Patent ID: 8380047

Claim:
A video editing system comprising: a plurality of communication terminals connected to the video editing system in a synchronized state and simultaneously capable of editing a common video content via a video editing interface; and a video editing server for controlling editing of the common video content to be performed by the plurality of communication terminals, wherein each one of the plurality of communication terminals comprises: an edit command generating section for generating an edit command for editing the common video content; an information transmitting/receiving section for transmitting the edit command generated by the edit command generating section to the video editing server, and for receiving the edit command for editing the common video content from another communication terminal in the synchronized state, via the video editing server; and an edit command displaying section for displaying the edit command received by the information transmitting/receiving section on the common video content, and wherein the video editing server comprises: a common video content editing section for receiving the edit command for editing the common video content, and performing an editing process for editing the common video content with the received edit command; a connected client information management section for managing identifiers for respectively identifying the plurality of communication terminals connected to the video editing system in the synchronized state and simultaneously capable of editing the common video content; a synchronization permission determining section for determining whether or not the received edit command can be synchronized based on a predefined editing rule, by referring to the identifiers for respectively identifying the plurality of communication terminals connected to the video editing system in the synchronized state and simultaneously capable of editing the common video content; and an edit command synchronizing section for, upon reception of the edit command for editing the common video content from one of the plurality of communication terminals, simultaneously transmitting the edit command to all of the communication terminals connected to the video editing system in the synchronized state and simultaneously capable of editing the common video content.