JP2011191518A - Music reproducing device and information providing system or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a music reproducing device and an information providing system or the like, which give potential music purchase opportunity, by easily informing what and whose musical piece it is. <P>SOLUTION: The device includes: a music piece reproducing means for reproducing a music piece selected by a user; a music piece specifying information acquiring means for acquiring music piece specifying information for specifying the reproduced music piece; a user specifying information acquiring means for acquiring user specifying information for specifying the user who selects the reproduced music piece; a location information acquiring means for acquiring location information for indicating a location of a Web page in a network, in which introduction information of the reproduced music piece is described, on the basis of the acquired music piece specifying information and the acquired user specifying information; and information output means for outputting information including the acquired location information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field of an information providing system including a music playback device that plays back a song selected by a user, and a server that the music playback device can access via a network.

  In recent years, music (music) distribution online services have become a new form of entertainment. Along with such entertainment, recording media such as CD (Compact Disc) continue to be used. For example, as one of the usage forms of a CD, there is a form in which a music selector such as a DJ selects a song at a certain store and plays the song in the store so that the customer can watch it. On the other hand, Patent Document 1 proposes a technology that can distribute supplemental content for a CD using online service means such as the Internet.

JP 2007-257820 A

  By the way, in a space such as a store where songs are flowing, you might come across a song you like. Today, where music from all over the world is distributed, it can be difficult to know who the song is and what it is, and sometimes you forget it while thinking it is a good song on the spot. In addition to this, systems that allow individuals to distribute information on online blogs and bulletin boards and share information among individuals have been enhanced. On the other hand, it is easy to purchase songs you have heard in stores. There are not enough tools.

  Therefore, in this application, resolving such problems is an example of a task, and it is easy to tell who the song is and what song it is, and song playback that can uncover potential song purchase opportunities An object is to provide a device, an information providing system, and the like.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a song reproducing means for reproducing a song selected by a user, and song specifying information acquisition for acquiring song specifying information for specifying the reproduced song. Based on the means, user specifying information acquiring means for acquiring user specifying information for specifying the user who selected the reproduced song, the acquired song specifying information and the acquired user specifying information, Location information acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating the location on the network of the Web page in which introduction information of the reproduced music is described; and information output means for outputting information including the acquired location information. It is characterized by providing.

  The invention according to claim 6 is an information providing system comprising: a music playback device that plays back a song selected by a user; and a server that the music playback device can access via a network. The apparatus includes: music specifying information acquisition means for acquiring music specifying information for specifying the reproduced music; and user specifying information acquisition for acquiring user specifying information for specifying a user who selected the reproduced music Means for transmitting the acquired song specifying information, the acquired user specifying information, and transmitting means for transmitting to the server, wherein the server is a Web page describing introduction information of the reproduced song. A database for registering location information indicating a location on the network in association with the set of the song specifying information and the user specifying information, and the song reproducing apparatus Receiving means for receiving the music specifying information and the user specifying information; and acquiring the location information associated with the received set of the music specifying information and the user specifying information from the database, and playing the music And the music reproducing apparatus further comprises information output means for receiving the location information transmitted from the server and outputting information including the location information.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer for reproducing a song selected by a user, a song specifying information acquiring unit for acquiring song specifying information for specifying the reproduced song, and selecting the reproduced song. User specifying information acquisition means for acquiring user specifying information for specifying the user who has performed, the introduction information of the reproduced music is described based on the acquired song specifying information and the acquired user specifying information Further, the present invention is characterized by functioning as location information acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating the location of the Web page on the network and information output means for outputting information including the acquired location information.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there are provided a step of reproducing a song selected by a user, a step of acquiring song specifying information for specifying the reproduced song, and a user who selects the reproduced song. On the network of the web page on which the introduction information of the reproduced music is described based on the step of acquiring user specifying information for specifying, the acquired song specifying information and the acquired user specifying information The method includes the steps of acquiring location information indicating the location of the device and outputting the information including the acquired location information.

It is a figure showing an example of outline composition of an information service system concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a schematic structure of the music reproduction apparatus 1 which concerns on this embodiment. (A) is a flowchart showing input processing in the PC 6, and (B) is a flowchart showing Web page registration processing in the information providing server 3. (A) is a figure which shows an example of a music information list screen, (B) is a figure which shows an example of an introduction sentence input screen. It is a flowchart which shows the URL provision process in the control part 19 of the music reproduction apparatus 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the web page in which the introduction information of the reproduced music was described.

  Next, an optimal embodiment of the present application will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, embodiment described below is embodiment at the time of applying this application with respect to an information provision system.

  First, the configuration and function of the information providing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of an information providing system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing system S mainly includes a music (music) playback device 1, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) providing device 2, an information providing server 3, and the like.

  The music reproducing device 1 and the URL providing device 2 are installed in a facility such as a club, a restaurant (a coffee shop or a restaurant), or a resting place, for example. For example, it is installed on each table of a seat used by a user (customer). The music playback device 1 and the URL providing device 2 are electrically connected by wire or wirelessly, and a predetermined Web page (a We page provided from the information providing server 3) is transmitted from the music playback device 1 to the URL providing device 2. ) Or a QR code obtained by converting the URL (an example of a two-dimensional code) can be transmitted. Here, the URL is an example of location information indicating the location on the network, and is also called a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) in a broad sense.

  The URL providing device 2 includes a USB port 21 to which a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory Ma is connected, a display 22 for displaying information, and the like. For example, when the URL providing apparatus 2 receives the URL from the music reproducing apparatus 1, the URL providing apparatus 2 can transfer and store the URL to the USB memory Ma connected to the USB port 21. As a result, the URL transferred to the USB memory Ma is used for acquiring a Web page (acquired by a Web browser) by a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) 4 having a USB port to which the USB memory Ma can be connected, for example. Is done. On the other hand, when receiving the QR code from the music reproducing device 1, the URL providing device 2 can display the QR code on the display 22. Thereby, the QR code displayed on the display 2 is read by, for example, a portable terminal 5 (for example, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable game machine, etc.) having a camera with a QR code reading function. The URL extracted from the QR code is used by the mobile terminal 5 to acquire a web page.

  The music reproducing device 1 and the information providing server 3 are connected to a network NW. The network NW is constructed by, for example, the Internet, a dedicated communication line (for example, CATV (Community Antenna Television) line), a mobile communication network, and a gateway.

  The information providing server 3 includes a CPU, a storage device (for example, configured from a hard disk), and the like, and requests (for example, HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) requests) from the PC 4 and the portable terminal 5 accessed via the network NW And a web server that provides a web page as a response to the response. In addition, the information providing server 3 distributes song data (sales) that distributes song data to the PC 4 or the portable terminal 5 through a predetermined settlement process when there is a song download request through the Web page provided to the PC 4 or the portable terminal 5. ) It is also a server. The PC 4 and the mobile terminal 5 request a Web page according to the URL provided from the URL providing device 2 as described above. The Web page is configured by a structured document file such as an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or an XHTML document.

  In the storage device of the information providing server 3, a network library 31, a URL management database 32, and a song database 33 are constructed. In the network library 31, Web pages describing introduction information of songs are registered for each song, and the URLs of the Web pages registered here are different from each other. Each Web page is given song specifying information for specifying a song introduced on each Web page, and each song specifying information is associated with the URL of each Web page in the URL management database. 32. Note that the music specifying information may be any information as long as it can identify the music. For example, the music ID uniquely assigned to each music, the music extracted from the music, and the performance time of the music (Playback time), a set of song title and artist, and the like.

  Furthermore, a web page describing introduction information (for example, user comments) input by the user himself / herself can be registered in the network library 31. In this case, user identification information for identifying the user is assigned to the web page, and the user identification information includes song identification information for identifying a song introduced on the web page and the web. It is registered in the URL management database 32 in association with the URL of the page.

  For example, a user who uses the PC 6 can access the information providing server 3 from the PC 6 via the network NW and register a web page describing introduction information input by himself / herself by an operation described later in the network library 31. The user specifying information may be any information as long as it can identify the user. For example, a user ID, a password, a user email address, and a user fingerprint that are uniquely assigned to each user may be used. For example, fingerprint information to be represented.

  In the song database 33, song data to be distributed to the PC 4 or the portable terminal 5 is registered.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the structure and function of the music reproducing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration example of the music reproducing device 1 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the music playback device 1 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, a mounting unit 13, a music playback unit 14 (an example of a music playback unit), a music output unit 15, a USB port 16, and an external device output port. 17, an operation unit 18, a control unit 19, and the like.

  The communication unit 11 includes a communication device for connecting to the network NW.

  The storage unit 12 includes a hard disk or the like, and stores various programs (including the information providing program of the present application), data, and the like.

  A music recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc) or a DVD on which music data is recorded can be attached to the mounting unit 13.

  The music reproducing unit 14 includes an optical pickup, a servo circuit, a DSP, and the like, and reads music data from a music recording medium mounted on the mounting unit 13 and performs predetermined signal processing to reproduce the music. .

  The song output unit 15 outputs an audio signal related to the song reproduced by the song reproduction unit 14 to a speaker (not shown) installed in the facility via a wired or wireless connection. Thereby, music is output as a sound wave from a speaker.

  A USB memory can be connected to the USB port 16.

  The external device output port 17 is an interface for connecting to the URL providing device 2 by wire or wireless.

  The operation unit 18 is provided with operation buttons and the like used for music selection by the music selector.

  The control unit 19 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like. The CPU, for example, is a program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 12 (providing information of the present application). By reading and executing the program (including the program), it functions as the music specifying information acquiring unit, the user specifying information acquiring unit, the location information acquiring unit, the accessing unit, the converting unit, and the information output unit of the present application.

  Specifically, the control unit 19 acquires music specifying information for specifying the reproduced music during reproduction of the music selected by the user as the music selector, and selects the reproduced music. The user specifying information for specifying the user who has performed is acquired. And the control part 19 acquires URL of the web page in which the introduction information of the reproduced music was described based on the acquired music specific information and the acquired user specific information, and the information including the acquired URL Is output to the URL providing device 2. Here, examples of the information including the URL include the above-described URL itself or a QR code obtained by converting the URL. Thereby, the listener who is listening to the song selected by the song selector in the facility acquires the Web page describing the introduction information of the song from the information providing server 3 and browses it with the PC 4 or the portable terminal 5. Can do.

Next, the operation of the information providing system S according to the present embodiment will be described.
(Web page registration operation)
First, the Web page registration operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3A is a flowchart showing input processing in the PC 6, and FIG. 3B is a flowchart showing Web page registration processing in the information providing server 3.

  For example, when the user of the PC 6 connects the USB memory Mb with an automatic password authentication function to the PC 6, the PC 6 acquires the user ID of the user from the USB memory Mb as user identification information by ID (password) automatic authentication (step S 1). Note that the acquisition method of the user identification information is not limited to the acquisition from the USB memory Mb. For example, a user ID may be input from the keyboard and acquired as the user identification information, or connected to the PC 6. Fingerprint information representing the fingerprint of the user may be input from the fingerprint authentication device and acquired as user specifying information.

  Next, when the user operates the operation unit of the PC 6 to activate a library program for managing song information (step S2), login is performed based on the acquired user ID and a song information list (library) ) A screen is displayed on the display of the PC 6 (step S3).

  FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example of a song information list screen, and FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example of an introduction sentence input screen.

  On the song information list screen shown in FIG. 4A, the title, performance time, artist name, album name, and genre of the song managed by the library program are displayed as song information. These songs are, for example, songs downloaded to the PC 6 through a predetermined settlement process from the song distribution server, or songs taken into the PC 6 from a CD purchased by the user. In the case of a song imported from the CD to the PC 6, the song information of the song is in a predetermined server connected to the network NW, for example, using TOC (Table Of Contents) information read from the CD as a key. It is obtained from a known CDDB (Compact Disc DataBase) and managed by a library program.

  In addition, a “write introduction” button 51 is displayed on the song information list screen shown in FIG. Then, for example, when the user operates the mouse to select a song to be introduced to others from the songs on the song information list screen, and selects the “write introduction” button 51, the selected song is selected. The music specifying information for specifying is acquired (step S4), and as shown in FIG. 4B, an introduction text input screen for inputting the introduction text of the selected music is displayed on the display of the PC 6. (Step S5). Note that the song identification information is acquired from, for example, song information managed by a library program. For example, the performance time of the song included in the song information is acquired as song specifying information. Alternatively, the song title and artist name included in the song information are acquired as song specifying information.

  Then, for example, the user operates the keyboard to input the introduction text in the input field 52, and then operates the mouse to select the transmission button 53, for example. Thereby, when the PC 6 determines that there is an instruction to send introduction information from the user (step S6: YES), the information providing server 3 is accessed via the network NW, and the acquired user identification information and the acquired information are acquired. The music identification information and the introduction information including the input introduction text (may include the user's name and nickname) are transmitted to the information providing server 3 (step S7).

  On the other hand, when the information providing server 3 receives the user specifying information, the song specifying information, and the song introduction information transmitted from the PC 6 (step S10), the information providing server 3 generates a Web page describing the introduction information (for example, prepared in advance). (Introduction information is incorporated into a tag in the structured document constituting the default Web page) (step S11), and the URL of the Web page is generated. Here, the generated URL includes a scheme name (for example, http), a host name (server name), a path name, and a file name (file name of the structured document file that configures the Web page). For example, the file name includes a value obtained by encrypting the specified user specifying information and song specifying information. The value obtained by encrypting the user specifying information and the song specifying information may be set in the URL as a URL query string (set after “? UID & MID =” in the URL). Further, a portion other than the encrypted value of the user specifying information and the song specifying information in the URL is generated by the information providing server 3 when the “write introduction” button 51 is selected, and the information It may be configured to be transmitted from the providing server 3 to the PC 6 and displayed on the introduction sentence input screen.

The information providing server 3 registers the generated Web page in the network library 31 (step S12), and associates the URL of the generated Web page with the received set of user specifying information and song specifying information. Register in the URL management database 32 (step S13).
(Web page acquisition operation)
First, the Web page acquisition operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing URL providing processing in the control unit 19 of the music reproducing apparatus 1.

  In the Web page registration operation, a user who registers a Web page in which music introduction information is described using the PC 6 in the network library 31 goes to a facility (for example, a club) carrying the USB memory Mb. When the user selects a song as a music selector (for example, DJ) at the facility, when the USB memory Mb is connected to the USB port 16 of the music reproducing device 1, the control unit 19 reads the user ID from the USB memory Mb. The user ID is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM as the user ID of the logged-in user.

  Then, when the user sets, for example, a CD on the mounting unit 13 of the music playback device 1 and selects a desired music as the music selector by the operation unit 18 and presses the playback button, the music playback unit 14 selects the music from the CD. The user who has come to the facility listens to the music output from the speaker. Immediately before the user presses the play button, the user can set whether or not to deliver a Web page in which introduction information of the selected song is described by using the operation unit 18. For example, when the user does not want to tell the music that the user has found, the user sets the distribution to no delivery.

  When the reproduction of the song is started by the play button, the processing shown in FIG. 5 is also started, and the control unit 19 determines whether or not to deliver the web page in which the introduction information of the reproduced song is described (step). S21). For example, in the case where distribution is set by the music selector, the control unit 19 determines to distribute the Web page (step S21: YES), and the process proceeds to step S22. On the other hand, for example, if the music selector has set no distribution, the control unit 19 determines that the Web page is not distributed (step S21: NO), and proceeds to step S23.

  In step S <b> 22, the control unit 19 determines whether or not the reproduced music is a music registered in the network library 31. For example, when the control unit 19 accesses the publicly known CDDB via the network NW and transmits the TOC information read from the CD to the CDDB, the song information of the reproduced music can be acquired from the CDDB. Is determined to be a song registered in the network library 31 (step S22: YES), the process proceeds to step S24. On the other hand, for example, if the music is recorded on a self-made CD created by the music selector and is not registered in the CDDB, the music information of the reproduced music cannot be obtained from the CDDB. Is not a song registered in the network library 31 (step S22: NO), the process proceeds to step S23.

  In step S <b> 23, the control unit 19 outputs default screen data to the URL providing device 2 via the external device output port 17 and causes the display 22 to display the default screen.

  In step S24, the control unit 19 acquires music specifying information for specifying the reproduced music. For example, the control part 19 acquires the performance time of the said music contained in the TOC information read from CD as music specific information. Alternatively, the control unit 19 acquires the song title and artist name included in the song information acquired from the CDDB as song specifying information.

  In step S25, the control unit 19 determines whether or not the music selector is logged in. As described above, when the music selector is logged in by connecting the USB memory Mb to the USB port 16 of the music reproducing device 1, the control unit 19 determines that the music selector is logged in (step S25: YES), the process proceeds to step S27. On the other hand, when it is determined that the music selector has not logged in (step S25: NO), the control unit 19 proceeds to step S26.

  In step S26, the control unit 19 accesses the information providing server 3 via the network NW, and transmits the song specifying information acquired in step S24 to the information providing server 3, thereby transmitting the transmitted song specifying information. The URL of the default web page registered in the URL management database 32 in association with the URL (including the encrypted value of the music specifying information) is acquired from the information providing server 3. In this Web page, introduction information set as default for the reproduced music is described.

  In step S <b> 27, the control unit 19 acquires user identification information of a user as a music selector of the reproduced music. For example, the user ID read from the USB memory Mb and stored in the RAM is acquired. Note that the acquisition method of the user identification information is not limited to acquisition from the USB memory Mb. For example, a user ID may be input from the operation unit 18 and acquired as the user identification information. The fingerprint information representing the fingerprint of the user may be input from the fingerprint authentication device connected to 1 and acquired as the user specifying information.

  Next, the control unit 19 determines whether there is a web page registered in the network library 31 by the logged-in music selector (step S28). The control unit 19 accesses the information providing server 3 via the network NW, and transmits the song specifying information acquired in step S24 and the user specifying information acquired in step S26, thereby registering the web page. Inquire. When the information providing server 3 receives the music specifying information and the user specifying information transmitted from the music reproducing device 1, the information providing server 3 refers to the URL management database 32 and registers it in association with the set of the music specifying information and the user specifying information. The URL of the web page being searched is searched. When the information providing server 3 can extract the URL of the Web page by the search, information indicating that there is a Web page registered by the music selector corresponding to the received user specifying information and the extraction The sent URL is returned to the music reproducing device 1 via the network NW. On the other hand, when the URL of the Web page cannot be extracted by the search, the information providing server 3 is associated with only the information indicating that there is no Web page registered by the music selector and the received music specifying information. The URL of the registered default web page is returned to the music reproducing apparatus 1 via the network NW. The URL includes a value obtained by encrypting the music piece specifying information. In addition, the URL includes a value obtained by encrypting the received user specifying information + default value.

  When the control unit 19 receives information indicating that there is a Web page registered by the music selector and the URL of the Web page from the information providing server 3, the control unit 19 registers the information in the network library 31 by the logged-in music selector. It is determined that there is a web page (step S28: YES), the URL of the web page is acquired (step S29), and the process proceeds to step S31.

  On the other hand, when the control unit 19 receives information indicating that there is no Web page registered by the music selector and the URL of the default Web page from the information providing server 3, the controller 19 stores the information in the network library 31. It is determined that there is no registered web page (step S28: NO), the URL of the default web page is acquired (step S30), and the process proceeds to step S31.

  In step S31, the control unit 19 executes an output process of information including the acquired URL. In this output process, the control unit 19 converts the acquired URL into a QR code, and outputs the converted QR code to the URL providing device 2 via the external device output port 17. When the URL providing device 2 receives the QR code output from the music reproducing device 1, the URL providing device 2 displays the QR code on the display 22. As a result, the user who is listening to the music output from the speaker in the facility, for example, can read the QR code displayed on the display 22 of the URL providing device 2 installed on the table of the seat where the user is sitting. It can be easily obtained with the camera of the portable terminal 5. Note that the URL may be converted into a two-dimensional code (matrix type or stack type) other than the QR code and output.

  When a user who is listening to a song output from the speaker in the facility wants to know song information such as the title of this song or purchases the song, he / she operates the camera of his / her mobile terminal 5. When the QR code displayed on the display 22 is copied, the mobile terminal 5 reads the QR code and extracts the URL. When the web browser of the portable terminal 5 accesses the information providing server 3 via the network NW according to the extracted URL and requests a web page by the user's operation, the web page is provided from the information providing server 3. Is done. Thus, the web page provided from the information providing server 3 is displayed on the display of the portable terminal 5.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a Web page in which introduction information of a reproduced song is described. FIG. 6A is a display example of a Web page corresponding to the URL acquired in step S29. B) is a display example of a Web page corresponding to the URL acquired in step S30. The Web page shown in FIG. 6A displays introduction information of a song registered by the logged-in song selector (Mr. SAKA) and a download button for the song (button for purchasing a song). 61 etc. are provided. On the other hand, in the Web page shown in FIG. 6B, the introduction information of the music set by default is displayed, and a download button (purchase button) 62 of the music is provided.

  When the user of the portable terminal 5 wants to download (purchase) the reproduced music, when the download button 61 or 62 is selected, the Web browser of the portable terminal 5 follows the link embedded in the download button 61 or 62. A download request is made by accessing the distribution server, and the music is downloaded through a predetermined settlement process.

  Here, for example, in the download request when the download button 61 on the Web page shown in FIG. 6A is selected, a value obtained by encrypting the user specifying information and the song specifying information in the URL of the Web page. Will be included. On the other hand, in the download request when the download button 62 on the Web page shown in FIG. 6B is selected, a value obtained by encrypting the music specifying information in the URL of the Web page, user specifying information + default The value is included in the encrypted value.

  When the song distribution server decrypts the value extracted from the download request and obtains the user specifying information and the song specifying information, the selling price of the song for the music selector corresponding to the extracted user specifying information is obtained. For example, the processing for reducing 50% is performed. In this process, for example, points (points) corresponding to, for example, 50% of the sales price are registered in a database (not shown) managing user billing information in association with the user specifying information of the music selector. In this case, since the song is sold through the Web page in which the introduction information created by the song selector is described in addition to the achievement by the song selector, the song selector is considered to have a great achievement. , The ratio returned to the music selector is large.

  On the other hand, when the music distribution server decrypts the value extracted from the download request and obtains the user specifying information + the default value, for example, 10 of the selling price of the music to the music selector corresponding to the extracted user specifying information. The processing for reducing% is performed. In this process, for example, a point (score) corresponding to, for example, 10% of the sales price is registered in a database (not shown) for managing user billing information in association with the user specifying information of the music selector. In this case, although there is an achievement of the music selection by the music selector, since the music is sold through the Web page in which the introduction information set as default is described, the ratio returned to the music selector is small.

  In the output process of step S31, the user who is listening to the music output from the speaker in the facility has the USB memory Ma instead of the portable terminal 5, and the USB memory Ma is provided by the user to the URL providing device. 2 may be connected to the USB port 21. In this case, the control unit 19 of the music reproducing device 1 outputs the acquired URL to the URL providing device 2 via the external device output port 17 in response to a request from the URL providing device 2. When the URL providing apparatus 2 receives the URL output from the music reproducing apparatus 1, the URL providing apparatus 2 transfers the URL to the USB memory Ma connected to the USB port 21 and stores it. The user may connect the USB memory Ma to the USB port of the music playback device 1 and output the URL from the music playback device 1 to the USB memory Ma. Then, the user takes the USB memory Ma in which the URL is stored, for example, home, and connects the USB memory Ma to the USB port of the PC 4. When the user's operation causes the Web browser of the PC 4 to access the information providing server 3 via the network NW according to the URL acquired from the USB memory Ma and request a Web page, the Web page is displayed from the information providing server 3. Provided. In this way, the Web page provided from the information providing server 3 is displayed on the display of the PC 4. The subsequent processing is the same as that of the mobile terminal 5.

  As another example of the output process in step S31, the URL providing device 2 is provided with a short-range wireless communication function (for example, an infrared communication function or a non-contact communication function using electromagnetic induction (adopting non-contact IC card technology)). The URL may be wirelessly transmitted from the URL providing device 2 to the portable terminal 5 by the short-range wireless communication function. Alternatively, the URL providing apparatus 2 is provided with a mail transmission function, and the URL providing apparatus 2 transmits an e-mail in which the URL is described to the e-mail address set by the listening user. You may comprise so that it may be acquired by PC4 or the portable terminal 5. FIG.

  As described above, according to the embodiment, the music reproducing device 1 acquires the music specifying information for specifying the reproduced music during the reproduction of the music selected by the music selector, and the User identification information for identifying the user who selected the reproduced song is acquired, and the URL of the web page describing the introduction information of the reproduced song is acquired based on the song identification information and the user identification information. And since it comprised so that the information containing this URL might be output to URL provision apparatus 2, the user in a facility can know easily what kind of music the music currently flowing in the said facility is. It is possible to dig up potential song purchase opportunities for the user. There is also an opportunity for music selectors to make a profit from their music selection.

  In the above embodiment, the music selector is configured to select the music recorded on the CD, but may be configured to select the music recorded in the storage unit 12 of the music playback device 1. .

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, a music reproduction apparatus may be mounted, for example in a car navigation apparatus.

1 song playback device 2 URL providing device 3 information providing servers 4 and 6 PC
5 mobile terminal 11 communication unit 12 storage unit 13 mounting unit 14 music playback unit 15 music output unit 16 USB port 17 external device output port 18 operation unit 19 control unit S information providing system NW network

Claims (8)

A music playback means for playing back the music selected by the user;
Song specifying information acquisition means for acquiring song specifying information for specifying the reproduced song;
User identification information acquisition means for acquiring user identification information for identifying a user who has selected the reproduced music;
Location information acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating the location on the network of the Web page in which introduction information of the reproduced song is described based on the acquired song specifying information and the acquired user specifying information When,
Information output means for outputting information including the acquired location information;
A music playback device comprising: The music playback device according to claim 1,
Further comprising conversion means for converting the acquired location information into a two-dimensional code,
The information output means displays and outputs the converted two-dimensional code on a display. The music reproducing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
Access means for accessing a server for registering the location information of the Web page in association with a set of the song specifying information and the user specifying information via a network;
The location information acquisition means transmits the acquired song specifying information and the acquired user specifying information to the accessed server, so that a set of the transmitted song specifying information and the user specifying information is set. A music reproducing apparatus, wherein the location information of the Web page registered in association with the server is acquired from the server. In the music reproduction apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
The introduction information includes information input by the user. In the music reproduction apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
A music playback apparatus, wherein the Web page is provided with a button for purchasing the played music. An information providing system comprising a song playback device that plays back a song selected by a user, and a server that the song playback device can access via a network,
The music playback device
Song specifying information acquisition means for acquiring song specifying information for specifying the reproduced song;
User identification information acquisition means for acquiring user identification information for identifying a user who selected the reproduced music;
Transmitting means for transmitting the acquired song specifying information, the acquired user specifying information, and the server;
With
The server
A database for registering location information indicating the location on the network of the web page in which introduction information of the reproduced song is described in association with the set of the song specifying information and the user specifying information;
Receiving means for receiving the song specifying information and the user specifying information transmitted from the song reproducing device;
Transmitting means for acquiring the location information associated with the set of the received song specifying information and the user specifying information from the database and transmitting the information to the song playback device;
With
The music reproducing apparatus further comprises information output means for receiving location information transmitted from the server and outputting information including the location information. A computer that plays the song selected by the user,
Song specifying information acquisition means for acquiring song specifying information for specifying the reproduced song;
User identification information acquisition means for acquiring user identification information for identifying a user who has selected the reproduced music;
Location information acquisition means for acquiring location information indicating the location on the network of the Web page in which introduction information of the reproduced song is described based on the acquired song specifying information and the acquired user specifying information ,as well as,
An information providing program that functions as an information output unit that outputs information including the acquired location information. Playing a song selected by the user;
Obtaining song specifying information for specifying the played song;
Obtaining user identification information for identifying a user who has selected the reproduced music;
Acquiring location information indicating the location on the network of the web page on which the introduction information of the reproduced song is described based on the acquired song specifying information and the acquired user specifying information;
Outputting information including the acquired location information;
An information providing method comprising:

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