WO2001020493A1 - Audio information distributing/collecting device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

An audio information distributing/collecting device and method for collecting information on evaluation of various data such as audio data including music, text data, and image data. The audio information distributing/collecting device comprises a server (10), a manager terminal (12), and a terminal (14). The server (10) stores therein various data such as audio data, text data, and image data inputted through the pre-registered terminal (14), receives a request of the terminal for various information, and outputs the requested data. The manager terminal (12) is connected to the server (10), manages data sorting information, registered information in the terminal (14), and other information, and judges whether or not data inputted through the terminal (14) may be registered. The terminal (14) outputs the data created by an artist and information about the evaluation of data to the server (10).

Description

 Specification

 Sound information distribution · Collecting device and method

 Technical field

 The present invention makes it possible to register a song composed by oneself from a terminal device connected via a communication line, to listen to the registered song, and to further collect audio information for collecting ratings for the song. · Regarding collection devices and methods.

 冃 technique i l

 It is common practice that amateurs create CDs (Compact Discs) and distribute them when producing music such as music. The development of communication networks has made it possible to distribute music that we have created from websites such as the Internet. However, the distribution method using MIDI (Music Instrument Digital Interface) was not suitable for the distribution of music because of problems such as the inability to specify the timbre. In addition, music distribution by other methods has problems such as a decrease in sound quality when compressing music data and a long time for distribution. A delivery method based on MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group) or the like solves these problems, and can deliver data such as music without deteriorating sound quality or the like.

 In addition, software for playing moving images and music on computers such as Quick Time (freeware manufactured by Applire Computer) has been introduced, and playback devices for playing MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) and others have been developed. Practical use and the appearance of various software that easily converts music data to MP3 format data have made it possible to distribute music on the Internet.

 However, those who would like to announce their own music would have had to set up a homepage when distributing the music on the Internet. In addition, it was difficult to obtain information such as the number of users who accessed the music distribution site and liked the music.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-30987 discloses an example of conventional data distribution including voice data and collection of evaluation information over time. The person selection work support information management device described in this publication is capable of inputting selection information for inputting voice, text, and image data. Connected to the input terminal device and the selection information input terminal device via a communication line, receives voice, text, and image data transmitted from the plurality of selection information input terminal devices, and receives the voice, text, and image data. It will be screened based on the information, and the evaluation of the judges by this broadcast will be collected, and selection information will be provided to rank the various data transmitted from the selection information input device. However, although the invention described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 11-30987 can participate in an unspecified number of selected persons, it is necessary to make the data widely known to the public because the examiners are limited. Could not.

 Further, an example of a conventional data receiving system including voice data is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-11-1.

No. 4,959,55. The information distribution system and information processing terminal device described in this publication include a server device that stores various types of information such as audio information, text information, image information, and video information, and outputs various types of information in response to a request from a terminal. A terminal device that is connected to the server device via a communication line, outputs a signal for acquiring various information to the server device, acquires various information from the server device, and outputs various information to a display device or the like. And a portable terminal device that is supplied with various information and power from the terminal device and outputs the various information to a display device or the like. However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.

The invention described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 59555 can receive various kinds of data, but could not collect information on the evaluation of the received data.

 Disclosure of the invention

 An object of the present invention is to store various data such as voice data, text data, image data, etc. including music in a server, distribute various data to a terminal device via a communication line, and perform music performed on the terminal device side. An object of the present invention is to provide a voice information distribution / collection apparatus and method for transmitting evaluation information to a server and collecting evaluation information on music in the server.

 The present invention performs registration processing of various data including at least audio data among audio data including music transmitted via a communication line, text data, and image data, and stores the various data. A server that outputs the various data corresponding to the request for transmission of various data, and tallies the evaluation information when the information on the evaluation of the output various data is transmitted;

Connected to the server via a communication line, registered in advance in the server, Outputting to the server to store the seed data, acquiring the various data stored from the server, reproducing the various data by a reproducing unit, and transmitting the evaluation information on the various data to the server. A plurality of terminal devices for outputting to the server;

 An administrator terminal device that is connected to the server, manages information of various data, registration information and advertisement information of the terminal device, and determines whether to register the various data input from the terminal device; ,

It is characterized by having.

 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

 FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a voice information distribution / collection device of the present invention.

 FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the audition method of the present invention.

 FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the music data distribution method of the present invention.

 FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the audio content distribution method of the present invention.

 FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the stream distribution method of the present invention.

 BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

 Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a voice information distribution and collection device of the present invention.

 The voice information distribution / collection device of the present invention includes a server 10, an administrator terminal device 12, and a terminal device 14-1, 14-2,..., 14-n (where n is a natural number). Prepare.

 The terminal device 14 is connected to the server 10 via the communication line 16 and registers the user in advance as a member in the server 10. In addition, the server uploads, to the server 10, data including at least audio data such as audio data (including music data), text data, and image data created by the artist. Further, the advertisement information of the client, the advertiser, and the advertisement sound data are uploaded to the server 10.

 In addition, the terminal device 14 connects to the server 10, obtains voice, text, image data, and the like from the server 10, and transmits evaluation information on voice, text, image data, and the like to the server 10. Output.

The server 10 stores the member information of the registered members in advance on the member information database, and automatically stores voice, text, image data, etc. uploaded from the artist in the artist taste sound information database, Mouth up from client The stored advertisement information and advertisement sound data are automatically stored in the advertisement sound information database.

 Also, when a plurality of terminal devices 14 registered in advance are connected, the server 10 outputs classification information such as various data to the terminal devices 14 and outputs voice, text, and image data from the terminal devices 14. It acquires requests for various data such as data, and outputs the requested various data to the terminal device 14. Various types of data, such as audio, text, and image data, are output free of charge or output after being charged. In addition, the server 10 stores persons who store various data such as voice, text, image data, etc., persons who have obtained various data, and persons who have output evaluation information by age, region, gender, and hobby. , Etc., and construct a database, and have various databases for various data.

 Further, the server 10 adds data such as an advertisement by one or both of the voice and the image matching the user to various data and outputs the data to the terminal device 14. The administrator terminal device 12 is connected to the server 10 and manages classification information such as various types of data, registration information of the terminal device 14 or other information, and various types of data input from the terminal device 14. A determination is made as to whether or not to register overnight or the like.

 Communication lines 16 include the Internet, LANs, public networks, mobile communication networks, satellite communication networks, and other communication networks.

 Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the audition method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

 An artist (also a user) who wants to register music to receive an audition registers in advance with the server 10 as a member. The artist is composed of song data that has been written, composed, arranged, etc. by himself, artist information such as an artist profile consisting of text data, images (still images or video) data, music information, etc. Is transmitted to the server 10 (step 201).

The server 10 receives the transmitted data, judges whether or not the artist is a pre-registered artist using an audition sound information automatic upload system, and if the artist is a registered artist, It is determined whether the data can be registered on the server 10 and whether the data can be registered on the server 10 At this time, the data sent from the artist is stored in the first sound information data base—evening base 21 and the database 22 for artist sound trial listening (step 202) so that other users can listen to the data. (Step 203) The artist sound information database 21 stores the music data, artist information, and music information uploaded by the artist to the server 10, and stores the data for listening to the taste sound. A part of the music data is stored in the track 22. At this time, the server 10 uses the information included in the data to determine the category to which the music belongs (for example, rock, pop, techno, jazz, jungle, reggae, Healing, geek, other, general, ...) and store them in the database.

 Other users registered as members access the server 10 from the terminal device 14 (step 204), and are determined to be members by the server 10 using the member information database 23. Music, select a song from the field to which the song of the artist sound audition base 22 belongs (step 205), perform a stream audition (step 206), evaluate it, and evaluate it. Output in the form of a vote (step 207).

 The server 10 totals the data regarding the evaluation using the totaling system (step 208). The aggregated evaluation data is stored in the audition sound management database 24 using the member data marketing system (step 209).

 Further, the server 10 analyzes the totalized data in real time and classifies the data by age, region, gender, hobby, etc., and constructs a database. With this database, the support layer for each artist can be known, and this database can be used for marketing and the like.

 Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the music data overnight distribution method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

The user accesses the server 10 from the terminal device 14 (step 301). The server 10 determines that the user is a member using the member information database 23 Then, the user selects a music piece from the field to which the music of the artist sound preview data base 22 belongs (step 302), performs a stream preview (step 303), and determines a music piece to be downloaded (step 304). o

 The server 10 selects the advertisement sound data (commercial) 28 matching the user from the advertisement sound information database 25 (step 305). For example, the advertisement sound data 28 is automatically selected according to age, gender, region, hobbies, and the like. The server 10 selects the artist sound data 29 to be downloaded from the artist sound information database 21.

 The server 10 combines the advertisement sound file 28 before and / or after the artist sound data 29 (step 306), and creates a download file as one music file (step 307). Or advertising sound data—combining evening 28 before and / or after artist sound data 29, plus advertising text and still image information data 30, and artist text (eg lyrics) and still image information (Step 306), and a file for download is created as one file (Step 307).

 Further, the server 10 stores information on which client's advertisement was distributed to which member (user) in the client information database 26, and stores information on which artist was selected, billing information, etc. in the artist information. Data is stored in the evening 27, and the created download file is output to the member user (step 308).

 The user receives the download file using the terminal device 14, and uses the received data including at least the music data using MP3, Solid Audio, WM A (Windows Media Audio) or the like. Playback on the playback device.

 In addition, as a charging method when downloading the charged music data, for example, there is a method of subtracting a balance for each use from information prepaid by each user in advance.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of the audio content distribution method according to the embodiment.

 The third embodiment is different from the second embodiment shown in FIG. 3 in that the artist sound preview database 22 is replaced with the audio content preview database 32, and the artist sound information database 21 is replaced with the audio content information data. Replaced with base 3 3, replaced artist sound data 29 with audio content data 34, and converted artist text and still image information data 31 into audio content text and still image information data 35. The artist information database 27 is replaced with the audio content information database 33.

 The third embodiment is for distributing audio contents in place of the artist sound in the second embodiment. And the operation is the same, so the description of Keisaku is omitted.

 The present invention is not limited to artist sounds such as music, but can also be applied to distribution of audio contents such as English conversation, current events, sports news, and the like. Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the stream distribution method according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

 Stream distribution is a distribution in which information is always flowing like a radio broadcast.When a program is selected like a radio broadcast, for example, one of the programs such as music, news, English conversation, etc. is selected. If you choose, it is a form of distribution where the selected one is constantly flowing like a radio broadcast.

 When the user accesses the server 10 from the terminal device 14 (step 501), and the server 10 determines that the user is a member using the member information database 23, the user The content is selected from the stream content audition database 36 (step 502), the stream is listened to (step 503), and the content to be distributed is determined (step 504). . Here, the user can determine the content to be distributed one after another.

The server 10 selects the next content to be distributed from the determined content (step 505). Next, the server 10 selects the stream advertisement sound data 40 matching the user from the stream advertisement sound information database 37. Then (step 506), the stream content data 39 to be distributed is selected from the stream content information database 38.

 The server 10 combines the stream advertisement sound data 40 between the stream content data 39 and the next stream content data 39 (step 507), and converts the stream file as one file. Create (step 508). Alternatively, the server 10 combines the stream advertisement sound data 40 between the stream content data 39 and the next stream content data 39, and further includes advertisement texts and still images. The information data 41 and the voice content text and still picture information data 42 are combined (step 507), and a stream file is created as one file (step 508).

 Next, the server 10 stores information ^ indicating which client's advertisement was distributed to which user (user) in the client information database 26, and information indicating which stream content data was selected. Store the money information etc. in the stream content information database 43 and distribute the created stream file to the member user (step 509) o

 Further, the server 10 selects the next content to be distributed from the contents determined by the user (step 505), and repeats the above operation for the number of contents determined by the user.

 In the second, third and fourth embodiments described above, a case where still image information is combined with sound data has been described. However, the present invention is applicable to a case where moving image information is combined with sound data. Is also applicable.

 The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made within the scope of the present invention.

 Industrial applicability

As described above, the present invention enables a terminal device connected via a communication line such as the Internet to register a song composed by itself and to listen to the registered song by the terminal device. Also, the evaluation of the registered music can be collected from the terminal device. Furthermore, to distribute music via the Internet Therefore, it does not require extra inventory compared to producing and distributing CDs.

 Further, according to the present invention, a music piece can be widely known by adding advertisement information to the music piece and distributing it.

 Further, according to the present invention, by constructing various databases, it is possible to add various types of data output from the server to the advertisement information matched to the user and to output the data, and to utilize the various databases for marketing. Can be.

Claims

The scope of the claims  1. Perform registration processing of various data including at least voice data among music data, music data, and image data transmitted via a communication line, and store the various data; A server that outputs the various data when there is a transmission request for various data, and that aggregates the evaluation information when evaluation information for the output various data is transmitted;  It is connected to the server via a communication line, is registered in the server in advance, outputs to the server to store the various data, obtains the various data stored from the server, and acquires the various data. A plurality of terminal devices that are reproduced by a reproducing unit and output the information of the evaluation regarding the various types of data to the server;  Connected to the server, manages information on various types of data, registration information and advertisement information of the terminal device, and manages whether to register the various types of data input from the terminal device. User terminal device; A voice information distribution and collection device comprising:  2. The server classifies, by age, region, gender, hobby, etc., those who have stored the various data, those who have obtained the various data, and those who have output the evaluation information. 2. The voice information distribution / collection device according to claim 1, wherein a database is constructed.  3. The audio information distribution / collection apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the server adds and outputs advertisement information to the various data output from the server.  4. The server, characterized in that the server uses the database to add, to the various data output from the server, advertisement information suitable for a person who requests the data, and outputs the data. The audio information distribution and collection device according to paragraph 1 or 2. 5. Register audio data including music transmitted from the user via the communication line, various data including at least audio data among text data and image data, Outputting the various data corresponding to the transmission request of the various data from another user to the other user, A voice information west 3 signal collection method, comprising collecting information on evaluation of the output various data transmitted from the other user and performing an audition. 6. A music data distribution method characterized in that, when a user decides music data to be distributed, advertisement information suitable for the user is combined with the music data determined by the user and output to the user.  7. When the user decides the music data that he / she wants to distribute, the music data determined by the user is combined with the advertisement information suitable for the user, and the text data and image data are combined and output to the user. A music data distribution method characterized by the following. 8. A method for distributing audio content, characterized in that when a user determines audio content to be distributed, the advertising content suitable for the user is combined with the audio content determined by the user and output to the user.  9. When the user decides the audio content that he / she wants to distribute, the user should combine the audio content determined by the user with the advertisement information suitable for the user, and further combine the text data and image data to output to the user. An audio content distribution method characterized by:  10. When the user decides on the stream content to be delivered, the user combines the stream content determined by the user with the advertisement information suitable for the user and performs stream delivery to the user. Streaming method to be used.  11 1. When the user determines the stream content to be delivered, the user combines the stream content determined by the user with the advertisement information suitable for the user, and further combines the text data and the image data. A stream delivery method characterized by delivering a stream to a user.