JP2003066978A - Method for sending new song guide mail utilizing communication karaoke system and karaoke host apparatus provided with function for sending new song guide mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for quickly sending a new song guide suitable matching the tastes of customers by electronic mail. SOLUTION: A karaoke performance terminal of a communication karaoke system links song IDs received from a remote control transmitter per customer to remote control IDs and transmits them to a karaoke host apparatus. The karaoke host apparatus integrates and manages list information and histories of requested songs related to a plurality of the customers in a customer database, updates the customer database based on the remote control IDs and the song IDs received from the karaoke performance terminal, and implements a customer selecting process for selecting the customers who seem to like new songs by comparing index information of the new songs with the histories of the requested songs per customer after the new songs are added to and registered with a karaoke database, and a new song guide sending process for sending electronic mails for informing of registration of the new songs to mail addresses of the customers selected in the customer selecting process.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a new music guide mail delivery method using a communication karaoke system, and more particularly to a method for sending a new music guide mail to a customer who is likely to like new music. The present invention also relates to a karaoke host device having a new music guide mail sending function to which the method is applied.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Karaoke users are not a few singers (artists), composers, lyricists, etc. (hereinafter, musicians) that they like. Then, if a new song by a favorite musician is announced, I would like to sing that new song in karaoke. However, there is a slight time lag between the announcement of a new song and the availability of a new karaoke song (hereinafter referred to as a new song) on the karaoke device. When will the user register the new song on the karaoke device? I want to know

Normally, in a communication karaoke system, guidance of a new music piece is provided by displaying a message to that effect on a lyrics image display (karaoke monitor). As is well known, a communication karaoke system is a system in which a karaoke host device and a large number of karaoke devices are connected by a communication line. Contents information such as name, composer name, lyricist name, genre, etc. is stored and managed in the karaoke database by associating it with the music number, and this karaoke host device timely transfers the karaoke data and the corresponding contents information to the karaoke device. To deliver.

The karaoke device stores the distributed karaoke data and table of contents information in its own hard disk device or the like, and when a remote control transmitter attached to the karaoke device transmits a wireless signal including the music number of the requested music, It receives radio signals and manages song numbers in a performance processing queue. Then, the song numbers in the queue are sequentially picked up, and the karaoke data of the corresponding karaoke song is processed. As a result, the accompaniment music of the requested song and the lyrics image are synchronously output as an audiovisual image.

Then, the karaoke host device distributes to the karaoke device, along with the karaoke data, the data from which the guide screen of the new music piece is generated, and the karaoke device displays the guide screen between the performances of the karaoke music. The arrival status of new music is presented to the user.

[0006] However, in the new music guide system using the karaoke monitor, the user has to check the arrival status of the new music by visiting the karaoke store. Therefore, some karaoke companies provide a service for notifying the user of the new music piece by e-mail. This service is
Manage the e-mail address of the user who wants to notify the new music guide to the karaoke host device, and receive the new music guide e-mail in synchronization with the host device delivering the karaoke data of the new music to various karaoke devices. It is destined for delivery to users who do.

[0007]

However, in the above-described new music guide by e-mail, the user is informed of all the new music pieces registered in the karaoke host device. If the new music guide is not of interest to the user, the electronic mail (new music guide mail) is wasted. If you pay unnecessary communication charges to view useless e-mail, it may become junk mail. Therefore, a method is possible in which the user registers his / her favorite artist and song genre in the karaoke host device in advance, and sends a new song guide mail only when the corresponding new song is registered. However, even if the registration procedure is done online or in writing, the procedure itself is troublesome. The registered content must be updated each time the user's taste changes.

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for promptly sending a new music guide that suits each user's taste by e-mail, and a karaoke host device to which the method is applied.

[0009]

A first invention for achieving the above object is a method of delivering a new music guide mail using a communication karaoke system, which comprises the following items (1) to (1):
It is specified by (4). (1) In the communication karaoke system, a karaoke host device that collects and manages karaoke data and table-of-contents information for a large number of karaoke songs in a karaoke database and a large number of karaoke performance terminals are connected by a communication network. The karaoke data distributed from the host device to each karaoke performance terminal is stored in each terminal for reproduction and use. (2) There are customer-specific remote controller transmitters individually owned by a large number of customers for inputting music selections to the karaoke performance terminal, and each customer-specific remote controller transmitter is assigned a unique remote controller ID. ing. The customer-specific remote control transmitter is the song ID of the selected karaoke song.
And a remote control ID is generated, and the karaoke performance terminal associates the music ID and the remote control ID with each other and transmits them in a timely manner to the host device. (3) The karaoke host device manages a customer database in which the personal information of a large number of customers and the history of songs requested by each customer to the karaoke device are organized by the remote control ID, and received from a large number of karaoke performance terminals. Based on the remote control ID and the song ID, the performance history of each customer column in the customer database is updated. (4) The karaoke host device receives the new music piece registered in the karaoke database and compares the new music piece with the table of contents information of the new music piece and the request music history for each customer in the customer database. The customer selection process for selecting customers who are likely to like music, and the mail address of the customer selected by this process are acquired from the customer database, and an email is created to notify that the new music piece has been registered, and the mail is created. Execute the new music guide shipping process for shipping to the address.

A second aspect of the present invention is the karaoke host device applied to the method for delivering the new music guide mail of the first aspect of the present invention, which comprises means for data communication with the karaoke performance terminal.
A karaoke host device having a new music guide mail sending function including the karaoke database managing means, the customer database managing means, the customer selecting process executing means, and the new music guide sending process executing means. .

Further, in the following third to fifth inventions, in the karaoke host device having the new musical score guide mail sending function described in the second invention, the means for executing the customer selection process specifies a new musical piece. The feature is that the customers who are likely to like the new music piece are selected by comparing the table of contents information with the performance history of each customer.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the customer selection process executing means compares the artist name of the new music piece with the artist name of each music piece in the request music history for each customer, so that the new music piece is likely to be preferred. We are going to select customers.

In a fourth aspect of the invention, the executing means for the customer selection process is the name of the author such as the composer or the lyricist of the new music piece.
By comparing the author name of each song in the requested song history for each customer, the customers who are likely to like the new song are selected.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, the customer selection process executing means compares the genre of the new music piece with the genres of the respective music pieces in the request music history for each customer to identify customers who are likely to like the new music piece. Elected.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the second to fifth aspects, the customer selection means compares the requested song history for each customer recorded within the latest predetermined period with the table of contents information. This is a karaoke service support device with a new music guide mail sending function.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram to which a new music guide mail sending method according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. User computers 6 such as personal computers and PDAs used by an unspecified number of users are connected to the Internet 5. In addition, a mobile phone 7 having a browser and an e-mail transmission / reception function is also used for the mobile communication network 8 and the gateway server 9 in this network 8.
It is connected to the Internet 5 via.

On the other hand, a karaoke host system 1 and a large number of karaoke performance terminals 2 are connected via a public communication network 3 to form a communication karaoke system. The karaoke host device 1 is also connected to the Internet 5.

The present invention relates to a method in which the karaoke host device 1 sends a new music guide mail to a karaoke user who is registered as a customer in its own database. However, a feature of the present invention is that the communication karaoke system is used, and the karaoke host device 1 autonomously determines a customer who is likely to like a new song and sends a new song guide mail to the e-mail address of the corresponding customer. In point. Hereinafter, a method for delivering a new music guide mail in this embodiment will be described.

=== Remote Control Transmitter for Each Customer === In the new music guide mail sending method according to the present invention, a remote control transmitter (customer-specific remote control transmitter) 4 individually owned by the customer 4
There are a large number of remote control transmitters 4 for each customer.
It is assumed that the requested music is designated and input to the karaoke performance terminal 2 using. The customer-specific remote control transmitter 4 is distributed by a karaoke company to a large number of customers, and each remote control transmitter 4 is assigned a unique remote control ID. And this customer-specific remote control transmitter 4
Is the remote control ID of itself along with the song number of the requested song
It is designed to transmit a radio signal including. Then, the karaoke performance terminal 2 stores the music number and the remote control ID, which are the origin of the performance when the requested karaoke music is played by using the remote controller transmitter 4 for each customer, in a timely manner. The correspondence is transmitted to the karaoke host device 1.

=== Collection of Performance History and Customer Database === As described above, the karaoke host device sends the new music guide mail only to the customers who are likely to like the new music. In this embodiment, the karaoke host device collects and manages karaoke data and table-of-contents information for a large number of karaoke songs in a karaoke database, and identifies each customer as a customer with a remote controller for each customer as a customer. However, customer list information such as name, age, sex, and e-mail address for each remote control ID and history of requested music (requested music history) are associated and managed in a customer database. Also,
The requested performance history for the corresponding customer is updated based on the set of the music number and the remote control ID transmitted from the karaoke performance terminal at any time.

=== Selection of Delivery Destination of New Music Guide Email === FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a customer database. The list information and the requested music history are associated with the remote control ID of each customer. Then, as the name list information, a condition (mail sending condition) for determining whether to send the new music guide mail is set.

The karaoke host device compares the table-of-contents information about the music recorded in the history of requested music of each customer with the table-of-contents information of the new-track music to determine to which user the new-track guide mail should be sent. , The table of contents information about the songs described in the requested song history of each customer is acquired from the karaoke database in a timely manner, and the contents described in the predetermined items in the table of contents information are totaled. In this embodiment, artist names are totaled. Then, the artist name most requested by each customer is set as the mail delivery condition of the customer and recorded in the corresponding customer list. In this embodiment, when the requested music history of a customer is updated, the delivery condition of the new music guide mail of the customer is reset. Of course, shipping conditions may be set regularly.

Regarding personal information such as name, age, e-mail address, etc., recorded in the customer list, when the remote control transmitter for each customer is distributed to the user, the user must report the personal information, and the karaoke company side Then, the declaration contents are registered in the karaoke host device in association with the remote control ID of the remote control transmitter for each customer of the user.

=== Sending of new music guide mail === When the karaoke host device recognizes that the karaoke data of the new music piece and the table of contents information are registered in the karaoke database, these data are transmitted to the karaoke performance terminals in various places. To deliver. And, for example, "New album of artist XX ×
We will create a new music guide mail with the contents such as "XXXXX can sing in karaoke" in the text, and send a new music guide mail to the e-mail address of the customer who has set the artist of the new music song as a condition for sending mail. Send to the Internet. The delivery timing of the new music guide email is
In this embodiment, it is assumed that the distribution work to all karaoke performance terminals is completed. FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of a process for sending the above-mentioned new music guide mail to a specific customer.

=== Other Embodiments / Modifications / Supplements ==
= In the above embodiment, the karaoke company inputs the name list information to the karaoke host device. Not limited to this example, a user interface for inputting name list information on the karaoke performance terminal side is prepared, and the user inputs his / her name list information to the karaoke performance terminal using the interface,
A method in which the karaoke performance terminal transmits the name list information to the karaoke host device in association with the remote control ID is also conceivable. According to this method, when the karaoke performance terminal receives a remote control ID, such as when the user specifies a requested song using the remote control transmitter for each customer, the user interface is made available and the remote control ID and name list information are stored. It suffices to associate them.

In the above embodiment, the delivery conditions of the new music guide mail are specified for specific items in the table of contents information. Not limited to this example, the product or sum of a plurality of items such as (artist A) ∩ (genre B) and (author A) ∪ (artist B) can be used as the shipping condition. And
By flexibly setting the delivery conditions of the new music guide mail in this way, it is possible to provide a detailed new music guide service that suits the taste of each customer.

Further, in response to the customer's preference changing with time, the request song history in the latest predetermined period such as the past one month is used as a reference when determining the shipping condition of the new music guide mail. Good.

[0028]

According to the new music guide mail delivery method of the present invention, it is possible to guide the customer by e-mail only to customers who are likely to like new music. Therefore, it is possible for the customer to quickly know that the unwanted new song guide mail is not delivered and the desired new song can be sung in karaoke.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a network configuration diagram including a karaoke customer service support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of a customer database managed by the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of a new music guide mail sending process in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Karaoke host device 2 Karaoke performance terminals 4 Remote control transmitter for each customer 6 user computer 7 mobile phones

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method of delivering a new music guide email using a communication karaoke system, comprising the following items (1) to
Specified by (4). (1) In the communication karaoke system, a karaoke host device that collects and manages karaoke data and table-of-contents information about a large number of karaoke songs in a karaoke database and a large number of karaoke performance terminals are connected by a communication network. The karaoke data distributed from the host device to each karaoke performance terminal is stored in each terminal for reproduction and use. (2) There are customer-specific remote controller transmitters individually owned by a large number of customers for inputting music selections to the karaoke performance terminal, and each customer-specific remote controller transmitter is assigned a unique remote controller ID. ing. The customer-specific remote control transmitter is the song ID of the selected karaoke song.
And a remote control ID is generated, and the karaoke performance terminal associates the music ID and the remote control ID with each other and transmits them in a timely manner to the host device. (3) The karaoke host device manages a customer database in which personal information of a large number of customers and a history of songs requested by each customer to the karaoke device are organized by the remote control ID, and received from a large number of karaoke performance terminals. Based on the remote control ID and the song ID, the performance history of each customer column in the customer database is updated. (4) The karaoke host device receives the new music piece registered in the karaoke database and compares the new music piece with the table of contents information of the new music piece and the request music history for each customer in the customer database. The customer selection process for selecting customers who are likely to like music, and the mail address of the customer selected by this process are acquired from the customer database, and an email is created to notify that the new music piece has been registered, and the mail is created. Execute the new music guide shipping process for shipping to the address. 2. The karaoke host device applied to the new music guide mail sending method according to claim 1, wherein the karaoke performance terminal has means for data communication, the karaoke database managing means, and the customer database. A karaoke host device having a new music guide mail sending function, comprising: a management means, a customer selection process executing means, and a new music guide sending process executing means. 3. The customer selection process executing means according to claim 2, wherein the artist name included in the table of contents information of the new music piece is compared with the artist name of each music piece in the request music history for each customer. Therefore, a karaoke host device equipped with a new music guide mail sending function, which selects customers who are likely to like the new music. 4. The executing means for executing the customer selection process according to claim 2, wherein the name of the author such as a composer or a lyricist included in the table of contents information of the new music piece, and the request song history for each customer. A karaoke host device having a new music guide mail sending function, which selects a customer who is likely to like the new music music by comparing it with the author name of the music. 5. The execution means of the customer selection process according to claim 2, wherein the genre included in the table of contents information of the new music piece is compared with the genre of each music piece in the request music history for each customer. A karaoke host device having a new music guide mail sending function, which selects customers who are likely to like the new music. 6. The means for executing the customer selection process according to claim 2, wherein the request song history for each customer recorded within a latest predetermined period is compared with the table of contents information. Karaoke host device equipped with a featured new music guide mail sending function.