JP2009093363A - Information distribution system, information terminal, and information distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

An information distribution system for displaying information in accordance with the status of a user's information terminal is provided.
An information distribution system includes a server device that distributes moving image information and an information terminal that includes a display unit that outputs moving image information distributed from the server device. The accompanying information including the condition information indicating the condition information and the output information corresponding to the condition information is transmitted to the information terminal, and the information terminal receives the accompanying information and displays a screen area including a display area for outputting the distributed moving image information. It is determined whether or not the information displayed on the display unit and input to the determination unit matches the condition indicated in the condition information included in the accompanying information. The output information included in the accompanying information is output.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution system in which an information terminal receives and reproduces moving image information distributed from a server device.

In recent years, with the development of an information communication environment by a network such as the Internet, it has become possible to distribute various information to information terminals used by general users. For example, information distributed by an information distribution server to an information terminal via a network and output by a web browser provided in the information terminal includes not only text information and image information but also audio information and video information. . Patent Document 1 proposes a method of partitioning a screen displayed on an information terminal and displaying information such as news distributed via a network for each of a plurality of partitions.
JP 2007-179320 A

However, such an information terminal only outputs information such as news to be distributed by a predetermined method, and the output method of the information is not surprising for the user to be distributed, and is particularly interesting. Nor.
Therefore, it is desirable to display information on such an information terminal in a way that is enjoyable for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and provides an information distribution system in which information is displayed in accordance with the situation of a user's information terminal.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is an information distribution system including a server device that distributes moving image information and an information terminal that includes a display unit that outputs moving image information distributed from the server device, The server device includes accompanying information distribution means for transmitting accompanying information including condition information indicating a predetermined condition and output information corresponding to the condition information to the information terminal, and the information terminal receives the accompanying information. Receiving means, moving image reproduction means for displaying a screen area including a display area for outputting distributed moving picture information on the display unit, and whether the input information matches the condition indicated in the condition information included in the accompanying information A determination means for determining whether or not, and an information output means for outputting the output information included in the accompanying information via the screen area when the determination means determines that the conditions match. It is an information distribution system for.

  Further, according to the present invention, the screen area displayed on the display unit by the above-described moving image reproducing means includes a first screen area for outputting moving image information, and a second screen area for outputting information different from the moving image information. And the information output means outputs the output information through the second screen area.

  The present invention further includes clock means for counting time and outputting time information indicating the time when the time information request is input, and the condition information included in the accompanying information is: Including time designation information for designating a time for displaying the output information, the determination means inputs a time information request to the clock means, and the time information indicated by the time information output from the clock means in response to the input, and condition information It is characterized in that it is determined whether or not the time designation information included in is coincident.

  Further, in the present invention, the above-described moving image reproducing means displays a screen area for displaying input means for inputting text information on the display unit, and the condition information includes information indicating predetermined text information, The determining means determines whether the text information input to the input means includes text information indicated by the condition information.

  Moreover, this invention is an information terminal which has a display part which outputs the moving image information delivered from the server apparatus which delivers moving image information, Comprising: Condition information which shows predetermined conditions, Output information corresponding to condition information Receiving means for receiving the accompanying information from the server device, a first screen area for outputting the distributed video information, and a second screen area for outputting information different from the video information The video playback means to be displayed on the screen, the determination means for determining whether the input information matches the conditions indicated in the condition information included in the accompanying information, and the determination means determine that the conditions are matched In this case, the information terminal includes an information output unit that outputs output information included in the accompanying information via the second screen area.

  The present invention also relates to an information distribution method using a server device that distributes moving image information and an information terminal that includes a display unit that outputs moving image information distributed from the server device. Means for transmitting accompanying information including condition information indicating a predetermined condition and output information corresponding to the condition information to the information terminal; and receiving means for receiving information of the information terminal. And a step of causing the moving image reproduction means to display a first screen area for outputting distributed moving picture information and a second screen area for outputting information different from the moving picture information on the display unit; The step of determining whether the input information matches the condition indicated in the condition information included in the accompanying information, and the information output means determines that the condition is matched by the determination means Through the second screen region, and outputting the output information contained in the accompanying information, an information distribution method, characterized in that it comprises a.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the server device distributes condition information indicating a certain condition and output information corresponding to the condition information to the information terminal, and the information terminal indicates the acquired condition information. Since the output information is output when the condition is satisfied, it is possible to control whether or not the information is displayed triggered by some event in the information terminal used by the user. By setting conditions linked to moving image information, information can be provided to the user in an effective and entertaining manner.

  According to the present invention, the condition information includes information indicating a predetermined time, and the information terminal outputs the output information at the time indicated by the condition information. At time, output information can be output to the information terminal used by the user.

  According to the present invention, the information terminal includes a screen area for displaying an input unit for inputting text information, and the condition information is information indicating that predetermined text information is input to the input unit. The output information is output when the text information indicated by the condition information is input to the input means, so that specific information can be output using a user operation as a trigger. Thereby, the user can obtain an experience in which the user and the moving image reproducing means are organically linked.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information distribution system according to the present embodiment.
The information distribution system according to this embodiment includes a distribution server 100, an information terminal 200, a content server 300, and a comment server 400.

  The information terminal 200 is an information terminal used by a user, and can perform information communication with other information devices via a network. Specifically, the information terminal 200 is assumed to be a computer device including an input unit, an output unit, a control unit, a calculation unit, and a storage unit, such as a personal computer (PC), a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile phone terminal. Is done. The information terminal 200 includes a reception unit 201, a storage unit 202, a determination unit 203, an input unit 204, a moving image playback unit 205, an accompanying information output unit 206, and a display unit 207.

  The moving image reproducing unit 205 is a control unit that outputs information such as moving image information and comment information received by the receiving unit 201 from the distribution server 100 or the comment server 400 to the display unit 207. The moving image reproducing unit 205 displays a player screen for displaying moving image information and the like as shown in FIG. 2 in a specific screen area of the display unit 207. The player screen is a moving image viewing page where comments can be given while viewing moving images.

  The address bar 217 displays a URL (uniform resource locator) when the distribution server 100 is accessed. The moving image identification information display unit 218 shows moving image identification information of a moving image to be reproduced. The view counter 216 displays the total number of times that the currently displayed moving image has been requested to be viewed as the number of times of browsing. When the other user reproduces the movie (view request), the number of times of browsing is displayed by updating the count number of the user who is browsing the same movie at that time and updating the count number.

  The moving image information transmitted from the distribution server 100 is reproduced on the moving image screen 211. The video control 213 has a play button, a stop button, a rewind button, a fast-forward button, a volume adjustment button, a playback status display column indicating which part of the entire video is being played, and the like. When the cursor is placed on the button and clicked, an operation input corresponding to the button is accepted.

  A text comment is input to the input form 214 by the user via the input unit 204. When the write button 222 is clicked, the comment by the text input to the input form 214, the comment addition time, the moving image identification information, the user identification information, and the like are transmitted to the comment server 400.

  The comment list display area 212 is an area in which comments input from a plurality of users are listed and displayed. Such a comment is periodically received by the receiving unit 201 from the comment server 400 and stored in the storage unit 202. Here, the receiving unit 201 may receive numerical information indicating the total number of comments that have been posted for the moving image information so far, together with a predetermined number of comments.

In the comment list display area 212, a number (symbol 212a) indicating the utterance order given to the comment, the user name (symbol 212b) that input the comment, the comment granting time (symbol 212c) when the comment was written, and the comment A part of the comment (symbol 212d) is displayed in the order of posted real-time information. Such comments are scrolled and displayed so as to flow through the screen of the moving picture screen 211 as indicated by reference numeral 220 in the moving picture screen 211.
The accompanying information display area 210 is an area for manually outputting information different from the moving picture screen 211 that outputs moving picture information.

Returning to FIG. 1, the clock function unit 208 counts the time and outputs time information indicating the time when the time information request is input.
The determination unit 203 performs a determination process as to whether or not the condition indicated by the condition information received from the distribution server 100 is satisfied while the moving image reproduction unit 205 is displayed on the display unit 207. For example, when the condition information is time designation information indicating a specific time, the determination unit 203 acquires the current time information from the clock function unit 208, and whether the current time and the time indicated by the time designation information match. It is determined whether or not, and the determination result is output. For example, when the condition information is information indicating that a specific comment is input, the determination unit 203 is input when the comment is input to the input unit 204 and the write button 222 is pressed. It is determined whether the comment indicated in the condition information is included in the content of the comment.

  The receiving unit 201 receives moving image information and accompanying information distributed from the distribution server 100. Here, the moving image information is, for example, moving image information such as a flash, and can include sound. The accompanying information is information that is output along with the moving image information, and is information for displaying information in the screen area shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data example of the accompanying information. The accompanying information includes information items such as output information type, text, link, background color / character color, character size, effect, image, display seconds, ID, display condition, moving image stop flag, priority, and preparation flag. The accompanying information distributed by the distribution server 100 may include a plurality of such accompanying information. When the accompanying information includes a plurality of pieces of accompanying information, the moving image reproducing unit 205 outputs the accompanying information to the display unit 207 in the order described in the information acquired as the accompanying information. Display accompanying information from the eyes.

  The “output information type” item indicates the type of information that the moving image playback unit 205 of the information terminal 200 outputs to the accompanying information display area 210. The output information type is, for example, information represented as “0”, “1”, “2”, “3”, etc., by associating the types such as text marquee, image, video, and news with numerical values. Here, the text marquee indicates that text information is scrolled and displayed on the screen. The image indicates that image information is output. The moving image indicates that moving image information is output. News indicates outputting news information in text.

The “word” item is text information displayed in the accompanying information display area 210.
The “link” item indicates link destination information set in the accompanying information display area 210. The link destination information is, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator).

The “background color / character color” item is information indicating the character color of the text displayed in the accompanying information display area 210 and the background color of the accompanying information display area 210.
The “character size” item is information indicating the character size of the text displayed in the accompanying information display area 210.

  The “effect” item indicates how the text displayed in the accompanying information display area 210 moves. For example, when the text finishes scrolling from right to left, the text disappears to the left and then flows again from the right, or once scrolled from right to left, the flow stops and is fixed at the left edge. In addition, there is a method of repeating scrolling so that text reciprocates in the area of the accompanying information display area 210.

The “image” item indicates a URL indicating the location of the data file when the output information type is an image or a moving image. This URL may indicate information stored in the distribution server 100, the content server 300, or the like.
The “displayed seconds” item indicates the time for which the output information is displayed in the accompanying information display area 210.

  The “ID” item is identification information that can uniquely specify the output information when there is a plurality of pieces of output information. Note that in the moving image playback unit 205 in the present embodiment, once output information with an ID specified is output, the ID is stored in the storage unit 202. Here, the accompanying information output unit 206 determines whether or not this ID is stored in the storage unit 202 when the accompanying information is output. If the same ID is stored, the accompanying information output unit 206 may not output the output information. good. In this way, the output information in which the ID is set can be controlled so that the output information is output only once on the display unit 207. The accompanying information output unit 206 may output the output information again even if the same ID is stored in the storage unit 202.

  The “display condition” item indicates a condition for displaying output information. For example, a condition indicating a period such as “every one second” or “every 5 seconds”, a condition indicating a time such as “the current time is 12:00”, or a “character string specific to the input form 214 (e.g., "Hello") and the like condition indicating a specific input from the user to the information terminal 200 such that the input ". In addition, this item includes information indicating whether the output information is displayed in the moving image screen 211 or in the accompanying information display area 210.

  The “video stop flag” item is a value indicating a binary value of ON or OFF. For example, if this item is ON, the corresponding output information is output to the accompanying information display area 210 and at the same time. The video playback that was being displayed on the video screen 211 is stopped. At this time, the moving image may be faded out. In addition, the moving image reproduction is automatically resumed after elapse of the number of seconds specified in the above display seconds item.

  The “priority” item is, for example, numerical information, and the higher the set value, the higher the display priority, and the higher priority is displayed regardless of the original output order. For example, by combining with an ID, display conditions, etc., information can be output at a predetermined time, and if an ID is set with it, information can be output only once at that time. Can do.

  The “preparation flag” item is a value indicating a binary value of ON or OFF. For example, if this item is ON, when the video playback unit 205 displays the player screen shown in FIG. 4 on the screen. This indicates that an image or a moving image is acquired in advance from the URL specified in the image item. As described above, if the information terminal 200 acquires a moving image in advance, the time designation information is set as the condition information, and even when the output information is a moving image, the load of moving image acquisition can be distributed. .

When the determination processing result of the determination unit 203 is a determination result indicating that the condition indicated by the condition information is satisfied, the accompanying information output unit 206 passes the moving image reproduction unit 205 according to the above-described accompanying information. Output information is displayed on the display unit 207. Here, the accompanying information output unit 206 determines whether to display the output information on the moving image screen 211 or the accompanying information display area 210 according to the display condition described above and displays the output information.
The storage unit 202 is a storage unit that stores information for displaying distribution information. For example, the storage unit 202 stores moving image information and accompanying information that the reception unit 201 receives from the distribution server 100.

The distribution server 100 distributes moving image information reproduced by the moving image reproduction unit 205 of the information terminal 200 and transmits accompanying information to the information terminal 200.
The comment server 400 distributes comment information that matches the moving image information reproduced by the moving image reproducing unit 205 of the distribution server 100.
The display unit 101 displays a management screen for the administrator to operate each function of the distribution server 100. For example, FIG. 3 shows a management screen for the administrator of the distribution server 100 to input accompanying information. The administrator uses the input unit 107 to input accompanying information into a text input area as shown in FIG. 4 and presses the “set” button when the input is completed. Then, the control unit 103 stores the input accompanying information in the storage unit 102.

The storage unit 102 stores information for information distribution. For example, moving image information to be transmitted to the information terminal 200 and accompanying information input from the input unit 107 are stored. A plurality of pieces of information can be stored as moving image information and accompanying information.
The distribution unit 104 transmits information to the information terminal 200 in response to the request. The distribution unit 104 includes an accompanying information distribution unit 105 that transmits accompanying information and a moving image information distribution unit 106 that distributes moving image information.

  The content server 300 is an information device that distributes information content corresponding to an information acquisition request received from the distribution server 100 or the information terminal 200, for example, and distributes information such as news, moving images, and images. In the present embodiment, the content server 300 is an information distribution server that provides news information that is updated as needed. In response to a news information acquisition request requested from the distribution server 100, the content server 300 The requested number of news information is transmitted to the distribution server 100. The news information may be distributed by extracting the required number of news information from the latest information, for example, by specifying categories such as politics, economy, society, entertainment, etc. The number of cases may be specified.

Next, an operation example of the information distribution system according to the present invention will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the information distribution system according to the present embodiment.
The administrator of the distribution server 100 inputs the accompanying information as described above to the input unit 107 (step S1). The control unit 103 stores the input accompanying information in the storage unit 102. Then, the control unit 103 determines whether or not the accompanying information stored in the storage unit 102 includes information whose output information type is “news”. If there is accompanying information whose output information type is “news”, the control unit 103 transmits a news information acquisition request to the content server 300 and receives the news information transmitted in response to the content server 300 (step S103). S2). The control unit 103 stores the received news information in the accompanying information stored in the storage unit 102.

  On the other hand, when the moving image identification information of the moving image that the user wants to view is input, the moving image reproducing unit 205 of the information terminal 200 activates the above-described player screen and displays it on the display unit 207 (step S3). Then, the information terminal 200 transmits information distribution request information including the moving image identification information input from the user to the input unit 204 to the distribution server 100 (step S4).

  When the distribution server 100 receives the information distribution request information (step S5), the moving image information distribution unit 106 of the distribution unit 104 receives the moving image information corresponding to the moving image identification information included in the received information distribution request information from the storage unit 102. Read and transmit to the information terminal 200. Further, the accompanying information distribution unit 105 reads the accompanying information stored in the storage unit 102 and transmits it to the information terminal 200 (step S6). Here, the accompanying information that the accompanying information distribution unit 105 reads from the storage unit 102 may read the accompanying information that differs depending on the moving image information.

  When the receiving unit 201 of the information terminal 200 receives information transmitted from the distribution server 100 (step S7), the storage unit 202 stores the received moving image information and accompanying information. Then, the moving image reproducing unit 205 reproduces the moving image information stored in the storage unit 202 in the screen area of the moving image screen 211 of the player screen displayed on the display unit 207 (step S8). The accompanying information output unit 206 displays the accompanying information stored in the storage unit 202 in the region of the accompanying information display area 210 shown in FIG. For example, FIG. 6 shows an example in which accompanying information including five pieces of information is displayed. The accompanying information output unit 206 sequentially displays the five pieces of accompanying information stored in the storage unit 202 in the accompanying information display area 210 of the player screen.

  While the moving image reproduction unit 205 displays the player screen on the display unit 207, the determination unit 203 displays the display condition if the accompanying information in which information is input in the “display condition” item is stored in the storage unit 202. Processing for determining whether or not is satisfied is performed (step S9). If it is determined that the display condition is not satisfied, the determination unit 203 continues the process of step S9 again (step S9—NO). On the other hand, if the determination unit 203 determines that the display condition is satisfied (step S9—YES), the output information of the accompanying information that satisfies the display condition is output to the display unit 207 (step S10). And the determination part 203 repeats the process of step S9 further.

In the description of the present embodiment, the output information type has been described as an example of four types of text marquee, image, video, and news, but other information may be output, for example, audio information or the like. You may make it output.
In the description of the present embodiment, the distribution server 100, the information terminal 200, the content server 300, and the comment server 400 are described as one unit, but a plurality of units may be used. Here, the operator of the information distribution system can change the number of distribution servers 100 and the like in accordance with the load such as the number of connected information terminals 200 and the number of information distributions.

As described above, according to the present invention, information can be output to the player screen displayed on the display unit 207 in response to some event that occurs in the information terminal used by the user. Various information display can be performed.
In addition, according to the present invention, for example, by setting the time in the display condition and transmitting the accompanying information that has been set to increase the priority, a plurality of users who are watching the moving image can be designated time. It is possible to distribute accompanying information for notifying the same information. Accordingly, it is possible to perform distribution such as performing emergency broadcasting all at once.

  The condition indicated by the condition information may be, for example, when the same comment is input at a time when a predetermined number or more of the same comment is input at a time. The condition indicated by the condition information may be, for example, a case where the same user views the same moving image a predetermined number of times or more, or may be a case where moving image reproduction is paused for a certain time or more. . In addition, for example, it may be a case where no comment has been posted on the video, or a case where a certain number of the same characters exist in one comment, or the same comment may be included within a certain time. It may be a case where a certain number or more are input, or a case where a certain number of the same comments are input from a plurality of users.

  When the condition indicated by the condition information is satisfied, for example, a text marquee designated in the accompanying information display area 210 is displayed, specific moving image information is displayed on the moving image screen, or other moving image playback unit 205 Various controllable outputs can be performed.

Also, for example, when video playback has been paused for a certain time or longer, a predetermined video, for example, a video in which some character is dozing is played, or posted to the video being played. When the number of comments exceeds a predetermined number (for example, 100,000), a text marquee such as “100,000 comments exceeded” can be displayed in the accompanying information display area 210.
Further, according to the present invention, when the reading of moving image information is slow, a text marquee such as “the network is busy” can be displayed in the accompanying information display area 210.
As described above, according to the present invention, the user can be provided with various playful video viewing experiences by devising and setting the condition information and the output information.

  Note that a program for realizing the function of the processing unit in the present invention is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed to distribute information. May be. Here, the “computer system” includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. The “computer system” includes a WWW system having a homepage providing environment (or display environment). The “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a storage device such as a flexible medium, a magneto-optical disk, a portable medium such as a ROM and a CD-ROM, and a hard disk incorporated in a computer system. Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (RAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. In addition, those holding programs for a certain period of time are also included.

  The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information delivery system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the player screen by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure of the accompanying information by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the management screen by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation example of the information delivery system by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the operation example of the player screen by one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Distribution server 101 Display part 102 Storage part 103 Control part 104 Distribution part 105 Accompanying information distribution part 106 Moving image information distribution part 107 Input part 200 Information terminal 201 Receiving part 202 Storage part 203 Determination part 204 Input part 205 Moving image reproduction part 206 Accompanying information Output unit 207 Display unit 208 Clock function unit 300 Content server 210 Accompanying information display area 211 Movie screen 212 Comment list display area 213 Movie control 214 Input form 216 View counter 217 Address bar 218 Movie identification information display unit 222 Write button 400 Comment server

Claims (6)

An information distribution system comprising: a server device that distributes moving image information; and an information terminal that includes a display unit that outputs the moving image information distributed from the server device,
The server device
Ancillary information distribution means for transmitting incidental information including condition information indicating a predetermined condition and output information corresponding to the condition information to the information terminal;
The information terminal
Receiving means for receiving the accompanying information;
Video playback means for displaying a screen area including a display area for outputting the video information to be distributed on the display unit;
Determination means for determining whether or not input information matches a condition indicated in the condition information included in the accompanying information;
An information output means for outputting the output information included in the accompanying information via the screen area when the determination means determines that the conditions match;
An information distribution system comprising: The screen area to be displayed on the display unit by the moving image reproduction means includes a first screen area for outputting the moving picture information and a second screen area for outputting information different from the moving picture information,
The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the information output means outputs the output information via the second screen area. The information terminal
Clock means for counting the time and outputting time information indicating the time when the time information request is input;
The condition information included in the accompanying information includes time designation information for designating a time for displaying output information,
The determination unit inputs a time information request to the clock unit, and whether the time information indicated by the time information output from the clock unit in response to the input matches the time designation information included in the condition information The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the information distribution system determines whether or not. The moving image reproduction means displays a screen area for displaying input means for inputting text information on the display unit,
The condition information includes information indicating predetermined text information,
The said determination means determines whether the text information input into the said input means contains the said text information which the said condition information shows. The any one of Claim 1- Claim 3 characterized by the above-mentioned. Information distribution system described in 1. An information terminal having a display unit for outputting the moving image information distributed from a server device that distributes moving image information,
Receiving means for receiving accompanying information including condition information indicating a predetermined condition and output information corresponding to the condition information from the server device;
A moving image reproducing means for displaying on the display unit a first screen region for outputting the moving image information to be distributed and a second screen region for outputting information different from the moving image information;
Determination means for determining whether or not input information matches a condition indicated in the condition information included in the accompanying information;
An information output means for outputting the output information included in the accompanying information via the second screen area when the determination means determines that the conditions match;
An information terminal comprising: An information distribution method using a server device for distributing moving image information and an information terminal having a display unit for outputting the moving image information distributed from the server device,
Of the server device,
A step of transmitting accompanying information including condition information indicating a predetermined condition and output information corresponding to the condition information to the information terminal;
Of the information terminal,
Receiving means for receiving the accompanying information;
A step of causing the display unit to display a first screen area for outputting the moving picture information to be distributed and a second screen area for outputting information different from the moving picture information;
A step of determining whether the input information matches the condition indicated in the condition information included in the accompanying information;
When the information output means determines that the condition is matched by the determination means, the step of outputting the output information included in the accompanying information via the second screen area;
An information delivery method comprising:

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