KR100537697B1 - System and method for providing an ensemble service based on the ringing sound of mobile phones - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a ring-tone ensemble service using a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing a ring-tone ensemble using a plurality of mobile phones.

The ringtone service according to the present invention includes the steps of storing and maintaining a plurality of sound sources associated with a ringtone, providing a selection screen including the plurality of sound sources to a user, and receiving selection information about the sound source from the user. And receiving information associated with the performance of the selected sound source from the user, and playing the selected sound source based on the time information.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an ensemble service from a sound source played in one or more mobile phones.

Description

Ringtone ensemble service method and system using mobile phone {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ENSEMBLE SERVICE BASED ON THE RINGING SOUND OF MOBILE PHONES}

The present invention relates to a ring-tone ensemble service using a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing a ring-tone ensemble using a plurality of mobile phones.

The brilliant development of mobile communication today has rapidly promoted the popularization of mobile phones (or mobile phones), transforming our lives so that most people now carry their phones with them at all times. The mobile phone has the effect of allowing the user to more easily access the communication network while efficiently allocating system resources of the conventional communication system.

In addition, the current mobile phone-related communication service is not only providing a communication service for voice call, but also provides a variety of additional services according to the user's preference. As one of these additional services, a so-called "ringtone download" service that can select a ringtone of a mobile phone according to a user's preference is widely used. That is, a mobile phone user pays a predetermined fee by connecting to a pay site providing a ringing tone through a wired / wireless network, and receives the selected ringing tone from his or her mobile phone and stores it in the memory of the mobile phone. It becomes available as ring tone. As an example of the ringtones that are currently offered, all kinds of sounds such as songs of popular singers, birds, and human voices are possible, and in terms of sound quality, they can be serviced from single ringtones to 4, 16, 40 and 64 chords It became.

However, the conventional service related to the ring tone setting has been limited to a single mobile phone, and a service using a mobile phone of several people at the same time has not yet been provided.

Thus, by providing a new ringtone service using a mobile phone of several people, it is necessary to meet the user's request for a new communication service and to provide a variety of ringtone service to the user.

The present invention has been made to improve the prior art as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for enabling ring tone ensemble using a plurality of mobile phones.

It is another object of the present invention to further transmit various additional information such as an image and a message associated with a ring tone ensemble.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the method includes: storing and maintaining a plurality of sound sources associated with a ringtone, providing a selection screen including the plurality of sound sources to a user, and receiving selection information about a sound source from the user And receiving information associated with the performance of the selected sound source from the user, and playing the selected sound source based on the time information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, storing and maintaining a plurality of sound sources associated with a mobile phone ringtone in a database, providing a user with a selection screen including the plurality of sound sources, and selecting a sound source from the user Receiving information, receiving a ringtone playing request from the user, receiving at least one or more mobile phone numbers and time information associated with the playing of the selected sound source and the at least one in response to receiving the ringtone playing request The ringtone ensemble service using a mobile phone is provided, comprising the step of transmitting a ringtone playing command to the above mobile number.

Hereinafter, a ring tone ensemble service providing method and system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a ringing ensemble service using a mobile phone according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the processes performed in each step will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

First, in step S101, a plurality of sound sources associated with a cell phone ringtone are stored and maintained in a database (S101).

Here, the term "sound source" includes all sounds of various forms such as songs, voices, and natural sounds, which are widely used as ringtones.

These sound sources can be provided to the user by the cell phone manufacturer stored in the database of the mobile phone from the beginning, or the user can directly receive the user's mobile phone through the ringtone download service using a wired or wireless communication network and stored in the mobile phone database.

Sound sources can be stored and maintained in a database in the form of a data file.

Next, in step S102, a selection screen for selecting the plurality of sound sources stored in the database is provided to the user. The selection screen may include a list (or a list) of a plurality of sound sources, and the list may be appropriately categorized by content for the user's convenience and divided and provided in various stages or screens.

2A and 2B illustrate examples of a selection screen provided to a user, and are screens for selecting a sound source for "storage value". The user can first select a certain song from the list of songs and then select a musical instrument for playing the song in the next screen.

As shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the user selects 'Happy Birthday' from the list of graduation congratulatory, birthday congratulatory, wedding congratulatory, 100-day congratulatory and commemorative hymns provided on the first selection screen of the melody selection mode, and plays the next melody. The guitar is selected from the orchestra, piano, guitar, drum, and bass provided in the second selection screen of the selection mode.

In step S103, selection information about the sound source is received from the user from the selection screen.

Next, in step S104, time information associated with the ringtone ensemble service is received from the user. The time information allows the user to predetermine the time at which the ringtone is played.

The playing time specified through the time information may be either the playing start time or the playing end time of the sound source, or may specify both the start time and the end time at the same time.

As another embodiment according to the present invention, the method may further include receiving information on the number of playing of the sound source from the user. That is, the user can designate to repeatedly play the sound source through the play count information.

Finally, in step S105, the selected sound source is played based on the time information received in step S104.

2C and 2D illustrate specific examples in which time information associated with a performance is received from a user and the performance is started accordingly. As shown in FIGS. 2C and 2D, when the user inputs PM 06:08 as the start time of playing, the singer starts playing at the time specified by the user at 6:08 pm (see FIGS. 2C and 2D). ).

So far, the method of providing a ringing ensemble service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 1. If several users select various sound sources and specify the playing time through the service providing method shown in Fig. 1 using their respective mobile phones, the ringtone ensemble is possible by playing the ringtones selected by the user as a whole. will be.

Figure 3 shows an example of a service implementing the ring-tone ensemble played using different musical instruments in accordance with the present invention. Sound sources played on each mobile phone of multiple users may be stored in a mobile phone database by a mobile phone manufacturer, or may be received and stored by each user through a wired or wireless ringtone download service.

The image appearing on the screen of the mobile phone while the ringtone ensemble is in progress may be arbitrarily determined by the user and display an image stored in the mobile phone. Alternatively, the image may be received through a conventional mobile phone image related service, stored in a mobile phone, and displayed.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a ringtone ensemble service by transmitting a ringtone playing command to mobile phones having a mobile phone number desired by a user according to another embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the processes performed in each step will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

First, in steps S401, S402, and S403, a process of storing and maintaining a sound source in a database, providing a selection screen, and receiving selection information are sequentially performed. Details thereof have been described in detail with reference to the exemplary embodiments of FIG. 1, and reference may be made to those parts.

Like the embodiments of FIG. 1, the sound sources stored and maintained in step S401 are provided by the cell phone manufacturer by storing them in the database of the cell phone from the beginning or downloaded to each cell phone through a ringtone download service using a wired or wireless communication network. This allows you to store it in your phone's database.

As another embodiment according to the present invention, the method may further include receiving a sound source from the user and storing and maintaining the received sound source in a database. Through these steps, the user can transmit a desired ringtone to a third party's mobile phone, whereby the ringtone can be presented.

Next, in step S404, a ringtone playing request is received from the user. In this step, the user receives at least one or more mobile phone numbers and time information associated with the performance.

The time information associated with the performance may include at least one of a performance start time or a performance end time of the sound source.

The ringtone playing request may be received from the user through a mobile phone, a computer terminal, or the like through a wired or wireless communication network.

Figure 5 shows an example of the service screen provided to the user for the ringtone playing request of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, a message (for example, a short message such as SMS), a transmission image, a transmission ring tone, etc. may be sent in addition to the mobile phone number and time information.

Time information, a message, and a transmission image associated with the performance may be identically transmitted for all mobile number specified by the user or may be transmitted differently for each mobile number.

In addition, the sound source to be played may also be transmitted identically assigned to all mobile numbers or differently assigned to each mobile number.

Finally, in step S405, in response to the reception of the ringtone playing request, the playing command is transmitted to the mobile phone number designated by the user.

As another embodiment according to the present invention, the number of playing of the sound source associated with the ringtone ensemble service can be repeatedly played by receiving from the user.

6 illustrates an example of an image displayed on a mobile phone during the progress of the ringtone ensemble service according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. Images between mobile phones can also be displayed in a mutual relationship.

As another embodiment according to the present invention, various methods are provided so that the ensemble service is not interrupted by the reception of an incoming signal during the progress of the ringtone ensemble service. Specifically, when an incoming signal is received while playing the ringtone, the cellular phone may be automatically switched to a predetermined state. The predetermined state includes at least one of a vibration state, a mailbox connection state, and a reception standby state, and a user may designate the predetermined state in advance.

If the vibration state is specified in advance, the mobile phone operates in the vibration mode to notify the reception of the incoming signal, so as not to disturb the performance of the ring ensemble service. In addition, if specified as a mailbox connection, the caller will be able to save the call over the mailbox connection. If it is designated as a reception waiting state, the caller can wait in the reception state until the ringtone playing is completed.

7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a system for providing a ringtone ensemble service shown in FIG. 4 according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, the ringtone ensemble service providing system 700 includes a data storage unit 701, a selection menu providing unit 702, a performance request receiving unit 703, and a performance control unit 704.

The data storage unit 701 stores and maintains sound sources associated with the mobile phone ringtone. The method of storing and maintaining the sound sources has been described in detail in the foregoing embodiments, so please refer to the parts.

8 illustrates a configuration of a database that stores sound sources as an example of the data storage unit 701. As shown in FIG. 8, information about a playing time, a storage date and time, and a musical instrument may be additionally stored for each sound source.

The selection menu providing unit 702 provides a user with a selection screen including the plurality of sound sources. As an example of the selection screen, a selection screen as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B may be provided.

The play request receiving unit 703 receives a ringtone play request from a user. The ringtone playing request may include selection information input through a selection screen, time information associated with playing of the selected sound source, and at least one mobile phone number.

The play control unit 704 transmits a ring tone playing command to the mobile phone in response to the ring tone playing request received by the play request receiving unit 703.

Embodiments of the invention include a computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The medium or program instructions may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. The medium may be a transmission medium such as an optical or metal wire, a waveguide, or the like including a carrier wave for transmitting a signal specifying a program command, a data structure, or the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform a ringtone ensemble service using a mobile phone in accordance with the present invention.

Computer device 900 includes one or more processors 901 coupled with a main memory device including random access memory (RAM) 902 and read only memory (ROM) 903. The processor 901 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 903 serves to pass data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 902 typically transfers data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 902 and ROM 903 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 904 is bidirectionally coupled to processor 901 to provide additional data storage capabilities, and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 904 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is typically an auxiliary memory device such as a hard disk which is slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices such as CD ROM 906 may be used. The processor 901 may include one or more input / output interfaces such as video monitors, trackballs, mice, keyboards, microphones, touchscreen displays, card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, voice or handwriting readers, joysticks, or other known computer input / output devices. Connected to 905. Finally, the processor 901 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 907. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.

While some embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention.

The scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by those equivalent to the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, a ringtone ensemble service using a mobile phone is provided, which receives desired time information from a mobile phone user and plays a ringtone based on the received time information.

In addition, according to the present invention, at least one user transmits sound source information, time information, images, etc. from another user, and provides a ring-tone ensemble service using a mobile phone to play based on the transmitted time information.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a process for providing a cell phone ringtone ensemble service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of providing a mobile phone ringtone ensemble service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a service implementing a ring tone ensemble played using different musical instruments according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a flow chart showing another process for providing a mobile phone ringtone ensemble service, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram for one example of transmitting information associated with a cell phone ringtone ensemble service from another user to another user through an Internet service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing an example of an image displayed on the mobile phone during the ringtone ensemble service according to the present invention.

7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a ringtone ensemble service providing system according to the present invention.

8 illustrates a more detailed configuration of a database for storing and maintaining a plurality of sound sources, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

9 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to provide a ringtone ensemble service in accordance with the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

700: ringtone ensemble providing system

701: data storage unit

702: selection menu provider

703: receiver

704: playing control unit

Claims (9)

delete In the ring-tone ensemble service providing method of the ring-tone ensemble service providing system connected through a plurality of user mobile phones and a mobile communication network, The ringtone ensemble service providing system includes a data storage unit, a selection menu providing unit, a playing request receiving unit, and a playing control unit, Storing and maintaining, by the data storage unit, a plurality of sound sources associated with a mobile phone ring tone in a database; Transmitting, by the selection menu providing unit, a selection screen including a list of the plurality of sound sources to a mobile phone of a first user through the mobile communication network; Receiving, by the playing request receiving unit, the sound source selection information for the list, at least one or more second mobile phone numbers, and time information associated with playing the selected sound source from the mobile phone of the first user through the mobile communication network; And Transmitting, by the playing control unit, a ring tone playing command to the mobile phone of the at least one or more second users by referring to the mobile phone number received by the playing request receiving unit through the mobile communication network; Ringer ensemble service providing method using a mobile phone comprising a. The method of claim 2, Receiving, by the playing request receiving unit, information on the number of playing of the selected sound source from the mobile phone of the first user; Ringtone ensemble service providing method using a mobile phone characterized in that it further comprises. delete The method of claim 2, And the time information includes at least one of a play start time and a play end time. The method of claim 2, The ringtone playing command is a method for providing a melody ensemble using a mobile phone, characterized in that to select and specify different sound sources for each of the at least one mobile phone number. delete delete delete