JP2002041826A - Music net registration managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flexible and variable system for making well-known in the world and marketing excellent music/play. SOLUTION: In the music net registration managing system, with which music data are registered in a server 4 and provided through a communication network 2 to client terminals 1-1 to 1-n, this system has servers 3-6 for registering and managing music data for download, which are compressed to be downloaded in the state of maintaining a sound quality as pay or free data, and music data for appreciation, with which the pay music data for download can be appreciated, the music data for download are downloaded and sold to the client terminals 1-1 to 1-n for pay or free and a contest is held by electronic voting by distributing the music data for distribution to the client terminals.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music net registration management system for registering music in a server and providing it to a customer terminal via a communication network.

[0002]

[Problems to be solved by the prior art and the invention] There is a proficiency and a base of music.
There are quite a few grassroots musicians who can't live with music alone. However, the distribution of songs is typically only a handful promoted by major record labels. Therefore, whether or not you meet at such an opportunity depends on your luck and encounters, and you have a music background and skills,
Efforts for independence are not equally affordable.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and provides a flexible and versatile system including providing and marketing excellent music and performance. Musicians can freely express themselves, concentrate on creating and performing music that impresses people, and provide continuous and speedy opportunities to obtain convincing and satisfying results. To revitalize the training business.

[0004] For this purpose, the present invention relates to a music net registration management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network. And a server that conducts a contest by electronic voting and conducts a contest by electronic voting by listening to the music data from the customer terminal, and compressing and downloading while maintaining the sound quality as paid or free It has a server that registers and manages downloadable music data that has been made available and distribution music data that has made it possible to view paid download music data, and downloads the download music data to customer terminals for a fee or free of charge. And distribute the music data for distribution to customer terminals, and provide It is characterized in carrying out the strike.

In the contest, music data for distribution targeted for participation is randomly selected and distributed to customer terminals.
The electronic voting is received in points, the scores in a certain period are totaled, and the ranking is output according to the total score. The contest distributes the distribution music data of two songs to be played in a tournament format to a customer terminal, The customer terminal that receives voting and wins or loses in the electronic voting for a certain period of time, has a database server that registers and manages information on various customer members, and distributes the distribution music data, It is a customer terminal of various customer members managed by a database.

[0006] A music net registration management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network, wherein the music data can be compressed and downloaded at least as paid or free while maintaining the sound quality. It has a server that registers and manages data, downloads and sells the music data to customer terminals for a fee or free of charge, and when selling the paid music data, links to a payment means page to charge The music data for registration and the music data for sale, which are compressed and made downloadable while maintaining the sound quality at least as paid or free, are managed. Having a server, uploading the music data for registration from the customer terminal to the server,
The music data for sale is downloaded to the customer terminal for a fee or free of charge and sold.In the case of uploading the music data for a fee and in the case of selling the music data for a fee, a link to a settlement means page is provided to link the payment. The present invention is characterized in that settlement is performed and sales are performed.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a music net registration management system according to the present invention.
1 to n are terminals, 2 is a network, 3 is a web server, 4 is a file server, 5 is a database server, 6
Indicates a point server, 7 indicates a pseudo server, and 8 indicates an operation center.

In FIG. 1, terminals 1-1 to 1-n are, for example, MP3 (MPEG) compressed while maintaining sound quality.
1 Audio Layer 3) PCs and other customer terminals of various members who can download music on 3)
The network 2 is a communication network such as the Internet for connecting the terminals 1-1 to 1-n and the web server 3. The web server 3 is connected to the terminal 1 via the network 2
-1 to 1-n, for example, the terminal 1-1
1-n to receive, register, and inquire various members' information, and search, distribute, download, sell, introduce and provide various information to the terminals 1-1 to 1-n. This is a server that implements the music net registration management system. In the web server 3, the terminals 1-1 to 1-1
For 1-n, registered music that can be downloaded for free (free disclosure) and registered music that can be downloaded for a fee using a credit card or prepaid money (sales) are managed.

The file server 4 is a server that stores and manages data of songs that have been applied for registration and songs that have been registered after examination. In other words, all music is stored and managed by this server irrespective of whether it is paid or free and whether it is registered or unregistered (unexamined). The database server 5 is a server that stores and manages data of information on music stored in the file server 4, data of information on various members, data of information for managing the system, and other data.

[0010] The point server 6 is provided with various members' points, billing, etc., which are given by using the present system.
Further, it is a server that manages sales history data, for example, registers an account of a specific member, registers music, sells, provides service information, and manages points according to enjoyment, and manages mileage. The pseudo server 7 prevents the access of the point server 6 from the network 2 and executes the behavior scramble for the web server 3 for ensuring security.

The operation center 8 is a so-called secretariat that supervises and manages the present system, and inputs registration information by mail or e-mail from various members, registration application music by CD, MD, or other media, etc. It registers and updates data managed by the database server 5 and the point server 6.

Next, a specific operation of the music net registration management system according to the present invention will be described. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a personal table, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a member table, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a music table, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a sales history table. These are managed by, for example, a file server, and are set and updated by the web server 3 and the operation center 8.

First, this site is a website,
It performs paid and free sales by downloading and distributing music on the Internet, information distribution, and contests (live battles) by electronic voting. For this purpose, various members are set and registered, and participation forms and restrictions on the system can be given according to the members. For example, members who are entitled to register music and members who are entitled to participate in contests, etc. Paid / free sales of registered music are conducted for listeners (general customers) including these members. .

The main persons appearing on this site include at least listeners, fan club members, GIM (Gra
ssroots Independent Musicians) members. Listeners and fan club members, for example, pay for registered songs /
It is a person who can download it for free, make electronic voting for the contest, and register music for free.
GIM members, for example, like registered listeners and fan club members, can download registered songs for pay / free, enable electronic voting for contests, and register free songs. A person who can participate in a contest using music. Therefore,
In general, listeners and fan club members include general music lovers, and GIM members have the ability and skills of music among grassroots musicians who cannot currently live on music alone. Includes those who have a strong will to become independent and independent.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of a personal table for holding the basic data of each member, in which a mail address, a name, an address, a telephone / FAX number, a type of member, its ID, and the like are stored. . On the other hand, FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of a member table that holds data for member authentication and information such as an expiration date and mileage. Among these, the number of purchased mileage and the number of earned mileage are the number of mileage accrued by the member purchasing music for a fee, earning or using points based on benefits, respectively, and the total of these (Difference) is the current mileage number.

When each member registers a free song,
As a minimum registration information at the expense of the registration fee,
For example, an email address, a telephone number, and a handle name are provided. Further, when registering a paid song, the GIM member provides, as necessary information, for example, an e-mail address, a telephone number, a handle name, a royalty receiver (copyright holder, name, address), and one song. You will be paid a designated number of points to the destination, and you will be paid the amount of participation when participating in the contest. Therefore, as a point,
It is earned according to the sales of paid registered songs, hit charts, selection in contests, etc., and is paid according to the purchase of paid registered songs.

The registered music information is stored in, for example, the music table shown in FIG. 4, and the sales history information from which the registered music is downloaded is stored in, for example, the sales history table shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the information held in the music table includes an ID, whether the music is paid or free, a music title, a path to an MP3 file, a path to a trial version file, a genre,
Musician name, tempo, search keyword, song introduction,
These include comments on songs, paths to images, prices, mileage, number of downloads, and number of previews. The information stored in the sales history table is, as shown in FIG. 5, the ID of the customer or the music, the date of sale, the amount of money, the settlement means, and the like.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a top page prepared by the music net registration management system according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a music file stored in a file server, and FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of music sales, FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an example of a contest, and FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic voting screen. .

The top page prepared by the music net registration management system according to the present invention includes, for example, music search, newly registered music introduction, GIM site entrance, Live Battle (contest), Plug as shown in FIG.
In, system introduction, etc.

The music search includes a title search using the title of the music as a search key, a category search using the category of the music as a search key, an artist search using the artist of interest as a search key, a search result list display and an advanced search form. Is displayed, and a high-speed music search that enables a narrowed search is selected, and the music can be downloaded or auditioned for a fee / free of charge.

The newly registered music introduction is for introducing, for example, basic music information, comments from a listener to the music, etc., and jumps to a page for explaining how to listen to and download a music MP3 file, an artist page, and the like.

[0022] The GIM site entrance is designed to be easily accessible from a portable terminal such as i-mode.
N and E-mail addresses and telephone numbers are made available as members, and the member obtains a music registration form and changes the registered contents from this page, and also provides guidance and communication for members.

The Live Battle is for performing ranking and winning of registered music as a music contest by audition and tournament. The audition randomly selects and distributes the paid songs that have been applied for, and the ranking is determined by electronic voting. The tournament distributes two songs in a competition format for the registered songs that have won the top position in the audition Then, the winner is determined by the electronic voting.
Therefore, in the audition, the audition member performs an electronic voting of the auditioned music by, for example, a score out of 10, and
In the tournament, the audition member performs electronic voting to win or lose two of the auditioned songs.

By performing these contests over a certain period, the ranking is determined based on the total score,
The winner is determined by the total points. In the audition, randomly selecting and distributing songs from the participating songs means that if the audience can select the songs, the audience can intentionally focus electronic voting on specific songs. There is meaning to prevent.

Plug In introduces, for example, a plug-in required for page browsing, music preview, download destination, download method, installation method, and links to the download destination. The system introduction links the homepage of this system and introduces various systems.

As described above, in the music net registration management system according to the present invention, when a music registration is first accepted online or by mail in a medium, the music is subjected to a predetermined examination, and then at least a minimum registration requirement is satisfied. It is registered on condition that it is satisfied. Then, it is sold as registered music for a fee / free of charge. In addition, a ranking / winning song is determined by a contest for a song entered according to certain conditions among paid registered songs. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the music data includes an unexamined file that has been accepted for registration and is not a registered music, and data stored in an examined registered music file. Further, the registered music files include a streaming file prepared for trial listening in a contest and an MP3 file prepared for downloading to a customer terminal for sale.

In the sale of registered music, if a specific music is selected by searching for music at the customer terminal, MP3 can be downloaded immediately if the music is free. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, in the case of performing a payment by using a credit card or a prepaid money, a link to a homepage of an outsourcing site having a payment function of a credit card company 13 for a credit card is performed, and after collation and payment are performed, download by MP3 is performed. Becomes possible. When a purchase is made with points having a registered account, point subtraction is performed in the file server, and the point server sees this and updates the source data. The updated latest points are sent from the point server to the web server through the pseudo server, and can be confirmed at the customer terminal.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an example of the music selling process described above. At the customer terminal,
Select a song search from the top page to search for titles,
Search for the desired registered music by category search, artist name search, music advanced search, etc. (step S11),
The content is confirmed by looking at the music introduction (step S12), and finally the registered music desired for purchase is selected (step S1).
3) When the MP3 download button is clicked (step S14), the registered music is checked for pay / free (step S15). If the selected music piece to be purchased is free, the download is immediately executed (step S23). If the music piece is paid, the authentication of the customer member is confirmed (step S16). Is checked (step S17).

If the customer member has already been authenticated (NO in step S17), the current mileage display / download (purchase) is confirmed (step S2).
2), download is executed (step S23). If the customer is not authenticated (YES in step S17), a link is made to a page for authenticating the member customer (step S18), and it is checked whether the customer is a newly registered customer member (step S19).

If the customer is a newly registered customer (YES in step S19), input personal information and purchase / pay mileage (step S20), and if the customer is a registered customer (YES in step S19). Then, the mail address and the password are authenticated (step S21).
Then, after confirming the current mileage display / download (purchase) (step S22), the download is executed (step S23).

Also, in the case of a contest, as shown in FIG. 10, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, first, a member selects an audition or a tournament of a contest from a top page (step S21). Then, one song is randomly extracted from the participating registered songs and distributed (step S22), and an electronic voting is received from a member who has listened to the distributed registered songs (step S22).
23), the voting result is updated (step S24). In the case of a tournament, two songs to be played are distributed (step S25), an electronic voting is received from a member who has listened to the distributed registered music (step S26), and the voting result is updated (step S27). .

In the case of an audition, the electronic voting screen at the time of the contest displays, for example, music introduction and other information including an image of a registered music to be listened to as shown in FIG. It's like voting a score out of 10. In the case of a tournament, for example, as shown in FIG. 11 (B), information including images relating to two registered songs to be listened to is displayed, and while listening to the audition, one of the two can be won to raise the army or an audition. It is like voting with a score out of 10 as in the case of. By holding the above contest for a certain period and accumulating the scores from each member during that period, the registered songs of the audition participation can be ranked from the highest score, and the song that has won from the two songs that compete is determined. be able to.

Next, a specific operation example of the music net registration management system according to the present invention will be described. Figure 1
1 is a diagram for explaining an example of a flow at the time of downloading music, FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example of a flow at the time of live battle, and FIG. 13 is an illustration of an example of a flow at the time of service registration / purchase. FIG. Note that SIP, S described later
IS is as follows. SIP (Strategic I
nproducer) includes music introduction information and GIM attribute information (favorable genre, disliked genre, musical instruments, vocals, poetry, composition, arrangement, recording technology, etc., as necessary) as music promotion information,
He is a provider of band introductions and images.
egic Independent Services) is a person who concludes a service contract and mediates services.

An outline of a basic procedure for registering and downloading music in the music net registration management system according to the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, first, a member is added, a music is registered (), and a SIP contract is concluded () with the operation center, so that the operation center uploads the music to the file server () and the database server. GI for
The M and SIP attribute information is input (), and a GIM and SIP point account is opened on the point server ().

On the other hand, when the music is specified from the listener of the customer terminal to the web server (), the music is downloaded from the file server (), and the download information of the music (music name, purchaser information, etc.) is stored in the database server. introduce(). On the point server, the music acquires download information (purchase amount, point conversion, point distribution) (). On the web server and database server,
Exchange music / customer registration information (10).

The information of the point server is provided from the pseudo server to the web server by behavior scrambling for ensuring security (○ 11), registration of the music on the net by GIM and SIP (upload by MP3),
The check of the point balance is appropriately performed from the customer terminal (（12, 13).

In the contest, as shown in FIG. 13, the operation center accepts an application from the GIM (), and the operation center converts the music registered in MP3 to the file server for streaming and (). Then, the attribute information regarding the contest application is input to the database server ().

The listener listens to the music by streaming from the customer terminal and performs electronic voting, whereby the streaming and electronic voting information is transmitted from the file server to the database server (-). The point server acquires the information of the point conversion and the point distribution (). Contest information is exchanged between the web server and the database server ().

The information of the point server is provided from the pseudo server to the web server by behavior scrambling for ensuring security (), application of a contest for music on the net by GIM or SIP (uploading by MP3), and the balance of the point balance. A check is appropriately performed from the customer terminal (（10, 11).

When registering / purchasing a service, as shown in FIG.
Registration of various music-related services by IS (point conversion)
(), The operation center inputs SIS attribute information and various music-related service information and exchanges with GIM and SIP to the database server (), opens an SIS point account on the point server (), The music related services are listed above ().

On the other hand, in the operation center,
An application for using various music-related services is received from the GIM or SIP by telephone, e-mail, or the like (()), and the point server obtains information of point conversion and point distribution by using various music-related services (()).

The information on the point server is provided from the pseudo server to the web server by behavior scrambling for ensuring the security (), and the point balance is checked from GIM, SIP, and SIS from the customer terminal as appropriate (〜O11). .

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications are possible. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the MP3 file and the trial version (streaming) file are registered and managed by the file server. However, the web server, the file server, and the database server may be integrated into one server, or another server may be configured. You may comprise by a combination form. Further, the MP3 file and the trial version file may be appropriately converted when downloaded or distributed from another music data file.

[0044]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, there is provided a music net registration management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network. It has a server for registering and managing, distributing the music data to the customer terminal and performing a contest by electronic voting, and listening to the music data from the customer terminal and performing a contest by electronic voting,
It has a server that registers and manages download music data that can be downloaded by compressing and downloading it while maintaining sound quality as paid or free, and distribution music data that makes it possible to view paid download music data. Or download music data for download to the customer terminal for free and sell it, and distribute music data for distribution to the customer terminal and conduct a contest by electronic voting,
Registered songs can be evaluated and rated according to the number of hits and sales amount, and the minimum number of hits and minimum sales amount for a certain period of time are set in advance, and songs that do not clear them are included in the request box, etc. It is possible to easily manage various registered songs, to output an objective evaluation result, and to support excellent musicians and discharge of songs.

In the contest, distribution music data targeted for participation is randomly selected and distributed to customer terminals, electronic voting is accepted by score, scores for a certain period are totaled, and ranking is output according to the total score. In the contest, music data for distribution of two songs to be played in a tournament format are distributed to customer terminals, electronic voting is accepted, and wins or loses in electronic voting for a certain period of time, so contests are held regularly. You can easily find excellent works buried in a huge number of songs and send them to the world.

A music net registration management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network, wherein the music data is compressed or downloadable while maintaining the sound quality at least as paid or free. A server that registers and manages data, and a server that manages registration music data and sales music data for registration that is compressed and downloadable while maintaining the sound quality at least as paid or free, and Upload the music data for registration from the terminal to the server, download the music data for sale to the customer terminal for a fee or free of charge and sell it.In the case of uploading the music data for a fee and the case of selling the music data for a fee, Link to the payment method page to settle the charges Accordingly, it is possible to provide a chance equally to all of the musicians for a fee or free of charge.

Therefore, the musician himself can understand the nature and future potential of the musician, and can judge it, and can quickly acquire a true vocation, and a great musician who performs not only recording but also live performance can be obtained. It can be drained and consequently increase the joy of many people.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a music net registration management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a personal table.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a member table;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a music table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a sales history table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a top page prepared by the music net registration management system according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a music file.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a route for performing a settlement process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an example of music sales.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a contest.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an electronic voting screen.

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example of a flow at the time of downloading music.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow during a live battle.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a flow at the time of service registration / purchase.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-1 to 1-n terminal, 2 network, 3 web server, 4 file server, 5 database server, 6 point server, 7 pseudo server, 8 operation center

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification FI FI Theme Court ゛ (Reference) G10K 15/02 G10K 15/02 (72) Inventor Toshihiro Shiwatari 4-1-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo City Laboratory Building 3F Cyber Connection Japan Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tsuborun Autumn 4-12-20 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo Urban Research Building 3F Cyber Connection Japan Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hamada Hiroaki F-term (reference) 5F049 AA06 BB36 CC05 CC10 CC36 CC38 FF09 GG04 in Cyber Connection Japan Co., Ltd. 3rd floor, 4-12, Mejiro 4-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A music net registration management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network, wherein at least the music data is registered and managed, and the music data is distributed to the customer terminal. A music net registration management system comprising a server for performing a contest by electronic voting, wherein the music data is previewed from a customer terminal and a contest is performed by electronic voting. 2. A music net registration management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network, wherein the music data can be downloaded by compressing and downloading while maintaining sound quality as paid or free. It has a server for registering and managing song data and distribution song data that enables paid download song data to be viewed, and downloads and downloads the download song data to customer terminals for a fee or free of charge and sells them. A music net registration management system, wherein the music data for distribution is distributed to customer terminals and a contest based on electronic voting is performed. 3. The music net registration according to claim 1, wherein the contest is configured to randomly select distribution music data targeted for participation, distribute the music data to a customer terminal, and accept the electronic voting. Management system. 4. The music net registration management system according to claim 3, wherein the contest accepts the electronic voting by a score, sums up scores in a certain period, and outputs a ranking according to a total score. 5. The music net registration management according to claim 1, wherein the contest distributes the music data for distribution of two songs to be played in a tournament format to a customer terminal and receives the electronic voting. system. 6. The music net registration management system according to claim 5, wherein the contest is performed by winning or losing the electronic voting in a predetermined period. 7. A customer terminal having a database server for registering and managing information on various customer members, and distributing the distribution music data is a customer terminal of various customer members managed by the database. The music net registration management system according to claim 3 or 5, wherein: 8. A music net registration management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network, wherein the music data is compressed and downloadable while maintaining the sound quality at least as paid or free. It has a server that registers and manages data, downloads and sells the music data to customer terminals for a fee or free of charge, and when selling the paid music data, links to a payment means page to charge A music net registration management system, characterized in that the settlement is made and sales are performed. 9. A music net registration and management system for registering music data in a server and providing the music data to a customer terminal via a communication network, wherein the registration is made at least as payable or free while being compressed and downloadable while maintaining sound quality. A server for managing the music data for registration and the music data for sale for uploading the music data for registration to the server from a customer terminal, and downloading the music data for sale to the customer terminal for a fee or free of charge. In the case of uploading music data for a fee and in the case of selling music data for a fee, a link is made to a payment means page to settle the fee and sell. Music net registration management system. 10. The music net registration management system according to claim 2, wherein a point account is registered as the settlement means, and the point account is converted into points and managed.