Member Display Layout for Server-Mediated Image Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network services, such as gaming and conference systems, lack a simple mechanism for users to share images in a way that enhances communication among participants.
Innovation Solution
An information processing device that connects to a management server to acquire member states, generates a member displaying field with different regions for image and non-image transmitting users, and sends a watching request to a distribution server to share images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a mechanism for sharing images is implemented in existing network services, then communication among participants is enhanced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary that manages image sharing between users. The server receives image data from one user, stores it temporarily, and distributes it to other users in the communication session. This mediator approach allows image sharing functionality to be added without increasing the complexity of individual user devices, as the complex management functions are centralized on the server side.
Solution Approach 2:
The server in the patent performs multiple functions: it manages communication sessions, stores image data, distributes images to multiple users, and handles user authentication. By making the server multi-functional, the patent avoids adding separate dedicated systems for each function, thereby limiting the increase in overall system complexity while achieving enhanced adaptability through image sharing.
2Device complexity
If image sharing is implemented without a server (P2P), then system complexity is reduced, but reliability and management capability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a server as a mediator that coordinates image sharing between users. The server receives images from transmitting users, manages the distribution to receiving users, and handles session management. This intermediary approach maintains reliability and management capability by centralizing control functions, while the actual image transmission can occur efficiently between peers or through the server depending on the implementation.
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AI summary
A state information acquisition section 164c acquires, from a management server, information indicating states of a plurality of members. A room image generation section 124c generates, on the basis of the information indicating the state of the plurality of members, a member displaying field in which information regarding a member transmitting an image and information regarding a member transmitting no image are included in different regions. A reception section 104c receives an operation of selecting a member transmitting an image. A request transmission section 180c sends a watching request including information for identifying the selected member to the management server or a distribution server that distributes an image.