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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Yahoo Japan Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Eiji Sumitomo, Tokyo, JP;

Kanta Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;

Kazutaka Kimura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/10 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/42202 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4316 (2013.01); H04N 21/4436 (2013.01);
Abstract

A distribution device includes a distribution unit that distributes a content including a control program to a user terminal. The control program causes the user terminal to execute an acquisition procedure for acquiring an area of the content, the area being displayed by a browser program, as a viewable area, a determination procedure for determining whether or not a display area where a video is displayed, the display area being included in the content, is located in the viewable area, and a playback procedure for starting playback of the video if the display area is located in the viewable area and the situation of the user terminal is a predetermined situation.


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