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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Dwango Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Nobuo Kawakami, Tokyo, JP;

Kentarou Matsui, Hokkaido, JP;

Shinnosuke Iwaki, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Kojima, Tokyo, JP;

Naoki Yamaguchi, Hokkaido, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04L 65/1093 (2022.01); H04L 67/131 (2022.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/157 (2013.01); H04L 12/1813 (2013.01); H04L 12/1827 (2013.01); H04L 12/1831 (2013.01); H04L 65/1093 (2013.01); H04L 67/38 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/8146 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a content distribution server that is configured to improve the convenience of virtual space sharing formats. The content distribution server comprises: a participation accepting unit that accepts a participation request from another individual to participate in a virtual space used for distribution by a distributor; an information acquiring unit that acquires motion information indicating movement by the distributor and a participant participating on the basis of a participation request, as well as information on the virtual characters of the distributor and the participant; and a distribution unit that distributes live content based on video in virtual space obtained by synthesizing motion information acquired by the information acquiring unit with movement by the virtual characters.


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