JP7618071B2 - Program, display method and information processing terminal - Google Patents

Description

This disclosure relates to a program, a display method, and an information processing terminal for displaying the background of a chat room.

Conventionally, chat systems that allow the background screen to be changed have been developed. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology that displays an image captured by a camera unit on the background screen of a chat window that displays instant messages sent and received between a terminal and one or more other terminals, allowing the surrounding situation to be shared with the other party in real time.

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However, although Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for displaying video sent from one terminal to another terminal on the background screen of a chat window, this is limited to one-way video transmission, and there is a problem in that the display on the background screen is limited to the video sent by one of the terminals.

The present disclosure has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide a program, a display method, and an information processing terminal that can display content transmitted and received between multiple terminals in the background.

A program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a program that causes an information processing terminal to display the background of an instant messenger chat room in which a first user and a second user participate, and executes the steps of displaying a first content sent by the first user in the background, and displaying the first content and a second content received from the second user in the background.

The program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes receiving a layer related to the placement of content in a background, and placing the first content and the second content as the background in response to the layer.

The program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a step of receiving another layer different from the one layer transmitted to the second user, and a step of arranging the first content and the second content as a background in response to the other layer.

The program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a step of displaying the newly transmitted or received content of the first content and the second content relatively large against the background.

In one embodiment of the program of the present disclosure, the program further includes a step of changing the number of contents displayed as the background in response to the number of users participating in the chat room.

In a program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when multiple pieces of content including a first content and a second content are received within a predetermined time, a step of displaying, as a background, a piece of content determined based on a predetermined condition from among the multiple pieces of content is included.

In a program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the content is a photo, the predetermined condition is that the chat room contains a relatively large number of users.

The program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a step of displaying each of the first content and the second content as an image in the background of the chat room, and a step of displaying a content selected by the first user from among the multiple contents in a pop-up display.

The program according to an embodiment of the present disclosure further includes a step of selecting a plurality of contents including a first content and a second content, and a step of preferentially displaying, as the background, a content selected by a large number of users from among the plurality of contents.

A display method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a display method for displaying on an information processing terminal the background of an instant messenger chat room in which a first user and a second user participate, and includes the steps of displaying on the background a first content sent by the first user, and displaying on the background the first content and a second content received from the second user.

An information processing terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display device that displays the background of an instant messenger chat room in which a first user and a second user participate, and a control unit that displays a first content sent by the first user in the background, and the control unit displays the first content and the second content received from the second user in the background.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a program, a display method, and an information processing terminal that can display content transmitted and received between multiple terminals in the background.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display of a background of a talk room. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of layers relating to content arrangement. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another example of display of the background of a talk room. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a processing sequence of the communication system according to the first embodiment; FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a processing sequence of a communication system according to a second embodiment.

<Maintenance of confidentiality of communications>
It should be noted that the disclosure herein may be practiced subject to compliance with communications secrecy laws.

An embodiment for implementing a BOT control management system (example) according to the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.

<System Configuration>
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 1, in the communication system, a server 10 and terminals 20 (terminals 20A, 20B, and 20C) are connected via a network 30. The server 10 provides a service that enables transmission and reception of messages between the terminals 20 to the terminals 20 owned by users via the network 30. The number of terminals 20 connected to the network 30 is not limited.

The network 30 serves to connect one or more terminals 20 to one or more servers 10. In other words, the network 30 refers to a communication network that provides a connection path so that the terminals 20 can transmit and receive data after connecting to the server 10.

For example, one or more portions of the network 30 may be a wired network or a wireless network. The network 30 may include an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual private network (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a wide area network (WAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a portion of the Internet, a portion of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a mobile phone network, integrated service digital networks (ISDNs), wireless LANs, long term evolution (LTE) code division multiple access (CDMA), Bluetooth (registered trademark), satellite communications, or the like, or a combination of two or more of these. However, in this disclosure, the network 30 is not limited to these. The network 30 may include one or more networks 30.

The terminal 20 (terminal 20A, terminal 20B, terminal 20C) may be any information processing terminal capable of implementing the functions described in each embodiment. The terminal 20 is typically a smartphone, and may also be a mobile phone (e.g., a feature phone), a computer (e.g., a desktop, a laptop, a tablet, etc.), a media computer platform (e.g., a cable or satellite set-top box, a digital video recorder), a handheld computer device (e.g., a PDA (personal digital assistant), an email client, etc.), a wearable device (a glasses-type device, a watch-type device, etc.), or another type of computer or communication platform. However, in this disclosure, the terminal 20 is not limited to these. The terminal 20 may also be expressed as an information processing terminal.

Because terminals 20A, 20B, and 20C are basically configured the same, the following description will be directed to terminal 20 as a representative. In addition, where necessary, user information associated with terminal 20X will be referred to as user information X, and the user operating terminal 20X will be referred to as user X. Note that user information is all or part of the information associated with an account in a social network service (SNS) such as an instant messenger, such as a user name or a user image. Other information such as a user identifier, the user's age, sex, and address, or a combination of these, may also be used. However, it is not limited to these.

The server 10 has a function of providing a predetermined service to the terminal 20. The server 10 may be any device that is an information processing device capable of realizing the functions described in each embodiment. The server 10 is typically a server device, and may also include computers (e.g., desktops, laptops, tablets, etc.), media computer platforms (e.g., cable, satellite set-top boxes, digital video recorders), handheld computer devices (e.g., PDAs, email clients, etc.), or other types of computers or communication platforms. However, in this disclosure, the server 10 is not limited to these. The server 10 may also be expressed as an information processing device.

<Hardware (HW) configuration>
The HW configuration of each device included in the communication system will be described with reference to FIG.

(1) HW Configuration of Terminal The terminal 20 includes a control device 21 (CPU: central processing unit), a storage device 28, a communication I/F 22 (interface), an input/output device 23, a display device 24, a microphone 25, a speaker 26, and a camera 27. The HW components of the terminal 20 are connected to each other via, for example, a bus B.

The communication I/F 22 transmits and receives various data via the network 30. The communication may be performed either wired or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication is possible. The communication I/F 22 has a function of communicating with the server 10 via the network 30. The communication I/F 22 transmits various data to the server 10 according to instructions from the control device 21. The communication I/F 22 also receives various data transmitted from the server 10 and transmits it to the control device 21.

The input/output device 23 includes a device for inputting various operations to the terminal 20, and a device for outputting the results of processing performed by the terminal 20. The input/output device 23 may be an integrated input device and an output device, or may be separate input device and output device.

The input device is realized by any one or combination of all types of devices that can accept input from a user and transmit information related to the input to the control device 21. The input device is typically realized by a touch panel or the like, detects contact with a pointing tool such as a user's finger or a stylus and the contact position, and transmits the coordinates of the contact position to the control device 21. On the other hand, the input device may be realized by an input device other than a touch panel. Examples of input devices include hardware keys such as a keyboard, pointing devices such as a mouse, cameras (operation input via moving images), and microphones (operation input by voice). However, in the present disclosure, the input device is not limited to these.

The output device is realized by any one of all types of devices or a combination thereof that can output the processing results processed by the control device 21. The output device is typically realized by a touch panel or the like. On the other hand, the output device may be realized by an output device other than a touch panel. For example, it may include a speaker (audio output), a lens (e.g., 3D (three dimensions) output or hologram output), a printer, etc. However, in the present disclosure, the output device is not limited to these.

The display device 24 is realized by any one of all types of devices or a combination thereof that can display according to the display data written to the frame buffer. The display device 24 is typically realized by a monitor (e.g., a liquid crystal display or an organic electroluminescence display (OLED)). The display device 24 may be a head mounted display (HDM). The display device 24 may also be realized by a device capable of displaying images, text information, etc. by projection mapping, holograms, or in air (which may be a vacuum). These display devices 24 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D. However, in the present disclosure, the display device 24 is not limited to these.

If the input/output device 23 is a touch panel, the input/output device 23 and the display device 24 may be arranged facing each other and have approximately the same size and shape.

The control device 21 has circuits that are physically structured to execute functions realized by the codes or instructions contained in the program, and is realized, for example, by a data processing device built into the hardware.

The control device 21 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), but may also be a microprocessor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). However, in this disclosure, the control device 21 is not limited to these.

The storage device 28 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the operation of the terminal 20. The storage device 28 is realized by various storage media such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, a random access memory (RAM), and a read only memory (ROM). However, in this disclosure, the storage device 28 is not limited to these.

The terminal 20 stores the program P in the storage device 28, and by executing this program P, the control device 21 executes the processing of each part included in the control device 21. In other words, the program P stored in the storage device 28 causes the terminal 20 to realize each function executed by the control device 21.

The microphone 25 is used to input audio data. The speaker 26 is used to output audio data. The camera 27 is used to obtain video data.

(2) Server hardware configuration
The server 10 includes a control device 11 (CPU), a storage device 15, a communication I/F 14 (interface), an input/output device 12, and a display 13. The hardware components of the server 10 are connected to each other via a bus B, for example.

The control device 11 has circuits that are physically structured to execute functions realized by the codes or instructions contained in the program, and is realized, for example, by a data processing device built into the hardware.

The control device 11 is typically a central processing unit (CPU), but may also be a microprocessor, a processor core, a multiprocessor, an ASIC, or an FPGA. However, in this disclosure, the control device 11 is not limited to these.

The storage device 15 has a function of storing various programs and various data required for the operation of the server 10. The storage device 15 is realized by various storage media such as a HDD, SSD, and flash memory. However, in this disclosure, the storage device 15 is not limited to these.

The communication I/F 14 transmits and receives various data via the network 30. The communication may be performed either wired or wirelessly, and any communication protocol may be used as long as mutual communication is possible. The communication I/F 14 has a function of communicating with the terminal 20 via the network 30. The communication I/F 14 transmits various data to the terminal 20 according to instructions from the control device 11. The communication I/F 14 also receives various data transmitted from the terminal 20 and transmits it to the control device 11.

The input/output device 12 is realized by a device that inputs various operations to the server 10. The input/output device 12 is realized by any one or combination of all types of devices that can accept input from a user and transmit information related to the input to the control device 11. The input/output device 12 is typically realized by hardware keys such as a keyboard, or a pointing device such as a mouse. The input/output device 12 may include, for example, a touch panel, a camera (operation input via moving images), or a microphone (operation input by voice). However, in the present disclosure, the input/output device 12 is not limited to these.

The display 13 is typically realized by a monitor (e.g., a liquid crystal display or an organic electroluminescence display (OLED)). The display 13 may also be a head-mounted display (HDM) or the like. These displays 13 may be capable of displaying display data in 3D. However, in the present disclosure, the display 13 is not limited to these.

The server 10 stores the program P in the storage device 15, and by executing this program P, the control device 11 executes the processing of each part included in the control device 11. In other words, the program P stored in the storage device 15 causes the server 10 to realize each function executed by the control device 11.

In each embodiment of the present disclosure, the BOT server 40 is described as being realized by the CPU of the terminal 20 and/or the server 10 executing the program P. Note that the BOT server 40 has a configuration similar to that of the server 10, for example.

The control device 21 of the terminal 20 and/or the control device 11 of the server 10 may realize each process not only by a CPU, but also by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC (Integrated Circuit) chip, LSI (Large Scale Integration)) or a dedicated circuit. These circuits may be realized by one or more integrated circuits, and the multiple processes shown in each embodiment may be realized by one integrated circuit. LSIs may also be called VLSIs, super LSIs, ultra LSIs, etc. depending on the degree of integration.

In addition, the program P (software program/computer program) of each embodiment of the present disclosure may be provided in a state stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium is capable of storing the program in a "non-transitory tangible medium."

The storage medium may include, where appropriate, one or more semiconductor-based or other integrated circuits (ICs) (e.g., field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) or application specific ICs (ASICs)), hard disk drives (HDDs), hybrid hard drives (HHDs), optical disks, optical disk drives (ODDs), magneto-optical disks, magneto-optical drives, floppy diskettes, floppy disk drives (FDDs), magnetic tapes, solid state drives (SSDs), RAM drives, secure digital cards or drives, any other suitable storage media, or any suitable combination of two or more of these. The storage medium may be volatile, non-volatile, or a combination of volatile and non-volatile, where appropriate. It should be noted that the storage medium is not limited to these examples and may be any device or medium capable of storing the program P.

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

The program P of the present disclosure may also be provided to the server 10 and/or the terminal 20 via any transmission medium capable of transmitting the program (such as a communication network or broadcast waves). The server 10 and/or the terminal 20 executes the program P downloaded, for example, via the Internet, to realize the functions of the multiple functional units shown in each embodiment.

In addition, each embodiment of the present disclosure may be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program P is embodied by electronic transmission.

At least a portion of the processing in the server 10 and/or the terminal 20 may be realized by cloud computing consisting of one or more computers.

At least a part of the processing in the terminal 20 may be performed by the server 10. In this case, for example, at least a part of the processing of each functional unit of the control device 21 of the terminal 20 may be performed by the server 10.

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

In the present disclosure, a judgment configuration is not essential, and it goes without saying that a predetermined process may be executed when the judgment condition is satisfied, or a predetermined process may be executed when the judgment condition is not satisfied.

The programs disclosed herein can be implemented using, for example, scripting languages such as ActionScript and JavaScript (registered trademark), object-oriented programming languages such as Objective-C and Java (registered trademark), and markup languages such as HTML5. However, the present disclosure is not limited to these.

First Embodiment
In the first embodiment, content displayed in the background is shared among a plurality of users participating in a talk room. The contents described in the first embodiment are applicable to any of the other embodiments.

<Functional configuration>
(1) Functional configuration of the terminal
As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 2 has, as functions realized by the control device 21, a talk participation unit 211, a message processing unit 212, a content processing unit 213, and a display processing unit 214.

The talk participation unit 211 has a function of performing processing for participating in a desired talk room. Participation in a talk room can be performed on an individual basis, or on a group basis. In addition, a BOT server 40 can also participate in a talk room in the same way as an individual. It is also possible to create a new talk room. By sending (saying) a message while participating in a talk room, the message is sent to the terminals 2 of the other participants and/or the BOT server 40.

The message processing unit 212 has a function of performing processes such as sending and receiving messages in a talk room and displaying sent and received messages on the user's own device. In a typical display screen, the time axis runs from top to bottom, with received messages displayed on the left and sent messages displayed on the right. The message processing unit 212 generates display data for displaying sent and received messages.

The content processing unit 213 has a function of transmitting and receiving content to be displayed in the background of a talk room, and displaying the transmitted and received content on the user's own terminal. For example, the content processing unit 213 performs processing to display the first content transmitted by the first user in the background. In response to a user of the user's own terminal (first user) selecting the first content as the background of the talk room, the content processing unit 213 performs processing to display the first content in the background of the user's own terminal, and transmits the first content to the terminal of another user (for example, second user) participating in the talk room.

The content processing unit 213 also performs processing to display, in the background, the second content received from another user (e.g., the second user) participating in the talk room. For example, in response to receiving the second content from the second user, the content processing unit 213 performs processing to display the second content in the background of the own terminal.

The content processing unit 213 may receive a layer related to the placement of content in the background of the talk room from the server 10 in advance, and display the content in the background in response to the received layer. The layer is, for example, a background of the talk room divided into a plurality of areas. The content processing unit 213 displays each of the plurality of contents in one of the plurality of areas. Note that a priority for placing content may be set for each of the plurality of areas.

2 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the talk room background displayed on the display device 24. FIG. 2(a) is an example of a layer related to the arrangement of content. A layer is obtained by dividing the talk room background into a plurality of regions, and in the example of FIG. 2(a), it is divided into two. In the example of FIG. 2(a), the divided regions are divided into approximately the same size, but the sizes of the divided regions do not need to be approximately the same, and one region may be divided so that it is larger than the other region. In the example of the layer in FIG. 2(a), each of the divided regions is given a priority. In the example of FIG. 2(a), of the regions obtained by dividing the talk room background into two, the priority of the upper region (priority 1) is high, and the priority of the lower region (priority 2) is low. Note that the priority of the regions shown in FIG. 2(a) is merely an example, and the priority of the upper region may be set lower than the priority of the lower region.

The content processing unit 213 receives in advance the layers exemplified in FIG. 2(a) from the server 10, and in response to the received layers, displays the content as a background. FIG. 2(b) is an example of a display in which multiple contents are displayed as a background in response to the layers. As shown in FIG. 2(b), different contents are displayed in each of the multiple areas set in the layers. Note that the content displayed in each of the multiple areas does not necessarily have to be different, and may be the same content.

The layer received in advance by the terminal 10 may be divided into a plurality of areas in which content is arranged, and the number of areas is not necessarily limited to two. FIG. 3 shows another example of a layer related to the arrangement of content. As shown in FIG. 3(a) and FIG. 3(b), the layer may divide the background of the talk room into three areas. As shown in FIG. 3(a), the layer may divide the background of the talk room into three areas that are substantially the same, or as shown in FIG. 3(b), the layer may divide the background of the talk room into three areas of different sizes. As shown in FIG. 3(c), the layer may divide the background of the talk room into five areas. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the layer may divide the background of the talk room into any number of areas as long as it divides the background of the talk room into a plurality of areas, and the divided areas may have different sizes (areas). The division method is not limited to these.

The content processing unit 213 may display the newly transmitted/received content relatively larger than other content. For example, as shown in FIG. 3(c), the layer sets the area of a high priority area (e.g., the area of an area with priority 1) relatively larger (wider) than the area of a low priority area (e.g., the area of an area with priority 5). As a result, the content processing unit 213 can display the newly transmitted/received content relatively larger than other content by displaying the content in response to the layer.

The content processing unit 213 displays the content as a background, for example, in response to the time series in which the content was transmitted and received. For example, the content processing unit 213 displays the most recently transmitted and received content in the area with the highest priority. When displaying new content in the area with high priority, the content processing unit 213 displays other content that was displayed in the area with high priority in the area with low priority. In other words, the content processing unit 213 performs a process of transposing (moving) other content that was displayed in the area with high priority to the area with low priority.

The content processing unit 213 may also display each of the multiple contents as an image. In response to a user selecting one of the multiple contents displayed as an image, the content processing unit 213 may display the selected content as a pop-up.

Figure 4 shows another example of the display of the talk room background displayed on the display device 24. Note that the example of the background display shown in Figure 4 displays multiple contents in response to the layer shown in Figure 3(c).

As shown in FIG. 4(a), the content processing unit 213 divides the background of the talk room into five areas in response to the layer illustrated in FIG. 3(c), and displays different content in each area. Here, assume that a terminal of a user (e.g., a first user) participating in the talk room transmits and receives new content as the background of the talk room (FIG. 4(b)). In response to transmitting and receiving the new content, the content processing unit 213 displays the new content in the area with the highest priority among the layers. That is, the content processing unit 213 displays the transmitted and received new content illustrated in FIG. 4(b) in the area with priority 1. In this case, the content processing unit 213 performs a process of transposing (moving) each of the other contents displayed in the areas with higher priority to an area with a lower priority. The content processing unit 213 displays the content A displayed in the area with priority 1 in the area with priority 2. The content processing unit 213 also displays the content B displayed in the area with priority 2 in the area with priority 3. In this way, when the content processing unit 213 displays new content in a high priority area, it displays other content that was displayed in the high priority area in a low priority area. In this way, the content processing unit 213 displays multiple contents from high priority area to low priority area in the chronological order in which the contents were transmitted and received.

The display processing unit 214 displays display data relating to the message generated by the message processing unit 212 via the display device 24. The display processing unit 214 also displays display data relating to the talk room background generated by the content processing unit 213 via the display device 24. The display processing unit 214 has a function of converting the display data generated by the message processing unit 212 and the content processing unit 213 into pixel information and writing it to the frame buffer of the display device 24. The display processing unit 214 displays the display data relating to the message generated by the message processing unit 212 by superimposing it on the display data relating to the talk room background generated by the content processing unit 213.

(2) Functional configuration of the server
As shown in FIG. 1 , the server 1 has a talk room management unit 111 , a message processing unit 112 , and a content processing unit 113 as functions realized by the control device 11 .

The talk room management unit 111 has the function of managing talk room participants, etc.

When the message processing unit 112 receives a message sent in a specific talk room from a terminal 2, it has the function of sending (forwarding) the same message to the terminals 2 of other participants and/or the BOT server 40 as destinations.

The content processing unit 113 also has a function of transferring content received from the terminal 20 of a user participating in the talk room to the terminal 20 of another user. For example, the content processing unit 113 transfers the first content received from the terminal 20A of the first user to the terminal 20B of the second user. The content processing unit 113 also transfers the second content received from the terminal 20B of the second user to the terminal 20A of the first user.

In addition, the content processing unit 113 transmits in advance to each of the terminals of the users participating in the talk room a layer related to the arrangement of content in the background of the talk room. For example, the content processing unit 113 transmits in advance to the terminals 20A and 20B the layers illustrated in FIG. 2(a) and FIG. 3(a) to (c).

The content processing unit 113 may transmit different layers to the terminals of the users participating in the talk room. For example, the layer illustrated in FIG. 2(a) may be transmitted to the terminal 20A of the first user, and the layer illustrated in FIG. 3(c) may be transmitted to the terminal 20B of the second user. Each of the layers transmitted to the terminals of the users participating in the talk room may be selected by the user using the respective terminal.

The content processing unit 113 may also change the number of areas into which the talk room background is divided in response to the number of users participating in the talk room. When there are many users participating in the talk room, the content processing unit 113 may divide the talk room background into more areas than when there are few users participating. The content processing unit 113 transmits the layer divided into the number of areas determined in response to the number of users participating in the talk room to the terminals 20 of the users participating in the talk room.

The content processing unit 113 may also transmit a new layer to each of the terminals of the users participating in the talk room at a predetermined timing. The predetermined timing may be any timing, such as when a request is received from a user participating in the talk room or when a predetermined time has elapsed since transmitting the layer.

The content processing unit 113 may also hide all of the content displayed as the background of the talk room at a predetermined timing. That is, the content processing unit 113 may return (reset) the state in which no content is displayed in the background of the talk room at a predetermined timing. The content processing unit 113 may then display, as the background of the talk room, any content that is newly transmitted or received from the point in time when the content is hidden. The predetermined timing may be any timing, such as a predetermined cycle or a predetermined time (e.g., one hour) from the time when the content was first displayed as the background of the talk room. The content processing unit 113 may also hide part of the content displayed as the background of the talk room at a predetermined timing.

<Communication System Processing>
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a processing sequence of the communication system according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the server 10 transmits in advance to each of the terminals of the users participating in the talk room a layer regarding the placement of content in the background of the talk room (S101).

When a first user, who is a user of the terminal 20A, selects the first content as the background of the talk room, the terminal 20A displays the first content as the background in response to the layer previously received from the server 10 (S102).

In response to the first user selecting the first content as the background of the talk room, the terminal 20A transmits the first content via the server 10 to the terminal 20B of the second user, who is another user participating in the talk room (S103).

In response to receiving the first content from terminal 20A, terminal 20B displays the first content as a background in response to the layer previously received from server 10 (S104).

In addition, when the first user selects the second content as the background of the talk room, the terminal 20A displays the second content as the background in response to the layer previously received from the server 10 (S105).

Then, in response to the first user selecting the second content as the background of the talk room, terminal 20A transmits the second content to terminal 20B of the second user via server 10 (S106).

In response to receiving the second content from terminal 20A, terminal 20B displays the second content as a background in response to the layer previously received from server 10 (S107).

Next, when the second user selects the third content as the background of the talk room, terminal 20B displays the third content as the background in response to the layer previously received from server 10 (S108).

Then, in response to the second user selecting the third content as the background of the talk room, terminal 20B transmits the third content to terminal 20A of the first user via server 10 (S109).

In response to receiving the third content from terminal 20B, terminal 20A displays the third content as a background in response to the layer previously received from server 10 (S110).

Now, assume that the server 10 transmits a new layer to each of the terminals 20 of the users participating in the talk room (terminals 20A and 20B in the example of FIG. 5) (S111).

In this case, in response to the new layer received from the server 10, each of the terminals 20 redisplays the content (first to third contents) that was displayed as the background of the talk room (S112).

As described above, the information processing terminal etc. in the first embodiment can share content displayed in the background among multiple users participating in a talk room.

<First Modification>
In the first variant, when multiple pieces of content are transmitted and received within a specified period of time, one of the multiple pieces of content that is determined based on specified conditions is displayed as the background of the talk room.

For example, when multiple pieces of content exceeding the number of area divisions set in a layer are transmitted and received within a specified time period, the processing load of the terminal 20 may increase in order to display the transmitted and received pieces of content as the background of the chat room. In such a case, the processing load of the terminal 20 can be reduced by displaying a portion of the multiple pieces of content determined based on specified conditions as the background.

When multiple pieces of content are transmitted and received within a predetermined time, the content processing unit 213 of the terminal 20 displays, as the background of the talk room, a piece of content determined based on a predetermined condition from the multiple pieces of content. The predetermined time may be any length, such as within one minute or within one hour. The multiple pieces of content may be, for example, a number of pieces of content that exceeds a predetermined number. The predetermined number may be set in response to the predetermined time and the number of divisions of the area in the layer. For example, if the predetermined time is within one minute and the number of divisions of the area in the layer is 5, the predetermined number is set to 10. It goes without saying that these numerical values are merely examples and may be set in any manner.

The content processing unit 213 may, for example, prioritize and display content transmitted by its own terminal as a predetermined condition. Conversely, the content processing unit 213 may, as a predetermined condition, prioritize and display content received from another terminal 20.

In addition, when a user selects each of the multiple pieces of content that have been transmitted or received, the content processing unit 213 may, as a predetermined condition, preferentially display, as the background, the content among the multiple pieces of content that has been selected by a large number of users.

The content processing unit 213 creates display data for displaying a predetermined icon selectable by the user around the content displayed in the background, for example. The predetermined icon is, for example, an icon with the word "Like!" attached, and is selectable by the user. The user can select the icon for content that the user feels is "good" or "impressed well." Note that the predetermined icon is not limited to an icon with the word "Like!" attached, and may be any icon that the user can select for the content.

When a user selects a specific icon, the content processing unit 213 transmits information indicating the selection to the other user's terminal 20 via the server 10. In response to receiving information indicating the selection from the other terminal 20, the content processing unit 213 may preferentially display, from among the multiple pieces of content, a piece of content that has been selected many times by users participating in the talk room.

In addition, for example, when the content is a photograph, the content processing unit 213 may preferentially display a photograph including a user participating in the talk room as a predetermined condition. In response to the shape of a face included in the photograph, the content processing unit 213 identifies whether the photograph includes a user participating in the talk room. For example, in response to the face rectangle and face attributes (such as facial landmarks) of a person included in the photograph, the content processing unit 213 compares the face of the person included in the photograph with the faces of users participating in the talk room that are known in advance, and identifies whether the user is included in the photograph. Then, in response to the identification result, the content processing unit 213 determines that the photograph including the user participating in the talk room is the content to be preferentially displayed.

The content processing unit 213 may also identify the number of users participating in the chat room that are included in the photo in response to the shape of the face included in the photo, etc. The content processing unit 213 determines that a photo with a large number of identified users is to be displayed preferentially as content over a photo with a small number of identified users.

As described above, in the first variant, when multiple pieces of content are transmitted and received within a specified period of time, one of the multiple pieces of content that is determined based on specified conditions can be displayed as the background of the talk room, thereby suppressing an increase in the processing load on the terminal 20.

Second Embodiment
In the second embodiment, the server 10 generates display data for displaying the background of a talk room, and transmits the display data to the terminals 20 of the users who will participate in the talk room.

The contents described in the second embodiment are applicable to all of the other embodiments.

In the second embodiment, the content processing unit 213 of the terminal 20 transmits the content to the server 10 in response to the user of the terminal selecting the content as the background of the talk room.

The content processing unit 113 of the server 10 generates display data for displaying the received content as a background in response to a predetermined layer. The content processing unit 113 then transmits the generated display data to the terminals 20 of the users who will participate in the talk room.

The display processing unit 214 of the terminal 20 responds to the display data received from the server 10 by displaying the background of the talk room on the display device 24.

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FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a processing sequence of the communication system according to the second embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, when a first user, who is a user of the terminal 20A, selects a first content as the background of a talk room (S201), the terminal 20A transmits the first content to the server 10 (S202).

In response to the predetermined layer, the server 10 generates display data for displaying the first content received from the terminal 20A as a background (S203). The server 10 then transmits the generated display data to the terminals 20 of the users who will participate in the talk room (S204).

In response to the display data received from the server 10, the display processing unit 214 of the terminal 20 displays the background of the talk room on the display device 24 (S205).

In addition, when a second user, who is a user of the terminal, selects the second content as the background of the talk room (S206), terminal 20B transmits the second content to server 10 (S207).

In response to the predetermined layer, the server 10 generates display data for displaying the second content received from the terminal 20B as a background (S208). The server 10 then transmits the generated display data to the terminals 20 of the users who will participate in the talk room (S209).

In response to the display data received from the server 10, the display processing unit 214 of the terminal 20 displays the background of the talk room on the display device 24 (S210).

As described above, the server 10 generates display data for displaying the background of the talk room and transmits it to the terminals 20 of the users who will participate in the talk room, allowing the server 10 to centrally control the management of content.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that a person skilled in the art would easily be able to make various modifications and corrections based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these modifications and corrections are included in the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the functions included in each means, step, etc. can be rearranged so as not to cause logical inconsistencies, and multiple means, steps, etc. can be combined into one or divided. In addition, the configurations shown in each embodiment may be combined as appropriate.

10 Server (information processing device)
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 11 control device 111 talk room management unit 112 message processing unit 113 content processing unit 12 input/output device 13 display 14 communication I/F
15 Storage device 20 Terminal (information processing terminal)
21 Control device 211 Talk participation unit 212 Message processing unit 213 Content processing unit 214 Display processing unit 22 Communication I/F
23 Input/Output device 24 Display device 25 Microphone 26 Speaker 27 Camera 28 Storage device 30 Network 40 BOT server

Claims (6)

Computer,
A message acquisition means for acquiring messages transmitted and received between a plurality of users;
A content acquisition means for acquiring content, which is a video or an image, transmitted by another user;
a display area setting means for setting a content display area consisting of a plurality of individual areas each having a priority ;
a content display means for displaying the content in any one of the individual areas based on the priority ;
A program for causing the device to function as a history display means for displaying messages sent and received between a plurality of users by overlaying the content display area. 2. The program according to claim 1, wherein said display area setting means sets a size of said individual area based on said priority. 2. The program according to claim 1, wherein said content display means displays said content in said individual area by associating a time sequence in which said content was acquired with said priority in said individual area. 4. The program according to claim 3, wherein said content display means displays said content in said individual area in descending order of priority in the order of newly acquired content. The computer
A message acquisition step of acquiring messages transmitted and received between a plurality of users;
A content acquisition step of acquiring content, which is a video or an image, transmitted by another user;
a display area setting step of setting a content display area including a plurality of individual areas each having a priority ;
a content display step of displaying the content in any one of the individual areas based on the priority ;
a history display step of displaying messages sent and received between a plurality of users by superimposing the messages on the content display area. A message acquisition unit that acquires messages transmitted and received between a plurality of users;
A content acquisition unit that acquires content, such as a video or an image, transmitted by another user;
a display area setting unit that sets a content display area including a plurality of individual areas each having a priority ;
a content display unit that displays the content in any one of the individual areas based on the priority ;
a history display section that displays messages transmitted and received between a plurality of users, superimposed on the content display area.