JP2005328191A - Sound information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound information providing system capable of providing sound information to generate sound with high sound quality. <P>SOLUTION: The sound information providing system 1a includes: a reception section 101 for receiving a telephone number of a mobile phone 35 and a telephone number of a mobile phone 30 transmitted from the mobile phone 30; a sound information acquisition section 102 for acquiring sound line sound information and data line sound information to generate a sound with higher sound quality than that of the sound information on the basis of the received telephone numbers; a first transmission section 103 for transmitting the sound line sound information to the mobile phone 30 via the sound line; and a second transmission section 104 for transmitting the data line sound information to the mobile phone 30 via the data line available in parallel with the sound line. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention provides sound information for providing sound information to a communication terminal capable of generating a predetermined sound based on sound information transmitted from a network when making a call to another communication terminal. The provision system.

Calls to other communication terminals from communication terminals (including fixed telephones, mobile devices, facsimile communication devices, etc., the same shall apply hereinafter) capable of generating sound based on information sent via the communication network Depending on the situation of the calling operation, a call tone (dial tone, DT), ringing tone (ringback tone, RBT), busy tone (busy tone, BT), etc. are received by the caller communication terminal. Output from the section. These sounds are output by converting an electric signal sent from the exchange through a communication network into a sound. Therefore, those sounds were predetermined. On the other hand, what is described in the following patent document 1 is known as a technique capable of setting DT, RBT, and BT to an arbitrary sound.
JP 2002-33801 A

  By the way, when transmitting the sound information for generating the sound to the communication terminal, it is common to use a voice line. However, since the amount of data that can be transmitted through the voice line is not so large, it has not been possible to transmit sound information that can generate high quality sound.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a sound information providing system capable of providing sound information for generating high-quality sound.

  The sound information providing system of the present invention provides the sound information to a communication terminal capable of generating a predetermined sound based on sound information transmitted from a network when calling to another communication terminal. A sound information providing system for providing (1) second terminal specifying information for specifying a called second communication terminal transmitted from a calling first communication terminal, and second information Receiving means for receiving first terminal specifying information for specifying one communication terminal; and (2) generating sound of the first sound quality based on the received first terminal specifying information and second terminal specifying information. First sound information for generating sound information, second sound information for generating sound information corresponding to the first sound information and having a second sound quality higher than the first sound quality, And (3) first sound information to the first communication terminal. First transmission means for transmitting via a voice line; and (4) directing the second sound information to the first communication terminal via a data line that can be used in parallel with the voice line. Second transmitting means for transmitting.

  According to the sound information providing system of the present invention, since the second sound information is transmitted in parallel with the first sound information, information for generating a higher sound quality can be provided to the first communication terminal. .

  In the sound information providing system of the present invention, (5) a first receiving means for receiving the first sound information transmitted by the first transmitting means, and (6) a second sound transmitted by the second transmitting means. A second receiving means for receiving information and storing it in the received information storage means; and (7) at least one of the first sound information received by the first receiving means and the second sound information stored in the received information storage means. It is also preferable to include sound information generating means for generating sound information for reproduction based on (8), and sound generating means for generating sound based on the generated sound information for reproduction.

  According to this preferable aspect of the present invention, since the sound information for reproduction is generated based on at least one of the first sound information and the second sound information, the sound for reproduction for generating high-quality sound is generated. Information can be generated.

  In the sound information providing system of the present invention, the sound information generating means generates sound information for reproduction by giving priority to the second sound information when the first sound information and the second sound information exist. It is also preferable to do.

  According to this preferred aspect of the present invention, the sound information for reproduction is generated with priority given to the second sound information, so that a high-quality sound is generated with respect to the portion where the second sound information can be received. Sound information for playback can be generated.

  In the sound information providing system according to the present invention, it is also preferable that the sound information generating unit generates sound information for reproduction by superimposing the first sound information and the second sound information.

  According to this preferable aspect of the present invention, since the second sound information is superimposed on the first sound information, the portion for receiving the second sound information is used for reproduction to generate a high-quality sound. Sound information can be generated.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide sound information for generating high-quality sound.

  The knowledge of the present invention can be easily understood by considering the following detailed description with reference to the accompanying drawings shown for illustration only. Subsequently, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Where possible, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a sound information providing system 1a according to this embodiment. The sound information providing system 1a includes a sound information providing apparatus 10, a mobile phone 30 (first communication terminal), and a mobile phone 35 (second communication terminal). The sound information providing apparatus 10 is configured to be able to transmit sound information to the mobile phone 30 and the mobile phone 35 via the mobile communication network 20. The mobile communication network 20 is configured so that a voice line and a data communication line can be used.

  The cellular phone 30 and the cellular phone 35 are cellular phones used by users who use the sound information providing system 10, and are configured to be capable of voice calls and data communications. In the present embodiment, an example in which a call is made from the mobile phone 30 to the mobile phone 35 will be described.

  Subsequently, the sound information providing apparatus 10 will be described. The sound information providing apparatus 10 is physically a computer system (or a CPU) (or a central processing unit), a memory, an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard, a display device such as a display, a storage device such as a hard disk, a communication device such as a modem, or the like. A collection of computer systems).

  The sound information providing apparatus 10 includes, as functional components, a reception unit 101 (reception unit), a sound information acquisition unit 102 (sound information acquisition unit), a first transmission unit 103 (first transmission unit), 2 transmission part 104 (2nd transmission means) and the sound information storage part 110 are provided. Subsequently, each component will be described in detail.

  The receiving unit 101 transmits a telephone number (second terminal identification information) for identifying the called cellular phone 35 and a telephone number (for identifying the cellular phone 30) transmitted from the calling cellular phone 30 (second terminal identification information). The first terminal specifying information) is received. The receiving unit 101 outputs the received telephone number of the mobile phone 30 and the telephone number of the mobile phone 35 to the sound information acquisition unit 102.

  The sound information acquisition unit 102 generates sound of the normal sound quality (first sound quality) based on the phone number of the mobile phone 30 and the phone number of the mobile phone 35 received by the receiving unit 101. (First sound information) and sound for data line for generating sound of high quality sound quality (second sound quality) that is sound information corresponding to sound information for sound line and higher than normal sound quality Information (second sound information). More specifically, the sound information acquisition unit 102 selects the sound information stored in the sound information storage unit 110 on the basis of the telephone number output from the reception unit 101 to select the first transmission unit 103 and the second transmission. Output to the unit 104.

  Here, the information stored in the sound information storage unit 110 will be described. 2, 3 </ b> A, and 3 </ b> B are diagrams illustrating examples of information stored in the sound information storage unit 110. According to the example shown in FIG. 2, the sound information storage unit 110 includes “recipient number (second terminal identification information)”, “caller number (first terminal identification information)”, “designated time”, , “Designated day of the week” and “sound source ID” are stored in association with each other. “Callee number” is used to specify “designated time”, “designated day of the week”, and “sound source ID” corresponding to this “callee number” when a call is made to the corresponding telephone number. This is key information. The “caller number” is information used as a key for specifying other information corresponding to the “caller number” when a call is made from the mobile phone having the corresponding telephone number. “Designated time” and “designated day of the week” are restriction information that is subject to the condition if this information is designated. The “sound source ID” is information that specifies sound information provided to the mobile phone 30.

  Information as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B is also stored in the sound information storage unit 110. FIG. 3A shows an area where music-related sound information is stored, and FIG. 3B shows an area where advertisement-related sound information is stored. According to the example shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the sound information storage unit 110 includes “sound source ID”, “sound information for voice line”, and “sound information for data line”. Stored in association.

  The sound information storage unit 102 first identifies a “sound source ID” from the stored information shown in FIG. 2, and uses the specified sound source ID to determine from the stored information shown in FIGS. 3 (A) and 3 (B). “Sound information for voice line” and “sound information for data line” are specified. In FIG. 2, “090-XXXX-YYYY” stored as the caller number is the telephone number of the mobile phone 30. Therefore, a user who uses the mobile phone 30 makes a call to “090-XXXX-XXXX” (mobile phone 35) stored as the called party number between “12:00 to 18:00” on “Saturday”. Then, the sound source ID of “advertisement 01” is specified, and the sound information for voice line “ad011.wav” and the sound information for data line “ad012.wav” are specified.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the sound information acquisition unit 102 outputs the acquired voice line sound information to the first transmission unit 103 and the data line sound information to the second transmission unit 104 together with the telephone number.

  The first transmission unit 103 is a part that transmits the sound line sound information output from the sound information acquisition unit 102 to the mobile phone 30 via the sound line. More specifically, when “ad011.wav” is output as the voice line sound information and “090-XXXX-YYYY” is output as the telephone number, the first transmitter 103 transmits the voice of “ad011.wav”. The line sound information is transmitted to the mobile communication network 20 together with the telephone number “090-XXXX-YYYY”, and the sound line sound information “ad011.wav” is transmitted via the voice line of the mobile communication network 20 to “ It is transmitted to the mobile phone 30 specified by the telephone number “090-XXXX-YYYY”. In the mobile communication network 20, the voice line sound information “ad011.wav” is continuously sent until the mobile phone 30 establishes a call connection with the mobile phone 35, and when the call connection is established, the transmission is stopped.

  The second transmission unit 104 is a part that transmits the data line sound information output from the sound information acquisition unit 102 to the mobile phone 30 via the data line. This data line is an example of a line that can be used in parallel with a voice line. The operation of the second transmission unit 104 will be described more specifically. When “ad012.wav” is output as the data line sound information and “090-XXXX-YYYY” is output as the telephone number, the second transmission unit 104 outputs the data line sound information of “ad012.wav”. The data line sound information “ad012.wav” is transmitted to the mobile communication network 20 together with the telephone number “090-XXXX-YYYY” and “090-XXXX” is transmitted by packet communication via the data line of the mobile communication network 20. -YYYY "is transmitted to the mobile phone 30 specified by the telephone number.

  Subsequently, the mobile phone 30 will be described. The cellular phone 30 physically includes functional components such as a CPU, a RAM, a frequency conversion chip, a power amplifier, a flash memory, an analog / digital conversion chip, a microphone, a speaker, a liquid crystal display, and a numeric keypad.

  The cellular phone 30 includes, as functional components, a first receiving unit 301 (first receiving unit), a second receiving unit 302 (second receiving unit), a sound information generating unit 303 (sound information generating unit), , A sound generation unit 304 (sound generation unit) and a reception information storage unit 310 (reception information storage unit). Subsequently, each component will be described in detail.

  The first receiving unit 301 is a part that receives the voice line sound information transmitted by the first transmitting unit 103 of the sound information providing apparatus 10. The first receiving unit 301 outputs the received voice line sound information to the sound information generating unit 303.

  The second receiving unit 302 is a part that receives the data line sound information transmitted by the second transmitting unit 104 of the sound information providing apparatus 10. The second reception unit 302 sequentially stores the received data line sound information in the reception information storage unit 310.

  The sound information generation unit 303 generates sound information for reproduction based on at least one of the sound line sound information received by the first reception unit 301 and the data line sound information stored in the reception information storage unit 310. Part. The sound information generation unit 303 outputs the generated sound information for reproduction to the sound generation unit 304.

  The operation of the sound information generation unit 303 will be described more specifically. When there is voice line sound information and data line sound information, the sound information generation unit 303 prioritizes the data line sound information and generates sound information for reproduction. FIG. 4 shows an example of reproduction sound information generated by the sound information generation unit 303 under such conditions. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the voice line sound information and the data line sound information are composed of five data sections. The voice line sound information received and output by the first receiving unit 301 is composed of data blocks “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, and “e”. The data line sound information corresponding to the voice line sound information is “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, and “E”, but this data line sound information is completely stored in the reception information storage unit 310. It is the time zone of T4. Accordingly, since only a part of the data line sound information is stored in the reception information storage unit 310 in the time period T1 to T3, the sound information generation unit 303 performs “a” and “b” based on the sound line sound information. “C”, “d”, and “e” are generated as sound information for reproduction. In addition, since all the data line sound information is stored in the reception information storage unit 310 in the time period from T4 to T5, the sound information generation unit 303 performs "A", "B", "" based on the data line sound information. “C”, “D”, and “E” are generated as sound information for reproduction.

  Another operation of the sound information generation unit 303 will be described. The sound information generation unit 303 generates sound information for reproduction by superimposing the sound information for voice line and the sound information for data line. FIG. 5 shows an example of reproduction sound information generated by the sound information generation unit 303 under such conditions. Also in the example shown in FIG. 5, the voice line sound information and the data line sound information are composed of five data sections. The voice line sound information received and output by the first receiving unit 301 is composed of data blocks “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, and “e”. The data line sound information corresponding to the sound line sound information is “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”, and “E”. The sound information generating unit 303 generates sound information for reproduction by superimposing the received data line sound information and sound line sound information in each time period from T1 to T5. For example, since “B” and “C” are stored as the sound information for the data line in the time period of T2, the sound information generation unit 303 sets the corresponding sound information for the sound line “b” and “c”. By superimposing, the sound information of this section is set to “Bb” “Cc”, and the sound information for reproduction is generated as “a” “Bb” “Cc” “d” “e” as a whole.

  The sound generator 304 is a part that generates sound based on the sound information for reproduction generated by the sound information generator 303.

  The effect of this embodiment is demonstrated. Since the sound information providing device 10 transmits the sound information for the data line in parallel with the sound information for the sound line, the information for generating a higher quality sound can be provided to the calling side mobile phone 30. If both the voice line sound information and the data line sound information exist, if the sound information generation unit 303 prioritizes the data line sound information and generates the sound information for reproduction, the sound for reproduction can be easily obtained. Information can be generated. Also, when both voice line sound information and data line sound information exist, the sound information generation unit 303 generates sound information for reproduction by superimposing the voice line sound information and the data line sound information. Thus, sound information for reproduction can be generated more accurately.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the sound information provision system which is this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in the sound information storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the information stored in the sound information storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the sound information which the sound information generation part of FIG. 1 produces | generates. It is a figure which shows the example of the sound information which the sound information generation part of FIG. 1 produces | generates.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a ... Sound information provision system, 10 ... Sound information provision apparatus, 20 ... Mobile communication network, 30 ... Mobile phone, 35 ... Mobile phone, 101 ... Reception part, 102 ... Sound information acquisition part, 103 ... 1st transmission part, 104 ... second transmission unit, 110 ... sound information storage unit, 301 ... first reception unit, 302 ... second reception unit, 303 ... sound information generation unit, 304 ... sound generation unit, 310 ... reception information storage unit.

Claims (4)

A sound information providing system for providing sound information to a communication terminal capable of generating a predetermined sound based on sound information transmitted from a network when making a call to another communication terminal There,
Second terminal specifying information for specifying the called second communication terminal and first terminal specifying information for specifying the first communication terminal transmitted from the calling first communication terminal Receiving means for receiving
First sound information for generating a sound of the first sound quality based on the received first terminal specifying information and second terminal specifying information, and sound information corresponding to the first sound information, Sound information acquisition means for acquiring second sound information for generating a sound having a second sound quality that is higher than the first sound quality;
First transmission means for transmitting the first sound information to the first communication terminal via a voice line;
Second transmission means for transmitting the second sound information to the first communication terminal via a data line that can be used in parallel with the voice line;
Sound information providing system comprising First receiving means for receiving first sound information transmitted by the first transmitting means;
Second receiving means for receiving the second sound information transmitted by the second transmitting means and storing it in the received information storage means;
Sound information generating means for generating sound information for reproduction based on at least one of the first sound information received by the first receiving means and the second sound information stored in the received information storage means;
Sound generating means for generating sound based on the generated sound information for reproduction;
The sound information providing system according to claim 1. The sound information generation means generates sound information for reproduction by giving priority to the second sound information when the first sound information and the second sound information exist. Sound information providing system described in 1. The sound information providing system according to claim 2, wherein the sound information generating unit generates the sound information for reproduction by superimposing the first sound information and the second sound information.

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