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

Claim 0:
1. A server system, comprising:
a content distribution unit that distributes a video content and/or an image content for live broadcast or play to each terminal for viewing; and
a user posting information distribution unit that receives user posting information added at a desired display timing of the content by any one of each of the terminals for viewing from the terminal, and distributes the user posting information to each of the terminals for viewing such that in each of the terminals for viewing including the terminal, the user posting information is superimposed over the content on a display screen at the display timing, in any one of a single server or a plurality of servers,
wherein the server system further comprises a program distribution unit that distributes a program for controlling a display mode of the user posting information inside or outside a specific area of the content that is selected,
wherein the display mode is different to each of the terminals for viewing including at least a viewing terminal, and
wherein the specific area of the content is selected by each user from a plurality of users using an area selection unit provided in the viewing terminal that is any one of each of the terminals for viewing, during a period in which the selection is effective, in the viewing terminal, wherein the user posting information comprises letter information and is displayed outside the specific area of the content selected by the area selection unit.