JP2002182660A - Device and system for music information supply - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device (system) for music information supply which can change subjective data, which are provided to individual users in accordance with their characteristics. SOLUTION: A music information memory 9 where musical piece information related to many musical pieces are stored is provided, and objective data NIF and subjective data DIF related to a musical piece are stored in each musical piece information, and the musical piece information is provided with an area, where user additional information UAI about subjective data is recorded, for each connected music selection terminal device 5, and an information retrieval part 12 is provided which retrieves musical piece information on the basis of music selection key information IGF related to subjective data sent from the music selection terminal device, and a data sending means 13 is provided which sends the retrieval result to the music selection terminal device which has requested music selection. Subjective data can be changed by registering user additional information in accordance with characteristics of individual users operating music selection terminal devices because of areas where user additional information UAI about subjective data are recorded, and thus music selection operation suitable for each user can be performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music information supply apparatus and a music information supply system for providing subjective data of music to a user such as a broadcasting station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this kind of music information supply system, apart from objective data such as a composer, a lyricist, a singer, a record company, a release date, etc., what kind of atmosphere music and what image are imaged. It is necessary and important to provide the user with subjective data (e.g., graduation song, banquet song, Christmas song, summer song, travel song, etc.) indicating the song, the appropriate place, and the like.

In order to respond to such a request, such subjective data is stored as a database, and a user searches the database according to the program contents and the like.
A system that can select music suitable for the content of a program has been recently proposed.

[0004]

However, in such a system, a music piece selected based on subjective data may not always be a music piece in an atmosphere desired by the user. Also, depending on the location of the user, the same music may cause different moods and images, which makes uniform evaluation difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a music information supply apparatus and a music information supply system that can change subjective data to be provided to a user according to the characteristics of each user. It is assumed that.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of music selection terminal devices (5) connected via a network (3) are transmitted from the music selection terminal devices. Based on the song selection key information (IGF)
In a music information supply device (2) for searching for music information (MIF) corresponding to the music selection key information and sending it to the music selection terminal device, a music information memory (9) storing music information on a large number of music is stored in a music information supply device (2). And the music information includes
Object data (NIF) and subjective data (DIF) relating to the music are stored, and the music information includes:
An area for recording user additional information (UAI) on the subjective data is provided for each connected music selection terminal device (5), and music information in the music information memory is
An information search unit (12) for searching based on music selection key information (IGF) relating to the subjective data sent from the music selection terminal device is provided, and a music selection request is made based on the search result searched by the information search unit. And a data transmitting means (13) for transmitting to the music selection terminal device via the network.

[0007] In the music information supply device (2), a search content changing means (for example, for instructing the information search unit (12) to perform a search in consideration of the user additional information). , A flag instructing that the user additional information (UAI) be searched with priority in the search).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the music information supply device (2), the area for recording the user additional information is a plurality of music selection terminal device operators for each of the connected music selection terminal devices (5). A plurality of areas are set so that user additional information corresponding to (for example, a creator of a program) can be stored.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in a music information supply system (1) comprising the music information supply device according to the first aspect and a plurality of music selection terminal devices connected to the music information supply device via a network, The music selection terminal device (5)
Has music selection key information input means (17) for inputting music selection key information for the subjective data relating to the music to be searched to the music information supply device, and inputs the music selection key information by the music selection key information input means. A music selection key information transmitting means (15) for transmitting the selected music selection key information together with a music selection request (SC) to the music information supply device (2) via the network (3) is provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the music information supply system, the music selection terminal device supplies the music information supply device with user additional information (UAI) for each piece of music information stored in the music information supply device. ), A user additional information registration requesting means (17) for requesting registration.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the music information supply device, the subjective data (DIF) includes season information (DF1) indicating when a season suitable for the music is present, or
Time information (DF2) indicating what time is appropriate for the song, situation information (DF3) indicating the location and situation of the song, or image information indicating an image matching the song (DF2) DF4) or age information (D
F5) Regional information (DF6) indicating an area where the song is frequently used, related information (DF7) indicating information related to the song, or generation / sex information indicating a generation or gender in which the song is supported (DF8).

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the music information supply system, the subjective data (DIF) includes season information (DF1) indicating a time suitable for the music and a time appropriate for the music. Time information (DF2) indicating whether there is, or situation information (DF3) indicating what the place or situation was in the music, or
Image information (DF4) indicating an image suitable for the music or age information (D
F5) Regional information (DF6) indicating an area where the song is frequently used, related information (DF7) indicating information related to the song, or generation / sex information indicating a generation or gender in which the song is supported (DF8).

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in each piece of music information in the music information memory (9), user additional information (UAI) on subjective data is recorded for each connected music selection terminal device (5). Is provided, the subjective data can be changed by registering the user additional information according to the characteristics of each user operating the music selection terminal device, and the music selection operation suitable for each user It can be performed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the search content changing means can instruct the information search section (12) to perform a search in consideration of the user additional information. It is possible to prevent a music selection that does not match the subjectivity from being performed, and to perform a music selection operation with high accuracy.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an operator (for example, an operator of a plurality of music selection terminal devices (eg,
Program creator), the user additional information can be stored for each operator even if many operators operate one music selection terminal device. A precise music selection operation can be performed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, each user uses a music information supply device (2) and a plurality of music selection terminal devices (5) connected thereto via a network (3) so that each user can obtain music information (MIF) related to each music. Music information (MI) can be easily accessed from the music selection terminal device (5) without holding the
F) can be obtained.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the user additional information registration requesting means (17) can request registration of user additional information (UAI) for each piece of music information stored in the music information supply device. Music information supply device (2)
Can be used as a personal device.

According to the sixth and seventh aspects of the present invention, subjective data can be set finely, and the accuracy of music selection can be increased.

The numbers and the like in parentheses are for convenience of indicating corresponding elements in the drawings, and therefore, the present description is not limited to the description on the drawings.

[0020]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a music information supply system to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a music information file.

As shown in FIG. 1, the music information supply system 1 has a music information supply device 2, and the music information supply device 2 is arranged at a broadcasting station or the like via a network 3 such as the Internet. Connected to a large number of selected music terminal devices 5. The music information supply device 2 has a main control unit 6, and the main control unit 6 has a music information memory 9, a user information editing unit 10, an information updating unit 11, an information searching unit 12 via a bus 7. The communication control unit 13 is connected.

The music selection terminal 5 is connected to the network 3
Control unit 15 and music bank 16 connected to
And a music selection terminal 17 are provided in a mutually connected manner.

Since the music information supply system 1 has the above configuration, the music information supply device 2 stores the music information stored in the music information memory 9 via the information updating unit 11 at regular intervals. The MIF is updated to store information on a new music piece such as a new music piece that is not stored in the music information supply device 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the music information MIF contains general information NIF as objective data for each music.
And special information DIF as subjective data are stored, and the general information NIF includes a record number DA1,
Shelf number DA2, release source code DA4, year DA4, album title DA5, release date DA6, performance time DA7,
The objective data unique to the music such as the music title DA8 and the artist name DA9 is stored. The special information DIF includes season information DF1 indicating when a season suitable for the music is performed, and time information suitable for the music. Time information DF2 indicating whether there is a song, situation information DF3 indicating what the place or situation was in the song, image information DF4 indicating an image found in the song, age information indicating the time when the song hit, etc. DF5, area information DF6 indicating an area where the song is frequently used, related information FD7 indicating information related to the song, and generation / sex information DF8 indicating a generation and gender supporting the song are stored.

With respect to the special information DIF of the music information MIF in the music information memory 9, when updating the music information, the opinion of a subjective image creator such as a composer or critic is adopted and stored as a default value. Keep it.

As described above, the music information memory 9 stores the music information MIF regarding a large number of music that is updated periodically, so that a broadcasting station or the like can create a program by using the concept of the program (for example, 20 years old). A program that aims to image a summer vacation targeting teenage working women)
When performing the operation of selecting a song that is suitable for the program, the creator of the program operates the song selection terminal device 5 installed in the broadcasting station to input the song selection key information IGF of the song desired to be used in the program via the song selection terminal 17. input. These are the music information supply device 2
For each item of the special information DIF of the music information MIF stored in the music information memory 9, information suitable for the concept of the program to be created by the creator is used as music selection key information IGF for searching and selecting music. This is done by inputting.

The input of the music selection key information IGF is, for example, "summer" as seasonal information DT1 and time information DT2 as
This is performed by inputting "day", "shore" as the situation information DF3, "bright and cheerful" as the image information DF4, and "20's, female" as the generation sex information DT8.

Thus, the music selection key information IGF input by the creator together with the music selection request SC is transmitted from the communication control unit 15 to the communication control unit 1 of the music information supply device 2 via the network 3
3 and the main control unit 6 transfers the music selection request SC from the specific music selection terminal device 5 and the music selection key information IGF attached thereto received by the communication control unit 13 to the information search unit 12 and The unit 12 is instructed to search the music information MIF in the music information memory 9 and to search for a music corresponding to the music selection key information IGF for which the music selection request has been made.

The information search section 12 searches the music selection key information IGF and the special information DIF of the music information MIF relating to each music stored in the music information memory 9 and selects the music selection key information IG.
The music information MIF relating to one or more music in which the special information DIF corresponding to F is stored is extracted and transmitted to the music selection terminal device 5 that transmitted the music selection request SC via the communication control unit 13.

Receiving this, the creator of the program on the music selection terminal device 5 receives the general information N of a plurality of music information MIF matching the music selection key information IGF transmitted from the music information supply device 2.
The IF and the special information DIF are referred to via display means such as a display (not shown) of the music selection terminal 17 to narrow down the music that has been in the program, and finally determine the music to be used in the program.

For the music determined by the creator of the program, the corresponding music is selected from a large number of music stored in the music bank 16 based on the general information NIF of the music, and a program is created. In the music bank 16, a large number of songs that may be used in the broadcasting station are stored as digital melody information together with the above-mentioned general information NIF. Can be easily extracted from the music bank 16.

The music information supply device 2 determines that the music information MIF transmitted from the music information supply device 2 to the music selection terminal device 5 that has issued the music selection request SC matches the music selection key information IGF. Despite this, there was a song (hereinafter referred to as "unsuitable song") that the program creator determined to not correspond to the song selection key information IGF sent to the music information supply device 2. In such a case, in order to prevent a similar inappropriate music piece from being selected when searching for the next music selection key information IGF, the music information supply device 2
Is requested to register the user additional information.

That is, the creator of the program operates the music selection terminal 17, outputs the user additional information registration command URC to the music information supply device 2, and registers the user additional information UAI in the corresponding music information MIF. At the same time, a request is transmitted to the music information supply device 2 via the network 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the registration area of the user additional information UAI is set for each music selection terminal device 5 with respect to the special information DIF of each music information MIF stored in the music information memory 9 of the music information supply device 2. The creator of the program refers to the special information DIF previously set as a default value in the corresponding music information MIF, and writes and registers information DF1 to DF8 different from his / her own image on the music selection terminal 17 in a form of correction. I do. Then, the corresponding user additional information UAI is transmitted to the music information supply device 2 via the network 3, and the user information editing unit 10 of the music information supply device 2 transmits the music information MIF for which the user additional information UAI registration request has been issued. Each information DF is stored in the corresponding storage area.
Stored in a form corresponding to items 1 to DF8.

The main control unit 6 stores the written information of each terminal device 5.
The user additional information UAI of each music information MIF is stored separately from the default value of the special information DIF of the music information MIF, and the terminal device 5 side receives the default value and the user additional information UAI.
So that they can be referenced together. In addition to the user additional information UAI being stored in a single storage area for each terminal device 5, a plurality of storage regions are provided for each terminal device 5 for each creator of a program operating the terminal device 5. , Can be configured to be stored more finely.

When the user additional information UAI is registered, the terminal device 5 sends the special information D to the music information supply device 2 at the time of music selection based on the next music selection key information IGF.
It is possible to instruct to search based on the user additional information UAI registered by the user instead of the default value of the IF. In this case, the information is stored in an appropriate area of the user additional information UAI of the corresponding music information MIF. At the time of the search by the search unit 12, a flag for instructing that the user additional information UAI be searched with priority is added. Thus, in the next search, it is possible to select a song corresponding to the song selection key information IGF of the creator of the program, and an inappropriate song not matching the image of the creator of the program is selected. 5 is prevented from being sent out. The storage location of this flag is not limited to the music information memory 9, but may be stored in an appropriate memory area in the information search unit 12, or may be stored in another location.

In the above embodiment, the music selection terminal 5
Has described the case where the music bank 16 stores digital melody information on a large number of music pieces, but the music bank 16 is not always necessary, and the music selection terminal device 5 is constituted only by the music selection terminal 17 and the communication control unit 15. In some cases.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a music information supply system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a music information file;

[Explanation of symbols]

2 music information supply device 3 network 5 music selection terminal device 9 music information memory 12 information search unit 13 data transmission unit (communication control unit) 15 music selection key information transmission unit (communication) Control unit) 17: music selection key information input means, user additional information registration request means (music selection terminal) SC: music selection request UAI: user additional information NIF: objective data (general information) DIF: subjective data ( Special information) IGF ...... music selection key information MIF ...... music information

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. Searching for a plurality of music selection terminal devices connected via a network, based on music selection key information relating to music transmitted from the music selection terminal devices, music information corresponding to the music selection key information. A music information supply device for sending to the music selection terminal device, a music information memory storing music information on a large number of music pieces, wherein each piece of music information contains objective data and subjective data on the music pieces. The music information is provided with an area for recording user additional information on the subjective data for each connected music selection terminal device. The music information in the music information memory is An information search unit for searching based on music selection key information relating to the subjective data transmitted from the music selection terminal device, wherein the search performed by the information search unit is performed. It plays a, which is configured by providing a data sending means for sending via the network to the music selection request is made the music selection terminal device, the music information supply device. 2. The music information supply device according to claim 1, further comprising a search content changing unit that instructs the information search unit to perform a search in consideration of the user additional information. 3. The area for recording the user additional information,
2. The music information supply device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of areas are set for each connected music selection terminal device so that user additional information corresponding to a plurality of operators of the music selection terminal device can be stored. 4. A music information supply system comprising: the music information supply device according to claim 1; and a plurality of music selection terminal devices connected to the music information supply device via a network. A music selection key information input unit for inputting music selection key information about the subjective data relating to the music to be searched for the information supply device; And a music information supply system for transmitting music selection information to the music information supply device via the network. 5. The music selection terminal device includes a user additional information registration requesting unit that requests the music information supply device to register user additional information for each piece of music information stored in the music information supply device. The music information supply system according to claim 4, further comprising: 6. The subjective data may include season information indicating when a season suitable for the music is present, time information indicating when a time appropriate for the music is present, or information about a place or situation that was in the music. Situation information indicating such a thing, image information indicating an image suitable for the song, or time information indicating the time when the song was hit, age information, or region information indicating an area where the song is frequently used, or The music information supply device according to claim 1, wherein the music information supply device includes related information indicating information related to the music, or generation gender information indicating a generation or gender in which the music is supported. 7. The subjective data may include season information indicating when a season suitable for the music is present, time information indicating when a time appropriate for the music is present, or information on the location or situation of the music. Situation information indicating such a thing, image information indicating an image suitable for the song, or time information indicating the time when the song was hit, age information, or region information indicating an area where the song is frequently used, or The music information supply system according to claim 4, wherein the music information supply system includes related information indicating information related to the music or generation gender information indicating a generation or gender in which the music is supported.