JP2002162973A - How to search for broadcast music - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] When a user watches a program on a medium such as a television or a radio, and listens to a favorite music, the user easily obtains music identification information for specifying music such as a song name and a singer name. The purpose is to provide a method. SOLUTION: Step 30 of receiving content;
Step 31 for extracting a music part, step 32 for digital recording, step 33 for adding and storing a broadcast tag to the music part, step 34 for receiving information of music inquiries desired by the user, Downloading the digitally recorded music portion corresponding to the query from the music database server to the inquiry database server; finding a broadcast tag corresponding to the inquiry information; extracting the digitally recorded music portion; and finding music identification information. A method for searching for broadcast music is provided, comprising a step 36 and a step 37 of answering music identification information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for searching for broadcast music. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for searching for broadcast music using television and radio media.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It is assumed that music is played when a program is viewed on a medium such as a television or a radio. It is assumed that a viewer (hereinafter, referred to as a “user”) likes this music and wishes to obtain the music in the form of a CD (compact disc) or music data. At this time, if the name of the song and the name of the singer are not known, it has conventionally required a huge amount of search time and labor to obtain a CD or music data containing the music.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and when a user watches a program on a medium such as a television or a radio and listens to a favorite music, the user can select a song name and a singer. An object of the present invention is to provide a simple method for acquiring music identification information for specifying music such as a name.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily purchasing music using the music identification information.

[0004]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a music database server including a music database, and an inquiry database connected to the music database server via an electric communication line. A system comprising a server; receiving, in the music database server, broadcasted content; extracting, in the music database server, a music part from the content; Digitally recording the music portion that has been recorded, adding a broadcast tag to the digitally recorded music portion in the music database server and storing the music tag, and inquiring of the music desired by the user in the inquiry database server. Receiving the information of the user, downloading the digitally recorded music part corresponding to the music inquired by the user from the music database server to the inquiry database server via a telecommunication line, and inquiring of the user. Finding the broadcast tag corresponding to the information, extracting the digitally recorded music portion, finding the identification information of the music corresponding to the extracted music portion, and answering the identification information of the music queried by the user. And a method for searching for broadcast music including

[0005] In this aspect, the present invention provides a method for searching for broadcast music, further comprising the step of accepting a user's music purchase application based on the music identification information in the inquiry database server. In the aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the broadcast tag includes a broadcast station name and a broadcast time.
In the present invention, in this aspect, the music identification information is C
It is preferable to include a D number, a song name, or both.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a query database server receives information of a music inquiry desired by a user, and, based on the information of the user inquiry, identifies music identification information requested by the user. There is provided a method of searching for broadcast music including a step of searching and a step of answering identification information of music queried by the user.

[0007] The music data refers to data obtained by digitally recording a music portion extracted from the content received by the broadcast receiving unit, and adding a broadcast tag such as a broadcast station name and a broadcast time. The music database is a database in which music data is stored. The music database server is a server including a music database. The music data server includes a broadcast receiving unit, a music part extracting unit,
Digital recording section, broadcast tag attachment section, music data storage section,
It includes a music data transmission unit, etc., but is not limited to these as long as it meets the purpose of the present invention, and does not need to include all of them. The broadcast receiver is a television,
A unit having a function of receiving broadcasts from media such as radio. The music part extracting unit refers to a part having a function of extracting a music part from the content received by the broadcast receiving unit. The digital recording / compression unit has a function of digitally recording the extracted music part. The broadcast tag attachment part is the name of the broadcast station where the music was broadcast,
A section having a function of adding a broadcast tag including information such as broadcast time to digitally recorded music. The music data storage unit has a function of storing music data extracted from contents, digitally recorded, and added with a broadcast tag. The music data transmitting unit has a function of digitally recording a music part and transmitting music data with the broadcast tag added to the inquiry database when a broadcast tag is designated from the inquiry database.

[0008] Content refers to various types of programs broadcast from media such as television and radio. Media refers to media such as television and radio. The media may be sound and images, and broadly include so-called Internet broadcasting over a telecommunication line such as the Internet. The music portion is data obtained by recognizing a portion of the content where music is being broadcast and extracting only the music portion. The music portion includes video and / or audio. Extracting a music part means recognizing only a part of a content where music is being broadcast. After extraction, digitally record. The music portion includes video and / or audio. The broadcast tag refers to a tag including the name of the broadcast station where the music was broadcast and the broadcast time. The broadcast song name does not need to be a name, but may be specified by a number such as the number of channels or frequency as long as it can be specified. The telecommunications line includes a wireless line network such as a mobile phone, a telephone line network, a digital line network, an analog line network, and the Internet connected by the TCP / IP protocol.

The inquiry information means that when a user watches a medium such as television, radio, or Internet broadcasting and finds a favorite song, the user is asked for the name of the broadcasting station, broadcasting time, singer, etc. of the medium. In this case, it is information that allows identification of music identification information such as the title of the music, the CD (compact disc) number, and the name of the record company. That is, information of a user's inquiry including a broadcast tag such as the number of channels and a viewing time and music identification information such as a song title and a CD number are associated with each other and can be searched for each other. The information of this inquiry may be transmitted to the inquiry database by a telephone via a call center, a computer terminal, a portable telephone, a portable information terminal such as a PHS,
A television with a communication facility may be used, and the terminal used by the user is not limited as long as the user can transmit inquiry information by voice or data. The inquiry database server is a server including an inquiry database storing music identification information such as a song title and a CD number for answering inquiry information, and a broadcast tag such as a broadcast station and a viewing time. The inquiry database server may have a function of receiving a purchase request for music that the user likes or a charging function. In order for the user to actually get the music, the medium should be CD,
The recording medium is not limited as long as it can record music such as an MD. Further, even if there is no medium, the data may be transmitted as data to various terminals owned by the user via an electric communication line such as the Internet.

[0010] Downloading means transmitting music data from a music database to an inquiry database server via an electric communication line, so that a music distributor or the like can listen to the inquiry database server. The music identification information includes a CD number and a song number. In addition, the title, the composer, the lyricist, and the singer may also be included, and is not limited as long as the music is specified when the music is purchased. The steps of finding the broadcast tag corresponding to the information of the user inquiry, extracting the digitally recorded music part, and finding the identification information of the music corresponding to the extracted music part include the steps of: The purpose is to make the broadcast tag of the music match the music identification information necessary for purchasing the music. At this time, the music distributor receives the same music data as the broadcast tag from the music database to the inquiry database server in order to identify the broadcasting station inquired by the user and the music broadcast at the broadcast time. And listen. Then, the identification information of the music is made to correspond to the broadcast tag. The broadcast tag and music identification information associated with each other are stored in the inquiry database server so that the next inquiry from the user can be automatically answered. In addition, the broadcast tag and the identification information may not be associated with the broadcast tag and the identification information at any time in advance for each inquiry from the user.

According to the above-described method for searching for broadcast music according to the present invention, when a user listens to a favorite music while watching a program on a medium such as a television or a radio, the user can search for music such as a song name and a singer name. The music identification information to be specified can be easily obtained. Also, music can be easily purchased using the music identification information.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [Storage of Broadcast Content Music Data] The storage of music data of television or radio broadcast content according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the music database 3 has a function of storing music data of broadcasted contents. The music database 3 includes a broadcast receiving unit 4, a music extracting unit 5, a digital recording / compressing unit 6, a broadcast tag attaching unit 7, a music data storing unit 8, and a music data transmitting unit 9 for each function in charge. I have. The broadcast receiver 4 in the music database server receives the broadcasted content (step 30). The sound source in the received content is specified, and only the music part is extracted by the music data extraction unit 5 in the music database server (step 31). The extracted music data is digitally recorded, a broadcast tag of a broadcast station name and a broadcast time is attached, and the music data is stored in the music data storage unit 8 in the music database server (steps 32 and 33). At this time, digital recording is performed by the digital recording compression unit 6 in the music database server. At this time, the data may be compressed and stored in order to reduce the storage area.

[User inquiry and broadcast tag attachment,
Answer] Suppose that the user is watching media such as television or radio and finds a favorite music, and wants to know the title of the music and the name of the singer in order to obtain the music. At this time, the user sends a telecommunication line 1 such as the Internet to the inquiry database server 15 from a user terminal such as the computer 24 or the portable information terminal 23.
4 may be accessed or queried. Further, the inquiry may be made by the telephone 22 via the call center. Next, the user inputs music inquiry information including the broadcast time of the music of interest and the broadcast tag of the broadcasting station in order to identify the music of interest, and the inquiry database server accepts the information (step 34). . In the case of a computer or a portable information terminal, a user can easily input only a broadcast tag by an instruction on a screen such as a web page. In addition, it is also possible to make inquiries by telephone. For example, the broadcasting time and the broadcasting station are replaced with numbers in advance, and the broadcasting time,
The broadcast station may be input by a tone signal such as a push-phone button. For example, when the user accesses the call center by telephone, an automatic response message such as "Please enter the broadcast time of the music you inquire and the number of the broadcasting station." When the user enters "2000 * 10 * 03 * 2315 *"
"1 *" would mean something that was broadcast on NHK on October 3, 2000 at 23:15. The number of the broadcasting station may be replaced by the number of channels in the case of television, and the number of the frequency may be replaced by the number of frequencies in the case of radio broadcasting. The broadcast tag may specify a broadcast time and a broadcast station by a symbol such as a numeral. Further, when the broadcast time of the music that the user cares about is unclear, for example, vague inquiry information such as “Find the song that the singer sang in the morning” may be used. For such a case, the inquiry database may include a singer name, a program name, and the like in addition to the broadcast time and the broadcast station. An automatic response cannot be made at the first inquiry from the user, but since the data is saved from the second time,
Be able to respond automatically.

The identification information of music such as a song name and a CD number in an inquiry database corresponding to a broadcast tag including a broadcast time and a broadcast station which was included in the inquiry information of the user,
The inquiry database server answers the user (step 37). At this time, the broadcast tag including the broadcast time and the broadcast station and the identification information of the music are transmitted to the user terminal,
Or, if the user is on the phone, answer by voice. At this time, when the inquiry from the user for a certain music is first and there is inquiry information that does not correspond to the music identification information, the unregistered message transmitting unit 18 sends the music identification information to the unregistered message receiving unit 18. A message indicating that the association with the broadcast tag has not been registered is transmitted to the music distributor. This message informs the music distributor that he has not registered. The music distributor downloads and listens to music data corresponding to a broadcast tag, a singer's name, and the like in the user's inquiry information from the music database. The music distributor inputs the music identification information for the music in the broadcast tag input unit 12, and associates the inquiry information with the music identification information (steps 35 to 36). Then, the determined music identification information is transmitted to the user terminal (step 37). A broadcast tag management unit 17 manages broadcast times and broadcast song titles.

[Inquiry Database Server] As an embodiment of the inquiry database server according to the present invention, a flowchart shown in FIG. 3 may be used. In advance, an inquiry about the music desired by the user is received in the inquiry database server such as a broadcast tag such as a broadcast station and a broadcast time, a song title, and a singer name so as to correspond to the information of the user inquiry (step 4).
0). Based on a broadcast tag, a singer's name, or the like included in the inquiry information inquired by the user, search is made for music identification information inquired by the user (step 41). The identification information of the music queried by the user is answered (step 4
2).

[Charging Method] The charging information is performed in the charging information section 20. As one embodiment according to the present invention, a fee may be charged each time a user obtains music identification information. If the user obtains the music identification information and then applies for a purchase of a music medium such as a CD at the same time as the music identification information is obtained, the music identification information may be charged free of charge. Instead of a CD, the music data may be downloaded to a user terminal with encryption. The user accesses the inquiry database server using a computer, a portable information terminal, or a terminal having a function of reproducing music. The user inputs music identification information and makes a purchase request. Then, the music data with the encryption is downloaded to the user terminal. Next, when the user pays for the money at a bank, a convenience store, or the like, or inputs a credit card number, the user can download the decryption key software. This may be used to decrypt music with encryption so that the music can be viewed. Also, the user may make an inquiry by telephone via a call center without using a terminal such as a computer or a portable information terminal.

[0017]

According to the method for searching for broadcast music according to the present invention, when a user watches a favorite music while watching a program on a medium such as a television or a radio, the user can search for a song name, a singer name, or the like. It has become possible to easily obtain music identification information for specifying music. Also, music can be easily purchased using the music identification information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system that is an embodiment of a method for searching for broadcast music according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a method for searching for broadcast music according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a method for searching for broadcast music according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Broadcasting medium 2 Radio wave 3 Music database 4 Broadcast receiving part 5 Music receiving part 6 Digital recording compression part 7 Broadcast tag attaching part 8 Music data storage part 9 Music data transmitting part 10 Music distributor input part 11 Music data receiving part 12 Broadcast Tag input unit 13 Unregistered message receiving unit 14 Telecommunication line 15 Inquiry database server 16 Music identification information database 17 Broadcast tag management unit 18 Unregistered message transmitting unit 19 Reception / response unit 20 Billing information unit 21 Telephone line 22 Telephone 23 Mobile Information terminal 24 Computer terminal

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A system comprising a music database server including a music database and an inquiry database server connected to the music database server via an electric communication line, wherein the music database server receives broadcasted contents. Extracting a music portion from the content in the music database server; digitally recording the extracted music portion in the music database server; digitally recording music in the music database server Adding a broadcast tag to the portion and storing the information; receiving, in the inquiry database server, information of a music inquiry desired by the user; Downloading the digitally recorded music portion from the music database server to the inquiry database server via a telecommunication line; finding a broadcast tag corresponding to the information of the user inquiry; and extracting the digitally recorded music portion A method for retrieving identification information of music corresponding to the extracted music portion, and a step of replying identification information of music inquired by the user. 2. The method for searching for broadcast music according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: accepting a user's application for music purchase based on the music identification information in the inquiry database server. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast tag includes a broadcast station name and a broadcast time. 4. The music identification information includes a CD number, a song name, or both.
Search method of the broadcast music described in. 5. In a query database server, a step of receiving information of a music inquiry requested by the user; a step of searching for identification information of the music queried by the user based on the information of the user inquiry; Answering the identification information of the music queried by the user.