BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a video-related chat message management server and a video-related chat message management program, and more specifically, to a video-related chat message management server and a video-related chat message management program, which can display a chat message synchronized with a playback time of a specific video content when the specific video content is played back.

2. Description of the Related Art

In recent years, networks, multimedia, communication terminals, platform technologies, etc. have rapidly developed, and video contents can be stored and utilized in a virtual space on a network called a cloud. Accordingly, users can enjoy various video contents anytime and anywhere, regardless of time, playback devices, or places.

As a streaming technique, which is one of techniques for transmitting and playing multimedia files such as videos, or a video transmission technique for transmitting a video in a chunk unit has been developed, a user can play back video contents while downloading the video contents or without downloading the video contents. As a result, consumption for video contents has greatly increased. In particular, due to the widespread propagation of wireless communication terminals such as smart devices, the consumption of video contents continues to increase exponentially even now. Accordingly, competition among video content providers that provide video contents is also getting fiercer.

Meanwhile, a user who consumes the video contents wants to share opinions or empathize with other users in real time through chat, rather than simply watching video contents unilaterally provided from a content provider.

However, if users who watch video contents want to chat or express their opinions, the users need to check the video contents while displaying the video contents till the end of the video contents, unlike text contents where users can check all the contents at once, so there is a problem in that the communication effect is relatively poor compared to the chat added to the contents consisting of the texts.

For example, if a chat message about the video contents that the users watch is displayed on a chat window, it is difficult for users to understand which part of the video contents corresponds to the opinion in the chat message. Even if the chat message contains a phrase specifying the playback position of the video contents, it is difficult to sympathize or share opinions with a chat message displayed on the chat window provided in the video contents unless the user intentionally accesses the specific playback position.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One technical object of the present invention is to provide a video-related chat message management server and a video-related chat message management program, which can display a chat message synchronized with a playback time of a specific video content when the specific video content is played back.

Another technical object of the present invention is to provide an open-type video-related chat message management server and an open-type video-related chat message management program, which have no restriction for a platform where video contents are uploaded or a player that plays back the video contents.

The technical object of the present invention is not limited to the above.

In order to achieve the above technical object, the present invention provides a video-related chat message management server.

According to an embodiment, the video-related chat message management server includes a database for storing a chat message synchronized with a playback time of a specific video content played in at least one user terminal from among specific video contents provided from at least one video playback platform; and a chat message providing module that provides a chat message stored in the database such that the chat message is displayed in synchronization with the playback time of the specific video contents when the specific video contents are played back.

According to an embodiment, the chat message providing module may include a chat message processing unit which is set to group at least two chat messages composed of a same phrase such that the grouped chat messages are displayed as one representative chat message, and which is set to display any one or a combination of a number and a mark representing a number of the grouped chat messages on one side of the one representative chat message.

According to an embodiment, the chat message providing module may include a video content processing unit which sets a plurality of time stamps displaying a location of the chat message displayed in synchronization with the playback time of the specific video contents on a screen of the specific video contents based on the playback time of the specific video contents.

According to an embodiment, the video content processing unit may be set to expose the chat message at a time point when any one of the time stamps is designated by a user who plays the specific video content.

According to an embodiment, the video content processing unit may be set to automatically expose the chat message whenever the specific video contents being played reach any one of the plurality of time stamps.

According to an embodiment, the video content processing unit may be set to delay-expose the chat message at a time point when the specific video contents being played reach any one of the plurality of time stamps, and differentially sets a delayed exposure time of the chat message according to at least one of a cumulative number of the chat message, a sentence length of the chat message, and a form of the chat message.

According to an embodiment, the database may store a plurality of specific video contents provided from a plurality of video playback platforms, respectively, and the chat message providing module may include a video synchronization unit for synchronizing screens of the plurality of specific video contents such that the screens match each other over time.

In addition, the present invention also provides a database.

According to an embodiment, the database may include: a receiving unit for receiving a chat message; and a storage unit that stores and manages the chat message by cumulatively integrating a second chat message into a first chat message when receiving the second chat message synchronized with a specific playback time of the specific video content from the receiving unit and also from a second video playback platform during a process of storing and managing the first chat message synchronized with a specific playback time of the specific video content from a first video playback platform.

Further, the present invention provides a video-related chat message management program stored in a medium to execute the steps as follows.

According to one embodiment, the chat message management program may be stored in a medium to execute the steps of: a login step in which a login unit is executed so that a user who has downloaded and installed a chat message management app provided from a video-related chat message management server or a user who has accessed a chat message management website provided from the chat message management server is allowed to login; a chat message receiving step in which a chat message receiving unit is executed to receive a chat message synchronized with a playback time of a specific video content from among specific video contents provided from at least one video playback platform, and to store the chat message in a database; and a chat message providing step in which a chat message providing unit is executed so that, when the specific video contents are played back, the chat message stored in the database is displayed in synchronization with the playback time of the specific video contents.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a video-related chat message management server including a database for storing a chat message synchronized with a playback time of a specific video content played in at least one user terminal from among specific video contents provided from at least one video playback platform; and a chat message providing module that provides a chat message stored in the database such that the chat message is displayed in synchronization with the playback time of the specific video contents when the specific video contents are played back.

As described above, the present invention can provide a video-related chat message management server and a video-related chat message management program, in which users can be provided with a chat message synchronized with the playback time of the video contents, so the user and other users can share their feelings, thoughts, and opinions about a specific part of the video contents based on the playback time of the video contents so that the user satisfaction can be improved, and thus, the level of immersion and understanding for the corresponding video contents can be improved.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an open-type video-related chat message management server and an open-type video-related chat message management program, which have no restrictions on the platform where the video contents are uploaded or the player that plays back the contents, can be provided.

