Server system, information storage device, and method for controlling server system

Abstract

A server system includes: a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image; an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A server system comprising:
 a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image;   an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the received captured image; and   an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information.   
     
     
         2 . The server system as defined in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a transmission section that transmits shooting event start notification information sent from a transmission terminal device to the terminal device,   the reception section receiving information about the captured image that has been captured using the terminal device corresponding to the shooting event start notification information as the captured image information.   
     
     
         3 . The server system as defined in  claim 2 ,
 the insertion image selection section selecting an image relating to a start notification transmission user who sent the shooting event start notification information using the transmission terminal device as the insertion image.   
     
     
         4 . The server system as defined in  claim 2 ,
 the transmission section transmitting social data sent from the transmission terminal device on a social networking service as the shooting event start notification information.   
     
     
         5 . The server system as defined in  claim 4 ,
 the social data being tweet data.   
     
     
         6 . The server system as defined in  claim 2 ,
 the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on social data sent from the transmission terminal device as the metadata.   
     
     
         7 . The server system as defined in  claim 2 ,
 the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on rating information about the captured image sent from the transmission terminal device as the metadata.   
     
     
         8 . The server system as defined in  claim 2 ,
 the reception section receiving the captured image to which the metadata is added, the metadata being generated based on at least one of shooting information, behavioral information, and social data, the shooting information being information about shooting using the terminal device before or after reception of the social data, and the behavioral information being information about a behavior of a user of the terminal device before or after reception of the social data, and   the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on the metadata.   
     
     
         9 . The server system as defined in  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a taste estimation section that performs a taste estimation process that estimates a taste of a user of the terminal device based on the shooting event start notification information that corresponds to the captured image when the captured image has been sent from the terminal device in response to the shooting event start notification information.   
     
     
         10 . The server system as defined in  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a taste estimation section that performs a taste estimation process that estimates a taste of a user of the terminal device based on the shooting event start notification information that corresponds to the captured image when the captured image has been sent from the terminal device in response to the shooting event start notification information,   the taste estimation section performing the taste estimation process based on information about a start notification transmission user who sent the shooting event start notification information using the transmission terminal device.   
     
     
         11 . The server system as defined in  claim 9 ,
 the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on results of the taste estimation process performed by the taste estimation section.   
     
     
         12 . The server system as defined in  claim 1 ,
 the reception section receiving information about a first captured image that has been captured using a first terminal device as the captured image information, and   the insertion image selection section selecting the insertion image based on rating information about the first captured image as the metadata, the rating information being sent from second to Nth (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) terminal devices that differ from the first terminal device.   
     
     
         13 . The server system as defined in  claim 1 ,
 the reception section receiving request information for the image set information issued by a user of the terminal device from the terminal device, and   the image set generation section generating the image set information in response to the reception of the request information.   
     
     
         14 . The server system as defined in  claim 13 ,
 the reception section receiving slide start instruction information that requests start of slide show display on the terminal device as the request information, and   the image set generation section generating the image set information in response to the reception of the slide start instruction information.   
     
     
         15 . The server system as defined in  claim 14 , further comprising:
 a slide distribution section that performs a slide distribution process, the slide distribution process being a process that distributes the image set information for the slide show display on the terminal device to the terminal device,   the slide distribution section performing the slide distribution process on the image set information generated by the image set generation section in response to the reception of the slide start instruction information by the reception section.   
     
     
         16 . The server system as defined in  claim 15 ,
 the slide distribution section performing a process that distributes a low-resolution insertion image as the slide distribution process when the reception section has received request information for low-resolution slide show display as the slide start instruction information, and performing a process that distributes a high-resolution image corresponding to the captured image information and a high-resolution insertion image as the slide distribution process when the reception section has received request information for high-resolution slide show display as the slide start instruction information, the high-resolution slide show display displaying an image having a resolution higher than that of an image displayed during the low-resolution slide show display.   
     
     
         17 . An information storage device storing a program, the program causing a computer to function as:
 a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image;   an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and   an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information.   
     
     
         18 . A method for controlling a server system comprising:
 receiving captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image;   selecting an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and   generating image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information.