Patent ID: 7716594
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing server managing a first service of distributing contents and a second service of providing a group chat room, the contents being provided to the server by a first terminal, the contents being distributed by the server in real time according to a reservation made in advance by the first terminal, and, to a plurality of second terminals requesting the use of the first service and the use of the second service, comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire reservation information including a channel selection, sent by the first terminal to the information processing server, from a reservation data base in order to provide the first service to the plurality of second terminals, the plurality of second terminals receiving a distribution notice in accordance with a corresponding second terminal address of the reservation from the information processing server, the distribution notice including authentication data, an electronic mail address of a user of the first terminal, and an Internet webpage address of the user of the first terminal; a generation unit configured to generate a group chat room corresponding to the reservation at a predetermined time prior to a distribution start time designated by the reservation; a providing unit configured to provide the group chat room to the first terminal and the plurality of second terminals coincident with the first service, the plurality of second terminals accessing the group chat room and first service in accordance with authentication data of the received distribution notice upon a first contact with the server; and a viewer counting unit configured to count a number of viewers of contents distributed by the user of the first terminal and to display the number of viewers.