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

Claim 3:
4. A viewing terminal of a plurality of viewing terminals for viewing a video content for live broadcast or play, the viewing terminal comprising:
a content receiving unit that receives the video content, which is distributed by a content distribution server, and displays the video content on a display screen;
a user posting information receiving unit that receives, from a user posting information distribution server, user posting information, which is generated by and which is added at a desired display timing of the video content by one or more users which are using another terminal(s) of the plurality of viewing terminals to view the video content, and that superimposes the user posting information over the video content on the display screen at the display timing; and
an area selection unit that receives a selection of a specific area of the video content selected by a user of the viewing terminal, wherein each selection of a specific area of the video content is different between each of the plurality of viewing terminals, and
wherein the viewing terminal is configured to allow the user of the viewing terminal to control, independent of other viewing terminals, a display mode of the user posting information inside or outside the specific area so selected, and
wherein the user posting information comprises letter information and is displayed outside the specific area of the video content selected by the user of the viewing terminal.