US-12619967-B2 - Content delivery apparatus, content delivery method, and content delivery program

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Abstract

A content acquisition unit extracts a divided block having an evaluation value equal to or more than a threshold value from among content in which each of divided blocks is associated with an evaluation value and is managed by a content asset management apparatus, and acquires the extracted divided block as delivery data. When a user pays a usage fee to receive the delivery of the extracted divided block, a delivery control unit performs control to deliver the delivery data to a user terminal of the user.

Inventors

Jiro Uzaki

Assignees

JVCKENWOOD CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20240920
Priority Date: 20220322

Claims (6)

1 . A content delivery apparatus comprising: a content acquisition unit configured to: when an instruction to deliver a divided block having an evaluation value equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value is received from a user, extract, from a content asset management apparatus, one or more divided blocks having evaluation values equal to or more than the threshold value from among content in which each divided block, from a plurality of divided blocks obtained by dividing the content into a plurality of blocks, is associated with an evaluation value and is managed by the content asset management apparatus, and acquire the extracted divided blocks as delivery data; and a delivery control unit configured to, when the user pays a usage fee to receive the delivery of the extracted divided blocks, perform control to deliver the delivery data to a user terminal of the user, the evaluation value is an aggregation evaluation value by aggregating evaluation values obtained by one or more evaluators evaluating one or more of the plurality of divided blocks for each divided block, the content asset management apparatus manages auxiliary information indicating an evaluation time condition that is at least one of a season, a time of day, and a location when each evaluator of the one or more evaluators evaluates one or more divided blocks from the plurality of divided blocks, and the content asset management apparatus manages an aggregation evaluation value obtained by aggregating evaluation values for each evaluation time condition indicated by the auxiliary information as an evaluation value for each of the divided blocks, and when the instruction to deliver the divided block having the evaluation value equal to or more than the threshold value is received from the user, the content acquisition unit is configured to extract the one or more divided blocks having the evaluation values equal to or more than the threshold value, based on the aggregation evaluation value for each evaluation time condition.
2 . The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when an instruction to deliver a whole of the content is received from the user, the content acquisition unit acquires delivery data of the whole of the content from the content asset management apparatus, and when the user pays a usage fee to receive the delivery of the whole of the content, the delivery control unit delivers the delivery data of the whole of the content to the user terminal.
3 . The content delivery apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the content asset management apparatus manages a rights holder for each of the divided blocks, the content delivery apparatus further comprising: a data acquisition unit configured to, when an instruction to deliver the divided blocks or the content is received from the user, acquire data indicating a rights holder of each of the divided blocks from the content asset management apparatus, wherein after the content acquisition unit acquires delivery data of two or more divided blocks, and the delivery control unit ends the delivery of the delivery data, the delivery control unit delivers information collectively indicating rights holders of the two or more divided blocks acquired by the data acquisition unit to the user terminal.
4 . A content delivery apparatus comprising: a data acquisition unit configured to, when an instruction to deliver content is received from a user, acquire data indicating whether the delivery is possible for each divided block, from a plurality of divided blocks obtained by dividing the content into a plurality of blocks, from a content asset management apparatus that manages the content; a notification unit configured to, when the content includes a divided block which is not deliverable, notify the user that the content includes the divided block which is not deliverable and inquires the user whether the user allows to receive replacement delivery of content without the divided block which is not deliverable in which the divided block which is not deliverable is replaced with a similar divided block; a content acquisition unit configured to acquire delivery data of a divided block without the divided block which is not deliverable from the content asset management apparatus; and a delivery control unit configured to extract, from among the divided blocks which are deliverable of the content, a divided block similar to the divided block which is not deliverable, and to perform control to deliver the replacement delivery data acquired by the content acquisition unit in which the divided block which is not deliverable is replaced with the divided block similar to the divided block which is not deliverable to a user terminal of the user, when the user responds to the notification unit that the user allows to receive the replacement delivery of the content without the divided block which is not deliverable and the user pays a usage fee for receiving the replacement delivery of the content.
5 . The content delivery apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the content asset management apparatus manages an evaluation value for each of the divided blocks, and the delivery control unit performs control to deliver combination content obtained by combining two or more divided blocks, based on an evaluation value of each divided block of the plurality of divided blocks.
6 . A content delivery apparatus comprising: a data acquisition unit configured to, when an instruction to deliver combination content is received from a user, the combination content being obtained by combining two or more divided blocks of a plurality of divided blocks obtained by dividing content into a plurality of blocks, acquire data indicating whether to permit combination with other divided blocks for each of the divided blocks from a content asset management apparatus that manages the content; a content acquisition unit configured to acquire delivery data of the divided blocks of the combination content from the content asset management apparatus; and a delivery control unit configured to perform control to deliver the delivery data acquired by the content acquisition unit to a user terminal of the user, when all of the divided blocks included in the combination content are permitted to be combined with other divided blocks and the user pays a usage fee for receiving delivery of the combination content, wherein the content asset management apparatus manages auxiliary information indicating an evaluation time condition that is at least one of a season, a time of day, and a location when each evaluator of one or more evaluators evaluates one or more divided blocks from the plurality of divided blocks, and the content asset management apparatus manages an aggregation evaluation value obtained by aggregating evaluation values for each evaluation time condition indicated by the auxiliary information as an evaluation value for each of the divided blocks, and when an instruction to deliver a divided block having an evaluation value equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value is received from the user, the content acquisition unit is configured to extract one or more divided blocks having evaluation values equal to or more than the predetermined threshold value, based on the aggregation evaluation value for each evaluation time condition.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of PCT Application No. PCT/JP2023/009753, filed on Mar. 14, 2023, and claims the priority of Japanese Patent Applications No. 2022-045848, No. 2022-045849, No. 2022-045850, No. 2022-045851, No. 2022-045852, No. 2022-045853, No. 2022-045854, No. 2022-045855, No. 2022-045856, and No. 2022-045857, filed on Mar. 22, 2022, the entire contents of all of which are incorporated herein by reference. BACKGROUND The present disclosure relates to a content delivery apparatus, a content delivery method, and a content delivery program. Assuming that a musical piece is an example of content, when a lyricist and a musical composer create a musical piece, the lyricist and the musical composer are authors of the musical piece and hold copyright thereof. The content may be divided into a plurality of blocks, and proprietary rights (right of copyrighted work) that are a part of the copyright may be assigned to a third party by a contract for each of the plurality of blocks. Further, if the content is not a copyrighted work, or even if the content is a copyrighted work, when the author holds part or all of the copyright (right of copyrighted work), property rights of divided blocks of the content, or a legal status equivalent to the property rights (certain proprietary rights), may be assigned to a third party. SUMMARY There are demands for a content asset management apparatus, a content asset management method, and a content asset management program, or a content delivery apparatus, a content delivery method, and a content delivery program, which are suitable when content is divided into a plurality of divided blocks and a rights holder is set for each of the divided blocks. A first aspect of one or more embodiments provides a content delivery apparatus including: a content acquisition unit configured to: when an instruction to deliver a divided block having an evaluation value equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value is received from a user, extract, from a content asset management apparatus, one or more divided blocks having evaluation values equal to or more than the threshold value from among content in which each divided block, from a plurality of divided blocks obtained by dividing the content into a plurality of blocks, is associated with an evaluation value and is managed by the content asset management apparatus, and acquire the extracted divided blocks as delivery data; and a delivery control unit configured to, when the user pays a usage fee to receive the delivery of the extracted divided blocks, perform control to deliver the delivery data to a user terminal of the user. A second aspect of one or more embodiments provides a content delivery apparatus including: a data acquisition unit configured to, when an instruction to deliver content is received from a user, acquire data indicating whether the delivery is possible for each divided block, from a plurality of divided blocks obtained by dividing the content into a plurality of blocks, from a content asset management apparatus that manages the content; a notification unit configured to, when the content includes a divided block which is not deliverable, notify the user that the content includes the divided block which is not deliverable and inquires the user whether the user allows to receive delivery of content without the divided block which is not deliverable; a content acquisition unit configured to acquire delivery data of a divided block without the divided block which is not deliverable from the content asset management apparatus; and a delivery control unit configured to perform control to deliver the delivery data acquired by the content acquisition unit to a user terminal of the user, when the user responds to the notification unit that the user allows to receive delivery of the content without the divided block which is not deliverable and the user pays a usage fee for receiving the delivery of the content. A third aspect of one or more embodiments provides a content delivery apparatus including: a data acquisition unit configured to, when an instruction to deliver combination content is received from a user, the combination content being obtained by combining two or more divided blocks of a plurality of divided blocks obtained by dividing content into a plurality of blocks, acquire data indicating whether to permit combination with other divided blocks for each of the divided blocks from a content asset management apparatus that manages the content; a content acquisition unit configured to acquire delivery data of the divided blocks of the combination content from the content asset management apparatus; and a delivery control unit configured to perform control to deliver the delivery data acquired by the content acquisition unit to a user terminal of the user, when all of the divided blocks included in the combination content are permitted to be combined with other