JP2003029767A - Audition system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel audition system, in which time, labor and cost can be remarkably reduced in comparison with a conventional system and an examined result in which the taste of general user is surely reflected can be obtained. SOLUTION: This system is provided with an information input/output terminal (a) owned by a user, an information base (b) owned by an audition sponsor and a communication network (c) for connecting the information base (b) and the information input/output terminal (a), and the information base (b) is equipped with a work disclosing means (d) for disclosing the applied work of audition through the communication network (c), a vote accepting means (e) for accepting a selective vote from the information input/output terminal (a) through the information network (c) to the applied work, and a providing means (f) for providing the audition passed work determined on the basis of the voted result of users through the information network (c) to the information input/output terminal (a).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides an audition system for publicly selecting and selecting music works and image works.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Regarding the audition of conventional music works and image works such as images, the organizer first announced the audition by using information media such as newspapers / magazines, TV / radio, and saw this notice. The applicant sends the work to the organizer, and the organizer conducts a screening and selects a passing work. Further, the accepted work selected from the submitted works may be provided to the user for a fee or free of charge. In this case, the work is input to a recording medium such as a tape, MD, or CD, and the work is sold at a store or directly sent to the user.

[0003] In addition, in conducting the examination, in addition to the examination by an expert, particularly when selling a passing work, the taste of the user can be surely reflected in the examination result, and the number of sales can be surely obtained. In order to do so, a judge may be recruited from the users.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional audition, in selecting a passing work, a judge is recruited from the users in order to surely reflect the user's tastes as described above. In that case, there were problems to be solved as described below. That is, in order to surely reflect the taste of the user in the examination, it is preferable to increase the number of judges to be publicly invited. However, if a large number of general auditors are used for auditing in this way, it will be expensive and time-consuming to recruit applicants for auditing,
In addition, a large venue is required to bring a large number of judges into one venue, and this is also expensive, and if you rent multiple venues or repeat the assessment at one venue, it will be even more difficult. It costs money, time and effort.
Therefore, in reality, due to the above-mentioned cost, time, and labor, the number of general judges to be recruited is limited, and when selecting audition works, the tastes of users should be reflected with high certainty. It was difficult. In addition, even when gathering judges from general users, procedures such as application are necessary to participate in the judgment, the user feels that it is troublesome, and many judging participants can not expect it. Even if it is troublesome, there is a possibility that the preference of the general user may be biased to those who want to participate in the examination, and it may be difficult to surely reflect the preference of the general user in these points as well.

[0005] In addition, when offering accepted works to the public for sale, they will be sold using recording media such as tapes, CDs, MDs, etc. In this case, the problem is that the initial investment amount increases, which is provided. There is a problem that it is difficult to provide works that cannot be expected in large numbers, and that it requires a great deal of cost to distribute the recording medium.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and can significantly reduce the time, labor, and cost as compared with the conventional one, and can surely reflect the tastes of general users. The main purpose is to provide a new audition system that can obtain the audit results. Furthermore, the purpose of this new audition system is to improve the credibility of voting, save time and effort for billing, and improve convenience.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the audition system of the present invention has an information input / output terminal a owned by a user and an audition organizer as shown in the claim correspondence diagram of FIG. Information base b,
A communication network c connecting the information base b and the information input / output terminal a is provided, and in the information base b, a work publishing means d for publishing audition submitted works through the communication network c, and the information network. It is possible to provide the voting acceptance means e that accepts a selective vote for the submitted work from the information input / output terminal a through c and the audition-approved work determined based on the voting result of the user toward the information input / output terminal a through the information network c. And providing means f. The user means the owner of the information input / output terminal.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1.
In the audition system described in (1), the information base is provided with a notification means for notifying an information input / output terminal through an information network. The invention according to claim 3 is the audition system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the information input / output terminal a is a mobile phone, the communication network c includes the Internet, and the information base b is It has a web server connected to the Internet.

[0009]

OPERATION AND EFFECT OF THE INVENTION In the audition system of the present invention, the procedure of performing an audition will be described. First, the sponsor publishes the entry work applied for the audition by the information-based work release means. The user who wants to participate in the audition of the audition accesses the information base via the communication network, and first,
Listen or watch to select the work, then
Vote for any work by voting acceptance means. Therefore,
The organizer decides the audition-passing work based on the result of this voting.

Further, when the sponsor provides the audition-passed work to the user, the sponsor provides the accepted work by the information base providing means. Therefore, the user can access the information base through the communication network, obtain the accepted work at the information input / output terminal at hand through the means for providing the information base, and reproduce the music by the information input / output terminal. You can also play the image.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2,
The organizer, at the time of giving the audition, at least informs the purpose of the audition, the application method, the application qualification, and the application standard by the information-based notification means. Therefore, the user can access the information base via the communication network by the information input / output terminal and know the content of the notification by the notification means. Therefore,
It is possible to provide a new audition system that performs a series of flow of audition announcement, disclosure, examination (voting), and provision on a communication network.

In the invention according to claim 3, the user likes listening or seeing the above-mentioned audition application work (open), voting for a favorite work, and selecting from among the works selected to be accepted. All works will be received by mobile phones.

According to the invention described in claims 1 to 3, the following effects can be obtained. a) Since the submitted work is disclosed through the communication network by the information-based work disclosure means, and the vote is accepted through the communication network by the information-based vote acceptance means, many people listen to the work. In addition to being viewable, you can vote without having to go through a troublesome procedure, you can expect more participation in the screening than you can gather the publicly recruited general judges and suppress the bias of the screening participants. Voting (examination) results that reflect the tastes of general users can be obtained. b) It is possible to save the trouble of collecting general auditors, and
It is possible to save expenses such as renting a venue, and also to save the time required for these preparations, and it is possible to greatly reduce labor, cost, and time. c) Since the examination result that surely reflects the taste of the general user is obtained, the degree of expectation (sales estimate) of the user for the selected work can be determined with high accuracy. d) Since the work that passed the audition is provided by the information-based providing means, the initial investment amount can be significantly reduced compared to the case where it is provided by a recording medium such as tape, CD, MD, etc. It is possible to provide more works, which is suppressed, and further, distribution costs can be eliminated, and a significant cost reduction can be achieved. e) In the information input / output means, the work can be easily obtained, and compared to the case where the work is provided by a recording medium such as a tape, CD, MD, etc., it is more troublesome on the user side (for example, going to a store and purchasing) It can be expected that it can be provided to a wide range of users.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, since the audition is notified in the information base notification part, in addition to the above-mentioned effect,
The effect is that the cost can be reduced as compared with the case of using a media such as a magazine or TV / radio to make a notification.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the portable telephone is used as the information input / output terminal,
In addition to the above effects, the effects listed below can be obtained. A) As information input / output means that can be connected to a communication network, there are personal computers, mobile phones, and mobile terminals called mobiles.
It is more expensive than a mobile phone, and it is more expensive than a mobile phone because it is expensive in some cases and requires a device that must be purchased to connect to a communication network. Therefore, a user who owns a personal computer, a mobile terminal, etc. is limited to some extent in terms of absolute numbers and income, compared with a user who owns a mobile phone. So if you ask for an audition vote,
Mobile phone users can be expected to participate more widely than personal computer / mobile terminal users. In addition, mobile phones have no restrictions on where they can be used compared to personal computers. In particular, when an audition becomes a topic at a place where friends gather, it is also possible for everyone to vote on the spot, and there are more voting opportunities than PCs. Can be expected to participate. B) In an audition vote, when it is attempted to eliminate an illegal vote such that one person votes for a plurality of minutes, the mobile phone has the following advantages.
That is, in a mobile phone, a subscriber ID indicating the owner of the mobile phone is given to the mobile phone itself or to the telephone number given to the mobile phone, and the subscriber ID is attached during communication. There is. Therefore, by confirming this subscriber ID at the time of voting, it is possible to obtain high voting credibility by eliminating illegal voting such as voting from the same person a predetermined number of times or more. C) When selling a work, it is necessary to collect the fee, and it is necessary to intervene with another collection company in Internet transactions with a personal computer, in which case personal information may leak and There is a possibility that some users will not purchase because of the reason. On the other hand, mobile phones originally have a system for charging the use of services based on a system that collects call charges, and it is possible to easily charge for the sale of works and to collect personal information. The risk of leakage is low, and you can expect more purchases by users. D) At present, there are models of mobile phones in which a control unit including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM and the like have a music playback function and an image playback function, and the mobile phone itself serves as a music / image playback player. Therefore, new models that will appear in the future tend to be equipped with such functions. Therefore, when trying to play music (passed work) outside the home, it is necessary to download the music data once on the personal computer and copy the music data to a storage medium used by a playback device such as an MD, a CD, or a tape. However, the mobile phone as described above can play the downloaded music anywhere as it is, which is very convenient. E) If the provided work is a work to be used on a mobile phone, that is, a ringing melody or a standby image, it can be downloaded to the mobile phone and used as it is. This saves time and effort compared to downloading to a mobile phone using an intermediate medium. .

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An audition system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment shows an example of an audition of an incoming melody that is a melody that is transmitted when an incoming call is received and a standby image that is displayed on the screen when the power is turned on in the mobile phone 2.

The audition system of the embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 2, a database server 11 and a web server 12 as an information base of an audition organizer such as a company, a billing authentication server 13 attached to the web server 12, and information input / output owned by the user. It has a mobile phone 2 as a terminal and the Internet 3 as a communication network connecting the mobile phone 2 to the web server 12 and the billing authentication server 13.

Information relating to auditions and users is stored in advance in the database server 11. In the present embodiment, the user refers to a person who is an owner of the mobile phone 2 and has already made a contract to receive a specific service (for example, distribution of music or images). Database server 11
It is assumed that data such as name, gender, address, date of birth, etc. regarding this contract user (hereinafter, simply referred to as a user) has been entered in. The web server 12 acts as an intermediary for bidirectional information transmission between the mobile phone 2 and the database server 11 together with the Internet 3. When accessing the web server 12 from the mobile phone 2,
It has a function of displaying a web screen (not shown) on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2. The billing authentication server 13
Can be connected to each of the web server 12 and the mobile phone 2, and charges the user by authenticating both.

The mobile phone 2 is provided with a speaker 21 to which a signal is output from the control unit 20, a screen 22, and an external output terminal 23 for outputting output signals to these 21 and 22 to the outside, and the control unit 2
As an input means to 0, the key input unit 24 and the microphone 2
It is equipped with 5. Furthermore, the control unit 20
Is a controller 20a including a CPU and the like for controlling the overall operation of the mobile phone, an output interface 20b driven by the controller 20a, an input interface 20c for converting an input to be processable by the controller 20a, and a mobile phone. ROM 20d in which software for executing communication processing, playing music, playing images, and the like, and a RAM in which data relating to communication, music / image data, and the like can be rewritten
20e and 20e. Further, the external storage medium 20f connectable to the controller 20a can be detachably provided.

Next, the flow from the notification of the audition to the provision of the accepted work in the audition system and the flow of processing in the web server 12 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the user (auditor applicant) knows the notification of the audition,
Access the web server 12 and select the announcement. That is, FIG. 3 shows the flow of the part that executes the process of displaying the web screen in the web server 12. First, in step 101, it is judged whether or not the web server 12 has been accessed, and the access is determined. If not, the process proceeds to step 102, and a process of displaying a web screen (not shown) on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2 is performed. This web screen can be selected from a notification screen, a public / voting screen, and a sales screen. In step 103, it is determined whether the notification screen, the public / voting screen, or the sales screen is selected on the web screen. If the notification screen is selected, the process proceeds to step 200 to execute the notification screen process and release
If the voting screen is selected, the process proceeds to step 300 to execute the public / voting process, and if the sales screen is selected, the process proceeds to step 400 to execute the selling process.

Here, when the notification process is performed, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, in step 201, a process of displaying a notification screen (not shown) on the screen 22 is performed. On this notification screen, the contents of the recruited work in the audition, the purpose of recruitment, qualification of application, detailed inquiries, etc. are displayed. Further, when a predetermined end operation such as selection of an end button displayed on the screen 22 or a predetermined end condition such as the screen display being maintained without being operated for a predetermined time or more is satisfied, the determination in step 202 is made. Based on this, the process of displaying this notification screen ends. The part that executes the process shown in the flowchart of FIG.
It corresponds to the notifying means in the claims. The audition notification may be performed by the web server 12 or by an information medium such as a newspaper / magazine, a television / radio, or a combination of both.

Next, the user who browses the notification screen and confirms the recruitment requirements, when applying for the audition, inputs music or images as a work into a recording medium such as MD or CD and applies to the organizer. . The application screen may be set on the web server 12 and may be applied via the Internet 3 by an information input / output terminal such as a mobile phone and a personal computer.

When the submitted works are collected, the organizer publishes the submitted works on the Internet on the public / voting screen of the web server 12 and invites the users to vote for their favorite works. This flow is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, and the part that executes this processing corresponds to the work disclosure means and the vote acceptance means in the claims. When making this public announcement / voting, first, step 301
At, the public screen (not shown) is displayed on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2. On this public screen, it is possible to select either music (ringtone) or image (standby image). At the next step 302, it is determined whether a music work or an image work is selected on the notification screen. . If the music is selected, step 30
3, the table of contents of the music application work is displayed on the screen 22. Therefore, the user browses this table of contents and selects the work he / she wants to listen to. In addition, this table of contents, for example,
It is assumed that the author, song title, and song characteristics are easily displayed.

At the next step 304, it is judged whether or not a work is selected, and if the work is selected,
In step 305, the demonstration work (hereinafter referred to as a demo work) is played back. If no work is selected, the process proceeds to step 306.
It is determined whether an end operation has been performed or an end condition has been satisfied. If YES, the process ends, and if NO, the process returns to step 303. The demo work is, for example, a one-chorus of one work, or is composed of the most characteristic part of the song, which is the so-called chorus, and is assumed to be shorter than the whole work. . In addition, the reproduction of the demo work may be performed by the speaker 21 as it is according to the signal transmitted from the web server 12 to the mobile phone 2, or after the data for reproducing the demo work is temporarily stored in the RAM 20e. You may make it output from the speaker 21 based on control of the controller 20a. In this case, it is also possible to download several songs in advance and then play the plurality of songs together. In this way, once the data is transferred to the RAM 20e
If you want to store it in the memory, it is called streaming and only one playback is allowed.
It is preferable to perform processing so that the AM 20e does not remain. The part that executes the above processing corresponds to the disclosure means in the claims.

A user who listens to a plurality of works as described above votes for a favorite work. In this case, only one work may be voted, or a plurality of songs may be voted within a preset plurality, but only one vote can be voted for one work. Preferably. When making this vote, a selection part for proceeding to the vote is set in the music work table of contents. Therefore, in step 307, it is determined whether or not the voting screen is selected. If the voting screen is selected, the process proceeds to step 308. If the voting screen is not selected, the process returns to step 303.

When the voting screen is selected, the process proceeds from step 307 to step 308, and the voting screen for the musical work is displayed on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2. This voting screen has a table of contents similar to the table of contents of music works, and is constructed so that works can be selected. Therefore, the user performs a voting operation to select a favorite song on this voting screen,
In step 309, the web server 12 determines whether or not the voting operation has been performed. If the voting operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step 310 to execute a predetermined ID restriction process. Also, if the voting operation is not done,
The process returns to step 308 to continue displaying the voting screen.

The ID restriction process in step 310 is a process of executing a predetermined restriction based on the above-mentioned subscriber ID, which is executed in order to increase the credibility of the vote. The fact that the vote has been executed and the subscriber ID of the voter are associated and stored in the database server 11. Therefore,
As soon as the voting operation is performed, the subscriber I
Confirm the number of votes cast by the sender of D, and if there is a setting that the number of votes is limited to one, for example, as a restriction on voting, that effect will be given when the second and subsequent votes are executed. Show and invalidate that vote. As for the voting restrictions, in addition to one vote, the number of votes can be limited to a predetermined number of songs, or only once a day.
There are various ways of setting restrictions, such as restricting voting once or in a predetermined number of times during a predetermined period such as a week or a month.

In the following step 311, it is judged whether or not the ID restriction is cleared, and if it is cleared, the step 3 is executed.
Go to step 12, count up the number of voting works, and if the ID restriction cannot be cleared, step 31
Proceed to step 3, display the reason why the vote cannot be accepted with the reason, and end.

After counting up the voting works in step 312, in step 314,
If a predetermined end process is executed or if a predetermined end condition is satisfied, and if the end judgment is made,
Proceeding to step 315, the processing of displaying a predetermined end message such as stating the reward of voting is executed and the processing is ended. If the end determination is not made in step 314, the process returns to step 308. In this example, it is possible to vote for a plurality of works, and in order to enable the second and subsequent voting operations to be executed, such a flow is performed. There is.

Next, the case where an image work is selected in step 302 will be described. The overall flow is as follows.
Since it is similar to the flow of music works, a brief explanation will be given. When the image is selected in step 302, the table of contents of the applied work of the image is displayed on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2 in step 323. In the next step 324, it is judged whether or not a work is selected, and if the work is selected, the process proceeds to step 325 to execute the reproduction display of the image demonstration work, and If the selection is not made, the process proceeds to step 326, it is determined whether the ending operation is performed or the ending condition is satisfied, and YE
In the case of S, the process is terminated as it is, and in the case of NO, the process returns to step 323. In the case of images, the demo work is
For example, a work that is displayed in a reduced size of the actual work, or 1
It may be a work that can be downloaded only once.

A user who browses a plurality of works by the above-mentioned operation votes for a favorite work. Therefore, in step 327, it is determined whether the voting screen is selected,
If the voting screen is selected, the process proceeds to step 328. If the voting screen is not selected, the process proceeds to step 323.
Return to.

When the voting screen is selected, the process proceeds from step 327 to step 328 to display the voting screen of the image work on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2. Next, in step 329, it is determined whether or not the voting operation has been executed. If the voting operation has been executed, the process proceeds to step 330, and a predetermined ID restriction process is executed.

In the following step 331, it is judged whether or not the ID restriction is cleared, and if it is cleared, the step 3 is executed.
Proceed to 32, execute the counting process of voting works, ID
If the restriction cannot be cleared, the process proceeds to step 333, the reason why the vote cannot be accepted is displayed with the reason, and the process ends.

After counting the voting works in step 332, it is judged in step 334 whether a predetermined end process is executed or a predetermined end condition is satisfied, and if the end judgment is made, Advances to step 335 to execute a process of displaying a predetermined end message such as stating a reward for voting, and ends the process. If the end determination is not made in step 334, the process returns to step 328.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the total number of counts voted by the user is counted by the database server 11. Therefore, the organizer can determine the accepted work based on the count number. In deciding this acceptable work, purely based on the count number,
You can choose from the ones with the most counts, or
User information and the like may be registered in the database server 11 based on the above-described subscriber ID, and in such a case, it can be determined in consideration of the user's gender and a predetermined age group.

Next, when a passing work of the audition is decided, in the present embodiment, the passing work is sold. In this case, the user can perform a list of works and a purchase operation on the sales screen displayed on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2 described above. This flow is shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6, and when the sales screen is selected, first, in step 401, the sales contents of the audition-passed works are displayed, and the user displays the sales contents on the screen 22 of the mobile phone 2. , You can select the work you want to purchase. In this selection, in the present embodiment, first, a work similar to the demo work described above can be previewed and previewed, and if it is determined in step 402 that the work has been selected, the process proceeds to step 403. Then, it is determined whether the trial listening / listening is selected. If the sample listening / listening is selected, the process proceeds to step 404, and the sample listening / listening process is executed. Note that this audition / listening process is performed in step 305.
And 325 is the same as the reproduction processing. Also, this audition / preview can be repeated by returning to step 401.

The user decides a favorite work by listening and watching, and when he / she wants to purchase the work, selects the display of download on the screen 22. Therefore, when download is selected, Y is selected in step 405.
When it is determined to be ES, the download process of step 406 is executed, whereby music or image data is transferred from the web server 12 to the RAM 20 of the mobile phone 2.
e or the external storage medium 20f. Further, in step 405, if the download determination is not made, the process proceeds to step 407 to make an end determination, and if the end determination is not made, the process returns to step 401, or
When it is determined that the process is finished, the process proceeds to step 408.

Further, in parallel with the download processing of step 406, the fact that the web server 12 executes the billing is transmitted to the billing authentication server 13, and in response to this, the billing authentication server 13 causes the screen of the mobile telephone 2 to be displayed. At 22,
While displaying the billing, the subscriber ID is read, and a process for billing the user is executed (step 601). When the download is completed, the process proceeds to step 408, an end message including a thank-you for the purchase is displayed, and the sale process ends.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the effects listed below can be obtained. A) Since the submitted work is disclosed via the Internet 3 and the web server 12 accepts votes via the Internet 3, many people can audition and browse the work, as well as troublesome procedures. It becomes possible to vote without going through, and it is possible to expect more participation in the screening than to gather the publicly recruited general judges and to suppress the bias of the screening participants, which reflects the tastes of general users ( Examination) You can get the result. Furthermore, more votes can be expected compared to the votes by postcard or mail, and it is possible to obtain voting results that further reflect the tastes of general users. B) It is possible to save the labor of gathering general auditors at the time of the audition, to save the cost of renting the venue, and to save the time required for these preparations. The labor, cost and time can be significantly reduced. C) Since the examination result that surely reflects the taste of the general user is obtained, the user's expectation (sales estimate) for the selected work can be determined with high accuracy. D) Since the audition-approved work is provided on the Internet 3 by the web server 12, the initial investment amount can be significantly reduced compared to the case where it is provided by a recording medium such as a tape, CD, MD, etc. Is suppressed, and more works can be provided. Furthermore, the distribution cost can be eliminated, and a significant cost reduction can be achieved. E) The user can easily obtain the work from the web server 12 through the Internet 3, and can use the tape or C
Compared with providing by a recording medium such as D or MD, it is expected that it can be provided to a wide range of users with less labor on the user side (for example, having to go to a store to purchase). F) Since the audition is notified to the user of the mobile phone 2 via the Internet 3, the notification can be made at a lower cost than the notification by a medium such as a newspaper / magazine, TV / radio, and the cost can be reduced. The effect of being able to be obtained is obtained. (G) Comparing the mobile phone 2 used as an information input / output terminal with a personal computer, a mobile terminal or the like in the present embodiment, the personal computer is expensive in itself, and it is necessary to connect to the Internet 3 In some cases, a device that must be purchased together is required, making it more difficult to purchase than the mobile phone 2. Therefore, a user who owns a personal computer, a mobile terminal, or the like has an absolute number or more than a user who owns the mobile phone 2. The income will be limited to some extent. Therefore,
Mobile phone users can be expected to participate more widely than PC / mobile terminal users when an audition vote is requested. In addition, the mobile phone 2 is not limited in its place of use as compared with a personal computer. In particular, when the audition becomes a topic at a place where friends gather, it is also possible to vote together on the spot, which has a higher voting opportunity than a PC, and in this respect also a wide range of users. Can be expected to participate. (H) In the mobile phone 2, a subscriber ID indicating the owner of the mobile phone 2 is given to the mobile phone itself or a telephone number given to the mobile phone itself, and the subscriber ID is attached during communication. ing. Therefore, by executing the ID restriction process based on the subscriber ID shown in steps 310 and 330 at the time of voting,
High credibility can be obtained by eliminating illegal vote. K) When selling the accepted work, it is necessary to collect the fee, and it is necessary to intervene with another collection company in Internet transactions with a personal computer, in which case personal information may leak and For that reason, there is a possibility that some users will not purchase. On the other hand, the mobile phone 2 originally has a billing authentication server 13 that charges the use of the service based on the system for collecting the call charge, so that the sale of works can be easily charged. In addition to being able to do so, personal information is less likely to be leaked, and users can expect more purchase. (C) In the present embodiment, the music subject to the audition is a ringing melody and the image is a standby image, so these are downloaded to the mobile phone 2 and used as they are. Therefore, it is possible to save time and labor as compared with the case where the intermediate medium is used for downloading to the mobile phone 2.

Although the embodiment has been described with reference to the drawings, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the embodiment, the ringtone melody is given as an example of the music work, but the music work is not limited to this. That is, as a musical work, not a ringing melody but an ordinary music piece may be auditioned and provided. In this case, when selling, the data of a plurality of music pieces can be downloaded, and the user can store the data in the RAM 20.
It is possible to download a plurality of songs to e or the external storage medium 20f and connect headphones or the like to the external output terminal 23 of the mobile phone 2 to use as a mobile playback player. In this way, when performing a normal song audition to sale, it is possible to reduce distribution costs such as transportation, and by selecting a song that suits the tastes of general users, sales prospects are expected. The effect of being able to grab with high probability is important.

Further, in the embodiment, the mobile phone 2 is shown as the information input / output terminal, but the information input / output terminal is not limited to this, and a personal computer, a game machine or a home electric appliance which can be connected to the Internet. May be applicable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a claim correspondence diagram showing an audition system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an overall system diagram showing an audition system of an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control flow of a web server in the audition system of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control flow of the web server in the audition system of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control flow of the web server in the audition system of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control flow of the web server in the audition system of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

a Information input / output terminal b Information base c Internet c communication network d Work release method e Vote acceptance means f Providing means 2 mobile phones 3 Internet 11 Database server 12 Web server 13 Billing authentication server 20 control unit 20a controller 20b output interface 20c input interface 20d ROM 20 eRAM 20f external storage medium 21 speakers 22 screens 23 External output terminal 24 key input section 25 microphone

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information input / output terminal owned by a user, an information base owned by an audition organizer, and a communication network connecting the information base and the information input / output terminal, wherein the information base contains the communication. A work publishing means for publishing the audition submitted work through a network; and a vote receiving means for receiving a selective vote for the submitted work from the information input / output terminal through the information network,
An audition system, characterized in that the audition system is provided with a means for providing an audition-approved work determined based on a user's vote result to an information input / output terminal through an information network. 2. The audition system according to claim 1, wherein the information base is provided with notifying means for notifying an information input / output terminal through an information network. 3. The information input / output terminal is a mobile phone, the communication network includes the Internet, and the information base includes a web server connected to the Internet. Audition system described in.