JP2003296499A - Vote system, voting method, vote program, and computer readable recording medium housing vote program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vote system improved in accuracy of marketing by structuring audition listeners taste data into an audition listener's taste database and structuring data recording the voting operation into an audition listener's behavior history database for analysis. <P>SOLUTION: A vote service provider for managing an electronic vote site of this vote system accepts electronic votes from audition listeners in a Web server. Content of the electronic vote is transmitted by reading a recording medium containing a list of music being considered to be contained in an album and coded unpublished music with an information processing device of the audition listener himself/herself to automatically access the electronic vote site. When the Web server accepts the electronic vote, various marketing information such as selection of music by the audition listeners and order of music is sorted into a plurality of data base servers for management. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voting system, a voting method, a voting program, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the voting program, which are capable of selecting songs when producing a best album such as a CD / DVD. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Usually, the songs that are recorded when producing a best album are those that have been selected over time since the debut of an artist or singer, or those that have been the most sold. There are many. Since the sales of the best record are influenced by the songs recorded in the best album, it is extremely important for the CD production company to select the songs to be recorded and the order of the songs to be recorded. Also,
For this reason, it is difficult to select the songs to be recorded.

Generally, as basic data used when performing music selection work, sales of CD singles, request postcards from fans and listeners, results of request aggregation by telephone, fax, electronic mail, and the like are used. In the conventional counting method, each listener is asked to vote for a song to be recorded in the best album by postcard, facsimile, or e-mail, and this vote result is stored in a database. There is also a method of using a mass media such as a newspaper, a television, and a radio to announce an electronic vote of a song desired to be recorded in the best album and select a song based on the electronic vote result. On the other hand, recently, unreleased songs of artists have been added to the best albums to record one or two songs.

[0004]

However, requests for postcards, facsimiles, etc. from fans and listeners and aggregated results of voting results are manually input and stored in a database, which requires a lot of labor. Also, if you announce the electronic voting of the best album using the mass media, it is difficult to know how many fans and listeners have recognized the electronic voting, and to understand how much you should advertise. It was also difficult. Moreover, if you want to record the artist's unreleased song as a bonus, it is difficult to distribute the demo tape of this unreleased song to all TV and radio stations.

Further, in the conventional electronic voting, when many listeners access a website related to voting in a short period of time, the access is concentrated and the Web server is overloaded, and in some cases, the system goes down. May occur. Furthermore, since the Internet is used, the line is congested, which causes trouble to other Internet users. Recently, a new system construction technology called content delivery network (CDN) has begun to emerge, but new capital investment will be required.

Therefore, a first object of the present invention is to set preference data of listeners (hereinafter referred to as listeners who listen to songs),
A voting system, a voting method, and a voting program capable of improving the accuracy of marketing by constructing and analyzing the data recording the voting operation as a database of a listener preference database and a listener behavior history database And a computer-readable recording medium in which a voting program is stored.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a voting system in which an unreleased song is encrypted and recorded in a recording medium in advance, and a key for decrypting when the listener listens to the unreleased song can be distributed. A voting method, a voting program, and a computer-readable recording medium storing the voting program.

A third object of the present invention is to use a recording medium so that the listener can be guided to the website more surely than the listener himself inputs the URL, and the voting results from the listener can be aggregated. A voting system, voting method, voting program, and voting program that can reduce the amount of data traffic on the network and aggregate the voting results without undue load on the server are stored. A computer-readable recording medium is provided.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, based on a program stored in a recording medium in which predetermined contents are recorded in advance, a vote for a listener to select a desired song to be recorded in an album via a communication line. A voting system that is managed via the, wherein when the listener starts the recording medium on the terminal device of the listener, information selected as a song desired to be recorded in an album is selected as song selection information, and the vote is performed. The music selection information acquisition means to be acquired through a communication line together with the information of the listener to be performed, and the music selection information acquired by the music selection information acquisition means is classified into various kinds of information regarding the listener, as music selection information for each listener. The first object is achieved by providing a listener system storing means for storing and a voting system (first configuration) having the means.

According to the present invention, in the voting system having the first configuration, decryption information storage means for storing decryption information for decrypting an unpublished song encrypted stored in the recording medium. In response to an encrypted unpublished song audition request from the listener via a communication line, decryption information for decrypting the encrypted unpublished song is extracted from the decryption information storage means, and the auditioner The second object is achieved by providing a voting system (second configuration) further including decryption information delivery means for delivering the decryption information to the terminal device. According to the present invention, in the voting system having the second configuration, the decryption information distribution means is such that the recording medium is activated in a terminal device of the listener, or the listener uses the recording medium legally. It is possible to achieve the second object by distributing the decryption information after confirming whether the person is a person (third configuration).

According to the present invention, a vote for managing a vote for a listener to select a desired song to be recorded in an album is managed through a communication line based on a program stored in a recording medium in which predetermined contents are recorded in advance. Method,
When the listener starts the recording medium on the terminal device of the listener, the information selected as a song desired to be recorded in the album is selected as music selection information, and a communication line is provided along with the information of the listener who makes the vote. And a second step of classifying the music selection information acquired in the first step into various kinds of information related to the listener and storing the music selection information as music selection information for each listener. The (first voting method) achieves the first object. According to the present invention, in the first voting method, a third step of storing decryption information for decrypting an unreleased song encrypted and stored in the recording medium, and a communication line from the listener In response to the request to listen to all encrypted unreleased songs, the third
The fourth step of extracting the decryption information for decrypting the encrypted unpublished song from the decryption information stored in step (4) and delivering the decryption information to the terminal device of the listener (second voting method) ) Achieves the second object.

The present invention is capable of being transmitted / received to / from an information processing device which is activated in an arbitrary terminal device and connected via a communication line, and is stored in a recording medium in which predetermined contents are recorded in advance. In a voting program, when a listener who selects a song desired to be recorded in an album activates the recording medium on the terminal device of the listener, the predetermined content is presented as song information and recorded in the album. From the song information presented by the song information presenting means for prompting selection of a desired song, the song selected by the listener for recording is acquired as song selection information, and the song selection information is provided to the information processing device. , A music selection information transmitting means for transmitting together with the information about the listener who voted,
By making the computer function as (first voting program), the first and third objects are achieved. In the first voting program of the present invention,
Acquires decryption information for decrypting the encrypted unpublished song in response to the audition request from the listener with respect to the unpublished song encrypted and stored in a recording medium in which predetermined content is recorded in advance. , A listening means for allowing the unpublished song to be listened to based on the decryption information, and further causing the computer to function, and the song information presenting means includes the unreleased song that can be listened by the listening means as the song information. By presenting as (second voting program), the second
And to achieve the third object.

According to the present invention, predetermined contents are recorded in advance, and when the contents are activated in a predetermined terminal device,
A computer-readable recording medium storing a voting program capable of transmitting and receiving data to and from an information processing device connected via a communication line, wherein the listener who selects a song desired to be recorded in an album is recorded by the listener. When the medium is started by the listener side terminal device, the predetermined content is presented as song information, and a song information presenting function for prompting selection of a song desired to be recorded, and the song information presented by the song information presenting function A music selection information transmitting function for acquiring music selected by the listener as music selection information from the listener as music selection information and transmitting the music selection information to an information processing device connected via the communication line to a computer. The realization (recording medium in which the first voting program is stored) achieves the first and third objects. In the present invention, in the recording medium in which the first voting program is stored, when an unpublished song encrypted as content is recorded in the recording medium, the unlisted song audition request from the listener is given. In response, the decryption information for decrypting the encrypted unpublished song is acquired, and a preview function is provided that allows the unpublished song to be auditioned based on the decryption information. By presenting unreleased songs that can be auditioned by the audition function as the song information (recording medium storing the second voting program), the second song
And to achieve the third object.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (1) Outline of the Embodiment A voting service providing side operating an electronic voting site of a voting system according to this embodiment receives an electronic vote from a listener in a Web server. . This electronic voting automatically accesses the electronic voting site by causing the listener to read the recording medium containing the list of candidate songs to be recorded in the album and the encrypted unpublished songs by the listener's own information processing device. , The vote contents are sent. Then, when the Web server accepts the electronic voting, it classifies and manages various kinds of marketing information such as the music selection and the music order obtained by the listener into a plurality of database servers.

(2) Details of Embodiment Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a voting system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the voting system is a voting server connected via a network 20 to a Web server (hereinafter referred to as a voting management server) 10 having an electronic voting site operated and managed by a CD production company or the like. The management server 10 is provided with a computer (hereinafter, referred to as a listener device) 2 on the listener (listener) side that transmits and receives information regarding the listener votes such as unreleased songs, selected songs, and song order. The voting management server 10 includes a listener management database server 11, a listener preference database server 12, and a listener behavior history database server 13.
And the encrypted license key distribution server 14 are connected.

The voting management server 10 is a server that receives electronic votes from the listeners, and marketing information about the listeners obtained during the electronic voting is stored in the listener management database server 11, the listener preference database server 12, The listener behavior history database server 13 is classified and managed. In addition, the encrypted license key distribution server 14 distributes a key for decrypting the encrypted unpublished song in the listener device 2 in response to a sample listening request for an unpublished song from the listener. .

The listener device 2 can read the recording medium 3 on which the album recording candidate music list and the encrypted unpublished music are recorded, such as a PC (personal computer), a workstation, a digital television, We
b An information processing device such as a television or a game device that can be connected to a network, and may be any device that can transmit and receive data to and from the voting management server 10 in response to a processing request from the listener device 2. To do.

In the present embodiment, the voting management server 10 and the listener device 2 transmit and receive data via the Internet, which is the network 20, but the network 20 is not limited to the Internet. No, Captain system, LAN (Loca
l Area Network), WAN (WideA)
voting management server 10 such as real network)
It is sufficient that the network is capable of delivering various information from the listener to the listener device 2 and transmitting information regarding voting from the listener device 2 to the voting management server 10. This network 2
0 may or may not include a network or sub-network smaller than the network 20. Further, the network 20 may be a network in which the voting management server 10 and the listener device 2 are connected by wire or wirelessly, and may be a network using only a dedicated line or a switching line partially including the dedicated line. It may be either a network or a public line network that does not include a dedicated line.

Further, the network 20 is a computer, which is realized by a broadband and high speed communication line.
It may be an internet connection method by a network, that is, a broadband network realized by using an optical fiber, CATV (cable television), ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line), or the like.

The recording medium 3 is a CD or DV containing a software group and data group related to the voting system.
It is assumed that the recording medium is a D, CD-RW, or the like. here,
The recording medium 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 2
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a recording medium 3. The recording medium 3 is a program area 3 in which software is stored.
1 and a readable / writable data area 32.

In the program area 31, electronic voting site connection software, thumbnail display software,
Data playback software for unreleased songs is incorporated. When the listener listens to the recording medium 3 and inserts it into the listener device 2, a thumbnail-type music list is displayed on the image display means of the listener device 2. The thumbnail format is
It is an image sample in which a small list is displayed so that the image pattern of each song can be seen at a glance.

The listener can electronically vote by selecting and operating the songs that he / she wants to put in the best album according to his / her preference from the song list displayed on the image display means and operating them. You can now automatically send your vote to the site. Since the listener device 2 is automatically connected to the electronic voting site by the electronic voting site connecting software stored in the recording medium 3, the listener inputs the URL of the electronic voting site in the listener device 2. No need. If the listener wants to listen to unreleased songs before connecting to the electronic voting site, the listener can listen for 30 seconds per song. A history of actions (operations) by an auditioner as to whether or not this unreleased song has been auditioned is also recorded in the recording medium 3 and transmitted to the electronic voting site.

Next, in the data area 32, an address, a name,
Stores personal information such as date of birth, occupation, telephone number, facsimile number, e-mail address, membership number, best album candidate song data displayed in thumbnail format, and encrypted unreleased song data Has been done.

The listener must register as a user before using the recording medium 3 for the first time. This user registration information is transmitted from the listener device 2 to the voting management server 10 via the network 20. Then, the voting management server 10 transmits the received user registration information to the auditioner management database server 11. Upon receiving the user registration information, this listener management database server 11 adds a member number to each listener and transmits information about this member number to the recording medium 3. Upon receiving the membership number, the listener device 2 automatically writes the membership number in the recording medium 3 according to a predetermined program in the recording medium 3. As a result, the listener does not need to register when the recording medium 3 is operated for the second time or later, and can vote by entering the member number.

Further, it is possible to constantly provide artist information to listeners who have become members through user registration by issuing an e-mail newsletter or the like to strengthen the enclosure of listeners and customers. The recording medium 3 can also be used as a passport to the member-only site after the release of the best album. On this member-only site, the listener, who is a member, can obtain information about the artist's concert tour, information on the album release time, recording status, and the like. As a result, it is possible to always carry out marketing in consideration of the member benefits, and the recording medium 3 is provided with the listener and C
It is a tool that plays an important role in connecting D production companies and music production companies.

Next, the voting management server 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the voting management server 10. The voting management server 10 manages an electronic voting site that is a portal site that provides all kinds of information regarding electronic voting, and also functions as an electronic voting device. The voting management server 10 also has functions as a web server, a web application server, and a database server for managing electronic voting contents. As shown in FIG. 3, the voting management server 10 includes a control unit 101, and an input / output unit 102, a communication control unit 103, a display unit 1 via a bus line such as a data bus.
04, the storage unit 105, and other devices such as a display unit (not shown) are connected.

The control unit 101 controls each unit of the voting management server 10 in accordance with various programs and performs a calculation.
U (Central Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory) that records programs executed when the computer is started, RAM (Random memory) that stores programs and data for the CPU to perform various controls and calculations. Access memory).

The control unit 101 is combined with an operating system supporting a multitasking function and also has a multithread function as a Web application server, and the listener device 2, the listener management database server 11, and the listener preference database server 1 are provided.
2. The access from the listener behavior history database server 13 and the encrypted license key distribution server 14 can be individually handled at the same time. Then, a data processing request receiving unit that performs a data processing request receiving process that receives a processing request regarding various data transmitted from the listener device 2 through the network 20, and a process of various data received by the data processing request receiving unit. It functions as a data transmission unit that performs data transmission processing for transmitting various data in response to a request.

The communication control unit 103 is a general telephone line or IS.
Connect to the network 20 via a DN line or a dedicated line,
Along with the control unit 101 that controls the input / output unit 102, the listener device 2, the listener management database server 11, and the listener preference database server 1 on the network 20.
2. Data processing request receiving means for receiving a data processing request transmitted from the listener behavior history database server 13 and the encrypted license key distribution server 14, and a data processing request reception processing in response to the data processing request received. , The voting management server 10 is made to function as a Web server composed of a data transmission means for transmitting data.

A CRT (Cathod) is displayed on the display unit 104.
An e-ray tube) or a liquid crystal display device is used.
The display device 104 displays the management status of the data stored in the storage unit 105, the control status of the voting management server 10, and the like.

The storage unit 105 includes a program unit 106 and a database unit 107. Program part 1
A hard disk, which is a large-capacity storage device, is mainly used in 06, and stores a program for the CPU of the control unit 101 to control the voting management server 10 as various systems and a program for performing calculations.

The program section 106 also includes an electronic vote acceptance program 161, an electronic vote content management program 1
62, the data distribution program 163, the listener listening management database server 11, the listener listening preference database server 12, the listener listening history database server 13, and the encrypted license key in response to the processing request for the data received by the data processing request receiving means. A system for transmitting / receiving each data to / from the distribution server 14 and managing the data,
Each program for functioning as other systems is stored.

The database unit 107 includes the listener data,
The listener data, listener behavior history data, and encrypted license key data are provided. These databases include the listener management database server 11, the listener preference database server 12, the listener behavior history database server 13, and the encrypted license key distribution server 1.
4 stores the respective data to be transmitted.

In this embodiment, as an example, the listener data database server 11 stores the listener data, the listener preference data, the listener behavior history data, and the encrypted license key data stored in the database unit 107. , The listener database database 12 and the listener behavior history database server 13 are also transmitted, and each server 11 to 13 manages each data. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

For example, the database unit 107 of the voting management server 10 may be provided with a listener database that stores each data, a listener preference database, a listener behavior history database, and an encrypted license key database. In this case, the control unit 101 uses the voting management server 10 as the listener management database server 11, the listener preference database server 12, the listener behavior history database server 13, and the encrypted license according to the electronic voting content management program 162 of the program unit 106. The key distribution server 14 is controlled to perform the same function.

Next, the data flow in the voting system according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data flow in the voting system. First,
Explain database construction. An electronic voting sheet is previously recorded on the recording medium 3, and when the listener makes the listener device 2 read the recording medium 3, the electronic voting sheet is displayed on the image display means of the listener device 2. When the listener inputs each information (information such as music selection and song order) on the electronic voting sheet displayed on the image display means and performs a voting operation, the input electronic voting sheet information is controlled by the voting management server 10. The section 101 classifies and records into three database servers, the listener management database server 11, the listener preference database server 12, and the listener behavior history database server 13.

The personal information of the listener is stored in the listener management database server 11, and the song information to be recorded as the best album is stored in the listener preference database server 12.
The voting operation history information of the listener is stored in the listener behavior history management database server 13.

From the personal information of the listeners stored in the database servers 11 to 13, the age, sex, area, etc. can be analyzed, and the target listeners and the target area can be specified. Further, it is also possible to automatically total the 10 best candidate songs to be recorded from the information on the songs to be recorded as the best album. Furthermore, the best two or three songs for each listener can be registered, and more detailed data analysis can be performed than the conventional aggregation method.

Further, it is possible to judge when, in what order and in what order, from the voting operation history information of the listener, whether the listener who has voted has listened to an unreleased song. be able to. Thus, the market researcher of the CD production company or the music production company can find out the correlation of the tastes after extracting and analyzing the information from each of the database servers 11 to 13. From the accumulated database, it is possible to find directions for the next album production. Furthermore, this database can be used to determine the order of songs at a concert. By profiling the three pieces of information in this way, the accuracy of data mining can be improved.

Next, a method for distributing the content of unreleased songs will be described. The unreleased songs are encrypted and recorded on the recording medium 3 in advance. When the listener requests to listen to this unpublished song, the listener device 2 follows the unpublished song playback software stored in the recording medium 3 and sends the key for decrypting this code from the encrypted license key distribution server 14. It is supposed to be downloaded. That is, when the encrypted license key distribution server 14 receives the audition request from the auditioner, the encrypted license key distribution server 14 distributes the key for decrypting the encryption to the auditioner device 2.

By downloading the key for decrypting the cipher, the listener can decrypt the encrypted unpublished music stored in the recording medium 3 and listen to it. This unpublished song has a mechanism that can only be played back by the downloaded recording medium 3. Specifically, the unreleased song reproduction software determines whether or not the recording medium 3 is inserted into the listener device 2 before reproducing the unreleased song, and whether or not the member number is recorded in the recording medium 3. It is designed to carry out a two-step confirmation of whether or not there is. The member number is assumed to have been transmitted from the listener management database server 11 and written in the recording medium 3 when the listener newly registered.

Next, the electronic voting by the listener will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of electronic voting. First, a CD production company or a music production company distributes a recording medium 3 in which a list of candidate songs for album recording and encrypted unpublished songs are recorded to listeners. As a distribution method, sales of CDs / videos or distribution at rental shop stores (paid or free), benefits only for ISP members, distributed by mail to members, mass media (radio, newspaper, homepage, etc.), It can be given by lottery.

When the listener who obtains the recording medium 3 inserts the recording medium 3 into the listener device 2 and causes the listener device 2 to read the software, the software in the recording medium 3 is automatically activated to display the image of the listener device 2. A new registration screen is displayed on the display means. In order to perform electronic voting using the recording medium 3, new registration work is required. Therefore, the listener can confirm the address, name, date of birth, occupation, telephone number, facsimile number, on this new registration screen. Enter the required information such as your email address, select the registration button and click.

When the listener selects and clicks the registration button, the listener device 2 transmits user registration information as a new registration request to the voting management server 10 (step 51). Voting management server 10 that has received the user registration information as a new registration request from the listener device 2.
Launches the electronic voting acceptance program 161 and the electronic voting content management program 162, and transmits the user registration information to the auditioner management database server 11. Auditor management database server 11 that received user registration information
Stores the user registration information and sends the membership number to the voting management server 10. The voting management server 10, which has received the membership number from the listener management server 11, transmits this membership number to the listener device 2 via the network 20 (step 501).

When the listener number is received by the listener device 2, the listener device 2 automatically writes the member number in the recording medium 3 according to the software inside the recording medium 3. When the writing of the membership number to the recording medium 3 is completed, the listener is permitted to access the music distribution site or the electronic voting site (step 5).
2). When the writing of the membership number to the recording medium 3 is completed, the thumbnail display software displays a song order display screen of thumbnail type candidate songs and selected songs on the image display means of the listener device 2 as shown in FIG. It On this thumbnail-type candidate song screen (FIG. 6A), the listener can select songs desired to be included in the best album and determine recording order of the selected songs. ing.

In the thumbnail-type candidate song screen of FIG. 6A, the candidate song icons are designated and dragged in the order of the song that the listener wants to listen to, and the song desired to be recorded, 1, 2, ...
・ If you drop the song in the order like,
The song order of the selected songs as shown in (b) is displayed. When the listener selects and clicks the voting button after completing the music selection operation, the music selection data file (music selection information in FIG. 6B) displayed on the image display means is transmitted to the voting management server 10 and electronically voted. Has been done (Step 5
3).

The voting management server 10 that has received the music selection information from the listener device 2 receives the electronic voting acceptance program 16
1. Launch the electronic voting content management program 162, classify the music selection information into the music selection information, and listen to the listener management database server 11 and listener preference database server 1
2. Store in each of the listener behavior history database servers 13. Of the classified music selection information, the personal information of the listener is the listener management database server 11, the song information to be recorded as the best album is the listener preference database server 12, and the voting operation history information of the listener is the listener. It is stored in the action history management database server 13 (step 502).

Next, a case will be described in which the listener listens to an unpublished song when selecting a song. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a voting processing procedure when an unreleased song is auditioned. In FIG. 7, step 71 and step 72 are similar to step 51 and step 52 in FIG. 5, and step 701 is similar to step 501 in FIG. When the listener selects and clicks the audition button of an unpublished song on the thumbnail-type candidate song screen of FIG. 6A, the auditioner device 2 requests the voting management server 10 to listen to the unpublished song. It is transmitted (step 73).

The voting management server 10, which has received the trial listening request of the unreleased song from the trial listener device 2, activates the data distribution program 163 and transmits the trial listening request to the encrypted license key distribution server 14. The encrypted license key distribution server 14, which has received the trial listening request from the voting management server 10, transmits to the voting management server 10 a key for decrypting the encryption of the unpublished song for which the trial listening request has been made. Then, the voting management server 10 instructs the listener device 2 to
The received decryption key is transmitted (step 702).

The listener device 2 that has received (downloaded) the key to be decrypted from the voting management server 10 has the recording medium 3
Play unreleased songs according to the internal unreleased song playback software. The reproduction of this unpublished song depends on whether or not the recording medium 3 is inserted in the listener device 2.
Is played back after the two-step confirmation of whether or not the membership number is recorded. After the listener has listened to the reproduced unpublished song, the listener can select the unpublished song as the song that the album wants to be recorded.

After the listener completes a plurality of music selection operations including unpublished music and selects and clicks the voting button, the music selection information displayed on the image display means is transmitted to the voting management server 10 for electronic voting. Has been performed (step 74). The voting management server 10, which has received the music selection information from the listener device 2, launches the electronic vote acceptance program 161 and the electronic vote content management program 162, and classifies the music selection information into the music selection information, as in the processing procedure of FIG. Then, it is stored in each of the listener management database server 11, the listener preference database server 12, and the listener behavior history database server 13 (step 70).
3).

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the reliable attracting of listeners and the reduction of the load on the voting management server 10 can be performed by distributing the recording medium 3. First, the advantage of distributing the recording medium is that the listener who wants to vote for the best album can surely vote by obtaining this recording medium. A CD production company or a music production company can grasp how many people have distributed the recording medium by the number of distributed recording media. Furthermore, by embedding the URL of the electronic voting site in the recording medium beforehand, if the listener inserts (reads) the recording medium into the listener device, the listener is automatically connected (guided) to the electronic voting site. )can do. Further, regarding the load reduction of the voting management server 10, by using the recording medium 3, it is possible to reduce the data communication amount on the network 20 and prevent the voting management server 10 from being overloaded. .

As described above, according to the voting system of the present embodiment, the CD production company and the music production company, based on the music selection information received from the listener apparatus 2, select the music candidate information to be recorded as the best album from the music candidate information. Best 10 of can be automatically totaled. The CD production company and the music production company can also register the best 1, 2, and 3 songs for each listener, and can perform more detailed data analysis than the conventional tabulation method.

Further, according to the voting system of the present embodiment, the CD production company or the music production company can judge when, what song, and in what order, from the listener's voting operation history information. You can also check whether the listener who voted listened to the unreleased song. As a result, the market researcher of the CD production company or the music production company can find out the correlation of tastes after extracting and analyzing the music selection information. Also, from the accumulated database, the direction for the next album production can be found. Furthermore, according to the voting system of the present embodiment, this database can be used to determine the order of songs at a concert. By profiling the three pieces of information in this way, the accuracy of data mining can be improved.

The voting system according to the present embodiment is applied to the order of performance music of a concert, applied to the production of a new reprinted best album from the music of a disused record, IS.
It can also be used as an application of P to acquire new members. By using the voting system according to the present embodiment, the CD production company and the music production company can make only the members participate in the production of the best album, and can also develop the paid content distribution service. Further, the CD production company and the music production company can surely confirm the authentication of the ticket purchaser by using the recording medium according to the present embodiment as the purchase certificate of the listener.

In the present embodiment, the key for decrypting the encryption is distributed in response to the audition request. Therefore, conventionally, the method of compressing the music itself and decompressing it on the receiving side is generally used. Once it is stored on the hard disk, it can be easily duplicated, and it is possible to solve the problem that copyright protection was difficult. As described above, in the voting system of the present embodiment, the number unique to the recording medium is used as a key,
You can vote electronically without overloading the voting management server while protecting the copyright of unreleased songs.

[0057]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Marketing accuracy can be improved by constructing and analyzing the taster preference data and the data recording the voting operation in a database such as a listener's taste database and a listener's action history database. Further, according to the present invention, the unreleased song is encrypted and recorded on the recording medium in advance, and the key to decrypt when the listener listens to the unreleased song is distributed, so that the copyright of the unreleased song is protected. However, it is possible to allow the listener to listen to unreleased songs. Further, according to the present invention, by using the recording medium, it is possible to surely guide the listener to the website and collect the voting results from the listener, thereby reducing the amount of data communication on the network. The voting results can be aggregated without imposing an excessive load on the server.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a voting system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a recording medium.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a voting management server.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data flow in a voting system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of electronic voting.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a song order display screen of candidate songs and song selections in thumbnail format.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a voting processing procedure when an unreleased song is auditioned.

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2 Listener device 3 recording media 10 Voting management server 11 Listener management database server 12 Listener preference database server 13 Listener Behavior History Database Server 14 Encrypted license key distribution server 31 Program area 32 data areas

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A voting system for managing, via a communication line, a vote for a listener to select a desired song to be recorded in an album based on a program stored in a recording medium in which predetermined contents are recorded in advance. Then, when the listener starts the recording medium on the terminal device of the listener, the information selected as the song desired to be included in the album is selected as music selection information, together with the information of the listener who votes. Music selection information acquisition means to be acquired through a communication line, and music listener information storage means to classify the music selection information acquired by the music selection information acquisition means into various kinds of information relating to the listener and store it as music selection information for each listener. A voting system characterized by including. 2. Decryption information storage means for storing decryption information for decrypting the encryption of an unpublished song encrypted and stored in the recording medium, and encryption via a communication line from the listener. In response to the encrypted unpublished song audition request, decryption information distribution means for extracting decryption information for decrypting the encrypted unpublished song from the decryption information storage means, and delivering it to the listener's terminal device. The voting system according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The decryption information distribution means is such that the recording medium is activated in the terminal device of the listener, or
The voting system according to claim 2, wherein the decryption information is distributed after confirming whether the listener is an authorized user of the recording medium. 4. A voting method in which a vote for a listener to select a desired song to be recorded in an album is managed via a communication line based on a program stored in a recording medium in which predetermined contents are recorded in advance. Then, when the listener starts the recording medium on the terminal device of the listener, the information selected as the song desired to be included in the album is selected as music selection information, together with the information of the listener who votes. A first step of acquiring via a communication line, a second step of classifying the music selection information acquired in the first step into various kinds of information relating to the listener, and storing the music selection information as music selection information for each listener. A voting method characterized by consisting of. 5. A third step of storing decryption information for decrypting an unpublished song encrypted and stored in the recording medium, and an encrypted unencrypted information via a communication line from the listener. A fourth step of extracting decryption information for decrypting the encrypted unpublished song from the decryption information stored in the third step in response to an announcement song audition request, and distributing the decryption information to the listener's terminal device. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising:
The voting method described. 6. A voting program which is activated in an arbitrary terminal device and is capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from an information processing device connected via a communication line, and is stored in a recording medium in which predetermined contents are recorded in advance. When the listener who selects a song desired to be recorded in the album activates the recording medium on the terminal device on the listener side, the predetermined content is presented as song information to request the recording in the album. A song information presenting means for prompting selection of a song, a song selected by the listener for recording from the song information presented by the song information presenting device is acquired as song selection information, and the song selection information is sent to the information processing device. Music selection information transmitting means to be transmitted together with information about listeners who vote,
A voting program characterized by making a computer function as. 7. The encrypted unpublished song is decrypted in response to a listening request from the listener regarding an unpublished song that is encrypted and stored in a recording medium in which predetermined content is recorded in advance. A listening means for obtaining the decryption information and enabling the unpublished song to be listened to based on the decryption information,
7. The voting program according to claim 6, further comprising causing the computer to function, wherein the song information presenting means also presents, as the song information, unpublished songs that can be listened to by the listening means. 8. A computer in which a predetermined content is recorded in advance and which stores a voting program capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from an information processing device connected via a communication line when the content is started in a predetermined terminal device. This is a readable recording medium, and when a listener who selects a song desired to be recorded in an album activates the recording medium on the listener side terminal device, the predetermined content is presented as song information to request recording. The song information presenting function for prompting the selection of the song, and the song selected by the listener to be included in the album from the song information presented by the song information presenting function is acquired as song selection information, and is transmitted via the communication line. A voting program, characterized in that the computer realizes a music selection information transmitting function for transmitting the music selection information to an information processing device connected to the computer. Paid computer readable recording medium. 9. When the encrypted unpublished song is recorded as content in the recording medium, the encrypted unpublished song is decrypted in response to the unpublished song audition request from the listener. Further, a demodulating information is acquired, and a preview function is provided to allow the unpublished song to be auditioned on the basis of the decryption information. The computer-readable recording medium storing the voting program according to claim 8, which is presented as music information.