block or under predetermined conditions. When the user having the content right receives notification that another user has registered the content in the server 10, the user can change and apply the license setting set for the content. Further, the server 10 can appropriately control the use of the content based on a predetermined condition specified by the user having the content right. In addition, when the content is used, the server 10 displays an advertisement when the content is used based on a predetermined condition specified by the user having the content right, and a user who calculates the usage fee of the content and has the content right It is possible to

That is, the user having the copyright of the content can easily execute control related to the use of the content.

<Others>
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the server 10 is an example of an information processing apparatus. The terminal 20 is an example of an information processing terminal. The license setting is an example of the setting related to the use of the content. The content registered by the registrant is an example of the first content. The content registered by the right holder is an example of the second content. The advertisement is an example of the third content. The user interface control unit 110 is an example of a first reception unit or a second reception unit. The content matching unit 112 is an example of a matching unit. The license processing unit 113 is an example of a control unit.

In the present disclosure, the determination is not essential, and it is natural that the predetermined process is performed when the determination condition is satisfied, and the predetermined process may be performed when the determination condition is not satisfied.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described based on the drawings or examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various changes or modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations or modifications are included in the scope of the present disclosure. As a non-limiting example, each means, the function included in each step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to be logically contradictory, combining a plurality of means or steps into one, or dividing means or steps etc. It is possible. The configurations shown in the embodiments may be combined as appropriate.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Server 11 Control apparatus 110 User interface control part 111 Database management part 112 Content collation part 113 License processing part 12 Input-output device 13 Display 14 Communication I / F
15 storage unit 20 terminal 21 control unit 210 user interface processing unit 22 communication I / F
23 input / output device 24 display device 25 microphone 26 speaker 27 camera 28 storage device 30 network

Claims (10)

1. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus that communicates with a plurality of information processing terminals,
   Receiving the first content from the first information processing terminal;
   Collating the first content with a plurality of contents stored in a database of the information processing apparatus;
   Receiving, from a second information processing terminal, information indicating a setting relating to the use of the first content, when the second content that matches or is similar to the first content is detected by the matching step; ,
   And D. controlling the use of the first content by the first information processing terminal based on information indicating a setting relating to the use of the first content.
2. If the content matching or similar to the first content is not detected in the matching step, based on the information indicating the setting relating to the use of the first content received from the first information processing terminal. Performing a step of controlling use of the first content by the first information processing terminal;
   The information processing method according to claim 1.
3. The controlling step prohibits the use of the first content,
   The information processing method according to claim 1.
4. In the first information processing terminal, when the use of the first content is prohibited in the controlling step, the first content is hidden and the content is hidden. Display the message shown
   The information processing method according to claim 3.
5. If the use of the first content is permitted under a predetermined condition in the controlling step, the first information processing terminal replaces the first content with the second content and displays the first content.
   The information processing method according to claim 1.
6. The control step displays a message indicating that the display of the content has been replaced when the use of the first content is permitted under a predetermined condition.
   The information processing method according to claim 5.
7. In the first information processing terminal, the third content is displayed for a predetermined period before the second content is displayed,
   The information processing method according to claim 5.
8. The predetermined condition is either to display a credit on the first information processing terminal, to install a link on the first information processing terminal, or to execute a charge for processing content. is there,
   The information processing method according to claim 5.
9. An information processing apparatus that communicates with a plurality of information processing terminals, and
   A first receiving unit that receives the first content from the first information processing terminal;
   A collating unit that collates the first content with a plurality of contents stored in a database of the information processing apparatus;
   When the second collating unit detects a second content that matches or is similar to the first content, a second information processing apparatus receives information indicating a setting related to use of the first content from a second information processing terminal. A receiver,
   An information processing apparatus, comprising: a control unit configured to control use of the first content by the first information processing terminal based on information indicating a setting related to use of the first content.
10. A program that can be executed by an information processing apparatus that communicates with a plurality of information processing terminals,
    Receiving the first content from the first information processing terminal;
    Collating the first content with a plurality of contents stored in a database of the information processing apparatus;
    Receiving, from a second information processing terminal, information indicating a setting relating to the use of the first content, when the second content that matches or is similar to the first content is detected by the matching step; ,
    Controlling the use of the first content by the first information processing terminal based on information indicating a setting relating to use of the first content.
    
    

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