Gree, Inc.

Aya Kurabuchi

Naoki Takahashi

Shigeki Nakamura

Yosuke Kanaya

Soichiro Takakuwa

Yushi Takagi

Kaoru Murakami

Shuhei Asada

Takahiro Fukumoto

Akashi Yoshida

Kenta Sagara

Yuta Yanagisawa

Motoki Uchida

Ryo Yabe

Yohei Abe

Tomoki Morita

Justin Andrew Liao

Naoya Kinameri

Tomio Fujii

Seiji Ochiai

One or more computer processors include (i) a distribution portion that distributes, to a viewing user terminal, information about a video including an animation of a character object of a distribution user, (ii) a receiver that receives a display request for a specified gift transmitted from the viewing user terminal, (iii) an object display device that displays a specified gift object corresponding to the specified gift in the video, based on the display request received by the receiver, (iv) a determination portion that determines whether behavior information of the distribution user or another gift object satisfies a predetermined condition associated with the specified gift object, and (v) an expression portion that changes at least one of a movement and a shape of the specified gift object when the determination portion determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied.

Information processing system, information processing method, and computer program

One embodiment of the invention relates to a video distribution system for live distributing a video containing animation of a character object generated based on a motion of a second user. The video distribution system includes one or more computer processors that execute computer-readable instructions to: display a display instruction object on a second user device that is used by the second user in response to reception of a first display request for a first gift from a first user; and display the first gift in the video in response to operation on the display instruction object.

Video distribution system for live distributing video containing animation of character object generated based on motion of distributor user, distribution method, and storage medium storing video distribution program

A moving image distribution system includes a computer processor, and may distribute a moving image including an animation of a character object that is generated based on a motion of a first user, transmit an invitation associated with host user information relevant to the first user to a second user that may be one of a plurality of viewing users viewing the moving image, generate a co-starring moving image in which the first user and the second user perform co-starring in accordance with reception of a co-starring request transmitted from the second user who has received the invitation, and distribute the co-starring moving image to one or a plurality of viewing users, by executing a computer-readable command.

Moving image distribution system, moving image distribution method, and moving image distribution program

An aspect of the invention relates to a moving image distribution system. The moving image distribution system may include one or more processors. The one or more processors may execute a computer-readable command to register a distribution user that has made a registration request among a plurality of distribution users that distribute moving images including character objects generated based on their own movements, as a first co-starrable user, to select a first co-starring user from among a plurality of first co-starrable users in response to reception of a first co-starring application for co-starring with any of the plurality of first co-starrable users from a co-starring application user, and to distribute a co-starring moving image in which the co-starring application user and the first co-starring user co-star.

A terminal apparatus of a distributor includes processing circuitry configured to transmit, to a first terminal apparatus of a viewer via a first server apparatus, one of either configuration data or a first video, the configuration data including audio data and motion data; after the transceiver receives a second video from a second server apparatus, control playback of the second video; and transmit playback data to the first terminal apparatus via the first server apparatus, the playback data including at least one of access data and indication data, the access data indicating a method for accessing the second video played back by the terminal apparatus, and the indication data indicating an operation to be performed on the second video by the first terminal apparatus in synchronization with playback of the second video by the terminal apparatus.

Computer program, method, and server apparatus

A video distribution device includes processing circuitry configured to receive first information, from a first terminal device, corresponding to motion of a first user of the first terminal device; distribute second information to a second terminal device of a second user being different from the first user, the second information for displaying a video including a first character object generated based on the first information; receive, from a second terminal device in a case that a second terminal device displays the video, a request for a first gift for the first character object; and distribute, to a second terminal device in response to a request, third information for displaying video that includes the first character object and a first object corresponding to a first gift.

Video distribution device, video distribution method, and video distribution process

Computer-readable storage media are disclosed storing instructions, which when executed, cause a processor to: distribute, toward a terminal device of a viewer via a communication line, a first video including an animation of a first avatar of a distributor generated on the basis of motion data or the motion data; distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, a second video related to a game generated on the basis of operation data by using a received web page; receive, from the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, token data indicative of providing a token to the distributor from the viewer viewing the second video; and distribute, toward the terminal device of the viewer via the communication line, the second video including a game object set on the basis of the token data.

Video modification and transmission using tokens

A video distribution system according to this disclosure is a video distribution system that distributes a video including an animation of a character object generated based on a movement of a distribution user and comprises one or a plurality of computer processors. The one or plurality of computer processors provide (i) a distribution portion, (ii) a display device, (iii) a determination portion. If the determination portion determines that a first object is being displayed within a predetermined distance from a second object, the object display device changes the first object and the second object to a third object and displays the third object.

Video distribution system, information processing method, and computer program

One embodiment of the invention includes one or more computer processors executing computer-readable instructions to: distribute a co-performing video including a first character object generated based on motions of a first user and a second character object generated based on motions of a second user; in response to reception of a first display request for a first gift from a viewer user viewing the co-performing video, display a display instruction object on at least one of a first user device used by the first user and a second user device used by the second user; and in response to an operation on the display instruction object, display the first gift in association with at least one of the first character object and the second character object in the co-performing video.

Video distribution system, video distribution method, and storage medium storing video distribution program

One embodiment of the invention relates to a video distribution system for live distributing a video containing animation of a character object generated based on a motion of a distributor user. The video distribution system includes one or more computer processors that execute computer-readable instructions to: display a display instruction object on a distributor user device that is used by the distributor user in response to reception of a first display request for a first gift from a viewing user; and display the first gift in the video in response to operation on the display instruction object.

An information processing system, a method, and a computer program capable of improving a motivation to view and/or distribute a moving image may be provided herein, which may include a distribution unit for distributing a moving image, a first selection reception unit for receiving selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects corresponding to each of a plurality of character objects, a second selection reception unit for receiving selection of at least one object from a plurality of objects, a specification unit for specifying a performing user associated with a character object corresponding to an object receiving most selections by the first selection reception unit and the second selection reception unit, an association unit for associating a specific object, and a display processing unit for generating information for displaying a specific object associated by the association unit in association with a character object.

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Tokyo, Japan

Aya Kurabuchi