Patent ID: 11936939
Assignee: DWANGO CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. An application program distribution server, comprising:
a distribution unit that downloads and distributes an application program to be operated on each of a plurality of viewing terminals,
wherein the application program is configured to be received on each of the plurality of viewing terminals and executed to control a display mode of a user posting information outside a specific area of a video content for live broadcast or play, wherein each of the plurality of viewing terminals;
receive the video content which is distributed by a content distribution server,
display the video content on a display screen,
receive, from a user posting information distribution server, the user posting information which is generated by any user from one of the plurality of viewing terminals and which is added at a desired display timing of the video content,
superimpose the user posting information over the video content on the display screen at the display timing, and
allow a viewing user at each of the plurality of viewing terminals to individually control the display mode of the user posting information outside of a specific area of the video content at each respective viewing terminal by: selecting a specific area of the video content being displayed using an area selection unit, wherein the area selection unit receives a selection of the specific area of the video content from the viewing user at the respective viewing terminal and the selection of the specific area of the video content differs between each of the plurality of viewing terminals,
wherein the user posting information comprises letter information and is displayed outside the selected specific area of the video content selected by the viewing user at the respective viewing terminal in response to control of the display mode of the user posting information.