Patent Application
20240040161
This application is based on and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application Serial No. 2022-122362 (filed on Jul. 30, 2022), the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
This disclosure relates to information and communication technology, and in particular, to a system and a method for handling streaming data for a live streaming.
Some APPs or platforms provide archive service for streamers to record their live streaming (For example, see non-patent document 1 and 2). The streamers may record their best moments to replay or share with their fans for fun. The viewer may also record the live streaming to recheck the live streaming afterward if they are not available during the live streaming.
The archive services mainly provide archive contents for the streamers or viewers to enjoy the performance from the streamers offline. However, the archive contents may be used in a variety of ways to create more value. Therefore, a more efficient and useful archive service is on demand
An embodiment of subject application relates to a method for handling streaming data for a live streaming, comprising recording the streaming data for the live streaming; storing the streaming data as archive contents; and adding a transition segment in the archive contents.
Another embodiment of subject application relates to a system for handling streaming data for a live streaming, comprising one or a plurality of processors, wherein the one or plurality of processors execute a machine-readable instruction to perform: recording the streaming data for the live streaming; storing the streaming data as archive contents; and adding a transition segment in the archive contents.
Another embodiment of subject application relates to a non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions, that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute: recording the streaming data for the live streaming; storing the streaming data as archive contents; and adding a transition segment in the archive contents.
The present disclosure may archive the live streaming and add a transition segment in the archive contents, and the transition segments may include information for reference. Therefore, the time for processing the archive contents is saved and the user experience may be enhanced.
Hereinafter, the identical or similar components, members, procedures or signals shown in each drawing are referred to with like numerals in all the drawings, and thereby an overlapping description is appropriately omitted. Additionally, a portion of a member which is not important in the explanation of each drawing is omitted.
The live streaming system 1 according to some embodiments of subject application provides enhancement among the users to communicate and interact smoothly. More specifically, it entertains the viewers and streamers in a technical way.
The live streaming system 1 is involved in the streamer LV, the viewer AU, and APP provider (not shown), who provides the server 10. The streamer LV may record his/her own contents such as songs, talks, performance, game streaming or the like by his/her own user terminal 20 and upload to the server 10, and be the one who distributes contents in real time. In some embodiments, the streamer LV may interact with the viewer AU via the live streaming.
The APP provider may provide a platform for the contents to go on live streaming in the server 10. In some embodiments, the APP provider may be the media or manager to manage the real time communication between the streamer LV and viewer AU. The viewer AU may access the platform by the user terminal 30 to select and watch the contents he/she would like to watch. The viewer AU may perform operations such as commenting or cheering the streamer by the user terminal 30. The streamer, who provides the contents, may respond to the comment or cheer. The response of the streamer may be transmitted to the viewer AU by video and/or audio or the like. Therefore, a mutual communication among the streamer and viewer may be accomplished.
The “live streaming” in this specification may be referred to as the data transmission which enables the contents the streamer LV recorded by the user terminal 20 to be substantially reproduced and watched by the viewer AU via the user terminal 30, In some embodiments, the “live streaming” may also refer to the streaming which is accomplished by the above data transmission. The live streaming may be accomplished by the well-known live streaming technology such as HTTP Live Streaming, Common Media Application Format, Web Real-Time Communications, Real-Time Messaging Protocol, MPEG DASH or the like. The live streaming may further include the embodiment that the viewer Ali may reproduce or watch the contents with specific delay while the streamer is recording the contents. Regarding the magnitude of the delay, it should be at least small enough to enable the streamer LV and the viewer AU to communicate. However, live streaming is different from so-called on-demand streaming. More specifically, the on-demand streaming may be referred to as storing all data, which records the contents, in the server and then providing the data from the server to the user at random timing according to the user's request.
The “streaming data” in this specification may be referred to as the data includes image data or voice data. More specifically, the image data (may be referred to as video data) may be generated by the image pickup feature of the user terminal 20 and 30. The voice data (may be referred to as audio data) may be generated by the audio input feature of the user terminal 20 and 30. The streaming data may be reproduced by the user terminal 2030, so that the contents relating to users may be available for watching. In some embodiments, during the period from the streaming data being generated by the user terminal of the streamer to being reproduced by the user terminal of the viewer, the processing of changing format, size or specification of the data, such as compression, extension, encoding, decoding, transcoding or the like, is predictable. Before and after this kind of processing, the contents (such as video and audio) is substantially unchanged, so it is described in the current embodiments of the present disclosure that the streaming data before being processed is the same as that after being processed. In other words, if the streaming data is generated by the user terminal of the streamer and reproduced by the user terminal of the viewer via the server 10, the streaming data generated by the user terminal of the streamer, the streaming data passed through the server 10 and the streaming data received and reproduced by the by the user terminal of the viewer are all the same streaming data.
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The viewer AU1, AU2 of the user terminal 30a, 30b, who request the platform to provide the live streaming of the streamer, may receive streaming data corresponding to the live streaming via the network NW and reproduce the received streaming data to display the video VD1, VD2 on the display and output the audio from a speaker or the like. The video VD1, VD2 displayed on the user terminal 30a, 30b respectively may be substantially the same as the video VD recorded by the user terminal of the streamer LV, and the audio outputted from the terminal 30a, 30b may also be substantially the same as the audio recorded by the user terminal of the streamer LV.
The recording at the user terminal 20 of the streamer may be simultaneous with the reproducing of the streaming data at the user terminal 30a, 30h of the viewer AUL AU2. If a viewer AU1 inputs a comment on the contents of the streamer LV into the user terminal 30a, the server 10 will display the comment on the user terminal 20 of the streamer in real time, and also display on the user terminal 30a, 30b of the viewer AU1, AU2 respectively. If the streamer LV responds to the comment, the response may be outputted as the text, image, video or audio from the terminal 30a, 30b of the viewer AU1, AU2, so that the communication of the streamer LV and viewer LV may be realized. Therefore, the live streaming system may realize the live streaming of two-way communication.
The streamer LV and viewer AU may download and install the live streaming application (live streaming APP) of the present disclosure to the user terminal 20 and 30 from the download site via network NW. Or the live streaming APP may be pre-installed in the user terminal 20 and 30. By the execution of the live streaming by the user terminal 20 and 30, the user terminals 20 and 30 may communicate with the server 10 via the network NW to realize a plurality of functions. The functions realized by the execution of the live streaming APP by the user terminal 20 and 30 (More specifically, the processor such as CPU) is described below as the functions of the user terminal 20 and 30. These functions are basically the functions that the live streaming APP makes the user terminals 20 and 30 realize. In some embodiments, these functions may also be realized by transmitting from the server 10 to the web browser of the user terminal 20 and 30 via network NW and be executed by the computer program of the web browser. The computer program may be written in the programming language such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or the like.
The user terminal 20 includes streaming unit 100 and viewing unit 200. In some embodiments, the streaming unit 100 is configured to record the audio and/or video data of the user and generate streaming data to transmit to the server 10, The viewing unit 200 is configured to receive and reproduce streaming data from server 10. In some embodiments, a user may activate the streaming unit 100 when broadcasting or activate the viewing unit 200 when watching streaming respectively. In some embodiments, the user terminal who is activating the streaming unit 100 may be referred to as an streamer or be referred to as the user terminal which generates the streaming data. The user terminal who is activating the viewing unit 200 may be referred to as an viewer or be referred to as the user terminal which reproduces the streaming data.
The streaming unit 100 may include video control unit 102, audio control unit 104, distribution unit 106 and UI control unit 108. The video control unit 102 may be connected to a camera (not shown) and the video is controlled by the camera. The video control unit 102 may obtain the video data from the camera. The audio control unit 104 may be connected to a microphone (not shown) and the audio is controlled by the microphone. The audio control unit 104 may obtain the audio data from the microphone.
The distribution unit 106 receives streaming data, which includes video data from the video control unit 10:2 and audio data from the audio control unit 104, and transmits to the server 10 via network NW. In some embodiments, the distribution unit 106 transmits the streaming data in real-time. In other words, the generation of the streaming data from the video control unit 102 and audio control unit 104, and the distribution of the distribution unit 106 is performed simultaneously.
UI control unit 108 controls the UI for the streamer. The UI control unit 108 is connected to a display (not shown) and is configured to generate the streaming data to whom the distribution unit 106 transmits, reproduces and displays the streaming data on the display. The UI control unit 108 shows the object for operating or the object for instruction-receiving on the display and is configured to receive the tap input from the streamer.
The viewing unit 200 may include UI control unit 202, rendering unit 204 and input unit 206. The viewing unit 200 is configured to receive streaming data from server 10 via network NW. The UI control unit 202 controls the UI for the viewer. The UI control unit 202 is connected to a display (not shown) and/or speaker (not shown) and is configured to display the video on the display and output the audio from the speaker by reproducing the streaming data. In some embodiments, Outputting the video on the display and audio from the speaker may be referred to as “reproducing the streaming data”.
The UI control unit 202 may be connected to an input unit such as touch panel, keyboard or display or the like to obtain input from the users. The rendering unit 204 may be configured to render the streaming data from the server 10 and the frame image. The frame image may include user interface objects for receiving input from the user, the comments inputted by the viewers and the data received from the server 10. The input unit 206 is configured to receive the user input from the UI control unit 202 and transmit to the server 10 via the network NW.
The streaming info unit 302 receives the request of live streaming from the user terminal 20 of the streamer via the network NW. Once receiving the request, the streaming info unit 302 registers the information of the live streaming on the stream DB 320. In some embodiments, the information of the live streaming may be the stream ID of the live streaming and/or the streamer ID of the streamer corresponding to the live streaming.
Once receiving the request of providing the information of the live streaming from the viewing unit 200 of the user terminal 30 from the viewer via the network NW, the streaming info unit 302 refers to the stream DB 320 and generates a list of the available live streaming.
The streaming info unit 302 then transmits the list to the user terminal 30 via the network NW. The UI control unit 202 of the user terminal 30 generates a live streaming selection screen according to the list and displays the list on the display of the user terminal 30.
Once the input unit 206 of the user terminal 30 receives the selection of the live streaming from the viewer on the live streaming selection screen, it generates the streaming request including the stream ID of the selected live streaming and transmits to the server 10 via the network. The streaming info unit 302 may start to provide the live streaming, which is specified by the stream ID in the streaming request, to the user terminal 30. The streaming info unit 302 may update the stream DB 320 to add the viewer's viewer ID of the user terminal 30 to the streamer ID of the stream ID.
The relay unit 304 may relay the transmission of the live streaming from the user terminal 20 of the streamer to the user terminal 30 of the viewer in the live streaming started by the streaming info unit 302. The relay unit 304 may receive the signal, which indicates the user input from the viewer, from the input unit 206 while the streaming data is reproducing. The signal indicating the user input may be the object-designated signal which indicates the designation of the object shown on the display of the user terminal 30. The object-designated signal may include the viewer ID of the viewer, the streamer ID of the streamer, who delivers the live streaming the viewer is viewing, and object ID specified by the object. If the object is a gift or the like, the object ID may be the gift ID or the like. Similarly, the relay unit 304 may receive the signal indicating the user input of the streamer, for example the object-designated signal, from the streaming unit 100 of the user terminal 20 while the streaming data is reproducing.
The recording unit 306 may be configured to record the live streaming. In some embodiments, the recording unit 306 may record the live streaming automatically or manually according to the setting by the user terminal 20 of the streamer. For example, the streamer may turn on an auto-archive toggle before starting live streaming in order to record and archive the live streaming automatically. The recording unit 306 may start recording the live streaming when the streamer starts streaming and stop recording once the live streaming is ended. In some embodiments, the streamer or the viewer may clip the live streaming manually during the live streaming.
In some embodiments, the recording unit 306 may record the live streaming with a maximum duration of the archive contents, such as eight hours or the like. For example, the recording unit 306 may record the live streaming with a duration up to eight hours or the like. If the live streaming continues for less than eight hours, the recording unit 306 may record and archive the live streaming. However, if the live streaming is longer than eight hours, the recording unit 306 may record the live streaming for eight hours and start another recording for the next eight hours or less.
In some embodiments, the recording unit 306 may store the archive contents of the live streaming in storage such as Goode Cloud and register the data of the archive contents in the archive DB 322 for reference and further processing. In some embodiments, any possible transmission protocol such as HTTP live streaming (HLS) may be applied among the server and user terminals. In some embodiments, the recording unit 306 may receive live streaming from a streaming source and record the live streaming as archive contents.
During a live streaming communication, different transmission protocols may be used. Here, HTTP live streaming (HLS) is taken as an example for explanation. HTTP live streaming (HLS) is an HTTP-based streaming media network transmission protocol which is proposed by Apple Inc. The HLS is formed by M3U8 segment index files and transport stream (TS) segments.
The M3U8 file may be referred to as an index file of a ts segment, and may be used for storing download addresses of ts segments in a server. An user terminal can read the ts segments in turn according to the M3U8 file. A ts segment may be referred to as a video clip obtained by dividing an entire video file or a video stream.
The HLS may divide an entire audio and video stream into small HTTP-based files for downloading, and only a portion of the files may be downloaded each time. When a media stream is playing, viewers may select to download the same resource at different rates from many different alternate sources, and allow a streaming media session to adapt to different data rates.
Different streaming sources may provide different formats of the streaming data such as FLV or M3U8. The recording unit 306 may receive streaming data from the streaming sources and convert the format of the streaming data into any kind of format for processing. The recording unit 306 may record and store the archive contents as any possible format of streaming data. Here, the M3U8 playlist with the ts segments is taken as an example for explanation. The recording unit 306 may record the streaming data for the live streaming as the ts segments for the processing unit 308 to check and store in a storage.
The processing unit 308 may be configured to process the archive contents. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may store the archive contents as transport stream (TS) segments. The processing unit 308 may further generate a M3U8 playback list for the TS segments. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may keep the archive contents in the storage and database for a specific period such as 7 days, 14 days or the like. Therefore, the memory may be used efficiently.
In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may provide the user terminal 30 of the viewer with the archive contents when the live streaming is inaccessible. Here, the inaccessible may be referred to as the live streaming is ended or the live streaming is not capable of being pulled by the viewer. For example, the viewer may find out one interesting live streaming or receive a push notification of a live streaming. If the viewer does not click the live streaming or push notification right away, there is a possibility that the live streaming has ended when accessing the live streaming. If so, the viewer may feel disappointed and can do nothing but leave. In this situation, the processing unit 308 may provide the user terminal 30 of the viewer with the archive contents. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may provide with the archive contents when the live streaming is inaccessible such as during an outage or the like.
In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may detect segments that are not appropriate for recording in the live streaming. More specifically, the live streaming may include some segments that are not appropriate for recording. For example, during a multiple user interaction mode such as group call or PK mode, it may not be able to record due to technical or personal reasons. More specifically, the APP or the platform may not support recording in a multiple user interaction mode, or the other streamers would not like to appear in the archive contents. For another example, the live streaming may include some specific information that is not appropriate for recording such as personal information (name, address or the like) or some inappropriate contents.
In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may remove the portion including specific information in the archive contents. For example, the recording unit 306 may record the entire live streaming and the processing unit 308 may detect portions including specific information and remove them out of the archive contents. The recording unit 306 may record the live streaming without the specific information and stop recording when specific information is detected. Furthermore, the processing unit 308 may further combine a plurality of archive contents as one archive contents. Therefore, the archive contents may be easy to watch and the user experience may be enhanced.
In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may add a transition segment in the archive contents. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may insert a transition segment in the archive contents. In some embodiments, specific information may be included in a portion of the archive contents. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may replace the portion of the archive contents with the transition segment. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may add the transition segment upon the portion of the archive contents. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may perform a process on the portion of the archive contents to cover the specific information.
In some embodiments, the transition segment may include text, image, video or audio or the like. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include the information related to the archive contents before or after the transition segment. For example, if the streamer is talking about a car, the transition segment may include information such as advertisements of the car. If the streamer is going to have a performance, the transition segment may include the information of the introduction of the upcoming performance. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include the information related to the archive contents during the transition segment. More specifically, if a portion of the archive contents includes multiple user interaction such as group call or PK mode, the portion of the multiple user interaction may be replaced with a transition segment, and the transition segment may include the information about the portion, such as “group call or PK is on-going” or the like. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include any kind of information to notify the viewer that there is an intermittent or discontinuity in the archive contents. For example, the transition segment may include information such as “a few moments later”, “this portion is omitted” or other related phrases. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include other information such as recommended streamers, advertisements, sales, news, questionnaires or the like. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include information of the streamer such as the introduction of the streamer, live streaming schedule of the streamer or the like.
In some embodiments, the duration of the transition segment may be determined flexibly. For example, the duration of the transition segment may be around the range that is long enough for the viewer to catch the information on the transition segment and short enough for the viewer not to feel dislike about the transition segment. In some embodiments, the duration of the transition segment may be a specific duration of 3, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60 second or more. In some embodiments, if a transition segment replaces a portion of the archive contents, the duration of the transition segment may be the same as the duration of the portion of the archive contents. For example, if a portion of the archive contents includes group call or PK mode and the portion is replaced with a transition segment, the duration of the transition segment may be the same as the duration of the group call or PK mode. Therefore, the viewer may understand the timeline of the live streaming and the user experience is enhanced. In some embodiments, the duration of the transition segment may be shorter than the portion of the archive contents, such as five seconds or the like. Therefore, the viewer may not be disturbed by the transition segment. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include an UI object button for the viewer to skip the transition segment. Therefore, the viewer may be able to choose to watch or not watch the transition segment, and the user experience may be enhanced.
In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may add transition segments in the archive contents at each specific time intervals. For example, the transition segments may be added each one hour or the like. According to the embodiments, the transition segments may be a reminder to notify the viewer how long the archive contents is watched or to notify the viewer to take a rest or the like.
In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may add transition segments in the archive contents before an event happens or after an event ends. For example, the processing unit 308 may detect special moments in the archive contents such as a performance from the streamer, and the processing unit 308 may add a transition segment before the special moments to indicate a special moment is coming and make the viewer wait for the special moments. For another example, the processing unit 308 may detect a lucky draw event from the streamer, and processing unit 308 may add a transition segment after the event to review or conclude the result of the lucky draw for reference.
In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may add a transition segment upon a portion of the archive contents. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include authentication information such as identity authentication, password input or the like. For example, the portion including specific information may be for adult, VIP viewers or followers only, and a transition segment may be added upon the portion, so the viewers may need to finish the authentication in order to get access to the portion. In some embodiments, the transition segment may include payment information for the viewer to pay to get access to the portion. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may add a set of transition segments right before and after the portion to lock the portion.
The transition unit 312 may be configured to generate transition segments. In some embodiments, the transition segments may be provided manually or automatically. In some embodiments, the contents of the transition segment may also be added manually or automatically. In some embodiments, the transition segment may also be provided by streamers, viewers or the like. In some embodiments, the transition segments may be provided in advance or in real-time. In some embodiments, machine learning technology may be applied for making the transition segment. For example, a machine learning mode may be trained and used to detect the contents of the live streaming and match with suitable contents in the transition segments.
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If the live streaming is accessible (Yes in S304), the processing unit 308 may start to provide the user terminal of the viewer with the streaming data for the live streaming in response to the request. In some embodiments, if the live streaming is inaccessible (No in S304), the processing unit 308 may start to provide the user terminal of the viewer with archive contents for the live streaming in response to the request (S308). Therefore, the viewer may not feel disappointed and may enjoy the archive contents even if the live streaming is ended or inaccessible, so the user experience may be improved.
In some embodiments, the viewers may also share or discover new streamers even if the streamers are offline. Therefore, the retention rate may be enhanced. In some embodiments, the streamer may turn on or off the automatic archive function before starting live streaming. The streamer may also manage the archive contents such as editing image, title, hashtag or the like. The users may also manage the archive contents in their own drive or publish to the public. The duration for each archive contents may be determined and extended flexibly such as eight hours or the like. The expiration date of the archive contents may also be determined and extended flexibly such as seven or fourteen days. In some embodiments, if the archive mechanism does not support some scenario such as group call or pk mode, the screen may show a message to notify the streamer that the recording will stop until back to single mode.
In some embodiments, a viewer may require access to the archive contents. In response to the request, the processing unit 308 may query the archive contents and retrieve the file list from the storage. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may generate a M3U8 playlist. More specifically, the processing unit 308 may put the ts segments in order to generate the M3U8 playlist. In some embodiments, if the processing unit 308 detects some tags such as discontinuity tag in the ts segments, the processing unit 308 may perform a corresponding process on the ts segment. For example, if the recording unit 306 detects that a ts segment includes specific information such as PK mode or group call, the recording unit 306 may dummy the ts segment with a tag such as “discontinuity” or the like. The processing unit 308 may further process the ts segment according to the tag such as removing the ts segments, replacing the ts segments with transition segments, performing a process on the ts segments or the like. In some embodiments, the processing unit 308 may generate a M3U8 playlist accordingly and provide the M3U8 playlist to the viewer. Therefore, the viewer may replay the archive contents according to the M3U8 playlist.
The information processing device 900 includes a CPU 901, read only memory (ROM) 903, and random-access memory (RAM) 905. In addition, the information processing device 900 may include a host bus 907, a bridge 909, an external bus 911, an interface 913, an input unit 915, an output unit 917, a storage unit 919, a drive 921, a connection port 925, and a communication unit 929. The information processing device 900 may include imaging devices (not shown) such as cameras or the like. The information processing device 900 may include a processing circuit such as a digital signal processor (DSP) or an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), instead of or in addition to the CPU 901.
The CPU 901 functions as an arithmetic processing device and a control device, and controls the overall operation or a part of the operation of the information processing device 900 according to various programs recorded in the ROM 903, the RAM 905, the storage unit 919, or a removable recording medium 923. For example, the CPU 901 controls overall operations of respective function units included in the server 10 and the user terminal 20 and of the above-described embodiment. The ROM 903 stores programs, operation parameters, and the like used by the CPU 901. The RAM 905 transiently stores programs used when the CPU 901 is executed, and parameters that change as appropriate when executing such programs. The CPU 901, the ROM 903, and the RAM 905 are connected with each other via the host bus 907 configured from an internal bus such as a CPU bus or the like. The host bus 907 is connected to the external bus 911 such as a Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface (PCI) bus via the bridge 909.
The input unit 915 is a device operated by a user such as a mouse, a keyboard, a touchscreen, a button, a switch, and a lever. The input unit 915 may be a device that converts physical quantity to electrical signal such as audio sensor (such as microphone or the like), acceleration sensor, tilt sensor, infrared radiation sensor, depth sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor or the like. The input unit 915 may be a remote-control device that uses, for example, infrared radiation and another type of radio waves. Alternatively, the input unit 915 may be an external connection device 927 such as a mobile phone that corresponds to an operation of the information processing device 900. The input unit 915 includes an input control circuit that generates input signals on the basis of information which is input by a user to output the generated input signals to the CPU 901. The user inputs various types of data and indicates a processing operation to the information processing device 900 by operating the input unit 915.
The output unit 917 includes a device that can visually or audibly report acquired information to a user. The output unit 917 may be, for example, a display device such as an LCD, a PDP, and an OLED, an audio output device such as a speaker and a headphone, and a printer. The output unit 917 outputs a result obtained through a process performed by the information processing device 900, in the form of text or video such as an image, or sounds such as audio sounds.
The storage unit 919 is a device for data storage that is an example of a storage unit of the information processing device 900. The storage unit 919 includes, for example, a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a semiconductor storage device, an optical storage device, or a magneto-optical storage device. The storage unit 919 stores therein the programs and various data executed by the CPU 901, and various data acquired from an outside.
The drive 921 is a reader/writer for the removable recording medium 923 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disc, a magneto-optical disk, and a semiconductor memory, and built in or externally attached to the information processing device 900. The drive 921 reids out information recorded on the mounted removable recording medium 923, and outputs the information to the RAM 905. The drive 921 writes the record into the mounted removable recording medium 923.
The connection port 925 is a port used to directly connect devices to the information processing device 900. The connection port 925 may be a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, an IEEE1394 port, or a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) port, for example. The connection port 925 may also be an RS-232C port, an optical audio terminal, a High-Definition Multimedia interface (HDMI (registered trademark)) port, and so on. The connection of the external connection device 927 to the connection port 925 makes it possible to exchange various kinds of data between the information processing device 900 and the external connection device 927.
The communication unit 929 is a communication interface including, for example, a communication device for connection to a communication network NW. The communication unit 929 may be, for example, a wired or wireless local area network (LAN), Bluetooth (registered trademark), or a communication card for a wireless USB (WUSB).
The communication unit 929 may also be, for example, a router for optical communication, a router for asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), or a modem for various types of communication. For example, the communication unit 929 transmits and receives signals on the Internet or transmits signals to and receives signals from another communication device by using a predetermined protocol such as TCP/IP. The communication network NW to which the communication unit 929 connects is a network established through wired or wireless connection. The communication network NW is, for example, the Internet, a home LAN, infrared communication, radio wave communication, or satellite communication.
The imaging device (not shown) is a device that images real space using an imaging device such as a charge coupled device (CCD) or a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), for example, and various members such as a lens for controlling image formation of a subject image on the imaging device and generates a captured image. The imaging device may capture a still picture or may capture a movie.
The present disclosure of the live streaming system 1 and archive service has been described with reference to embodiments. The above-described embodiments have been described merely for illustrative purposes. Rather, it can be readily conceived by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in making various combinations of the above-described components or processes of the embodiments, which are also encompassed in the technical scope of the present disclosure.
The procedures described herein, particularly flowchart or those described with a flowchart, are susceptible of omission of part of the steps constituting the procedure, adding steps not explicitly included in the steps constituting the procedure, and/or reordering the steps. The procedure subjected to such omission, addition, or reordering is also included in the scope of the present disclosure unless diverged from the purport of the present disclosure.
In some embodiments, at least a part of the functions performed by the server or archive service may be performed by other than the server 10 or archive service, for example, being performed by the user terminal 20 or 30. In some embodiments, at least a part of the functions performed by the user terminal 20 or 30 may be performed by other than the user terminal 20 or 30, for example, being performed by the server 10 or archive service. In some embodiments, the rendering of the frame image may be performed by the user terminal of the viewer, the server, the user terminal of the streamer or the like.
Furthermore, the system and method described in the above embodiments may be provided with a computer-readable non-transitory storage device such as a solid state memory device, an optical disk storage device, or a magnetic disk storage device, or a computer program product or the like. Alternatively, the programs may be downloaded from a server via the Internet.
Although technical content and features of the present disclosure are described above, a person having common knowledge in the technical field of the present disclosure may still make many variations and modifications without disobeying the teaching and disclosure of the present disclosure. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments that are already disclosed, but includes another variation and modification that do not disobey the present disclosure, and is the scope covered by the following patent application scope.
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| 2022-122362 | Jul 2022 | JP | national |
