Sponsorship management system for supporting automatic music playback for signature sponsorship in real-time streaming broadcast

Abstract

A sponsorship management system for a real-time streaming broadcast according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a broadcaster interface unit which manages a viewer's sponsorship to a broadcaster in a real-time streaming broadcast including a broadcaster terminal including broadcasting equipment, a viewer terminal for watching a real-time streaming broadcast of the broadcaster, and a streaming server for relaying the real-time streaming broadcast of the broadcaster, and communicates with the broadcaster terminal through a network; a viewer interface unit for communicating with the viewer terminal through the network; a signature sponsorship input unit for receiving a signature list from the broadcaster terminal through the broadcaster interface unit, wherein the signature list includes a plurality of signature data in which a signature sponsorship amount and signature playback music are matched; a signature sponsorship storage unit for receiving and storing the signature list from the signature sponsorship input unit; and a signature sponsorship output unit for transmitting a music playback control signal for allowing the signature playback music to be automatically played in the broadcaster terminal to the broadcaster terminal through the broadcaster interface unit.

Description

A sponsorship management system that supports autoplay of music for signature sponsorships during live streaming broadcasts.

[0001] The disclosed content relates to a sponsorship management system for a live streaming broadcast that automatically plays music for a signature sponsorship when a viewer sponsors a broadcaster through a live streaming broadcast.

[0002] Unless otherwise indicated herein, the materials described in this section are not prior art to the claims of this application, and their inclusion in this section is not intended to be admitted as prior art.

[0003] In streaming, signature sponsorships are a crucial means of generating stable revenue for broadcasters and strengthening relationships with viewers. Sponsorships allow viewers to directly provide financial support to broadcasters, thereby supporting their ongoing content creation efforts. Unlike traditional sponsorships, signature sponsorships offer special benefits and incentives to encourage greater viewer engagement.

[0004] Performing dance missions as part of a signature sponsorship on a streaming broadcast is a unique way to maximize viewer interaction and add fun to the content. Dance missions involve viewers donating a certain amount to a broadcaster, who then performs a dance at the request of the viewer who donated. This provides significant satisfaction to the sponsor and can contribute to increased interest in the broadcast.

[0005] One of the key features of the Dance Mission Signature sponsorship is its ability to motivate sponsors. By having the broadcaster perform a dance mission at the sponsor's request, viewers are encouraged to participate. This provides a sense of fun and engagement that goes beyond simple sponsorship, potentially encouraging more viewers to participate.

[0006] Dance missions also enhance interaction between broadcasters and viewers. Supporters can request their favorite or trending dances, and broadcasters can perform them, strengthening their bond with viewers. While the broadcaster dances, viewers can chat in real time and enjoy the experience of completing the dance missions together.

[0007] To promote Dance Mission Signature Sponsorship, broadcasters can set up a dance mission as a form of sponsorship and announce it early in the broadcast or through social media. Broadcasters typically display a list of sponsorship amounts and music tracks on a portion of their live stream, allowing viewers to view the list and make a signature sponsorship. In such cases, the live stream screen is partially obscured by the displayed list, which can interfere with viewers' viewing of the broadcaster's live stream.

[0008] Viewers can view a list displayed on the live stream and donate the amount corresponding to the dance mission they desire. In this case, viewers must manually check the list displayed on the live stream and manually enter the donation amount for the dance mission they desire in the donation menu, which can be inconvenient.

[0009] The disclosed content aims to provide a sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasts, in order to solve the aforementioned problems, by allowing broadcasters to share a signature list regarding signature sponsorship with viewers without exposing it to a portion of the real-time streaming broadcast screen, and by allowing signature music corresponding to the mission of the signature sponsorship selected by the viewer to be automatically played.

[0010] A sponsorship management system for a real-time streaming broadcast according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can manage sponsorship of viewers for a broadcaster in a real-time streaming broadcast, which is composed of a broadcaster terminal including broadcasting equipment, a viewer terminal that watches the broadcaster's real-time streaming broadcast, and a streaming server that relays the broadcaster's real-time streaming broadcast. The sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting of the present disclosure includes a broadcaster interface unit for communicating with a broadcaster terminal through a network, a viewer interface unit for communicating with a viewer terminal through a network, a sig sponsorship input unit for receiving a sig list from the broadcaster terminal through the broadcaster interface unit, the sig list including a plurality of sig data in which a signature sponsorship amount and a signature playback music are matched, a sig sponsorship storage unit for receiving and storing the sig list from the sig sponsorship input unit, and a sig sponsorship output unit for transmitting a music playback control signal to the broadcaster terminal through the broadcaster interface unit so that the signature playback music is automatically played in the broadcaster terminal, wherein the sig list is transmitted to the viewer terminal through the viewer interface unit, and when at least one sig data of the sig list is received from the viewer terminal through the viewer interface unit, the sig sponsorship output unit transmits the received sig data and viewer information corresponding to the viewer terminal to the broadcaster terminal through the broadcaster interface unit, and corresponding to the sig data A music playback control signal that causes the signature playback music to be automatically played on the broadcast terminal can be transmitted to the broadcast terminal through the broadcast interface unit.

[0011] The sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting according to an embodiment of the present disclosure allows a broadcaster to share a signature list regarding signature sponsorship with a viewer without exposing the signature list to a portion of the real-time streaming broadcast screen, so that the viewer can watch the real-time streaming broadcasting without inconvenience caused by exposing the signature list to a portion of the real-time streaming broadcast screen.

[0012] The sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can automatically play signature music corresponding to the mission of the signature sponsorship selected by the viewer on the broadcaster's terminal, so that the broadcaster can perform the mission in accordance with the automatically played signature music without any separate action.

[0013] The effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects described above, and should be understood to include all effects that can be inferred from the detailed description of the present invention or the composition of the invention described in the claims.

[0014] FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a real-time streaming broadcast including a sponsorship management system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0015] Figure 2 is a configuration diagram of a sponsorship management system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG. 3 is an example of a siglist of a sponsorship management system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

[0017] Hereinafter, the embodiments disclosed in this specification will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. Regardless of the drawing numbers, identical or similar components will be given the same reference numbers, and redundant descriptions thereof will be omitted. The suffixes "module" and "part" used for components in the following description are assigned or used interchangeably only for the convenience of writing the specification, and do not in themselves have distinct meanings or roles. In addition, when describing the embodiments disclosed in this specification, if it is determined that a specific description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the attached drawings are only intended to facilitate easy understanding of the embodiments disclosed in this specification, and the technical ideas disclosed in this specification are not limited by the attached drawings, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

[0018] Terms that include ordinal numbers, such as first, second, etc., may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by these terms. These terms are used solely to distinguish one component from another.

[0019] In this application, terms such as “include” or “have” are intended to specify the presence of a feature, number, step, operation, component, part or combination thereof described in the specification, but should be understood not to exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

[0020]

[0021] Hereinafter, a sponsorship management system (100) for real-time streaming broadcasting according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to drawings.

[0022]

[0023] FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a real-time streaming broadcast including a sponsorship management system (100) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 1, the real-time streaming broadcast is comprised of a broadcaster terminal (10) including broadcasting equipment, a viewer terminal (20) that watches the broadcaster's real-time streaming broadcast, and a streaming server (30) that relays the broadcaster's real-time streaming broadcast.

[0024] The broadcast terminal (10) includes broadcasting equipment. The broadcasting equipment is a video equipment capable of acquiring video and audio, and may be a webcam, a video camera, etc. The broadcasting equipment is interfaced with the broadcast terminal (10), and the video and audio acquired from the broadcasting equipment are transmitted to the broadcast terminal (10). The broadcast terminal (10) encodes the video and audio acquired from the broadcasting equipment to generate video and audio data, and then transmits the video and audio data to a streaming server (30) via a network. The broadcast terminal (10) may be a PC, laptop, tablet, mobile phone, etc. capable of connecting to a network and communicating, and the network may be a 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and future 6G mobile communication network and / or a TCP / IP-based data network, or may be an IP-based private communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WiFi network.

[0025] The streaming server (30) transmits video and audio data received from the broadcast terminal (10) to the viewer terminal (20) via a network. The streaming server (30) may be a single large-capacity computing device composed of a CPU and memory, or may be a collection of such large-capacity computing devices.

[0026] The viewer terminal (20) receives video and audio data from the streaming server (30) via a network. The received video and audio data are decoded by the viewer terminal (20), and the video and audio are displayed on the screen of the viewer terminal (20). The viewer terminal (20) may be a PC, laptop, tablet, mobile phone, etc. that can connect to a network and communicate.

[0027] The sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure can communicate with a broadcaster terminal (10) and a viewer terminal (20) via a network. The sponsorship management system (100) can perform functions such as payment for the sponsorship amount and provision of the sponsorship amount to the broadcaster when a viewer sponsors a broadcaster while watching a real-time streaming broadcast on the viewer terminal (20). The sponsorship management system (100) may be a single large-capacity computing device comprised of a CPU and memory, or may be a collection of such large-capacity computing devices. The functions of the components that constitute the sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure, which will be described later, may be implemented in the sponsorship management system (100) in the form of hardware or software.

[0028] FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a sponsorship management system (100) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, and FIG. 3 is an example of a siglist of the sponsorship management system (100) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 2, the sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure includes a broadcaster interface unit (110), a viewer interface unit (120), a sig sponsorship input unit (130), a sig sponsorship storage unit (140), and a sig sponsorship output unit (150).

[0029] The broadcast interface unit (110) can communicate with the broadcast terminal (10) via a network. As described above, the network may be a 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and future 6G mobile communication network and / or a TCP / IP-based data network, or may be an IP-based private communication network such as a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WiFi network, and the broadcast interface unit (110) may include a communication module that supports a communication method corresponding to the method by which the sponsorship management system (100) connects to the network.

[0030] The viewer interface unit (120) can communicate with the viewer terminal (20) via a network. Like the broadcaster interface unit (110), the viewer interface unit (120) can include a communication module that supports a communication method corresponding to the method by which the sponsorship management system (100) connects to the network, and the viewer interface unit (120) can also share the communication module included in the broadcaster interface unit (110).

[0031] The sig sponsorship input unit (130) can receive a sig list from the broadcaster terminal (10) through the broadcaster interface unit (110). For example, the broadcaster can input the signature sponsorship amount and the signature playback music through the signature sponsorship setting menu displayed on the screen of the broadcaster terminal (10), and when the broadcaster completes the input and clicks the icon corresponding to “setting complete” in the signature sponsorship setting menu, the broadcaster terminal (10) can transmit a sig list including at least one sig data matching the signature sponsorship amount and the signature playback music to the sig sponsorship input unit (130). Referring to FIG. 3, the sig list described above is a set of sig data matching the signature sponsorship amount and the signature playback music. The sig sponsorship input unit (130) transmits the input sig list to the sig sponsorship storage unit (140) described later.

[0032] The sig sponsor storage unit (140) stores the sig list received from the sig sponsor input unit (130). The sig sponsor storage unit (140) can store the received sig list in the form of a database (DB).

[0033] The signal sponsorship output unit (150) transmits a music playback control signal to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) so that the signature playback music is automatically played on the broadcast terminal (10). The process by which the signature playback music is automatically played on the broadcast terminal (10) is as follows.

[0034] The siglist stored in the sig sponsorship storage unit (140) is transmitted to the viewer terminal (20) through the viewer interface unit (120). The viewer selects at least one sigdata corresponding to the desired signature mission from the siglist received by the viewer terminal (20). As an example, the viewer can select at least one sigdata corresponding to the desired signature mission through the signature sponsorship menu displayed on the screen of the viewer terminal (20). When the viewer selects the sigdata and clicks the icon corresponding to “Sponsor” in the signature sponsorship menu, the viewer terminal (20) can transmit at least one sigdata matching the signature sponsorship amount and the signature playback music to the sig sponsorship output unit (150) through the viewer interface unit (120). In this way, the broadcaster shares the siglist with the viewer without exposing the siglist on a portion of the live streaming broadcast screen, so that the viewer can watch the broadcaster's live streaming broadcast without the inconvenience of the siglist being exposed on a portion of the live streaming broadcast screen. In addition, the viewer can make a signature sponsorship to the broadcaster without the inconvenience of having to input the sponsorship amount one by one by selecting the sigdata corresponding to the desired mission from the signature sponsorship menu displayed on the screen of the viewer terminal (20).

[0035] When at least one sig data of the sig list is received from the viewer terminal (20) through the viewer interface unit (120) in the sig sponsorship output unit (150), the sig sponsorship output unit (150) transmits the received sig data and viewer information corresponding to the viewer terminal (20) to the broadcaster terminal (10) through the broadcaster interface unit (110). Here, the viewer information may be stored in a storage unit related to member management of the sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure, and the sig sponsorship output unit (150) may receive the viewer information from the aforementioned storage unit. As an example, the viewer information may be a nickname of a viewer corresponding to the viewer terminal (20).

[0036] The signal support output unit (150) can transmit the received signal data and viewer information corresponding to the viewer terminal (20) to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110), and then transmit a music playback control signal to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) so that the signature playback music corresponding to the signal data is automatically played in the broadcast terminal (10). As an example, the aforementioned music playback control signal may be a command to play a music file for the signature playback music stored in the broadcast terminal (10). As an example, the aforementioned music playback control signal may be a command to cause the broadcast terminal (10) to connect to a music streaming server (e.g., YouTube Music, Genie Music, Melon, etc.) and stream the signature playback music. In this way, since the signature playback music is played on the broadcast terminal (10) without any separate action by the broadcaster, the broadcaster can easily perform thank-you comments and dance missions for the viewers who supported him.

[0037] The sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure can support a viewer's preview of signature playback music. When the sig sponsorship output unit (150) receives a preview signal for signature playback music corresponding to at least one sig data of the sig list from the viewer terminal (20) through the viewer interface unit (120), the sig sponsorship output unit (150) can transmit a music playback control signal to the viewer terminal (20) through the viewer interface unit (120) so that the signature playback music is automatically played on the viewer terminal (20). As an example, a viewer can select at least one sig data corresponding to a desired signature mission through a signature sponsorship menu displayed on the screen of a viewer terminal (20), and when the viewer clicks an icon corresponding to “preview” in the signature sponsorship menu, the viewer terminal (20) transmits a preview signal to the sig sponsorship output unit (150) through the viewer interface unit (120), and the sig sponsorship output unit (150) can transmit a music playback control signal to the viewer terminal (20) through the viewer interface unit (120) so that the signature playback music is automatically played on the viewer terminal (20). Here, the music playback control signal is the same as that which automatically plays the signature playback music on the broadcaster terminal (10), and a detailed description thereof is omitted.

[0038] The sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure can support random play music as signature play music. When a viewer selects sig data including random play music from among the sig lists displayed on the screen of the viewer terminal (20), the sig sponsorship output unit (150) can transmit a music play control signal to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) so that any one of the signature play musics of the sig data included in the sig list is randomly selected and the selected signature play music is automatically played on the broadcast terminal (10). That is, the signature play music included in the sig data can include random play music in which any one of the signature play musics of the sig data included in the sig list is randomly selected and played.

[0039] The sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure supports a function of postponing playback of the second signature playback music until the first signature playback music is completed when receiving signature data and viewer information corresponding to the subsequent signature playback music (hereinafter referred to as “second signature playback music”) while the previous signature playback music (hereinafter referred to as “first signature playback music”) is being played. When the sig data of at least one sig list is received from the viewer terminal (20) through the viewer interface unit (120) while the first signature playback music is being played on the broadcast terminal (10), the sig support output unit (150) can transmit a music playback control signal to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) after the first signature playback music is finished being played on the broadcast terminal (10) so that the second signature playback music corresponding to the sig data is played on the broadcast terminal (10). Of course, the sig support output unit (150) can transmit the sig data including the second signature playback music and viewer information to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) while the first signature playback music is being played on the broadcast terminal (10) or after the playback is finished.

[0040] The sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure can support a function of counting down for a certain period of time before the signature playback music is played on the broadcaster terminal (10). The sign sponsorship input unit (130) can receive time setting data for counting down for a certain period of time before or simultaneously with the playback of the signature playback music from the broadcaster terminal (10) through the broadcaster interface unit (110). As an example, the broadcaster can input the time setting data through the signature sponsorship setting menu displayed on the screen of the broadcaster terminal (10), and when the broadcaster completes the input and clicks an icon corresponding to “setting complete” in the signature sponsorship setting menu, the broadcaster terminal (10) can transmit the time setting data to the sign sponsorship input unit (130). The sign sponsorship storage unit (140) can receive and store the time setting data from the sign sponsorship input unit (130). The signal sponsorship output unit (150) can transmit a signal playback control signal for counting down a certain period of time based on time setting data to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) before or simultaneously with transmitting a music playback control signal to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) so that the signature playback music is automatically played on the broadcast terminal (10). Of course, the signal sponsorship output unit (150) can transmit signal data and viewer information together with the signal playback control signal. As an example, the signal playback control signal can be a command for the broadcast terminal (10) to access a sound file for counting down stored in a storage unit of files related to music or sound of the sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure and stream the sound file for counting down. When the signal playback control signal is transmitted to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110) before or simultaneously with the signal playback control signal being transmitted to the broadcast terminal (10) through the broadcast interface unit (110), the broadcast terminal (10) can process the signal playback control signal first and stream a file related to a sound that counts down for a certain period of time, and then process the music playback control signal.In this way, broadcasters can be given time to prepare for dance missions after recognizing Sigdata's signature playback music, which allows broadcasters to easily perform thank-you messages and dance missions for viewers.

[0041] The time setting data can be time data in the range of 3 to 15 seconds, and preferably 4 to 5 seconds. If the time setting data is too long, the viewers will have to wait a long time, which may make the broadcaster's live streaming broadcast boring. On the other hand, if the time setting data is too short, the broadcaster will have too little time to prepare for the dance mission after recognizing the signature playback music, which may make it difficult for the broadcaster to perform the thank-you message and dance magic smoothly.

[0042] The sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure may further include a signature sponsorship payment unit (not shown in the drawing). The signature sponsorship payment unit functions to process payments for the sponsorship amount provided by a viewer through signature sponsorship.

[0043] When the SIG sponsorship payment unit receives SIG data from the viewer terminal (20) through the viewer interface unit (120), it processes the payment for the sponsorship amount corresponding to the SIG data. For example, if the sponsorship amount is cash paid by credit card, the SIG sponsorship payment unit can access the server of the corresponding credit card company to process the payment, and if the broadcaster succeeds in the dance mission corresponding to the SIG data, the SIG sponsorship payment unit can transfer cash corresponding to the sponsorship amount to a pre-designated bank account of the broadcaster. For example, if the sponsorship amount is a virtual cash used in the streaming server (30), the SIG sponsorship payment unit can access the streaming server (30) and transfer the virtual cash provided by the viewer to the member information ID of the sponsorship management system (100) of the present disclosure, and if the broadcaster succeeds in the dance mission corresponding to the SIG data, the SIG sponsorship payment unit can transfer the virtual cash corresponding to the sponsorship amount to the member information ID of the broadcaster.

[0044]

[0045] The disclosed content is merely an example, and various modifications and implementations can be made by a person skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the claims claimed in the patent, so the scope of protection of the disclosed content is not limited to the specific embodiments described above.

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[0047] Description of the symbol

[0048] 10: Broadcast terminal

[0049] 20: Viewer terminal

[0050] 30: Streaming Server

[0051] 100: Sponsorship Management System

[0052] 110: Broadcaster Interface Department

[0053] 120: Viewer Interface Section

[0054] 130: Sig sponsorship input section

[0055] 140: Sig Sponsored Storage

[0056] 150: Sig Sponsor Output Unit

Claims

1. In a sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting, which manages viewer sponsorship for a broadcaster in a real-time streaming broadcasting consisting of a broadcaster terminal including broadcasting equipment, a viewer terminal for watching the broadcaster's real-time streaming broadcast, and a streaming server for relaying the broadcaster's real-time streaming broadcast, A broadcast interface unit that communicates with the above broadcast terminal through a network; A viewer interface unit that communicates with the viewer terminal through a network; A sig sponsorship input unit that receives a sig list from the above broadcast terminal through the above broadcast interface unit - the sig list includes a plurality of sig data in which a signature sponsorship amount and a signature playback music are matched -; A sig sponsor storage unit that receives and stores the sig list from the sig sponsor input unit; and It includes a signal support output unit that transmits a music playback control signal to the broadcast terminal through the broadcast interface unit so that the above-mentioned signature playback music is automatically played on the broadcast terminal; The above siglist is transmitted to the viewer terminal through the viewer interface unit, A sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting, wherein when at least one sig data of the sig list is received from the viewer terminal through the viewer interface unit, the sig sponsorship output unit transmits the received sig data and viewer information corresponding to the viewer terminal to the broadcaster terminal through the broadcaster interface unit, and transmits the music playback control signal to the broadcaster terminal through the broadcaster interface unit so that the signature playback music corresponding to the sig data is automatically played on the broadcaster terminal.

2. In claim 1, A sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting, characterized in that, when the sig sponsorship output unit receives a preview signal for signature playback music corresponding to at least one sig data among the sig list from the viewer terminal through the viewer interface unit, the sig sponsorship output unit transmits a music playback control signal to the viewer terminal through the viewer interface unit so that the signature playback music is automatically played on the viewer terminal.

3. In claim 1, A sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting, characterized in that the signature playback music included in the above signal data includes random playback music in which one of the signature playback musics of the signal data included in the signal list is randomly selected and played.

4. In claim 1, A sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting, characterized in that, when the above-mentioned sig sponsorship output unit receives at least one sig data from the sig list from the viewer terminal through the viewer interface unit while the first signature playback music is being played on the broadcast terminal, the sig sponsorship output unit transmits a music playback control signal to the broadcast terminal through the broadcast interface unit so that the second signature playback music corresponding to the sig data is played on the broadcast terminal after the first signature playback music is finished being played on the broadcast terminal.

5. In claim 1, The above-mentioned signal sponsorship input section receives time setting data for counting down a certain amount of time before the signature playback music is played from the above-mentioned broadcast terminal through the above-mentioned broadcast interface section, The above-mentioned sig sponsor storage unit receives and stores the time setting data from the above-mentioned sig sponsor input unit, A sponsorship management system for real-time streaming broadcasting, characterized in that the signal sponsorship output unit transmits a signal playback control signal for counting down a certain period of time based on the time setting data to the broadcast terminal through the broadcast interface unit before or simultaneously with transmitting a music playback control signal to the broadcast terminal through the broadcast interface unit so that the signature playback music is automatically played on the broadcast terminal.

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