JP2002014976A - Work retrieving device and computer-readable medium with work retrieving processing program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a means for retrieving a work matched with the desire of a user by using the identification information on a person taking part in production as a property man such as a composer, a lyric writer, etc., as a keyword. SOLUTION: The means is provided with a work production database 8 which is obtained by grouping identification information on plural works by each work selected under a condition that a specific person takes part in the production to store them by each group in connection with the person taking part in the production. Furthermore, the means is provided with a retrieving condition obtaining means 12 for obtaining the identification information on the specific person being a retrieving condition from the side of a user, a retrieving result output means 12 for outputting the result of retrieving to the side of the user and a processing means 14 for outputting the identification information of the work related with the identification information of the specific person being the retrieving condition received from the means 12 from the database 8 to output it to the means 12 as the result of retrieving.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work search apparatus for searching for a work desired by a user from an enormous number of works (videos and sounds) on a computer network or the like. The present invention relates to a work search device and the like that constitute a part of a work distribution system that searches for works that meet conditions specified by a user and downloads the works to its own recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a work distribution system for distributing reproduction data of a work to a user through a communication network or the like, it is possible to search for and download reproduction data of a work desired to be distributed by designating a work name, an artist name, and the like. A system that can do it is built on the net.

[0003]

[0005] In recent years, most music compositions that have made a huge hit have been designed by renowned composers, lyricists, or arrangers. These renowned composers, lyricists, Arrangers and other production-side people are becoming more and more important than music artists when users select music works.

[0004] Similarly, in the case of video works such as movies, the importance of producers such as directors and screenwriters has been emphasized when selecting works.

[0005] However, at present, no system has been constructed for searching for a favorite work by a person who worked on production such as a composer or a lyricist.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Under the circumstances described above, the present invention provides a method for producing a work that matches the user's wishes, using not the artist name of the work but a person involved in the production of the composer, lyricist, etc. as a keyword. The purpose is to realize search.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the inventor of the present invention disclosed a work selected on the condition that a specific person such as a composer, a lyricist, etc. was involved in the production of identification information of a plurality of works. The present invention has devised a work retrieval apparatus characterized in that it is provided with a work information database in which the work information is stored for each group in association with the identification information of a person involved in the production.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a work search apparatus groups identification information of a plurality of works for each work selected under a condition that a specific person such as a composer or a lyricist was involved in the production,
A work information database stored for each group in association with identification information of a person involved in the production; and a search condition acquisition means for acquiring identification information of a specific person involved in the production from a user as a search condition. Further, a search result output means for outputting the identification information of the work, which is a search result, to the user side, and identification information of a specific person involved in the production is received from the search condition acquisition means as a search condition, and the received search condition Processing means for searching for a group of associated works from the work information database and outputting identification information of works in the group to a search result output means as a search result.

The "work information database" is stored in, for example, a hard disk of a computer, and a plurality of "work identification information" is selected under the condition that a specific person such as a composer, a lyric writer, etc. was involved in the production. Each of the works is grouped and stored in association with “identification information of a person involved in the production”.

[0010] The "work identification information" stored in the work information database can be assumed to be, for example, information on the titles of music works and video works as search results.

[0011] Also, a work identification number or a work identification code corresponding to each work may be included.

The identification information of a plurality of works is grouped for each of the works selected under the condition that a specific person was involved in the production. For example, in a certain area of the work information database, all pieces of "work identification information" including the titles of a plurality of songs composed by a composer are selected and grouped, and the "composition of the work" including the name of the composer is selected. It is stored in association with `` identification information of the person involved in the production '', and in another area, all `` identification information of the work '' including each title name of multiple songs written by another lyricist are selected And store the information in association with “identification information of the person involved in the production” including the name of the lyricist.

When the present work search device is incorporated as a part of a distribution system for distributing reproduction data of works to a user through a communication network or the like, the user can immediately select a favorite work from the search results. Then, it is possible to download the work reproduction data for reproducing the work and record it on its own storage medium.

In addition, since the present work search device can be used for simple work search without recording work reproduction data on the spot, the identification information of the work output as a search result is recorded, and later, It may be convenient to purchase commercially available music software or video software such as CD and DVD.

The "processing means" includes, for example, a CPU and the like.
A group associated with the search condition received from the user via the search condition acquisition unit is searched from the work information database, and the identification information of the work in the searched group is set as a search result, and the user is searched through the search result output unit. Processing to output to the side.

The "search condition acquisition means" needs to have a configuration capable of receiving, for example, "identification information of a specific person involved in production" as a search condition from the user and transmitting the information to the processing means. It is desirable to be a touch switch group for inputting, a keyboard or the like.

Further, in the present invention, since it is not excluded that a remote user performs a work search from a terminal such as a personal computer or a music pod via a communication network, the input from the personal computer or the music pod is not excluded. Alternatively, a modem that receives the selected search condition via a communication network and transmits the selected search condition to the processing unit also corresponds to the “search condition acquisition unit”.

The "search result output means" needs to have a configuration capable of presenting the "work identification information" which is the search result output from the processing means to the user, and is desirably, for example, a display or a speaker. .

Further, as described above, when the user inputs or selects a search condition using a personal computer, a music pod, or the like, the search result is presented to the user from the personal computer, the music pod, or the like.

In the above case, the modem that receives the search result from the processing means and transmits it to the terminal on the user side corresponds to the "search result output means".

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medium on which a work search processing program is recorded, wherein identification information of a plurality of works is grouped for each work selected under the condition that a specific person such as a composer or a lyricist was involved in the production. A work information database stored for each group in association with identification information of a person involved in the production, and processing means for acquiring identification information of a work as a search result from the database and outputting the identification information to a user side In the work search device, a process of receiving a selected or input search condition from the user side, a process of searching for a group of works associated with the received search condition from the work information database, and identification information of a work in the group And outputting to the user as a search result.
It records a work search processing program to be executed by a computer.

For example, a medium in which a program for causing a personal computer, a music pod, or the like to perform the same processing as that of the work search device according to the first aspect of the present invention is applicable.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a work search apparatus.
Unlike the described work search device, it has not only a “work information database” but also a “person information database”.

In the production of a work, if it is a music work, it is usually handled by a plurality of different persons such as a composer, a lyricist or an arranger, and the fame of each person in charge of one work Is often spread among users.

Accordingly, there is a case where a certain user searches for a certain famous composer as a keyword and the lyrics of a certain work are being handled by another famous lyricist.

In such a case, many users want to continuously search for works that use the famous lyricist as keywords.

Therefore, the work search device according to claim 3 is
By providing a "personal information database" that stores "identification information of multiple works" for each work in association with "identification information of a specific person involved in the production" of the work,
Accepts selection or input of arbitrary "work identification information" from among a plurality of "work identification information", which is a search result obtained by searching for any one of the person identification information as a keyword, and In this configuration, the “person identification information” is output to the user as a search result.

That is, a search using the identification information of a specific person as a keyword, a search using the identification information of an arbitrary work among the identification information of a plurality of works as a search result as a keyword, and a search using the arbitrary work A search using the identification information of the work as a keyword, such as a search using the identification information of an arbitrary person as a keyword, among the identification information of a plurality of persons, which is a search result using the identification information of the person as a keyword, Is adopted in which the search using the keyword as a keyword is performed alternately and continuously.

Thus, the user can search a wide range of works using, for example, the title name and the person name as keywords.

The "person information database" is stored, for example, in a hard disk of a computer, and stores identification information of a plurality of works for each work in association with "identification information of a plurality of persons involved in the production of the work". are doing.

"Identification information of a plurality of persons involved in the production of the work" stored in association with the identification information of the work
For example, in the case of a musical composition, a person other than the artist of the musical composition, such as a lyricist or a composer, who is involved in the production can be assumed. Any person involved in the production behind the scenes may be the arranger or producer, or the name or constituent of the backband. Further, in the case of a video work such as a movie, identification information of a director, a writer or the like can be assumed, and the work may be of an actor (regardless of starring or supporting).

The "search condition obtaining means" obtains not only the identification information of the specific person involved in the production but also the "work identification information" from the user as search conditions.

The "search result output means" outputs not only the identification information of the work but also "identification information of a plurality of persons" related to the production to the user as a search result.

The "processing means" searches the work information database for a group of works associated with the search condition when the search condition received from the search condition obtaining means is identification information of a specific person involved in the production. While the identification information of the work in the group is output to the user as a search result, when the search condition received from the search condition acquisition means is the identification information of the work, the production of the work read from the personal information database is performed. That performs processing to output the identification information of the person involved in the search to the user as a search result
U etc. correspond.

The medium on which the work search processing program according to claim 4 is recorded is characterized in that identification information of a plurality of works is grouped for each work selected under the condition that a specific person such as a composer or a lyricist was involved in the production. The work information database stored for each group in association with the identification information of the person involved in the production, and the identification information of the plurality of works, the composer, lyricist, etc. A person information database stored for each work in association with identification information,
Processing means for obtaining, from the work information database or the person information database, identification information of a work related to production of a specific person or identification information of a person involved in production of a work, and outputting the obtained information to a user side; In the case, when the search condition received from the user side is the identification information of a specific person involved in the production, the work information database is searched for a group that matches the search condition, and the identification information of works in the group is searched. As a result, the process of outputting to the user side, and when the search condition received from the user side is the identification information of the work, the identification information of the person involved in the production of the work read out from the personal information database as the search result. A work search processing program for causing a computer to execute processing to be output to the user side is stored.

For example, a program for performing the same processing as that of the work search device according to claim 3 by incorporating it into a personal computer, a music pod, or the like corresponds to the present invention.

[0037]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment]

Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a work search device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a user terminal connected to the work search device via a communication network 30.

This work search device includes server-side storage means 6,
It comprises a server-side processing means 11, a search condition acquisition and search result output means 12.

The server-side storage means 6 is, for example, a hard disk, and stores a work reproduction database 7, a work information database 8, and a user information database 10.

In the work reproduction database 7, for example, MD
Music reproduction data for reproducing music by a music reproduction device such as a music identification device (each composed of a two-digit alphabet and a six-digit number that is different for each music) and stored. ing.

In the work information database 8, the identification information of the music stored in the work reproduction database 7 as the music reproduction data is stored under the condition that a specific person such as a composer, a lyricist, an arranger is involved in the production. And is stored for each group in association with the identification information of the person involved in the production.

The identification information of the music includes the same identification numbers as the identification numbers assigned to the music reproduction data stored in the work reproduction database 7 and the title of the music,
It means information related to the artist name of the music. On the other hand, the identification information of a person means information for identifying the name of the person and any one of a composer, a lyricist, and an arranger.

The user information database 10 is provided for processing when a condition of "removing" a previously downloaded song is set as a condition for downloading music reproduction data.

The user information database 10 stores an identification number given to music reproduction data downloaded to each user in the past in association with a user number assigned to each user.

The user number is used by the server-side processing means 11 to read information on the past distribution history of the user from the user information database 10 when "excluding" a previously downloaded song from the music reproduction data to be distributed. is necessary.

Further, the server side processing means 11 is required to store the identification number of the music reproduction data to be downloaded this time in the user information database 10 as a new distribution history.

The user number is notified separately in response to a request from a user who continuously uses the work search device.

The server-side processing means 11 searches the work information database 8 for identification information of a plurality of music pieces that match the search conditions, received from the user-side terminal via the communication network 30, for example. The CPU includes a process for outputting to the output unit 12 and a process for reading the music reproduction data corresponding to the music that the user desires to download from the work reproduction database 7, obtaining the search condition, and outputting the search condition to the search result output unit 12.

Search condition acquisition and search result output means 12
Is a modem, for example, which receives a search condition from a user terminal via the communication network 30 and, as a search result, identification information of a plurality of music pieces, music reproduction data read from the work reproduction database 7, and the like. To the user terminal.

The user side terminal includes search condition output and search result acquisition means 13, user side processing means 14, display means 1.
5, input means 16, and storage device 17.

The user terminal may be a music pod (trademark) installed at a record shop in Japan or a personal computer as long as it has the above-mentioned configuration. Furthermore, a mobile phone or a two-way communication television may be used.

Search condition output and search result acquisition means 13
Is, for example, a modem.

The display means 15 can be a computer display for displaying a search result or the like to the user.

The input means 16 includes a keyboard and various switches for inputting or selecting search conditions.

Incidentally, the input means 16 may have a structure in which an input is performed by a user touching a character or a symbol displayed on the display means 15 with a finger or the like.

The storage device 17 is a recorder for storing, for example, downloaded music reproduction data in a storage medium 18 inserted by a user.

The storage medium 18 may be any medium capable of recording and reproducing music reproduction data as a signal, such as a memory card such as a Memory Stick (trademark) or an MD. When the user terminal is a personal computer, it may be a hard disk.

The user-side processing means 14 includes, for example, a CPU for performing various processing for effectively making the search condition output and search result obtaining means 13, display means 15, input means 16, and storage device 17 function.

The work search device having the above configuration is
FIG. 2 shows a process from receiving a specific person name serving as a search condition from the user side terminal, transmitting identification information of a music piece as a search result to the user side terminal, and downloading music reproduction data of a music piece desired by the user. This will be described with reference to the flowcharts and the like shown below.

First, the server side processing means 11 outputs a screen as shown in FIG. 3 to the user side terminal. This is a screen for requesting the user to input a person name as a search condition (111 in FIG. 2).

In the user side terminal, the user side processing means 14
Displays the transmitted screen on the display unit 15.
The information on the screen displayed on the display means 15 is not limited to this embodiment, but may be stored in the terminal in advance.

The user selects any one of composition, songwriting, and arranging, and inputs a person name from the input means 16 as a search condition. After the input, "search" is confirmed by touching with a finger or the like.

Here, "Tetsuya Komuro" is used as the "composer".
Suppose you typed

The input search condition is input to the search condition acquisition and search result output means 1 via the communication network 30.
2 receives (112). The received search condition is sent to the server processing means 11.

The server-side processing means 11 searches the work information database 8 for a group of identification information of the music piece selected under the condition that "Tetsuya Komuro" was composed, and identifies the identification information of all the music pieces in the group. Is read (113).

The server-side processing means 11 transmits the identification information of the read music as a search result from the search condition acquisition and search result output means 12 to the user terminal (11).
4).

In the user terminal, the user processing means 14
Performs predetermined processing on the received identification information, and displays it on the display means 15 as a music list as shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a music list, which is a search result obtained when "Tetsuya Komuro" is input as "composer" on the previous search condition input screen (FIG. 3). Search results are
The title of the song is displayed on the left side, the artist name of the song is displayed on the right side, and the identification number assigned to the music reproduction data of each song is displayed on the right side of the screen.

When the user wants to receive the music reproduction data in this list, the user selects “download” at the bottom of the screen by touching with a finger or the like.
When there is no music desired to be distributed in the list and it is desired to perform a search using another person as a keyword, the user selects "return" at the bottom of the screen by touching the finger (115).

When "return" is selected, the server-side processing means 11 transmits a screen (FIG. 3) for requesting the input of a person name as a search condition again to the user-side terminal.

The server-side processing means 11 receives a person name different from the previously input person name from the user side terminal, searches again using the received person name as a search condition, and transmits the same to the user side terminal. Repeat until the user selects “download” (repeat from 111 to 115).

On the other hand, when the user selects “download”, only the identification number specifying the music reproduction data displayed on the screen where “download” is selected is used as the search condition acquisition and search result output means 12. Is received (116).

The received identification number is stored in the server-side processing unit 11.
Sent to The server-side processing unit 11 may perform a process of accessing the user information database 10 as needed and reading out the past distribution history of the user.
The received identification number is temporarily stored in the server-side storage unit 6 until a request is finally made to the user to determine the music desired to be distributed.

After storing the identification number, the server-side processing means 11
Transmits the screen shown in FIG. 5 to the user terminal via the search condition acquisition and search result output means 12 (117). This is a screen requesting to select whether or not to remove music playback data downloaded in the past.

In the user terminal, the user processing means 14
Displays the transmitted screen on the display unit 15.

The user selects "YES" on the display means 15 by touching with a finger or the like when "removing" music playback data downloaded in the past, and selects "NO" with a finger or the like when not removing. .

If the user selects "YES" on the screen, the server-side processing means 11 transmits a screen as shown in FIG. 6 to the user-side terminal (118). It is a screen which requests a user number input.

In the user terminal, the user processing means 14
Displays the transmitted screen on the display unit 15.

The user inputs a user number using the input means 16. If the input is incorrect, re-input by touching “correction” with a finger or the like. Then, after inputting the user number, this is confirmed by touching “confirmation” with a finger or the like.

The server-side processing means 11 performs processing for determining whether the user has selected "NO" on the screen shown in FIG. 5 or whether the current user has downloaded music reproduction data having the same identification number in the past. Thereafter, the identification information of the music corresponding to the identification number of the music tentatively stored in the server-side storage means 6 is read out again from the work information database 8, and is retrieved via the retrieval condition acquisition and retrieval result output means 12. It is transmitted to the user terminal again (119). This is for requesting the user to finalize the music to be downloaded. Hereinafter, this processing will be described in detail.

If the user selects “exclude” from the songs downloaded in the past on the screen shown in FIG. 5 and further inputs the user number, the server side processing means 11
Before reading the music identification information from the work reproduction database 8, the user information database 10 is accessed, and the music reproduction data having the same identification number as the identification number temporarily stored in the server-side storage unit 6 is stored in this time. It is determined whether the user (identified by the input user number) has not downloaded in the past.

Thereafter, the identification information of the music piece is read out from the work information database 8, and the identification information of the music piece that has been downloaded in the past and the identification information of the music piece that has not been downloaded are transmitted to the user side terminal in a distinguished form.

Further, the user selects "N" on the screen shown in FIG.
When "O" is selected, it is not necessary to determine whether the music has been downloaded in the past, and the server-side processing means 11 stores the music temporarily stored in the server-side storage means 6. The same process is performed as in the case where the identification number of the music piece downloaded in the past does not exist among the identification numbers of the above, and all the identification information read from the work information database 8 is transmitted to the user terminal.

In the user terminal, the user processing means 14
Performs predetermined processing on the received identification information, and displays the screen on the display unit 15 as a screen for requesting the determination of the distribution candidate (FIG. 7).

The screen for requesting the determination of the distribution candidate is displayed in principle such that a round mark is displayed on the left side of the music number and a black circle is displayed at the center of the mark.

The music in which a black circle is displayed at the center of the mark is the music reproduction data that is finally downloaded. The user-side processing means 14 sends the search condition acquisition and the search result acquisition means 12 If the received identification information does not include the identification information of the song that was determined to have been downloaded in the past, a round mark is displayed to the left of all the song numbers, and the center of the mark is painted black. A screen requesting the determination of the distribution candidate is output to the display means 15 in the form of displaying the circle.

If there is a song that the user does not wish to distribute this time, the user erases the black circle displayed at the center of the round mark by touching the title of the song with a finger or the like.

On the other hand, if the identification information received from the retrieval condition acquisition and retrieval result output means 12 includes the identification information of the music piece determined to have been downloaded in the past, the user-side processing means 14 As shown in FIG. 7, the display means 15 displays a screen for requesting confirmation of a distribution candidate in a form in which round marks corresponding to music pieces that have been distributed in the past are deleted.

In the example shown in FIG. 7, the fourth, ninth, twelfth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth songs are songs that have been downloaded in the past, so that a round mark is displayed to the left of the song number. Not.

On the other hand, although the second, thirteenth, and nineteenth songs have not been distributed in the past, since the user does not wish to distribute them, the black circle is erased by touching the title of the song with a finger or the like. ing.

After the user avoids the music that the user does not want to distribute, the user confirms the distribution candidate by touching “confirmation” with a finger or the like.

The identification number of the music piece whose distribution has been determined is received again by the retrieval condition acquisition and retrieval result output means 12 (12).
0). The received identification number is sent to the server side processing means 11.

Then, the server-side processing means 11 reads out the work reproduction data corresponding to the received identification number from the work reproduction database 7 (121).

The server side processing means 11 transmits the read music reproduction data from the retrieval condition acquisition and retrieval result output means 12 to the user side terminal (122).

Thus, the user can collectively store the music reproduction data of the desired music out of a plurality of music pieces produced by a specific person as search results, in his / her own storage medium 18.

After the transmission, if the user has entered the user number on the screen shown in FIG. 6, the server-side processing means 11 uses the identification numbers of all the music reproduction data transmitted this time as the distribution history. The user information database 10 is updated by storing it together with the user number of the user (123).

After transmitting the music reproduction data or updating the user information database 10 as necessary, the server-side processing means 1
1 performs a settlement process on the music reproduction data downloaded this time (124). The settlement is performed by, for example, requesting the user to input a credit card number from the user side terminal and performing the credit settlement.

After performing the settlement processing, the server-side processing means 11 terminates all the processing.

As described above, the present work retrieval apparatus receives a specific person name serving as a search condition from the user terminal, transmits the identification information of the music that is the search result to the user terminal, and reproduces the music of the music desired by the user. The process until the data is downloaded ends.

[Second Embodiment]

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 5, 6 and 8 to 12.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a work search device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a user terminal connected to the work search device via a communication network 30.

This work search device is provided with server-side storage means 6,
It comprises a server-side processing means 11, a search condition acquisition and search result output means 12.

The server-side storage means 6 is, for example, a hard disk, and stores a work reproduction database 7, a work information database 8, a person information database 9, and a user information database 10.

Information stored in the work reproduction database 7 and the work information database 8 is the same as that described in the first embodiment.

In the personal information database 9, the identification information of the music stored in the work reproduction database 7 as the music reproduction data is used to identify the composer, lyricist, arranger, etc. Is stored for each song in association with the identification information of the person.

The music identification information includes the same identification numbers as the identification numbers assigned to the music reproduction data stored in the work reproduction database 7 and the title names of the music.
It means information related to the artist name of the music. On the other hand, the identification information of the person means the name or name of the person involved in the production of the music and information for identifying whether the person is a composer, a lyricist, or an arranger, and this information is the identification of the music. Stored in association with information.

Information stored in the user information database 10 is the same as that described in the first embodiment.

For example, the server-side processing means 11 transmits the identification information of a plurality of pieces of music or the identification information of a person matching the search condition received from the user terminal via the communication network 30 to the work information database 8 or the person information database. 9, a process of obtaining the search condition and outputting the search condition to the search result output means 12, and reading out the music reproduction data corresponding to the music that the user desires to download from the work reproduction database 7, and obtaining the search condition and the search result output means 12. And a CPU that performs processing for outputting to the CPU.

Search condition acquisition and search result output means 12
Is a modem, for example, which receives a search condition from a user side terminal via the communication network 30 and is read out from the work reproduction database 7 as identification information of a plurality of music pieces or a plurality of person names as search results. The reproduced music data is transmitted to the user terminal.

The user terminal has the same configuration as that described in the first embodiment, and may be, for example, a music pod installed at a record shop in the whole country or a personal computer. Furthermore, a mobile phone or a two-way communication television may be used.

The work search device having the above configuration is
FIG. 9 shows a process from receiving a search condition from the user side terminal, transmitting song identification information or person identification information as a search result to the user side terminal, and downloading music reproduction data of a desired song by the user. This will be described with reference to flowcharts and the like.

First, the server-side processing means 11 outputs a screen as shown in FIG. 3 to the user-side terminal. This is a screen for requesting the user to input a person name as a search condition (211 in FIG. 9).

At the user side terminal, the user side processing means 14
Displays the transmitted screen on the display unit 15.
The information on the screen displayed on the display means 15 is not limited to this embodiment, but may be stored in the terminal in advance.

The user selects any one of composition, songwriting, and arranging, and inputs a person name from the input means 16 as a search condition. After the input, "search" is confirmed by touching with a finger or the like.

Here, "Tetsuya Komuro" is used as the "composer".
Suppose you typed

The input search condition is input to the search condition acquisition and search result output means 1 via the communication network 30.
2 receives (212). The received search condition is sent to the server processing means 11.

The server-side processing means 11 searches the work information database 8 for a group of the identification information of the music selected under the condition that "Tetsuya Komuro" was composed, and identifies the identification information of all the music in the group. Is read (213).

The server-side processing means 11 transmits the identification information of the read music piece as a search result from the search condition acquisition and search result output means 12 to the user terminal (21).
4).

At the user side terminal, the user side processing means 14
Performs predetermined processing on the received identification information,
Are displayed on the display means 15 as a music list as shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows the previous search condition input screen (FIG. 3).
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a list of songs, which is a search result when “Tetsuya Komuro” is input as “composer” in FIG. In the search results, the title of the music is displayed on the left side, the artist name of the music is displayed on the right side, and the identification number assigned to the music reproduction data of each music is displayed on the right side of the screen. However, unlike the screen shown in FIG. 4 which is the search result in the first embodiment, there is no display of “return” at the bottom of the screen.

When the user wants to receive the music reproduction data distribution in this list, the user selects “download” at the bottom of the screen by touching with a finger or the like.
If the user wants to know a person involved in the production of an arbitrary song in the list, the title of the song is selected by touching it with a finger or the like (215).

When the user selects any music on the display means 15, the title name of the selected music becomes a new search condition.

Here, it is assumed that "Alone In My Room" (the 15th song from the top) has been selected from the songs displayed in the list.

The title of the selected music is received by the retrieval condition acquisition and retrieval result output means 12 via the communication network 30 as the retrieval condition (216). The received search condition is sent to the server-side processing means 11.

The server-side processing means 11 uses the identification information of the specific person (composer, lyricist, arranger) stored in association with the title "Alone In My Room" of the music, which is the search condition, as personal information. Read from database 10 (2
17).

The server-side processing means 11 transmits the read identification information of the person as a search result from the search condition acquisition and search result output means 12 to the user terminal (21).
4).

At the user side terminal, the user side processing means 14
Performs predetermined processing on the received identification information,
Is displayed on the display means 15 as a screen shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a view showing a search result obtained by selecting “Alone In My Room” in the list that is the search result shown in FIG. The lyricist is "Tetsuya Komuro"
And "MARK", the lyricist and the arranger are "Tetsuya Komuro".

On this screen (FIG. 11), if the user who has referred to the above search results selects any one of the composer, the lyricist, and the arranger by touching the finger or the like, the user is set as a new search condition. You can search for multiple songs.

Here, it is assumed that the search using "Tetsuya Komuro" in the column of "Composer" as a search condition has already been performed, so that "MARK" in the column of "Lyricist" has been selected.

The selected person name is again received by the retrieval condition acquisition and retrieval result output means 12 as a retrieval condition for retrieving identification information of a plurality of works (216). The received search condition is sent to the server-side processing means 11.

The server-side processing means 11 searches the work information database 8 for a group of pieces of identification information of the music piece selected under the condition that the search condition "MARK" has been composed, and searches all pieces of identification within the group. Read information (21
3) Then, the search condition acquisition and search result output unit 12 transmits the search condition to the user terminal again (214).

Then, in the user side terminal, the user side processing means 14 performs a predetermined process on the received identification information and displays it on the display means 15 as a screen as shown in FIG.

FIG. 12 shows a search result when "MARK" is selected as the "lyricist" among the plurality of person names which are the search results shown in FIG.

The transmitted screen shown in FIG. 11 has the same configuration as the screen shown in FIG. 10 described above, except that the search conditions are different. Therefore, the user can "download" or select an arbitrary music piece and check the lyricist, composer and arranger (215).

As described above, the user-side processing means 11
Searching for identification information of a plurality of music pieces using a specific person name as a search condition (212 to 214), and further using the title name of an arbitrary music piece in a list of a plurality of music pieces as a search result as a search condition The search (216 to 218) for the identification information of the person who is involved in the production is repeated until the user selects “download” (repeated from 212 to 218).

On the other hand, when the user clicks “Download” on a screen, such as shown in FIG. 10 or FIG. 12, on which a list of a plurality of songs as search results using a person name as a search condition is displayed.
Is selected, the search condition acquisition and search result output means 12 receives only the identification number specifying the music reproduction data, which is displayed on the screen on which the "download" is selected (219).

The received identification number is stored in the server-side processing unit 1.
2, the server-side processing means 11 removes music playback data downloaded in the past when the user inputs a user number, in the same manner as in the first embodiment. Then, the music reproduction data corresponding to the received identification number is transmitted to the user terminal, the contents of the user information database 10 are updated as necessary, and a settlement process is performed (220 to 227).

The specific processing from server-side processing means 11 receiving the music identification number, transmitting the work reproduction data, updating the contents of the user information database 10 as necessary, and performing the settlement processing is the first processing. This is the same as (117 to 124) described in the embodiment.

As described above, the present work search device receives the search condition from the user side terminal, transmits the search result identification information of the music or the identification information of the person to the user side, and reproduces the music reproduction data of the music desired by the user. All the processing until downloading is completed.

Note that the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above.

For example, the specific persons involved in the production, such as conditions for grouping the works stored in the work information database 8, are not limited to composers, lyricists, and arrangers, but also producers and backbands. And so on.

The category of a work to be searched by the work search device is not limited to a music work, but may be a video work. In that case, the person name serving as a search condition may be a director, a writer, a director, or an actor.

In the present work search device, it is not always necessary to provide the user information database 10. For example, instead, a user card capable of storing and reading the past distribution history of the user by electronic means is sent to each user who continuously uses the work search device,
A configuration may be adopted in which the user side terminal reads this information to perform a process of “removing” music playback data downloaded by the user in the past.

[0148]

Since the present invention is constructed and functions as described above, it is possible to search for a work by using identification information of a specific person involved in the production of a work such as a composer, a lyricist, an arranger as a keyword. It will be easier.

Furthermore, in the work search device according to the third aspect or the medium storing the work search processing program according to the fourth aspect, the identification information of a plurality of works as a search result obtained by using the identification information of a certain person as a keyword. , The identification information of an arbitrary work can be used as a search condition, and the identification information of a plurality of persons, which is a search result using the identification information of the work as a search condition, has already been used as a search condition. It is possible to search using the identification information of an arbitrary person other than the identification information of a certain person as a keyword.

In other words, a search for a plurality of related works using a person as a search condition and a search for a plurality of related persons using a work as a search condition can be alternately and continuously repeated, so that a wide range of works can be searched easily. Become.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a work search device described in a first embodiment and a user-side terminal connected to the work search device via a communication network 30.

FIG. 2 shows a process of receiving a specific person name serving as a search condition from a user terminal, transmitting identification information of a song as a search result to the user terminal, and downloading music reproduction data of a song desired by the user. It is a flowchart which shows.

FIG. 3 is a screen displayed on a display unit 15 in the first embodiment or the second embodiment for requesting input of a person name serving as a search condition.

FIG. 4 is a screen displayed on the display unit 15 for displaying a list of songs as search results in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a screen displayed on the display unit 15 in the first embodiment or the second embodiment for requesting to remove or select a previously downloaded song.

FIG. 6 is a screen displayed on the display unit 15 in the first embodiment or the second embodiment, requesting a user number input.

FIG. 7 is a screen displayed on the display unit 15 for requesting confirmation of a distribution candidate in the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a work search device according to a second embodiment and a user-side terminal connected to the work search device via a communication network 30.

FIG. 9 is a work search device according to the second embodiment, which receives a search condition from a user terminal, transmits identification information of a song or identification information of a person as a search result to the user,
It is a flowchart which shows a process until the music download data of the music which a user desires is downloaded.

FIG. 10 is a screen displayed on the display unit 15 for displaying a list of songs as search results in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a screen displayed on the display unit 15 for displaying names of a plurality of persons involved in production of a specific music piece in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a screen displayed on the display unit 15 for displaying a list of songs as search results in the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 server side storage means 7 work reproduction database 8 work information database 9 person information database 10 user information database 11 server side processing means 12 search condition acquisition and search result output means 13 search condition output and search result acquisition means 14 user side processing means 15 Display means 16 input means 17 storage device

Claims (4)

[Claims] The identification information of a plurality of works is grouped for each work selected under the condition that a specific person such as a composer or a lyricist was involved in the production, and is associated with the identification information of the person involved in the production. A work information database stored for each group, search condition obtaining means for obtaining, from the user side, identification information of a specific person involved in the production, which is a search condition, and user identification information of the work, which is a search result. And a search result output means for outputting the identification information of a specific person involved in the production as search conditions from the search condition obtaining means, and searching for a group of works associated with the received search conditions from the work information database. Processing means for outputting identification information of works in the group to the search result output means as search results. 2. The identification information of a plurality of works is grouped for each work selected under the condition that a specific person such as a composer or a lyricist was involved in the production, and is associated with the identification information of the person involved in the production. In a work search apparatus comprising a work information database stored for each group and processing means for acquiring identification information of a work as a search result from the database and outputting it to the user side, a search condition selected or input is A process of receiving from the user, a process of searching for a group of works associated with the received search condition from the work information database, and a process of outputting identification information of works in the group to the user as a search result, A medium that records a work search processing program to be executed by a computer. 3. The identification information of a plurality of works is grouped for each work selected under the condition that a specific person such as a composer or a lyricist was involved in the production, and is associated with the identification information of the person involved in the production. A work information database stored for each group, and a person information database storing identification information of a plurality of works for each work in association with identification information of a plurality of persons involved in the production of the work, such as a composer and a lyricist. A search condition obtaining means for obtaining, from the user side, identification information of a specific person involved in the production or identification information of the work, which is a search condition, and a plurality of search results related to the identification information of the work or the production A search result output unit for outputting identification information of a person to the user side; and a search condition acquisition unit for receiving search conditions such as identification information of a specific person involved in the production or identification information of a work. Processing means for searching the work information database or person information database for the identification information of the work or the identification information of a plurality of persons matching the retrieved search condition, and outputting to the search result output means as a search result; The search device, wherein the processing unit is a group of works associated with the search condition from the work information database when the search condition received from the search condition acquisition unit is identification information of a specific person involved in production. And outputs the identification information of the works in the group to the search result output means as a search result. When the search condition received from the search condition obtaining means is the work identification information, the search condition is retrieved from the personal information database. Searching for the identification information of the person associated with the, and outputting to the search result output means as a search result, Work search device. 4. The identification information of a plurality of works is grouped for each work selected under the condition that a specific person such as a composer, a lyricist, etc. was involved in the production, and is associated with the identification information of the person involved in the production. A work information database stored for each group, and a person information database storing identification information of a plurality of works for each work in association with identification information of a plurality of persons involved in the production of the work, such as a composer and a lyricist. And a processing means for obtaining, from the work information database or the person information database, identification information of a work related to the production of a specific person or identification information of a person involved in the production of the work, and outputting the identification information to a user side. In the search device, when the search condition received from the user is identification information of a specific person involved in the production, the search condition is matched from the work information database. Searching for a group to be performed and outputting the identification information of the works in the group to the user as a search result, and when the search condition received from the user side is the identification information of the work, the processing is read from the personal information database. ,
A medium for recording a work search processing program for causing a computer to execute a process of outputting identification information of a person involved in the production of the work to a user as a search result.