JP5052695B1 - Movie publishing apparatus, method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention accepts posting of moving image data, displays moving image data in a calendar format according to predetermined date and time information, and distributes a moving image arbitrarily selected by a viewer.
A calendar storage unit 102 stores a mail address of a contributor terminal 2 and a Web-format calendar for each contributor provided with a thumbnail display frame for each date. When the e-mail attached with the moving image data is received from the poster terminal 2, the date / time information acquisition unit 104 acquires the reception date / time information of the e-mail, and the thumbnail generation unit 105 generates a thumbnail of the moving image data. In addition, when the poster processing unit 107 identifies the poster's calendar based on the email address of the poster terminal 2 that is the sender address of the email, the calendar update unit 108 uses the received date and time information to determine the calendar's date. Insert a thumbnail of the video data in the thumbnail display frame for the corresponding date, and update the poster's calendar.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for accepting posting of a moving image and categorizing it according to a date such as a reception date or a shooting date and disclosing it in a distributable manner.

In recent years, as seen in smartphones, terminals with a high data communication speed have become widespread. In the future, the spread of LTE (Long Term Evolution) is also expected, and the data communication speed is expected to improve further.
If mobile terminals having a high data communication speed become widespread in this way, it is considered that communication of large volumes of data such as moving images, which has been inconvenient with mobile terminals so far, will be easy.

  On the other hand, as seen in blogs (Weblogs), services that record and release personal experiences and specific topics like diaries and disseminate information are becoming popular. In a blog or the like, information can be easily updated even from a mobile terminal, and a photograph taken with the mobile terminal is uploaded.

Under such a background, Patent Document 1 is a posting method capable of posting a moving image stored in a mobile phone to a Web server, the step of acquiring the machine number of the user's mobile phone, A step of issuing a unique channel number to the machine number, a step of posting the video stored in the user's mobile phone to the mail server in association with the channel number or the machine number, and uploading the same to the web server Techniques for executing steps have been proposed.
Also, in Patent Document 2, a plurality of content contents stored in a device such as a digital camera are captured, and the thumbnails of the plurality of contents are arranged in the order of new contents at the time in the clockwise direction, and the contents are displayed using the thumbnails. There has been proposed a technique for displaying the image in a selectable manner.

JP 2008-71330 A JP 2010-33132 A

In the technology described in Patent Document 1, a video is simply uploaded to a Web server, and a technology for grasping what video is accumulated and easily finding a desired video distribution is disclosed. Absent.
In the technique described in Patent Document 2, thumbnails of content are displayed side by side in time order. However, the content is collected only from devices such as a digital camera, and this is merely organized, and the viewpoint of accepting the posting of a video There is no disclosure about.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a technique for accepting posting of moving image data via a network, displaying the received moving image data in a calendar format according to predetermined date and time information, and distributing a moving image arbitrarily selected by a viewer. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above object, a video publishing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a poster terminal used by a poster who posts video data and a browsing used by a viewer who browses the posted video data. A thumbnail display frame configured to be able to communicate with a poster terminal via a network and publishing video data posted from the poster, and displaying a thumbnail for each email address and date of the poster terminal. And a calendar storage means for storing the Web-format calendar for each contributor in association with each other, and a moving picture data receiving means for receiving an e-mail attached with the moving picture data transmitted from the poster terminal. , Date / time information acquisition means for acquiring the reception date / time information of the e-mail attached with the moving image data, and generating a thumbnail of the received moving image data Based on the mail address of the poster terminal that is the sender address of the e-mail, the video information storage means that stores the received video data and the generated thumbnail in association with each other, A thumbnail of the video data is displayed in a thumbnail display frame corresponding to the date of the specified calendar based on the received date and time information, with specific processing means for specifying the calendar of the e-mail poster with reference to the calendar storage means Referring to the calendar update means for updating the poster's calendar, the browsing request receiving means for receiving a browsing request for a predetermined poster from the reader terminal, and the calendar storage means, With respect to the calendar extraction means for extracting the calendar requested to be browsed and the browser terminal, Calendar sending means for sending the extracted calendar, delivery request receiving means for receiving a delivery request for moving picture data indicated by the thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar, and the moving picture information storage means from the viewer terminal And moving image data distribution means for distributing the moving image data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal.

  Further, the calendar update means is a thumbnail of the video data stored in the video information storage means in the thumbnail display frame of the reception date in the specified calendar based on the reception date and time information, and is posted Of the thumbnails of the moving image data having the same reception date as the moving image data, the thumbnail of the moving image data having the latest reception date and time may be preferentially inserted to update the poster's calendar.

  Further, the video data storage means includes evaluation information receiving means for receiving evaluation information for the video data from the viewer terminal, and the video information storage means receives the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the evaluation information. The calendar update means stores the thumbnails of the video data stored in the video information storage means in the thumbnail display frame of the reception date in the specified calendar based on the reception date information. , Among the thumbnails of the video data with the same reception date as the posted video data, the thumbnail of the video data with the most registered evaluation information is inserted with priority, and the poster's calendar is updated. It is good.

  In addition, the video publishing apparatus according to another configuration of the present invention includes a poster terminal used by a poster who posts video data including shooting start date and time information in metadata, and a viewer who browses the posted video data. Is a device that can communicate with the viewer terminal used by the network via the network and publishes the video data posted by the contributor, and displays thumbnails for each mail address and date of the contributor terminal. And a calendar storage means provided with a thumbnail display frame for storing the web-type calendar for each poster in association with each other, and a video for receiving an e-mail attached with video data transmitted from the poster terminal Data receiving means, date / time information acquiring means for acquiring shooting start date / time information of the video data from the metadata of the video data, and the received video data Thumbnail generating means for generating a thumbnail of the data, moving picture information storing means for storing the received moving picture data and the generated thumbnail in association with each other, and the sender terminal of the e-mail source address Based on the mail address, referring to the calendar storage means, a specific processing means for specifying the calendar of the poster of the e-mail, and a thumbnail display frame for the date corresponding to the specified calendar based on the shooting start date / time information A calendar update unit for inserting a thumbnail of the video data and updating the poster's calendar, a browsing request receiving unit for receiving a browsing request for a predetermined poster from the browser terminal, and the calendar Calendar extracting means for extracting the calendar requested to be browsed with reference to the storage means , A calendar transmitting means for transmitting the extracted calendar to the viewer terminal, and a distribution for receiving a distribution request for the video data indicated by the thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar from the viewer terminal A request receiving unit and a moving image data distribution unit that distributes the moving image data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the moving image information storage unit.

  Further, the calendar update means is a thumbnail of moving image data stored in the moving image information storage means in the thumbnail display frame of the shooting date in the specified calendar based on the shooting start date and time information, and is posted. Among the thumbnails of the moving image data having the same shooting date as that of the moving image data, the thumbnail of the moving image data having the latest shooting date and time may be preferentially inserted to update the poster's calendar.

  Further, the metadata of the video data posted by the poster terminal further includes shooting end date / time information, and the calendar update unit is configured to take a shooting date in the specified calendar based on the shooting start date / time information. It is also possible to preferentially insert the thumbnail of the video data having the longest playback time derived from the shooting start date / time information and the recording end date / time information of the video data into the thumbnail display frame of the video data and update the poster's calendar Good.

  And a text information extracting means for extracting predetermined text data from the e-mail attached with the moving image data transmitted from the contributor terminal, wherein the calendar storage means is a mail of the contributor terminal. It is also possible to store an address, a thumbnail display frame for displaying thumbnails for each date, and a Web-format calendar for each contributor provided with a text data display frame for displaying the text data in association with each other. Good.

  Also, a video publishing method according to another aspect of the present invention includes a poster terminal used by a poster who posts video data, a viewer terminal and a network used by a viewer who browses the posted video data. A calendar storage that stores the mail address of the contributor terminal in association with the web-format calendar for each contributor provided with a thumbnail display frame for displaying thumbnails for each date. A method of publishing video data posted from the contributor by a computer having means for receiving an e-mail attached with video data transmitted from the contributor terminal; and the video data Processing for acquiring the reception date and time information of an email attached with the above, processing for generating a thumbnail of the received video data, and receiving the above Based on the process of storing the video data and the generated thumbnail in the video information storage means in association with each other, and referring to the calendar storage means based on the mail address of the poster terminal that is the sender address of the e-mail. Then, based on the process of identifying the poster of the e-mail and the received date / time information, the thumbnail of the video data is inserted into the thumbnail display frame of the corresponding date of the identified calendar, and the poster's A process of updating a calendar, a process of receiving a browsing request for a predetermined contributor's calendar from the reader terminal, a process of extracting the calendar requested to be browsed with reference to the calendar storage means, The process of transmitting the extracted calendar to the browser terminal, and the calendar terminal from the browser terminal The process of receiving the distribution request of the video data indicated by the thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame and the video information storage means are referred to, and the video data indicated by the thumbnail is distributed to the viewer terminal. And processing.

  In addition, a computer program according to still another aspect of the present invention includes a poster terminal used by a poster who posts video data, a viewer terminal used by a viewer who browses the posted video data, and a network. A calendar storage that stores the mail address of the contributor terminal in association with the web-format calendar for each contributor provided with a thumbnail display frame for displaying thumbnails for each date. A program for causing a computer having a means to function as a video publishing device for publishing video data posted by the poster, the video data transmitted from the poster terminal being attached to the computer Process to receive the received e-mail and the received date and time information of the e-mail attached with the above video data Processing, processing for generating a thumbnail of the received moving image data, processing for storing the received moving image data and the generated thumbnail in association with each other in the moving image information storage means, and a source address of the e-mail Based on the mail address of the contributor terminal, the calendar storage means is referred to, the process of specifying the calendar of the contributor of the e-mail, and the date corresponding to the specified calendar based on the reception date / time information Processing for inserting the thumbnail of the video data into the thumbnail display frame of the user and updating the poster's calendar, processing for receiving a browsing request for a predetermined poster from the viewer terminal, and calendar storage Means for extracting the calendar requested to be viewed with reference to the means, and A process of transmitting the issued calendar, a process of receiving a distribution request for moving image data indicated by a thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar from the viewer terminal, and the moving image information storage means, And processing for distributing the moving image data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while the posting of a moving image is received via a network, the posted moving image can be displayed so that a viewer can easily find a desired moving image.

It is the schematic diagram which showed the outline | summary of the series of processes performed by the moving image release apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the functional block diagram which showed the function with which the moving image disclosure apparatus which concerns on this embodiment is provided. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the user information storage part in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the information which comprises the calendar memorize | stored in the calendar information storage part in this embodiment. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the moving image information storage part in this embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which receives the contribution of moving image data from a contributor terminal, and updates a calendar among the processes by the moving image disclosing apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of input of the email produced when a contributor contributes moving image data in the process by the moving image publishing apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the example of the screen of the calendar | calender provided by the moving image release apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is an enlarged view of the daily information display frame shown in the calendar provided by the moving image publishing apparatus according to the present embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which distributes moving image data with respect to a viewer terminal among the processes by the moving image disclosure apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which receives evaluation information from a viewer and updates a calendar in the process by the moving image publishing apparatus which concerns on 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed an example of the data memorize | stored in the moving image information storage part in 3rd embodiment of this invention. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which receives the contribution of moving image data from a contributor terminal, and updates a calendar among the processes by the moving image disclosing apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the flow of the process which receives the contribution of moving image data from a contributor terminal, and updates a calendar among the processes by the moving image publishing apparatus which concerns on 4th embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the screen of the calendar provided by embodiment of this invention.

Next, a moving picture publishing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
First, with reference to FIG. 1, an overview of the entire processing by the moving image publishing apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described.
Note that the moving image publishing apparatus stores in advance a Web-format calendar for registering moving image data for each contributor.

The contributor takes a picture with the contributor terminal 2 and creates moving image data (S1).
Then, the moving image data is posted by an e-mail attached with the moving image data obtained by photographing (S2).

The moving image publishing apparatus 1 acquires the e-mail transmitted from the poster terminal 2.
The moving image publishing apparatus 1 identifies the poster by the mail address of the transmission source, and uploads the moving image data attached to the e-mail to the calendar prepared for the identified poster (S3). .

The poster's calendar is published on the Web, and when the moving image publishing apparatus 1 receives a browsing request for the calendar of a desired poster from the viewer via the browser terminal 3, the video poster 1 provides the corresponding calendar.
Further, the moving image data is distributed in response to the distribution request for the moving image data uploaded to the calendar (S4).

Next, a specific configuration for realizing a series of processes by the moving image publishing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The video publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment communicates via a poster terminal 2 used by a poster who posts video data, a viewer terminal 3 used by a viewer of video data, and a network NW such as the Internet. It is configured to be possible.

In this embodiment, both the poster and the viewer are the entities that use the service provided by the video publishing apparatus 1, but their positions are conceptual. Therefore, the user of the service can be a poster or a viewer depending on the position of using the service.
In this embodiment, a contributor and a viewer are collectively referred to as a user, and when the user posts video data, the user is referred to as a contributor, and the user browses calendar and video data. Alternatively, when viewing, the user is referred to as a viewer.
Further, the number of users is not particularly limited, and a plurality of users can use the service provided by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment at the same time.

  The video publishing apparatus 1 includes an external storage such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing the computer program and predetermined data, and a hard disk drive. Depending on the device, user information storage unit 101, calendar storage unit 102, moving image information storage unit 103, date and time information acquisition unit 104, thumbnail generation unit 105, text information extraction unit 106, specific processing unit 107, calendar update unit 108, calendar extraction unit Each functional block includes 109, a communication processing unit 110, and a distribution processing unit 111.

The user information storage unit 101 is a storage unit that is a user of a service provided by the video publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment and can store information about a user who can be a poster or a viewer of video data. is there.
In this embodiment, in order to post moving image data as a contributor, it is assumed that user registration is performed, and information on the user is stored in the user information storage unit 101 by user registration.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the user information storage unit 101 stores a user ID for identifying the user and a password for authenticating the user in association with each other.
The user ID is information for identifying the user, and in this embodiment, the email address of the email used by the user is used as the user ID.
In addition, the user information storage unit 101 may store personal information such as name and address.

The calendar storage unit 102 is a storage unit that can store a Web-format calendar prepared for each contributor.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the calendar storage unit 102 stores, for each contributor, a user ID for identifying a contributor and a Web-format calendar in association with each other.

In FIG. 4, the calendar item conceptually shows a Web-format calendar by an example of information constituting the Web-format calendar. However, in order to actually configure the Web-format calendar. Are stored as HTML files.
This HTML file includes information embedded in accordance with postings in addition to information on calendar month, day, and day of the week.
The moving image data, thumbnails, and text data are registered based on information stored in the moving image information storage unit 103. Such information may be directly embedded in the HTML file, or may be referred to a separately stored file.

Here, the text data is information that has been input as a subject or body in an electronic mail to which moving image data is attached, and is extracted from the electronic mail by the text information extraction unit 106.
The evaluation information is information related to the evaluation of the moving image data, which is provided from the viewer.

  In this embodiment, based on the reception date and time of the e-mail to which the video data is attached, in the column corresponding to the reception date in the calendar, the reception date and time is the latest among the video data having that date as the reception date. Information relating to moving image data is inserted in preference to information relating to other moving image data having the same reception date.

The moving image information storage unit 103 is a storage unit that can store information related to moving image data posted from the poster terminal 2.
For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the moving image information storage unit 103 accepts the user ID of the poster who posted the moving image data, the posted moving image data, the thumbnail of the moving image data, and the e-mail posting. The received text data, the received date / time information related to the date / time when the moving image data was received, and the evaluation information related to the moving image data received from the viewer can be stored in association with each other.
The video data, thumbnails, text data, and information related to the reception date and time are registered in association with the user ID of the poster each time an e-mail attached with video data is received from the poster terminal 2.
The evaluation information is an evaluation when the viewer views the moving image data. The evaluation information is received from the browser terminal 3 at any time and is registered each time.

The moving image data includes a file name of moving image data, binary data that is the moving image itself, and the like.
In addition, the thumbnail of the moving image data includes a file name, binary data that is an image itself as a thumbnail, and the like.
The text data is obtained by extracting the subject of an e-mail attached with moving image data and text information input in the body text input field.
In addition, the user ID is configured as a mail address of the poster terminal 2 in the present embodiment, and is acquired as a transmission source address when an electronic mail is received from the poster terminal 2.

  The date / time information acquisition unit 104 always counts the current date and time, and when receiving an e-mail attached with moving image data from the poster terminal 2, acquires the reception date / time information.

The thumbnail generation unit 105 executes a process of generating a thumbnail of moving image data posted from a poster.
For example, the thumbnail generation unit 105 converts the first scene of the moving image data into a still image and generates a thumbnail by reducing the converted still image.

  The text information extraction unit 106 executes a process of extracting text data input in the subject and text input field from the e-mail attached with the moving image data transmitted from the poster terminal 2.

  The identification processing unit 107 refers to the calendar storage unit 102 and executes a process of identifying a calendar associated with a user ID configured as a transmission source mail address of an email received from the poster terminal 2.

Each time new video data is posted, the calendar update unit 108, based on the date and time of reception of the posted video data, the date corresponding to the date of reception of the video data in the calendar specified by the specification processing unit 107 The thumbnail to be displayed in the thumbnail display frame is determined, and the calendar is updated as necessary.
In this process, first, when new video data is posted and the poster's calendar is specified by the specific processing unit 107, reception in the specified calendar is performed based on the reception date / time information of the newly posted video data. Specify the thumbnail display frame for the day corresponding to the day. Then, a thumbnail of the newly posted moving image data and a thumbnail of the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103, the thumbnail of the moving image data having the same reception date as the newly posted moving image data. Among them, the thumbnail of the moving image data with the latest reception date and time is inserted into the specified thumbnail display frame alternatively and preferentially to update the calendar.

  When receiving a calendar browsing request prepared for a predetermined user from the browser terminal 3, the calendar extracting unit 109 refers to the calendar storage unit 102 and extracts a calendar requested for browsing. Run.

The communication processing unit 110 is a processing unit that performs data transmission / reception processing according to a predetermined protocol via the poster terminal 2 and the viewer terminal 3 and a network NW such as the Internet, and is realized by a Web browser, a mailer, or the like. The
For example, the communication processing unit 110 receives an e-mail with moving image data attached to the poster terminal 2.
Also, a request for browsing a predetermined user's calendar is received together with the user ID of the viewer with the viewer terminal 3, and the requested calendar is transmitted, or a video corresponding to a thumbnail displayed in the calendar Receive data distribution requests.

The distribution processing unit 111 refers to the moving image information storage unit 103 when the distribution request for the moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail designated by the viewer from the calendar is received from the browser terminal 3, and the distribution request is made. A process of distributing the moving image data to the browser terminal 3 is executed.
The moving image data may be distributed as long as the viewer can view the moving image data through the browser terminal 3, and can be distributed by, for example, streaming distribution or download.

The poster terminal 2 is a terminal used by the poster, and is realized by, for example, a mobile phone with a camera or a tablet terminal.
The contributor terminal 2 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a RAM (Random Access Memory) storing a computer program and predetermined data, a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like. , A functional block including a moving image information storage unit 202, an input / output processing unit 203, and a communication processing unit 204 is configured.
In addition, the poster terminal 2 is configured to be able to communicate with the video publishing apparatus 1 via a network NW such as the Internet.

  The photographing unit 201 generates moving image data composed of audio and video according to the shooting of the event by the poster, and saves it in a predetermined file format such as MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) or AVI (Audio Video Interleave) For example, a CCD camera.

  The moving image information storage unit 202 is a storage unit that can store the moving image data generated by the photographing unit 201.

The input / output processing unit 203 is a processing unit that performs input / output of data, and is realized by a display or speaker for outputting data, a numeric keypad or keyboard for inputting data, a touch panel, or the like.
For example, the input / output processing unit 203 can create an e-mail attached with moving image data or check the captured moving image data.

The communication processing unit 204 is a processing unit that executes data transmission / reception processing according to a predetermined protocol via the moving image publishing apparatus 1 and a network NW such as the Internet, and is realized by a Web browser, a mailer, or the like.
For example, the communication processing unit 204 can transmit an e-mail with moving image data attached to the moving image disclosing device 1.

The browser terminal 3 is a terminal used by a viewer who browses a Web-format calendar for each user, receives video data distribution via the calendar, and views the video data.
The browser terminal 3 is realized by, for example, a so-called personal computer, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, or the like, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a computer program executed by the CPU, a computer program, and a RAM (Random for storing predetermined data) A functional block including an input / output processing unit 301 and a communication processing unit 302 is configured by an access memory (ROM) or a read only memory (ROM).

The input / output processing unit 301 is a processing unit that performs input / output of data, and is realized by a display or speaker for outputting data, a mouse or keyboard for inputting data, a touch panel, or the like.
For example, the input / output processing unit 301 can browse a calendar for each user or view desired moving image data.

The communication processing unit 302 is a processing unit that executes data transmission / reception processing according to a predetermined protocol via the moving image disclosure apparatus 1 and a network NW such as the Internet, and is realized by a Web browser or the like.
For example, the communication processing unit 302 can transmit a viewing request for a calendar for each user to the moving image disclosure device 1 or receive distribution of moving image data.

Next, details of a flow of a series of processes performed by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.
Note that a Web-format calendar is prepared in advance for each user who becomes a contributor who posts moving image data, and is stored in the calendar storage unit 102. In addition, information on a user who becomes a poster is stored in the user information storage unit 101.

First, referring to FIG. 6, the flow of processing for accepting posting of moving image data from a poster via the poster terminal 2 will be described.
The contributor performs shooting using the contributor terminal 2 and creates moving image data (S101).
The moving image data obtained in this way is stored in the moving image information storage unit 202 (S102).

  The contributor posts moving image data by sending an e-mail attached with moving image data (hereinafter also referred to as “posted mail”) from the contributor terminal 2 (S103).

FIG. 7 shows an example of post mail creation.
In a postal mail destination input field, a predetermined mail address destined for the moving image publishing apparatus 1 is input.
In the subject and body input fields, text data accompanying the moving image data is input as desired by the poster.
The moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 202 is attached to the posted mail.

When receiving the posted mail from the poster terminal 2, the video publishing apparatus 1 acquires the reception date information by the date information acquisition unit 104 (S 104).
In addition, the thumbnail generation unit 105 generates a thumbnail of the moving image data (S105), and the text information extraction unit 106 extracts text data from the postal mail from the subject and text input field (S106).

  The video data attached to the posted mail received from the poster terminal 2, the thumbnail generated by the thumbnail generating unit 105, and the text information extracted by the text information extracting unit 106 are the user as the source address of the posted mail Based on the ID, they are registered in association with each other in the moving picture information storage unit 103 (S107).

Further, the identification processing unit 107 refers to the calendar storage unit 102 and identifies a calendar associated with the user ID configured as a postal mail sender email address (S108).
Here, an example of the calendar for each user stored in the calendar storage unit 102 is shown in FIGS.
On the calendar, the date and day of the week are displayed according to the calendar, and a daily display frame 10 is provided for each day.
The daily display frame 10 is provided with a date display frame 11, a post count display frame 12, a thumbnail display frame 13, a text data display frame 14, and an evaluation information display frame 15.

The posted number display frame 12 is a frame for displaying the number of moving image data posted on the corresponding day. The number of posts shown in the number-of-posts display frame 12 is calculated based on the reception date of each video data with reference to the video information storage unit 103.
The thumbnail display frame 13 displays a thumbnail 13a having the latest reception date and time among the thumbnails of the moving image data posted with the corresponding date as the reception date.
In the text data display frame 14, text data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 in association with the thumbnail 13 a displayed in the thumbnail display frame 13 is displayed.
In the evaluation information display frame 15, evaluation information stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 in association with the thumbnail 13 a displayed in the thumbnail display frame 13 is displayed.

In the present embodiment, thumbnails of moving image data having the latest reception date and time are selectively and preferentially displayed in the daily display frame 10 among moving image data having the received date as the reception date. The calendar may be provided with a button or the like that can separately display a thumbnail list of moving image data posted on the day.
For example, the posting number display frame 12 can be pressed, and a thumbnail list of moving image data with the received date as the received date stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 is displayed when the posting number display frame is pressed. It can be configured to be possible.
In addition, by designating a thumbnail in the calendar, it is possible to request distribution of moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail.
In another example, when the thumbnail 13a displayed in the daily thumbnail display frame 13 is pressed, if a plurality of moving image data is registered on the day, a list of thumbnails of the moving image data is displayed. When the thumbnail is expanded and the thumbnail is pressed again, distribution of moving image data corresponding to the designated thumbnail may be requested.

When the calendar is specified by the specification processing unit 107, the calendar update unit 108 first displays a thumbnail display frame of a date corresponding to the reception date in the specified calendar based on the reception date information of the newly posted moving image data. Is specified (S109).
Since the reception date / time of the newly posted moving image data is more recent than the reception date / time of any moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103, the newly posted moving image data is newly posted in the specified thumbnail display frame. Insert the thumbnail of the video data in place of the already inserted thumbnail.
If a thumbnail has not yet been inserted into the thumbnail display frame of the corresponding date, a newly posted thumbnail of moving image data is newly inserted into the specified thumbnail display frame.

In addition to the insertion of the thumbnail, the text data of the newly posted moving image data and the number of postings of moving image data on that day are inserted into each frame.
The evaluation information is reflected by referring to the moving image information storage unit 103 every time the evaluation information is posted on the moving image data corresponding to the thumbnail.

  As described above, when information such as a thumbnail display frame is renewed based on newly posted moving image data, the calendar in the calendar storage unit 102 is updated (S110).

Next, a flow of processing in which moving image data is distributed to a viewer by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
First, a browsing request for a desired user's calendar is transmitted from the viewer terminal 3 to the moving image publishing apparatus 1 via a separately prepared website (S201).

In response to the browsing request from the browser terminal 3, the moving image publishing apparatus 1 uses the calendar extraction unit 109 to refer to the calendar storage unit 102 and extract the requested calendar (S202).
The extracted calendar is transmitted to the browser terminal 3 by the communication processing unit 110 (S203).

  When a viewer who has received a calendar from the video publishing device 1 wants to view desired video data, he / she designates a thumbnail in the calendar and sends the video data corresponding to the specified thumbnail to the video publishing device 1. A distribution request is transmitted (S204).

In response to the distribution request from the browser terminal 3, the video publishing apparatus 1 refers to the video information storage unit 103 and distributes the video data associated with the specified thumbnail to the viewer terminal 3 (S205). ).
Through the above processing, the viewer can easily determine the reception date of the posted moving image data at a glance and easily find the moving image data he / she wants to view.

  In the first embodiment described above, based on the reception date / time of video data, the thumbnail display frame provided for each day in the calendar displays the video with the latest reception date / time among the thumbnails of the video data received on that day. The thumbnails of the data are displayed alternatively and preferentially. On the other hand, in the second embodiment configured as a modification of the first embodiment, among the thumbnails of the video data received on that day in the thumbnail display frame provided for each day in the calendar, A thumbnail of the moving image data with the most evaluation information is alternatively and preferentially displayed.

  In this example, the identification processing unit 107 performs a process of identifying the calendar of the user who is the poster of the video data that is the target of evaluation based on the evaluation information received from the browser terminal 2 with reference to the calendar storage unit 102. To do.

  The calendar update unit 108 of this example is stored in the video information storage unit 103 in the thumbnail display frame of the day corresponding to the reception date in the calendar specified by the specification processing unit 107 based on the reception date information of the video data. Among the thumbnails of the video data that has the same received date as the posted video data, and the thumbnail of the video data with the most evaluation information registered is preferentially inserted. Update your calendar.

The flow of processing performed by the moving image publishing apparatus 1 in this example will be described with reference to FIG.
The flow of processing for accepting posting of moving image data from the poster terminal 2 is the same as the processing from S101 to S107 in FIG. Further, the flow of processing for distributing the moving image data to the browser terminal 3 is the same as that already described with reference to FIG.

First, evaluation information about predetermined video data is transmitted from the viewer terminal 3 of the viewer who browsed the video data to the video publishing apparatus 1 (S301).
In response to this, the moving image disclosure apparatus 1 refers to the moving image information storage unit 103 and stores the received evaluation information in association with the moving image data designated by the viewer (S302).

When the evaluation information is newly registered, the specification processing unit 107 refers to the calendar storage unit 102 and specifies the calendar of the user who is the poster of the video data that is the evaluation target based on the evaluation information (S303).
In addition, the calendar update unit 108 refers to the video information storage unit 103 and is the video data of the user who is the poster of the video data to be evaluated, the video having the same reception date as the video data to be evaluated Among the data, moving image data having the largest evaluation information is specified (S304).

  Then, in the calendar specified by the process of S303, whether or not the video data corresponding to the thumbnail already displayed in the thumbnail display frame corresponding to the reception date is the video data specified by the process of S304. Is determined (S305).

  As a result, when the moving image data corresponding to the already displayed thumbnail is the moving image data specified by the processing of S304, it is determined that there is no need to change the displayed thumbnail, and the processing ends.

  On the other hand, when the moving image data corresponding to the already displayed thumbnail is different from the moving image data specified by the process of S304, the thumbnail of the moving image data specified by the process of S304 is changed to the already displayed thumbnail. Instead, it is inserted into the thumbnail display frame and the calendar is updated (S306).

  In the present embodiment, the thumbnails to be alternatively displayed in the thumbnail display frame in the calendar are determined from the thumbnails of the moving image data having the same reception date according to the quantity of the evaluation information. In the case where the video data is composed of two types of evaluations “good” and “bad”, the video data may be alternatively displayed based only on the quantity of evaluation information “good”.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the thumbnails of moving image data that can be displayed in the thumbnail display frame for each day in the calendar are sorted based on the received date of the posted mail. In the embodiment, based on the shooting start date and time of the moving image data, it is determined which moving image data thumbnails can be displayed in the thumbnail display frame for each day in the calendar.

In this example, the moving image data generated and stored by the shooting unit 201 of the poster terminal 2 is provided with a field for storing metadata. In this embodiment, the metadata includes at least the shooting start date and time. In addition to information, the shooting end date and time are included.
The shooting start date / time is acquired by the shooting unit 201 constantly acquiring or timing the current date / time information and referring to the current date / time information at the start of shooting. Further, by referring to the current date and time information at the end of shooting, information related to the shooting end date and time can be acquired.

The moving image information storage unit 103 in this example stores shooting start date / time information and shooting end date / time as metadata as information related to moving image data.
An example of data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 in this example is shown in FIG.
For example, in the video information storage unit 103, the user ID of the poster who posted the video data, the posted video data, the metadata of the video data, the thumbnail of the video data, and the text received together when posting via e-mail The data, the reception date / time information related to the date / time when the moving image data was received, and the evaluation information related to the moving image data received from the viewer can be stored in association with each other.
The moving image data, metadata, thumbnails, text data, and information related to the reception date and time are registered in association with the user ID every time an e-mail attached with moving image data is received from the poster terminal 2.
The evaluation information is an evaluation when the viewer views the moving image data. The evaluation information is received from the browser terminal 3 at any time and is registered each time.

  As in the first embodiment, the specific processing unit 107 in the present example refers to the calendar storage unit 102 and is associated with a user ID configured as a source email address of an email received from the poster terminal 2. Execute processing to identify the calendar.

In addition, the calendar update unit 108 in this example is based on the shooting start date / time information of the moving image data, and the newly posted moving image data in the thumbnail display frame of the day corresponding to the shooting date in the calendar specified by the specifying processing unit 107. And among the thumbnails of the video data stored in the video information storage unit 103 and having the same shooting date as the posted video data, the thumbnail of the video data with the latest shooting date is given priority. Insert and update the contributor's calendar.
Note that the shooting date in this example is the date related to the shooting start date and time, and that date is the shooting date.

  In addition, when the date / time information acquisition unit 204 in this example receives a posted mail, the date / time information acquisition unit 204 acquires information on the shooting start date / time and information on the shooting end date / time from the metadata of the moving image data attached to the posted mail. Execute.

Next, a flow of processing for accepting posting of moving image data from a contributor via the contributor terminal 2 in the flow of processing by the video disclosing device 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
Note that the flow of processing for distributing moving image data to the viewer terminal 3 is the same as that described above with reference to FIG.

The poster performs shooting using the poster terminal 2 and creates moving image data (S401). At this time, shooting start date / time information and shooting end date / time are generated by the shooting unit 201 as metadata.
The moving image data obtained in this way is stored in the moving image information storage unit 202 (S402).

The contributor posts moving image data by sending an e-mail attached with moving image data from the poster terminal 2 (S403).
The method of posting the moving image data is as described above with reference to FIG.

When receiving the posted mail from the poster terminal 2, the moving image publishing apparatus 1 analyzes the metadata of the moving image data by the date / time information acquisition unit 104 and acquires shooting start date / time information and shooting end date / time information (S <b> 404).
Also, the thumbnail generation unit 105 generates a thumbnail of the moving image data (S405), and the text information extraction unit 106 extracts text data from the posted mail from the subject and text input field (S406).

  Movie data attached to the posted mail received from the poster terminal 2, information related to the metadata acquired by the date / time information extraction unit 104, thumbnails generated by the thumbnail generation unit 105, and text information extraction unit 106 The text information is registered in the moving image information storage unit 103 in association with the user ID as the transmission source address of the posted mail (S407).

  Further, the identification processing unit 107 refers to the calendar storage unit 102 and identifies a calendar associated with the user ID configured as a postal mail sender email address (S408).

In the calendar according to the present embodiment, the thumbnail display frame provided for each day in the calendar selects the thumbnail of the video data with the latest shooting date among the thumbnails of the video data with the shooting date as the shooting date. And preferentially displayed.
In this calendar, similarly to the other embodiments described above, a button or the like that enables a thumbnail list of other moving image data having the shooting date as the shooting date to be separately displayed may be provided.
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When the calendar is specified by the specification processing unit 107, the calendar update unit 108 first specifies the thumbnail display frame of the date corresponding to the shooting date based on the information related to the shooting start date and time of the newly posted moving image data ( S409).
The calendar updating unit 108 refers to the moving image information storage unit 103, and includes newly posted moving image data and moving image data of a user who is a poster of the newly posted moving image data. Among the moving image data having the same shooting date as the posted moving image data, the moving image data having the latest shooting start date and time is specified (S410).

  Then, in the calendar specified by the process of S409, it is determined whether or not the video data corresponding to the thumbnail already displayed in the thumbnail display frame on the shooting date is the video data specified by the process of S410 ( S411).

  As a result, if the moving image data corresponding to the already displayed thumbnail is the moving image data specified by the processing of S410, it is determined that there is no need to change the displayed thumbnail, and the processing ends.

On the other hand, if the moving image data corresponding to the already displayed thumbnail is different from the moving image data specified by the processing of S410, the thumbnail of the moving image data specified by the processing of S410 is changed to the already displayed thumbnail. Instead, it is inserted into the thumbnail display frame and the calendar is updated (S412).
According to this example, the shooting date of the posted moving image data can be determined at a glance, and the moving image data that the user wants to view can be easily found.

In the third embodiment described above, based on the shooting start date and time of each video data, a thumbnail display frame provided for each day in the calendar displays a thumbnail of the video data shot on the same shooting date. Thumbnails of video data with the latest date and time are displayed selectively and preferentially. On the other hand, in the fourth embodiment configured as a modification of the third embodiment, among the thumbnails of moving image data shot on the same shooting date, the moving image data having the longest playback time or shooting time is recorded. Display thumbnails selectively and preferentially.
Note that the reproduction time or shooting time is the recording time of moving image data. Also in this example, the shooting date of the moving image data is the shooting date of the moving image data, which is the date at the shooting start date and time of the moving image data.

In this example, the calendar updating unit 108 newly adds the moving image data and moving image information to the thumbnail display frame corresponding to the date specified by the specifying processing unit 107 based on the shooting start date / time information of the moving image data. Preferentially insert thumbnails of the moving image data stored in the storage unit 103, and the moving image data that has been posted and the longest reproduction time derived from the shooting start date / time information and the recording end date / time information. And update the contributor's calendar.
Note that the reproduction time is derived by calculating the difference between the shooting start date and time and the shooting end date and time.

  An example of data stored in the moving image information storage unit 103 in this example is the same as in the third embodiment, but each moving image data includes a reproduction time derived from the shooting start date and time and the shooting end date and time. You may make it memorize | store in relation to.

Next, the flow of processing for accepting posting of moving image data from a poster via the poster terminal 2 in the flow of processing by the video publishing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
Note that the flow of processing for distributing moving image data to the viewer terminal 3 is the same as that described above with reference to FIG.

The contributor performs shooting using the contributor terminal 2 and creates moving image data (S501). At this time, shooting start date / time information and shooting end date / time are generated by the shooting unit 201 as metadata.
The moving image data obtained in this way is stored in the moving image information storage unit 202 (S402).

The contributor posts the moving image data by sending an e-mail attached with the moving image data from the poster terminal 2 (S503).
The method of posting the moving image data is as described above with reference to FIG.

When the moving image publishing apparatus 1 receives the posted mail from the poster terminal 2, the date / time information acquisition unit 104 analyzes the metadata of the moving image data and acquires the shooting start date / time information and the shooting end date / time information (S504).
Also, the thumbnail generation unit 105 generates a thumbnail of the moving image data (S505), and the text information extraction unit 106 extracts text data from the postal mail from the subject and text input field (S506).

Movie data attached to the posted mail received from the poster terminal 2, information related to the metadata acquired by the date / time information extraction unit 104, thumbnails generated by the thumbnail generation unit 105, and text information extraction unit 106 The text information is associated with the user ID as the sender address of the posted mail and registered in the moving image information storage unit 103 (S507).
At the same time, the playback time may be calculated and stored from the shooting start date / time information and the shooting end date / time information.

  Further, the identification processing unit 107 refers to the calendar storage unit 102 and identifies a calendar associated with a user ID configured as a postal mail sender email address (S508).

In the calendar according to the present embodiment, the thumbnail display frame provided for each day in the calendar selects the thumbnail of the video data with the longest playback time from among the video data thumbnails with the date as the shooting date. And preferentially displayed.
In this calendar, similarly to the other embodiments described above, a button or the like that enables a thumbnail list of other moving image data having the shooting date as the shooting date to be separately displayed may be provided.
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When the calendar is specified by the specification processing unit 107, the calendar update unit 108 first specifies the thumbnail display frame of the date corresponding to the shooting date based on the information related to the shooting start date and time of the newly posted moving image data ( S509).
The calendar updating unit 108 refers to the moving image information storage unit 103, and includes newly posted moving image data and moving image data of a user who is a poster of the newly posted moving image data. Among the moving image data having the same shooting date as the posted moving image data, the moving image data having the latest reproduction time is specified (S410).
At this time, if the playback time is not registered for each video data stored in each video information storage unit 103, the playback time is calculated from the shooting start date and time and the shooting end date and time. Identify video data. In addition, when the reproduction time is registered in advance for the moving image data stored in each moving image information storage unit 103, the reproduction time is referred to and the moving image data with the longest reproduction time is specified.

  Then, in the calendar specified by the process of S509, it is determined whether or not the moving picture data corresponding to the thumbnail already displayed in the thumbnail display frame on the shooting date is the moving picture data specified by the process of S510 ( S511).

  As a result, when the moving image data corresponding to the already displayed thumbnail is the moving image data specified by the processing of S510, it is determined that there is no need to change the displayed thumbnail, and the processing ends.

On the other hand, when the moving image data corresponding to the already displayed thumbnail is different from the moving image data specified by the processing of S510, the thumbnail of the moving image data specified by the processing of S510 is changed to the already displayed thumbnail. Instead, it is inserted into the thumbnail display frame and the calendar is updated (S512).
According to this example, it is possible to clearly determine the moving image data that has been posted for the longest reproduction time and easily find the moving image data that the user wants to view.

  In the above embodiment, the thumbnail to be displayed in the thumbnail display frame for each day of the calendar is selectively selected based on the received date of the posted mail or the shooting date of the video data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of thumbnail display frames may be provided for each day of the calendar, and all the thumbnails of moving image data with the date as the reception date or the shooting date may be displayed.

  In addition, the contributor terminal 2 is provided with all the configurations of the photographing unit 201, the moving image information storage unit 202, the input / output processing unit 203, and the communication processing unit 204, but the functions of the photographing unit 201 and the moving image information storage unit 202 are provided. The contributor terminal 2 is configured by separate devices that are physically separated, such as a digital camera or the like, and the moving image data acquired thereby is posted to the moving image publishing device 1 from another terminal such as a mobile phone. May be.

The text data displayed in the text data display frame in the calendar may be arbitrarily editable by the user. In this case, a setting tool for editing the text displayed in the text data display frame in the calendar may be provided on the management screen or the like.
With such a setting tool, the same text data may be inserted every day, or a link to a predetermined website or the like may be inserted. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, various icons 20 may be pasted on the text data display frame. The icon 20 may be a link in which a link to a predetermined website is set, or may be a simple design for drawing attention.

In addition, a function for searching for moving image data may be provided as appropriate on the Web page for publishing moving image data in the present embodiment.
In the search, for example, moving image data shot at what time of the month, what day, or moving image data shot at what time of the month, what time of the month, 10 minutes, etc. It is preferable that the start date and time and the reception date and time can be searched within a predetermined time or time interval range. Information such as the shooting start date and time and the reception date and time can be obtained from the metadata of each moving image data stored in the moving image data storage unit.

  In addition, in the posting of moving image data in the moving image publishing apparatus 1 according to the above-described embodiment, it is assumed that it is executed by the mailer included in the contributor terminal 2, but dedicated application software created for the contributor terminal 2 ( So-called application) or via a predetermined website.

When using dedicated application software incorporated in the poster terminal 2, the application software, for example, refers to a moving image information storage unit that stores a moving image shot by the shooting unit, and extracts extracted moving image data. , A function for developing a thumbnail or the like on the screen so that a selection input by a poster can be accepted, a video selected by a poster according to a predetermined communication protocol with reference to a preset address on the Internet of the video publishing apparatus 1 It has a function of transmitting data to the video publishing apparatus 1 together with the poster identification information. As the poster identification information in this case, an ID issued in advance to the poster, an identification number unique to the terminal, or the like can be used.
According to this, since a program specialized for posting video data is used, it is possible to omit part of operations by the poster such as extraction of video data and input of upload destination address of video data. is there. Further, by storing moving image data or storing a posting history in the software, the operation can be simplified and the convenience can be improved.

  In addition, when making it possible to post moving image data from a predetermined website, for example, a contributor captures moving image data shot by a digital camera or a camera-equipped mobile terminal into a contributor terminal such as a PC. The user logs in to the website with a login ID or the like issued in advance to the poster, and uploads the video data to the video publishing apparatus. According to this, the contributor can post moving image data only by preparing a communication environment to the network.

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The contributor's terminal used by the contributor who submits the video data and the viewer terminal used by the viewer viewing the posted video data are configured to be able to communicate via the network and posted from the contributor. An apparatus that publishes video data, and stores the identification information of the contributor terminal and a web-format calendar for each contributor provided with a thumbnail display frame for displaying thumbnails for each date. A calendar storage means, a moving picture data receiving means for receiving moving picture data transmitted from the poster terminal, a date information acquisition means for obtaining the receiving date information of the moving picture data, and a thumbnail of the received moving picture data are generated. A moving picture information storage unit for storing the received moving picture data and the generated thumbnail in association with each other. And, based on the identification information of the poster terminal received together with the moving image data, the calendar storage unit is referred to, the specific processing unit for identifying the poster's calendar, and the identification based on the reception date / time information. Insert a thumbnail of the video data into the thumbnail display frame of the corresponding date on the calendar, update the poster's calendar, and receive a request for browsing the calendar of a predetermined poster from the viewer terminal A browsing request receiving means, a calendar extracting means for extracting the calendar requested to be browsed with reference to the calendar storage means, a calendar transmitting means for transmitting the extracted calendar to the viewer terminal, Indicated by the thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar from the viewer terminal. A distribution request receiving unit that receives a distribution request for moving image data, and a moving image data distribution unit that distributes the moving image data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the moving image information storage unit. A moving picture publishing apparatus comprising:

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Movie release apparatus 101 User information storage unit 102 Calendar information storage unit 103 Movie information storage unit 104 Date and time information acquisition unit 105 Thumbnail generation unit 106 Text information extraction unit 107 Specific processing unit 108 Calendar update unit 109 Calendar extraction unit 110 Communication processing unit 111 Distribution processing unit 2 Contributor terminal 201 Shooting unit 202 Movie information storage unit 203 Input / output processing unit 204 Communication processing unit 3 Viewer terminal 301 Input / output processing unit 302 Communication processing unit NW network

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The contributor's terminal used by the contributor who submits the video data and the viewer terminal used by the viewer viewing the posted video data are configured to be able to communicate via the network and posted from the contributor. A device for publishing video data,
For each e-mail address of the contributor's terminal , for each date, a thumbnail display frame that selectively displays thumbnails of video data with each date as the reception date and a list of video data with each date as the reception date are displayed. A calendar storage means for storing a web-type calendar for each contributor provided with a button to
A moving image data receiving means for receiving an e-mail attached with moving image data transmitted from the poster terminal;
Specific processing means for registering in the corresponding storage area of the poster's calendar storage means associated with the address of the received e-mail;
Date and time information acquisition means for acquiring the reception date and time information of the e-mail attached with the moving image data;
Thumbnail generation means for generating a thumbnail of the received video data;
Evaluation information receiving means for receiving evaluation information for the video data from the viewer terminal;
Video information storage means for storing the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the evaluation information in association with each other;
Based on the mail address of the poster terminal that is the sender address of the email, a specific processing unit that identifies the calendar of the poster of the email with reference to the calendar storage unit;
Based on the received date and time information, the thumbnails of the moving image data that can be displayed in the thumbnail display frame corresponding to the specified calendar are distributed, and the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit is stored in the thumbnail display frame. Among the thumbnails of the video data having the same reception date as the posted video data, the thumbnail of the video data with the most registered evaluation information is preferentially inserted and the poster's While updating the calendar, each time the evaluation information is newly registered, the video data with the most evaluation information registered is specified, and the thumbnail of the video data displayed in the thumbnail display frame is Calendar update means to change to the thumbnail of the video data with the most information ,
A browsing request receiving means for receiving a browsing request for a predetermined contributor's calendar from the browser terminal;
Calendar extraction means for extracting the calendar requested to be browsed with reference to the calendar storage means;
Calendar transmitting means for transmitting the extracted calendar to the viewer terminal;
Distribution request receiving means for receiving a distribution request for moving image data indicated by a thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar from the viewer terminal;
Video data distribution means for referring to the video information storage means and distributing the video data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal;
A video publishing apparatus characterized by that. Communicating via a network with a contributor terminal used by contributors who post video data including shooting start date / time information in metadata and a viewer terminal used by viewers viewing the posted video data Is a device that publishes video data posted by the poster,
For each e-mail address of the contributor's terminal, for each date, a thumbnail display frame that selectively displays thumbnails of video data with each date as the shooting date and a list of video data with each date as the shooting date are displayed. A calendar storage means for storing a web-type calendar for each contributor provided with a button to
A moving image data receiving means for receiving an e-mail attached with moving image data transmitted from the poster terminal;
Specific processing means for registering in the corresponding storage area of the poster's calendar storage means associated with the address of the received e-mail;
Date / time information acquisition means for acquiring shooting start date / time information of video data from the video data metadata;
Thumbnail generation means for generating a thumbnail of the received video data;
Evaluation information receiving means for receiving evaluation information for the video data from the viewer terminal;
Video information storage means for storing the received video data, the generated thumbnail, and the evaluation information in association with each other;
Based on the mail address of the poster terminal that is the sender address of the email, a specific processing unit that identifies the calendar of the poster of the email with reference to the calendar storage unit;
Based on the shooting start date and time information, thumbnails of the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage means are displayed in the thumbnail display frame corresponding to the specified calendar, and the posted moving image data and the shooting date are A calendar update unit that preferentially inserts thumbnails of video data with the most evaluation information registered among thumbnails of the same video data, and updates the poster's calendar,
A browsing request receiving means for receiving a browsing request for a predetermined contributor's calendar from the browser terminal;
Calendar extraction means for extracting the calendar requested to be browsed with reference to the calendar storage means;
Calendar transmitting means for transmitting the extracted calendar to the viewer terminal;
Distribution request receiving means for receiving a distribution request for moving image data indicated by a thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar from the viewer terminal;
Video data distribution means for referring to the video information storage means and distributing the video data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal;
A video publishing apparatus characterized by that. Text information extracting means for extracting predetermined text data from an e-mail attached with moving image data transmitted from the contributor terminal;
The calendar in addition, the text data display frame for displaying the text data is provided,
The moving image disclosing device according to claim 1 or 2 . It is configured to be communicable via a network with a contributor terminal used by a contributor who posts video data and a viewer terminal used by a viewer who browses the posted video data.
For each e-mail address of the contributor's terminal, for each date, a thumbnail display frame that selectively displays thumbnails of video data with each date as the reception date and a list of video data with each date as the reception date are displayed. A method of publishing video data posted from the poster by a computer having a calendar storage means for storing a web-type calendar for each poster in association with a button provided with the button ,
A process of receiving an e-mail attached with video data transmitted from the above-mentioned poster terminal;
Processing to register in the corresponding storage area of the poster's calendar storage means associated with the address of the received email;
A process of obtaining the date and time information of the email attached with the video data;
A process for generating a thumbnail of the received video data;
A process of receiving evaluation information for the video data from the viewer terminal;
A process of storing the received moving image data, the generated thumbnail, and the evaluation information in association with each other in the moving image information storage unit;
Based on the mail address of the poster terminal that is the sender address of the email, referring to the calendar storage means, the process of specifying the calendar of the email poster,
Based on the received date and time information, the thumbnails of the moving image data that can be displayed in the thumbnail display frame corresponding to the specified calendar are distributed, and the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit is stored in the thumbnail display frame. Among the thumbnails of the video data having the same reception date as the posted video data, the thumbnail of the video data with the most registered evaluation information is preferentially inserted and the poster's While updating the calendar, each time the evaluation information is newly registered, the video data with the most evaluation information registered is specified, and the thumbnail of the video data displayed in the thumbnail display frame is Processing to change to the thumbnail of the video data with the most information ,
A process of receiving a request for browsing a predetermined contributor's calendar from the viewer terminal;
A process of extracting the calendar requested to be browsed with reference to the calendar storage means;
A process of transmitting the extracted calendar to the browser terminal;
Processing for receiving a distribution request for the video data indicated by the thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar from the viewer terminal;
A process of referring to the moving image information storage means and distributing the moving image data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal;
A video publishing method characterized by that. It is configured to be communicable via a network with a contributor terminal used by a contributor who posts video data and a viewer terminal used by a viewer who browses the posted video data.
For each e-mail address of the contributor's terminal, for each date, a thumbnail display frame that selectively displays thumbnails of video data with each date as the reception date and a list of video data with each date as the reception date are displayed. A computer having calendar storage means for storing the web format calendar for each contributor in association with each other, provided with a button for
A program for functioning as a video publishing device that publishes video data posted by the contributor,
In the above computer,
A process of receiving an e-mail attached with video data transmitted from the above-mentioned poster terminal;
Processing to register in the corresponding storage area of the poster's calendar storage means associated with the address of the received email;
A process of obtaining the date and time information of the email attached with the video data;
A process for generating a thumbnail of the received video data;
A process of receiving evaluation information for the video data from the viewer terminal;
A process of storing the received moving image data, the generated thumbnail, and the evaluation information in association with each other in the moving image information storage unit;
Based on the mail address of the poster terminal that is the sender address of the email, referring to the calendar storage means, the process of specifying the calendar of the email poster,
Based on the received date and time information, the thumbnails of the moving image data that can be displayed in the thumbnail display frame corresponding to the specified calendar are distributed, and the moving image data stored in the moving image information storage unit is stored in the thumbnail display frame. Among the thumbnails of the video data having the same reception date as the posted video data, the thumbnail of the video data with the most registered evaluation information is preferentially inserted and the poster's While updating the calendar, each time the evaluation information is newly registered, the video data with the most evaluation information registered is specified, and the thumbnail of the video data displayed in the thumbnail display frame is Processing to change to the thumbnail of the video data with the most information ,
A process of receiving a request for browsing a predetermined contributor's calendar from the viewer terminal;
A process of extracting the calendar requested to be browsed with reference to the calendar storage means;
A process of transmitting the extracted calendar to the browser terminal;
Processing for receiving a distribution request for the video data indicated by the thumbnail inserted in the thumbnail display frame of the calendar from the viewer terminal;
A process of delivering the video data indicated by the thumbnail to the viewer terminal with reference to the video information storage means;
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