FI114368B - Procedure and server for sending an audio message - Google Patents

Description

114368

Method and server for sending audio message

Area

The invention relates to a method for transmitting an audio message and a server for transmitting an audio message.

5 Background

As telecommunication systems evolve, new types of services will become possible. MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a new type of messaging service that is similar to the Short Message Service (SMS). However, an MMS message can contain three different elements at the same time: text, voice message, and picture. Some phone models come with a camera that captures images taken locally in an MMS message. It is predicted that by the end of 2002 a significant part of the mobile phones sold in Finland would be MMS phones. An MMS user can create a very personalized message, such as a greeting, a birthday congratulation, etc. The structure and standard of the MMS-15 message also allows the message to be sent instead of the MMS phone or in addition as an email to an email address.

The text and voice part of a message can be formed as usual on the phone, but new ways of using images and other audio content are needed. Pictures and music can be attached to the message as files that the user can download to his phone, for example from a personal computer.

However, this is quite clumsy as it requires the use of a personal computer which, for example, is difficult or even impossible when away from home or work. A technical problem also arises in the compilation of a message, in particular the discovery of audio elements other than those created by the user of a mobile phone, and the incorporation thereof. The technical aspects to be considered are the efficient use of the communication capacity of the communication system and thereby the cost of the message, the ease of searching for the audio element and the connection of the audio element to the speech portion of the message.

; It is known to subscribe to a mobile phone with a variety of ring tones, but searching for a desired ring tone using, for example, Wireless Application Protocol (COL) is slow due to the large number of ring tones on the list. You can also select a ringtone based on a list in an ad in a magazine or using the World Wide Web on the Internet, '' but these methods require you to purchase the magazine or connect to a web server.

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Short description

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved method of transmitting an audio message and an improved server for transmitting an audio message.

In one aspect, the invention provides a method of transmitting an audio message, the method comprising: transmitting an audio program in electronic media; communicating a data connection to a server containing specific portions of the electronic media audio program, browsing certain portions of the audio program transmitted in the electronic media, and selecting the desired predetermined portion of the audio program transmitted in the electronic media to the audio message; transmitting the recipient of the audio message to the ball brother; and generating an au-message on the server and transmitting an audio message from the server to the recipient specified by the recipient information

In one aspect of the invention, there is provided a server for transmitting an audio message, the server comprising: an audio database containing specified portions of an audio program transmitted in electronic media; the communication interface; cryptographic means for providing portions of an audio program transmitted in electronic media in a communication link to be established over a communication interface; the selection means for receiving from the communication link the selection and the recipient of the audio message, which selection defines the desired 20 portions of the audio program transmitted in the electronic media; and means for generating an audio message and transmitting the audio message to the specified recipient information. "·.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

<t; The invention is based on the logical interconnection of an electronic media audio program and a server containing specific portions of the electronic media au-dio program. When the listener hears a piece of audio program that he would like to include in the audio message, he contacts the server, which does not offer him a huge menu of all media audio: · 30 but is offered to browse specific sections of the audio program presented shortly in the media; which users can easily browse to find what they want.

The method and server of the invention provide several advantages. In a way, the user constantly hears a selection of the 35 audio elements available as he listens to a particular media, so there is no need to waste expensive data transfer capacity. Finding the desired audio element is 3,114,368 easy as described, since hearing an audio element and retrieving it are closely related events. The invention thus provides a simple but effective concept for creating and transmitting an audio message using a remote server. In one embodiment, the listener's speech received over the communication link is mixed in the server 5 with the audio message, whereby the audio element and the speech are efficiently connected to the server and not, for example, to the user's MMS phone. In fact, the use of the invention does not require a MMS telephone at all, but message generation can also be performed using, for example, a conventional fixed network telephone 10.

List of figures

The invention will now be described in more detail in connection with preferred embodiments, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a simplified block diagram showing a server for transmitting an au-15 message, illustrating both the internal structure of the server and its interfaces to other required devices; Figure 2 is a timeline depicting the creation of an audio message as successive events in time; and Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for transmitting an audio message.

Description of Embodiments

Referring to Figure 1, a server 116 for transmitting audio messages is described. Figure 1 illustrates both the internal structure of server 116 and its: ·; interfaces to other necessary devices.

·: 25 Electronic media 100 transmits audio programs 108 to receiver 110. In one embodiment, electronic media 100 is real-time electronic media such as radio or television. The radio may be, for example, FM (Frequency Modulation), AM (Amplitude Modulation) * ·; or DAB radio (Digital Audio Broadcasting). The audio program 108 may also contain information other than audio, for example, in the case of a television, also visual information. Electronic media 100 may also be present. seemingly real-time media whose content is determined by the listener's preferences. An example of such a seemingly real-time media is "web radio where programs are stored on a web server (World-35 Wide Web), and where the listener can listen to them. It is important to claim that web radio broadcasts are not for everyone. For listeners, they are as real-time as traditional radio, but for an individual listener, they are termed "real-time." Electronic media 100 may be transmitted using known techniques, such as radio-mass, cable, fiber-optic, satellite, or data.

The receiver 110 is, of course, capable of receiving audio programs to be transmitted in said electronic medium 100. Thus, the receiver 110 may be, for example, a radio receiver, a car radio, a television, a personal computer, a laptop, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a Nokia® Communicator® type device, a radio system subscriber terminal containing a radio receiver or receiving audio programs 108 transmitted by electronic media 100, in particular real-time or seemingly real-time audio programs 15. Receiver 110 has a speaker, earpiece, or other known device for converting a received audio program 108 into audio 112 heard by a listener 114.

The electronic media 100 comprises both an audio library 102 in which audio programs to be transmitted are stored, and an audio program production and transmission machine 106 in communication with the audio library 102 in one communication 20. In one embodiment, the electronic media 100 is a radio station. the production and transmission machine 106 can be implemented by Jutel® Oy's RadioMan®, a system-level solution • »* '·:' comprising all necessary components. This solution includes all the necessary hardware for creating, scheduling, organizing, transmitting and archiving audio programs. Although the audio library 102 is depicted as a single database in Figure 1, it can of course consist of several different devices, for example several database servers and automatic CD (Compact)

Disc) from playback devices, so called. CD jukebox from GMOs. Database servers can be implemented, for example, with SQL (Structured Query Language) databases, ···. associated with database servers, such as IBM® DB2® database software or Oracle® database software. Production and Broadcasting Machine 106: '·· is a complex system comprising radio transmitters, antennas, automatic music and program players, editor workstations for programs: ·. 35 designing and mixing, with the various audio production studios' ···. with equipment, etc.

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1, the server 116 is in communication with the electronic media 100. The server 116 comprises an audio database 120 containing specific portions of the audio-5 program 108 transmitted in the electronic media 100. The communication link 118 is accomplished by known means, e.g. or packet-switched wired or temporary connection. The audio program 108 comprises, for example, speech programs, music tracks, and commercials. Depending on the copyright agreements and public interest, certain portions of the audio program 108 are selected from the audio database 10 of the server 116. If the electronic media 100 is radio, certain portions of the audio program 108 may be music pieces presented in the audio program 108. A specific part can be a whole song or it can be part of a music piece. One piece of music can also be divided into several parts, for example the beginning, middle and end parts of a song or, for example, the choral part and the instrumental part or the verse parts, depending of course on the structure specific to that style of music. For example, the distribution of pop and classical music may be different. Specific parts of the audio program 108 may also be, for example, speech programs, speech program parts, news, sports news, jokes, sketches, newsletters or so-called. "or the elements in radio broadcasts, such as the stings of the program host.

Selection of specific portions of audio program 108 may be made in electronic media 100, whereby communication link 118 does not require transmission of "f" portions of audio program 108 which are not provided to the listener for attachment to the audio message φ · # * ·· '; . Selected portions of audio program 108 can also be selected from> * · ···: 25 on server 116, whereby no specific hardware / software is required for electronic media 100, but audio program 108 may be transferred as such from the audio library of electronic media 100. 102 over communication link 118 to server 116, where audio program 108 is stored in audio database 120, and later can be stored in audio database 120 in audio program. 30 1 08 select specific parts.

• * * ». * ··. The structure of server 116 is described as logical entities whose practical implementation may vary. Depending on the size of the system, pal-i ·· may include multiple computers and multiple database servers. In addition to the audio database 120, the server comprises a communication interface 130 through which the audio: ·. Certain parts of the programs are offered for selection to be included in the audio message, and! * ··, in addition to a computer or computers that perform the necessary processing. The processing required in our example is illustrated in blocks 124, 126, 128, 132, 134, 136.

It will be obvious to a person skilled in the art that the structure of the blocks mainly describes logical, functional entities, and there may be more or less of these blocks than in our example solution. The number of blocks 5 and their interactions depend on the processing power required and a reasonable degree of integration. In small servers 116, the functions of said blocks may be combined to perform, for example, one computer, but in large systems, the execution of a single block may require the use of multiple computers. The degree of integration is also affected by the processing power of the computers used. Because the blocks are implemented primarily as software operating as a processor, the various blocks may be software with routines required to perform the functions.

The audio database 120 may also store information required by server 116 other than audio programs, such as server billing paths 15, event log, and a playlist to be described later.

Server 116 comprises an audio mixer 126 for implementing the electronic commerce interface. Instead of e-commerce, e-commerce, we could also talk about multimedia commerce. Audio mixer 126 provides browsing means for providing portions of audio program 108 transmitted in communication medium 138, 142 to be set up through communication interface 130. In addition, audio mixer 126 provides selection means for receiving selection and audio message recipient information from communication link 138, 142. This selection defines a specific portion of the au · ·: 25 dio program 108 transmitted in the electronic media 100 for the auxiliary diode message 108. To implement the selection means, the auxiliary device 116 comprises an audio interface 128 which processes the communication link 138. , 142 incoming and outgoing information.

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Audio mixer 126 may be implemented in known ways. In one embodiment, the system described in U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 09/665008 is incorporated herein by reference. This system allows. flexible selection of music tracks using, for example, dual tone multi frequency (DTMF). The server 116 then comprises a detector 136 which receives and interprets voice frequency selections.

· * · „35 You can use the browse tools to scroll through specific parts of the audio program> ···, forward and / or backward. In one embodiment, the browsing means scrolls sideways at a specific portion of the audio program 108, i.e., browses similar sections of different audio programs. Thus, in one embodiment, the server 116 comprises means 134 for classifying specific parts of the audio program 108 contained in the audio database 120 into a predetermined criterion, whereby similar parts are designated parts of the same class. Audio mix mixer 126 provides, for example, the following functions: pause command, forward rewind function, rewind command, stop command, reset command, jump command, tempo command, volume control command, equalization command, logout command, and logout command. The audio mixer 126 may also have a function such that, for a specific portion of the audio program, a side track mixed with the audio stream in question can be heard, for example, indicating the name and artist of the song currently in the audio stream.

Of course, the browsing and selection means may also be implemented using other suitable technologies, such as the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). The choice of the implementation of the browsing and selection means also depends on the implementation of the communication interface 130. The communication interface 130 may be implemented as a line interface, for example a T1 interface or a SLIC (Subscriber Line Interface) interface. The data communication interface 130 establishes a road-20 communication link 138 through the communication network 140 to the terminal 144 on the listener 114. The terminal 144 may be, for example, a subscriber terminal, telephone, PC, laptop, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), Nokia® Communicator® a device, a subscriber terminal of a radio system, or any other known device capable of: • connecting a server 116 and a terminal 144 over a communication network 140. Thus, the connection of the terminal 144 to the communication network 140 may be wired or wireless. In one embodiment, the listener terminal 144 and the receiver 110 may be in the same physical device, for example, a cellular telephone containing a broadcast receiver, which may also be an MMS telephone at the same time, although not necessary. Head-,···. thus, the telecommunication device 144 can remotely control the server 116, for example, by the tone frequency selections generated using the keypad of the terminal 144.

The server 116 further comprises a message generator 132 for generating an audio message and sending an audio message 152 to a recipient 166 designated by the recipient information. The recipient information comprises an email address or telephone number, i.e. the audio message 152 may be sent to the recipient 166 using various methods, e.g. for a subscriber terminal such as an MMS. In one embodiment, the audio message is an MMS message.

In one embodiment, certain portions of the server 116 of the electronic media audio program 108 comprise a playlist of music tracks, e.g. "on air" playlist. As shown in Figure 1, the electronic media 100 may, in real time, at regular intervals, or as needed, transfer the playlist via communication link 172 to a synchronization section 124 that synchronizes live broadcast 108 to server 116, whereby listener 114 can easily find a specific portion of 120. In the case of a service in which the user can select the audio program 108 of his choice, i.e., for example, a web radio, information over which audio program 108 is transmitted to the listener 114 may be transmitted from the electronic media 100 to the server 116.

In one embodiment, the server further comprises mixing means for mixing in the server 116 with the audio message 152 a communication link 138, 142 over the speech received by the listener 114. The mixing means may be disposed within the message generator 132. Mixing is performed in seemingly real time. This may be accomplished by the server 116 calling the listener 108 part of the selected au-20 program, and the mixing means 132 determining the timing between the selected audio part 108 and the speech of the listener 114 and the speech of the listener 114; timing. Because mixing is done on the server * · ·; ' 116, the selected audio part 108 of the audio program only needs to be transmitted in one direction from the server 116 to the terminal 144, and only the user's speech is transmitted from the terminal 144 to the server 116, in which case the capacity of the data link 138, 142

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·. '·· saves and the service can be provided to the listener at a cost of 114. In addition, if the listener's speech and the selected portion of the audio program are mixed into the same file, the recipient does not want to forward the audio message they receive, whereby the service may be still cheaper, possibly reducing copyright charges. ) * ·. election.

[: 'The audio message 152 generated on the server is transmitted to the recipient * 166, for example, as illustrated in Figure 1. The server 116 communicates with the terminal 166 of the receiver 170 via the communication system 150.

Thus, the terminal 166 of the receiver 170 may be, for example, a personal, * ··, computer, laptop, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), Nokia® 9 114368

A communication® type device, a radio system subscriber terminal, or other known device capable of establishing a connection between the server 116 and the terminal 166 over the communication system 150, and for decrypting and listening to the generated audio message 152.

Thus, in one embodiment, the communication system 150 is a mat intercom system. 1, cellular telephone system 150 comprises a gateway 154 through which server 116 connects to MMS center 158. From MMS center 158, there is further communication with other infrastructure 162 of cellular network 162, such as cellular center 10, base station controller, and base station. Finally, the base station has a wireless radio connection 164 to a terminal 166. The server 116 may have a plurality of connections to communications systems 150 of different operators, such as mobile telephone systems, and to various email systems over the Internet. The MMS is not restricted to any particular radio technology, i.e., the mobile system may be, for example, a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) system, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) system, or another radio system supporting MMS.

In one embodiment, the audio message is billed in the telephone bill of the listener 114, 20, i.e. the subscriber terminal 144 of the message sender. If, in addition to or instead of content-based billing, it is desired to bill for the use of the resources of the · ···, structure system 150, for example, sent data packets! based on the number of roads, the infrastructure of the communication system 150 ···: * 162 may be connected to the billing section 174 of the server 116, from which the billing information may be further transferred to the billing system 140 of the listener 114.

·. *; The server 116 further comprises a control section 134 which controls the server · * ,. · '116 and monitors various activities, such as the management of copyright claims. In one embodiment, the server comprises in the control part 30 134 means for attaching text and / or an image to an audio message. The text may be provided by the listener 114 with its terminal 144, and the image may also be derived from the listener 144, for example, taken with a digital camera which is part of the terminal 144 or taken with a digital camera connected to the terminal 144. The image may also be a cover of a disc of a music track contained in a select section of audio program 108 stored in audio database 120 or an image of an artist of a selected section of audio program 108. The MMS supports at least the following file formats: 10 114368 for text, Advanced Multirate for AMR, and JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) and GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) for images. Other suitable file formats can also be used to compose an audio message. If you want to include a moving image in your au-video message, you will need to use one of the appropriate file formats for the video, such as MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group).

Thus, Figure 1 illustrates in full a system in which, for example, a mobile 114 user 114 listens to radio program 108 from either the mobile receiver 144's built-in receiver 110 or other external receiver 110. Incoming software and especially music acts as an excitation to a listener 114 The server 116 connects to the mobile phone 144 certain portions of the currently playing radio program 108. In practice, composing an MMS message is done by calling the service number, the first of which is the last piece of music played / played on the radio station.

15 Volume keys allow you to move backward and forward through the playlist of the program, selecting the music you want. You can browse and listen to music playlists smoothly backwards, and maybe a couple of songs from the present. It is also possible to move from playlist to '' sideways ''; the audio database 120 then listens to 20 songs of the same type as the one in the playlist at that point.

Listened and desired snippets can be marked with t .φ on the 144 keys of the mobile phone and requested to be converted into an audio message that can be added

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* I talk about the phone, 'greetings', greetings, etc., either on top of the song or *; This results in an MMS message containing the desired <»· ·; · 25 pieces of music and "plot". This message can also be accompanied by text and, if desired, an image. This composite MMS can now be forwarded from server 116 to the desired recipients 170. Also, if necessary, an image of the MMS message can be obtained from a radio company service, such as an artist, album cover, etc., but if desired, browsing the Internet at a service provider's or M <»radio company's website because browsing images on a mobile phone 144 is not the same as browsing songs that are inherent in the phone • a" '' business stream distributes service revenue to a mobile operator

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11 114368 and connection to the radio music database 102. The role of the radio company may also include managing the service provider 116 and billing for services through the operator as a paid service call, but this role may also be played by the operator or an external service provider. However, the service clearly 5 is profiling the participating radio company and its audience. This is why the role of the radio company in publicizing and promoting the service is important. The music played by the radio company also acts as a wake-up call to the service. It is also technically possible to attach advertising material to an MMS message sent to a user.

Next, the flowchart of Fig. 3 illustrates a method for transmitting an audio message. At the same time, reference is made to Fig. 2, which is a timeline that shows the creation of an audio message in a sequence of sequential events.

The process begins at 300. Then, 302 broadcasts an audio program in electronic media. In Fig. 2, at time t1, the receiver 110 becomes an audio program 112 as a 'Wild Thing' by Jimi Hendrix, which the listener 114 hears. This song, for some reason, evokes in the listener 114 the idea of another person 170. the other person 170 while playing that song.

Next, at 304, the specified parts of the communication link 142A are taken

from the electronic media audio program 112 to the server 116. At time t2, the listener 114 calls on its terminal 144 a "Radio Rock": · *. the service number of the radio station, in practice establishing a connection 142A

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j. 25 Then, at 306, certain portions of the audio program transmitted in the electronic media are browsed 112. At time t3, the data stream 142B transmits to the listener 114 terminal 144 audio streams containing the specified portions of the audio program 112, i.e., " * and "Yesterday".

308 then selects the desired specific portion of the audio program transmitted in electronic media: 112 to the audio message. At time t4, listener 114 has also used an embodiment in which, in addition to browsing; · [certain parts forward and / or backward, the user has scrolled to a specific part sideways, i.e., browsing similar parts of different audio programs.

35 Certain parts of the audio program contained on the server are pre-classified. criteria for different classes, where the same style parts are specific parts of the same class of 12 114368. In our example, the predetermined criterion is the artist, i.e., the listener 114 has been sent samples of Jimi Hendrix's "Wild Thing", "Purple Haze" and "All Along The Watchto-Wer" in connection 142B. However, the listener 114 has selected "Wild Thing" so that the control information representing it 5 is transmitted from the terminal 144 over the radio connection 142A to the server 116. In one embodiment, the server 116 is controlled using tone dialing.

It should be noted at this point that the radio connection is bidirectional, i.e., reference numeral 142A describes uplink traffic on the terminology 10 of the cellular system, and reference number 142B describes downlink traffic. In one embodiment, the communication link 142A, 142B is provided by the subscriber terminal of the telephone system. In this case, the audio message can be billed in the telephone bill of the subscriber terminal.

The 314 then transmits to the server 116 audio message reception information. In one embodiment, the recipient information comprises an e-mail address or a telephone number.

This is not separately depicted in Figure 2, but may be thought of as occurring, for example, between time points t4 and t5 or at some other convenient time before the connection is closed.

According to one embodiment, the 310 communicates with the audio message to be established on the server 116 via the data link 142A received by the listener 114. The mixing is performed in seemingly real time. This is done, for example, by dialing a call from server 116. a portion of the audio program 112 for the listener, i.e., at the time t5 'Wild Thing ", is played to the listener 114 through his terminal 144, and the timing between the playing of the selected audio program portion 112 and the listener 114's speech In the example, the listener says the words Ί love you "before, during or after the Wild Thing.

Finally, 316 generates audio message 164 at server 116, and 318 transmits audio message 164 from server 116 to recipient-specified recipient 166, 170. At time t6, audio message 164 is output from server 116 to recipient terminal 166. Receiver 170 then hears " In one embodiment, the audio message is an • I · * 13 114368 MMS message. The receiver 170 of the audio message 164 thinks warm thoughts about the sender 114. The method is terminated at 320.

The electronic media used in the method may be real-time electronic media, such as radio or television, or the electronic media may be seemingly real-time media, the content of which is determined by the listener's preference. In one embodiment, server 116 then comprises information on which audio program is transmitted to listener 114.

In one embodiment, specific portions of the electronic media audio program 112 of the server 116 comprise a playlist of music tracks.

In one embodiment, 312 appends text and / or an image to an audio message. The image may be a cover of a music track on a selected section of an audio program 112 or an artist image of a selected section of an audio program.

The method may be implemented on a server 116 of the type described in connection with Figure 1, whereby the method may be modified in the manner described in the description of Figure 1, but it will be appreciated that other types of servers and their environment may be suitable for implementation. The method can be briefly described as three words hear - create - send, i.e., in one embodiment, listen to the radio, create on the phone and send as an MMS message. The method provides a rich il-20 flavor with a simple and intuitive interface.

Although the invention has been described above with reference to the example of the accompanying drawings, it is clear that the invention is not limited thereto; it may be modified in many ways by the * ·. within the scope of inventive thought. Thus, it is clear that although the electronic media 100 and the server 116 are illustrated as separate units * in the examples, * · 25, they can also be combined, requiring only one audio program storage location in the system. The solution described in the examples is a kind of * 1 'ASP (Application Service Provider) application. The server 116 administrator may serve a variety of electronic media, and the server 116 administrator may license server 116 maintenance rights to foreign countries.

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Claims (38)

A method of transmitting an audio message, the method comprising: transmitting (302) an audio program in an electronic medium; Establishing (304) a data transmission connection to a server which includes certain portions of the audio program transmitted in the electronic medium; and scrolling (306) of particular portions of the audio program transmitted in the electronic medium; The feature water method further comprises: vai (308) of the desired determined portion of the audio program transmitted in the electronic medium of the audio message; sending (314) the receiver data for the audio message to the server; and forming (316) the audio message in the server and transmitting (318) the audio message from the server to the receiver defined by the receiver data. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic medium is an electronic real-time medium. 20 3. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic medium is a radio or a television. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the electronic medium is an apparent real-time medium, the content of which is determined in accordance with the listener's preferences. ·: * 25 Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the server comprises information about which audio program has been transmitted to the listener. -j Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the particular parts of the audio program in the electronic medium in the server comprise a list of pieces of music to be played. 30 Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the audio. the message is a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the data transmission connection is established from a subscriber terminal in a telephone system. Method according to claim 8, characterized in that the audio message is invoiced in the telephone invoice of the subscriber terminal. • * t y · 114368 Method according to claim 1, characterized by mixing (310) of the listener tai received on the data transmission connection in the audio message formed in the server. Method according to claim 10, characterized in that the mixing is performed in real time. Method according to claim 10, characterized in that from the server a selected part of an audio program is played to the listener and the timing between the play of the selected part of the audio program and the listener tai determines the timing of the mixing between the selected part of the audio program and the listener tai. . Method according to claim 1, characterized in that text and / or an image are added (312) to the audio message. Method according to claim 13, characterized in that the image is the cover of a disc for a piece of music which is included in the selected part 15 of the audio program or the image of the producer of the selected part of the audio program. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the server is controlled by using tone selection. Method according to claim 1, characterized by browsing 20 of certain parts front and / or rear. 17. A method according to claim 1, characterized by lateral scrolling at a particular part, ie. browsing similar parts of different audio programs. .'f '. \ Method according to claim 17, characterized in that the audio program's determined in the server included parts classified with ;; using a predetermined criterion in different classes, the similar parts being definite parts belonging to the same class. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the recipient * *;: gardata comprises an e-mail address or a telephone number. A server for transmitting an audio message, said server (116): comprising:> * · an audio database (120) containing certain portions of an audio program transmitted in an electronic medium; "a data transfer interface (130); and browsing means (124, 126) for browsing certain portions of the audio program transmitted in the electronic medium;" 114368 characterized by the browsing means (124, 126) providing particular portions of the audio program transmitted in the electronic medium for browsing a data transmission connection (138, 142) established via the data transmission interface (130), and the server further comprises: selection means (128, 136) for receiving a vai and receiving data for an audio message from the data transmission connection (138, 142), which defines the desired determined portion of the audio program transmitted in the electronic medium; and means (134) for generating the audio message and transmitting it to the receiver defined in the receiver data. 21. Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the electronic medium is an electronic real-time medium. The server of claim 20, characterized in that the electronic medium is a radio or television. 23. Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the electronic medium is an apparent real-time medium, the content of which is determined according to the listener's preferences. Server according to claim 23, characterized in that the server comprises information about which audio program has been sent to the listener. 25. Server according to claim 20, characterized in that they indicate. The tuned sections of the audio program in the electronic media in the server include a list of pieces of music to be played. j 25 Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the audio message is a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message. The server of claim 20, characterized in that the data transmission connection is established from a subscriber terminal in a telephone system. 28. Server according to claim 27, characterized in that the audio message is invoiced in the telephone invoice of the subscriber terminal. 29. Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the server further comprises mixing means (132) for mixing the listener's tai which has been received on the data transmission connection in the audio message formed in the server. ; '' 35 30. Server according to claim 29, characterized in that the mixing: * * .. is performed in apparent real-time. • »I · 114368 31. Server according to claim 29, characterized in that the server plays the selected part of the audio program for the listener and the mixing means (132) determines the time setting between the play of the selected part of the audio program and the listener's tai based on the time setting between the selected part of the audio program and the listener's number. . Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the server comprises means (134) for adding text and / or an image to the audio message. 33. Server according to claim 32, characterized in that the image is the cover of a disc for a piece of music included in the selected part 10 of the audio program or the image of the producer of the selected part of the audio program. Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the selection means (128,136) receive a tone selection. 35. A server according to claim 20, characterized by the browsing means (124, 126) used for browsing certain parts front and / or rear. 36. Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the scroll means (124, 126) are used for side-direction scrolling at a particular part, i.e. browsing similar parts of different audio programs. 37. Server according to claim 36, characterized in that the server further comprises means (134) for classifying the audio program's determined in the audio database (120) included by means of a predetermined,. criterion in different classes, the similar parts being definite parts belonging to the same class. 38. Server according to claim 20, characterized in that the receiver,; data includes an email address or a phone number. I | • a »I a * · • I i I · •» · • | * · * * * • * * * • · I · • · • f * »» laa '* * i a a