JP2002016567A - Program organization system by program progress list - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program organization system to the users, that automatically combines a media file over the Internet and a media file stored in a user terminal by a user at a program organization site, to individually provide programs in matching with the users' preference. SOLUTION: A user organizes a program progress list with a setting page at a program organization site, while referring to setting items in matching with the user's preference, by using an address of a media file over the Internet site and a media file stored in a computer of the user, a server transmits the program progress list to the user terminal, and the user receiving the program progress list starts the reception of a program, on the basis of the program progress list.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for collectively managing the addresses of media files scattered on various websites on a specific website on an Internet network, and enabling a user to access the specific website. Accordingly, the present invention relates to a program scheduling system based on a program progress table which enables a user-specific program scheduling.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a media file is imported to a user terminal, for example, an audio file is imported to a user terminal, a user searches for an audio file from the Internet by a unique route and downloads the file to the user terminal. I was They managed each audio file using a piece of software and played the songs they liked. Microsoft Windows Media Player from Microsoft is well known as a software for achieving these. Multimedia players that support various types of formats have been developed to extend the functions of this software. For example, Hill's "MP DJ", which is designed with disc jockey (DJ) in mind, and Toshiba's mobile audio player "MEA110AS"
Etc. In addition, Toshiba's software "Audio Manager" compresses music CDs and existing audio data from music distribution sites to personal computers (PCs).
Encrypt and import, manage audio data files on PC hard disk library, and transfer to portable players. The function of organizing and playing back music data one by one on a PC already exists, but the function of the user accessing a specific site and automatically organizing programs by music genre or by category such as music and news is not available. Absent.

[0003]

As described above, a media file on the Internet and a media file stored in a user's terminal by a user are automatically combined at a program organization site, and a program suited to the user's preference is obtained. Are provided individually.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, after setting a program according to the user's preference on a setting page of a certain programming site on the Internet, a program program button is pressed. Then, a page screen of input items for organizing the program progress table is output, and while referring to the user's setting items, the program progress table is stored on the user's own computer while the address of the media file on the Internet site and the user saves the program progress table on his / her computer. After automatically filling the program progress table with a certain media file and completing the program progress table, the program progress table is transmitted to the user terminal, and the user who receives the program progress table uses the program progress table based on the program progress table. Start the program on the terminal.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A process for generating a program progress table will be described below.

[0006] When the user enters the programming site, enters the programming page, and opens the programming page, it is determined whether or not to use the previously set program parameters (step S1). If this is the first setting, of course, "N
"o" is selected, the page of the screen 1 appears, and the ratio of music in the program is set (step S2). afterwards,
When the "next" button on the screen 1 is clicked, it is automatically determined from the setting in step S2 whether the ratio of the music program in the program is 0 or not (step S3). Skip 2 and go to screen 3. If it is not 0, the screen 2 is output, the ratio of the music genre is set in an analog manner (step S4), and the "next" button is clicked to proceed to the screen 3. On the screen 3, the information content to be included between music programs is selected in a check formula, or the music program is inserted between the information contents selected in the check formula (step S5).

[0007] Music and information contents differ at the category level. For example, in music, JPOP and JAZZ are included.
Is different at the genre level.

[0008] Click "Next" on the screen 3 to proceed to the screen 4, where the length of the program is set, for example, by a pull-down menu method (step S6). When the "next" button on the screen 4 is clicked, a screen for asking whether to keep the input items of steps S2 to S4, that is, to leave the program with a name (setting registration ID) on the programming site (see FIG. Step S7). If left, a screen for inputting user information such as name, date of birth, and mail address appears (step S8), and the input is confirmed (step S9). Thereafter, a setting registration ID for the current setting is automatically issued (step S10), and at the same time, automatic generation of a program progress table starts (step S11). Hereinafter, an algorithm for generating the program progress table in the program scheduling server will be described. The programming server confirms the current time (step S12) and reads the parameters set on screens 1-4 (step S12).
13), the ratio of music to information content is determined from the parameters of the screen 1, and a basic program progress table serving as a base is first generated for one hour (step S14). Next, step S1
The basic program progress table at 4 is increased by the time designated on the screen 4 (step S15). From the weight of the music genre specified on the screen 2, the ratio of the genre-specific music file address blend, that is, the ratio of the music, is determined, and a music list is created (step S16). An information list is created from the information selected on the screen 3 (step S17). Next, one line of the basic program progress table is read (step S18), and it is determined whether it is music or information content (step S19). If it is music, one music is taken out from the music list created in step S16 and taken into the user progress table. , Advance one line in the list,
If it is information content, as in the case of music, one is taken out from the information list created in step S17, taken into the user progress table, and the line of the list is advanced by one (step S20). It is determined whether the current row of the basic program progress table is the last row (step S21). If the last row, the completed user program progress table is returned to the user terminal (step S22). If it is not the last line, the basic program progress table is advanced by one (step S23), and the process returns to step S18. Thereafter, by repeating steps S18 to S21, "E
ND ".

When the previous parameter setting is used in step S1, "Ye" is used in step S1.
When "s" is selected, a registration ID column for recalling the previous settings appears on the screen, and when the registration ID is entered and the confirmation button is clicked, the flow jumps to the start of progress table generation (step S11).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the system. In addition,
Although a PC or a portable terminal player is considered as the user terminal, an operation of skipping music data of the PC to the portable player is also assumed.

[0011]

According to the station of the address list of a large number of music files stocked at the programming site, it is not necessary to retrieve music files scattered at each site, and the program can be easily organized.

Further, according to the present invention, a program of music or information content can be easily organized based on a ratio determined from an input of a categorical blend and a genre blend in a music list.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for generating a program progress table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 programming site 2 programming server 3 program file database 4 internet site 5 internet server 6 media file database 7 personal computer (PC) 8 portable player 9 user owned media file

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of Internet sites comprising a web server and a database of media files;
A plurality of user terminals connectable to the plurality of Internet sites, and in a programming site among the plurality of Internet sites, an address of a media file in another Internet site is registered in the database of the programming site. A program progress table is created by collectively managing the addresses of the media files and automatically organizing the media file addresses and the media files held in the user terminal by category and genre by the user who has accessed the programming site, Means for returning the program progress table to the user terminal, and automatically and sequentially reproducing the media files present on a plurality of Internet sites in the user terminal along the program progress table. Table-based programming system. 2. The automatic composition for each category and genre, wherein a ratio of music between categories,
2. The program scheduling system according to claim 1, wherein the items in the music category can be hierarchically organized as a ratio of songs between genres.