JP2019054494A - Program, server device and control method for terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

To achieve flexible control of reproduction start timing of a content.SOLUTION: The program makes a terminal device with a display unit determine whether or not one more reference points set at a first content are displayed by the display unit and starts reproduction of a second content which takes a region included in a display region of the first content as a display region on the basis of the determination result .SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a program, a server device, and a terminal device control method.

  Conventionally, in a user terminal, a visible area acquisition procedure for acquiring information on an area displayed by a browser program in content as visible area information, and a plurality of display areas defined for a display area on which a moving image is displayed in the content A reference position acquisition procedure for acquiring reference position information, a determination procedure for determining whether or not a plurality of reference positions are located in the visible region, and a predetermined number of reference positions among the plurality of reference positions are visible regions Starts playback of video when it is determined that it is located within, and stops playback of video when any one of the multiple reference positions is no longer within the visible region An invention of a distribution device that distributes a content control program that executes a procedure is disclosed (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 5733957

  However, when starting the reproduction of content such as a moving image, the situation may differ depending on the content, and other standards are potentially required. In this regard, the conventional technology sometimes cannot flexibly control the content reproduction start timing.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a program, a server device, and a control method for a terminal device that can flexibly control the playback start timing of content. I will.

  One aspect of the present invention causes a terminal device having a display unit to determine whether or not one or more reference points set in the first content are displayed by the display unit, and based on a result of the determination, A program for starting reproduction of second content using a region included in the display region of the first content as a display region.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, the playback start timing of content can be flexibly controlled.

It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the server apparatus 100 and the terminal device 200 which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows an example of the flow of a process until the script for content control is acquired and executed. FIG. 6 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating a relationship among a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process performed by a script. It is a figure (the 2) which shows the relationship between a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point. It is a figure which shows an example of the content control implement | achieved based on the relationship shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the flow of the process performed by a script. FIG. 6 is a diagram (part 3) illustrating a relationship between a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the server apparatus 100 and the terminal device 200 which concern on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of the determination result information. FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 4) illustrating a relationship between a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point; It is a figure which shows an example of the content control implement | achieved based on the relationship shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the flow of the process performed by a script. It is a figure which shows an example of the content of the determination result information 266A for implement | achieving the 5th control example. It is a flowchart which shows another example of the flow of the process performed by a script. FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 4) illustrating a relationship between a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point; It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the server apparatus 100A and terminal device 200A which concern on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the server apparatus 100B and the terminal device 200B which concern on 4th Embodiment. 12 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the flow of processing executed by the script and the content control unit 145.

<Overview>
Hereinafter, embodiments of a program, a server device, and a control method of a terminal device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The program is executed by the processor of the terminal device. The server device is a device that provides content (or a content group) to a terminal device, such as a web server or an application server. The program is downloaded from the web server, for example, when a call command embedded in a web page provided by the web server is executed by the terminal device. A web page is downloaded from a web server by a browser or a browser application. At least part of the program may be referred to as a library. The program may be an application program installed in the terminal device.

  In the following description, the server device is a web server, and a web page including one or more contents is provided to the terminal device. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in order.

<First Embodiment>
The program of the first embodiment causes a terminal device having a display unit to determine whether or not one or more reference points set in the first content are displayed by the display unit, and based on the determination result, the first The reproduction of the second content is started using the area included in the content display area as the display area. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the server device 100 and the terminal device 200 according to the first embodiment.

  The server device 100 includes, for example, a communication unit 110, a distribution unit 120, a page generation unit 130, and a storage unit 150.

  The communication unit 110 is a communication interface for connecting to the network NW. The communication unit 110 includes a network card such as a NIC (Network Interface Card).

  The distribution unit 120 and the page generation unit 130 are realized, for example, when a hardware processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executes a program (software). In addition, some or all of these components include hardware (circuits) such as LSI (Large Scale Integration), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array), and GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). Part (including circuit)), or may be realized by cooperation of software and hardware.

  In response to a request from the terminal device 200, the distribution unit 120 transmits the web page generated by the page generation unit 130 to the terminal device 200 using the communication unit 110.

  The page generation unit 130 generates a web page based on the content data 152 in response to a request from the terminal device 200. A call command for calling the program data 154 may be embedded in this web page.

  The storage unit 150 is realized by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), a flash memory, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), or the like. The storage unit 150 stores data such as content data 152 and program data 154. The program data 154 includes, for example, a script such as JavaScript (registered trademark).

  The terminal device 200 is a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, or the like. The terminal device 200 includes, for example, a communication unit 210, a display unit 220, an input unit 230, a processor 240, and a storage unit 260.

  The communication unit 210 is a communication interface such as a NIC or a wireless communication module. The display unit 220 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display device, or the like. The input unit 230 is a touch panel, a mechanical key, a mouse, or the like formed integrally with the display unit 220. The processor 240 is a hardware processor such as a CPU. The storage unit 260 is realized by, for example, an HDD, flash memory, RAM, ROM, or the like. The storage unit 150 stores programs such as a browser 262 and terminal specification information 264, data, and the like.

  When the processor 240 executes the program, a reference point setting unit 270, a coordinate acquisition unit 272, a determination unit 274, a content control unit 276, and the like are realized. The program is, for example, a script acquired from the server device 100. The functions of these functional units will be described later with reference to FIG. Note that when the position of the reference point is set as a specified value by the script, the reference point setting unit 270 may be omitted.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram illustrating an example of a flow of processing from when a script for content control is acquired and executed. First, the browser 262 is activated in the terminal device 200 (S100), and a page request is transmitted to the server device 100 (S102).

  In the server device 100, the page generation unit 130 generates page data using the content data 152 according to the reference information indicated by the page request (S104), and the distribution unit 120 transmits the page data to the terminal device 200 (S106). . In the page data, content data and a script call command are embedded.

  In the terminal device 200, the browser 262 displays a content screen on the display unit 220 based on the page data (S108), and further transmits a script request to the server device 200 by executing a call command (S110).

  The distribution unit 120 of the server device 100 reads a script corresponding to the script request from the program data 154 and transmits it to the terminal device 200 (S112).

  In the terminal device 200, a script is executed and processing for content control is started (S114).

  Hereinafter, various aspects of content control by script will be described. In the following description, it is assumed that the content screen displayed by the browser 262 scrolls only in the vertical direction and does not scroll in the horizontal direction. Also, the enlargement / reduction of the content screen is not considered.

(First control example)
The following matters also apply to other control examples unless otherwise specified.
The content screen CC is a screen that is larger than the display surface DA of the display unit 220 and scrolls in the vertical direction.
The content (hereinafter referred to as parent content) constituting the content screen CC is an example of the first content.
The parent content may include one or more controlled content TC. The controlled content TC is an example of the second content.
The controlled content is a moving image, for example, but may be a still image.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram (part 1) illustrating a relationship among a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point. FIG. 3 shows two controlled contents TC-1 and TC-2. A reference point RP is set for the parent content. FIG. 3 shows two reference points RP-1 and RP-2 corresponding to the controlled contents TC-1 and TC-2, respectively.

  The controlled content TC-1 starts to be played when the reference point RP-1 appears on the display surface DA of the display unit 220 (that is, displayed by the display unit 220). The reference point RP-1 is provided near the lower end of the controlled content TC-1. Therefore, playback of the controlled content TC-1 is started at the timing when most of the playback area is seen.

  The controlled content TC-2 starts to be reproduced when the reference point RP-2 enters the display surface DA of the display unit 220 (that is, displayed by the display unit 220). The reference point RP-2 is provided slightly below the upper side of the controlled content TC-2. For this reason, playback of the controlled content TC-2 is started at the timing when the playback area is slightly visible.

  As described above, by individually setting the positional relationship with the reference point RP according to the controlled content TC, it is possible to vary the reproduction timing according to the type and purpose of the controlled content TC. For example, it is possible to perform control such that playback of the controlled content TC for which attention is to be drawn more quickly is started.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed by the script. First, the coordinate acquisition unit 272 acquires the position (coordinates) on the display surface DA of each reference point RP from the browser 262 (S200). For example, if the reference point RP does not appear on the display surface DA, the browser 262 returns an error value for the reference point RP.

  Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether each reference point RP appears on the display surface DA based on the position of each reference point RP acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 272 on the display surface DA (S202). ). Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not there is a reference point RP that newly appears on the display surface DA in the current routine (S204). When it is determined in S204 that there is a reference point RP that newly appears on the display surface DA, the content control unit 276 starts reproduction of the controlled content TC corresponding to the reference point RP that newly appears on the display surface DA. (S206).

(Second control example)
FIG. 5 is a diagram (part 2) illustrating the relationship between the content screen, the controlled content, and the reference point. FIG. 5 shows one controlled content TC. In the parent content, three reference points RP (1), RP (2), and RP (3) corresponding to the controlled content TC are set.

  Playback of the controlled content TC is started when the reference point RP (1) appears on the display surface DA of the display unit 220 (that is, displayed by the display unit 220). Thereafter, the controlled content TC is reproduced while changing the aspect as the reference point RP (2) and the reference point RP (3) sequentially enter the display surface DA of the display unit 220.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of content control realized based on the relationship shown in FIG. The controlled content TC is displayed on the display unit 220 after the reference point RP (2) is displayed on the display unit 220, for example, after the reproduction starts at a position on the left side as the reference point RP (1) enters the display surface DA of the display unit 220. As the image enters the surface DA, it is reproduced with its position shifted toward the center, and when the reference point RP (3) enters the display surface DA of the display unit 220, the image is enlarged and reproduced. By performing such control, a dynamic feeling can be given to the user.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the flow of processing executed by the script. First, the coordinate acquisition unit 272 acquires the position (coordinates) on the display surface DA of each reference point RP from the browser 262 (S300).

  Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not each reference point RP appears on the display surface DA based on the position on the display surface DA of each reference point RP acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 272 (S302). ). Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not the first reference point RP (for example, the reference point RP (1) in FIG. 6) of the reference points RP corresponding to the controlled content TC appears on the display surface DA. (S304). When it is determined in S304 that the first reference point RP has appeared on the display surface DA, the content control unit 276 of the controlled content TC in which the first reference point RP has appeared on the display surface DA among the corresponding reference points RP. Playback is started (S306).

  Next, the coordinate acquisition unit 272 acquires the position (coordinates) on the display surface DA of each reference point RP from the browser 262 (S308). Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not each reference point RP appears on the display surface DA based on the position on the display surface DA of each reference point RP acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 272 (S310). ). Next, the determination unit 274 displays the second and subsequent reference points RP (for example, the reference points RP (2) and RP (3) in FIG. 6) among the reference points RP corresponding to the controlled content TC on the display surface. It is determined whether it has appeared in DA (S312). When it is determined that the second and subsequent reference points RP have appeared on the display surface DA, the content control unit 276 changes the playback mode of the corresponding controlled content TC (S314).

(Third control example)
The reference point setting unit 270 may control the controlled content TC based on the terminal specification information 264 stored in the storage unit 260. The terminal specification information 264 includes, for example, whether the terminal device 200 is a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or a personal computer, display size, resolution, browser type, posture in the case of a smartphone (vertical or horizontal), and the like. Information is included. The reference point setting unit 270 may read the terminal specification information 264 from the storage unit 260 and execute the following control.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram (part 3) illustrating the relationship between the content screen, the controlled content, and the reference point. As illustrated, the reference point setting unit 270 sets the reference point RP near the lower end of the controlled content TC, for example, when it is determined that the terminal device 200 is a smartphone based on the terminal specification information 264. Thereby, after the entire controlled content TC becomes visible, the reproduction of the controlled content TC can be started promptly. For example, when it is determined that the terminal device 200 is a desktop personal computer based on the terminal specification information 264, the reference point setting unit 270 sets the reference point RP below the lower end of the controlled content TC. . This makes it possible to start playback of the controlled content TC near the center of the browser screen that is easy for the user to see. Further, the content control unit 276 may change the size and display position of the controlled content based on the terminal specification information 264.

  According to the first embodiment described above, the terminal device 200 having the display unit 220 is caused to determine whether or not one or more reference points RP set to the parent content are displayed by the display unit 220, and the result of the determination Based on the above, the reproduction start timing of the content can be flexibly controlled by starting the reproduction of the controlled content TC whose display area is the area included in the content screen.

Second Embodiment
Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, control is executed based on whether or not each of the reference points RP appears on the display surface DA. In contrast, the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that control based on a certain reference point RP is variable based on whether another reference point RP has already entered the display surface DA. .

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the server device 100 and the terminal device 200 according to the second embodiment. Since the configuration of the server device 100 is the same as that of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the determination result information 266 is stored in the storage unit 260 when the terminal device 200 executes a script. As described above, the determination result information 266 is information for confirming whether another reference point RP has already entered the display surface DA when performing control based on a certain reference point RP.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content of the determination result information 266. The determination result information 266 is data in which, for each reference point RP, a visually recognized flag indicating whether or not the image has already been displayed (viewed) by entering the display surface DA is associated. The determination unit 274 overwrites the visible flag from the default value False to True for the reference point RP determined to appear on the display surface DA. Note that, when the content screen CC is scrolled downward (scrolled back), a reference point RP disappears in the downward direction of the display surface DA, but even in this case, overwriting from True to False is not performed.

(Fourth control example)
FIG. 11 is a diagram (part 4) illustrating a relationship among a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point. FIG. 11 shows one controlled content TC. In the parent content, two reference points RP (1) and RP (2) corresponding to the controlled content TC are set. The controlled content TC is played back when the reference point RP (2) appears on the display surface DA of the display unit 220 after the reference point RP (1) appears on the display surface DA of the display unit 220. .

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of content control realized based on the relationship illustrated in FIG. 11. The reference point RP (1) is set below the controlled content TC and the reference point RP (2). For this reason, in order to reproduce the controlled content TC, the content screen CC is scrolled upward and viewed to the vicinity of the reference point RP (1), and then the content screen CC is scrolled downward (scrolled back). The reference point RP (2) needs to be placed on the display surface DA of the display unit 220. By performing control in this way, for example, it is possible to perform an operation of playing back the controlled content TC on the condition that the user has finished reading the electronic article up to the reference point RP (1).

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the flow of processing executed by the script. First, the coordinate acquisition unit 272 acquires the position (coordinates) on the display surface DA of each reference point RP from the browser 262 (S400).

  Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether each reference point RP appears on the display surface DA based on the position of each reference point RP acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 272 on the display surface DA (S402). ). Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not the first reference point RP (for example, the reference point RP (1) in FIG. 11) among the reference points RP corresponding to the controlled content TC appears on the display surface DA. Determine (S404). If it is determined in S404 that the first reference point RP has appeared on the display surface DA, the determination unit 274 changes the visible flag of the first reference point RP to True (S406).

  Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not the second reference point RP (for example, the reference point RP (2) in FIG. 11) of the reference points RP corresponding to the controlled content TC appears on the display surface DA. Determination is made (S408). If the second reference point RP does not appear on the display surface DA, the process returns to S400.

  When the second reference point RP appears on the display surface DA, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not the visually recognized flag of the first reference point RP is True (S410). If the visually recognized flag of the first reference point RP is False, the process returns to S400. When it is determined that the visually recognized flag of the first reference point RP is True, the content control unit 276 starts reproduction of the controlled content TC (S412).

(Fifth control example)
The determination unit 274 may set the visible flag to True only when it is visually recognized over a certain period of time, and may further change the visible flag to False when the non-display duration time exceeds a predetermined time. . In addition, for example, the content control unit 276 may start the reproduction of the controlled content TC when the ratio of the reference point RP in which the visually recognized flag is True is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content of the determination result information 266A for realizing the fifth control example. As shown in the figure, the determination result information 266A corresponds to each reference point RP with a visible flag, a display start time, a display duration, a display end time, and a non-display duration (elapsed time since no longer being displayed). It is the attached data. In this case, for example, the determination unit 274 performs a timeout process of overwriting from False to False for the measurement point MP whose non-display duration has exceeded a predetermined time. As a result, the visual recognition flag of the reference point RP that has passed a long time since the last visual recognition time can be invalidated, and depending on the application, control according to the substance can be performed.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the flow of processing executed by the script. First, the coordinate acquisition unit 272 acquires the position (coordinates) on the display surface DA of each reference point RP from the browser 262 (S500).

  Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not each reference point RP appears on the display surface DA based on the position on the display surface DA of each reference point RP acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 272 (S502). ). Next, the determination unit 274 changes the visible flag of the reference point appearing on the display surface DA to True (S504). Next, the determination unit 274 changes the visible flag of the reference point whose non-display continuation time exceeds the predetermined time to False (S506).

  Then, the determination unit 274 counts the number of reference points with a visually recognized flag of True (S508), and determines whether or not the ratio of reference points with a visually recognized flag of True is equal to or greater than a threshold value (S510). . When the ratio of the reference points whose view completion flag is True is less than the threshold, the process returns to S500. On the other hand, when it is determined that the ratio of the reference points whose visually recognized flag is True is greater than or equal to the threshold, the content control unit 276 starts reproduction of the controlled content (S512).

(Sixth control example)
FIG. 16 is a diagram (part 4) illustrating a relationship among a content screen, controlled content, and a reference point. FIG. 16 shows one controlled content TC. The parent content includes a plurality of pages (three pages in the figure) that can be followed by links. The reference point RP is set, for example, near the lower end of the first page, the lower end of the second page, and the controlled content TC on the third page. In this example, the content control unit 276, for example, when the user finishes visually recognizing the first page and the second page and closes to the vicinity of the controlled content TC on the third page, Start playback. That is, when the reference points RP (1) and RP (2) enter the display surface DA, the determination unit 274 changes their visible flag to True, and the content control unit 276 determines that the reference point RP (3) is When it is determined that it appears on the display surface DA, the reproduction of the controlled content TC is started on the condition that the visually recognized flags of the reference points RP (1) and RP (2) are True. As a result, in the case of a novel or the like in which the parent content spans a plurality of pages, it is possible to perform control such that the controlled content TC is not reproduced when the intermediate page is skipped and read.

  According to the second embodiment described above, in addition to the same effects as those of the first embodiment, more flexible content control can be performed by controlling the behavior of the controlled content TC using the visually recognized flag. Can be realized.

<Third Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the server device 100A and the terminal device 200A according to the third embodiment. Compared with FIG. 1, terminal device 200 </ b> A is different in that reference point setting unit 140 included in terminal device 200 is omitted and server device 100 </ b> A includes reference point setting unit 140.

  The reference point setting unit 140 refers to the user information 156 and the content index information 158, for example, and sets the reference point RP to be included in the script. Further, the reference point setting unit 140 acquires the terminal specification information 264 described in the third control example in advance, and reflects it in the setting of the reference point RP based on the same policy as in the third control example. Also good.

  The user information 156 is information such as the user's age and sex, occupation, residence area, and work area. The user information 156 is information input by the logged-in user when registering for the service. Further, the user information 156 may be information estimated based on an action history on the user's network.

  The content index information 158 is an index that represents the cost of an advertisement when, for example, the controlled content TC is an advertising content. Examples of the index include CPM (Cost Per Mille) and eCPM (effective CPM).

  The reference point setting unit 140 sets the reference point RP according to the affinity between the content of the controlled content TC and the user information 156, for example. For example, when the controlled content TC is cosmetic advertising content, the reference point setting unit 140 sets the reference point so that the reproduction start timing of the controlled content TC is earlier than that of a male user for a female user. Set RP upward. Further, in the same case, the reference point setting unit 140 may change the setting of the script so that the controlled content TC is displayed larger.

  Further, the reference point setting unit 140 may set the reference point RP higher so that the reproduction start timing of the controlled content TC is earlier when the index representing the cost of the advertisement is high.

  According to the third embodiment described above, in addition to the same effects as those of the first embodiment, in order to dynamically set the reference point RP in the server device 100A that can easily collect various information. Furthermore, more flexible content control can be realized.

<Fourth embodiment>
The fourth embodiment will be described below. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the server device 100B and the terminal device 200B according to the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, the terminal device 200B determines whether or not the reference point RP has appeared on the display surface DA, and transmits the determination result to the server device 100. Then, on the server device 100B side, the content control unit 145 controls the behavior of the controlled content TC including the reproduction start timing of the controlled content TC based on the determination result received from the terminal device 200B.

  FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating another example of the flow of processing executed by the script (terminal device 200B) and the content control unit 145 (server device 100B). First, in the terminal device 200B, the coordinate acquisition unit 272 acquires the position (coordinates) on the display surface DA of each reference point RP from the browser 262 (S600).

  Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not each reference point RP appears on the display surface DA based on the position on the display surface DA of each reference point RP acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit 272 (S602). ). Next, the determination unit 274 determines whether or not there is a reference point that newly appears on the display surface DA in the current routine (S604). If a negative determination is obtained in S604, the process returns to S600. When a positive determination is obtained in S604, the determination unit 274 transmits information of the reference point RP that appears on the display surface DA (for example, identification information of the reference point RP) to the server device 100B (S606).

  The content control unit 145 of the server device 100B determines whether to reproduce the controlled content TC corresponding to the received reference point RP according to a predetermined reference (S608). When it is determined to play back the controlled content TC, the content control unit 145 transmits information for playing back the controlled content TC to the terminal device 200B (S610). Here, the criteria for determining whether or not the content control unit 145 reproduces the controlled content TC and / or the control mode of the controlled content TC are the same as those described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment. It may be the same standard or control mode as any one of the first to sixth control examples. The information for reproducing the controlled content TC is, for example, moving image stream data.

  When receiving the information for playing back the controlled content TC from the server device 100B, the terminal device 200B plays back the controlled content TC (S612, S614).

  According to the fourth embodiment described above, the server apparatus 100B can centrally manage whether or not to play the controlled content TC in addition to the same effects as the first embodiment. , Control state management can be strengthened.

<Summary>
According to each embodiment described above, the reproduction start timing of the content can be flexibly controlled. For example, when the parent content is an article such as news, it is possible to perform accurate and flexible video playback, such as reading the text of the article to a certain extent and starting the video playback after understanding. More specifically, based on the reference position set for each content such as long articles, article lists, and individual articles that are displayed in a scrollable manner on the portal page or application's representative page, specifically how far you have seen It is possible to start reproduction of a moving image that is the controlled content TC after determining with high accuracy. Also, if the reference point RP is set for the moving image (controlled content TC) itself, it is assumed that the corresponding range of the moving image itself will be played after entering the visible region, but depending on the content of the controlled content, An opposite approach to the conventional approach is also possible, in which only a part of the video flickers to attract viewers' interest.

<Others>
In each of the embodiments described above, the parent content is scrolled in one direction, but the parent content may be scrolled in two directions, the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. In this case, the reference point RP has both vertical and horizontal coordinates.

  Further, in each of the embodiments described above, the reference point RP is set to the parent content. However, whether or not the reference point RP is also set to the controlled content TC and appears on the display surface DA. Based on, the behavior of the controlled content TC may be controlled.

  Further, once playback of the controlled content TC is started, display may be continued at a predetermined position without disappearing from the display surface DA even when the parent content is scrolled. Further, the controlled content TC may be capable of changing the display position by a user's drag operation or the like once reproduction is started.

  Moreover, you may implement in the aspect which combined 3rd Embodiment and 4th Embodiment. That is, the server device determines whether to play back the controlled content TC based on the function of setting the reference point RP and information indicating whether the reference point RP sent from the terminal device appears on the display surface DA. You may have both the function to do.

  As mentioned above, although the form for implementing this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, this invention is not limited to such embodiment at all, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, various deformation | transformation and substitution Can be added.

100 server device 110 communication unit 120 distribution unit 130 page generation unit 140 reference point setting unit 145 content control unit 150 storage unit 200 terminal device 210 communication unit 220 display unit 230 input unit 240 processor 260 storage unit 262 browser 264 terminal specification information 266 determination Result information 270 Reference point setting unit 272 Coordinate acquisition unit 274 Determination unit 276 Content control unit

Claims (18)

In a terminal device having a display unit,
Determining whether or not one or more reference points set in the first content are displayed by the display unit;
Based on the result of the determination, reproduction of the second content is started with the area included in the display area of the first content as the display area.
program. In the terminal device,
Reproduction of each of the plurality of second contents is started based on whether or not a reference point set corresponding to each of the plurality of second contents is displayed by the display unit.
The program according to claim 1. In the terminal device,
Obtaining the size or category of the second content;
Based on the size or category of the acquired second content, the reference point is set.
The program according to claim 1 or 2. In the terminal device,
Get information indicating the specifications of the device,
Based on the information indicating the acquired specification, the reference point is set.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In the terminal device,
Determining whether a plurality of reference points set in the first content are displayed by the display unit;
Starting reproduction of the second content based on a determination history in which it is determined that a reference point is displayed by the display unit;
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4. In the terminal device,
Controlling the behavior of the second content based on the number or ratio of the reference points determined to be displayed by the display unit;
The program according to claim 5. The reference point is set across the plurality of pages of the first content including a plurality of pages that can be advanced to the next page by operating a link.
The program according to claim 5 or 6. The reference point is set to a position at which the terminal device starts reproduction of the second content in a state where the entire second content is not visible.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 7. In the terminal device,
Replaying the second content in an area where the second content is not replayed in a state where the reproduction of the second content is not started in the first content.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 8. A providing unit for providing the terminal device with the program according to claim 1;
A setting unit for setting the reference point embedded in the program;
A server device comprising: The setting unit sets the reference point based on a size or category of the second content;
The server device according to claim 10. The setting unit sets the reference point based on information indicating a specification of the terminal device;
The server device according to claim 10 or 11. The setting unit sets the reference point based on an evaluation value of the first content;
The server device according to any one of claims 10 to 12. The setting unit sets the reference point based on an evaluation value of the second content;
The server device according to any one of claims 10 to 13. In a terminal device having a display unit, a determination unit that determines whether or not one or more reference points set in the first content are displayed by the display unit;
A control unit that causes the terminal device to start reproduction of second content using a region included in the display region of the first content as a display region based on a result of determination by the determination unit;
A server device comprising: The control unit is configured to reproduce each of the plurality of second contents based on whether or not a reference point set corresponding to each of the plurality of second contents is displayed by the display unit. Causing the terminal device to start;
The server device according to claim 15. The determination unit determines whether or not a plurality of reference points set in the first content are displayed by the display unit,
The control unit starts reproduction of the second content based on a determination history determined by the determination unit to be displayed by the display unit.
The server device according to claim 15 or 16. In the terminal device having the display unit, it is determined whether or not one or more reference points set in the first content are displayed by the display unit,
Based on the result of the determination, the terminal device is caused to start playing back the second content with the region included in the display region of the first content as the display region.
A control method of a terminal device.

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