JP2003345351A - Method and system for editing digital content - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system which is adapted to machine types of mobile communication terminals and performs digital content editing suiting user's taste. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile communication terminal 100 used by the user and an editing server 20 for providing a prescribed editing service are so connected that they can communicate with each other. The mobile communication terminal 100 transmits prescribed information for specifying the machine type of the terminal 100 itself and fundamental content information of a preliminarily obtained digital content, to the editing server 200. The editing server 200 has table information of correspondence between a plurality of editing information for performing the prescribed editing service and machine type information of the mobile communication terminal 200 and extracts editing information according with the machine type of the mobile communication terminal 100 from the table information based on the prescribed information and edits the fundamental content information received from the mobile communication terminal 100, in accordance with editing information arbitrarily selected from extracted editing information by the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to systems and methods and servers for editing digital content. Furthermore, the invention relates to a program used in such a system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones (browser phones) equipped with browsers and PDAs (Personal Digital Assist)
Various digital content distribution services for mobile communication terminals such as ant) have come to be provided. Distribution services of digital contents include, for example, distribution services of standby images and ring tones.
A user of a mobile communication terminal can access a website operated by a content provider who provides such a distribution service, and download and use desired content.

Recently, it is possible to process digital contents obtained by accessing a website. Examples of digital content that can be processed include:
There is a sound data reproducing method for a mobile phone that can arrange the sound data of the ring tone melody downloaded from the distribution server as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-6842 according to the user's preference.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system to which the sound data reproducing method of the portable communication terminal described in the above publication is applied. This system includes a distribution server 440 that distributes the sound data of the ringtone melody, and a mobile phone that performs wireless communication with the distribution server 440. The mobile phone includes a radio unit 402 including an antenna 401, a code decoding processing unit 403, and a microphone 40.
4, a receiver 405, a display unit 406, an input unit 407, a memory unit 408, a control unit 409, a notification sound reproduction unit 410, and a sounder 411.

Radio section 402 and code decoding processing section 403
Performs a code decoding process on the radio signal received by the antenna 401 to obtain received data including sound data (main melody data). The microphone 404 and receiver 405 are
It constitutes a handset and is connected to the code decoding processing unit 403.

The memory unit 408 stores the main melody data (420a, 420a) downloaded from the distribution server 440.
b, 420c ...) are stored, and the arrangement parameters (430a, 430b, 430) necessary for performing arrangements are stored.
c)) and various programs for operating as a mobile phone are stored in advance. The main melody data is composed of data 421 for expressing the main melody, chord data 422 for expressing accompaniment chords (chord chords), and tempo data 423 for expressing the performance tempo of the main melody. The arrangement parameter is for synthesizing the accompaniment part of the main melody data.

The control unit 409 controls the signal processing in the radio unit 402 and the code decoding processing unit 403 according to the program stored in the memory unit 408, stores the main melody data in the memory unit 408, and displays the display unit 406.
Display necessary information on the. In addition to this, the control unit 409 synthesizes the accompaniment part of the main melody data using the arrangement parameters in accordance with the user's instruction input from the input unit 107. The notification sound reproduction unit 110 is connected to the sounder 111, reproduces the data in which the accompaniment parts are combined under the control of the control unit 409, and outputs the reproduced notification sound from the sounder 111.

In the above system, the user first downloads desired main melody data from the distribution server 440. The downloaded main melody data is stored in the memory unit 408. A plurality of pieces of main melody data are stored in the memory unit 408 in the same procedure.

Next, the user selects desired main melody data from the main melody data stored in the memory unit 408, and further selects a desired arrangement parameter from the editing parameter group stored in the memory unit 408. select. The control unit 409 synthesizes the accompaniment parts of the selected main melody data in accordance with the selected arrangement parameter to create the alarm sound data. The created data for alarm sound is
It is sent to the notification sound reproduction unit 410 and reproduced.

By the above procedure, the user can obtain the ringing melody in which the arrangement of his / her preference is applied.

In addition to the above, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-55679 also has a system in which a server has a function of adding added value such as harmony or chord to melody data such as main melody data. In this system, the server adds music value (content) to the melody information (main melody information) received from the client terminal with added value such as harmony or chord, and delivers this to the client terminal.

In the above case, when the music data is generated,
It is also possible that the client terminal transmits the added value designation parameter and the data generation parameter, and the server generates the music data using the added value designation parameter and the data generation parameter. Here, the added value specifying parameter is a parameter for specifying an added value such as adding a chord or adding harmony. The data generation parameters include a difficulty level parameter indicating the level of difficulty of a beginner, an intermediate level, and an advanced level, a style parameter indicating the addition of a style such as arpeggio, and an intro / ending parameter indicating the addition of an intro or ending. .

[0013]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In the one described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 42, although the contents can be edited to suit the taste of the user, there are the following problems.

For example, a mobile communication terminal such as a browser phone has a small memory capacity, and since the memory is used by various applications for multi-functionalization, it is not possible to provide the mobile communication terminal with an arrangement function. , Memory capacity is difficult. In addition, sacrificing the functions of other applications in order to provide the mobile communication terminal with the arranging function is disadvantageous in terms of multi-functionalization.

In the one described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-55679, although the problem of the memory capacity is solved, the following new problem occurs.

For example, in a browser phone, the performance (eg, the number of reproducible chords and the availability of sampling sound sources) of the function of reproducing content (ringtone melody, etc.) differs depending on the model. Since the server side does not perform editing in consideration of such a difference in the performance of the reproducing function, the ringing melody edited on the server side may not be properly reproduced depending on the model of the client terminal. For example, if the number of chords of the incoming melody edited on the server side is different from the number of chords set in the playback function of the client terminal, the incoming melody can be played,
The sound quality of the reproduced sound is worse than that of the reproduced sound that satisfies the original performance.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, to adapt to the model (playback function) of the mobile communication terminal, and to edit the digital content that matches the user's taste. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a program for realizing such content editing.

[0019]

In order to achieve the above object, in the digital content editing system of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal used by a user and an editing server which provides a predetermined editing service are connected so that they can communicate with each other. In the digital content editing system, the mobile communication terminal transmits predetermined information for identifying a model of the terminal itself and basic content information of digital content acquired in advance to the editing server, and the editing server A table based on the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal, having table information in which a plurality of edit information for performing the predetermined editing service and model information of the mobile communication terminal are associated with each other. Edit information corresponding to the model of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the information, and the extracted edit information is sent to the mobile communication terminal. Then, the mobile communication terminal transmits the selected edit information arbitrarily selected by the user from the extracted edit information received from the edit server to the edit server, and the edit server receives from the mobile communication terminal. The basic content information received from the mobile communication terminal is edited according to the selected edit information, and the edited result is provided to the mobile communication terminal.

The digital content editing method of the present invention comprises:
What is claimed is: 1. A digital content editing method performed in a system in which a mobile communication terminal used by a user and an editing server that provides a predetermined editing service are connected to each other so that they can communicate with each other. Transmitting predetermined information for specifying and basic content information of digital content obtained in advance to the editing server, and the editing server is prepared in advance based on the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal. Further, the edit information corresponding to the model of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from table information in which a plurality of edit information for performing the predetermined edit service is associated with the model information of the mobile communication terminal, and the extracted edit information is extracted. To the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal receiving the extraction from the editing server. Transmitting selected edit information arbitrarily selected by the user from the collection information to the edit server, the edit server receiving the edit information from the mobile communication terminal according to the select edit information received from the mobile communication terminal. Editing the basic content information and providing the edited result to the mobile communication terminal.

The program of the present invention is a program used in a system in which a mobile communication terminal used by a user and an editing server which provides a predetermined editing service are connected so that they can communicate with each other. Based on the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal, the computer of the mobile communication terminal is caused to execute a process of transmitting predetermined information for specifying and basic content information of the digital content obtained in advance to the editing server. , Pre-prepared, extracting edit information according to the model of the mobile communication terminal from table information in which a plurality of edit information for performing the predetermined editing service and model information of the mobile communication terminal are associated with each other, Causing the computer of the editing server to execute a process of transmitting the extracted editing information to the mobile communication terminal, The process of transmitting the selected edit information arbitrarily selected by the user from the extracted edit information received from the edit server to the edit server is executed by the computer of the mobile communication terminal, and received from the mobile communication terminal. Editing the basic content information received from the mobile communication terminal according to the selection editing information,
The computer of the editing server is caused to execute a process of providing the editing result to the mobile communication terminal.

The editing server of the present invention is connected to a portable communication terminal used by a user, which transmits predetermined information for specifying the model of the terminal itself and basic content information of digital content obtained in advance so as to be able to communicate with each other. And a table means for associating a plurality of editing information for performing the predetermined editing service with model information of the mobile communication terminal, and the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal. Based on the table means, edit information according to the model of the mobile communication terminal is extracted, and the basic content received from the mobile communication terminal according to the edit information arbitrarily selected by the user from the extracted edit information And editing means for editing the information and providing the edited result to the mobile communication terminal.

In the present invention as described above, edit information that can be used by the mobile communication terminal is extracted, and the one that suits the user's taste is selected. Then, the basic content information is edited according to the selected editing information. Therefore, it does not happen that the conventional edited content information does not match the model of the mobile communication terminal, and the user can obtain the edited content information that matches his or her preference. Moreover, since the editing process is performed on the server side, the memory capacity of the mobile communication terminal can be used accordingly.

[0024]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a digital content editing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. This digital content editing system includes a mobile communication terminal 100 and an editing server 200.
And a communication network 300 such as the Internet that connects these to each other.

The mobile communication terminal 100 is, for example, a browser phone or a PDA, and accesses a website operated by a content provider who provides a distribution service via the communication network 300 to download desired content. In addition to the well-known function used by the user, the user has a function of transmitting the basic content information of the digital content acquired by using the function to the editing server 200 to perform editing according to the user's taste.

The digital contents include, for example, image data and incoming melody. The basic content information is data that serves as a basis for editing digital content. The basic content information of the incoming melody is, for example, data indicating the main melody. The basic content information of image data differs depending on the editing method. When changing the hue or saturation, or when arranging for monochrome scale or sepia tone, the basic content information is the image data itself (for example, bitmap data), and when combining with other image data The basic content information is data of the image part necessary for composition. For example, in the case of an image composed of a subject and a background, the data of the image portion necessary for composition is the subject portion.

The editing server 200 is used by a company (editing service provider) that provides a digital content editing service, and is mainly composed of an information processing device such as a workstation server. The editing server 200 has in advance table information in which a plurality of editing information for editing digital contents and model information of various mobile communication terminals are associated with each other, and the mobile communication terminal 100 can be used by referring to the table information. And a function of performing editing processing on the basic content information supplied from the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the edit information arbitrarily selected by the user of the mobile communication terminal 100 from the extracted edit information. And an edit processing section (editing means).

The editing information in the case of a ringing melody is, for example, information for arranging in a jazz style, a classical style, a pop style, etc. (a pitch, a note length, a rest length corresponding to each song style). , Including information such as sound decoration, tone color, rhythm, and sound intensity). The editing information in the case of image data is, for example, information for synthesizing other image data (for example, a background image) with the main image part (subject), information for arranging into a monochrome scale or sepia tone, Information for changing the hue and saturation is included.

Next, the procedure for editing the content performed in the above digital content editing system will be described. FIG. 2 shows an example of the editing processing procedure of the digital content editing system shown in FIG. The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the user performs a predetermined input operation for accessing the editing server 200 on the mobile communication terminal 100. In response to this input operation, the mobile communication terminal 100 sends an access request to the editing server 200 (step S).
1). When the edit server 200 receives the access request from the mobile communication terminal 100, the edit server 200 confirms that the user is a legitimate user and then sends a request to send basic content information of the digital content to be edited.
(Step S2).

The mobile communication terminal 100 which has received the transmission request
Requests the user to select and input digital content to be edited. This selection input request is performed, for example, by displaying the items of the digital contents acquired so far, and the user selects and inputs an arbitrary item from the displayed items. The mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the basic content information of the selected digital content together with the model information of its own terminal to the editing server 200 (step S3). Here, the model information includes the type of function for reproducing digital content, its virgin information, usable data capacity, and the like.

The editing server 200, which has received the basic content information and the model information, edits the received basic content information among the prepared editing information based on the received model information.
Extract available edit information, send the list to the mobile communication terminal 100, and request selection of edit information (step S4).

Upon receiving the edit information list and the edit information selection request, the mobile communication terminal 100 requests the user to select and input desired edit information from the received edit information list. This selection input request is made by displaying the edit information list, and the user selects and inputs arbitrary edit information from the displayed list.
The mobile communication terminal 100 transmits the selected edit information to the edit server 200 (step S5).

The editing server 200, which receives the editing information,
The basic content information previously received is edited according to the received edit information (step S6), and the edited content information obtained by the edit processing is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100 (step S7).

By the above procedure, the user can edit the digital content acquired in advance to the one that suits his / her taste by using the editing information according to the model of the mobile communication terminal 100. Since the edit information and the edit process are performed on the edit server 200 side, the memory capacity of the mobile communication terminal 100 will not run short.

In the operation shown in FIG. 2, the editing server 2
00 is adapted to transmit the edited content information to the mobile communication terminal 100, but the edited content information is connected to the communication network 300.
May be transmitted to an external server that can be accessed by. In this case, the user uses the mobile communication terminal 100 to access an external server (website) to obtain the edited content information. According to this configuration, the user teaches the URL of the website to a third party (a friend of the user), so that the third party (a friend of the user) can also use the edited content information created by the user. Becomes In this case, it is necessary to take some measures (for example, input of a password) so that only the person who has been authorized by the user can download the edited content information.

Confirmation of the user (identification confirmation) performed at the time of requesting access to the editing server 200 is, for example,
When the user uses the digital content editing service, information necessary for identity verification is registered in advance with the editing service provider side and the registration information is used. The information necessary for identity verification includes an ID and password.

Furthermore, in the extraction of edit information based on model information, for example, the edit server 200 has a table in which each edit information is stored in association with model information of various mobile communication terminals. When the model information is received from 100, the table is referred to and the editing information corresponding to the received model information is extracted.

When the user registers the information necessary for identity verification, the model information of the mobile communication terminal 100 is also registered together, and when the editing server 200 verifies the identity of the user, it is carried. The model information of the communication terminal 100 may be acquired. In this case, the mobile communication terminal 100
Does not need to send model information of its own terminal when sending basic content information.

Although only one mobile communication terminal is shown in the system configuration shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of mobile communication terminals of different models are actually connected to the editing server 200. Here, the plurality of mobile communication terminals include, for example, those having different models (performances) of the mobile communication terminals, and those having different communication carriers providing connection services to the communication network 300.

(Example) Next, as an example of the digital content editing system of the present embodiment described above, a browser phone is used as the mobile communication terminal 100, and an incoming call notification sound (incoming melody) acquired as digital content is received. A system for editing data will be described. In the following description, the mobile communication terminal 100 is described as the browser phone 100 for convenience.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration of a browser phone used in the system of this embodiment. The browser phone 100 includes an antenna 101, a wireless unit 102, a display processing unit 103, a voice processing unit 104, an operation unit 105, and a storage unit 10.
6 and the control unit 107.

The radio section 102 includes a transmission / reception circuit (not shown) and a transmission / reception data processing section (not shown), and is connected to the communication network 300 to transmit / receive call voice and data (including a ringing melody). The display processing unit 103 includes a display device including, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and displays image data and character data on the display device.

The voice processing unit 104 includes a handset (not shown) for inputting / outputting a call voice and a notification sound reproducing unit (not shown) for reproducing a notification sound (including an incoming melody).
The notification sound is output from a speaker (not shown). The operation unit 105 is used by a user to input various commands and information to the browser phone. Storage unit 106
Stores various programs and various data for operating the browser phone 100. Control unit 10
7 controls each of the above units according to various programs stored in the storage unit 106, whereby various operations as the browser phone 100 including operations for editing and correcting digital contents described later are performed.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of an editing server used in the system of this embodiment. This editing server 200
Is a communication unit 201, a database (DB) unit 202, a basic content information storage unit 203, an edited content information storage unit 204, a user information storage unit 205, and a control unit 2.
It consists of 06.

The communication unit 201 is a communication network 300.
It is a communication interface unit when transmitting and receiving data to and from. The basic content information storage unit 203 stores basic content information (main melody information) selected by the user, which is transmitted from the browser phone 100. The main melody information is, for example, the pitch of a note (pitch; do-re-mi-fa-so ...), the length of a note (half note, quarter note, ...), and the length of a rest (8 Minute rest, whole rest,
…), Time signature (3/4 time signature, 4/4 time signature,…), sound decoration (slur, tie, staccato,…), tempo (slow, fast,
...), timbre (various instrument sounds, sampled sounds, ...), and sound intensity / volume (weak, strong, ...).

The edited content information storage section 204 is the edited content information (main melody (main melody)) transmitted from the browser phone 100 and created by the user's selection.
The music information to which the arrangement (arrangement) is added is stored. The user information storage unit 205 stores, as user information, user-specific ID information, model information,
Stores billing information and the like. The user information is registered in advance when the user uses the digital content editing service. Some of the user information is browser phone 10
It is used for identity verification performed when access request from 0.

The database section 202 stores various information used for arrangement (arrangement) of the incoming melody. Specifically, the database unit 202 stores, as various information, various arrangement information for arranging incoming melody, access information of various browser phones (manufacturing information including model name) or model information (individual information of model ( A table associated with the reproduction function)) is stored in advance. By referring to this table, it is possible to extract arrangement information that can be used by various browser phones.
Arrangement information is arrangement information for the main melody information (for example, appropriately selected from jazz style, classical style, pop style, etc.
Information such as rest length, sound decoration, tone color, rhythm, and sound intensity), and sound effects (voice, various instrument sounds, sampled sounds, and corresponding sound length and sound intensity) ) And other information. The individual information of the model is, for example, the number of chords (16
It is information such as the difference between chords, 24 chords, 32 chords, 42 chords) and whether or not a sampled sound source can be reproduced.

The control unit 206 controls each of the above units according to various programs for operating the editing server 200, which are stored in advance in a storage unit (not shown), and thereby, an operation of editing or modifying digital contents described later. Various operations including the above are performed as the editing server 200.

Next, the operation of the digital content editing system of this embodiment will be described. 5 and 6,
An editing procedure performed in the digital content editing system of the present embodiment will be shown. In the example shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
For convenience, the procedures are described separately, but these procedures are a series of procedures. The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, the user performs a predetermined input operation for accessing the editing server 200 using the operation unit 105 of the browser phone 100. In response to this input operation, the browser phone 100 sends an access request to the editing server 200 (step S101). When the editing server 200 receives the access request from the browser phone 100,
By referring to the user information registered in the user information storage unit 205 and confirming that the user who has made the access request is a legitimate user, a transmission request for the main melody information to be edited is transmitted to the browser phone 100. Yes (Step S
102). If the user is not an authorized user, the editing server 200
Denies access.

Browser phone 100 receiving the transmission request
Requests the user to select and input main melody information to be edited. This selection input request is performed, for example, by causing the display processing unit 103 to display the items of the ringing melody acquired so far, and the user selects and inputs an arbitrary item from the displayed items. This selection input is
This can be performed by an input operation on the operation unit 105. The browser phone 100 transmits the main incoming melody information of the selected incoming melody to the editing server 200 (step S103). This transmission of the main melody information may be performed, for example, by designating each sound one by one according to the guidance presented by the editing server 200, or the main melody information previously created by the user may be collectively transmitted (uploaded). . Also, the main melody information may be sent in advance by e-mail or the like.

The editing server 200 uses the browser phone 10
When the main melody information is received from 0 (step S10
4), while storing the received main melody information in the basic content information storage unit 203 and referring to the table stored in the database 202, the browser phone 1
00 access information (manufacturing information such as model name), or
Model information of the browser phone 100 registered in advance in the user information storage unit 205 or the browser phone 100
On the basis of the model information that is transmitted with the main melody information, the arrangement information that can be used by the browser phone 100 is extracted, and the list is transmitted to the browser phone 100 to request the arrangement information selection (step S105).

Instead of the automatic arrangement of the arrangement information by the editing server 200, the arrangement information corresponding to an arbitrary reproduction function or data capacity may be extracted at the request of the user of the browser phone 100. Good. For example, the editing server 200 may present a list of all arrangement information, and the user of the browser phone 100 may select arbitrary arrangement information from the presented arrangement information. In this case, it is not necessary to create a table in the database 202. Also, when the arrangement information corresponding to the above-mentioned data capacity is extracted, the capacity differs depending on the number of chords, etc., and the difference in the download capacity when downloading the sound data due to the difference in the browser or model of each telecommunications carrier (for example, 10K Bytes, 30K bytes, etc.) are used.

The browser phone 100, which has received the request for selecting the arrangement information list and the arrangement information, prompts the user to
Request to select and input desired arrangement information from the received arrangement information list. This selection input request is performed by displaying the arrangement information list on the display processing unit 103, and the user selects and inputs arbitrary arrangement information from the displayed list (step S106). This selection input can be performed by an input operation on the operation unit 105. The browser phone 100 transmits the selected arrangement information to the editing server 200 (step SS10).
7).

The editing server 200 uses the browser phone 10
When the arrangement information is received from 0 (step S108), the arrangement completed information (step S10 above) is based on the received arrangement information.
A combination of the arrangement information selected by the user in 6) is created and transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 100 (step S109).

The browser phone 100 includes the editing server 20.
When the arranged information is received from 0 (step S110),
The browser phone 100 causes the display processing unit 103 to display the content of the received arranged information and requests the user to confirm the content. The user appropriately confirms / corrects the content of the displayed arranged information. The correction can be performed by an input operation on the operation unit 105. Browser phone 10
0 transmits the confirmation / correction result to the editing server 200 as arrangement correction information (step S111).

The editing server 200 uses the browser phone 10
When the arrangement correction information is received from 0 (step S11
2) Modify the previously transmitted arranged music information based on the received arranged music modification information (step S113), and according to the modified arranged music information, previously received main melody information (basic content information storage unit 203). Stored in)
The music composition information is generated by performing the music composition processing, and the generated music information is stored in the edited content information storage unit 204 (step S114). Then, the editing server 200
The storage information (URL) indicating the storage location of the music information is transmitted to the browser phone 100 (step S115).

The browser phone 100 includes the editing server 20.
When the storage information (URL) is received from 0 (step S1
16), the display processing unit 10 receives the stored information (URL)
Display in 3. When the user performs an input operation to execute the access by designating the displayed stored information (URL), the browser phone receives the stored information (UR).
L) to request download of music information (step S117).

Editing server 2 that received the download request
00 transmits the music information stored in the edited content information storage unit 204 to the browser phone 100 (step S118). Browser phone 1 that received the music information
00 stores the received music information in the storage unit 106 (step S119). The user can reproduce the music information stored in the storage unit 106 by the audio processing unit 104 by performing a predetermined input operation on the operation unit 105,
Further, it is possible to set the music processing information stored in the storage unit 106 to be reproduced by the audio processing unit 104 when an incoming call arrives.

By the above procedure, the user can edit the previously acquired ringing melody into one that suits his taste.

In the procedure shown in FIGS. 5 and 6,
The storage destination (upload destination) of the music information for which the editing service has been completed is the editing content information storage unit 204 in the editing server 200, but a storage unit in an external server device (not shown) connected to the communication network 300. It may be stored in. In this case, the editing server 200
Stored information (URL) indicating the storage destination of the music information in the storage unit of the external server device is transmitted to the browser phone 100.

The storage information (URL) in step S115 can be transmitted by mail.
In this case, the email address of the browser phone 100 is registered in advance in the user information storage unit 205 as user information, and the editing server 200 emails the stored information (URL) to the registered email address. The user can access the storage location of the music information by designating and inputting the storage information (URL) described in the received mail on the browser phone 100.

(Embodiment 2) For example, in a browser phone, the format of reproduced data differs depending on the model. Therefore, it is necessary to convert the data format of the edited content information according to the model of the browser phone. In order to perform this data format conversion, the digital content editing system of the present embodiment has a data conversion (conversion) function in which the editing server 200 performs such data format conversion in the system configuration shown in FIG. When the mobile communication terminal 100 sends a request for conversion to another data format designated by the user to the editing server 200, the editing server 200
Then, the data conversion (conversion) function converts the data format of the edited content information into another data format designated by the user in response to the conversion request. In the conversion of the data format by the data conversion function, for example, the data format (MIDI (Mu (Mu
sical Instrument Digital Interface), SMF (Stan
dard MIDI File Format, etc.), the number of chords (16
Conversion of chords, 24 chords, 32 chords, ...) Is performed. Information necessary for data format conversion is stored in the database unit 202 in advance.

According to the editing system of this embodiment, for example, the user changes the model of the mobile communication terminal (model change between mobile communication terminals provided with communication service by the same communication carrier, and different communication carrier). Including model change between mobile communication terminals that are provided with communication services by.)
If the data format of the song information that was created before the model change is not compatible with the new model that was changed, the data format of the song information is converted to the data format that corresponds to the new model that was changed. Will be done. Therefore, the user can freely use the previously created music information data even with the changed new model of mobile communication terminal, and the new music information of the new music information can be used for the new model of mobile communication terminal. No need to create data.

(Third Embodiment) In the first and second embodiments described above, the mobile communication terminal uses, as the editing content information from the editing server, the editing information arbitrarily selected by the user as the main melody information. The main melody information is the information originally transmitted from the mobile communication terminal side to the editing server, although the editing data based on this is added. In the digital content editing system of the present embodiment, in order to reduce the amount of data downloaded by the mobile communication terminal, in the system configuration shown in FIG. 1, the mobile communication terminal 100 manages main melody information and edit data individually. It is configured to be reproducible, and the editing server 200 is configured to upload only the edited data to the web site instead of the music information.

According to the editing system of the present embodiment, the mobile communication terminal 100 downloads only the editing data from the editing server 200, so the time required for the downloading is the same as in the first and second embodiments described above. It is shorter than that in the above case, and as a result, the communication cost can be reduced.

[0069]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since it is possible to acquire the editing content information that matches the model of the mobile communication terminal and that matches the taste of the user, it is possible to provide a higher quality editing service than in the past.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a digital content editing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an editing processing procedure of the digital content editing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a browser phone used in the digital content editing system which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an editing server used in the digital content editing system which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an editing processing procedure of the digital content editing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an editing processing procedure of the digital content editing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system to which a sound data reproducing method of a mobile communication terminal described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-6842 is applied.

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100 mobile communication terminals 101, 401 antenna 102, 402 wireless unit 103 display processing unit 104 voice processing unit 105 Operation part 106 storage 107, 206, 409 Control unit 200 editing server 201 Communication unit 202 Database Department 203 basic content information storage unit 204 edited content information storage unit 205 user information storage unit 300 communication network 403 code decoding processing unit 404 microphone 405 receiver 406 display 407 input section 408 memory section 410 Notification sound reproduction unit 411 Sounder 420a to 420c Main melody data 421 data 422 code data 423 Tempo data 430a to 430c Arrangement parameters 440 delivery server

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Claims (23)

[Claims] 1. A digital content editing system in which a mobile communication terminal used by a user and an editing server providing a predetermined editing service are connected to each other so that they can communicate with each other, wherein the mobile communication terminal is a model of its own terminal. Transmitting predetermined content for identifying the basic content information of the digital content obtained in advance to the editing server, the editing server, a plurality of editing information for performing the predetermined editing service and the mobile communication terminal Preliminarily having table information associated with model information, and based on the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal, edit information corresponding to the model of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from the table information, and the extraction edit is performed. Information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal selects from among the extracted editing information received from the editing server. The selected editing information arbitrarily selected by the user is transmitted to the editing server, the editing server edits the basic content information received from the mobile communication terminal according to the selection editing information received from the mobile communication terminal, A digital content editing system, characterized in that the editing result is provided to the mobile communication terminal. 2. The editing server uploads the editing result to a predetermined website and transmits the address of the predetermined website to the mobile communication terminal, and the mobile communication terminal receives from the edit server. The digital content editing system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined website is accessed based on the address, and the editing result is downloaded. 3. The digital content editing system according to claim 2, wherein the transmission of the address by the editing server is transmission in a predetermined electronic mail format. 4. The digital content editing system according to claim 1, wherein the edited result is edited content information in a predetermined data format including the basic content information. 5. The mobile communication terminal transmits a conversion request to a data format different from the predetermined data format designated by the user to the editing server, and the editing server is configured to transmit the mobile communication terminal. 5. The digital content editing system according to claim 4, wherein when the conversion request is received from the device, the data format of the edited content information is converted into the different data format. 6. The edit result is composed only of edit data based on edit information arbitrarily selected by the user other than the basic content information, and the mobile communication terminal includes the basic content information and the edit data. 3. The digital content editing system according to claim 1, wherein the digital content editing system synthesizes and reproduces. 7. A digital content editing method performed in a system in which a mobile communication terminal used by a user and an editing server providing a predetermined editing service are connected so that they can communicate with each other, wherein the mobile communication terminal comprises: Transmitting predetermined information for identifying the model of the terminal itself and basic content information of digital content obtained in advance to the editing server, the editing server based on the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal Then, the editing information according to the model of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from table information that is prepared in advance and associates a plurality of editing information for performing the predetermined editing service with the model information of the mobile communication terminal. Transmitting the extracted edit information to the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal receiving from the edit server. Transmitting selected edit information arbitrarily selected by the user from the received extracted edit information to the edit server, the mobile communication terminal according to the selected edit information received by the edit server from the mobile communication terminal Editing the basic content information received from the device and providing the edited result to the mobile communication terminal. 8. The editing server uploads the editing result to a predetermined website and transmits the address of the predetermined website to the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal including the editing server. The digital content editing method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of accessing the predetermined website based on the address received from and downloading the editing result. 9. The digital content editing method according to claim 8, wherein the transmission of the address by the editing server is transmission in a predetermined electronic mail format. 10. The digital content editing method according to claim 7, wherein the editing result is edited content information in a predetermined data format including the basic content information. 11. The mobile communication terminal transmits a conversion request to a data format different from the predetermined data format designated by the user, to the editing server, the editing server having the mobile terminal. 11. The digital content editing method according to claim 10, further comprising: converting a data format of the edited content information into the different data format when receiving the conversion request from a communication terminal. 12. The edit result is composed of edit data based on edit information arbitrarily selected by the user other than the basic content information, and the mobile communication terminal stores the basic content information and the edit data. 9. The digital content editing method according to claim 7, further comprising a step of synthesizing and reproducing. 13. A program used in a system in which a mobile communication terminal used by a user and an editing server that provides a predetermined editing service are connected to each other so that they can communicate with each other. Based on the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal, the computer of the mobile communication terminal is caused to perform a process of transmitting predetermined information and basic content information of the digital content obtained in advance to the editing server, and is prepared in advance. Further, the edit information corresponding to the model of the mobile communication terminal is extracted from table information in which a plurality of edit information for performing the predetermined edit service is associated with the model information of the mobile communication terminal, and the extracted edit information is extracted. Is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal by causing the computer of the editing server to execute, and receiving from the editing server. The selection edit information received from the mobile communication terminal is executed by causing the computer of the mobile communication terminal to execute a process of transmitting the selection edit information arbitrarily selected by the user from the received extraction edit information to the edit server. A program that causes the computer of the editing server to execute a process of editing the basic content information received from the mobile communication terminal according to the above and providing the edit result to the mobile communication terminal. 14. A process of uploading the editing result to a predetermined website and transmitting the address of the predetermined website to the mobile communication terminal, which is executed by a computer of the editing server, and received from the editing server. 14. The program according to claim 13, which causes a computer of the mobile communication terminal to execute a process of accessing the predetermined website based on an address and downloading the edited result. 15. The program according to claim 14, wherein transmission of the address by the editing server is transmission in a predetermined electronic mail format. 16. The program according to claim 13, wherein the edited result is edited content information in a predetermined data format including the basic content information. 17. The mobile communication terminal computer is caused to execute a process of transmitting a conversion request to a data format different from the predetermined data format specified by the user to the editing server, 17. The program according to claim 16, wherein when the conversion request is received from the computer, the computer of the editing server executes a process of converting a data format of the edited content information into the different data format. 18. A process in which the edit result is composed of edit data based on edit information arbitrarily selected by the user other than the basic content information, and the basic content information and the edit data are combined and reproduced. 15. The program according to claim 13, which causes a computer of the mobile communication terminal to execute. 19. An editing server connected to a mobile communication terminal used by a user for mutual communication, which transmits predetermined information for identifying a model of the terminal itself and basic content information of digital content obtained in advance. There is a table means that associates a plurality of editing information for performing the predetermined editing service with model information of the mobile communication terminal, and the table means based on the predetermined information received from the mobile communication terminal. From the editing information according to the model of the mobile communication terminal, and editing the basic content information received from the mobile communication terminal according to the editing information arbitrarily selected by the user from the extracted editing information, An edit server having an edit means for providing the edit result to the mobile communication terminal. 20. The editing device according to claim 19, wherein the editing means uploads the editing result to a predetermined website and transmits the address of the predetermined website to the mobile communication terminal. server. 21. The transmission of the address is transmission in a predetermined electronic mail format.
Editing server described in. 22. The editing server according to claim 19, wherein the edited result is edited content information in a predetermined data format including the basic content information. 23. The editing unit converts the data format of the edited content information into a data format specified by the user and different from the predetermined data format. Editing server.