JP2008028970A - Moving image distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a moving image distribution system which prevents the distribution of harmful moving images by viewing moving images uploaded from terminal equipment beforehand, and efficiently judges and inputs the information of the propriety of the distribution. <P>SOLUTION: The moving image distribution system comprises: a stock server 3 for storing the moving images uploaded from the terminal equipment 1a in relation to a channel number preset to a distribution requesting person; a distribution approving device 5 for accessing the stock server 3, reproducing, displaying and viewing the uploaded moving images, and inputting approval information relating to the permission or non-permission of the distribution to the viewing terminal equipment 7a of a viewer; and a distribution server 6a for storing the moving images for which the approval information of the distribution permission is obtained among the moving images uploaded to the stock server in a prescribed storage area related to the channel number. The moving images stored in the distribution server 6a are then distributed to the viewing terminal equipment 7a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention uploads a moving image captured by a mobile phone or a moving image captured by a digital video camera to a Web server on the Internet, and distributes the moving image to a viewing terminal device such as a viewer's mobile phone or personal computer. In particular, the present invention relates to a moving image distribution system including means for preventing a harmful moving image from being distributed to a viewing terminal device.

  Along with the spread of Internet technology and the improvement of functions of mobile phones, various information distribution systems for distributing videos captured by companies and individuals using mobile phones using the Internet have been proposed and put into practical use. In such a system for distributing moving images, it is the greatest challenge to construct a system that does not distribute harmful moving images that violate public order and morals to the terminal devices of viewers. As a measure for preventing this harmful information from being distributed to the viewer's terminal device, for example, the inventions described in the following patent documents have been proposed.

  JP 2003-23466   JP2002-297472   JP2002-14991

  According to Patent Document 1, an Internet service provider includes a harmful site database in which identification data of harmful sites is registered, so that identification data of a site requested to be accessed from a user terminal device is registered in the harmful site database. Internet service providers have been proposed that make access to this site impossible.

  Patent Document 2 is harmful by providing a client terminal that is only allowed to connect to a special Internet service provider in which address information of a plurality of homepages that can be browsed is registered among various homepages existing on the Internet. A homepage browsing method that restricts browsing of homepages that provide content information has been proposed.

  In Patent Literature 3, when a client searches for predetermined information of a server existing on the Internet by specifying an address, each page constituting this information is displayed before the searched information is displayed on a client terminal. An information filtering device has been proposed that determines whether or not harmful information consisting of a predetermined character string is included in a document and prevents a page containing this harmful information from being displayed. .

  In the inventions described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, when a user's terminal device attempts to access a home page (URL: Uniform Resource Locator) of a website that provides harmful information registered in a database in advance, this access is not permitted. It is a means to make it possible. Currently, there are an extremely large number of homepages published on the Internet, and new homepages are opened every day. Therefore, it is difficult to discover the URL of a harmful homepage every day and register the URL in the database without omission.

  The invention described in Patent Document 3 searches for character (text) information published on the Internet by a software process to determine whether a character string expressing a harmful vocabulary is included. The included page is a process that does not display on the client terminal. Therefore, the invention described in Patent Document 3 is not an invention targeting information including images or moving images.

  It is almost impossible with current image processing technology to automatically determine whether a still image or a moving image contains a harmful image by software processing. Therefore, the most reliable means for determining whether or not harmful information is included in an image is that a person confirms (views) a still image or a moving image with the eyes.

  However, as described above, with the recent improvement of Internet technology and mobile phone functions, a video captured by a camera-equipped mobile phone is uploaded to a website (video distribution server) and stored (stored). Many video distribution systems for distributing a video stored in a server to a viewer's mobile phone when a viewer's mobile phone receives a distribution (viewing) request have been put into practical use. Such a moving image distribution system is expected to be increasingly put into practical use in each field as a business for providing information. Therefore, particularly in a moving image providing / distributing system using a mobile phone, it is urgent to construct a system that can reliably prevent harmful moving images from being distributed to a terminal device such as a mobile phone of a viewer. ing.

  Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to upload and store a moving image captured by a distribution requester's mobile phone or the like on a Web server, and to store the moving image stored in the Web server based on a viewer's viewing request. In a moving image distribution system to be distributed, a distribution approval manager accesses the Web server, views a video uploaded to the Web server in advance, and permits or disallows distribution of the viewed video to the viewer. An object of the present invention is to provide a moving image distribution system capable of efficiently and reliably assigning such approval information and distributing only a moving image to which a distribution permission is granted to a viewer's viewing terminal device.

  A second object of the present invention is to combine an advertisement video with the uploaded video that has been approved for distribution, and distribute the video with the advertisement video to a viewer's terminal device. The purpose is to provide a video distribution system that can be put into practical use as a business.

The present invention relates to a channel number set in advance for a distribution requester, and stores a moving image uploaded from the distribution requester's terminal device;
Access the stock server, display the uploaded video, view the displayed video, and input approval information regarding distribution permission or disapproval of distribution to the viewer's viewing terminal device A distribution approval device for transmitting the input approval information to the stock server;
A distribution server for storing the moving image obtained by the distribution approval device among the moving images uploaded to the stock server in a predetermined storage area associated with the channel number;
The moving image distribution system is configured to distribute the moving image stored in the distribution server to the viewing terminal device.

Furthermore, the present invention provides:
The stock server
Advertising video stored in the storage device,
An advertisement video combining means for creating a video with an advertisement video by combining the advertisement video with the video obtained by acquiring the distribution permission approval information by the distribution approval device;
A moving image distribution system configured to transmit the moving image with advertisement video to the distribution server.

Further, the present invention provides a terminal device of a distribution requester who accesses a management server and uploads a video to a stock server,
Upload support means for performing a process of uploading the uploaded video to the stock server in association with a channel number set in advance by the distribution requester, and to the viewer's viewing terminal device for the uploaded video The management server having a channel number database registered in association with the channel number, the URL of the distribution server that stores the video that has received the distribution permission;
Access the stock server, display the uploaded video, view the displayed video, and input approval information regarding distribution permission or disapproval of distribution to the viewer's viewing terminal device A distribution approval device having first viewing approval means for transmitting the input approval information to the stock server;
The distribution server that stores the moving image obtained by the distribution approval device out of the moving image uploaded to the stock server in the URL of the distribution server including the channel number. ,
The moving image distribution request is a moving image distribution system in which the management server acquires the channel number associated with the moving image requested for distribution based on access of a Web server of the viewing terminal device. .

Furthermore, the present invention provides the stock server,
A plurality of types of advertisement videos stored in the storage device;
Advertising video selection for selecting the advertising video to be combined with the leading edge or the trailing edge of the moving image or the leading edge and the trailing edge of the moving picture obtained from the distribution approval device with the distribution permission approval information from the plurality of types of advertising videos Means,
Advertising video combining means for combining the advertising video selected by the advertising video selection means with the video obtained from the distribution permission approval information to create a video with advertising video,
A moving image distribution system configured to transmit the moving image with advertisement video to the distribution server.

Furthermore, the present invention provides the distribution approval device,
Means for accessing the distribution server, linking to the video transmitted from the stock server to the distribution server, and displaying the linked video;
A second viewing approval means for viewing the displayed video and inputting information relating to distribution permission or distribution disapproval to the viewing terminal device;
The distribution server is a moving image distribution system including a unit that deletes the moving image acquired by the second viewing approval unit from the storage area of the URL of the distribution server.

  Further, the present invention is the moving image distribution system, wherein the advertisement video selection means includes means for linking to a storage area for storing the selected advertisement video and displaying the linked advertisement video.

  Furthermore, the present invention is the moving image distribution system in which the first and second viewing approval means are configured from Web pages.

Further, according to the present invention, the terminal device of the distribution requester is composed of a mobile phone having an Internet connection and a moving image imaging function,
The management server
For each user ID of the delivery requester, a user database in which the machine number of the mobile phone of the delivery requester is registered;
When the distribution requester accesses the management server to upload the video stored in the mobile phone to the stock server, the machine number of the mobile phone is acquired and the acquired machine number A body number authentication means for determining whether or not is registered in the user database;
Is a video distribution system.

  Note that the above-described uploaded video is a 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) or 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project2) format moving image captured by a mobile phone, a digital video camera, or the like, for example, AVI ( An image such as an Audio Video Interleaving (MPEG) format, a Moving Picture Experts Group Phase (MPEG-4) format, or the like may be shown and may include audio.

  The above-mentioned distribution requesters are individuals, various companies, organizations, etc., and videos taken by these distribution requesters or videos with ownership rights are managed by the system administrator (hereinafter referred to as system management). The person who makes the distribution request to the operator). More specifically, a person who uses this system to upload a moving image captured by a mobile phone or a digital video camera to a stock server via a mail server is shown. The distribution requester needs to register a user ID (user name and password) for logging in to the management server in advance for user use of the system of the present invention.

  The above-mentioned channel number is unique identification information (management number) consisting of a predetermined number of digits set in advance by the system management operator. Then, the system management operator sets (assigns) one or a plurality of channel numbers to the distribution requester registered as a user. Further, in this system, a video (moving image file) uploaded for a distribution request by a distribution requester is associated with one of the channel numbers set for this distribution requester. Accordingly, one channel number is set (associated) with the moving image requested by the distribution requester.

  Further, the above-described advertising video indicates commercial video (CM video) related to products and services of various companies, organizations, service industries, etc. (hereinafter referred to as advertisers). The advertisement video is a moving image or a still image including sound, and when viewed on the latest mobile phone at the present time, the reproduction time has a data capacity of about 5 seconds to several tens of seconds. . Further, it is desirable that the advertisement video is created with AVI format data.

The present invention has the following effects.
(1) The approval manager accesses the distribution approval device to view the video uploaded from the terminal device of the distribution requester and stored in the stock server, and based on this viewing, the approval manager moves to the viewing terminal device. It is possible to efficiently input approval information related to whether or not to be distributed in an interactive manner with the screen. This will prevent harmful video distribution in advance, especially in video distribution systems targeted at individual distribution requesters and viewers, using mobile phones that are expected to be put to practical use in the future. It is possible to provide a system that can

  (2) A management server that performs overall control of the entire system, a stock server that temporarily stores uploaded videos, and grants approval information regarding the availability of distribution according to the above (1), and distribution to viewing terminal devices Since the system configuration has a distribution server that stores approved videos separately, the system reliability is improved and each server can be easily expanded to increase the number of uploaded videos. Therefore, it is possible to provide a flexible video distribution system that can cope with the above.

  A moving image with an advertising video combined with an advertising video is created for the moving image for which approval information for permission to distribute to the viewing terminal device is obtained, and the moving image with the advertising video is distributed to the viewing terminal device. As a result, the system administrator can obtain advertising revenue, so that a distribution requester and viewers who use this system can provide a moving image distribution system that can participate freely and easily.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration for implementing the system of the present invention.

[System configuration]
In FIG. 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, and 1d are terminal devices of distribution requesters. In the system of the present invention, the terminal device 1a and the like are terminal devices used for uploading a moving image requested for distribution, and are composed of mobile phones 1a and 1b and personal computers 1c and 1d.

  The cellular phones 1a and 1b which are terminal devices of the distribution requester need to have an Internet connection function, a camera function, and a mail transmission / reception function. As this camera function, in order to exhibit the function of this system more, it is desirable to have a function of capturing and reproducing moving images including sound having specifications and the like formulated by 3GPP or 3GPP2.

  The personal computers 1c and 1d, which are the terminal devices of the distribution requester, need to have a web browser, software for mail transmission, and the like installed as software for accessing the web site.

  In the present invention, the cellular phones 1a and 1b and the personal computers 1c and 1d, which are terminal devices of the distribution requester, capture images with moving image files (hereinafter referred to as moving images) captured with the cellular phones 1a and 1b, or with digital video cameras or the like. The file of the moving image (hereinafter referred to as moving image) is sent to the mail server 3 to be described later by being attached to the mail by the distribution requester, and further used for uploading to the stock server 4 to be described later. In the following description, the terminal device of the distribution requester will be described as a terminal device 1a when representatively described.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a management server. The management server 2 is a server provided for overall control of the operation of the system of the present invention, for example, a server managed by the system management operator side of the system. The management server 2 mainly has the functions described in (1) to (3) below in order to control the overall operation of the system of the present invention.

  (1) When transmitting a moving image uploaded by a distribution requester to the mail server 3 from the terminal device 1a, various Web pages for supporting this transmission operation, and information acquired from the Web page are included. An upload support means for performing a predetermined process based on this is provided. This upload support means is executed by a program written in HTML, XML, and other languages.

  (2) According to the above (1), a distribution request is generated from the viewer's viewing terminal device for the video uploaded by the distribution requester from the terminal device 1a and stored (stored) in the distribution server 6a or the like described later. Then, control is performed to distribute the moving image stored in the distribution server 6a or the like to the viewing terminal device. This distribution request can be made, for example, by accessing a Web site that publishes on the Internet a Web page for a viewing terminal device to request distribution of a moving image.

  (3) In (1) above, when transmitting a video requested by the distribution requester from the terminal device 1a to the mail server 3, it is authenticated whether or not the distribution requester is a pre-registered distribution requester. The process to do is performed.

  The management server 2 includes various programs and a database (data table) in order to execute the functions described above. Details of these will be described later.

  3 is a mail server. The mail server 3 is used as a destination server when uploading a moving image attached to a mail by the terminal device 1a of the distribution requester. The mail server 3 includes a program (mail reception processing program) for performing predetermined processing by performing data communication with the management server 2 when receiving a mail with a moving image file attached thereto. The moving image received by the mail server 3 is transmitted to the stock server 4 described later according to the control of the management server 2.

  4 is a stock server and 5 is a distribution approval device. The stock server 4 is a server for temporarily storing the moving image transmitted from the mail server 3 and performing the next processing.

  (1) Have the approval manager view the video uploaded from the terminal device 1a of the distribution requester via the mail server 3 in advance. And about the moving image which the approval manager watched, the process which acquires the information which input the approval information of whether to distribute to a viewer's viewing-and-listening terminal apparatus by a screen and an interactive system is performed. With this process, the moving image in which approval information for which distribution is not permitted by the approval manager, that is, a moving image including a harmful moving image or the like is not distributed to the viewing terminal device.

  In the present invention, this distribution permission or non-permission determination is performed by the following process. First, the approval manager operates the distribution approval device 5 to access the stock server 4. Then, the stock server 4 performs processing for displaying the distribution approval Web page on the distribution approval device 5 and processing for displaying the uploaded moving image in a predetermined display area of the Web page. Then, the approval manager views (trially listens) the displayed video, and inputs approval permission information for permission or non-permission of distribution of the viewed video in an interactive manner with the display screen of the Web page based on the audition result. .

  (2) Processing for combining advertisement video by software processing with the start position or end position of the moving image file, or the start position and end position of the moving image obtained with the approval information of distribution permission according to (1) above. In this manner, a moving image with an advertising video composed of one moving image file in which the advertising video is combined is created. The advertisement video is stored in advance in the stock server 4 as video files related to a plurality of types of advertisement videos. In addition, what kind of advertisement video is combined with the moving image that has obtained the approval information of the distribution permission can be determined by, for example, using the above-mentioned distribution approval Web page by the approval manager in an interactive manner. The method of determining can be adopted.

  In the present invention, the processing function of (2) above, that is, the function of combining the advertisement video with the video for which the distribution permission approval information has been obtained, is not necessarily provided. By constructing a video distribution system that distributes to a device, it is possible to obtain compensation from an advertiser as a business that distributes video, and this frees the use of this system by distribution requesters and viewers. The effect is that it becomes possible.

  6a and 6b are distribution servers. The distribution servers 6a and 6b store (store) the moving image obtained by the stock server 4 with the approval information for distribution permission or the moving image obtained by combining the advertisement image with the moving image obtained with the approval information for distribution permission in a predetermined storage area. ) Server. When a distribution request is generated from the viewing terminal device, the moving image stored in the predetermined storage area is distributed to the viewing terminal device based on the distribution control of the management server 2. The predetermined storage area (URL) for storing the moving image performs a process of creating a URL including a channel number as directory information by program processing, for example.

  When the scale of the system is small, only one distribution server is required. However, when the scale of the system is large, it is desirable that a plurality of distribution servers are provided and videos to be distributed are distributed and stored in each distribution server. . In the following description, when the distribution servers 6a and 6b are described as a representative, they are described as the distribution server 6a.

  7a, 7b, and 7c are viewer terminal devices for viewers, and are terminal devices for accessing the Web server 8 to be described later and requesting distribution of moving images. In the present invention, the mobile terminal 7a, 7b and personal computer 7c can be used as the viewing terminal device. Note that the cellular phones 7a and 7b, which are viewing terminal devices, are required to have an Internet connection function and a function for playing back 3GPP or 3GPP2 format moving images. In addition, the personal computer 7c, which is a viewing terminal device, is installed with a Web browser and software for reproducing streaming video, for example, “Windows (registered trademark) Media Player” of Microsoft Corporation. In the following description, the viewing terminal devices 7a, 7b, and 7c will be described as viewing terminal device 7a.

  As described above, the Web server (site) 8 is a server that is accessed when a viewer operates the viewing terminal device 7a to make a video distribution request. The Web server 8 includes various Web pages for making a moving image distribution request using the system of the present invention. This Web page is a search Web page for searching for a moving image to be distributed by inputting a keyword or the like, a distribution moving image title list (program table) by field (genre), and the like. Note that the Web server 8 is configured from a Web site for making a dedicated distribution request to the system, and it is preferable that links can be obtained from the general firefly site to the various Web pages.

  The terminal devices 1c and 1d of the distribution requester, the management server 2, the mail server 3, the stock server 4, the distribution approval device 5, the distribution servers 6a and 6b, the viewing terminal device 7c, and the Web server 8 are connected to the Internet 9. ing. The distribution requester's mobile phones 1a and 1b and the viewer's mobile phones 7a and 7b are connected to the Internet 9 via the ground base station 10 and the server 11 of the mobile phone service company.

[Software and database configuration]
Next, in order to control the operation (operation) of this system, an outline of software (program) and database provided in each server will be described with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 2 does not describe basic software (server OS), Web browser, and mail software for operating the server.

  The management server 2 includes a machine number acquisition program P21, an upload support program P22, a machine number authentication program P23, a distribution control program P24, a database creation / update program P25, a process history storage program P26, and the like. The database includes a channel number database (DB) D1, a server database (DB) D2, a user database (DB) D3, a moving image identification number database (DB) D4, a newly arrived moving image data table (DT) D5, and the like. .

  The machine number acquisition program P21 is a program for acquiring the machine number of the mobile phone 1a owned by the distribution requester. The distribution requester registered as a user accesses the management server 2 from the mobile phone 1a and performs an operation for registering the machine number of his / her mobile phone 1a according to the control of the machine number acquisition program P21. The acquired machine number is registered in the user database D3 by the database creation / update program P25.

  In the system of the present invention, when a moving image captured by the mobile phone 1a owned by the distribution requester is transmitted to the mail server 3, first, the management server 2 is accessed, and according to the control of the management server 2, A process of transmitting a moving image to the mail server 3 is performed. At this time, the upload support program P22 performs processing for authenticating the distribution requester who transmits the moving image to the mail server 3 using the machine number of the distribution requester's mobile phone 1a.

  The upload support program P22 serving as an upload support means is a program for supporting the transmission operation when the distribution requester operates the terminal device 1a to transmit a moving image to the mail server 3, and is mainly a terminal device. The program includes a program describing various web pages to be displayed on 1a, a program for obtaining data input to these web pages, and the like.

  When the distribution requester operates the terminal device 1a to transmit the moving image to the mail server 3, the machine number authentication program P23 is the distribution requester's mobile phone registered in the management server 2 in advance. This is a program for performing with the machine number 1a.

  The distribution control program P24 accesses the Web server 8 when the visual terminal device 7a accesses the Web server 8, and when the management server 2 receives a transmission request for information related to a moving image distribution request from the Web server 8, the transmission request program P24 Is a program for performing processing for searching for the database.

  The database creation / update program P25 is a program for creating and updating the database included in the management server 2.

  The channel number database D1 is a database in which various attribute information related to the channel number is registered for each channel number preset by the system management operator. As shown in FIG. 3, the channel number database D1 has a configuration in which data relating to the server category a2, the user registration category a3, the moving image distribution category a4, etc. is registered for each channel number a1.

  As described above, the channel number a1 is unique identification information (management number) having a predetermined number of digits set in advance by the system management operator, and is composed of numbers or alphanumeric characters of about 5 to 12 digits. . In the present invention, the system management operator assigns (sets) at least one channel number a1 to the distribution requester at the request of the distribution requester registered as a user. When the system management operator sets a plurality of channel numbers a1 for the distribution requester, the distribution requester can upload a plurality of types of videos and distribute them to the viewer.

  Server management a2 is used by the system administrator on the assumption that there will be a plurality of mail servers 3, stock servers 4 and distribution servers 6a constituting the system as the scale of the system increases. This shows information in which the pattern information (server combination category) of these server combinations is determined in advance. The system management operator registers the determined server classification for each channel number a1 and registers it in the server classification a2 of the channel number management database D1.

  In the user registration category a3, information indicating whether or not the corresponding channel number a1 has been set for the user registration of the distribution requester is registered. In the user registration category a3, for example, “1” is stored when the registration setting of the distribution requester is completed, and “0” is stored when it is not registered.

  In the video distribution category a4, information indicating whether or not a video set with the corresponding channel number is currently distributed is registered. In the moving image distribution category a4, for example, “1” is stored when a moving image having the corresponding channel number is currently distributed, and “0” is stored when it is not distributed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of the data configuration of the server database D2 in which detailed information is registered for each server category registered in the server category a2 of the channel number management database D1. In the server database D2, for each server category a2, the transmission destination address b1 of the mail server 3 that transmits the moving image attached to the mail from the terminal device 1a of the distribution requester, the data such as the moving image transmitted from the mail server 3 The URL (b2) of the stock server 4 to receive, the URL (b3) of the distribution server 6a and the like that are transmitted from the stock server 4 and receive the moving image with the approval information of distribution permission by the stock server 4 or the moving image with advertisement video, Etc. are registered.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of the data configuration of the user database D3. The user database D3 is a user database in which attributes relating to a distribution requester (user) who uploads a moving image requested for distribution using the system of the present invention are registered. The user database D3 is owned by the distribution requester for each distribution requester ID information c1 (user name and password), the mail address c2 of the distribution requester, the channel number a1 set as the distribution requester by the system management operator side. The attribute information regarding the distribution requester such as the machine number c3, the name (name) of the distribution requester, and the address C4 of the mobile phone 1 is registered.

  The user database D3 is mainly uploaded when a distribution requester who has registered as a user accesses the management server 2 and transmits a moving image to the mail server 3 to authenticate the distribution requester and to request distribution. It is used for associating the channel number a1 set by the distribution requester with the moving image, that is, for performing processing for setting the channel number for the moving image to be uploaded.

  The machine number c3 of the mobile phone registered in the user database D3 indicates the machine number of the mobile phone 1 owned by the distribution requester set with the channel number a1. As described above, in this system, when the distribution requester's mobile phone 1 accesses the management server 2 and attaches a moving image to a mail and transmits it to the mail server 3, the management server 2 A process of acquiring the machine number c3 of the mobile phone 1 and authenticating the distribution requester is performed. The management server 2 acquires the machine number c3 of the cellular phone 1a and registers it in the user database D3 using a Web page as will be described later.

  The mobile phone body number c3 is unique identification information for identifying the mobile phone, and the mobile phone number is a number consisting of a predetermined number of digits or alphanumeric characters when the mobile phone is manufactured. It is stored in the device. When an external device such as a personal computer makes a transmission request for the machine number to the mobile phone, the mobile phone performs processing for transmitting the machine number stored in response to the transmission request to the external device. It has. The system of the present invention uses this function of the mobile phone to acquire the machine number c3 of the mobile phone 1a owned by the distribution requester by the machine number acquisition program, and use the acquired machine number c3. The process of registering in the user database D3 is performed. In the present invention, in a mobile phone equipped with an IC card made of an IC chip, the identification number stored in the IC card may be registered as the machine number c3.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of the data configuration of the moving image identification number database D4. The moving image identification number database D4 relates to the channel number a1, the distribution end date d2, the uploaded date d3, the distribution classification d4, and the like set for the moving image to which the moving image identification number d1 is assigned for each moving image identification number d1. Data is registered. The registration process of each data in the video identification number database D4 is a database created / updated at the time when a video uploaded to the stock server 4 and having acquired distribution permission approval information is stored in the distribution server 6a. It is executed by the program.

  The moving image identification number d1 registered in the moving image identification number database D4 is issued by the management server 2 for the moving image associated with the channel number a1 from the mobile phone 1a and transmitted to the mail server 3, for example, about 10 to 15 digits. It is a unique identification number consisting of numbers or alphanumeric characters. The moving image identification number d1 is automatically generated by a program (moving image identification number creating program) provided in the management server 2. This moving image identification number creation program, for example, creates a 10-15 digit number sequence by arranging a random number value of a predetermined number of digits generated by the random number generation program and the date of the day, and arranges the elements of this sequence according to a predetermined rule. A unique identification number is created by changing.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example of the data configuration of the new arrival moving image data table D5. The newly-arrived video data table D5 is a newly-added video uploaded to the stock server 4, and a video that has not been approved for distribution permission or non-permission to the viewing terminal device is added to this video. It is the data table which registered the information regarding the channel number a1, etc. for every identification number d1. In addition, when the approval information regarding the permission or non-permission of distribution from the stock server 4 to the viewing terminal device is transmitted, the information regarding the corresponding video identification number d1 and its channel number a1 stored in the new arrival video data table D5 Is deleted.

  The mail server 3 includes a mail reception processing program P31. The mail reception processing program P31 is a stock server that receives a mail received from the terminal device 1a of the distribution requester, a communication process with the management server 2, a video file received by mail, and data received from the management server 2. 4 is configured by a program for performing processing to be transmitted to the computer.

  The stock server 4 includes programs such as an upload moving image approval processing program P41, a file conversion program P42, an advertisement video combination program P43, and a thumbnail image creation program P44. Note that the file conversion program P42, the advertisement video combining program P43, and the moving image approval web page K1 described later serve as the advertisement video combining means.

  Further, the stock server 4 stores, in an external storage device, an advertisement video database (DB) D11 in which various advertisement video files are stored in the AVI format, a title name of the advertisement video set in advance for each of the advertisement video files, The advertisement video index table D12 in which the storage location (directory and file name) for storing the advertisement video set with the title name is registered, and the video uploaded to the stock server 4 is viewed by the distribution approval device 5 and sent to the viewing terminal device. Is provided with an approval manager database (DB) D13 in which information related to an approval manager for inputting approval information related to distribution permission or non-permission is registered.

  The upload video approval processing program P41 causes the approval manager to view the video uploaded to the stock server 4 via the mail server 3 from the terminal device 1a of the distribution requester, and distributes it to the viewer terminal device of the viewer. This is a program that performs a process of inputting approval information for permission or non-permission of distribution indicating whether or not to allow it in an interactive manner with a screen. As described above, the approval process by the approval manager is performed by the approval manager operating the distribution approval device 5 to access the stock server 4. When the distribution approval device 5 of the approval manager accesses the stock server 4, the upload video approval processing program P41 of the stock server 4 performs a process of displaying the video approval Web page K1 shown in FIG.

  The moving image approval Web page K1 is composed of one page having display areas Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd. Among these, the area Ka is an area for displaying the title of the Web page, an area Ka1 for displaying a range of channel numbers for which the approval information set in advance in the distribution approval apparatus 5 is input, and approval information. An area Ka2 for displaying the number of moving images that have not been input (the number of new moving images) is provided. In a system having only one distribution approval device 5, it is not necessary to display the range of the channel number in the area Ka1. When a plurality of distribution approval devices 5 are installed, a range of channel numbers for which approval information is input may be set in advance for each distribution approval device or for each approval manager.

  The area Kb is an area where the approval manager views (views) videos uploaded to the stock server 4 in order and inputs approval information for distribution permission or disapproval. In the area Kb, an area h1 for reproducing and displaying a moving image, an area for clicking start of viewing (trial listening) with a mouse (trial listening button) Kb1, an area for specifying and inputting distribution permission to the visual terminal device (mouse) Permitted button) Kb2, similarly, an area (impossible button) Kb3 for designating and inputting distribution disapproval with a mouse is provided. The operation of each button displayed in this area Kb and the processing of the program associated therewith become the first visual recognition approval means.

  The area Kc includes areas Kc1 and Kc2 for selecting an advertisement video to be combined with a moving image for which distribution permission information has been input by the operation of the region Kb, and an advertisement video combining program P43 for performing processing for combining the selected advertising image with a moving image. And a region h2 for reproducing and displaying the advertisement video selected in the region (decision button) Kc3 and the regions Kc1 and Kc2. The areas Kc1 and Kc2 for selecting the advertisement video in the area Kc, the decision button Kc3, and the program that operates in accordance with the operation of these areas serve as the advertisement video selection means.

  The area Kc1 is an area for selecting an advertisement video to be combined with the head position of the moving image. When the right end of the area Kc1 is clicked, for example, the title name of the advertisement video is displayed in a pop-up menu format, and one of them is displayed with the mouse. Clicking on one title name selects the advertisement video associated with that title name. Then, the selected advertisement video is displayed in the area h2. The region Kc2 is a region for selecting an advertisement video to be combined with the end position of the moving image, and the operation is the same as the region Kc1 described above. Then, the approval manager looks at the advertisement video displayed in the area h2 and confirms that the predetermined advertisement video is selected, and clicks the “OK” button in the area Kc3 with the mouse.

  In the area Kd, when the video with advertisement video combined with the advertisement video is stored in a predetermined storage area of the distribution server 6a, the approval manager again views the video with advertisement video and the viewer's viewing terminal device. This is an area for inputting final approval information as to whether or not to distribute to 7a. In the area Kd, a trial audition button Kd1 for starting the audition of the video with the advertisement video and displaying the video in the area h3, and the approval manager based on the audition result, the viewer views the video with the advertisement video. An “approval” button Kd2 for inputting information that approves distribution to the terminal device 7a, a “return” button Kd3 for inputting information that disallows distribution to the viewing terminal device 7a, and the like. I have. When the approval manager clicks the “return” button Kd3, the upload moving image approval processing program P41 performs control such that, for example, the operation of the button Kc1 for selecting the advertisement video in the Kc region of the moving image approval Web page K1 is performed again. The process of returning is performed. The operation of each button displayed in this area Kd and the processing of the program associated therewith become the second viewing approval means.

  The file conversion program P42 is, for example, a program for converting a moving image (3GPP format or 3GPP2 format data) captured by the mobile phone 1a into an AVI format, and an MPEG-4 format moving image transmitted from the terminal device 1c including a personal computer. A program for converting to AVI format, a program for converting moving images in AVI format to WMV (Windows (registered trademark) Media Video) format, 3GPP format, or 3GPP2 format, respectively. As these file conversion programs, commercially available programs can be used.

  The WMV format described above is a video format developed by Microsoft Corporation based on MPEG-4 for video compression, and is a “Windows (registered trademark) Media Player” of Microsoft Corporation, which is software for playing streaming video. Is a data format supported.

  The advertisement video combining program P43 is a video uploaded with the advertisement from the distribution requester and converted into the AVI format by the file conversion program P42 and the AVI format advertisement video in one AVI format. It is a program that performs the process of editing into a single file by combining with. As this advertisement video combination program P43, a commercially available program or the like can be used.

  The thumbnail image creation program P44 is a program that, for example, performs processing for taking out the image data for the first frame of the moving image uploaded to the stock server 4, creating a still image, and storing it in a predetermined storage area. . This thumbnail image can be created by using a function provided in the file conversion program P42 or the like, or by adding a program for performing processing for creating a thumbnail image to the file conversion program P42. The thumbnail image is used for posting, for example, together with the moving image title name and the channel number on the delivery request web page that the web server 8 publishes on the Internet 9.

  When the approval manager clicks the “OK” button Kc3 displayed in the area Kc on the above-described video approval Web page K1, the file conversion program P42 and the advertisement video combining program P43 provided in the stock server 4 are sequentially executed. It operates to perform the processes described in (1) to (4) below.

  (1) First, the file conversion program P42 is operated to perform processing for converting the moving image uploaded to the stock server 4 into the AVI format. In this conversion process, if the video uploaded from the mobile phone 1a of the distribution requester is, for example, in 3GPP format or 3GPP2, a program that converts a file in 3GPP format or 3GPP2 format into AVI format in the file conversion program P42. Operate and convert to AVI format. Also, if the moving picture uploaded from the terminal device 1c composed of a personal computer is MPEG-4, the MPEG-4 format file is converted to the AVI format by operating a program for converting the MPEG-4 format file to the AVI format. Note that the data format of the moving image uploaded to the stock server 4 can be determined by performing a process of determining the extension given to the file name of the moving image by a program.

  (2) Subsequently, the advertisement video combination processing program P43 is operated to combine the image file converted into the AVI format according to (1) and the advertisement video file in the AVI format into a moving image with an advertisement in one AVI format. A process of editing (concatenated) one moving image file is performed. When this processing is executed, the advertisement video file selected in the display area Kc1 of the moving image approval Web page K1 is combined with the head position of the image file, and the advertisement video file selected in the display area Kc2 is connected to the end position of the image file. A combined AVI format moving image with advertisement video is created and temporarily stored in the storage device of the stock server 4.

  (3) Subsequently, the file conversion program P42 is operated to convert the video file with advertisement video in AVI format created in (2) above into a file in 3GPP format, 3GPP2 and WMV format, Each converted moving image file is stored in the storage device of the stock server 4. Note that the video file with advertisement video converted to the 3GPP format and the 3GPP2 is a data format for viewing on the viewer's mobile phone 7a, and is in the 3GPP format in order to correspond to the specifications of the mobile phone 7a to be viewed. Data is converted to 3GPP2 format. In addition, the moving image file with advertisement video converted into the WMV format is a data format for viewing on the terminal device 7c formed by the viewer's personal computer.

  (4) Subsequently, the 3GPP format, 3GPP2 and WMV format video files with advertisement video and thumbnail images created in the above (3) are delivered together with the channel number and video identification number related to this video by the data transmission program. To 6a.

  The distribution server 6a includes a moving image storage processing program P61, a moving image deletion program P62, a moving image distribution program P63, and the like.

  When the moving image storage processing program P61 receives the 3GPP format, 3GPP2 and WMV format moving image files with advertisement images and thumbnail image files from the stock server 4, and the channel number and the moving image identification number related to these files, these data are temporarily stored. Store in an external storage device. Then, a process of creating a storage area (URL) for storing each received file is performed. The moving image storage processing program P61 performs processing for creating a URL for storing this file, for example, a URL having the following configuration (U1).

(U1) / scheme name / domain name of distribution server / movies / channel number / video identification number. Extension In the above URL (U1), “/ movies /” indicates the highest-level holder (directory) name, and “/ moving picture identification number.extension” indicates the file name. That is, a URL is created with the channel number as the directory and the moving image identification number as the file name.

  Subsequently, the moving image storage processing program P61 stores the 3GPP format, 3GPP2 and WMV format moving image files with advertisement video and thumbnail images stored in the external storage device or the like in the storage device configured by the URL (U1). To do. When this process ends, information indicating the end of storage in the distribution server 6a is transmitted to the stock server 4 together with the URL. When the upload video approval processing program P41 of the stock server 4 receives the information indicating the end of storage in the distribution server 6a, it displays information indicating that in the display area Kd of the video approval Web page K1 (FIG. 8). Then, the approval manager is prompted to click the “trial listening” button Kd1 in the area Kd.

  When the approval manager clicks the “listen” button Kd1 in the area Kd, a link is made with the URL storing the 3GPP format, 3GPP2 and WMV format video files with advertisement video stored in the distribution server 6a, and the 3GPP format, 3GPP2 and The WMV format moving image with advertisement video is sequentially displayed in the area h3. Then, when the trial listening of the video with the advertisement video ends, the approval manager selects either the “approval” button Kd2 or the “return” button Kd3 in order to input the approval information related to the distribution to the viewing terminal device 7a. Click with the mouse.

  In order to audition the above-mentioned video with advertisement video, the audition button for starting the audition for each of the 3GPP, 3GPP2, and WMV formats is provided in the area Kd of the video approving web page K1, respectively. You may make it input approval information for every.

  When the approval manager clicks the “approval” button Kd2, the video with advertisement video that has been auditioned indicates that the distribution to the viewing terminal device 7a has been approved. A process of transmitting the channel number and the moving image identification number set to the management server 2 is performed.

  On the other hand, when the approval manager clicks the “return” button Kd3, the upload video approval processing program P41 deletes the 3GPP format, 3GPP2, WMV format, and thumbnail image stored in the distribution server 6a in the distribution server 6a. A control command is transmitted together with a channel number and a moving image identification number. When the distribution server 6a receives this control command, the moving image deletion program P62 performs processing for deleting the moving image and the thumbnail image stored in the URL (U1) including the received channel number and moving image identification number. Subsequently, the upload moving image approval processing program P41, for example, performs a process of returning the control so that the button Kc1 for selecting the advertisement video in the Kc region of the moving image approval Web page K1 is re-operated.

[Preparations for system construction]
Next, items that are prepared in advance by a system management operator or the like in order to construct and operate the system of the present invention will be described.

The system administrator needs to perform the following matters in advance.
(1) Recruiting a distribution requester (user) who uploads a moving image using the system of the present invention and requests distribution. A user name and password are issued to the distribution requester registered as a user, and one or a plurality of preset channel numbers a1 are set. And the attribute information regarding these users is registered into the user database D3.

  (2) Using the system of the present invention, an advertiser who recruits an advertisement video combined with a moving image requested by a distribution requester is recruited. Then, the system management operator charges the advertiser according to the contract of advertisement video distribution using the system of the present invention, for example, according to the number of channel numbers to which the advertisement video is combined. .

  (3) The management server 2, the mail server 3, the stock server 4, and the distribution server 6a used in the system of the present invention are determined, and the above-described programs and the like required by each server are developed or prepared and installed. These servers may use rental servers. Also, for the mail server 3, the stock server 4, and the distribution server 5, the addresses and URLs used by the system are determined. When a plurality of these servers are used in a distributed manner, the combination of the servers and the server classification a2 are determined. And registered in the channel number database D1 and the server database D2. Also, a plurality of distribution approval devices 5 are installed according to the scale of the system so that each approval manager can view and upload the video that is shared and input approval information.

  (4) An advertiser uses a digital video camera or the like to capture an advertisement video related to a product or service. The system administrator or the like, for example, assigns advertisement identification information, which is information for identifying the advertisement video, as the file name to the advertisement video, and stores it in the external storage device of the video editing server 4 in the AVI data format. To do. Further, the system administrator or the like creates an advertisement video index table D12 in which attribute information relating to these advertisement videos, for example, an advertiser, advertisement identification information, a title name, etc., and a directory and file name for storing the advertisement video are associated with each other. To the external storage device of the stock server 4.

[System Operation (User Registration Procedure)]
Next, the operation of the system of the present invention will be described. First, a description will be given of a procedure in which a distribution requester (user) performs user registration for uploading a moving image using this system and requesting distribution to the system management operator side. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a procedure for processing a user registration by a distribution requester and a flow of the process. In this user registration, the system management operator side obtains attribute information about the distribution requester and the machine number of the mobile phone 1 owned by the distribution requester, and registers the acquired information in the database of the management server 2. It is configured. Hereinafter, the steps will be described in the order shown in FIG.

(Step S1)
The distribution requester fills in a user registration application form prepared in advance by the system management operator and applies for user registration by mail or FAX. The user registration application form includes an attribute relating to the distribution requester, such as the name (name), address, user name, password of the distribution requester, the mobile phone 1a owned by the distribution requester, and the mail address of the terminal device 1c. A field for inputting information is provided. Since the distribution requester may request distribution of a plurality of types of moving images at the same time, a column for inputting the number of types of moving images to be distributed (the number of necessary channels) may be provided.

(Step S2)
When receiving the user registration application form from the distribution requester, the system management operator assigns one of the preset unique channel numbers a1 to this user. The system management operator may assign a plurality of channel numbers a1 to the user based on the user's wishes.

  Subsequently, using the database creation / update program P25, for each channel number a1 set for the user, an operation of registering the attribute information of the distribution requester entered in the user registration application in the user database D3 is performed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, the attribute information registered in the user database D3 includes the distribution requester ID information c1, the mail address c2, the channel number a1, the distribution requester name (name) / address C4, and the like. is there. The distribution requester ID information c1 is a user name (c1-1) and a password (c1-2) when the distribution requester accesses (logs in) the management server 2. Further, for the channel number database D1, an operation of registering “1” indicating that the user registration is completed is performed in the user registration category a3 column corresponding to the allocated channel number a1.

  When the channel number is set for the distribution requester who has performed user registration on the system management operator side, “0” indicating that user registration has not been completed in the user registration category a3 column with reference to the channel number database D1. Select and set the channel number in which is stored.

(Step S3)
The system management operator notifies the distribution requester by e-mail that user registration has been completed. At this time, the user registration completion mail is transmitted to the cellular phone 1a and the terminal device 1c of the distribution requester who has registered the user. FIG. 10 shows a display example of a user registration completion mail G1 transmitted to the mobile phone 1a. The terminal device 1c is also configured to transmit a mail having the same contents as in FIG.

(Step S4)
The distribution requester who has performed user registration can confirm the completion of user registration by looking at the mail G1 sent in step S3. The mail transmission program of the management server 2 displays the channel number a1 assigned (set) to the distribution requester who has performed user registration in the display area g1a in the mail G1 of user registration completion. When a plurality of channel numbers are set for the distribution requester, the plurality of channel numbers are displayed in the display area g1a. The distribution requester stores the channel number notified by the mail G1 so as not to forget.

  Further, in the display area g1b of the mail screen G1, [Login screen for accessing a login Web page for performing an operation for registering the machine number of the mobile phone 1a owned by the distribution requester in the management server 2]. ] Button is displayed. Further, the URL of this login Web page is displayed below the [Login screen] button, and the distribution requester may register this URL as a bookmark in the mobile phone 1a.

  The system management operator side registers in the management server 2 information related to the user (distribution requester) who uploads the moving image distribution request using the system of the present invention by the procedure described in steps S1 to S4. can do.

[Register mobile phone number]
Next, a procedure for registering the machine number of the mobile phone 1a owned by the distribution requester in the management server 2 will be described based on steps S5 to S16 shown in FIG. The purpose of registering the machine number of the mobile phone 1a in the management server 2 is that when the delivery requester attaches the moving image captured by the mobile phone 1a to a mail and sends it to the mail server 3, the delivery requester is sent to this machine. This is to authenticate with a number.

  In the present invention, once the distribution requester registers the machine number of his mobile phone 1 a in the management server 2, the distribution requester transmits the moving image including the newly updated moving image to the mail server 3 each time. It is made unnecessary to access the management server 2 by inputting the user name and password. Thereby, especially when the distribution requester updates the newly requested moving image to a newly captured moving image and requests distribution, the new moving image can be transmitted to the mail server 3 by a simple operation of the mobile phone 1a. It becomes like this.

(Step S5) (Step S6)
The distribution requester uses his / her mobile phone 1a to perform an operation of accessing the URL displayed in the display area g1b of the mail G1 in step S4. The URL displayed in the display area g1b includes a process for the management server 2 to acquire the machine number of the mobile phone 1a and a login Web page for uploading a video captured by the mobile phone 1a (hereinafter, video upload login). URL).

  For example, when the distribution requester clicks the [login screen] button g1b of the mail G1, the upload support program P22 of the management server 2 performs a process of displaying the video upload login page G2 shown in FIG. 11 on the mobile phone 1a. The Web page G2 is provided with a normal login, that is, a display area g2a for logging in by inputting a user name and a password, and a display area g2b for logging in with the above-described machine number.

(Step S7)
The distribution requester performs an operation of entering the user name and password in the display area g2a of the video upload login page G2 and clicking the [Login] button g2a-1. As the user name and password, the user name (c1-1) and password (c1-2) determined by user registration are input.

(Step S8)
When the upload support program P22 of the management server 6 acquires the user name and password of the distribution requester in step S7, the upload support program P22 performs a process of determining whether or not the acquired user name and password are registered in the user database D3. . As a result of the determination, if registered, the channel number a1 in which the user name and password are registered is obtained in the user database D3 and temporarily stored in the storage device. If the user name and password are not registered as a result of the determination, a process for displaying an error message on the mobile phone 1a is performed.

(Step S9)
Since the user name and password of the distribution requester are registered in the user database D3, a process of displaying the moving image upload Web page G3 shown in FIG. 12 on the mobile phone 1a is performed. The video upload Web page G3 is used to register the display area g3a for uploading videos (including updated videos) and the machine number of the distribution requester's mobile phone 1a in the management server 2. Display area g3b.

(Step S10)
Since the distribution requester has not yet registered the machine number of the mobile phone 1a in the management server 2, the distribution requester clicks the [terminal registration] button g3b-1 displayed in the display area g3b of the video upload Web page G3. Perform the operation.

(Step S11)
When the [Terminal Registration] button g3b-1 of the video upload Web page G3 is clicked, the upload support program P22 performs processing for displaying the Web page G4 shown in FIG. 13 on the mobile phone 1a. The web page G4 is a web page for obtaining the consent of the distribution requester to transmit (register) the machine number of the mobile phone 1a to the management server 2.

(Step S12) (Step S13)
When the distribution requester clicks the [YES] button on the web page G4, the machine number acquisition program incorporated in the web page G4 operates to read the machine number stored in the storage device of the mobile phone 1a. A process of transmitting the read machine number to the management server 2 is performed.

(Step S14) (Step S15)
When the management server 2 obtains the machine number in step S13, it activates the database creation / update program P23. The database creation / update program P23 performs a process of registering the acquired machine number in the machine number c3 column of the user database D3 corresponding to the channel number a1 stored in the storage device in step S8. Subsequently, the management server 2 displays the machine number registration completion Web page G5 shown in FIG. 14 on the mobile phone 1a. In the display area g5a of the Web page G5, the channel number in which the machine number of the mobile phone 1a is registered is displayed. When a plurality of channel numbers are assigned to one distribution requester, a process of displaying a plurality of channel numbers in the display area g5a is performed. Further, in the display area g5b, a [Login screen] button g5b for proceeding to the login page for uploading video G2 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed.

(Step 16)
The distribution requester can confirm the channel number set corresponding to the machine number of his / her mobile phone 1 by looking at the machine number registration completion Web page G5. The distribution requester subsequently clicks the [login screen] button g5b displayed on the Web page G5 when transmitting the moving image captured by the mobile phone 1a to the mail server 3.

[Upload video]
Subsequently, the distribution requester transmits the moving image captured by the mobile phone 1a to the mail server 3 in order to request distribution. Further, the stock server 4 combines the advertisement video with the uploaded video, and combines the advertisement video. The procedure until the moving image with the advertisement video is stored in the distribution server 6a and the processing contents thereof will be described in the order of steps shown in FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the flow of this procedure and the processing contents thereof.

(Step S20) (Step S21)
The distribution requester accesses the URL of the login page G2 for uploading the video that the management server 2 discloses on the Internet 9 from the mobile phone 1a. Then, the upload support program P22 of the management server 2 performs processing for displaying the moving image upload login page G2 shown in FIG. 11 on the display screen of the mobile phone 1a.

(Step S22) (Step S23)
Since the distribution requester has already registered the machine number of the mobile phone 1a in the management server 2 in steps S5 to S16, the distribution requester clicks the [Easy] button g2b-1 displayed on the video upload login page G2. . That is, since the distribution requester has registered the machine number of his / her mobile phone 1a in the management server 2, it is not necessary to enter a troublesome user name and password in the display area g2a of the video upload login page G2. It becomes possible to log in to the management server 2.

  In the program language describing the login page G2 for uploading a moving image, a machine number acquisition program P21 for performing a process of reading the machine number of the mobile phone 1a and transmitting it to the management server 2 is incorporated. As a result, when the distribution requester clicks the [Easy] button g2b-1, the management server 2 can obtain the machine number of the mobile telephone 1a of the distribution requester who has accessed the management server 2.

(Step S24)
In step S24, the management server 2 performs the following process.
(1) The machine number authentication program P23, which is a machine number authentication means, is activated to determine whether or not the machine number acquired in step S23 is registered in the user database D3. That is, authentication processing is performed to determine whether or not the distribution requester intends to upload a moving image using the mobile phone 1a registered in advance in the management server 2.

  (2) If the acquired machine number is registered in the user database D3 as a result of the determination in (1) above, it is determined that a normal distribution requester is about to upload a video, and the user corresponding to the acquired machine number The channel number a1 registered in the database D3 is obtained and stored in the storage device. When the machine number acquired from the mobile phone 1a is not registered in the user database D3, the management server 2 displays a message indicating “machine number not registered” on the mobile phone 1a.

(Step S25)
The upload support program P22 of the management server 2 performs processing for displaying the video upload Web page G3 shown in FIG. 12 on the mobile phone 1a.

(Step S26)
The distribution requester clicks the [Movie Registration] button g3a-1 displayed in the display area g3a of the movie upload Web page G3.

(Step S27)
When the [Movie registration] button g3a-1 of the movie uploading web page G3 is clicked, the management server 2 performs a process of displaying the channel designation web page G6 shown in FIG. 16 on the mobile phone 1a. In the display area g6a of the channel designation Web page G6, the channel number stored in the storage device in step S24 is displayed. The channel designation Web page G6 displays the channel number assigned to the distribution requester in advance, and associates the video that the distribution requester will transmit to the mail server 3 with the channel number assigned to the distribution requester. That is, it is a web page for supporting an operation of setting a channel number for a moving image to be transmitted. Therefore, when a plurality of channel numbers are assigned to the distribution requester, the management server 2 performs a process of displaying the plurality of channel numbers in the display area g6a of the Web page G6.

(Step S28)
The distribution requester designates the channel number displayed in the display area g6a of the channel designation web page G6 and performs an operation of clicking the [Send] button g6b. At this time, when a plurality of channel numbers are displayed in the display area g6a, one of them is designated and an operation of clicking the [Send] button g6b is performed. Thereby, the upload support program P22 of the management server 2 can acquire one channel number designated by the distribution requester.

(Step S29)
When the management server 2 acquires the channel number from the channel designating web page G6, the management server 2 performs processing for storing the acquired channel number in the storage device. Subsequently, the upload support program P22 performs a process of displaying the moving image transmission request Web page G7 shown in FIG. 17 on the mobile phone 1a. The moving image transmission request web page G7 attaches the moving image (uploading moving image) stored in the mobile phone 1a to the mail to the distribution requester, and displays the mail of the mail server 3 displayed in the display area g7a. This is a Web page for requesting transmission to the destination address.

  In the display area g7a of the video transmission request web page G7, as described above, the mail address of the mail server 3 to which the mobile phone 1a transmits mail is displayed. This mail address is the server classification a2 registered in the channel number database D1 corresponding to the channel number acquired from the mobile phone 1a in step S28, and the mail transmission destination address of the mail server registered in the server database D2. A process of displaying b1 is performed.

  In addition, in the display area g7b of the Web page G7, a time limit date and time for transmitting a mail with a moving image attached thereto to the management server 2 is also displayed. Then, when the management server 2 performs the process of displaying the Web page G7 on the mobile phone 1a, the management server 2 operates the program for counting the elapsed time and performs the process of counting the elapsed time.

  Furthermore, in the process of step S29, the management server 2 automatically generates a mail subject (mail subject) for the mobile phone 1a to send a mail with a moving image attached to the mail server 3, and the mobile phone 1a Can be acquired from the moving image transmission request Web page G7, and the mail subject is stored in the storage device in association with the channel number acquired from the mobile phone 1a in step S28. The mail subject can be obtained by the mobile phone 1a by incorporating a program for obtaining the mail subject from the management server 2 in the language in which the Web page G7 for video transmission request is described.

(Step S30)
The distribution requester performs an operation of clicking the display area g7a of the moving image transmission request Web page G7. When the display area g7a is clicked, the mail transmission program of the mobile phone 1a is activated by the program embedded in the language describing the Web page G7, and the mail subject automatically generated by the management server 2 becomes the mail subject. Then, an e-mail attached with a moving image file stored in the storage device of the mobile phone 1a is transmitted to the e-mail address of the e-mail server 3 displayed in the display area g7a. In this mail, text information such as the title name of the moving picture to be uploaded, a keyword representing the content of the moving picture to be uploaded, the delivery end date, and the like may be input and transmitted to the mail server 3.

(Step S31)
The mail reception processing program P31 of the mail server 3 first performs processing for obtaining the mail subject for the mail received from the mobile phone 1a. Subsequently, the mail subject is transmitted to the management server 2, and a transmission request for information on the channel number related to the subject of the mail is made to the management server 2. Since the video data stored in the storage device of the cellular phone 1a is stored in the 3GPP or 3GPP2 data format, the video data received by the mail server 3 is also in the 3GPP or 3GPP2 data format.

(Step S32)
When the upload support program P22 of the management server 2 receives a transmission request for information regarding the channel number from the mail server 3, the upload support program P22 performs the processes described in (1) to (3) below.

  (1) It is determined whether or not the received mail subject is the same as the mail subject stored in the storage device in association with the channel number in step S29. As a result of this determination, if it is determined that they are the same, various information relating to this channel number registered in the server database D2 is obtained with reference to the channel number database D1 corresponding to this channel number. Perform processing.

  The information regarding the channel number is the URL (b2) of the stock server registered in the server database D2 corresponding to the channel number (1), the URL (b3) of the distribution server, and the like.

  (2) The upload support program P22 performs a process of automatically generating the moving image identification number d1 by operating the moving image identification number creating program. Then, the generated moving image identification number d1 is stored in the newly arrived moving image data table (DT) D5 in association with the channel number a1 set in the moving image transmitted to the mail server 3.

  (3) Subsequently, in step S29, the channel number a1 (channel number acquired from the mobile phone 1) is stored in the storage device, the stock server URL (b2) and the distribution server URL (b3) obtained in (1) above. Then, a process of transmitting the moving image identification number d1 generated in the above (2) to the mail server 3 is performed.

  In the process of step S32, even if the time value obtained by counting the elapsed time (for example, 30 minutes) in step S29 described above passes a predetermined time, the mail server 3 sends a request for transmission of information on the channel number. When there is no transmission, processing for invalidating access to the uploader's video upload is performed. The reason for this processing is that an unauthorized distribution requester may be trying to upload a video.

(Step S33)
When the mail server 3 receives the information on the channel number from the management server 6, the mail server 3 accesses the reception URL (b 2) of the stock server 4 received from the management server 2, manages the video received from the mobile phone 1 a, The channel number received from the server 2, information relating to this channel number, the moving image identification number d 1, the URL (b 3) of the distribution server, etc. are transmitted to the stock server 4.

(Step S34)
When the reception processing program of the stock server 4 receives information such as a moving image file, a channel number, a moving image identification number, and a URL (b3) of the distribution server from the mail server 3, the information is associated with the channel number and the moving image identification number. Then, a process of temporarily storing in a storage device including the external storage device is performed. Subsequently, the stock server 4 is a feature of the system of the present invention, in which the approval manager views the video uploaded to the stock server 4 and receives approval information for permission or non-permission of distribution to the viewing terminal device 7a. Perform the process of granting. Hereinafter, this processing procedure will be described in the order of steps shown in FIG.

[Approval procedure for distributing uploaded videos]
(Step S41)
The approval manager operates the distribution approval device 5 to access a URL for performing approval processing of the uploaded moving image in the stock server 4. At this time, the approval manager inputs the management ID and password to access the stock server 4.

(Step S42)
When the stock server 4 is accessed from the distribution approval device 5 in step S41, whether or not the acquired management ID and password are registered in advance in the approval manager database D13 by the upload video authentication processing program P41. Perform authentication processing. As a result of this authentication processing, if it is determined that the management ID and password are registered in the approval management database D13, the management server 2 is requested to transmit information related to the newly arrived video. When the management ID and password are not registered in the approval management database D13, an error is displayed on the distribution approval device 5.

(Step S43)
When the management server 2 receives the transmission request for the information related to the newly arrived movie, the upload support program P22 includes all the information stored in the newly arrived movie data table D5, and at least the movie identification number d1 and its channel number a1. Is transmitted to the stock server 4. At this time, when a plurality of distribution approval devices 5 are installed, the new arrival video corresponding to the range of channel numbers set in advance in the accessed distribution approval device 5 with reference to the approval manager database D13 Processing for selecting the moving image identification number d1 stored in the data table D5 is performed.

(Step S44)
When the stock server 4 receives the information on the newly-arrived moving image from the management server 3, the stock server 4 stores the received information in the storage device and performs processing for displaying the moving image approval Web page K <b> 1 shown in FIG. 8 on the distribution approval device 5. . The approval manager views all moving images uploaded to the stock server 4 using the moving image approval Web page K1 and performs an operation of inputting approval information. In addition, in the display area Ke of the video approval Web page K1, the channel number of a video that is to be viewed and to which approval information is to be input from among the information related to the new video transmitted from the management server 3 is displayed.

(Step S45)
When the approval manager clicks the “trial listening” button Kb1 on the Web page for video approval K1, the channel number displayed in the display area Ke is set, and the video stored in the predetermined storage area of the stock server 4 is set. This moving image is reproduced and displayed in the display area h1.

(Step S46)
The approval manager views the moving image displayed in the display area h1. Then, if it is determined that the viewing result shows that the moving image includes a harmful moving image or the like and distribution to the visual terminal device 7a is not preferable, the “impossible” button Kb3 of the moving image approval web page K1 is clicked with the mouse.

(Step S47)
When the approval manager clicks the “impossible” button Kb3 with the mouse, the upload moving image approval processing program P41 acquires the approval information related to the “impossible” from the distribution approval device 5. Then, the upload moving image approval processing program P41 performs processing for deleting the moving image in which the channel number for which the approval information related to “impossible” is set is set from the storage area of the stock server 4. Subsequently, together with the control command related to “impossible”, the channel number and video identification number of the moving image determined to be impossible are transmitted to the management server 2.

(Step S48)
When the upload support program P22 of the management server 2 receives the information related to the impossibility in step S47, the upload support program P22 refers to the new arrival identification number data table D5 and associates it with the received moving image identification number d1 and the moving image identification number d1. The stored information such as channel number a1 is deleted from the new arrival identification number data table D5.
In the present invention, by the processes in steps S47 to S48, a moving image including a harmful moving image among the moving images uploaded to the stock server 4 can be prevented from being transmitted to the viewing terminal device 7a.

(Step S49) (Step S50)
On the other hand, when the approval manager clicks the “permission” button Kb2 of the video approval web page K1 with the mouse as a result of viewing the video, the upload video approval processing program P41 shifts the control to the advertising video combining program P43, and the advertising video The selection buttons Kc1 and Kc2 are set in a waiting state.

(Step S51) (Step 52)
As described above, when the approval manager selects the advertising video to be combined with the moving image by clicking the advertising video selection button Kc1 or Kc2 with the mouse, the advertising video combining program P43 refers to the advertising video index table D12. The selected advertisement video is reproduced and displayed in the display area h2. As a result, the approval manager can check whether or not the selected advertisement video has been selected incorrectly.

(Step S53)
When the approval manager clicks “OK” button Kc3 of Web page K1 for moving image approval with the mouse, advertisement video combining program P43 is activated, and the moving image file for which “permitted” approval information is acquired in step S49 is added to step S51. The process of combining the advertisement video selected by is executed.

(Step S54)
When the approval manager clicks “OK” button Kc3 with the mouse, as described above, first, the file conversion program P42 operates to convert the uploaded moving image file into an AVI format file. Subsequently, the file combination processing program of the advertisement video combination program P43 operates to perform processing for combining the advertisement video selected by the approval manager to the start position and the end position of the moving image file converted into the AVI format. With this process, a moving image file with an advertising video composed of one AVI format in which the advertising video is combined is created at the start position and the end position of the moving image in the AVI format. A thumbnail image file is also created by the thumbnail image creation program P44.

  Subsequently, a process for creating a moving image file with an advertising video in AVI format by using the file conversion program P42 to create a moving image file with an advertising video including data in three types of data formats, that is, 3GPP format, 3GPP format, and WMV format Is stored in a predetermined storage area of the stock server 4. Subsequently, the three types of video files with advertisement video and thumbnail images are transmitted to the URL (b3) of the distribution server 6a acquired from the mail server 3 together with the channel number of the uploaded video and its image identification number.

(Step S55)
When the distribution server 6a receives the moving image file with the advertisement video and the thumbnail image, the channel number related to the moving image and the image, and the image identification number thereof from the stock server 4 in step S54, the moving image storage processing program P61 is activated, A process of creating a storage area (URL) for storing the received three types of moving image files with advertisement video and thumbnail image files is performed. The URL for storing the moving image file with advertisement video and the like is a URL configured from the (UI). Subsequently, the moving image storage processing program P61 performs a process of storing (storing) these three types of moving image files with advertisement video in URLs each including (UI).

  Subsequently, the moving image storage processing program P61 transmits to the stock server 4 a control command for ending the storage processing such as a moving image file with advertisement video. Upon receiving this control command, the upload moving image approval processing program P41 of the stock server 4 shifts the control to the approval processing of the moving image with advertisement video.

(Step S56) (Step S57)
When the approval manager clicks the “trial listening” button Kd1 on the video approval web page K1 with the mouse, the URL (U1) of the video with advertisement video stored in the distribution server 6a in step S55 can be linked. The moving image can be reproduced and displayed in the display area h3. Then, the approval manager views the video with the advertisement video displayed in the display area h3, and displays the final approval information as to whether or not the video with the advertisement video should be distributed to the viewing terminal device 7a with the “approval” button Kd2. Or by clicking the “return” button Kd3.

(Step S58) (Step S61) (Step S59)
When the upload video approval processing program P41 acquires the approval information associated with the click of the “approval” button Kd2 from the video approval Web page K1 displayed on the distribution approval device 5, the distribution to the viewing terminal device 7a is approved. A control command indicating this is transmitted to the management server 2 together with the channel number and moving image identification number of the approved moving image. On the other hand, when the approval information associated with the click of the “return” button Kd3 is acquired, the channel number and the video identification number of the video determined to be “return” are transmitted to the distribution server 6a together with the control command related to “return”. .

(Step S60)
When the upload support program P22 of the management server 2 receives the channel number and the movie identification number of the movie approved in step S59, the received channel number (or the movie identification number) is referenced with reference to the new movie data table D5. In connection with this, all the data stored in the new arrival moving image data table D5 is extracted, moved to the moving image identification number database D4 and stored, and “1” is set in the distribution classification d4 corresponding to this moving image identification number. The process to memorize is performed. Note that “1” stored in the distribution category d4 is information indicating that a moving image with a channel number can be distributed to the viewing terminal device 7a.

Also, if information related to a moving image having the same channel number is already registered in the moving image identification number database D4, “0” indicating that distribution is not possible in the distribution classification d4 related to the moving image identification number of this channel number. Is stored.
As a result of the processing in step S60, in the newly arrived moving image data table D5, moving images for which approval information for the visual terminal device has not been acquired by the approval manager are stored for each moving image identification number d1.

(Step S62)
When the moving image deletion program P62 of the distribution server 6a receives the channel number and the moving image identification number related to the “return” control command in step S59, the moving image deletion program P62 stores the channel number and the moving image identification number in the URL. Process to delete video with video. Then, control of the program is returned to step S51, and the operation for causing the approval manager to select the advertisement video again is performed.

  When the process of step S48 or step S60 is completed, the upload video approval process program P41 receives a process end command from the management server 2 and then there is a video for which approval information has not been acquired from the approval manager. Determine. If it still remains, display the display area Ka2 of the number of new videos in the video approval web page K1 as “−1”, and update the display of the channel number in the display area Ke. Then, control returns to step S45. As a result, the approval manager can view the next uploaded video and perform an operation of inputting approval information.

  Subsequently, the distribution requester operates the terminal device 1c composed of a personal computer to access the management server 2 and uploads the moving image stored in the terminal device 1c to request distribution, and the processing contents thereof. The outline of will be described. This processing procedure is as follows.

  (1) First, the distribution requester uses a digital video camera or the like to capture a moving image requested for distribution. Subsequently, the captured moving image file is stored in the external storage device of the terminal device 1c in the AVI format. Since the main purpose of this system is to view the requested moving image on the viewer's mobile phone 7a, the AVI format data stored in the external storage device of the terminal device 1c is the current mobile phone. In view of the above performance, the data capacity that can be viewed on the mobile phone 7a may be limited.

  (2) The distribution requester operates the terminal device 1c to access the video upload login page that the management server 2 discloses on the Internet 9. With this access, for example, the management server 2 displays a login Web page for a personal computer having the same format as the login page G2 shown in FIG. 11 on the terminal device 1c.

  (3) Subsequently, when the distribution requester performs an operation of inputting the user name and password to the login Web page and transmitting them to the management server 2, the management server 2 performs an authentication process for the distribution requester.

  (4) When the upload support program of the management server 2 determines that the authorized distribution requester has accessed, for example, the personal computer channel designation Web page G6 as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the distribution requester's terminal device 1c. The channel number set for the video uploaded by the distribution requester is acquired.

  (5) When the management server 2 obtains the channel number from the terminal device 1c of the distribution requester, the address of the destination of the mail server 3, which is a destination to which the moving image is attached and sent, the subject of the mail, and The mail displaying the date and time when this mail is transmitted is transmitted to the terminal device 1c of the distribution requester.

  (6) The distribution requester operates the terminal device 1c to send an e-mail attached with a video to be uploaded to the address of the e-mail server 3 that has been contacted by (5) above.

  Subsequent processing is performed in the same manner as in steps S31 to S62. In the mail reception process of the mail server 3 in step S31, if the data capacity of the moving image file transmitted from the terminal device 1c is larger than the preset capacity, a process of not accepting the reception of the moving image file is performed. Good.

[Video viewing request]
Next, a procedure for making a moving image distribution request by the viewer operating the viewing terminal device 7a using the system of the present invention will be described. This procedure can be performed, for example, according to the procedures described in (1) to (4) below. The system management operator uses a Web server 8 to transmit a Web page for a distribution request (program Web page) on which a title name of a moving image stored in the distribution server 6 a and a channel number thereof is stored, and the Internet 9 Publish above.

  (1) When the viewer operates the viewing terminal device 7a to display the program web page of the web server 8 and clicks the channel number that the user wants to watch, the web server 8 can acquire this channel number. Subsequently, the Web server 8 transmits this channel number to the management server 2 and makes a transmission request for the URL of the distribution server 6a that stores the moving image in which the channel number acquired by the distribution request is set.

(2) Upon receiving the transmission request for the URL of the distribution server 6a from the Web server 8, the management server 2 performs the following processing (a) to (d) by the distribution control program P24, and the requested distribution server 6a Information related to the URL can be obtained.
(A) Processing for determining whether or not the received channel number is registered in the channel number database D1 is performed. If the channel number is registered as a result of this determination, it is determined whether or not “1” is stored in the moving image distribution category a4 registered in the channel number database D1 corresponding to this channel number.

  (B) If “1” is stored in the moving image distribution category a4, it is determined that the moving image for which this channel number is set is currently being distributed, so the following processes (c) and (d) are performed.

  (C) Corresponding to the channel number acquired with the distribution request, the moving image identification number registered in the moving image identification number database D4 and having “1” stored in the distribution classification d4 d1 is taken out and stored in the storage device.

  (D) Subsequently, corresponding to the acquired channel number, information registered in the server classification a2 of the channel number database D1 is determined. And the process which calculates | requires URL (b3) of the delivery server registered into the server database D2 corresponding to the information registered into this server classification | category a2 is performed.

  (3) Subsequently, the distribution control program P24 obtains the acquired channel number, the video identification number d1 obtained in the process (c), and the URL (b3) of the distribution server 6a obtained in the process (d). Then, a process for obtaining the URL of the distribution server 6a storing the moving image requested for distribution is performed. This URL has the configuration of the URL (U1) described above. Then, the obtained URL of the distribution server 6 a is transmitted to the Web server 8.

  (4) When the Web server 8 acquires the URL of the distribution server 6a storing the moving image requested for distribution from the management server 2, the Web server 8 transmits this URL to the viewing terminal device 7a that requested the distribution. As a result, the viewing terminal device 7a can view the moving image requested for distribution. In addition, since the video related to the advertisement is combined with the start position and the end position in the video to be viewed, the viewer inevitably views the advertisement video, so the advertiser can obtain the advertising effect. It becomes possible.

  In the description of the embodiment described above, the video uploaded by the stock server 4 is temporarily stored, and regarding the distribution to the visual terminal device, the approval manager views the approval information indicating whether the distribution is possible or not in advance. Although the example in which the acquisition process and the process of combining the advertisement video with the moving image that has been approved for distribution are processed by one stock server has been described, these processes may be processed by separate servers.

  The stock server has described an example in which the stock server displays the video approval Web page K1 shown in FIG. 8 on the distribution approval apparatus so that the approval manager can view and acquire approval information indicating whether or not the distribution is possible. As shown in the video approval web page K2 shown in FIG. 19, the area for displaying the uploaded video, the advertisement video, and the video with the advertisement video is unified into one area h4, and the distribution requester inputs it to the mail. A process for displaying the text information, for example, the title of the moving image, in the area h5 may be performed. In order to display the text information in this area h5, the mail server 3 analyzes the text information of the acquired mail, extracts the title of the moving image, transmits the extracted text information to the management server 2, and uploads it. The information is transmitted to the stock server 4 together with the channel number, moving image identification number, etc. of the moving image.

  Further, the stock server 4 also transmits the extracted text information to the distribution server 6a for the video that has been approved for distribution, and the distribution server 6a uses the received text information for the channel number and video identification of the corresponding video. You may make it memorize | store in URL (U1) containing a number. When such processing is performed, the Web server 8 displays the latest information such as channel numbers, thumbnail images, title names, etc. as a list of videos that can be viewed on the distribution request Web page published on the Internet 9. It becomes possible.

  Further, the system according to the present invention may be a moving image distribution system that stores in a distribution server without performing a process of combining an advertisement image with a moving image that has been approved for distribution.

  It is a figure which shows an example of the system configuration | structure for implementing the system of this invention.   It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a structure of the program and database with which the server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data structure of the channel number database with which the management server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data structure of the server database with which the management server is provided.   Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data structure of the user database with which the management server is provided.   Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating an example of the data structure of the moving image identification number database with which the management server is provided.   Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating an example of a data structure of the newly arrived moving image data table with which the management server is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the web page for moving image approval displayed on the delivery approval apparatus shown in FIG.   It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure when a delivery requester performs user registration, and the procedure when accessing the management server and registering the body number of the mobile telephone which a delivery requester owns.   It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the user registration completion mail which the system management operator side sent with respect to the mobile telephone of the distribution requester who applied for user registration.   It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the web page for login which is a web page which a management server displays on a delivery requester's mobile telephone, and for uploading a moving image.   Similarly, the management server is a Web page displayed on the distribution requester's mobile phone, and is a diagram for explaining an example of a video upload Web page.   Similarly, the Web page displayed on the delivery requester's mobile phone by the management server, and the Web page for obtaining the delivery requester's consent to transmit (register) the machine number of the mobile phone 1 to the management server. It is a figure for demonstrating an example.   Similarly, it is a diagram for explaining an example of a Web page displayed on the distribution requester's mobile phone by the management server for notifying the completion of registration of the distribution requester's machine number.   In the system of this invention, it is a figure for demonstrating the flow of a process until a delivery requester transmits the moving image imaged with the mobile telephone to a mail server, and stores it in a stock server temporarily.   A Web page displayed on the delivery requester's mobile phone by the management server for supporting an operation of transmitting the uploaded video to the mail server in association with the channel number assigned to the delivery requester in advance. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of a page.   Similarly, an example of a Web page displayed on the delivery requester's mobile phone by the management server for requesting the mail server to send a mail with a moving image captured by the mobile phone will be described. FIG.   In the system of this invention, it is a figure for demonstrating the flow of a process after storing the uploaded moving image temporarily in a stock server until it stores in a delivery server.   It is a figure which shows another example about the web page for moving image approval displayed on a delivery approval apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1a, 1b: Distribution requester's mobile phone 1c, 1d: Distribution requester's terminal device 2: Management server 3: Mail server 4: Stock server 5: Distribution approval device 6a, 6b: Management server 7a, 7b: Viewer's Mobile phone (viewing terminal device)
7c: Viewer terminal device (viewing terminal device)
8: Web server (Web site)
9: Internet D1: Channel number database D2: Server database D3: User database D4: Video identification number database D5: New arrival information data table D11: Advertising video database K1, K2: Web page for video approval P21: Aircraft number acquisition program P22: Upload support program P23: Airframe number authentication program P24: Distribution control program P41: Upload video approval processing program P43: Advertising video combination program P61: Video storage processing program

Claims (8)

A stock server for storing a video uploaded from a terminal device of a distribution requester in association with a channel number set in advance for the distribution requester,
Access the stock server, display the uploaded video, view the displayed video, and input approval information regarding distribution permission or disapproval of distribution to the viewer's viewing terminal device A distribution approval device for transmitting the input approval information to the stock server;
A distribution server for storing the moving image obtained by the distribution approval device among the moving images uploaded to the stock server in a predetermined storage area associated with the channel number;
A moving image distribution system, wherein the moving image stored in the distribution server is distributed to the viewing terminal device. The stock server
Advertising video stored in the storage device,
An advertisement video combining means for creating a video with an advertisement video by combining the advertisement video with the video obtained by acquiring the distribution permission approval information by the distribution approval device;
The moving image distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the moving image with the advertisement video is transmitted to the distribution server. A terminal device of a distribution requester who accesses the management server and uploads a video to the stock server;
Upload support means for performing a process of uploading the uploaded video to the stock server in association with a channel number set in advance by the distribution requester, and to the viewer's viewing terminal device for the uploaded video The management server having a channel number database registered in association with the channel number, the URL of the distribution server that stores the video that has received the distribution permission;
Access the stock server, display the uploaded video, view the displayed video, and input approval information regarding distribution permission or disapproval of distribution to the viewer's viewing terminal device A distribution approval device having first viewing approval means for transmitting the input approval information to the stock server;
The distribution server that stores the moving image obtained by the distribution approval device out of the moving image uploaded to the stock server in the URL of the distribution server including the channel number. ,
The moving image distribution request is made when the management server acquires the channel number associated with the distribution requested moving image based on the access of the Web server of the viewing terminal device. Video distribution system. The stock server
A plurality of types of advertisement videos stored in the storage device;
Advertising video selection for selecting the advertising video to be combined with the leading edge or the trailing edge of the moving image or the leading edge and the trailing edge of the moving picture obtained from the distribution approval device with the distribution permission approval information from the plurality of types of advertising videos Means,
Advertising video combining means for combining the advertising video selected by the advertising video selection means with the video obtained from the distribution permission approval information to create a video with advertising video,
The moving image distribution system according to claim 3, wherein the moving image with advertisement video is transmitted to the distribution server. The distribution approval device includes:
Means for accessing the distribution server, linking to the video transmitted from the stock server to the distribution server, and displaying the linked video;
A second viewing approval means for viewing the displayed video and inputting information relating to distribution permission or distribution disapproval to the viewing terminal device;
The distribution server includes means for deleting a moving image obtained by acquiring information related to the distribution non-permission by the second viewing approval unit from the URL storage area of the distribution server. 3. The moving image distribution system according to 3.   5. The moving image distribution system according to claim 4, wherein the advertisement video selection means includes means for linking to a storage area for storing the selected advertisement video and displaying the linked advertisement video. .   The moving image distribution system according to any one of claims 3, 5, and 6, wherein the first and second viewing approval means are constituted by Web pages. The terminal device of the distribution requester is composed of a mobile phone having an Internet connection and a moving image capturing function,
The management server
For each user ID of the delivery requester, a user database in which the machine number of the mobile phone of the delivery requester is registered;
When the distribution requester accesses the management server to upload the video stored in the mobile phone to the stock server, the machine number of the mobile phone is acquired and the acquired machine number A body number authentication means for determining whether or not is registered in the user database;
The moving image distribution system according to claim 3, further comprising:

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