JP2006318421A - Content download method, system, terminal device, and central device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a medley of mobile phone melodies or songs to be downloaded to a mobile phone by a prescribed charge and to make a user play a game to enable the user to download a medley of mobile phone melodies or songs, of which the number is larger than the number of those allowed to be downloaded by the prescribed charge, in accordance with the result. <P>SOLUTION: A system includes a mobile phone melody server 1 for managing musical piece data of a plurality of mobile phone melodies specified respectively by musical piece names and a mobile phone 2 which has a display part 20 and downloads musical piece data of mobile phone melodies managed by the mobile phone melody server 1. The user is made to play the game simulating a slot machine, of arraying patterns imaging musical pieces like a matrix on a screen of the display part 20 of the mobile phone 2. The kinds and/or the number of mobile phone melodies which the mobile phone 2 can download from the mobile phone melody server 1 are increased/reduced in accordance with, for example, an array of artists' names on the screen of the display part 20 of the mobile phone 2 which is resulted from playing the game. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for downloading various contents (digital contents), and more specifically, to a system that adopts game characteristics when downloading contents. In particular, when an incoming call is received, not a ringing tone but a so-called ringtone, ringtone (registered trademark: the note of registered trademark is omitted in the following) is reproduced and output. The present invention relates to a method, a system, and a terminal device and a central device that constitute such a system that incorporates game characteristics when downloading music data of incoming call notification music.

  Many mobile phones are configured to be able to reproduce and output music when an incoming call is received, unlike conventional land-line phones. Such music is called ringtone, ringing song, etc., but each mobile phone user can input music data of favorite music or download it from various websites. It is also possible to set so that different music is reproduced and output depending on who is receiving the call, specifically, who is receiving the call from the mobile phone used.

  By the way, continuing to use the same ringtone and ringtone is convenient for the user to understand that there is an incoming call on his mobile phone, but on the other hand, the same music is played each time an incoming call is received. To be done, you may want to change to other music to become rude. Although ringtones and ringtones can be changed by user operations, frequent changes require frequent cumbersome operations for the user and are often avoided. In view of such circumstances, for example, a telephone terminal device that is configured to reproduce a plurality of music in a medley format as disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known.

On the other hand, in recent years, various games can be enjoyed on the screen of a mobile phone. For example, Patent Document 2 discloses a game system in which a game simulating a so-called slot machine is performed on the screen of a mobile phone, and the acquired points are exchanged for various prizes.
JP 2001-345883 A JP 2002-28374 A

  However, the telephone terminal device disclosed in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 does not disclose how to obtain music data of music to be medley reproduced. In addition, in the game system disclosed in Patent Document 2, if the user wins the game, a prize can be obtained, but if the user loses, the point on hand is lost, and the mischief is mischievous. I will talk.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above. For example, when the content is a ringtone or ringtone, the medley-style ringtone or ringtone can be downloaded to a mobile phone at a predetermined charge. In this case, a content download method, system, and the like that allow users to download medley ringtones and ringtones of a larger number of songs than the number that can be downloaded at a normal fee depending on the result of the game. An object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device and a central device constituting such a system.

  The present invention is not limited to the ringtones and ringtones as described above, but a content download method and system capable of downloading various contents in the same manner as described above, a terminal device that constitutes such a system, and a central device. The purpose is to provide a device.

  In short, the present invention provides a privilege that a user plays a game simulating a so-called slot machine when downloading content, for example, music data of ringtones, and increases the types, number, etc. of downloadable content according to the result. It is given.

  The content download method according to the present invention is a method in which a terminal device having a display unit downloads content from a central device storing a plurality of content, and the content specifying image for specifying each content is transmitted to the terminal device. Content on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device in accordance with the result of executing the game program to be executed by the central device or the terminal device and arranged in a matrix on the screen of the display unit The central device or the terminal device determines the type and / or number of contents that the terminal device can download from the central device according to the arrangement state of the specific image.

  The content download system according to the present invention is a content download system including a central device that stores a plurality of content, and a terminal device that has a display unit and downloads the content stored in the central device. A game executing means for executing a game program for arranging content specifying images for specifying respective contents in a matrix on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device, and the game executing means for executing the game program According to the arrangement state of the content specific image on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device as a result of the download, the terminal device can determine the type and / or number of content that can be downloaded from the central device Content determining means for the central device or the terminal device Wherein the shift or is provided.

  In such a content download method and system according to the present invention, a game is executed in which content-specific images for specifying content are arranged in a matrix on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device, and the terminal as a result of executing this game The type and / or number of contents that the terminal device can download from the central device is determined in accordance with the arrangement state of the content specific images on the screen of the display unit of the device.

  In the content download method according to the present invention, in the above invention, each content specifying image is attached with attribute information indicating an attribute of the content specified by the content specifying image, and according to a result of executing the game program, The type and / or number of contents that the terminal device can download from the central device according to the arrangement state of the attribute information attached to the content specific image arranged on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device The central device or the terminal device determines.

  In such a content download method according to the present invention, in the content download method invention described above, each content specifying image is accompanied by attribute information indicating the attribute of the content to be specified. The terminal device downloads from the central device according to the arrangement state of the attribute information attached to each content specific image, not the arrangement state of the content specific image on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device according to the executed result. The type and / or number of content that can be determined is determined by the central device or the terminal device.

  The content download method according to the present invention is the content download method according to the above-described content download method, wherein the attribute information is attached when the attribute information is in one of a plurality of predetermined states. A privilege according to the type of the predetermined state is given when the content specified by the specific image is downloaded from the central device to the terminal device.

  In such a content download method according to the present invention, in the content download method invention described above, a plurality of types of predetermined states are determined in advance as the attribute information arrangement state. When downloading the specified content from the central device to the terminal device, a privilege according to the arrangement state of the attribute information is given.

  Further, the content download method according to the present invention is the content download method invention described above, wherein the content is music data for notifying incoming music by music, and the content specific image is an image representing a music title of the music data, The attribute information is an artist name.

  In such a content download method according to the present invention, in the content download method invention described above, the content is music data for notifying incoming music by music, and the content specific image is an image representing the music title of the music data Since the attribute information is the artist name, a privilege is given when the artist name is in a predetermined arrangement state.

  The content download method according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the content download method invention, music data having a common artist name is downloaded from the central device to the terminal device as music data in medley format. .

  In such a content download method according to the present invention, in the above-described content download method invention, a plurality of pieces of music data having a common artist name are downloaded from the central apparatus to the terminal apparatus as music data in the medley format.

  The content download system according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the content download system invention, both the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means are provided in the central device.

  In such a content download system according to the present invention, in the content download system invention, the central device accesses the central device provided with the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means, so that these functions are used. Is done.

  The content download system according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the content download system invention, both the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means are provided in the terminal device.

  In such a content download system according to the present invention, in the content download system invention described above, the terminal device provided with the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means accesses the central device to use these functions. It becomes possible.

  The content download system according to the present invention is the content download system invention, wherein the game execution means is either the central device or the terminal device, and the downloadable content determination means is the central device or the terminal device. It is provided in either one of the terminal devices.

  In such a content download system according to the present invention, in the content download system invention described above, the terminal device provided with either the game execution means or the downloadable content determination means is the game execution means or downloadable content determination means. By accessing a central device having one of which is not provided, the terminal device can use these functions.

  The terminal device according to the present invention is a terminal device that downloads content from a central device that stores a plurality of content, and displays a display unit and a content specifying image that specifies each content on the screen of the display unit. In accordance with the arrangement state of the content specific images on the screen of the display unit as a result of executing the game program by the game execution means, Downloadable content determining means for determining the type and / or number of content that can be downloaded from the central device.

  In such a terminal device according to the present invention, a game program for arranging content specifying images for specifying content in a matrix on the screen of the display unit is executed, and on the screen of the display unit as a result of executing this game The type and / or number of contents that can be downloaded from the central device is determined according to the arrangement state of the content specific images.

  The central device according to the present invention is a central device that stores a plurality of contents and causes a terminal device having a display unit to download the content, and displays a content specifying image that specifies each content on the terminal device. A game execution means for executing a game program arranged in a matrix on the screen of the part, and a content specific image on the screen of the display part of the terminal device as a result of the game execution means executing the game program. Downloadable content determining means for determining the type and / or number of contents permitted to be downloaded to the terminal device according to the arrangement state.

  In such a central device according to the present invention, a game program for arranging content-specific images for specifying content in a matrix on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device is executed, and the result of executing this game is displayed on the display unit. The type and / or number of contents permitted to be downloaded to the terminal device is determined in accordance with the arrangement state of the content specific images on the screen.

  According to the present invention as described above, even when a game program is executed, it is possible to download a minimum number of contents with the same charge, and depending on the result, a larger number of contents can be downloaded. Therefore, there are merits for the user, and there are merits for the provider who provides the download of contents, such as an increase in the number of accesses and the number of downloads.

  According to the present invention, when the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means are provided in the central device, the content can be downloaded regardless of the capability of the terminal device.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the terminal device is provided with the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means, the load on the central device is reduced.

  According to the present invention, when the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means are distributed and provided in the terminal device and the central device, the load on the central device is reduced to some extent, and But that ability is not required.

  Further, according to the present invention, when downloading a medley ringtone as the downloaded content, it is possible to download the ringtones and ringtones of the artist collectively when the artist names are in a predetermined arrangement. Various utilization methods are possible, such as becoming.

  Furthermore, it is of course possible to handle still images, moving images, etc. as content. For example, cards such as so-called baseball cards that are widely targeted for collection are replaced with digitized content for download. It becomes possible.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings in the case where downloaded content is ringtone music data as an example. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a ringtone server as a central device when a game program is executed on the central device side as a first embodiment of the content download system of the present invention.

  The ringtone server 1 is a server that downloads ringtones to the mobile phone 2 that is a terminal device and executes a game program. The ringtone server 1 is centered on the control unit 11, and includes a ROM 12, RAM 13, a communication interface 14 capable of communicating with the mobile phone 2, a ringtone database 15 in which ringtone music data is registered, and user information. A user database 16 that is stored, a program that causes a user to play a game on the screen of the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2, and a game database 17 that stores various data necessary for executing the program in advance, and the ringtone server 1 as a whole. For example, the main program 181 is stored in the HDD 18 and the like.

  The database is hereinafter referred to as DB. Databases such as ringtone DB 15, user DB 16, and game DB 17 may be stored in large-scale storage media such as individual HDDs, or may be stored in HDD 18 in which one main program 181 is stored. Good. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that each database is stored in an individual HDD.

  In the ringtone DB 15, music data of a large number of ringtones are registered in association with information such as an ID for identifying each, the name of each song, the name of the artist, and the recorded album title (may not be present). The control unit 11 can also directly read music data of individual ringtones from the ringtone DB 15 by designating an ID, for example, search by artist name to create a list of album titles, artist name or album title, etc. You can also search for and create a list of song names. The ringtone music data read from the ringtone DB 15, the created list, etc. are transmitted from the communication interface 14 to the terminal device that requested it, for example, the cellular phone 2.

  The user DB 16 includes information related to a large number of users, specifically billing information necessary for billing such as the name, age, address, bank account number or credit card number of each user, and authentication for accessing the ringtone server 1. Password etc. are registered. In the game DB 17, as will be described later, a game program 171 that is a program for causing the user to play a game on the screen of the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2, data for displaying various screens necessary for the execution, Data for this purpose (game data 172) is stored in advance.

  By the way, as the game data 172, for each genre, a predetermined number of representative song names for each year (for example, song names ranked higher in a so-called hit chart or the like) are selected in advance. Then, images representing the names of these songs are used by the game program 171 in place of the drum pattern of a normal slot machine. Therefore, as will be described later, in the present embodiment, since the mobile phone 2 simulates a slot machine of 3 rows × 3 columns, a predetermined number of song names for each year are assigned to each column. In other words, as game data 172 stored in the game DB 17, the names of hit songs for one year corresponding to each year are stored in advance for each genre.

  Then, by specifying the age, the data for any 3 years of each year included in the specified age is randomly selected, and the data corresponding to those 3 years (hits in each year) Song name) is selected as data corresponding to each row of the slot machine, that is, one drum. Therefore, as a slot machine, the titles of the hit songs of each year of the specified genre in the specified era rotate as three drum images, and the title when the drum stops “Win” or “Drop” is determined by the arrangement state of each artist name. However, when selecting any three years within the specified age, it is necessary to select so that there can be a “win”. Therefore, for example, it is necessary to previously extract a combination of three years of data that may have a “win” in each age for each genre, and arbitrarily select these combinations.

  The general operation of the system of the present invention is as follows. When the user accesses the ringtone server 1 from the mobile phone 2 and transmits information necessary for login, the ringtone server 1 receives the information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 via the communication interface 14, and controls the control unit according to this information. 11 retrieves and authenticates the user ID, password, etc. registered in the user DB 16. When the authentication is completed, the mobile phone 2 can log in to the ringtone server 1 and can request the download of the ringtone. In response to this request, the ringtone server 1 transmits the music data of the ringtone registered in the ringtone DB 15 to the mobile phone 2. However, even if the user of the mobile phone 2 cannot specify the song name directly, for example, the artist name is specified and the ringtone server 1 is searched for the ringtone DB 15 to display the song name of the artist as a list. A method in which the user selects a song from this list is also possible.

  When the user operates the mobile phone 2 to specify a song name of one of the ringtones and transmits a download request, the ringtone server 1 reads the music data of the specified ringtone from the ringtone DB 15 and transmits it to the mobile phone 2. Then, the user is charged according to the charging information registered in the user DB 16. The mobile phone 2 receives the music data transmitted from the ringtone server 1 and stores it in the storage device. If the user sets the music data of the ringtone downloaded from the ringtone server 1 in such a manner that the user can actually use it, the music data is reproduced as a ringtone when a subsequent incoming call is received.

  By the way, in the game DB 17 of the ringtone server 1, for example, a game program 171 for causing a user to execute a game simulating a slot machine on the screen of the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2 and various screen display necessary at that time. Data and the like are stored in advance. However, a technology for causing a user to play a game simulating a slot machine on the screen of the mobile phone 2 display unit 20 using such a program and data for screen display has already been disclosed in, for example, Patent Document 2 and the like. As it is known, it will not be described in detail.

  However, the system of the present invention does not play a game simulating a simple slot machine on the mobile phone 2 side, but when downloading a medley ringtone, the number of songs is larger than the standard number of songs depending on the result of the game. A service that enables downloading of medley ringtones. This will be specifically described below.

  FIG. 2 to FIG. 5 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure by the ringtone server 1 according to the first embodiment of this invention. Specifically, the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 are stored in the game DB 17 when the control unit 11 receives a ringtone download from the mobile phone 2 while the main program 181 stored in the HDD 18 is being executed. The game program 171 is processed by the control unit 11 executing. It should be noted that procedures such as access and login to the ringtone server 1 from the mobile phone 2 and the procedure of the accounting process are well known and will be omitted.

  First, the control unit 11 transmits screen display data for inquiring the user as to whether or not to play a game to the mobile phone 2 (step S11), and enters a standby state until an answer is received (NO in step S12). ). As a result, when the user of the mobile phone 2 gives an instruction to play a game (YES in step S12, YES in S13), the control unit 11 performs a process of setting a probability of “winning” (step S15). This process is prepared as a flowchart of a subroutine shown in FIG. 7, and is a process for changing the probability of “winning” to a value different from the reference value according to various conditions, which will be described in detail later.

  When the user of the mobile phone 2 gives an instruction not to play a game (YES in step S12, NO in S13), the control unit 11 proceeds to step S14 to download a normal ringtone by the main program 181. The process is executed (step S14), and then the process ends.

  When the process of setting the probability of “winning” in step S15 is completed, the control unit 11 transmits screen display data that allows the user to select the age / genre of the medley to the mobile phone 2 (step S16), and returns an answer. It will be in a standby state until it receives (NO in step S17). The age of the medley is, for example, in units of 10 years, and the 70s, 80s, 90s, the present age (after 2001), etc. are preset. Further, several types of genres such as “Enka”, “J-Pop”, “American Rock”, etc. are preset.

  When the response of the age / genre of the medley selected by the user is received from the mobile phone 2 (YES in step S17), the control unit 11 is selected, in other words, the age and genre selected by the user by operating the mobile phone 2. Is read from the game DB 17 (step S18), and the initial screen display data is transmitted to the mobile phone (step S19). Thereafter, the control unit 11 temporarily enters a standby state until receiving a trigger for starting the rotation of the drum of the slot machine from the mobile phone 2 (NO in step S20). In the mobile phone 2 that has received the initial screen display data at the start of the slot machine game from the ringtone server 1, the initial screen of the game is displayed on the screen of the display unit 20.

  When the user operates (presses) a predetermined button of the mobile phone 2 in this state, a predetermined signal is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the ringtone server 1 as a trigger for starting the rotation of the drum of the slot machine. When ringtone server 1 receives a predetermined signal as a trigger for starting drum rotation from mobile phone 2 (YES in step S20), control unit 11 starts counting by a built-in timer (step S21), and the drum is rotating. The display data for the screen simulating the state is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 (step S22). Thereafter, the control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 receives a trigger for stopping the rotation of the drum from the mobile phone 2 (YES in step S23), or whether a predetermined time has passed (according to a time measurement result by the built-in timer) (step Until either (YES in S24) (both NO in steps S23 and S24), the screen display data simulating the state where the drum is rotating is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 to enter a standby state.

  When the user of the mobile phone 2 gives an instruction to stop the rotation of the drum of the slot machine by operating a predetermined button, a predetermined signal is generated as a trigger for stopping the rotation of the slot from the mobile phone 2 to the ringtone server 1. Sent. When this signal is received (YES in step S23), or when the time measured by the built-in timer of the control unit 11 has passed a predetermined time (YES in step S24), the control unit 11 is previously set in step S15. Based on the probability of “hit”, “hit” or “off” is determined (step S25). When it is determined as “win” (YES in step S26), the control unit 11 transmits display data for the screen in the “win” state to the mobile phone 2 (step S27), and when it is determined as “out” (step S27). In step S26, the control unit 11 transmits the display data for the screen in the “disconnected” state to the mobile phone 2 (step S50).

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of a screen in the “win” state displayed on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2 according to the first embodiment of this invention. In this example, it is configured as a slot machine of 3 rows × 3 columns so that three drums rotate and three of the pictures drawn on each drum are displayed. And, since the song names of the same artist (Sazanka) are arranged in the diagonal direction from the upper left to the lower right of the pattern arrangement of 3 rows × 3 columns, it is “hit”. In addition to this, “winning” is “hit” if the music titles of the same artist are arranged in any of the diagonal direction from the upper right to the lower left, the vertical direction, and the horizontal direction. Also, in this case, the “winning artist”, that is, the artist of the ringtone that the user can download more than the standard number of songs as a privilege, is “Sazanka”.

  Next, the control unit 11 transmits screen display data notifying of “winning” and “winning artist” to the mobile phone 2 (step S28). In addition, although not illustrated, the text explaining what kind of privilege is given to the user is also displayed. That is, the ringtones that make all the songs recorded in one album out of all the albums of “Winning Artist” into a medley format, or the number of songs that the user uses as a reference from among all the songs of “Winning Artist” It is displayed on the screen of the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2 that the user can receive a privilege to download a ringtone in which a predetermined number of songs larger than that, for example, any five songs in the medley format.

  When the user gives an instruction to display the next screen by operating the mobile phone 2 from this display state, the control unit 11 selects an album of “winning artist” or selects a predetermined number of songs as desired. The display data for prompting which one to select is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 (step S29), and the process waits until the selection result is received from the mobile phone 2 (NO in step S30). In the mobile phone 2, the display unit 20 displays a screen prompting the user to select either “album artist” album as described above or to arbitrarily select a predetermined number of songs. When either one is selected by operating the cellular phone 2, the ringtone server 1 receives a signal indicating the selection result (YES in step S30).

  When the selection result by the user is an album (YES in step S31), the control unit 11 transmits to the mobile phone 2 display data for displaying a screen for selecting one of all album titles of “winning artist” ( Step S32) enters a state of waiting for reception of the selection result (NO in step S33). For example, the control unit 11 searches the album title registered in the ringtone DB 15 for the album title of “winning artist” and displays the list on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2 as the processing in step S32. Such data may be transmitted.

  When the user operates the cellular phone 2 to select any album title, the control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 receives this selection result (YES in step S33), and receives the received album title, that is, the album selected by the user. The music data in the medley format of the music data of all the ringtones included in the title is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 (step S34). On the mobile phone 2 side, this medley ringtone music data is received and stored in an appropriate storage device (not shown). Thus, the user can arbitrarily use the ringtone music data received by the mobile phone 2 from the ringtone server 1 on the side of the mobile phone 2 thereafter.

  If the selection result by the user is not an album (NO in step S31), the control unit 11 sends to the mobile phone 2 display data for displaying a screen for selecting a predetermined number, for example, five songs, from the names of all the songs of the “winning artist”. Transmit (step S41), and wait for reception of the selection result (NO in step S42). In the process in step S41, for example, the control unit 11 searches for the song name of “winning artist” from the song names registered in the ringtone DB 15, and displays the list on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2. It is sufficient to transmit the correct data.

  When the user operates the mobile phone 2 to select a predetermined number of song names, the control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 receives this selection result (YES in step S42), and receives all song names (all song names selected by the user). The music data in the medley format is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 (step S43). The mobile phone 2 receives the medley ringtone music data. Thus, the user can arbitrarily use the ringtone music data received by the mobile phone 2 from the ringtone server 1 on the side of the mobile phone 2 thereafter.

  On the other hand, when it is determined as “disconnected” in the previous step S26 (NO in step S26), the control unit 11 transmits the display data for the screen in the “disconnected” state to the mobile phone 2 (step S50). The “disconnected” state is a state in which three music titles of the same artist are not lined up in the up-down direction, the left-right direction, or the diagonal direction.

  In this case, the control unit 11 determines whether or not “free” is present in the center column of 3 rows × 3 columns (step S51). The music data in the medley format of the music data of the ringtones of the three music titles in the row is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 (step S52). On the other hand, if “free” exists in the center column (however, only “free” is at most one) (YES in step S51), the user can arbitrarily select other than the two songs displayed in the center column. The fact that it is possible to select one song and the display data of the screen for arbitrarily selecting one song are transmitted to the mobile phone 2 (step S53), and a standby state is entered (NO in step S54). Although this screen is not shown in the drawing, for example, the artist name is displayed in a list format on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2, and when the user selects an artist name, a list of all the song names of the artist is displayed. is there. At the same time, a sentence explaining what kind of privilege is given to the user, that is, the privilege as described above, is also displayed.

  When the user operates the cellular phone 2 from this display state and selects one desired song, the ringtone server 1 receives the selection result (YES in step S54), so the control unit 11 is displayed in the center column. The music data of the ringtones of the total 3 music titles of the 2 music and the 1 music selected by the user are read from the ringtone DB 15 and transmitted to the mobile phone 2 in the medley format (step S55). The mobile phone 2 receives the medley ringtone music data. Thus, the user can arbitrarily use the ringtone music data received by the mobile phone 2 from the ringtone server 1 on the side of the mobile phone 2 thereafter.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of a subroutine process for setting the probability of “win” in step S15. First, the control unit 11 detects the position of the mobile phone 2 (step S151). The process of detecting the position of the mobile phone 2 is, for example, transmitting a predetermined signal from the ringtone server 1 side to the mobile phone 2 to return the result of position detection by the GPS built in the mobile phone 2 itself. It is possible by the process. However, when the mobile phone 2 does not have such a function, the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is not performed.

  Next, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the detected position of the mobile phone 2 is in a medical facility such as a hospital, clinic, or sanatorium (step S152). This process is possible by map matching the position of the mobile phone 2 detected in step S151. If it is determined that the position of the mobile phone 2 is in the medical facility (YES in step S152), the control unit 11 transmits display data for displaying a screen for notifying the use stop warning to the mobile phone 2 (step S153). ). Further, the control unit 11 sets the probability of “hit” lower than the reference value, for example, 0.5 times the reference value (step S154), and returns.

  The reason why the ringtone server 1 performs such processing is that the use of a mobile phone is generally prohibited in a medical facility, but even if the mobile phone is used in a medical facility, The possibility of being accessed from a place where use is permitted is also taken into consideration.

  When the position of the mobile phone 2 detected in step S151 is not within the medical facility (NO in step S152), the control unit 11 next determines whether or not it is within a predetermined area (step S155). In this case, the designated area is a service provider that provides ringtone services, for example by designating a region by prefecture, city, etc. on a daily basis, or by designating a region, facility, etc. where business opportunities can be expected for that business operator. It is a privilege that increases the probability of “hit”.

  When the position of the mobile phone 2 detected in step S151 is within a predetermined area (YES in step S155), the control unit 11 next time and position at the start of login from the mobile phone 2 (in step S151) Similarly to the processing, the moving speed of the mobile phone 2 is calculated from the current time and the position at which the mobile phone 2 logged into the ringtone server 1 is detected and stored in, for example, the RAM 13 (step S156). ). When the moving speed of the mobile phone 2 is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, for example, about 10 km / h (YES in step S157), the control unit 11 proceeds to the above-described step S154 and uses the probability of “winning” as a reference. Set to 0.5 times the value. This process can be considered that the mobile phone 2 is more specifically considered that the user carrying the mobile phone 2 is moving at least by means other than walking, for example, from a train or while driving a car. This is done to reduce the probability of “hit” as a penalty, assuming that there is a high possibility of access. In this case, a warning such as “Do not use a mobile phone while driving or driving a car” may be displayed on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2.

  However, if the moving speed of the mobile phone 2 is not equal to or higher than the predetermined speed in step S157 (NO in step S157), the user of the mobile phone 2 may be moving at least on foot, but from the train or the car. Considering that the possibility of access during driving is low, the probability of “hit” is set higher than the reference value, for example, twice (step S158).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S155 that the position of the mobile phone 2 is not within the predetermined area (NO in step S155), the control unit 11 performs the same processing as in steps S156 and S157 described above in steps S159 and S160. Do. Therefore, in this case, since the mobile phone 2 can be considered that the user of the mobile phone 2 is moving at least by means other than walking, for example, it is accessed from inside a train or while driving a car. If the possibility of hitting is high, the probability of “win” is set low as a penalty. In this case, a warning such as “Do not use a mobile phone while driving or driving a car” may be displayed on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2.

  However, if the moving speed of the mobile phone 2 is not equal to or higher than the predetermined speed in step S160, the user of the mobile phone 2 may be at least walking, but access from the train or while driving the car. The probability of “hit” is set as a reference value (step S161).

  To summarize the above, when the position accessed by the user of the mobile phone 2 can be regarded as being within the medical facility, the probability of “winning” is unconditionally lowered to ½ of the reference value. In addition, the probability of “winning” when it can be considered that the position where the user of the mobile phone 2 is accessing is within a predetermined area where a privilege that gives a high probability of “hit” is given, and is not in a train or driving a car. Is increased to twice the reference value, and if it can be considered that it is outside the predetermined area and is not in a train or driving a car, the probability of “winning” is not increased or decreased, and is set to the reference value. . However, even if the position where the user of the mobile phone 2 is accessing is within a predetermined area where a privilege that increases the probability of “winning” is given or not, for example, from inside a train or while driving a car When it is considered that there is a high possibility of access, the probability of “hit” is lowered to 0.5 times the reference value.

  By the way, in the first embodiment described above, the game program 171 is actually executed on the ringtone server 1 side, and the progress of the game is simply displayed on the mobile phone 2 side. However, the game program (terminal game program) for the mobile phone 2 from the ringtone server 1 and screen display data necessary for its execution, as well as game data selected according to the specified genre and age (for three years) It is also possible to execute a game program on the mobile phone 2 by transmitting the data) to the mobile phone 2 and transmit the result to the ringtone server 1.

  Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the mobile phone 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  The mobile phone 2 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is basically configured in the same manner as a general mobile phone. That is, communication with the ring-tone server 1 is possible via the control unit 21 composed of a microcomputer, a microprocessor, etc., and a transmission / reception unit 22 composed of a speaker and a microphone, a memory 23 storing various information, for example, the Internet IN. A user interface 25 mainly composed of a communication unit 24, a numeric keypad that also serves as a character key, and a cross key for moving the selected position on the display screen up, down, left and right, an LCD for performing various displays, and the like are used. It is the same as a general mobile phone that the display unit 20 and a program memory 27 in which various programs for exhibiting the function as the mobile phone are stored in advance.

  The configuration of the ringtone server 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention is basically the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 described above, but the game stored in the game DB 17 There are some differences in the program 171. Specifically, in the second embodiment, the game program for the terminal and the data for displaying the screen necessary for executing the game program from the ringtone server 1 are selected arbitrarily according to the selected genre and age. The game program 171 transmits the game data 172 for the year and the probability of “winning” to the mobile phone 2. The mobile phone 2 is configured to temporarily store these terminal game programs, data, etc., execute the game program by itself, and transmit the result to the ringtone server 1.

  However, the terminal game program and the screen display data necessary for its execution are made resident in the memory 23 of the mobile phone 2, and the game data 172 and the probability of winning are changed each time the game is played. Only the data to be received may be received from the ringtone server 1 and temporarily stored.

  FIG. 8 shows a state in which the terminal game program 231, display data 232, game data 233, and “winning” probability 234 are stored in the memory 23 of the mobile phone 2. Yes.

  9 and 10 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure on the ringtone server 1 side in the second embodiment, and FIGS. 11 to 14 are flowcharts showing a processing procedure in the mobile phone 2 similarly.

  Specifically, the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 are stored in the game DB 17 when the control unit 11 receives a ringtone download from the mobile phone 2 while the main program 181 stored in the HDD 18 is being executed. The game program 171 is processed by the control unit 11 executing. It should be noted that procedures such as access and login to the ringtone server 1 from the mobile phone 2 and the procedure of the accounting process are well known and will be omitted.

  First, the control unit 11 transmits screen display data for inquiring to the user whether or not to play a game to the mobile phone 2 (step S61), and enters a standby state until an answer is received (NO in step S62). ). During this time, the mobile phone 2 displays on the display unit 20 a screen asking the user whether or not the control unit 21 will play a game according to the data received from the ringtone server 1 (step S91), and until an answer is transmitted according to the user's instruction. A standby state is entered (NO in step S92). When the user gives an instruction to play a game and it is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the ringtone server 1 (YES in steps S92, S93, S62, and S63), the control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 determines “winning”. Processing for setting the probability is performed (step S65). Since this processing is the same as the flowchart of the subroutine shown in FIG.

  If the user of the mobile phone 2 gives an instruction not to play the game and is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the ringtone server 1 (YES in step S92, NO in S93, YES in S62, NO in S63), The control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 advances the process to step S64 to execute a normal ringtone download process by the main program 181 (step S64), while the mobile phone 2 similarly performs a normal ringtone download process. This is executed (step S94), and then both end processing.

  When the process of setting the probability of “winning” in step S65 is completed in the ringtone server 1, the control unit 11 transmits to the mobile phone 2 screen display data that allows the user to select the age / genre of the medley (step S66). ), And waits until an answer is received (NO in step S67). The medley age and genre are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In the mobile phone 2, the control unit 21 displays a screen for allowing the user to select the age / genre of the medley on the display unit 20 according to the data received from the ringtone server 1 (step S 95), and temporarily enters a standby state (NO in step S 96). . When the user of the mobile phone 2 selects the medley age / genre and transmits an answer (YES in step S96), the ringtone server 1 receives the answer (step S67).

  As described above, when the answer of the medley's age / genre selected by the user is received (YES in step S67), the control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 is selected, in other words, the user operates the cellular phone 2 to select it. The game data 172 (for any three years) corresponding to the selected age and genre is read from the game DB 17 (step S68), and the read game data, the terminal game program, and the data such as the probability of “winning” are transferred to the mobile phone 2. Transmit (step S69). When the cellular phone 2 receives these data (step S98), the control unit 21 stores these data in the memory 23 as shown in FIG. Thereafter, the control by the control unit 21 in the mobile phone 2 is executed according to the terminal game program 231 stored in the memory 23.

  First, the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 displays an initial game screen according to the received data (step S99). Thereafter, the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 temporarily enters a standby state until the user performs an operation for starting the rotation of the drum of the slot machine (NO in step S100). When the user operates a predetermined button to start the rotation of the drum of the slot machine (YES in step S100), the control unit 21 starts timing by the built-in timer (step S101), and simulates the state where the drum is rotating. The screen thus displayed is displayed on the display unit 20 (step S102). Thereafter, the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 gives an instruction to stop the rotation of the drum of the slot machine when the user of the mobile phone 2 operates a predetermined button (YES in step S103), or a predetermined time elapses. Or (depending on the result of counting by the built-in timer) (YES in step S104) (both NO in steps S103 and S104), the display unit 20 displays a screen simulating the state where the drum is rotating and is in a standby state. become.

  When the user of the mobile phone 2 gives an instruction to stop the rotation of the drum of the slot machine by operating a predetermined button (YES in step S103), or the time measured by the built-in timer of the control unit 21 has passed a predetermined time In the case (YES in step S104), the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 determines whether or not “win” or “out” based on the “win” probability 234 previously received from the ringtone server 1 and stored in the memory 23. Is determined (step S105). When “win” is determined (YES in step S106), the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 displays a “win” state screen on the display unit 20 (step S107), and when “off” is determined (step S107). In step S106, NO), the control unit 11 displays a screen in the “out” state on the display unit 20 (step S120).

  In this case, the display state of the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2 is the same as that in FIG. 6 of the first embodiment described above. When it is determined as “winning”, the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 displays a screen for notifying “winning” and “winning artist” (step S108). In addition, although not illustrated, the text explaining what kind of privilege is given to the user is also displayed as in the first embodiment.

  When the user gives an instruction to display the next screen by operating the mobile phone 2 from this display state, the control unit 21 selects an album of “winning artist” or also selects a predetermined number of songs arbitrarily A screen prompting which one to select is displayed on the display unit 20 (step S109). If the user selects an album (YES in step S110), the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 transmits a request for an album list of “winning artist” to the ringtone server 1 (step S112). On the other hand, when the user has selected to arbitrarily select a predetermined number of songs (NO in step S110), the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 transmits a request for a song name list of “winning artist” to the ringtone server 1. (Step S116).

  The ringtone server 1 is in a standby state until it receives a game result from the mobile phone 2 (NO in step S70), but receives the game result (YES in step S70), and it is “winning” (step S71). If the selection result by the user is an album (YES in step S73), the control unit 11 displays data for display of a screen for selecting one from all the album titles of “winning artist”. (Step S74) and waits for reception of the selection result (NO in Step S75). In the process in step S74, for example, the control unit 11 searches the album title registered in the ringtone DB 15 for the album title of “winning artist” and displays the list on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2. Such data may be transmitted.

  When the cellular phone 2 receives this data, the control unit 21 displays a screen for selecting one of all the album titles of “winning artist” on the display unit 20 (step S113), and waits for selection by the user. (NO in step S114). When the user of mobile phone 2 selects any album title, control unit 21 transmits the selection result to ringtone server 1 (YES in step S114). The control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 receives the selection result by the user on the mobile phone 2 side (YES in step S75), and the received album title, that is, the song data of the ringtones of all the songs included in the album title selected by the user Is transmitted to the mobile phone 2 (step S76). The mobile phone 2 receives the medley ringtone music data (step S115) and stores it in the memory 23, for example. Thus, the user can arbitrarily use the ringtone music data received by the mobile phone 2 from the ringtone server 1 on the side of the mobile phone 2 thereafter.

  When the selection result by the user is not an album (NO in step S110), as described above, the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 transmits a request for a song name list of “winning artist” to the ringtone server 1 (step S116). ). The ringtone server 1 transmits to the mobile phone 2 display data for displaying a screen for selecting a predetermined number of songs from all the song names of the “winning artist” in response to the request for the song name list of the “winning artist” received from the mobile phone 2. (NO in step S73, S77). By receiving this data, the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 displays a screen for selecting a predetermined number, for example, 5 songs from the names of all songs of the “winning artist” on the display unit 20 (step S117), and transmits the selection result. (NO in step S118). When the user operates mobile phone 2 to select a predetermined number of song titles, control unit 21 of mobile phone 2 transmits the result to ringtone server 1 (YES in step S118). The control unit 11 of the ringtone server 1 receives this selection result (YES in step S78), and sends the music data of the ringtones of all the received song names (all song names selected by the user) in the medley format to the mobile phone 2. Transmit (step S79). The mobile phone 2 receives the medley ringtone music data (step S119) and stores it in the memory 23, for example. Thus, the user can arbitrarily use the ringtone music data received by the mobile phone 2 from the ringtone server 1 on the side of the mobile phone 2 thereafter.

  On the other hand, as a result of playing the game on the mobile phone 2, when it is determined as “disconnected” (NO in step S <b> 106), the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 displays a screen of “disconnected” on the display unit 20 (step S <b> 106). S120). The “disconnected” state is a state in which three music titles of the same artist are not lined up in the up-down direction, the left-right direction, or the diagonal direction.

  In this case, the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 determines whether or not a “free” display is present in the center column of 3 rows × 3 columns (step S121). And NO) the names of the three songs in the center row are transmitted to the ringtone server 1 (step S122). On the other hand, when “free” exists in the center column (however, only one “free” is at most one) (YES in step S121), the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 indicates that the user is displayed in the center column 2 In addition to the song, a screen is displayed to indicate that one song can be arbitrarily selected and to arbitrarily select one song (step S124). Although this screen is not shown in the drawing, for example, the artist name is displayed in a list format on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2, and when the user selects an artist name, a list of all the song names of the artist is displayed. The artist name is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the ringtone server 1, and the ringtone DB 15 is searched by the artist name received by the ringtone server 1, so that it can be displayed on the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2. At the same time, the display unit 20 of the mobile phone 2 also displays a text explaining what kind of privilege is given to the user, that is, the privilege as described above.

  When the user selects and transmits a desired piece of music by operating the mobile phone 2 from this display state (YES in step S125), the control unit 21 of the mobile phone 2 displays the selection result and the time when the drum of the slot machine stops. The song names of a total of 3 songs, the other 2 songs in the center row of, are transmitted to the ringtone server 1 (step S126). When the ringtone server 1 receives these three song names (YES in step S80), the control unit 11 reads the received song data of the three song titles from the ringtone DB 15 into the medley format song data. (Step S81). The mobile phone 2 receives the medley ringtone music data (step S127).

  Even when the mobile phone 2 transmits the song names of the three songs in the center row to the ringtone server 1 in step S122, the ringtone server 1 performs the above-described steps S80 and S81. The music data in which the three songs are in the medley format is received (step S123). Thus, the user can arbitrarily use the ringtone music data received by the mobile phone 2 from the ringtone server 1 on the side of the mobile phone 2 thereafter.

  As described above, in the present invention, even when a game is played, it is possible to download at least three medley-style ringtones with the same charge, and depending on the result of the game, more ringtones can be downloaded. Since downloading is possible, there are merits for the user, and there are also merits for the merchant providing ringtone downloads, such as an increase in the number of accesses and downloads.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where a medley ringtone is downloaded as content to be downloaded has been described as an example. However, it is very easy to replace ringtone as content, and other various music data can be stored. It can also be handled as content. Needless to say, the music data may be, for example, music data for karaoke or music data for normal music. In addition, the content may be audio data in the case of notifying the incoming call with a voice such as a talent instead of music.

  It is of course possible to handle data other than music data as content. For example, it is also possible to handle content using song lyrics as character data, content using fortune-telling, mikoshi etc. as character data, and the like. Furthermore, it is of course possible to handle, for example, still images and moving images as contents. For example, a card that is widely targeted for collection such as a so-called baseball card can be replaced with digitalized content for download.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the server in the case of controlling a game by the server side as 1st Embodiment of the content download system of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the ringtone server of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the ringtone server of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the ringtone server of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the ringtone server of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of a display of the screen of the "hit" state displayed on the display part of the mobile telephone of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the subroutine process which sets the probability of "winning" of the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the example of an internal structure of the mobile telephone of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the ringtone server side in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence by the ringtone server side in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the mobile telephone in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the mobile telephone in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the mobile telephone in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence in the mobile telephone in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ringtone server 2 Mobile telephone 11 Control part 15 Ringtone database 16 User database 17 Game database 18 HDD
20 Display (for mobile phone)
21 Control unit 23 Memory

Claims (11)

A terminal device having a display unit downloads content from a central device storing a plurality of content,
Causing the central device or the terminal device to execute a game program for arranging the content specifying images for specifying each content in a matrix on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device;
The types of content that the terminal device can download from the central device according to the arrangement state of the content specific images on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device according to the result of executing the game program, and The content download method, wherein the central device or the terminal device determines the number. Each content specific image is accompanied by attribute information that represents the attributes of the content that it specifies,
The terminal device downloads from the central device according to the arrangement state of the attribute information attached to the content specific image arranged on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device according to the result of executing the game program The content download method according to claim 1, wherein the central device or the terminal device determines the type and / or number of content that can be processed.   When the array state of the attribute information is one of a plurality of predetermined states, the content specified by the content specifying image to which the attribute information is attached is downloaded from the central device to the terminal device. The content download method according to claim 2, wherein a privilege according to a predetermined type of state is given.   4. The content of claim 3, wherein the content is music data for notifying incoming music by music, the content specific image is an image representing a music name of the music data, and the attribute information is an artist name. How to download.   5. The content downloading method according to claim 4, wherein music data having a common artist name is downloaded from the central device to the terminal device as music data in a medley format. A content download system including a central device storing a plurality of contents and a terminal device having a display unit and downloading the content stored in the central device,
Game executing means for executing a game program for arranging content specifying images for specifying each content in a matrix on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device;
Content that the terminal device can download from the central device according to the arrangement state of the content specific images on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device as a result of the game execution means executing the game program One of the central device and the terminal device comprises downloadable content determining means for determining the type and / or number of content.   7. The content download system according to claim 6, wherein both the game execution means and the downloadable content determination means are provided in the central device.   The content download system according to claim 6, wherein both the game execution unit and the downloadable content determination unit are provided in the terminal device.   7. The game execution means is provided in one of the central device and the terminal device, and the downloadable content determination means is provided in either the central device or the terminal device. The content download system described. A terminal device that downloads content from a central device that stores a plurality of content,
A display unit;
Game executing means for executing a game program for arranging content specifying images for specifying each content in a matrix on the screen of the display unit;
The type and / or number of contents that can be downloaded from the central device according to the arrangement state of the content specific images on the screen of the display unit as a result of the game execution means executing the game program A terminal device comprising: downloadable content determination means for determining. A central device that stores a plurality of contents and causes a terminal device having a display unit to download the contents,
Game executing means for executing a game program for arranging content specifying images for specifying each content in a matrix on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device;
The type and / or number of contents permitted to be downloaded to the terminal device in accordance with the arrangement state of the content specific images on the screen of the display unit of the terminal device as a result of the game execution means executing the game program A central apparatus comprising: downloadable content determination means for determining the content.

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