JP2002014685A - Public invitation for music information, and distribution method and system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a public invitation for music information, and a distribution method and system therefor, to lighten the burden on production and sales sides and also to lighten the burden on applicants such as amateur musicians, by reducing risk and the cost. SOLUTION: Many and unspecified listeners L are urged to make a 1st step selection by publicizing music information contributed onto a home page provided by a network provider 1; a production 2 makes a 2nd step selection from the music information selected at the 1st step and sounds out the sales of the music information selected at the 2nd step through a communication network; a sound source sales company 3 makes a 3rd step selection; and onerously distributes the music information selected at the 3rd step to listeners who have made a request therefore.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music information public offering and distribution method suitable for use in a music information distribution system for distributing music information produced by amateur musicians via a communication network such as the Internet. About the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Discovering and nurturing new artists including musicians still largely depends on efforts based on production-side human tactics. For example, in a musician's audition, the production side recruits human resources and music using mass media such as newspapers and televisions, evaluates the music based on the experience of professional evaluation personnel, and then decides the music to be sold.

[0003]

Therefore, the investment and burden are heavy for the production and sales side, and the determined music is not always sold, so that the risk is large and it is difficult to recover the investment. There were many cases. In addition, some expenses may be imposed on the applicant side, and it has been extremely difficult for amateur musicians to keep their dreams and hopes for music. Therefore, promising human resources are often buried.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and discloses music information posted on a homepage provided by a network operator to encourage an unspecified number of listeners to perform a popularity vote, and to perform selection by the popularity vote. From the selected music information, to further select by production, consult the sound source sales company for the sale of the selected music information, and deliver the finally selected music information to the listener who requested it This will reduce the burden on the production and sales side as well as reduce the risk, and will also reduce the burden, including costs, on applicants, such as amateur musicians, and will continue to have dreams and hopes for music. The aim is to provide a method and system for publicly recruiting and distributing music information that allows (pro debut)

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is used in a music information distribution system for distributing produced music information via a network, and provided by a network operator. Publishing the music information posted on the homepage to urge an unspecified number of listeners to perform a first-stage selection, perform a second-stage selection in the production from the selected music information, and perform the selection. A consultation of the sale of the selected music information is performed via the Internet, a third-stage selection is performed by the sound source sales company receiving the consultation, and the music information selected in the third stage is distributed to the listener who has made the request. I decided to do. As a result, the production can be reduced in burden including investment, and the sound source sales company can reduce the risk of collection because the sales can be performed in consideration of selection by an unspecified number of listeners in advance. Applicants such as musicians can reduce burdens including costs, and can continue to have dreams and hopes for music. In addition, the network operator can make a profit by the network business.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the music information public offering and distribution method according to the first aspect,
The selection at the stage was a popularity vote by downloading the music information to an unspecified number of listeners for free. As a result, the sales side of a production company or a sound source sales company can simulate the best sellers by popular vote in advance, and wasteful investment and reduction of the collection risk can be achieved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the music information public offering and distribution method according to the first aspect,
In the stage selection, further selection is performed by the production side in consideration of the popularity vote. As a result, a promising and more accurate screening evaluation with a view to the future becomes possible by taking into account the experience as a production in addition to the simulation based on the popularity voting.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the music information public offering and distribution method according to the first aspect, a ringing melody corresponding to a mobile device is generated through the selection in each of the steps, and a request is made. We decided to deliver to listeners. As a result, it is possible to build a mobile business in which each sound source is made mobile-compatible and can be delivered as a ringtone melody, and sound sources of various genres can be provided at a low price.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal for posting music information produced on a homepage provided by a network operator, and a request for music distribution by selecting the posted music information in a first stage. And a public terminal that publishes the posted music information and urges an unspecified number of listeners to perform a first-stage selection, and performs a second-stage selection from the selected music information to provide a sound source sales company. On the other hand, a production server that performs a sales consultation regarding the music information selected in the second step, and performs a third step selection from the music information that has received the consultation, to a listener who has requested through the terminal. The sound source sales server that distributes the music information selected in the third step is connected via a communication network. According to the above configuration, the music information posted on the homepage provided by the production is made public and an unspecified number of listeners are encouraged to vote for popularity,
From the music information selected by the popularity voting, further selection is performed by production, and the sound source sales company is consulted for the sale of the selected music information, and the listener who has requested the music information is finally selected. By distributing, the burden on the production and sales side is reduced, and the risk is reduced.Applicants such as amateur musicians can also reduce the burden including costs,
It is possible to provide a public information solicitation and distribution system for music information that keeps dreams and hopes for music.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of a business model for realizing a music information public offering and distribution method according to the present invention. Here, a network company 1, a production 2, a sound source sales company 3, and a mobile business company 4 are exemplified as business sites. The Musicians Portal is operated by Network Operator 1 (and Production 2). The outline of the operation of this musicians portal will be described.
First, amateur musician A browses and visits the Musicians Portal and posts the music produced. The posted music is released to an unspecified number of listeners L. The song is available for free download. Listener L browses and visits the musician's portal, and downloads favorite songs from the released songs free of charge for the first-stage evaluation. I have. Of course, the more downloaded, the more popular. For this reason, the listener L is requested to input an ID or the like, or the same listener L is prevented from downloading the same music by using a cookie or the like.

In the Musicians Portal, a popularity ranking is given based on the number of downloads, and the production 2 can pick up a top artist by referring to the ranking.
Production 2 can perform the second stage of evaluation and selection by taking into account the professional evaluation such as future potential and marketability in addition to the ranking obtained here, and can manage and promote each artist. . The production 2 further consults the sound source sales company 3 for sales of the selected songs. A consultation such as a professional debut of the amateur musician A is also performed.

The sound source sales company 3 performs a third-stage selection on the result of the second-stage selection by the production 2 in consideration of a sales strategy and the like, and here, out of the music information finally selected. The music information is distributed for a fee based on the request of the listener L. Also, the mobile business operator 4
The music information selected in each of the first, second, and third steps is made mobile-compatible, and is distributed, for example, as a ringtone of a mobile phone. Here, it is a membership system,
It is conceivable that the listener L who made the request downloads it for a fee.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a music information public offering and distribution system according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a portal server, 21 denotes a production server, 31 denotes a sound source sales server, and 41 denotes a mobile business server, which are respectively a network operator 1, a production 2, a sound source sales company 3, and a mobile business company shown in FIG. 4 (operated).

Reference numeral A1 denotes an amateur musician's terminal, and L1 denotes a listener's terminal, which are managed by an amateur musician A and a listener L, respectively. The former amateur musician's terminal A1 is mainly used for posting music information produced by the amateur musician A to the musicians portal, and the latter listener's terminal L1 performs first-stage selection of posted music information. It is used for requesting and receiving music distribution, and for performing paid download. The portal server 11, the production server 21, the sound source sales server 31, the mobile business server 41, the amateur musician's terminal A1, and the listener's terminal L1 are all connected via a communication network such as the Internet.

The portal server 11 is configured with a posted music database (DB) as a core, receives and holds music posted from an amateur musician A,
The download request from the listener L is received.

FIG. 3 shows the internal configuration of the sound source sales server 31. The sound source sales server 31 includes a distribution server 31b, an authentication server 31c, and a billing server 31d with a sound source information database (DB) 31a as a core. Sound source information D
In B31a, produced by amateur musician A, posted on the musicians portal,
Further, music information composed of digital audio data selected in production 2 is, for example, MP3 (MPEG
1-Audio Layer3), MIDI (Musical Instrument Dig)
compression coding according to a predetermined method such as
Many are accumulated. The sound source information DB 31a includes
There is a case where the music information itself posted by the amateur musician A is stored, and a case where the music information itself is corrected or changed appropriately and stored. In this respect, music information downloaded free from the portal server 11 is the same.

The listener L uses a listener terminal L1 such as a personal computer managed by himself / herself.
The user can connect to the portal server 11 and the sound source sales server 31 via the Internet to download favorite music. The download from the sound source sales server 31 is performed by selecting desired music information from the music information stored in the sound source information DB 31a through personal authentication by the authentication server 31c, and requesting a download. The distribution server 31b searches for music information based on the download request, and transfers the information to the listener L. If a charge occurs when downloading music information from the distribution server 31b, the charge server 31d
Is started, for example, by paying a predetermined amount per music information or per download to the sound source sales company 3, download is permitted, and the listener L can obtain desired music information.

The basic configuration of the mobile business server 41 is the same as that of the portal server 11 except that a mobile-compatible ringtone generation device is added.

The listener terminal L1 managed by the listener L
Is shown in FIG. Here, the listeners terminal L
A personal computer is illustrated as an example of a TCP / IP (Tr.
ansport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) interface 60, an RO for storing programs and data
M62, RAM 63, MIDI interface 64 serving as a sound source, and a hard disk controller (HD
C) 65, hard disk drive 66, DMA (Direct M
emory Access) controller 67, D / A (Digital / A)
nalog) converter 68 and a sound system 69.

The aforementioned TCP / IP interface 6
0, CPU 61, ROM 62, RAM 63, MIDI interface 64, HDC 65, DMA controller 6
The control peripheral LSI chips including the CPU 61 such as 7 are commonly connected to a bus 70 composed of a plurality of lines for address, data and control. In addition,
Although not shown, a keyboard and a display monitor are also connected via a control peripheral LSI for that purpose.

The listener L receives the music information transferred from the portal server 11 or the sound source sales server 31 based on the request via the TCP / IP interface 60 built in the personal computer, and saves the music information in the hard disk device 66 as necessary. Then, playback is performed via predetermined playback means. Specifically, according to the application program running on the RAM 63, the music information temporarily stored in the hard disk device 66 is read out via the DMA controller 67, and is read to the D / A converter 68 at a constant sampling cycle such as 48 kHz. The signal is supplied and converted into an analog signal, and reproduced and output as an audio signal via the sound system 69.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Note that the network operator 1 and the production 2 jointly operate the musicians portal. First, network operator 1 and production 2
Uses this musicians portal to openly recruit an unspecified number of amateur musicians A for songs produced by them (S1). The amateur musician A accesses the musician's portal to post a song produced by himself (S2).

Production 2 consists of music that amateur musician A has posted to the musicians portal,
Here, music information compressed and encoded in accordance with MP3 or MIDI is disclosed to the general listener L to permit free download (S3). Then, a popularity vote (comparison of the number of downloads) is performed on the musicians portal, and screening as the first stage is performed based on the ranking (S
4). Here, for example, it is assumed that about 10 popular songs have been selected. Next, the production 2 performs a further selection as a second stage while considering the popularity vote (S
5). For example, in the previous popularity vote, production 2
It is assumed that five songs are selected from the ten songs selected while taking into account the experience as described above.

Then, the production 2 asks the sound source sales company 3 to sell the selected five songs. In the third selection stage, the sound source sales company 3 selects two of the five songs that were previously selected in consideration of the sales strategy (S
6) The listener L is selected from the finally selected music information.
Music information is distributed for a fee based on the request (S
7). The mobile business company 4 makes the music information selected in the first, second, and third steps correspond to a mobile device, and generates and distributes a ringtone of a mobile phone using, for example, an installed ringtone generation device. . Here, a membership system is used, and a fee is downloaded to the requested listener L.

As described above, the music information public offering and distribution method and system according to the present invention publish music information posted on a homepage provided by the network operator 1 shown in FIG. The listener L is encouraged to perform a popularity vote, and the music information selected by the popularity vote is further selected in the production 2 to produce a sound source sales company 3
The sales of the selected music information and the distribution of the finally selected music information to the requesting listener, thereby reducing the burden on the production 2 and the sound source sales company 3 and reducing the risk. Therefore, the burden including the cost can be reduced on the side of the applicant such as the amateur musician A, and the dream and the hope for the music can be continuously maintained. It also leads to a professional debut (managed musician).

The present invention can be widely modified without being limited to the above-described embodiments.

[0028]

According to the present invention described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the music information posted on the homepage provided by the network operator is disclosed to an unspecified number of listeners. A first-stage selection is promoted, a second-stage selection is performed by production from the selected music information, and a sales consultation of the selected music information is performed via a communication network. By performing the third stage of screening and distributing the selected music information to the requesting listeners,
The burden including investment is reduced, and the sales company is able to sell in advance by considering the selection by an unspecified number of listeners, so that the risk of collection is reduced, and the applicants such as amateur musicians can reduce the cost. The burden is reduced, and the dreams and hopes for music can be maintained. It also leads to a full-fledged professional debut.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the selection in the first stage is a popularity voting by downloading music information to an unspecified number of listeners free of charge. It can simulate the best sellers by popular voting, reducing wasteful investment and recovery risk.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the second stage of selection, further selection is performed in consideration of popularity voting, so that in addition to simulation by popularity voting, experience as a production is taken into consideration. And a more promising and more accurate screening evaluation with prospects for the future.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, by distributing the incoming melody to the mobile device through the selection at each stage, each sound source is made mobile-compatible,
It can be delivered as a ringtone, build a mobile business, and offer sound sources of various genres at a low price.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the music information posted on the homepage provided by the production is made public to encourage an unspecified number of listeners to perform a popularity vote, and the music information selected by the popularity vote is displayed. By further selecting from within the production and consulting the sound source sales company for the sale of the selected music information, and distributing the finally selected music information to the requesting listener,
Reducing the burden on the production and sales side and reducing risk.Applicants such as amateur musicians will also be able to reduce the burden, including costs, while also offering and distributing music information that will keep their dreams and hopes for music. A system can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing the structure of a business model for realizing a music information public offering and distribution method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a music information public offering and distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a sound source sales server shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the listeners terminal shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Network operator 11 ... Portal server 2 ... Production 21 ... Production server 3 ... Sound source sales company 31 ... Sound source sales server 4 ... Mobile business agent 41 ... Mobile business server A ... Amateur musician A1 ... Amateur musician's terminal L ... Listener L1 ... Listener's terminal

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A music information distribution system for distributing produced music information via a network, wherein said music information posted on a homepage provided by a network operator is disclosed to an unspecified number of listeners. A first-stage selection is promoted, a second-stage selection is performed by the production from the selected music information, and a sales consultation of the selected music information is performed via the net, and the sound source receives the consultation. A method for publicly offering and distributing music information, wherein a third-stage selection is performed by a sales company, and the selected music information is distributed to a listener who has requested. 2. The method for publicly recruiting and distributing music information according to claim 1, wherein the selection in the first step is a popularity vote by downloading the music information to an unspecified number of listeners free of charge. . 3. The method for publicly recruiting and distributing music information according to claim 2, wherein, in the selection in the second stage, further selection is performed by the production side in consideration of the popularity voting. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a ringing melody corresponding to the mobile device is generated through the selection at each of the stages, and the generated ringing melody is delivered to a listener who has made a request. Public offering and distribution method of the music information described in. 5. A terminal for posting music information produced on a homepage provided by a network operator, a terminal for selecting the posted music information in a first stage and requesting distribution of the music information, The posted music information is made public to prompt an unspecified number of listeners to perform a first-stage selection, and a second-stage selection is performed from the selected music information. A production server for conducting a sales consultation regarding the music information selected in the step (a), and performing a third-stage selection from the consulted music information, and providing a third request to the listener requested through the terminal.
A music information public offering and distribution system, wherein a music source sales server that distributes music information selected in a stage is connected via a communication network.