JP2002142044A - Ringer melody download system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ringer melody download system that can easily download a ringer melody. SOLUTION: An identification code consisting of numerals or the like is described on a recording medium recording music such as a CD and its package. A conversion server 11 of a conversion site 10 stores a conversion table in which the identification code and a page address (URL) of a distribution page used to distribute the music as a ringer melody are cross-referenced with each other. When a user connects a mobile phone 40 to the conversion server 11 via the Internet 1 and enters the identification code attached to the recording medium or the like, the conversion server 11 retrieves the conversion table on the basis of the identification code and acquires the page address. Then a link destination such as the mobile phone 40 is set to the page address and the user automatically accesses the distribution page in a distribution server 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incoming melody download system for downloading an incoming melody to a mobile phone via a network such as the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephones have characteristics not only as telephones but also as information terminals having a function of connecting to the Internet. Along with this, many new services for mobile phones having functions as information terminals are being provided, and the number of mobile phones spread has been dramatically increased.

[0003] One of the new services for such mobile phones is music distribution. Particularly, with the spread of triads, the popularity of services for distributing ringtones (hereinafter simply abbreviated as "ringtones") has become popular. Is growing. Note that the incoming melody is a melody emitted to notify the user when a call or mail arrives at the mobile phone.

The content of the conventional ringtone distribution service is such that a user connects his / her mobile phone to a ringtone distribution site via the Internet and downloads desired ringtone data to the mobile phone. This allows the user to use his favorite music as a ringtone.

[0005]

However, in the conventional ringtone distribution service, a great deal of labor is required for the user to download his favorite ringtone. That is, it was initially unknown to the user whether or not their favorite music was already distributed as a ringtone.
Even if it is distributed as a ringtone, you have to search for the site where it is distributed.
Furthermore, even after accessing the desired ringtone distribution site via a mobile phone, the user could finally reach the page for downloading the desired ringtone via many menu pages.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has as its object to provide a ringtone melody download system that can easily download a ringtone melody.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention relates to a ring tone melody download system for downloading a ring tone melody to a mobile phone via a network. A distribution site that retains a distribution page to be distributed, a table retaining unit that retains a table in which a page address of the distribution page is associated with an identification code, and a table designated by a mobile phone coupled to the network. A search unit is provided for obtaining a page address of a distribution page corresponding to the identification code by searching the table, and an address presenting unit for presenting the obtained page address as an access request destination of the mobile phone.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ring tone melody download system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the identification code is attached to a recording medium for recording music or a package thereof, and a page address corresponding to the identification code is attached. The ringing melody corresponding to the music recorded on the recording medium is distributed to the distribution page located at.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ring tone melody download system according to the first aspect of the present invention, the title of the music and the ring tone corresponding to the music are distributed to a paper medium distributed at a store handling music. Identification code associated with the page address of the delivery page to be
Are described in association with each other.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the ring tone melody download system according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, the identification code is constituted by only a number or a combination of a number and a symbol. ing.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the ring tone melody download system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the network is the Internet and the page address is the URL of the distribution page.
And

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

<1. System Configuration> FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a ring tone melody download system according to the present invention. The ringtone melody download system described below is a system for downloading a ringtone melody to the mobile phone 40 via the Internet 1.

As is well known, the Internet is a general term for networks based on the Internet protocol, and in this embodiment, a ringing melody download system is constructed via the Internet 1.
In the ringtone melody download system according to the present invention, a conversion site 10, a distribution site 20, and a mobile phone 40 are connected via the Internet 1. FIG. 2 shows FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing each component of the incoming melody download system of FIG.

The mobile phone 40 has a liquid crystal display section 41 and an input section 42 constituted by input buttons.
The mobile phone 40 has a function connectable to the Internet 1 and has a browser. The mobile phone 40 can transmit contents input from the input unit 42 to various sites via the Internet 1. 1 can be received and displayed on the display unit 41.

In this embodiment, the mobile phone 40 plays a role as an information terminal connected to the Internet 1. The user can specify and input an identification code described later using the mobile phone 40, send the identification code to the conversion site 10 via the Internet 1, and transmit web content such as a ringtone distribution page from the distribution site 20. It can be received via the Internet 1.

The conversion site 10 is constituted by a conversion server 11. The conversion server 11 is the Internet 1
Is connected using a computer. The conversion server 11 includes a search unit 13, a connection link unit 14, and a magnetic disk 12. Among these, the search unit 13 and the connection link unit 14 are processing units realized by a computer in the conversion server 11 based on processing software for code conversion. Also,
A conversion table described later is stored in the magnetic disk 12, and the conversion server 11 converts the identification code into a URL (uniform resource locator) based on the conversion table.

The distribution site 20 is composed of a distribution server 21. Distribution server 21 is also Internet 1
Is connected using a computer. The distribution server 21 includes the data transmission unit 2
3, a distribution unit 24, and a magnetic disk 22. Among these, the data transmission unit 23 and the distribution unit 24 are processing units realized by a computer in the distribution server 21 based on processing software for ringtone distribution. Also,
For example, an HTML (Hypertext Marku
A distribution page described in a page description language such as p Language) and content data such as ringtone data are stored as web content. The conversion server 1
1 and details of processing performed in the distribution server 21 will be described later.

In the present embodiment, the conversion server 11 and the distribution server 21 are provided in different sites, but they may be provided in a common site. Further, the number of distribution servers 21 connected to the Internet 1 is not limited to one, but may be plural.

In this embodiment, the magnetic disk 12 corresponds to a table holding unit, the search unit 13 corresponds to a search unit, and the connection link unit 14 corresponds to an address presentation unit.

<2. Incoming melody distribution processing> Next, the incoming melody distribution processing executed in the incoming melody download system having the above configuration will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of the incoming melody distribution process.

First, prior to the incoming melody distribution process, the identification code and the page address (URL) of the distribution page are set in advance.
A conversion table is established in which the and are mutually associated. For ringtones to be distributed, a distribution page on the Internet 1 is provided for each of the ringtones. Each ringtone is delivered to the mobile phone 40 via the Internet 1 from a corresponding delivery page. A plurality of distribution pages exist in accordance with the number of ringtones to be distributed, and the plurality of distribution pages are held as web contents in the distribution server 21 (strictly, the magnetic disk 22) of the distribution site 20. .

The distribution page is also a kind of page on the Internet 1, and it is naturally possible to access each distribution page held by the distribution server 21 via the Internet 1. Each delivery page has a URL (eg, htt) that is a page address on the Internet 1.
p: //web.aaaaaa.htm), and access to each distribution page is usually performed by specifying this URL.

In the present embodiment, a conversion table is constructed by associating different identification codes with URLs of a plurality of distribution pages on the Internet 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the conversion table.
As shown in the figure, different identification codes are associated with each of a plurality of URLs.
The identification code “121015” is assigned to the URL “http: //web.cccccc.htm” of the distribution page for distributing the ringtone corresponding to “×××”.

The constructed conversion table as shown in FIG. 4 is stored and held on the magnetic disk 12 as table holding means in the conversion server 11. The UR of the distribution page
The identification code corresponding to L may be a combination of only a number as shown in FIG. 4 or a combination of a number and a symbol (for example, # 12345 or A5432).

On the other hand, based on the constructed conversion table,
Specify the identification code given to the music to be distributed. Specifically, a predetermined URL in the constructed conversion table is used.
The identification code corresponding to the URL is described in the conversion table on a recording medium or a package thereof on which the music corresponding to the ringtone registered in the distribution page located at No. 1 is recorded. This will be described with reference to a more specific example with reference to FIG. The “recording medium for recording music” is a disk or tape (for example, CD, MD, DVD, record, videotape, etc.) on which the music is recorded, and the “packaging” is a case or the like for the disk or the like. Such as a jacket.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which an identification code is written on the packaging of the recording medium. Here, "○ × ○ ×"
Identification code "12101" on the jacket 50 of the music CD
5 "is described. That is, the URL "http: // we
b.cccccc.htm ", the URL" http: // "in the conversion table on the CD jacket 50 that has recorded the music corresponding to the ringtone" xxxxx "registered in the distribution page.
/web.cccccc.htm ”and the identification code“ 12101
5 "is described.

After an arbitrary identification code is described on the recording medium or its packaging, the identification code is associated with the URL where the ring page corresponding to the music recorded on the recording medium is located. A converted table may be created.

Next, the user who wants to obtain the music recorded on the recording medium as a ringtone is transmitted to his / her mobile phone 40.
, Input the identification code attached to the recording medium or its packaging. For example, a user who wants to acquire music of “XX” as a ringtone connects his / her mobile phone 40 to the conversion site 10 via the Internet 1 and inputs “XX” to the input unit 42 of the mobile phone 40. The identification code “121015” attached to the jacket 50 of the music CD “○ ×”
Enter As a result, the identification code “121015” is obtained.
Is transmitted to the conversion server 11 of the conversion site 10 via the Internet 1 as indicated by an arrow AR1 in FIG.

The search unit 13 of the conversion server 11 searches for a page address corresponding to the transmitted identification code.
Specifically, the search unit 13 obtains the URL corresponding to the identification code specified and input by the user by searching the conversion table stored on the magnetic disk 12. For example, if the user enters the identification code "12101
If "5" is designated and input, the search unit 13 searches the conversion table of FIG. 4 and acquires the URL "http: //web.cccccc.htm" corresponding to the identification code "121015".
In other words, the search unit 13 converts the identification code input by the user into a corresponding URL.

Next, as shown by an arrow AR2 in FIG.
The connection link unit 14 presents the URL acquired by the search unit 13 as an access request destination of the mobile phone 40, and connects the mobile phone 40 via the Internet 1 to the distribution server 21 holding a distribution page located at the URL. For example, if the search unit 13 acquires the URL “http: //web.cccccc.htm”, the connection link unit 14 causes the mobile phone 40 to access the URL “http: //web.cccccc.htm”. . As described above, the URL “http: //web.cccccc.
htm ”is a ringtone“ ○ × ○
× ”, and the mobile phone 40 is connected to the distribution server 21 that holds the distribution page.

On the other hand, distribution server 2 receiving the access request
The first data transmission unit 23 transmits a web page located at the URL “http: //web.cccccc.htm” held on the magnetic disk 22, that is, a delivery page for delivering the ringtone “○ ×××” to the Internet. Mobile phone 4 through 1
Send to 0. Then, a distribution page for downloading the ringtone “○ × ○ ×” is displayed on the display unit 41 of the mobile phone 40 that has received this.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the distribution page. A “download” button 61 and a “cancel” button 62 are provided on the distribution page. The user who wants to download the ringtone “○ × ○ ×” selects the “download” button 61. On the other hand, the user who wants to cancel the download has a “cancel” button 6
2 can be selected.

When the "download" button 61 is selected, the same processing as the general ringtone download is performed. That is, as shown by an arrow AR3 in FIG.
A download request signal is transmitted from the mobile phone 40 to the distribution server 21 via the Internet 1. Distribution unit 24 of distribution server 21 that has received the download request signal
Transmits the data of the ringtone registered in the distribution page (in the above example, the ringtone “○ × ○ ×”) to the mobile phone 40 via the Internet 1. That is, the delivery unit 24 delivers the ringtone to the mobile phone 40. As a result, the user makes a ringtone “○ ×××”
Can be downloaded and used.

In this way, the user simply designates / enters the identification code given to the music of his / her preference from the mobile phone 40 and directly goes to the distribution page for downloading the ringtone corresponding to the music. Can be accessed. Therefore, from the user's point of view, the trouble of having to search for a site that distributes the desired music as a ringtone or to go through many menu pages before arriving at the distribution page as in the past can be omitted, which is simple and easy. The user can directly access a distribution page for distributing ringtones of desired music, and can easily download ringtones. On the other hand, from the side of distributing ringtones, by providing a system that can easily download ringtones, it is possible to stimulate the user's willingness to download and further promote ringtone distribution.

In the present embodiment, an identification code is added to a recording medium on which music is recorded or its packaging, and a distribution page located at a URL corresponding to the identification code in the conversion table is recorded on the recording medium. The incoming melody corresponding to the music played is distributed. Therefore, the user can recognize that the music has already been delivered as a ringtone by seeing a CD or the like on which the music he / she likes is recorded, and can easily know the identification code given to the music. As a result, it is possible to easily access a distribution page for distributing the music as a ringtone and easily download a desired ringtone.

Further, since the identification code of the present embodiment is composed of only numerals or a combination of numerals and symbols, even a user who is not familiar with the Internet can easily input the identification code and can easily distribute it. Can access the page.

<3. Modifications> While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described examples. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the identification code is attached to the recording medium on which the music is recorded or its packaging, but the method of specifying the identification code is not limited to this. What is necessary is just to make the association clear.

For example, a flyer as shown in FIG. 7 in which music is associated with an identification code may be distributed at a store handling music, for example, a rental CD shop or a record store. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a paper medium in which music and an identification code are associated with each other. Here, a flyer describing the popularity ranking of ringtones is shown. As shown in the figure, the title of the top ranking music and the identification code associated with the URL of the distribution page for distributing the ringtone corresponding to each music are described in association with the ringtone popularity ranking flyer. are doing. For example, the title of the music ranked first in the ranking “○ × ○ ×” and the URL of the distribution page “http: // w
eb.cccccc.htm ”and the identification code“ 121
015 "is described in association with this. Even in this case, the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained. In particular, it is possible to easily access a distribution page for distributing a particularly popular ringtone and easily download the ringtone.

In other words, it is possible to adopt any method of explicitly associating the music and the identification code associated with the URL of the distribution page for distributing the incoming melody corresponding to the music. Alternatively, for example, when a certain music is broadcast in a television music program, an identification code associated with the music may be displayed as a telop.

[0041]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the page address of the distribution page corresponding to the specified identification code via the cellular phone connected to the network distributes the incoming melody. In order to present the obtained page address as an access request destination of the mobile phone, it is obtained by searching a table in which the page address and the identification code of the delivery page to be associated with each other are obtained.
By simply inputting the identification code, the user can easily access the distribution page and easily download the ringtone melody.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the identification code is attached to a recording medium on which music is recorded or its packaging,
Since the distribution page located at the page address corresponding to the identification code distributes the ringtone corresponding to the music recorded on the recording medium, the user may select the recording medium on which his favorite music is recorded or its packaging. By looking at the music, the identification code given to the music can be easily known, and the desired ringing melody can be downloaded more easily.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the title of the music is associated with the page address of the distribution page for distributing the incoming melody corresponding to the music on the paper medium distributed at the store handling the music. Since the identification code is described in association with the identification code, the user can easily know the identification code only by looking at the paper medium, and can easily download a desired ringtone.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the identification code is composed of only a number or a combination of a number and a symbol, the input of the identification code becomes easier.

According to the invention of claim 5, since the network is the Internet and the page address is the URL of the distribution page, the invention of claim 1 can be easily realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration of a ring tone melody download system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing each component of the ring tone melody download system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an outline of an incoming melody distribution process.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conversion table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which an identification code is written on the packaging of the recording medium.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a distribution page.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper medium in which music and an identification code are associated with each other.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet 10 Conversion Site 11 Conversion Server 12, 22 Magnetic Disk 13 Search Unit 14 Connection Link Unit 20 Distribution Site 21 Distribution Server 23 Data Transmission Unit 24 Distribution Unit 40 Mobile Phone 50 Jacket

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An incoming call melody download system for downloading an incoming melody to a mobile phone via a network, comprising: a delivery site connected to the network and holding a delivery page for delivering the incoming melody; and a page of the delivery page. Table holding means for holding a table in which an address and an identification code correspond to each other; and searching the table for a page address of a distribution page corresponding to the identification code specified via a mobile phone connected to the network. A ringing melody download system comprising: a search unit that obtains the page address; and an address presenting unit that presents the obtained page address as an access request destination of the mobile phone. 2. The ring tone melody download system according to claim 1, wherein the identification code is attached to a recording medium on which music is recorded or a package thereof, and the distribution page located at a page address corresponding to the identification code is the recording medium. A ring tone melody download system for delivering ring tone melody corresponding to music recorded on a medium. 3. The ring tone melody download system according to claim 1, wherein the title of the music is associated with a paper medium distributed at a store handling music and a page address of a distribution page for distributing the ring tone corresponding to the music. A ringtone melody download system, wherein the received identification code is described in association with the received identification code. 4. The incoming call melody download system according to claim 1, wherein the identification code is constituted by only a number or a combination of a number and a symbol. Melody download system. 5. The incoming call melody download system according to claim 1, wherein the network is the Internet, and the page address is a URL of the distribution page. Melody download system.