JP2000278448A - Method and device for distributing incoming melody for portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a newly released melodies timely and to set a favorite new melody to a portable telephone as an incoming melody at a low cost. SOLUTION: An information terminal 7 for home use calls to a database 3 at a remote place via a telephone line 6 and receives favorite music data to the terminal 7. The terminal 7 restores the music data into a song data and sends the data to an acoustic part 16 of a television set 11, and a communication KARAOKE (orchestration without lyrics) system, which plays a song designated from the part 16 is used. The MIDI data of the music data received by the terminal 7 are converted into characters corresponding to keys of a portable telephone 10, and they are shown on the set 11. The music data are also inputted to a data transfer adapter 14, transferred directly to the telephone 10 from there and recorded to be made an incoming melody.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for distributing ringtones for mobile phones, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for distributing ringtones for mobile phones using a communication karaoke system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional ring melody for a mobile phone is:
A plurality of loads are stored in the semiconductor memory device inside the main body at the time of manufacture. The purchaser of the mobile phone sets a favorite lodge according to the manual and uses it as a ringing tone upon receiving a call. On the other hand, the spread of mobile phones in recent years has been remarkable. Often it was not possible to distinguish the incoming call. Therefore, mobile phone users tend to adopt a melody different from others for incoming calls as much as possible.

[0003] In addition, younger generation mobile phone users tend to adopt a melody of a new song by a young singer singing on television or radio broadcasts for incoming calls. By adopting the melody of a new song for incoming calls on a mobile phone, the user can enjoy the latest music and at the same time make the incoming call distinction between himself and others more clear. In the marketplace, magazines called “Ringtone Input Manual” etc. are released monthly and quarterly, and mobile phone users can purchase this magazine and score the new song melody written in the magazine (special number). And alphabets and symbols) and typing on the phone using the keys.

[0004]

In the conventional method for setting a ringing melody, only a small number of ringing melodies are prepared, so that many users use the same melody, which may cause confusion when receiving a call. was there. In addition, since a magazine or book called "Ringtone Input Manual" etc. was obtained and entered into a mobile phone using a key, it would take some time from the release of a new song to the release of "Ringtone Input Manual" etc. As a result, the melody of the new song could not be made a ringtone immediately. That is, there was a time lag from the release of the new song to the acquisition of the melody of the new song. Also, since the “Ringtone Input Manual” etc. includes the melody of many new songs, it means that you purchased even unnecessary new songs,
There was unnecessary expense. Looking at the score of the melody of a new song listed in a magazine and using a key to input it was a cumbersome task because the key and button had to be pressed many times. The present invention provides a ringtone melody for a mobile phone that immediately and timely obtains the melody of the released new song, obtains the melody of the new song that suits the taste at a low cost, and can easily set the melody for the mobile phone. It is intended to provide a distribution method and apparatus.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. A first invention is a step of calling a database from an information terminal via a telephone line, and Checking whether the home information terminal is registered and returning a permission signal; requesting the music list by the home information terminal; transmitting the music list by the database; The information terminal receives the song list and displays it on the screen of the television monitor; the remote controller specifies a desired song from the song list and requests this song data; and the database stores the song data. Transmitting, the home information terminal receives the song data and displays it on the screen of the television monitor in characters corresponding to the key of the mobile phone, and transmits the song data displayed on the screen to the mobile phone as a key. And summarized in that comprising the step of inputting using. According to a second aspect of the present invention, a step of calling a database from an information terminal via a telephone line, a step of confirming whether or not the home information terminal is registered on the database side and returning a permission signal are performed. The information terminal requests the song list, the database sends the song list, the home information terminal receives the song list, and displays it on the screen of the TV monitor. Requesting the song data by designating a desired song by a remote controller; transmitting the song data by a database; inputting the song data received by the home information terminal to a data transfer adapter; And transferring the music data directly from the transfer adapter to the mobile phone. According to a third aspect of the present invention, a home information terminal makes a call to a remote database via a telephone line, and receives favorite music data from the home for the database to the home information terminal. A communication karaoke system for restoring the music data to music data and sending the music data to an audio unit of a television device, and playing the specified music from the audio unit. The point is that a data transfer adapter for directly transferring this music data is provided.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A method and apparatus for distributing a ringtone for a mobile phone according to the present invention will be described. First, FIG. 1 shows an entire apparatus for implementing a method for distributing a ringtone for a mobile phone. A small number of host databases 1
Stores a large amount of song data 2 and a new song list 8 for the last month, and when a new song is released, it is additionally registered. A small number of host databases 1 are connected to a large number of regional databases 3 by a public line or a dedicated communication line 4 so that the latest data is always sent from a small number of host databases 1 to a large number of regional databases 3 by a dedicated communication line 4 or the like. I have to.

The regional database 3 has the same amount of song data 2 as the host database 1 and a new song list 8 for the last month.
Also, data of many registered member lists 5 are stored. A number of home information terminals 7 in the area are connected to each area database 3 via an NTT telephone line 6.
The user of the home information terminal 7 becomes a registered member. Each home is provided with a home information terminal 7, a mobile phone 10, a television set 11, a general telephone set 12, a remote controller 13, and a data transfer adapter 14. The television device 11 includes a television monitor 15 and a speaker 16, and includes a video circuit and an audio circuit.

The remote controller 13 controls the home information terminal 7 and is different from the remote controller for the television device 11.
The data transfer adapter 14 transfers data temporarily stored in the home information terminal 7 to the mobile phone 10. Next, FIG.
The operation of the method for distributing a ringtone for mobile phones according to the communication procedure described above will be described. Home information terminal 7 and television device 1
When the power is turned on, the home information terminal 7 displays various function selection menus on the television monitor 15 of the television device 11. The user of the mobile phone 10 can use the TV monitor 15
A call command is sent from the remote controller motor 13 to the home information terminal 7 while watching the screen of FIG.

The home information terminal 7 stores a telephone line 6 in a remote area database 3 based on a telephone number recorded in advance.
Make a call via. The local database 3 that has received the call searches the registered member list 5 to determine whether or not the home information terminal 7 is registered. If the registered member is a registered member, the permission signal is returned. The home information terminal 7 that has received the permission signal displays a function selection menu for inputting a requested song or requesting a new song data list on the television monitor 15 of the television device 11 according to a predetermined program.

When the user of the remote controller 13 inputs a command for requesting a song list (new song data list) to the home information terminal 7, the request is sent to the local database 3.
, The regional database 3 reads the new music list 8 and transmits the music list to the home information terminal 7. The home information terminal 7 receives the music list and displays it on the screen of the television monitor 15. The user selects a desired new song from the song list using the remote controller 13 and requests the new song data from the regional database 3. If there are many new songs, the song list overflows from one screen, but you can scroll through the screen to see all song names.

The requested area database 3 reads out the requested new song from the song data 2 and sends it to the home information terminal 7 to cut off the telephone connection. In the regional database 3, the fee for transmitting the new song data is charged to the member who has received the request, and is recorded in the member list 5. In the home information terminal 7, the received music data is MIDI data.
The IDI data is converted into characters corresponding to the key of the mobile phone 10 and displayed on the television monitor 15.

At the same time, the home information terminal 7 transmits the
The DI data is restored to music data and sent to the audio unit of the tele device 11. The sound section sends a music signal to the speaker 16 to play a designated new music melody and listen to it. If the new song melody is the desired one or the expected sound or melody, pick up the mobile phone 10 while watching the characters corresponding to the keys displayed on the TV monitor 15 and use the keys to set the new song melody as the ringing melody. I do.

If there is a data transfer adapter 14,
The received music data (the MIDI data
Is transmitted from the home information terminal 7 to the data transfer adapter 14. At this time, the mobile phone 10 is installed on the data transfer adapter 14,
This song data can be stored directly on the mobile phone 1 without using a key.
Transfer to 0. When the data transfer adapter 14 is provided, the user can pick up the mobile phone 10 while looking at the characters corresponding to the keys displayed on the television monitor 15, and can save the trouble of inputting using the keys.

The data transfer adapter 14 is used to change the telephone number stored in the mobile phone 10 when the head number of the mobile phone 10 is changed simultaneously from January 1999. Improve the adapter. If the data transfer adapter 14 transfers the MIDI data directly to the mobile phone 10, the MIDI data is received from the home information terminal 7, and not only the new songs in the regional database 3 but also the relatively old song data. Can also be used as a ringtone.

Conversely, if the character data converted into characters corresponding to the keys of the mobile phone 10 is stored in the regional database 3 in advance together with the new music list 8, the television of the television device 11 can be Characters can be displayed on the monitor 15, and data can be transferred to the mobile phone 10 via the data transfer adapter 14.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, the melody of a released new song can be obtained immediately and in a timely manner, and the melody of a required new song that suits the user's taste can be easily obtained at a low cost. You can set it as ringtone for your mobile phone. By using the new tune as the ring melody, a melody different from the tune registered at the time of manufacture can always be updated and registered. Therefore, a ringing melody different from that of the other person is generally sounded, so that it is possible to easily distinguish between the incoming call to the own station on the street and the incoming call to the other person.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of a system in which a method for distributing a ringtone for a mobile phone according to the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 2 is a protocol diagram illustrating the operation of the method for distributing a ringtone for a mobile phone according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 host database 2 song data 3 regional database 4 communication line 5 registered member list 6 NTT telephone line 7 home information terminal 8 new song list 10 mobile phone 11 TV device 12 general telephone 13 remote control 14 data transfer adapter 15 TV monitor 16 speaker

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A step for calling a database from an information terminal via a telephone line, a step for confirming whether or not the home information terminal is registered and returning a permission signal on the database side; An information terminal requesting a song list; a database transmitting the song list;
A stage in which the home information terminal receives the song list and displays it on the screen of the television monitor; a stage in which a desired song is designated by the remote controller from the song list to request this song data; And a step in which the home information terminal receives the song data and displays it on the screen of the television monitor in characters corresponding to the key of the mobile phone,
And inputting the song data displayed on the screen to the mobile phone using a key. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the home information terminal restores the music data to music data and sends the music data to an audio unit of the television apparatus, and sounds the specified music from the audio unit and listens to the music. 2. The method for distributing ringtones for mobile phones according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A step for calling a database from an information terminal via a telephone line, a step for confirming whether or not the home information terminal is registered and returning a permission signal on the database side; An information terminal requesting a song list; a database transmitting the song list;
A stage in which the home information terminal receives the song list and displays it on the screen of the television monitor; a stage in which a desired song is designated by the remote controller from the song list to request this song data; Transmitting the music data received by the home information terminal to the data transfer adapter, and directly transferring the music data from the data transfer adapter to the mobile phone. Delivery method. 4. A home information terminal makes a call to a database via a telephone line, receives favorite music data from the home for the database to the home information terminal, and the home information terminal transmits the music data to the database. Is a communication karaoke system that restores the music data to the sound unit of the television device and sends the specified music from the sound unit, and inputs the music data received by the home information terminal, A ringtone melody distribution system for mobile phones, comprising a data transfer adapter for directly transferring song data.