JP2005277568A - Sound information provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound information providing system capable of appropriately distributing charges.
SOLUTION: The sound information providing system 10 includes a charge apportioning unit 105. When the setting is made so that the sound information selecting unit 102 can select sound information every predetermined period, the setting is made. In response, one score is recorded, and if the sound information selection 102 is set so that sound information can be selected when the predetermined period starts, one score is recorded, and when the predetermined period ends, the predetermined Distribution information is generated according to the score recorded during the period.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a sound information providing system.

Calls to other communication terminals from communication terminals (including fixed telephones, mobile devices, facsimile communication devices, etc., the same shall apply hereinafter) capable of generating sound based on information sent via the communication network Depending on the situation of the calling operation, a call tone (dial tone, DT), ringing tone (ringback tone, RBT), busy tone (busy tone, BT), etc. are received by the caller communication terminal. Output from the section. These sounds are output by converting an electric signal sent from the exchange through a communication network into a sound. Therefore, those sounds were predetermined. On the other hand, what is described in the following patent document 1 is known as a technique capable of setting DT, RBT, and BT to an arbitrary sound.
JP 2002-33801 A

  By the way, when providing sound information for generating the sound, a predetermined fee is collected from the user. This collected fee is handed over to the provider providing sound information. In this delivery, generally, one point is counted when the sound information is initially set, and the fee is distributed in proportion to the specific total. In this case, if the setting is frequently changed, one point is counted for the setting, but the setting is not changed so much (that is, the sound information is accepted and the setting is not changed). In other cases, it is not possible to score points, and it may not be said that the distribution of charges is appropriate. In other words, a situation can occur where the more widely accepted sound information is provided, the less the fee that is distributed.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a sound information providing system that enables appropriate distribution of charges.

  The sound information providing system of the present invention transmits sound information to a communication terminal capable of generating a predetermined sound based on sound information transmitted from a network when a call is made to another communication terminal. (1) Specify the second terminal specifying information and the first communication terminal, which are transmitted from the first communication terminal on the calling side, for specifying the second communication terminal on the calling side Receiving means for receiving the first terminal specifying information for, and (2) a sound for selecting sound information stored in advance in the sound information storing means based on the received first terminal specifying information and second terminal specifying information Information selection means, (3) transmission means for transmitting the determined sound information to the first communication terminal, and (4) sound information storage means for using the sound information providing system collected from each user of the communication terminal. Offer to provide sound information stored in Charge apportioning means for generating distribution information for distribution to a person, and the charge apportioning means is set so that (a) sound information selection means can select sound information for each predetermined period. And (b) when the predetermined period begins, the sound information selection means selects the sound information, and the transmission means is set to transmit the selected sound information. 1 is scored, and (c) when the predetermined period ends, distribution information is generated based on the score recorded within the predetermined period.

  According to the sound information providing system of the present invention, one score is counted even when the predetermined period starts. Therefore, if the sound information is set over the predetermined period, one score can be counted accordingly. Therefore, an equilibrium is maintained between a new setting and a long setting.

  In the sound information providing system according to the present invention, the charge apportioning unit may perform the initial setting when the setting that enables the sound information selecting unit to select the sound information is performed a plurality of times within a predetermined period. It is also preferable to only score one score. For example, even when a user who sets sound information accidentally changes the setting and restores the setting within a predetermined period, the score can not be double-added.

  In the sound information providing system of the present invention, the fee apportioning means totals the total score within a predetermined period, calculates the ratio of the score corresponding to each sound information with respect to the total score, and calculates the ratio It is also preferable to generate distribution information based on Since the distribution information is generated according to the ratio of each sound information to the total score within a predetermined period, appropriate distribution information can be generated.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the sound information provision system which enables appropriate distribution of a charge can be provided.

  The knowledge of the present invention can be easily understood by considering the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings shown for illustration only. Subsequently, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. The sound information providing system 10 is configured to be able to transmit sound information to the mobile phone 30 (communication terminal) and the mobile phone 35 (communication terminal) via the mobile communication network 20. The cellular phone 30 and the cellular phone 35 are cellular phones used by users who use the sound information providing system 10, and are configured to be capable of voice calls and data communications. In the present embodiment, an example in which a call is made from the mobile phone 30 to the mobile phone 35 will be described.

  Next, the sound information providing system 10 will be described. The sound information providing system 10 is physically a computer system (or a central processing unit), a memory, an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard, a display device such as a display, a storage device such as a hard disk, a communication device such as a modem, or the like. A collection of computer systems).

  The sound information providing system 10 includes, as functional components, a reception unit 101 (reception unit), a sound information selection unit 102 (sound information selection unit), a transmission unit 103 (transmission unit), a registration unit 104, A charge apportioning unit 105 (fee apportioning unit), a distribution information output unit 106, a sound information storage unit 110 (sound information storage unit), and a performance information storage unit 111 are provided. Subsequently, each component will be described in detail.

  The receiving unit 101 transmits the second terminal specifying information and the mobile phone for specifying the called mobile phone 35 (second communication terminal) transmitted from the calling mobile phone 30 (first communication terminal). This is a part for receiving first terminal specifying information for specifying the telephone 30. In the case of the present embodiment, it is assumed that the first terminal identification information and the second terminal identification information are respective telephone numbers. The receiving unit 101 outputs the received telephone number to the sound information selecting unit 102.

  The sound information selection unit 102 is a part that selects sound information stored in advance in the sound information storage unit 110 based on the telephone number output from the reception unit 101. The sound information selection unit 102 outputs the selected sound information and the telephone number output from the reception unit 101 to the transmission unit 103.

  Here, the information stored in the sound information storage unit 110 will be described. 2A and 2B show examples of information stored in the sound information storage unit 110. FIG. According to the example shown in FIG. 2A, “caller number (second terminal specifying information)”, “caller number (first terminal specifying information)”, “designated time”, and “designated day of the week”. And “sound source ID” are stored in association with each other. “Callee number” is used to specify “designated time”, “designated day of the week”, and “sound source ID” corresponding to this “callee number” when a call is made to the corresponding telephone number. This is key information. The “caller number” is information used as a key for specifying other information corresponding to the “caller number” when a call is made from the mobile phone having the corresponding telephone number. “Designated time” and “designated day of the week” are restriction information that is subject to the condition if this information is designated. The “sound source ID” is information that specifies sound information provided to the mobile phone 30. As shown in FIG. 2B, the sound information storage unit 110 stores “sound source ID” and “sound information” in association with each other.

  In FIG. 2A, “090-XXXX-YYYY” stored as the caller number is the telephone number of the mobile phone 30. Therefore, a user who uses the mobile phone 30 makes a call to “090-XXXX-XXXX” (mobile phone 35) stored as the called party number between “12:00 to 18:00” on “Saturday”. Then, the sound source ID of “advertisement 01” is specified, and the sound information of “ad.wav” is specified.

  The registration unit 104 is a part that accepts registration of information stored in the sound information storage unit 110 and updates the information stored in the sound information storage unit 110. In addition, the registration unit 104 is a part that stores the performance information in the performance information storage unit 111 in association with each sound information (sound source ID) when updating the information in the sound information storage unit 110. When the user registers the sound information for the first time every predetermined period (for example, one month), the registration unit 104 stores in the performance information storage unit 111 that the sound source ID for specifying the sound information is set. In addition, if the setting of sound information is continued at the beginning of a predetermined period, the registration unit 104 stores in the performance information storage unit 111 that the sound source ID that identifies the sound information is continued.

  Here, information stored in the record information storage unit 111 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the record information storage unit 111. According to the example shown in FIG. 3, the record information storage unit 111 stores the number of “continuous setting” and “new setting” for each month in association with the “sound source ID”. Specifically, 10 settings for “Sound Source 01” have been continued since December 2003, 5 new settings were made in January 2004, and 15 settings were continued in February 2004. Has been. In addition, 15 settings for “Sound source 02” have been continued since December 2003, and 10 new settings were released in January 2004, but 5 settings were released. 20 settings have been continued.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the transmission unit 103 is a part that transmits the sound information selected by the sound information selection unit 102 to the mobile phone 30. More specifically, when “ad.wav” is output as the sound information and “090-XXXX-YYYY” is output as the telephone number, the transmission unit 104 converts the sound information of “ad.wav” into “090- And the sound information “ad.wav” is transmitted from the mobile communication network 20 to the mobile phone 30 identified by the telephone number “090-XXXX-YYYY”. Sent. In the mobile communication network 20, the sound information “ad.wav” is continuously sent until the mobile phone 30 establishes a call connection with the mobile phone 35, and when the call connection is established, the transmission is stopped. The cellular phone 30 generates a predetermined sound as an RBT (ringback tone, ringing tone) based on the sound information “ad.wav”.

  The charge apportioning unit 105 generates distribution information for distributing the charges collected from each user of the mobile phone to the provider that provides the sound information stored in the sound information storage unit 110, and the distribution information output unit 106 This is the output part. More specifically, when setting is made so that the sound information selection unit 102 can select sound information every predetermined period, the charge apportioning unit 105 counts one score according to the setting, and this predetermined period Is set so that the sound information selection unit 102 can select the sound information at the beginning of the time, one score is counted, and when the predetermined period ends, the distribution information according to the score counted within the predetermined period Is the part that generates

  More specifically, the fee apportioning unit 105 generates distribution information based on information stored in the record information storage unit 111. According to the example described with reference to FIG. 3, in January 2004, the sound source 01 has 10 continuation settings and 5 new settings, and the sound source 02 has 15 continuation settings and 10 new settings. 03 has 1 continuation setting and 20 new settings, and the sound source 04 has 0 continuation setting and 5 new settings. In this case, the charge apportioning unit 105 counts one case as one score, the total score is 66 points, the sound source 01 is 15 points, the sound source 02 is 25 points, the sound source 03 is 21 points, and the sound source 04 is 5 points. . Accordingly, the provider providing the sound source 03 provides 15/66 of the collected fee to the provider providing the sound source 01, and 25/66 of the collected fee to the provider providing the sound source 02. The fee apportioning unit 105 generates and distributes distribution information so that 21/66 of the collected fee is distributed to the vendor and 5/66 of the collected fee is distributed to the provider providing the sound source 04. The information is output to the information output unit 106.

  The distribution information output unit 106 is a part that outputs the distribution information output from the fee apportioning unit 105 to a charging device (not shown). In the charging device, the fee collected from the user is distributed to each provider based on the distribution information. At this time, the entire fee collected from the user may be distributed, or a part thereof may be distributed. Also good.

  In this embodiment, the sound information providing system 10 is configured as described above, but each functional part and stored information may be distributed. For example, the sound information shown in FIG. 2B may be stored in a server system such as a sound source server. In that case, a plurality of sound source servers may be provided, and a plurality of sound information may be classified and managed by introducing a management number such as a sound source box number. Furthermore, when sound information is stored in the sound source server, link information between the sound source ID and the sound information may be used. In that case, a server system such as a portal server that stores link information to sound information may be introduced. In the portal server, the sound source ID and the link information are stored in association with each other. When the sound source ID is specified, the sound information is specified based on the corresponding link information.

  According to this embodiment, since one score is counted even when the predetermined period starts, if the sound information is set over the predetermined period, it is possible to count one score accordingly. Therefore, an equilibrium is maintained between a new setting and a long setting.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the sound information provision system which is this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in the sound information storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in the track record information storage part of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Sound information provision system, 20 ... Mobile communication network, 30 ... Mobile phone, 35 ... Mobile phone, 101 ... Reception part, 102 ... Sound information selection part, 103 ... Transmission part, 104 ... Registration part, 105 ... Charge apportionment 106: Distribution information output unit, 110 ... Sound information storage unit, 111 ... Performance information storage unit.

Claims (3)

A sound information providing system for transmitting sound information to a communication terminal capable of generating a predetermined sound based on sound information transmitted from a network when making a call to another communication terminal. ,
Second terminal specifying information for specifying the called second communication terminal and first terminal specifying information for specifying the first communication terminal transmitted from the calling first communication terminal Receiving means for receiving
Sound information selection means for selecting sound information stored in advance in the sound information storage means based on the received first terminal identification information and second terminal identification information;
Transmitting means for transmitting the selected sound information to the first communication terminal;
Charge apportioning means for generating distribution information for distributing the usage fee of the sound information providing system collected from each user of the communication terminal to a provider providing sound information stored in the sound information storage means; With
The fee apportioning means is provided for each predetermined period.
When the setting is made so that the sound information selection means can select the sound information, one score is counted according to the setting,
When the predetermined period starts, the sound information selection means selects the sound information, and if the transmission means is set so that the selected sound information can be transmitted, one score is counted,
A sound information providing system for generating the distribution information based on the score counted during the predetermined period when the predetermined period ends. The fee apportioning unit counts the one score only at the first setting when the setting for enabling the sound information selecting unit to select the sound information is performed a plurality of times within the predetermined period. The sound information providing system according to claim 1. The fee apportioning unit totals the total score within the predetermined period, calculates the ratio of the score corresponding to each sound information to the total score, and generates the distribution information based on the calculated ratio The sound information providing system according to claim 1 or 2.

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