Content providing system, device, and control method for providing different increments based on selected advertisement

摘要

In a content providing system, in a case where the display of an advertisement is instructed during the playback of content data, a client device pauses the playback of content data and plays back the advertisement data. A content providing device, after the advertisement data is played, increases the amount of time for which the content data can be played by an amount predefined for the advertisement Also, the content providing device, after transmitting the advertisement data, transmits content data corresponding to the amount of time for which content data can be played.

主权项

1. A content providing device that provides content including an advertisement display to a client device, the content providing device comprising:
a receiver that acquires data of the content and data of an advertisement; a detector that detects that an instruction was made for playback of the data of the advertisement, which is selected from a plurality of selectable advertisements on the client device, during playback of the data of the content in the client device; a processor that determines an amount of time for which it is possible to play back the data of the content in the client device; and a transmitter that transmits data acquired by the receiver to the client device, wherein when the detector detects that the instruction was made for the playback of the data of the selected advertisement during the playback of the data of the content:
the processor increases the amount of time for which it is possible to play back the data of the content by a predetermined amount of time for the selected advertisement; andthe transmitter, after pausing transmission of the data of the content and transmitting data of the selected advertisement, transmits the data of the content corresponding to the amount of time for which it is possible to play back the data of the content determined by the processor, andwherein the processor determines that the predetermined amount of time differs for each of the plurality of selectable advertisements, and the processor determines that the predetermined amount of time is longer for an advertisement having lower relevance to the content than for an advertisement having higher relevance to the content.