JP7052375B2 - Information processing system, information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing system, an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

A learning system that utilizes a computer is known. For example, there is known a system that distributes content such as a video showing the content of a lecture to a learner's computer.

Patent Document 1 discloses a configuration in which a file shared between users is stored in a server, and comments exchanged between users with respect to the file are stored in the server in association with the file.

Here, the contents such as files stored in the server are those in a conversational format in which the output of the problem and the reception of the answer by the user are alternately performed during playback, and the content in the format in which the response by the user is received in parallel during playback. There are various types such as. However, conventionally, the content uploaded from the content provider side to the server is distributed to the user's terminal without being processed, and the distribution data that can easily realize the reproduction according to the content has not been provided. rice field.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and is an information processing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and information processing capable of providing distribution data that can be easily reproduced according to the content. The purpose is to provide a program.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the information processing system includes an acquisition unit for acquiring the content, a determination unit for determining the reproduction condition of the content, and a generation unit for generating the content and the distribution data including the reproduction condition. , A division portion for dividing the content into a plurality of division contents . The reproduction condition is a reproduction method indicating either an alternating method in which data output and data reception are alternately repeated, or a duplication method in which at least a part of data output and data reception is duplicated and executed, and data reception. When the content includes a break section in which the volume below the first threshold value continues to be equal to or higher than the second threshold value, the divided portion includes at least one of the reception period and the content. Divided into a plurality of the divided contents, the determination unit determines the reproduction method of the divided contents to the alternating method, and the generation unit corresponds to each of the plurality of the divided contents and the plurality of the divided contents. The distribution data including the reproduction condition is generated.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide distribution data that can be easily reproduced according to the content.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of an information processing system. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing device and the terminal device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of each device included in the information processing system. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the content. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a requirement condition reception screen. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the distribution data. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a data structure of management information. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the information processing procedure executed by the first terminal device. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the information processing procedure executed by the information processing apparatus. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the information processing procedure executed by the second terminal device 16.

Hereinafter, the information processing system, the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, and the embodiment of the information processing program of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. In the present specification, the same reference numerals may be given to parts showing the same configuration and function, and detailed description may be omitted.

The application target of the information processing system, the information processing device, the information processing method, and the information processing program of the present embodiment is not limited. For example, the information processing system, information processing device, information processing method, and information processing program of the present embodiment are applied to a learning system or an educational system for language learning, various tests, and the like.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment.

The information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment includes an information processing device 10 and a terminal device 12. The information processing device 10 and the terminal device 12 are communicably connected to each other via the network 18.

The information processing system 1000 includes one or more terminal devices 12. In the present embodiment, as an example, a case where two terminal devices 12 are provided will be described. The number of terminal devices 12 in the information processing system 1000 is not limited.

At least one of the one or more terminal devices 12 and the information processing device 10 is connected to the network 18 wirelessly or by wire. When connecting by wireless, for example, 3G (3rd Generation), 4G (4th Generation), LTE (Long Term Evolution), wireless LAN (Local Area Network), Bluetooth (registered trademark), WI / Fi and the like may be used.

The information processing device 10 is a server device that provides a service in response to a request from a terminal device 12 that is a client terminal. In the present embodiment, distribution data is generated from the content uploaded from the terminal device 12 and distributed.

The information processing device 10 may be mounted on a storage server (cloud) on a network 18 such as the Internet.

The terminal device 12 is a device operated by the user. The terminal device 12 has a reception function for receiving voice and user's operation instructions, an output function for outputting voice and images, and a communication function with other devices. The terminal device 12 is, for example, a personal computer, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, or the like. It should be noted that these functions may be realized by connecting an accessory having a voice or operation instruction reception function and a voice or image output function to the terminal device 12. Accessories having these functions are, for example, a headset with a microphone, a touch panel, and the like.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of terminal devices 12 included in the information processing system 1000 include a second terminal device 16 and a first terminal device 14.

The first terminal device 14 is a terminal device 12 operated by a user with the first attribute. The user of the first attribute indicates a user who transmits the content. In other words, the user of the first attribute indicates a user who gives an operation instruction for uploading the content to the information processing apparatus 10. The user of the first attribute is, for example, the creator of the content used in the lesson or the lecture.

The second terminal device 16 is a terminal device 12 operated by a user with a second attribute. The user of the second attribute refers to a user who performs learning, answering, etc. using the content. In other words, the user of the second attribute is a user who performs learning and answering using the content downloaded from the information processing apparatus 10. The user of the second attribute is, for example, a learner or a respondent.

Next, an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing device 10 and the terminal device 12 (first terminal device 14, second terminal device 16) will be described. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the information processing device 10 and the terminal device 12.

The information processing device 10 and the terminal device 12 have a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 25, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 26, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 27, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 28, and a communication I, respectively. The / F (interface) 24, the external I / F23, and the operation panel 29 are provided and are connected to each other via the bus 21.

The CPU 25 comprehensively controls the operations of the information processing device 10 and the terminal device 12. The CPU 25 uses the RAM 27 as a work area and controls the operation of the information processing device 10 and the terminal device 12 as a whole by executing a program stored in the ROM 26 or the HDD 28, and realizes various functional units described later.

The HDD 28 stores programs, data, and the like. The terminal device 12 may be configured to include an SSD (Solid State Drive) instead of the HDD 28.

The operation panel 29 accepts various operation inputs according to the user's operation, and displays various information and various images. For example, the operation panel 29 is a touch panel integrally provided with both an operation reception unit 29A that realizes a reception function for receiving various operation instructions and a display unit 29B that realizes an output function for displaying various information. Explain the case. However, the configuration of the operation panel 29 is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the operation panel 29 may be configured with the operation reception unit 29A and the display unit 29B as separate bodies.

The communication I / F 24 is an interface for communicating with other devices and devices via the network 18.

The external I / F 23 is an interface for communicating with a microphone 23A, a speaker 23B, an external memory such as a recording medium, and the like. The microphone 23A realizes a reception function that converts the voice uttered by the user into an electric signal and receives it. The speaker 23B realizes an output function for outputting audio. The information processing device 10 may be configured not to include an external I / F 23, a microphone 23A, and a speaker 23B.

Next, the functions of each device constituting the information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment will be described in detail.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration example of each device (information processing device 10, first terminal device 14, second terminal device 16) included in the information processing system 1000.

First, the functional configuration of the first terminal device 14 will be described. The first terminal device 14 includes a control unit 43, a storage unit 44, an input unit 46, and an output unit 48. The control unit 43, the storage unit 44, the input unit 46, and the output unit 48 are connected so as to be able to exchange data and signals.

The input unit 46 includes an operation reception unit 46A and a microphone 46B. The operation reception unit 46A is realized by, for example, the operation reception unit 29A (see FIG. 2). The microphone 46B is realized by, for example, the microphone 23A (see FIG. 2).

The output unit 48 includes a display unit 48A and a speaker 48B. The display unit 48A is realized by, for example, the display unit 29B (see FIG. 2). The speaker 48B is realized by, for example, the speaker 23B (see FIG. 2). The storage unit 44 stores various data. The storage unit 44 is realized by, for example, an HDD 28, a RAM 27, or the like (see FIG. 2).

The control unit 43 is realized by a CPU 25, a ROM 26, a RAM 27 (see FIG. 2), and the like. The control unit 43 may be realized by a circuit or the like.

The control unit 43 includes an execution unit 40 and a communication unit 42. The execution unit 40 includes a reception unit 40A and an output control unit 40B. The communication unit 42 includes a reception unit 42A and a transmission unit 42B. A part or all of the reception unit 40A, the output control unit 40B, the reception unit 42A, and the transmission unit 42B may be realized by, for example, a processor circuit such as a CPU 25, that is, software, or an IC. It may be realized by hardware using a dedicated processing circuit such as (Integrated Circuit), or it may be realized by using software and hardware together. The processing circuit may be physically one or a plurality.

The receiving unit 42A receives various data from the information processing device 10 and the second terminal device 16. The transmission unit 42B transmits various data to the information processing device 10. The output control unit 40B controls to output various data such as images and sounds from the display unit 48A and the speaker 48B.

The reception unit 40A accepts input by the user. Specifically, the reception unit 40A receives the operation instruction input by the operation of the operation reception unit 46A by the user and the voice received by the microphone 46B.

In the present embodiment, the reception unit 40A receives the user's instruction to upload the content 38.

The content 38 is data to be distributed to the first terminal device 14. In the present embodiment, the content 38 is data including various items to be reproduced in time series. The items are, for example, characters, sounds, images, and the like. Specifically, the content 38 is character data, voice data, moving image data, and the like. For example, the content 38 is data used as a teaching material for learning or education.

The content 38 has various formats. For example, the content 38 has a format in which a user's answer is received in parallel during playback of an image or a moving image, a section for outputting a question or problem to the user, and a section for answering the question or problem. There are conversational styles, etc., which are arranged repeatedly alternately.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the content 38. In FIG. 4, the arrow T direction coincides with the reproduction order (direction from the early side to the late side of the reproduction timing) when the content 38 is reproduced. In the following, the reproduction order may be referred to as a reproduction order T.

As shown in FIG. 4A, for example, the content 38 is composed of moving image data.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, for example, the content 38 alternately alternates between a section showing a problem (hereinafter, may be referred to as an audio section TM) and a silent section TL for receiving an answer to the problem. There are also things to include in. The voice section TM is a section including voice indicating a question, a problem, or the like, and is a section having a volume exceeding a predetermined value. The silent section TL is a section having a volume equal to or lower than the predetermined value. A predetermined value may be used as the predetermined value. For example, a threshold value for determining a section without sound may be set in advance in the predetermined value.

Returning to FIG. 3, the explanation will be continued. When the reception unit 40A receives the upload instruction of the content 38 from the input unit 46, the reception unit 40A transmits the upload-instructed content 38 to the information processing apparatus 10 via the transmission unit 42B. As a result, the first terminal device 14 uploads the content 38 to the information processing device 10.

Next, the functional configuration of the information processing apparatus 10 will be described.

The information processing device 10 includes a control unit 33 and a storage unit 34. The control unit 33 and the storage unit 34 are connected so as to be able to exchange data and signals.

The storage unit 34 stores various data. The storage unit 34 is realized by, for example, an HDD 28, a RAM 27, or the like (see FIG. 2). In the present embodiment, the storage unit 34 stores the management information 36 and the content 38.

The control unit 33 comprehensively controls the information processing device 10. The control unit 33 is realized by a CPU 25, a ROM 26, a RAM 27 (see FIG. 2), and the like. The control unit 33 may be realized by a circuit or the like.

The control unit 33 includes an execution unit 30 and a communication unit 32. The execution unit 30 includes an acquisition unit 30A, an analysis unit 30B, a determination unit 30C, a division unit 30D, a determination unit 30E, a management unit 30F, a distribution unit 30G, and a generation unit 30H. The communication unit 32 includes a reception unit 32A and a transmission unit 32B.

A part or all of the acquisition unit 30A, the analysis unit 30B, the judgment unit 30C, the division unit 30D, the determination unit 30E, the management unit 30F, the distribution unit 30G, the generation unit 30H, the reception unit 32A, and the transmission unit 32B are, for example, CPU25. The program may be executed by a processor circuit such as, that is, it may be realized by software, it may be realized by hardware using a dedicated processing circuit such as an IC, or it may be realized by software and hardware together. It may be realized. The processing circuit may be physically one or a plurality.

The receiving unit 32A receives various data from the first terminal device 14 and the second terminal device 16. The transmission unit 32B transmits various data to the first terminal device 14 and the second terminal device 16.

The acquisition unit 30A acquires the content 38. In the present embodiment, the acquisition unit 30A acquires the content 38 from the first terminal device 14 via the reception unit 32A. That is, the acquisition unit 30A acquires the content 38 uploaded from the first terminal device 14.

The analysis unit 30B analyzes the content 38 acquired by the acquisition unit 30A. In the present embodiment, the analysis unit 30B includes the period of the content 38, the number of characters included in the content 38, the position of the silent section TL in the content 38, the position of the audio section TM in the content 38, the data length of the audio section TM, and the data length of the audio section TM. The number of characters included in the voice-containing section TM is analyzed using a known analysis tool.

The period of the content 38 indicates the time length in the direction along the reproduction order T. Specifically, the period of the content 38 indicates the reproduction time. Further, the number of characters included in the content 38 indicates the number of characters included in the character string obtained by converting the voice data into a character string when the content 38 is voice data.

Then, the analysis unit 30B outputs the analysis results of the content 38 and the content 38 to the determination unit 30C and the determination unit 30E.

The determination unit 30C determines whether or not the content 38 acquired by the acquisition unit 30A includes a break section. This will be described with reference to FIG. 4 (B). The determination unit 30C determines whether or not the content 38 includes the interrupted section TB.

The break section TB is a section in which the volume below the first threshold value continues to be equal to or higher than the second threshold value.

The first threshold value may be a value that can determine the section where the sound in the content 38 is interrupted by the volume. The first threshold value may be predetermined. In the present embodiment, the interrupted section TB is assumed to be at least a part of the above-mentioned silent section TL. Therefore, it is assumed that the predetermined value, which is the upper limit value of the volume indicating the silent section TL, is set in advance so as to be a value equal to or less than the first threshold value. The first threshold value may be set and adjustable by an instruction by a user who operates the first terminal device 14.

The second threshold value is a value indicating the time (interval) along the reproduction order T. That is, the second threshold value indicates the lower limit value of the duration of the volume equal to or lower than the first threshold value in the content 38. The second threshold value may be any value as long as the break section TB in the content 38 can be determined by the duration of the volume equal to or lower than the first threshold value. The second threshold value may be predetermined. For example, the second threshold is 5 seconds. In this case, the interrupted section TB is a section in which the volume below the first threshold value continues for 5 seconds or longer. The value of the second threshold value is not limited to this value.

The second threshold value may be set and adjusted by an instruction by a user who operates the first terminal device 14 (details will be described later).

FIG. 4B shows, as an example, the case where the silent section TL and the interrupted section TB in the content 38 match. However, as described above, the interrupted section TB may be a part of the silent section TL.

The determination unit 30C outputs the content 38 received from the determination unit 30C and the determination result indicating whether or not the content 38 includes the interrupted section TB to the division unit 30D.

The division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents.

For example, when the content 38 includes the interrupted section TB, the division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents with the interrupted section TB as a delimiter. Specifically, when the determination result received from the determination unit 30C indicates that the content 38 received from the determination unit 30C includes the interrupted section TB, the division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of division contents. do.

This will be described with reference to FIG. 4 (B). When the content 38 includes the interrupted section TB, the division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents 38A with the interrupted section TB as a delimiter.

Therefore, the division unit 30D of the information processing apparatus 10 can automatically divide the content 38 into a plurality of content 38B without the intervention of an operation instruction by the user or the like. That is, when the content 38 includes the interrupted section TB, the division unit 30D of the information processing apparatus 10 determines that the content 38 is a conversational content 38, and divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents 38A in the interrupted section TB. be able to.

The division unit 30D may divide the content 38 with any timing in the interruption section TB as a delimiter.

For example, the dividing portion 30D may divide the content 38 at the timing of the upstream end portion B1 in the reproduction order T direction in the interrupted section TB. Further, for example, the dividing portion 30D may divide the content 38 at the timing of the downstream end portion B2 in the reproduction order T direction in the interrupted section TB. Further, the division unit 30D may divide the content 38 into a plurality of division content 38A by removing each of the interrupted sections TB from the content 38.

In the present embodiment, a case where the division unit 30D removes each of the interrupted section TBs from the content 38 to divide the content 38 by the interrupted section TB and divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents 38A will be described as an example.

Returning to FIG. 3, the explanation will be continued. The division unit 30D outputs a plurality of divided contents 38A obtained by dividing the content 38 received from the determination unit 30C to the determination unit 30E.

The determination unit 30E receives the analysis result of the content 38 from the analysis unit 30B. Further, the determination unit 30E receives the determination result and the content 38 from the determination unit 30C. Further, the determination unit 30E receives a plurality of divided contents 38A obtained by dividing the content 38 from the division unit 30D.

Then, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction conditions of the content 38.

The reproduction condition is a reproduction condition when the content 38 is reproduced by the second terminal device 16 to which the content 38 is distributed.

The reproduction condition includes at least one of the reproduction method and the acceptance period. In the present embodiment, a case where the reproduction condition includes both the reproduction method and the acceptance period will be described as an example.

The reproduction method is information indicating a method when the content 38 is reproduced by the second terminal device 16. The reproduction method indicates an alternating method or an overlapping method.

The alternating method is a reproduction method in which data output and data reception are alternately repeated. The data output means that data such as audio and images are output from the output unit 58 of the second terminal device 16 that reproduces the content 38. Further, the data reception means that data indicating an utterance or an operation instruction by the user is received from the input unit 56 of the second terminal device 16 that reproduces the content 38. That is, the alternating method is a conversational playback method in which the output of the content 38 and the reception of the user's response to the output content 38 are alternately repeated. In the present embodiment, the data indicating the user's answer will be described simply as an answer.

The duplication method is a reproduction method in which at least a part of data output and data reception is executed in duplicate. That is, the duplication method is a reproduction method in which a user's response to the content 38 is received in parallel with at least a part of the period during the output of the content 38. In other words, the duplication method is a reproduction method including a period in which the output of the content 38 and the reception of the answer are simultaneously performed at the time of reproduction.

When the content 38 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction method of each of the plurality of divided contents 38A included in the content 38 in an alternating manner. That is, when the content 38 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A, the determination unit 30E determines that the content 38 is a conversational content 38, and determines the reproduction method to be an alternate method.

On the other hand, when the content 38 is not divided, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction method of the content 38 to be the overlapping method. That is, when the content 38 is not divided, the determination unit 30E determines that the content 38 is not in the conversational format, and determines the reproduction method to be the overlapping method.

Next, the reception period will be described. The acceptance period indicates a period during which a user's response to the output content 38 is accepted. Specifically, the reception period indicates a period for receiving an utterance or an operation instruction by the user from the input unit 56 of the second terminal device 16 for reproducing the content 38. That is, the reception period indicates the response time of the user.

When the content 38 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A, the determination unit 30E determines a reception period for each of the plurality of divided contents 38A included in the content 38.

For example, the determination unit 30E determines the reception period for each of the divided contents 38A according to the length of the divided contents 38A. The length of the divided content 38A indicates the period of the divided content 38A or the number of characters included in the divided content 38A. The period of the divided content 38A represents the length of the divided content 38A by the time elapsed along the reproduction order T of the divided content 38A. Therefore, the period of the divided content 38A coincides with the reproduction time of the divided content 38A.

The determination unit 30E may derive the period of the divided content 38A and the number of characters included in the divided content 38A from the analysis result received from the analysis unit 30B.

For example, the determination unit 30E determines a period N times as long as the period of the divided content 38A as the reception period of the divided content 38A. N is an integer of 2 or more. For example, the determination unit 30E determines a period (N = 2) that is twice the period of the divided content 38A as the acceptance period of the divided content 38A. It is assumed that the period of the divided content 38A is 1 minute. In this case, the determination unit 30E determines 2 minutes (1 minute × 2) as the reception period of the divided content 38A.

Further, the determination unit 30E may determine the reception period according to the number of characters included in the divided content 38A. The number of characters included in the divided content 38A is the number of characters included in the character string when the audio data indicating the divided content 38A is converted into a character string.

For example, the determination unit 30E determines the number of characters of the characters included in the divided content 38A, one character being 1 second, and the number of seconds of a numerical value indicating the number of characters as the acceptance period of the divided content 38A. It is assumed that the number of characters included in the divided content 38A is 100 characters. In this case, the determination unit 30E determines 100 seconds as the reception period of the divided content 38A.

The determination unit 30E may adjust the number of seconds to be allocated to one character according to the content of the divided content 38A and the like. For example, the determination unit 30E may set the number of seconds for one character to 2 seconds or more and determine the acceptance period of the divided content 38A.

On the other hand, if the content 38 is not divided into the divided contents 38A, the determination unit 30E determines the acceptance period for the contents 38. That is, if the content 38 is not divided into the divided contents 38A, the determination unit 30E determines one reception period for one content 38.

For example, the determination unit 30E determines the reception period for the content 38 according to the length of the content 38. The length of the content 38 indicates the period of the content 38 or the number of characters included in the content 38. The period of the content 38 represents the content 38 by the time elapsed along the reproduction order T of the content 38. Therefore, the period of the content 38 is the reproduction time of the content 38.

The determination unit 30E may derive the period of the content 38 and the number of characters included in the content 38 from the analysis result received from the analysis unit 30B.

For example, the determination unit 30E determines a period N times the period of the content 38 as the reception period of the content 38. N is the same as “N” used when deriving the acceptance period of the divided content 38A. For example, the determination unit 30E determines a period that is twice the period of the content 38 (N = 2) as the reception period of the content 38.

For example, assume that the duration of content 38 is 1 minute. In this case, the determination unit 30E determines 2 minutes (1 minute × 2) as the reception period of the content 38. The "N" used when deriving the reception period of the divided content 38A and the "N" used when deriving the reception period of the content 38 may be the same value or may be different values.

Further, the determination unit 30E may determine the reception period according to the number of characters included in the content 38. For example, the determination unit 30E determines the number of characters of the characters included in the content 38, one character being one second, and the number of seconds of a numerical value indicating the number of characters as the acceptance period of the content 38. It is assumed that the number of characters included in the content 38 is 100 characters. In this case, the determination unit 30E determines 100 seconds as the reception period of the content 38.

As with the divided content 38A, the determination unit 30E may adjust the number of seconds to be allocated to one character according to the content of the content 38 and the like. The number of seconds allocated to the number of characters may be the same or different between the time of deriving the reception period of the divided content 38A and the time of deriving the reception period of the content 38.

The determination unit 30E may determine the reproduction conditions for the content 38 at the time of reproduction based on the requirement conditions acquired from the first terminal device 14.

The required condition is a condition when the content 38 is played back on the second terminal device 16, and is a condition requested by the user who uploads the content 38. That is, the required condition is a reproduction condition required for the content 38 by the user who operates the first terminal device 14.

The reception unit 40A of the first terminal device 14 accepts the required conditions by receiving an operation input by the user or an instruction by an utterance from the input unit 46. Then, the reception unit 40A of the first terminal device 14 transmits the received request condition to the information processing device 10 via the transmission unit 42B.

For example, the reception unit 40A of the first terminal device 14 receives the upload instruction of the content 38 from the input unit 46. At this time, the output control unit 40B of the first terminal device 14 displays the requirement condition acceptance screen for accepting the requirement condition for the content 38 on the display unit 48A.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the requirement condition reception screen 70. The requirement condition reception screen 70 includes, for example, an input area 70A, an input area 70B, an input area 70C, an input area 70D, and an input area 70E.

The input area 70A is an input area for inputting whether or not to automatically divide the content 38 on the information processing apparatus 10 side. The automatic division means that the content 38 is divided into the divided contents 38A on the information processing apparatus 10 side without the operation instruction by the user who operates the first terminal device 14.

The input area 70B is an input area for inputting the second threshold value used for determining the interrupted section TB. That is, the input area 70B is an input area for inputting a second threshold value, which is a lower limit value at which the volume below the first threshold value continues when it is determined that the interruption section TB.

The input area 70C is an area for selecting whether or not the reproduction method is an alternating method when the content 38 is divided on the information processing apparatus 10 side, and the overlapping method is used for other cases.

The input area 70D is an area for selecting whether the reception period is determined according to the period of the content 38 or the divided content 38A, or according to the number of characters included in the content 38 or the divided content 38A. be.

When the reception period is determined according to the period of the content 38 or the divided content 38A, the input area 70E determines a period that is a multiple of the period of the content 38 or the divided content 38A (corresponding to the above "N") as the acceptance period. It is an area for inputting whether to do.

The input area 70B and the input area 70C may be capable of accepting input by the user when "automatically divide" is selected in the input area 70A.

The user of the first terminal device 14 selects or selects each input area (input area 70A to input area 70E) included in the request condition reception screen 70 while referring to the request condition reception screen 70 displayed on the display unit 48A. Enter the required conditions by inputting numerical values.

Then, the reception unit 40A transmits the content 38 to be uploaded and the request conditions received from the input unit 46 for the content 38 to the information processing device 10 via the transmission unit 42B.

In this case, the acquisition unit 30A of the information processing device 10 acquires the content 38 and the required conditions from the first terminal device 14 via the reception unit 32A. Then, the determination unit 30E may determine the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38 based on the acquired requirement condition.

For example, the requirement condition acquired by the acquisition unit 30A together with the content 38 may include information indicating that the content 38 is automatically divided on the information processing apparatus 10 side. In this case, the division unit 30D may divide the content 38 into a plurality of division content 38A. At this time, the division unit 30D may read information indicating the second threshold value used for determining the interrupted section TB from the required conditions and use it for division. That is, the division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents 38A by setting the section of the content 38 in which the volume below the first threshold value is equal to or higher than the second threshold value included in the requirement condition as the interrupted section TB. do it.

Further, when the requirement condition acquired by the acquisition unit 30A together with the content 38 includes information indicating that the reproduction method is an alternating method when the content 38 is divided on the information processing apparatus 10 side, and the overlapping method is used otherwise. There is. In this case, the determination unit 30E may determine each reproduction method of the divided content 38A in an alternating manner.

Further, in the request condition acquired by the acquisition unit 30A together with the content 38, the acceptance period is determined according to the period of the content 38 or the divided content 38A, or according to the number of characters included in the content 38 or the divided content 38A. May contain information indicating whether to do so. In this case, the determination unit 30E may determine the reception period by using the method (period or number of characters) shown in the information.

Further, at this time, the determination unit 30E uses the information (corresponding to the above "N") indicating how many times the period of the content 38 or the divided content 38A, which is included in the requirement condition, is determined as the reception period. , You just have to decide the reception period.

Returning to FIG. 3, the explanation will be continued. Next, the generation unit 30H will be described. The generation unit 30H generates distribution data including the content 38 and the reproduction condition. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the distribution data 60. The distribution data 60 includes the content 38 and the reproduction condition 62 determined for the content 38. In the present embodiment, the case where the distribution data 60 includes the content 38, the content ID, and the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38 will be described as an example. The content ID of the content 38 is identification information for identifying the content 38. The content ID of the content 38 may be assigned by, for example, the generation unit 30H.

As described above, when the division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of division content 38A, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction condition 62 for each of the plurality of division content 38A included in the content 38. do.

Therefore, when the content 38 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A, the distribution data 60 includes the content ID of the content 38, the plurality of divided contents 38A included in the content 38, and each of the plurality of divided contents 38A. The configuration includes the reproduction condition 62 (see the reproduction condition 62'in FIG. 6) corresponding to the above. That is, in this case, the generation unit 30H generates the distribution data 60 including the content ID, the plurality of divided contents 38A, and the reproduction condition 62'corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents 38A.

In the following, the reproduction condition 62 and the reproduction condition 62'may be collectively referred to as the reproduction condition 62. Further, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the names of the content 38 and the divided content 38A are given names that can be uniquely identified. Therefore, even if the content ID does not separately include the divided content ID for identifying the divided content 38A, it is possible to identify each by only the name.

Returning to FIG. 3, the explanation will be continued. The management unit 30F manages various data stored in the storage unit 34. In the present embodiment, the management unit 30F stores the distribution data 60 generated by the generation unit 30H in the storage unit 34.

Further, the acquisition unit 30A receives a content ID of the content 38 and a response to the content 38, or a response to each of the divided contents 38A included in the content 38 from the second terminal device 16 via the reception unit 32A. May get. In this case, the management unit 30F stores these answers in the storage unit 34 in association with the content 38 identified by the content ID received together with the response or the divided content 38A of the content 38.

In the present embodiment, the management unit 30F stores the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 generated by the generation unit 30H and the reproduction condition 62 included in the distribution data 60 in different areas in the storage unit 34. To explain. The information processing device 10 may be configured to include a plurality of storage units 34. In this case, the management unit 30F may store the reproduction condition 62 and the content 38 in different storage units 34.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the management unit 30F stores the content 38 or the plurality of divided contents 38A included in the distribution data 60 in the storage unit 34. Further, the management unit 30F registers the reproduction condition 62 and the content ID of the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 in the management information 36 of the storage unit 34.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the data structure of the management information 36. The management information 36 associates a content ID, a content name, a type, a content storage location, a reproduction condition 62, and a response storage location. The data format of the management information 36 is not limited. For example, the management information 36 may be a table or a database.

The content ID is identification information for identifying the content 38. The management unit 30F registers the content ID of the content 38 acquired by the acquisition unit 30A and the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38 in the management information 36 in association with each other.

The content name is information indicating the name of the content 38 identified by the corresponding content ID. The type is information indicating the type of the content 38 identified by the corresponding content ID. The type is, for example, a moving image indicating that it is moving image data, an audio indicating that it is audio data, or the like. The management unit 30F may register these information in the management information 36.

The content storage location is information indicating the storage location of the content 38 identified by the corresponding content ID. The storage location is represented by, for example, address information indicating the storage location of the content 38, a directory path to the storage location, or the like. As described above, in the present embodiment, the management unit 30F stores the content 38 and the divided content 38A in a region different from the management information 36 in the storage unit 34. Therefore, the management unit 30F registers the information indicating the storage location of the content 38 (or the divided content 38A) in the storage unit 34 in the management information 36 in association with the content ID of the content 38 (or the divided content 38A). ..

The reproduction condition 62 in the management information 36 is a reproduction condition 62 corresponding to the content 38 identified by the corresponding content ID. The management unit 30F may register the reproduction condition 62 determined for the content 38 in the management information 36 in association with the content ID of the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 generated by the generation unit 30H.

When the content 38 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A, the management unit 30F associates the information indicating the storage location of each of the divided contents 38A with the corresponding reproduction condition 62'to the management information 36. All you have to do is register. Note that FIG. 6 shows a case where a content ID is assigned to each content 38. However, when the content 38 is divided into the divided contents 38A, the divided contents 38A may be further given a divided content ID. In this case, the management unit 30F manages the content storage location and the reproduction condition 62'of the divided content 38A in association with the content ID of the divided source content 38 of the divided content 38A and the divided content ID of the divided content 38A. It suffices to register in information 36.

The answer storage location in the management information 36 is information indicating the storage location of the answer for each of the content 38 identified by the corresponding content ID or the divided content 38A included in the content 38. The answer storage location is represented by, for example, address information indicating the answer storage location, a directory path to the storage location, or the like. As described above, in the present embodiment, the management unit 30F stores the answers to each of the content 38 or the divided content 38A included in the content 38 in the storage unit 34. Therefore, the management unit 30F associates the information indicating the storage location of the answer in the storage unit 34 with the content ID (or the divided content ID) of the content 38 or the divided content 38A corresponding to the answer to the management information 36. to register.

Returning to FIG. 3, the explanation will be continued. The distribution unit 30G distributes the distribution data 60 to the second terminal device 16. In the present embodiment, the distribution unit 30G receives a reproduction request from the second terminal device 16 via the acquisition unit 30A and the reception unit 32A. The reproduction request includes the content ID of the content 38 to be reproduced by the second terminal device 16.

The distribution unit 30G specifies the content storage location corresponding to the content ID included in the acquired reproduction request from the management information 36. Then, the distribution unit 30G reads the content 38 stored in the specified content storage location. By this process, the distribution unit 30G acquires the content 38 identified by the content ID included in the reproduction request. Further, the distribution unit 30G reads the reproduction condition 62 corresponding to the content ID included in the reproduction request from the management information 36. Then, the distribution unit 30G transmits the distribution data 60 including the content ID of the content 38, the read content 38, and the reproduction condition 62 corresponding to the content 38 to the transmission source of the reproduction request via the transmission unit 32B. It is delivered to the second terminal device 16 of the above.

The content 38 corresponding to the content ID included in the reproduction request may be divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A. In this case, the distribution unit 30G, based on the management information 36, has the content ID included in the reproduction request, the plurality of divided contents 38A corresponding to the content IDs, and the reproduction corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents 38A. The distribution data 60 including the condition 62 may be distributed to the second terminal device 16 via the transmission unit 32B.

Next, the functional configuration of the second terminal device 16 will be described. The second terminal device 16 includes a control unit 53, an input unit 56, an output unit 58, and a storage unit 54. The control unit 53, the storage unit 54, the input unit 56, and the output unit 58 are connected so as to be able to exchange data and signals.

The input unit 56 includes an operation reception unit 56A and a microphone 56B. The operation reception unit 56A is realized by, for example, the operation reception unit 29A (see FIG. 2). The microphone 56B is realized by, for example, the microphone 23A (see FIG. 2).

The output unit 58 includes a display unit 58A and a speaker 58B. The display unit 58A is realized by, for example, the display unit 29B (see FIG. 2). The speaker 58B is realized by, for example, the speaker 23B (see FIG. 2). The storage unit 54 stores various data. The storage unit 54 is realized by, for example, an HDD 28, a RAM 27, or the like (see FIG. 2).

The control unit 53 is realized by a CPU 25, a ROM 26, a RAM 27 (see FIG. 2), and the like. The control unit 53 may be realized by a circuit or the like.

The control unit 53 includes an execution unit 50 and a communication unit 52. The execution unit 50 includes an acquisition unit 50A, a reproduction management unit 50B, an input control unit 50C, and an output control unit 50D. The communication unit 52 includes a reception unit 52A and a transmission unit 52B. A part or all of the acquisition unit 50A, the reproduction management unit 50B, the input control unit 50C, the output control unit 50D, the reception unit 52A, and the transmission unit 52B, for example, cause a processor circuit such as a CPU 25 to execute a program, that is, It may be realized by software, it may be realized by hardware using a dedicated processing circuit such as an IC, or it may be realized by using software and hardware together. The processing circuit may be physically one or a plurality.

The transmission unit 52B transmits various data to the information processing device 10. The receiving unit 52A receives various data from the information processing device 10.

The input control unit 50C accepts input by the user. Specifically, the input control unit 50C receives an operation instruction input by the operation of the operation reception unit 46A by the user and a voice received by the microphone 46B.

In the present embodiment, the input control unit 50C receives the reproduction request of the content 38 from the input unit 56. For example, the input control unit 50C acquires a list of content IDs and content names of the content 38 registered in the management information 36 of the information processing device 10 from the information processing device 10 via the communication unit 52. Then, the output control unit 50D displays a list of the content IDs and content names of the contents 38 acquired by the input control unit 50C on the display unit 58A. The user of the second terminal device 16 refers to the display unit 58A and gives an operation instruction to the operation reception unit 56A to select the content ID of the content 38 to be reproduced. Then, the input control unit 50C receives the content ID of the content 38 to be reproduced from the input unit 56, and transmits a reproduction request including the content ID to the information processing apparatus 10 via the transmission unit 52B.

The acquisition unit 50A acquires the distribution data 60 from the information processing device 10 via the reception unit 52A. Specifically, the acquisition unit 50A corresponds to the content 38 identified by the content ID included in the reproduction request transmitted from the information processing device 10 to the information processing device 10 immediately before via the reception unit 52A, and the content 38. The distribution data 60 including the reproduction condition 62 is acquired. Further, when the content 38 is divided into the divided contents 38A, the acquisition unit 50A divides the content 38 identified by the content ID included in the reproduction request transmitted to the information processing apparatus 10 immediately before, and a plurality of the contents 38 are divided. The distribution data 60 including the reproduction condition 62'corresponding to each of the divided content 38A and the plurality of divided contents 38A is acquired. Further, as described above, the distribution data 60 also includes a content ID.

The reproduction management unit 50B controls the output unit 58 and the input unit 56 so that the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 acquired by the acquisition unit 50A is reproduced under the reproduction condition 62 included in the distribution data 60.

Specifically, it is assumed that the reproduction method included in the distribution data 60 is a duplicate method. In this case, the reproduction management unit 50B controls the output unit 58 so as to reproduce the content 38 included in the distribution data 60, and controls the input unit 56 so as to start accepting the answer by the user. Therefore, at the same time that the output control unit 50D starts reproducing the content 38 in the output unit 58, the input control unit 50C receives voice data and operation input from the input unit 56 during a period overlapping with the reproduction of the content 38. We will accept the answer by.

Therefore, when the reproduction method included in the distribution data 60 is a duplicate method, the reproduction management unit 50B inputs so as to receive an answer from the user in parallel with the reproduction of the content 38 such as an image or a moving image. It controls the control unit 50C and the output control unit 50D.

Then, the reproduction management unit 50B controls the input control unit 50C so as to end the reception of the response when the reception period has elapsed from the start of reception of the response. By this process, the input control unit 50C receives the response by the user during the reception period indicated by the reproduction condition included in the distribution data 60. Then, the input control unit 50C transmits the received answer and the content ID of the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 acquired by the acquisition unit 50A to the information processing device 10 via the transmission unit 52B.

On the other hand, it is assumed that the reproduction method included in the distribution data 60 is an alternating method. In this case, as described above, the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A. Further, in this case, the distribution data 60 includes the reproduction condition 62'corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents 38A.

In this case, the reproduction management unit 50B alternately repeats the output of the divided content 38A included in the distribution data 60 and the reception of the data indicating the user's answer to the output divided content 38A, so that the output control unit 50D And the input control unit 50C is controlled.

Specifically, the output control unit 50D reproduces the divided content 38A from the output unit 58. Then, when the reproduction of the divided content 38A is completed, the input control unit 50C performs voice data and operations by the user from the input unit 56 until the acceptance period indicated by the reproduction condition corresponding to the divided content 38A elapses. We accept answers by input. Then, the reproduction management unit 50B controls the input control unit 50C so as to end the reception of the answer when the reception period has elapsed.

Then, the reproduction management unit 50B performs a series of processes of reproducing the divided contents 38A and accepting the response for all of the plurality of divided contents 38A included in the distribution data 60.

Therefore, when the reproduction method included in the distribution data 60 is an alternating method, the reproduction management unit 50B alternately repeats the reproduction of the divided content 38A indicating a problem or the like and the acceptance of the answer from the user. The input control unit 50C and the output control unit 50D can be controlled.

Then, the input control unit 50C sends the response received for each of the divided contents 38A and the content ID of the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 acquired by the acquisition unit 50A to the information processing device via the transmission unit 52B. Send to 10. At this time, the input control unit 50C may associate each of the divided content IDs of the divided contents 38A with the answers received for the divided contents 38A and transmit them to the information processing apparatus 10.

Next, the procedure of information processing executed by the information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of an information processing procedure executed by the first terminal device 14 of the present embodiment.

The reception unit 40A of the first terminal device 14 determines whether or not the upload instruction of the content 38 has been received from the input unit 46 (step S100). If a negative determination is made in step 100 (step S100: No), this routine ends. If it is determined that the upload instruction has been accepted (step S100: Yes), the process proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, the output control unit 40B displays the request condition reception screen 70 on the display unit 48A (step S102). Next, the reception unit 40A determines whether or not the request condition has been received from the input unit 46 (step S104). For example, the reception unit 40A determines whether the request condition has been received from the input unit 46, or whether the instruction indicating uploading without input of the request condition has been received.

When the request condition is received from the input unit 46 (step S104: Yes), the process proceeds to step S106. The reception unit 40A transmits the content 38 to be uploaded and the request conditions received in step S104 to the information processing device 10 via the transmission unit 42B (step S106). Then, this routine is terminated.

On the other hand, when the instruction indicating that the upload is performed without inputting the request condition is received (step S104: No), the process proceeds to step S108. The reception unit 40A transmits the content 38 to be uploaded to the information processing device 10 via the transmission unit 42B (step S108). Then, this routine is terminated.

Next, an example of the information processing procedure executed by the information processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the information processing procedure executed by the information processing apparatus 10.

The acquisition unit 30A determines whether or not the content 38 and the request condition or the content 38 have been received from the first terminal device 14 via the reception unit 32A (step S200). If an affirmative judgment is made in step S200 (step S200: Yes), the process proceeds to step S202. That is, if a positive determination is made in step S200, the acquisition unit 30A acquires the content 38 and the required conditions or the content 38.

In step S202, the analysis unit 30B analyzes the content 38 acquired in step S200 (step S202).

Next, the determination unit 30C determines whether or not to divide the content 38 received in step S200 (step S204). If the content 38 received in step S200 includes the interrupted section TB, the determination unit 30C determines that the content 38 is divided.

Further, when the required condition is received in step S200, the determination unit 30C determines that the content 38 received in step S200 is divided if the required condition includes information indicating automatic division.

If it is determined that the content 38 is to be divided (step S204: Yes), the process proceeds to step S206. In step S206, the division unit 30D divides the content 38 received in step S200 into a plurality of divided contents 38A with the interrupted section TB included in the content 38 as a delimiter (step S206).

When the required condition is received in step S200, the division unit 30D may read the information including the required condition and indicating the second threshold value used for determining the interrupted section TB and use it for the division. That is, the division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents 38A by setting the section of the content 38 in which the volume below the first threshold value is equal to or higher than the second threshold value included in the requirement condition as the interrupted section TB. do it.

Next, the determination unit 30E determines an alternating method as a reproduction condition for each of the divided contents 38A divided in step S206 (step S208).

Next, the determination unit 30E determines the acceptance period for each of the divided contents 38A divided in step S206 (step S210). The determination unit 30E determines the acceptance period for each of the divided contents 38A according to the length of the divided contents 38A. When the requirement condition is received in step S200, the determination unit 30E determines whether the method shown in the requirement condition (whether the period of the divided content 38A is used or the number of characters of the divided content 38A is used, and the above "N". The reception period may be determined using the value of).

By the processing of steps S208 to S210, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction condition 62'(alternate method, acceptance period) corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents 38A.

Next, the generation unit 30H sets the content ID of the content 38 received in step S200, the plurality of divided contents 38A obtained in step S206, and the reproduction condition 62'corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents 38A. The distribution data 60 including the content 60 is generated (step S212) (see FIG. 6).

Next, the management unit 30F stores the plurality of divided contents 38A included in the distribution data 60 generated in step S212 in the storage unit 34 (step S214).

Next, the management unit 30F registers the content ID included in the distribution data 60 generated in step S212 and the reproduction condition 62'of each of the divided contents 38A in the management information 36 in association with each other. Further, the management unit 30F registers each content storage location of the divided content 38A stored in step S214 and the content name of the content 38 of the division source in the management information 36 in association with the content ID. As a result, the management unit 30F updates the management information 36 (step S216). Then, this routine is terminated.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S204 that the content 38 is not divided (step S204: No), the process proceeds to step S218. In step S218, the determination unit 30E determines the overlapping method as the reproduction condition for the content 38 received in step S200 (step S218).

Next, the determination unit 30E determines the acceptance period for the content 38 received in step S200 (step S220). The determination unit 30E determines the reception period for the content 38 according to the length of the content 38. When the requirement condition is received in step S200, the determination unit 30E determines whether the method shown in the requirement condition (whether the period of the content 38 or the number of characters of the content 38 is used, or the value of the above "N". ) Can be used to determine the reception period.

By the processing of steps S218 to S220, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction condition 62 (overlapping method, acceptance period) corresponding to the content 38.

Next, the generation unit 30H generates distribution data 60 including the content ID of the content 38 received in step S200, the content 38 received in step S200, and the reproduction condition 62 corresponding to the content 38 (step S222). ) (See FIG. 6).

Next, the management unit 30F stores the content 38 included in the distribution data 60 generated in step S222 in the storage unit 34 (step S224).

Next, the management unit 30F registers the content ID included in the distribution data 60 generated in step S222 and the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38 in the management information 36 in association with each other. Further, the management unit 30F registers the content storage location of the content 38 stored in step S224 and the content name of the content 38 in the management information 36 in association with the content ID. As a result, the management unit 30F updates the management information 36 (step S226). Then, this routine is terminated.

On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S200 (step S200: No), the process proceeds to step S228. In step S228, the distribution unit 30G determines whether or not a reproduction request has been received from the second terminal device 16 via the acquisition unit 30A and the reception unit 32A (step S228).

If it is determined that the reproduction request has been received (step S228: Yes), the process proceeds to step S230. In step S230, the distribution unit 30G reads the content 38 and the reproduction condition 62 indicated by the reproduction request from the storage unit 34 (step S230).

For example, the distribution unit 30G specifies the content storage location corresponding to the content ID included in the acquired reproduction request from the management information 36. Then, the distribution unit 30G reads the content 38 stored in the specified content storage location. When the content 38 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A by this processing, the distribution unit 30G reads the plurality of divided contents 38A obtained by dividing the content 38 identified by the content ID.

Further, the distribution unit 30G reads the reproduction condition 62 corresponding to the content ID included in the reproduction request from the management information 36. Further, when the content 38 is divided into a plurality of divided contents 38A by this processing, the distribution unit 30G corresponds to each of the plurality of divided contents 38A in which the content 38 identified by the content ID is divided. The reproduction condition 62'to be performed is read from the management information 36.

Next, the distribution unit 30G transmits the distribution data 60 including the content ID included in the reproduction request received in step S228, the content 38 read in step S230, and the reproduction condition 62 corresponding to the content 38, to the transmission unit 32B. It is delivered to the second terminal device 16 of the transmission source of the reproduction request via (step S232). When the divided content 38A is read in step S230, the distribution unit 30G includes distribution data including the plurality of divided content 38A read in step S230 and the reproduction condition 62'corresponding to each of the plurality of content 38. The 60 is delivered to the second terminal device 16 of the transmission source of the reproduction request via the transmission unit 32B. Then, this routine is terminated.

On the other hand, if a negative determination is made in step S228 (step S228: No), the process proceeds to step S234. In step S234, whether or not the acquisition unit 30A receives the content ID of the content 38 and the response to each of the content 38 or the divided content 38A included in the content 38 from the second terminal device 16 via the reception unit 32A. (Step S234). If a negative determination is made in step S234 (step S234: No), this routine ends. On the other hand, if an affirmative judgment is made in step S234 (step S234: Yes), the process proceeds to step S236.

In step S236, the management unit 30F stores the response received in step S234 in the storage unit 34 (step S236). Then, the management unit 30F registers the answer storage location of the answer received in step S234 in the management information 36 in association with the content ID or the divided content ID received together with the answer. From this process, the management unit 30F updates the management information 36 (step S238). Then, this routine is terminated.

Next, an example of the information processing procedure executed by the second terminal device 16 will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the information processing procedure executed by the second terminal device 16.

First, the input control unit 50C determines whether or not the reproduction request for the content 38 has been received from the input unit 56 (step S300). If a negative determination is made in step S300 (step S300: No), this routine ends. If an affirmative decision is made in step S300 (step S300: Yes), the process proceeds to step S302.

In step S302, the input control unit 50C transmits a reproduction request including the content ID of the content 38 to be reproduced to the information processing apparatus 10 via the transmission unit 52B (step S302).

Next, the acquisition unit 50A acquires the distribution data 60 from the information processing device 10 via the reception unit 52A (step S304). Next, the reproduction management unit 50B reads one unreproduced content 38 or unreproduced divided content 38A included in the distribution data 60 acquired in step S304 (step S306).

Next, the reproduction management unit 50B determines whether or not the reproduction method included in the distribution data 60 received in step S304 indicates an alternating method (step S308). When it is determined that the alternating method is shown (step S308: Yes), the process proceeds to step S310.

In step S310, the output control unit 50D outputs the divided content 38A to the output unit 58 to start reproduction of the divided content 38A (step S310). When the reproduction of the divided content 38A started to be reproduced in step S310 is completed, the input control unit 50C starts accepting an answer by the user from the input unit 56 (step 312).

Next, the input control unit 50C repeats the negative determination from the start of accepting the answer in step S312 until it is determined that the acceptance period corresponding to the divided content 38A started to be reproduced in step S310 has elapsed (step S314: No). ). When it is determined that the reception period has passed (step S314: Yes), the process proceeds to step S316, and the input control unit 50C ends the reception of answers (step S316).

Next, the reproduction management unit 50B determines whether or not all the contents 38 or the divided contents 38A included in the distribution data 60 acquired in step S304 have been reproduced (step S318). If a negative determination is made in step S318 (step S318: No), the process returns to step S306. On the other hand, if an affirmative judgment is made in step S318 (step S318: Yes), the process proceeds to step S320.

In step S320, the answer received by the processing of steps S312 to S318 or steps S322 to S326 described later and the content ID included in the distribution data 60 acquired in step S304 are transmitted to the information processing apparatus 10 (step). S320). Then, this routine is terminated.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S308 that the method is duplicated (step S308: No), the process proceeds to step S322. In step S322, the output control unit 50D outputs the content 38 to the output unit 58 to start the reproduction of the content 38 (step S322). Then, the input control unit 50C starts accepting an answer from the input unit 56 by the user, overlapping with the start of reproduction of the content 38 in step S322 (step 324). The input control unit 50C may start accepting an answer from the input unit 56 by the user at the same time as starting the reproduction of the content 38 in step S322.

Next, the input control unit 50C repeats the negative determination from the start of accepting the answer in step S324 until it is determined that the acceptance period corresponding to the content 38 started to be reproduced in step S322 has elapsed (step S326: No). .. If it is determined that the reception period has passed (step S326: Yes), the process proceeds to step S316.

As described above, the information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment includes an acquisition unit 30A, a determination unit 30E, and a generation unit 30H. The acquisition unit 30A acquires the content 38. The determination unit 30E determines the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38. The generation unit 30H generates the distribution data 60 including the content 38 and the reproduction condition 62.

As described above, in the information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38. Then, the generation unit 30H generates the distribution data 60 including the content 38 and the reproduction condition 62.

Therefore, the distribution data 60 to be distributed includes the reproduction condition 62 determined by the determination unit 30E in addition to the content 38 to be distributed.

Therefore, the information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment can provide the distribution data 60 that can be easily reproduced according to the content 38.

Here, conventionally, the content 38 uploaded from the provider side of the content 38 is delivered to the user's terminal device 12 as it is. Further, conventionally, it has been necessary for the user to manually input the reproduction conditions at the time of reproduction, which are considered to be appropriate for each content 38, one by one. For this reason, conventionally, distribution data that can be easily reproduced according to the content 38 has not been provided.

On the other hand, since the information processing system 1000 of the present embodiment has the above configuration, it is possible to provide the distribution data 60 that can be easily reproduced according to the content 38.

The reproduction condition 62 is a reproduction method indicating either an alternating method in which data output and data reception are alternately repeated, or a duplication method in which at least a part of data output and data reception is duplicated and executed, and data reception. Includes at least one of the reception period of.

The division unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of divided contents 38A. When the content 38 is divided, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction condition 62'for each of the divided contents 38A.

When the content 38 includes a break section TB in which the volume below the first threshold value continues to be equal to or higher than the second threshold value, the split unit 30D divides the content 38 into a plurality of split contents 38A with the break section TB as a break. The determination unit 30E determines the reproduction method of the divided content 38A to be an alternating method. The generation unit 30H generates the distribution data 60 including the reproduction condition 62'corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents 38A and the plurality of divided contents 38A.

The determination unit 30E determines the reception period according to the length of the divided content 38A.

The length of the divided content 38A indicates the period of the divided content 38A or the number of characters included in the divided content 38A.

When the content 38 is not divided, the determination unit 30E determines the reproduction method of the content 38 as the overlapping method, and determines the reception period according to the length of the content 38.

The acquisition unit 30A further acquires the required conditions at the time of reproduction for the content 38. The determination unit 30E determines the reproduction conditions of the content 38 based on the required conditions.

The information processing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment includes an acquisition unit 30A, a determination unit 30E, and a generation unit 30H. The acquisition unit 30A acquires the content 38. The determination unit 30E determines the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38. The generation unit 30H generates the distribution data 60 including the content 38 and the reproduction condition 62.

The information processing method of the present embodiment includes information including a step of acquiring the content 38, a step of determining the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38, and a step of generating distribution data 60 including the content 38 and the reproduction condition 62. It is a processing method.

The information processing program of the present embodiment has a step of acquiring the content 38, a step of determining the reproduction condition 62 of the content 38, and a step of generating the distribution data 60 including the content 38 and the reproduction condition 62 on the computer. It is an information processing program to be executed.

The program for executing the above-mentioned processing executed by each of the information processing apparatus 10, the first terminal apparatus 14, and the second terminal apparatus 16 in the above-described embodiment is in an installable format or can be executed. Files in various formats can be recorded and provided on a computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM, flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD (Digital Versaille Disk), or USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory. It may be configured, or it may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet. Further, various programs may be configured to be provided by incorporating them into a ROM or the like in advance.

Further, the program executed by each of the information processing device 10, the first terminal device 14, and the second terminal device 16 in the above-described embodiment has a modular configuration including each of the above functional units. As actual hardware, for example, when the CPU 25 (processor circuit) reads a program from the ROM 26 or the HDD 28 and executes it, each of the above-mentioned functional units is loaded on the RAM 27 (main memory), and each of the above-mentioned functional units is loaded. It is designed to be generated on the RAM 27 (main memory). The information processing device 10, the first terminal device 14, and the second terminal device 16 have a part or all of the above-mentioned functional units, such as an ASIC (Application Spec I / Fic Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field-Programmable). It can also be realized by using dedicated hardware such as Gate Array).

Although the embodiments and modifications have been described above, the embodiments and modifications are presented as examples and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The above-mentioned novel embodiments and modifications can be implemented in various other embodiments, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. The above-described embodiments and modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the scope of the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

10 Information processing device 12 Terminal device 14 First terminal device 16 Second terminal device 30A Acquisition unit 30D Division unit 30E Determination unit 1000 Information processing system

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Claims (7)

The acquisition department that acquires content, and
A decision unit that determines the playback conditions of the content, and
A generation unit that generates distribution data including the content and the reproduction condition,
A division unit that divides the content into a plurality of division contents,
Equipped with
The reproduction conditions are
A playback method indicating either an alternating method in which data output and data reception are alternately repeated, or a duplication method in which at least a part of data output and data reception is executed in duplicate, a data reception reception period, and a data reception reception period. Including at least one of
When the content includes a break section in which the volume below the first threshold value continues to be equal to or higher than the second threshold value, the split portion divides the content into a plurality of the split contents with the break section as a break.
The determination unit determines the reproduction method of the divided content to the alternating method.
The generation unit generates the distribution data including the reproduction conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of the divided contents and the plurality of the divided contents.
Information processing system. The decision-making part
The acceptance period is determined according to the length of the divided content.
The information processing system according to claim 1 . The length of the divided content is
Indicates the period of the divided content or the number of characters included in the divided content.
The information processing system according to claim 2 . The decision-making part
When the content is not divided, the reproduction method of the content is determined to be the overlapping method, and the reception period is determined according to the length of the content.
The information processing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The acquisition department that acquires content, and
A decision unit that determines the playback conditions of the content, and
A generation unit that generates distribution data including the content and the reproduction condition,
A division unit that divides the content into a plurality of division contents,
Equipped with
The reproduction conditions are
A playback method indicating either an alternating method in which data output and data reception are alternately repeated, or a duplication method in which at least a part of data output and data reception is executed in duplicate, a data reception reception period, and a data reception reception period. Including at least one of
When the content includes a break section in which the volume below the first threshold value continues to be equal to or higher than the second threshold value, the split portion divides the content into a plurality of the split contents with the break section as a break.
The determination unit determines the reproduction method of the divided content to the alternating method.
The generation unit generates the distribution data including the reproduction conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of the divided contents and the plurality of the divided contents.
Information processing equipment. The acquisition step to acquire the content and
A decision step for determining the playback conditions of the content, and
A generation step for generating distribution data including the content and the reproduction condition, and
A division step for dividing the content into a plurality of division contents, and
Including
The reproduction conditions are
A playback method indicating either an alternating method in which data output and data reception are alternately repeated, or a duplication method in which at least a part of data output and data reception is executed in duplicate, a data reception reception period, and a data reception reception period. Including at least one of
In the division step, when the content includes a break section in which the volume below the first threshold value continues to be equal to or higher than the second threshold value, the content is divided into a plurality of the split contents with the break section as a break.
In the determination step, the reproduction method of the divided content is determined to be the alternating method.
The generation step generates the distribution data including the reproduction conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents and the plurality of divided contents.
Information processing method. The acquisition step to acquire the content and
A determination step for determining the playback conditions of the content, and
A generation step for generating distribution data including the content and the reproduction condition, and
A division step for dividing the content into a plurality of division contents, and
Is an information processing program for making a computer execute
The reproduction conditions are
A playback method indicating either an alternating method in which data output and data reception are alternately repeated, or a duplication method in which at least a part of data output and data reception is executed in duplicate, a data reception reception period, and a data reception reception period. Including at least one of
In the division step, when the content includes a break section in which the volume below the first threshold value continues to be equal to or higher than the second threshold value, the content is divided into a plurality of the split contents with the break section as a break.
In the determination step, the reproduction method of the divided content is determined to be the alternating method.
The generation step generates the distribution data including the reproduction conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of divided contents and the plurality of divided contents.
Information processing program .

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