Content provision system, content provision method, and content provision program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12327490-B2
Application number	US-202218043553-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2022
Priority date	May 31, 2021
Publication date	Jun 10, 2025
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025

Abstract

A content provision system related to one embodiment includes at least one processor. The processor is configured to: generate action log information that records action information indicating an action of the first avatar operated while the first user views the content and specific action information indicating a timing of performance of a specific action by the first avatar and a detail of the specific action; reproduce the content along with an action of the first avatar based on the action information contained in the action log information, when a second user views the content after the first user viewed the content; and refer to the specific action information contained in the action log information and thereby arrange a display object that indicates the detail of the specific action in association with the first avatar at the timing of performance of the specific action by the first avatar being reproduced.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A content provision system, comprising at least one processor configured to:
arrange, in a virtual space, a first avatar corresponding to a first user viewing a first content representing the virtual space;
generate action log information that records:
action information indicating an action of the first avatar operated by the first user while the first user views the first content, the action information including information for reproducing a motion of the first avatar as the action of the first avatar; and
specific action information indicating a timing of performance of a predetermined specific action by the first avatar and a detail of the specific action, the specific action extracted from the action information, and the specific action including an action for selecting a predetermined item object out of one or more item objects registered in advance and generating the selected item object in the virtual space;

distribute a second content that is the same as the first content viewed by the first user in the past and reproduce in the second content the action of the first avatar recorded in the past, based on the action information contained in the action log information, when a second user views the second content in real time after the first user viewed the first content in the past; and
refer to the specific action information contained in the action log information and arrange in the second content a display object in association with the reproduced first avatar at a same timing as the recorded timing of performance of the specific action by the first avatar, the display object indicating the detail of the specific action recorded in the past.

2. The content provision system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first content and the second content each include educational content showing a scene of a lesson, and
the specific action is extracted from the action information and includes the action for:
selecting the predetermined item object out of the one or more item objects registered in advance as items to be used for learning the lesson; and
generating the selected item object in the virtual space.

3. The content provision system according to claim 2 , wherein the display object includes an image showing the item object.

4. The content provision system according to claim 1 , wherein if there is a third user viewing the second content at the same time as the second user, the at least one processor displays a third avatar corresponding to the third user in a different display mode from that of the first avatar, when the second user views the second content.

5. The content provision system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor switches display and non-display of the first avatar based on an instruction operation from the second user, while the second user views the second content.

6. The content provision system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first avatar includes a plurality of first avatars,
the first user includes a plurality of first users, and
the at least one processor generates the action log information for the plurality of first avatars corresponding to the plurality of first users, and selects a predetermined number of the first avatars as reproduction targets, when the second user views the second content.

7. The content provision system according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor selects the predetermined number of the first avatars by prioritizing the first avatars having more recently generated action log information.

8. The content provision system according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor selects the predetermined number of the first avatars by prioritizing the first avatars having the higher number of recorded pieces of the specific action information in the action log information.

9. A content provision method, comprising:
arranging, in a virtual space, a first avatar corresponding to a first user viewing a first content representing the virtual space;
generating action log information that records:
action information indicating an action of the first avatar operated by the first user while the first user views the first content, the action information including information for reproducing a motion of the first avatar as the action of the first avatar; and
specific action information indicating a timing of performance of a predetermined specific action by the first avatar and a detail of the specific action, the specific action extracted from the action information, and the specific action including an action for selecting a predetermined item object out of one or more item objects registered in advance and generating the selected item object in the virtual space;

distributing a second content that is the same as the first content viewed by the first user in the past and reproducing in the second content the action of the first avatar recorded in the past, based on the action information contained in the action log information, when a second user views the second content in real time after the first user viewed the first content in the past; and
referring to the specific action information contained in the action log information and arranging in the second content a display object in association with the reproduced first avatar at a same timing as the recorded timing of performance of the specific action by the first avatar, the display object indicating the detail of the specific action recorded in the past.

10. The content provision method according to claim 9 , wherein
the first content and the second content each include educational content showing a scene of a lesson, and
the specific action is extracted from the action information and includes the action for:
selecting the predetermined item object out of the one or more item objects registered in advance as items to be used for learning the lesson; and
generating the selected item object in the virtual space.

11. The content provision method according to claim 9 , further comprising, if there is a third user viewing the second content at the same time as the second user, displaying a third avatar corresponding to the third user in a different display mode from that of the first avatar, when the second user views the second content.

12. The content provision method according to claim 9 , further comprising switching display and non-display of the first avatar based on an instruction operation from the second user, while the second user views the second content.

13. The content provision method according to claim 9 , wherein
the first avatar includes a plurality of first avatars,
the first user includes a plurality of first users, and
the method further comprises generating the action log information for the plurality of first avatars corresponding to the plurality of first users, and selecting a predetermined number of the first avatars as reproduction targets, when the second user views the second content.

14. The content provision method according to claim 13 , wherein selecting the predetermined number of the first avatars includes prioritizing the first avatars having more recently generated action log information.

15. The content provision method according to claim 13 , wherein selecting the predetermined number of the first avatars includes prioritizing the first avatars having the higher number of recorded pieces of the specific action information in the action log information.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing therein a content provision program that, when executed, causes a co

Assignees

• Dwango Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwaki Shinnosuke
• Kono Yoshimasa
• KUNII Rieko

Classifications

• G09B5/10

  all student stations being capable of presenting the same information simultaneously (G09B5/14 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G09B5/065 Primary

  Combinations of audio and video presentations, e.g. videotapes, videodiscs, television systems · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• G06T15/20

  Perspective computation · CPC title

• G06T13/40

  of characters, e.g. humans, animals or virtual beings · CPC title