JP2014032520A - Management device, terminal device, program, music information management method, and control method of terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To encourage a user of each terminal device who posts messages to use a content without inappropriately increasing a load on the user.SOLUTION: A terminal device 16 transmits a posted message M which is set according to an instruction from a user to a management device 10. An acquisition unit 51 of the management device 10 acquires the posted message M from the terminal device 16. An extraction unit 52 extracts a word W from the posted message M acquired by the acquisition unit 51, and an information identification unit 53 refers to related information R relating each word W and each piece of music information Q to identify the music information Q related to the word W extracted by the extraction unit 52. An information transmission unit 54 transmits the music information Q identified by the information identification unit 53 to the terminal device 16. The terminal device 16 transmits posted information C including the music information Q identified by the management device 10 and the posted message M to a posting management device 14.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for providing information related to content such as music.

  Techniques for distributing various contents such as music and moving images to terminal devices have been proposed. For example, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 disclose techniques for distributing music data of a user's desired music to a terminal device.

JP 2005-310065 A JP 2004-053755 A

  By the way, a posting service that allows users of other terminal devices to browse messages posted from each terminal device is provided as an SNS (Social Networking Service). If each user includes information related to the desired content (for example, the name of a song or the name of a singer) in a message and posts it from each terminal device, a number of users can view the message by browsing the message. Use is promoted. However, since it is not realistic to require each user to include information related to the content in the message, it is actually difficult to apply the posting service to the promotion of content usage. In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to promote the use of content without excessively increasing the burden on the user of each terminal device.

  Means employed by the present invention to solve the above problems will be described below. In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference numerals in the drawings will be appended in parentheses for convenience in the following, but the present invention is not intended to be limited to the illustrated forms.

  The management device (10) according to the present invention is a terminal device that sets the message (M) in the posting information (C) acquired and provided to be viewable by the posting management device (14) in accordance with an instruction from the user. (16) is a management device (10) that communicates with the music information (Q) corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) set by the terminal device (16). The information specifying part (53) specified as information included in the posting information (C) from 16) is provided.

  In a preferred aspect of the management device (10) according to the present invention, the information specifying unit (53) refers to related information (R) that associates each word (W) with each piece of music information (Q), The music information (Q) corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) is specified. In a further preferred aspect, the information specifying unit (53), when a plurality of pieces of music information (Q) are specified from the related information (R), any piece of music information from the plurality of pieces of music information (Q). Select (Q).

  The management device (10) according to the present invention includes an acquisition unit (51) that acquires, from the terminal device (16), a message (M) that is set according to an instruction from the user to the terminal device (16). An extraction unit (52) for extracting a word (W) from the message (M) acquired by the acquisition unit (51), and the information specifying unit (53) is configured to extract the word extracted by the extraction unit (52). The music information (Q) corresponding to (W) is specified. In the configuration in which the extraction unit (37) for extracting the word (W) from the message (M) is installed in the terminal device (16), the management device (10) transmits the message (M ) Includes an acquisition unit (51) that acquires the word (W) extracted from the terminal device (16), and the information specifying unit (53) includes the word (W) acquired by the acquisition unit (51). The music information (Q) corresponding to is specified.

  The management apparatus (10) which concerns on the suitable aspect of this invention comprises the information transmission part (54) which transmits the music information (Q) which the said information specific part (53) specified to the said terminal device (16). In a further preferred aspect, when the information specifying unit (53) requests the terminal device (16) to change the first music information (Q1) transmitted by the information transmitting unit (54), the information specifying unit (53) The second music information (Q2) different from the music information (Q1) is specified, and the information transmission unit (54) transmits the second music information (Q2) to the terminal device (16). In the configuration in which the music information (Q) is transmitted from the management device (10) to the terminal device (16) as in the above aspect, the posting information (C) including the music information (Q) is sent to the terminal device (16). Is preferably transmitted from the management device (10) to the terminal device (16) without transmitting the music information (Q) from the management device (10) to the terminal device (16). A configuration in which post information (C) including the above is transmitted from the information transmission unit (54) of the management device (10) to the post management device (14) is also included in the scope of the present invention.

  The terminal device (16) according to the present invention communicates with each of a posting management device (14) that obtains posting information (C) and provides the browsing information and a management device (10) that provides music information (Q). A setting unit (31) for setting a message (M) according to an instruction from a user, and a word (W) in the message (M) set by the setting unit (31) ) Corresponding to the music information (Q) from the management device (10), the message (M) set by the setting unit (31), and the information acquisition unit (32). A transmission unit (33) that includes the posted music information (Q) in the posted information (C) and transmits the information to the posted management device (14).

  In a preferred aspect of the terminal device according to the present invention, the transmission unit (33) changes the first music information (Q1) acquired by the information acquisition unit (32) according to an instruction from a user. Requesting the device (10), the information acquisition unit (32) acquires the second music information (Q2) different from the first music information (Q1) from the management device (10).

  In a preferred aspect of the terminal device (16) according to the present invention, the information acquisition unit (32) includes a plurality of pieces of music information corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) set by the setting unit (31). When (Q) is acquired from the management device (10), one of the plurality of pieces of music information (Q) is selected according to an instruction from the user. In a further preferred aspect, the information acquisition unit (32) is different from the first music information (Q1) when a change of the selected first music information (Q1) is instructed by the user. 2 Select music information (Q2).

  In a preferred aspect of the terminal device (16) according to the present invention, the information acquisition unit (32) includes a plurality of pieces of music information corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) set by the setting unit (31). When (Q) is acquired from the management device (10), one of the plurality of pieces of music information (Q) is selected by a predetermined method. For example, the information acquisition unit (32) randomly selects one of the plurality of pieces of music information (Q). In a further preferred aspect, the information acquisition unit (32) is different from the first music information (Q1) when a change of the selected first music information (Q1) is instructed by the user. 2 Select music information (Q2).

  In a preferred aspect of the terminal device (16) according to the present invention, the transmission unit (33) is configured such that the number of characters of the message (M) or the total number of characters of the message (M) and the music information (Q) (NC ) Exceeds a predetermined value (N), post information (C) including the message (M) and post information (C) including the music information (Q) are sequentially sent to the post management device (14). Send.

  The terminal device (16) according to a preferred aspect of the present invention includes a playback unit (35) that plays back music and post information (C) that corresponds to the music information (Q) of the music that the playback unit (35) plays back. A post acquisition unit (34) that acquires the post information from the post management device (14), and a display control unit (36) that causes the display device (24) to display post information (C) acquired by the post acquisition unit (34). It comprises.

  The present invention is also specified as a program for causing a computer to function as the management apparatus (10) according to each aspect described above. The program (PS) according to the present invention is a terminal device that sets a message (M) in post information (C) acquired and provided to be viewable by a post management device (14) in accordance with an instruction from a user ( 16) The music information (Q) corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) set by the terminal device (16) is sent to the computer communicating with the terminal device (16) from the post information ( The information specifying process (S3) specified as information included in C) is executed.

  Moreover, this invention is specified also as a program for functioning a computer as the terminal device (16) which concerns on each above-mentioned aspect. The program (PT) according to the present invention communicates with each of a posting management device (14) that obtains posting information (C) and provides the browsing information and a management device (10) that provides music information (Q). A setting process (T2) for setting a message (M) in accordance with an instruction from the user on the computer, and music information corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) set in the setting process (T2) ( Q) from the management device (10), the information acquisition process (T4), the message (M) set in the setting process (T2), and the music information (Q) acquired in the information acquisition process (T4) Is included in the posting information (C) and is transmitted to the posting management device (14).

  The program according to each aspect described above is provided in a form stored in a computer-readable recording medium and installed in the computer, and is provided in a form distributed via a communication network (18) and installed in the computer. Is done.

  The present invention is also specified as a music information (Q) management method. The music information management method according to the present invention is a terminal device that sets a message (M) in post information (C) acquired and provided for browsing by a post management device (14) in accordance with an instruction from a user ( 16), the management device (10) communicating with the music information (Q) corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) set by the terminal device (16) is transmitted from the terminal device (16). To be included in the post information (C).

  The present invention is also specified as a method for controlling the terminal device (16). The control method of the terminal device (16) according to the present invention includes a posting management device (14) that acquires posting information (C) and provides the browsing information and a management device (10) that provides music information (Q). A terminal device (16) communicating with each sets a message (M) in accordance with an instruction from a user, and stores music information (Q) corresponding to the word (W) in the set message (M). Acquired from the management device (10), the set message (M) and the acquired music information (Q) are included in the post information (C) and transmitted to the post management device (14).

  Moreover, the management apparatus (10) which concerns on another aspect of this invention receives the message (M) in the posting information (C) which the posting management apparatus (14) acquires and provides for browsing as an instruction from the user. Content information (Q) corresponding to the word (W) in the message (M) set by the terminal device (16), which is a management device (10) communicating with the terminal device (16) set accordingly. Is specified as information included in the posted information (C) from the terminal device (16).

  Moreover, the terminal device (16) which concerns on another aspect of this invention acquires the posting information (C), and provides the posting management apparatus (14) which can be browsed, and the management apparatus (10) which provides content information (Q) ) And a setting unit (31) for setting a message (M) according to an instruction from a user, and a message (M) set by the setting unit (31) ) In the information acquisition unit (32) that acquires the content information (Q) corresponding to the word (W) in the parenthesis from the management device (10), the message (M) set by the setting unit (31), and the information acquisition A transmission unit (33) that includes the piece information (Q) acquired by the unit (32) in the post information (C) and transmits the post information to the post management device (14).

1 is a block diagram of a communication system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram of a terminal device. It is a block diagram of a management device. It is a schematic diagram of related information. It is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of a terminal device and a management apparatus. It is a schematic diagram of a posting screen. It is a schematic diagram of a confirmation screen. It is a schematic diagram of a browsing screen. It is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of the terminal device in 3rd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of operation | movement of 4th Embodiment. It is a block diagram of the terminal device and management device in a modification.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. A communication system 100 according to the first embodiment includes a management device 10, a distribution device 12, a post management device 14, and a plurality of terminal devices 16. Each terminal device 16 is a communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, and communicates with each of the management device 10, the distribution device 12, and the post management device 14 via a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network or the Internet) 18. To do.

  The distribution device 12 is a server device (for example, a web server) that transmits the music data D requested from each terminal device 16 to the requesting terminal device 16. The music data D is a file for reproducing the sound of various songs such as a song. Although the format of the music data D is arbitrary, for example, a file in MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3) format or AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format is suitable as the music data D. Note that a configuration in which the function of the distribution device 12 is mounted on the management device 10 or a configuration in which the distribution device 12 is distributed to a plurality of devices (virtual one server device) may be employed.

  The posting management device 14 is a server device (for example, a web server for providing SNS) that provides a posting service to each terminal device 16. The posting service is a service in which a user of each terminal device 16 posts a message and another user views the message. Specifically, the posting management device 14 receives the posting information C transmitted from each terminal device 16 and stores it in a storage device (not shown) together with the posting time, and responds to a request from each terminal device 16. Post information C is retrieved from the storage device and provided to the requesting terminal device 16 so that it can be viewed. Note that a configuration in which the function of the posting management device 14 is mounted on the management device 10 or a configuration in which the posting management device 14 is distributed to a plurality of devices (virtual one server device) may be employed.

  An outline of operations performed by the terminal device 16 and the management device 10 in relation to the posting information C managed by the posting management device 14 will be described below. The terminal device 16 transmits the posted message M set according to the instruction from the user to the management device 10 (S1). The posted message M includes any one or more words. The management device 10 specifies music information (hereinafter referred to as “music information”) Q related to the word in the posted message M received from the terminal device 16 and transmits it to the terminal device 16 (S2). The terminal device 16 transmits post information C including the music information Q received from the management device 10 and the post message M set in accordance with an instruction from the user to the post management device 14 (S3). Therefore, the posting information C obtained by adding the music information Q related to the posting message M to the posting message M is stored in the posting management device 14 and is viewed by the user of each terminal device 16.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of each terminal device 16. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 16 includes a control device 21, a storage device 22, a communication device 23, a display device 24, an input device 25, and a sound emitting device 26. The control device 21 is an arithmetic processing device that comprehensively controls each element of the terminal device 16. The storage device 22 stores a program PT executed by the control device 21 and various data used by the control device 21. For example, the storage device 22 stores the music data D distributed from the distribution device 12. The communication device 23 communicates with each of the management device 10, the distribution device 12, and the posting management device 14 via the communication network 18. The communication between the terminal device 16 and the communication network 18 is typically wireless communication. However, for example, when a stationary personal computer or the like is used as the terminal device 16, the terminal device 16 and the communication network 18 Can also be wired.

  The display device 24 (for example, a liquid crystal display panel) displays various images under the control of the control device 21. The input device 25 is a device for a user to input an instruction to the terminal device 16 and includes, for example, a plurality of operators operated by the user. Note that a touch panel integrated with the display device 24 and a microphone for inputting an instruction to the terminal device 16 by voice can be used as the input device 25. The sound emitting device 26 (speaker or earphone output) reproduces or outputs the sound instructed from the control device 21.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control device 21 of the terminal device 16 executes a program PT stored in the storage device 22, thereby generating a plurality of functions (setting unit 31, information for posting information C) and posting. An acquisition unit 32, a transmission unit 33, a post acquisition unit 34, a reproduction unit 35, and a display control unit 36) are realized. The program PT is application software (music player) for reproducing the music data D, and is downloaded to the terminal device 16 in advance as native software and stored in the storage device 22.

  The setting unit 31 sets the posted message M in accordance with an instruction from the user to the input device 25. The information acquisition unit 32 acquires the music information Q specified by the management device 10 according to the posted message M set by the setting unit 31 from the management device 10 via the communication device 23. The transmission unit 33 transmits the posted message M set by the setting unit 31 from the communication device 23 to the management device 10 (step S1 in FIG. 1), and the posted message M set by the setting unit 31 and the information acquisition unit 32 acquire it. Post information C including the music information Q is transmitted from the communication device 23 to the post management device 14 (step S3 in FIG. 1).

  2 reproduces from the sound emitting device 26 the sound of the music indicated by the music data D selected by the user through the operation on the input device 25 among the plurality of music data D stored in the storage device 22. The post acquisition unit 34 acquires post information C according to an instruction from the user to the input device 25 from the post management device 14. The display control unit 36 causes the display device 24 to display various images presented to the user. For example, the display control unit 36 obtains an image (post screen GA and confirmation screen GB described later) for the user to edit or confirm the content of the post when the post information C is generated, and the post acquisition unit 34 acquires from the post management device 14. An image (viewing screen GC described later) for the user to browse the posted information C is displayed on the display device 24.

  The management device 10 in FIG. 1 is a server device (application server) that specifies music information Q corresponding to the posted message M set in the terminal device 16 and provides the music information Q to the terminal device 16. A configuration in which the management device 10 is distributed among a plurality of devices (virtual one server device) may also be employed. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the management apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. 3, the management device 10 includes a control device 41, a storage device 42, and a communication device 43. The control device 41 is an arithmetic processing device that controls the management device 10 in an integrated manner. The communication device 43 communicates with each terminal device 16 via the communication network 18.

  The storage device 42 stores a program PS executed by the control device 41 and various data used by the control device 41. For example, a known recording medium such as a semiconductor recording medium or a magnetic recording medium or a combination of a plurality of types of recording media may be employed as the storage device 42. A configuration in which the storage device 42 is installed in an external device (for example, a server device) separate from the management device 10 and the management device 10 acquires information in the storage device 42 from the external device via the communication network 18 is also adopted. obtain. That is, the storage device 42 is not an essential requirement of the management device 10. Further, for example, the storage device 42 (virtual one storage device) can be configured by a plurality of storage circuits independent from each other (for example, a plurality of server devices installed at geographically different positions). .

  The storage device 42 according to the first embodiment stores related information R for specifying the music information Q from the posted message M set by the terminal device 16. As shown in FIG. 4, the related information R is a data table that associates each word W that can be included in the posted message M with the music information Q of each music. Music information Q of music that is ideally matched or related to each word W (for example, music that many users associate from each word W) is associated with the word W in the related information R. One piece of music is associated with one or more words W. For example, the word W such as “coast”, “beach”, and “sea” is associated with the music information Q of the song “coast story”, and the word W such as “I want to meet” or “I miss you” Is associated with the music information Q of the music. One word W may be associated with a plurality of pieces of music information Q in an overlapping manner.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the music information Q includes attribute information QA and distribution information QB. The attribute information QA is information that specifies the attribute of the music, and includes, for example, a music name and a singer name (artist name). For example, attributes such as a genre of music and a release date can be included in the attribute information QA. The distribution information QB is information for identifying the location of the music data D of the music, and specifically, the location of the distribution device 12 that distributes the music data D in the communication system 100 and the music data in the distribution device 12. Specify where D is. For example, the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the site for purchasing the music data D is set in the related information R as the distribution information QB.

  The control device 41 in FIG. 3 executes a program PS stored in the storage device 42 to thereby manage a plurality of functions (acquisition unit 51, extraction unit 52, information identification unit 53, information transmission) for managing the music information Q. Part 54). It is possible to distribute the functions of the control device 41 to a plurality of devices.

  The acquisition unit 51 acquires the posted message M set in accordance with an instruction from the user with respect to the terminal device 16 from the terminal device 16 via the communication device 43. The extraction unit 52 extracts one or more words W from the posted message M acquired by the acquisition unit 51. For the extraction of the word W by the extraction unit 52, a known natural language process such as morphological analysis is arbitrarily employed.

  The information specifying unit 53 specifies one piece of music information Q corresponding to the word W extracted by the extracting unit 52 by referring to the related information R stored in the storage device 42. When a plurality of words W are extracted from one post message M or when a plurality of pieces of music information Q are associated with one word W in the related information R, the extraction unit 52 extracts them. A plurality of pieces of music information Q can be specified from the performed word W. When a plurality of pieces of music information Q are specified from the word W in the posted message M, the information specifying unit 53 selects one piece of music information Q from the plurality of pieces of music information Q. For example, a configuration in which one piece of music information Q is randomly selected from a plurality of pieces of music information Q, or one piece of piece of music information Q (for example, piece of music information of the latest release date) from a plurality of pieces of piece of music information Q under a predetermined condition. A configuration in which Q or the music information Q) of the music having the maximum number of distributions at the present time is selected is preferable.

  The information transmitting unit 54 transmits the music information Q specified by the information specifying unit 53 from the communication device 43 to the terminal device 16 that is the transmission source of the posted message M (step S2 in FIG. 1). As described above, the music information Q transmitted from the information transmitting unit 54 to the terminal device 16 is included in the posted information C together with the posted message M and transmitted to the posted management device 14.

<Operation when posting>
Assuming a situation where an arbitrary user (hereinafter referred to as “poster”) UA edits and posts post information C, the terminal device 16 and the management device 10 of the post user UA execute in relation to the post information C A typical operation (FIG. 5) will be described below. Each process from step T1 to step T9 is executed by the control device 21 of the terminal device 16 executing the program PT in the storage device 22, and the control device 41 of the management device 10 executes the program PS in the storage device 42. Thus, each process from step S1 to step S5 is executed.

  When the posting start of generation of the posting information C is instructed by the contributor UA by an operation on the input device 25, the display control unit 36 of the terminal device 16 displays the posting screen GA of FIG. 6 on the display device 24 (T1). On the other hand, the setting unit 31 sets a posted message M in response to an instruction from the poster UA to the input device 25 (T2). In the posting screen GA, as shown in FIG. 6, a posting message M set by the setting unit 31, an operator 61 (with music) and an operator 62 ( Post) and are arranged. When the poster UA operates the operation element 61 after inputting the posted message M, the transmitting unit 33 transmits the posted message M set by the setting unit 31 from the communication device 23 to the management device 10 (T3). Note that only part of the posted message M can be transmitted from the communication device 23 to the management device 10.

  The acquisition unit 51 of the management device 10 acquires the posted message M transmitted from the terminal device 16 (S1). The extraction unit 52 extracts the word W from the posted message M acquired by the acquisition unit 51 (S2). The information specifying unit 53 specifies the music information Q associated with the word W extracted by the extracting unit 52 by referring to the related information R stored in the storage device 42 (S3). Then, the information transmitting unit 54 transmits the music information Q specified by the information specifying unit 53 to the terminal device 16 that is the transmission source of the posted message M (S4).

  The information acquisition unit 32 of the terminal device 16 acquires the music information Q transmitted from the management device 10 and received by the communication device 23 (T4). When the information acquisition unit 32 acquires the music information Q, the display control unit 36 displays the confirmation screen GB of FIG. 7 on the display device 24 (T5). As shown in FIG. 7, the confirmation screen GB includes a confirmation area GB1 and an operation area GB2. The confirmation area GB1 is an image for the poster UA to confirm the posted content before posting, the posted message M set by the setting unit 31 in step T2, and the music information Q acquired by the information acquiring unit 32 in step T4. Attribute information QA (music name and singer name) is arranged. The contributor UA confirms the confirmation area GB1, thereby confirming the suitability of the posted message M input by the user (necessity of correction) and the suitability of the music specified by the management device 10 (to other users by own posting). It is possible to determine whether or not the music to be presented is appropriate. In addition, when the number of characters of the music name and singer name of the attribute information QA exceeds a predetermined value (for example, 10 characters), it is possible to omit the display of the excess characters.

  An operation area GB2 in FIG. 7 is an area that receives an operation from the poster UA, and includes an operation element 63, an operation element 64, and an operation element 65. As a result of confirming the confirmation area GB1, the contributor UA who determines that the post message M needs to be corrected operates the operator 63 (re-editing). When the poster UA operates the operation element 63 (T6: YES), the process proceeds to step T1, the posting screen GA of FIG. 6 is displayed, and the setting unit 31 shifts to a state of accepting correction of the posted message M ( T1, T2). Then, the music information Q is specified and transmitted for the post message M after correction.

  Further, as a result of confirming the confirmation area GB1, the contributor UA who has determined that the music information Q needs to be changed (for example, the contributor UA who has determined that the music is not his / her favorite music) is the operator 64 ( Operate (Change Song). When the contributor UA operates the operation element 64 (T7: YES), the transmission unit 33 transmits a music change request to the management apparatus 10, so that the management apparatus 10 transmits the music to the terminal apparatus 16 in the immediately preceding step S4. The management device 10 is requested to change the information Q (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as “music information Q1” in particular) (T8).

  When the communication device 43 of the management device 10 receives the music change request from the terminal device 16, the information specifying unit 53 may describe the music information Q that is different from the music information Q1 (hereinafter, particularly “music information Q2”). ) Is identified from the related information R (S5). That is, the information specifying unit 53 selects the music information Q2 other than the music information Q1 that has been transmitted to the terminal device 16 among the plurality of music information Q corresponding to the word W in the posted message M acquired by the acquisition unit 51 in step S1. Identify. That is, different music information Q is sequentially specified for each music change request from the terminal device 16. The information transmitting unit 54 transmits the music information Q2 specified by the information specifying unit 53 in step S5 to the terminal device 16 of the poster UA (S4).

  For example, when only one piece of music information Q is specified from the word W in the posted message M, the music information Q2 different from the music information Q1 cannot be specified. As described above, when the music information Q cannot be changed (when only the music information Q for one music can be specified), a configuration in which the information transmission unit 54 notifies the terminal device 16 to that effect is also suitable. In addition, when a plurality of pieces of music information Q are identified from the word W in the posted message M (when the music information Q can be changed), the information transmission unit 54 notifies the terminal device 16 to that effect, and this notification It is also possible for the terminal device 16 to execute the music information Q changing process (T7, T8) only when the terminal device 16 is received.

  The information acquisition unit 32 of the terminal device 16 acquires the music information Q2 specified in response to the music change request (T4), and the display control unit 36 displays a confirmation screen GB corresponding to the music information Q2 on the display device 24. (T5). As described above, the change of the posted message M (T6: YES) and the change of the music information Q (T7: YES) are repeated according to the instruction from the user.

A contributor UA who determines that the posted message M he / she instructs and the music information Q specified by the management apparatus 10 are appropriate operates the operator 65 (post) in FIG. 7 for confirming the posted content. When the contributor UA operates the operation element 65, the transmission unit 33 transmits the post message M set by the setting unit 31 in the immediately preceding step T2, the music information Q acquired by the information acquiring unit 32 in the immediately preceding step T4, and the specific reference Post information C including information (hash tag) H is generated and transmitted from the communication device 23 to the post management device 14 (T9). The reference information H is a code that means that the posted information C includes the music information Q. In the posted information C, for example, a specific division code (for example, a space character) σ is inserted between the posted message M, the reference information H, and the music information Q as exemplified below. Further, a section code σ is also inserted between the attribute information QA and the distribution information QB in the music information Q.
C = M + σ + H + σ + QA + σ + QB
Accordingly, each of the posted message M, the reference information H, and the music information Q (and each of the attribute information QA and the distribution information QB in the music information Q) with the respective division codes σ in the posting information C as boundaries. It is possible to distinguish from C. Post information C transmitted from the terminal device 16 is received and stored in the post management device 14.

  When the contributor UA operates the operation element 62 (post) on the post screen GA in FIG. 6, the process (T3 to T8, S1 to S5) related to the music information Q is not executed and the process of step T9 is performed. Is executed. That is, when the operation element 62 is operated, the transmission unit 33 includes the posting information C including only the posting message M set by the setting unit 31 in step T2 (that is, posting information C not including the music information Q and the reference information H). Is transmitted from the communication device 23 to the post management device 14. That is, the poster UA can arbitrarily select whether or not to include the music information Q in the posted information C.

<Operation when browsing>
By repeating the above operation, post information C from a large number of users is accumulated in the post management device 14. A user of each terminal device 16 can browse post information C of other users. Below, operation | movement of the terminal device 16 when arbitrary users (henceforth "browser") UB browses the posting information C memorize | stored in the posting management apparatus 14 is demonstrated.

  The browsing person UB can instruct the terminal device 16 to acquire the posting information C after designating the condition of the posting information C that he / she wishes to browse (hereinafter referred to as “extraction condition”) by operating the input device 25. It is. When acquisition of the posting information C is instructed by the viewer UB, the transmission unit 33 of the terminal device 16 matches the extraction condition by transmitting a posting browsing request including the extraction condition from the communication device 23 to the posting management device 14. The posted information C is requested to the posted management device 14. The posting management device 14 that has received the posting browsing request searches the storage device for a plurality of posting information C that matches the extraction conditions specified in the posting browsing request, and requests the terminal information of the plurality of posting information C that has been searched for. 16 to send.

  The post acquisition unit 34 of the terminal device 16 acquires a plurality of post information C transmitted from the post management device 14 from the communication device 23. The plurality of posting information C acquired by the posting acquisition unit 34 includes only the posting information C including the music information Q specified by the management device 10 and the specific reference information H together with the posting message M and the posting message M (music). Post information C that does not include information Q or reference information H may be mixed. The display control unit 36 causes the display device 24 to display a browsing screen GC for the user to browse the posting information C acquired by the posting acquisition unit 34.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the browsing screen GC. As shown in FIG. 8, the browsing screen GC is an image (timeline) in which a plurality of pieces of post information C acquired by the post acquisition unit 34 are arranged in time series. The display control unit 36 determines whether or not the reference information H is included in the posted information C. If the reference information H is included, the display control unit 36 refers to each section code σ in the posted information C to obtain the music information Q. Identify. For post information C that does not include the music information Q (poster information C of the contributor Y in FIG. 8), the image and name of the contributor and the post message M are arranged. On the other hand, regarding post information C (post information X of the contributor X and the contributor Z in FIG. 8) including the music information Q together with the post message M, the operator 66 in addition to the poster's image and name and the post message M Is placed. The operator 66 displays attribute information QA (music name and singer name) in the music information Q, and a link object in which a link to the distribution source of the music data D specified by the distribution information QB in the music information Q is set. (Command button).

  When the viewer UB operates the operator 66 corresponding to the desired music information Q, the terminal device 16 accesses a site for purchasing music data D provided by the distribution device 12 specified by the distribution information QB. The music data D of the music designated by the viewer UB is distributed from the distribution device 12 to the terminal device 16 and stored in the storage device 22 on condition that a predetermined purchase procedure including authentication processing and billing processing is completed. .

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the music information Q corresponding to the word W in the posted message M according to the instruction from the poster UA is specified by the management device 10 and the terminal device 16 of the poster UA. Is included in post information C. Therefore, the posting information C including the music information Q is provided to each viewer UB without requiring a procedure for the posting UA to include the music information Q (music name or singer name) in his / her post message M. Is possible. That is, there is an advantage that the use of the music data D of music is promoted without increasing the burden on the poster UA. In the first embodiment, since the music information Q corresponding to each word W in the posted message M is specified by referring to the related information R in which each word is associated with each music information Q, the management device 10 (information specifying unit 53) can also easily specify the music information Q.

Second Embodiment
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below. In addition, about the element which an effect | action and function are the same as that of 1st Embodiment in each form illustrated below, the reference | standard referred by description of 1st Embodiment is diverted, and each detailed description is abbreviate | omitted suitably.

  In the second embodiment, the number of characters included in the posting information C is limited to a predetermined value N. The transmission unit 33 of each terminal device 16 posts the posted message M and the song information Q as separate posted information C when the number of characters of the posted information C including the posted message M and the song information Q exceeds a predetermined value N. It transmits to the management apparatus 14 sequentially. Specifically, in the second embodiment, step T9 in FIG. 5 is replaced with steps T11 to T14 in FIG.

  When the contributor UA operates the operation element 65 (post) instructing confirmation of the post content (T7: NO), the transmission unit 33 sets the number of characters of the post message M set by the setting unit 31 in the immediately preceding step T2. Whether the total value NC of NM and the number of characters NQ of the music information Q acquired by the information acquisition unit 32 in the immediately preceding step T4 (the total number of characters of the attribute information QA and the number of characters of the distribution information QB) exceeds a predetermined value N Is determined (T11). When the total value NC is equal to or less than the predetermined value N (T11: NO), the transmission unit 33 posts a single post information C including both the post message M and the music information Q, as in the first embodiment. It transmits to the management apparatus 14 (T12).

  On the other hand, when the total value NC exceeds the predetermined value N (T11: YES), the transmission unit 33 transmits the post information C1 including the post message M to the post management device 14 (T13), and after the post information C1 is transmitted, Post information C2 including the music information Q (and reference information H) is transmitted to the post management apparatus 14 (T14). That is, post message M and music information Q are sequentially transmitted to post management device 14 as separate post information C. Post information C 1 and post information C 2 transmitted from the terminal device 16 are received and stored in the post management device 14. Since the posting information C1 and the posting information C2 are related to each other by the same poster UA, when the browsing UB designates the posting UA as an extraction condition and browses, the posting information C1 and the posting information C2 is displayed on the browsing screen GC as a series of posts.

  In the second embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment is realized. In the second embodiment, when the total value NC of the number of characters of the posted information C exceeds a predetermined value N, the posted message M and the music information Q are sequentially transmitted as separate posted information C. Therefore, the posted information C There is an advantage that the posted message M and the music information Q can be appropriately transmitted to the posted management device 14 within the range of the number of characters.

  In addition, when the elements other than the posted message M in the posted information C are the number of characters K (K <N), the number of characters NM of the posted message M that can be specified by the poster UA is limited to {N−K}. Is also suitable. For example, as illustrated in the first embodiment, when the posting information C is composed of the posting message M, the reference information H, the attribute information QA, the distribution information QB, and the division codes σ (three in total) between the elements. Is assumed. Assuming a case where the reference information H is 7 characters, the attribute information QA is 21 characters, the distribution information QB is 20 characters, and the one division code σ is 1 character, the number of characters NM of the posted message M Is limited to {N−51} (K = 7 + 21 + 20 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 51). For post information C that does not include the music information Q, the number of characters NM of the post message M is allowed up to N, while for the post information C that includes the music information Q, the number of characters NM of the post message M is {N−K}. It is also possible to limit to.

<Third Embodiment>
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of an operation when the reproducing unit 35 of the terminal device 16 of an arbitrary viewer UB reproduces a music piece in the third embodiment. The reproduction unit 35 of the terminal device 16 is a piece of music (hereinafter referred to as “reproduction music”) indicated by the music data D selected by the viewer UB by operating the input device 25 among the plurality of music data D stored in the storage device 22. Playback is started (T21). A music image (still image or moving image) displayed on the display device 24 during reproduction of music is added to the music data D of the third embodiment. When reproduction of the reproduced music by the reproduction unit 35 is started, the display control unit 36 displays the music image of the reproduced music on the display device 24 (T22).

  When the playback unit 35 starts playback of the playback music, the transmission unit 33 transmits a post browsing request for post information C related to the playback music to the post management device 14 (T23). In the post browsing request, the reproduction music attribute information QA is designated as an extraction condition. The attribute information QA includes the song name and singer name extracted from the metadata in the music data D. The posting management apparatus 14 that has received the posting browsing request adds a plurality of pieces of posting information C including the attribute information QA specified in the posting browsing request (that is, posting information in which the music information Q specified by the management apparatus 10 is added to the posting message M). C) is searched and transmitted to the requesting terminal device 16.

  The post acquisition unit 34 of the terminal device 16 acquires a plurality of post information C transmitted from the post management device 14 (T24). The display control unit 36 causes the display device 24 to sequentially display the post message M of each post information C acquired by the post acquisition unit 34 together with the music image (T25). That is, a plurality of posted messages M related to the reproduced music are sequentially displayed with the music image of the reproduced music as a background.

  In the third embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment is realized. Further, in the third embodiment, since the posted message M related to the reproduced music is searched by the posting management device 14 and provided to the terminal device 16, a procedure for the viewer UB to specify the reproduced music as an extraction condition is required. Instead, there is an advantage that the viewer UB can view the posted message M related to the reproduced music. The configuration of the third embodiment is applied to both the first embodiment and the second embodiment.

<Fourth embodiment>
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of operations executed by the terminal device 16 and the management device 10 of the poster UA in the fourth embodiment. The operation of FIG. 5 referred to in the first embodiment is replaced with the operation of FIG.

  In the terminal device 16 of the poster UA, as in the first embodiment, the setting unit 31 sets the posted message M (T1, T2), and the transmitting unit 33 transmits the posted message M to the management device 10 (T3). . The acquisition unit 51 of the management device 10 acquires the posted message M from the terminal device 16 (S1). The extracting unit 52 extracts each word W in the posted message M (S2), and the information specifying unit 53 specifies the music information Q corresponding to each word W by referring to the related information R in the storage device 42. (S3).

  The information transmission unit 54 of the management device 10 generates post information C including the post message M acquired by the acquisition unit 51 in step S1 and the music information Q specified by the information specification unit 53 in step S3. The message is transmitted to the post management device 14 (S4). The posting information C includes the identification information of the poster UA. Post information C transmitted from the information transmitter 54 is received and stored in the post management device 14.

  As can be understood from the above description, in the fourth embodiment, the posting information C including the music information Q specified by the management device 10 is posted and managed without the confirmation and correction of the music information Q by the contributor UA. Transmitted to the device 14. Therefore, the operation (information acquisition unit 32) for acquiring the music information Q from the management device 10 in the terminal device 16 and the operation for requesting the management device 10 to change the music information Q from the terminal device 16 are omitted. In the fourth embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment is realized. The configuration of the fourth embodiment is similarly applied to the second embodiment and the third embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, the music information Q specified by the management device 10 is transmitted to the terminal device 16 of the contributor UA, and the posting information C is sent to the post management device 14 after the contributor UA confirms the music information Q. Sent. Therefore, there is a possibility that the music information Q of music that the poster UA does not intend (for example, music that does not match the preferences or intentions of the poster UA) is included in the posting information C of the poster UA and viewed by each viewer UB. There is an advantage that it can be reduced. Particularly in the first embodiment, since the music information Q specified by the management device 10 is changed in accordance with an instruction from the user, the possibility that a music unintended by the poster UA is included in the posted information C is reduced. The effect of being able to do is particularly remarkable.

<Modification>
Each form illustrated above can be variously modified. Specific modifications are exemplified below. Two or more modes arbitrarily selected from the following examples can be appropriately combined within a range that does not contradict each other.

(1) A method for specifying one piece of music information Q from a plurality of pieces of music information Q corresponding to the word W in the posted message M is arbitrary. For example, the selection information used for selection of the music information Q is transmitted from the terminal device 16 to the management device 10, and one piece corresponding to the selection information among the plurality of music information Q corresponding to the word W in the posted message M is sent. A configuration in which the information specifying unit 53 specifies the music information Q is also suitable. Examples of selection information that serves as a selection criterion for the music information Q include preference information indicating the preference of the poster UA, a music playback history in the terminal device 16, a list of music data D stored in the storage device 22, and the like. Can be done. When the preference information is used as the selection information, the music information Q of the music that matches the preference of the poster UA is selected from the plurality of music information Q corresponding to the word W. When the playback history is used as the selection information, the music information Q of the music related to the music with a large number of past playbacks (for example, music with a common singer or genre) is selected, and the list of music data D is used as the selection information. When using, the music information Q of the music (for example, music with a common singer or genre) related to the music in the list is selected.

  It is also possible for the user (poster UA) of the terminal device 16 to select any one of a plurality of pieces of music information Q corresponding to the word W in the posted message M. That is, the information transmitting unit 54 of the management device 10 transmits a plurality of music information Q specified by the information specifying unit 53 from the word W in the posted message M to the terminal device 16 of the poster UA. The information acquisition unit 32 of the terminal device 16 of the contributor UA acquires a plurality of pieces of music information Q from the management device 10 and selects the piece of music information Q selected by the user by operating the input device 25 among the plurality of pieces of music information Q (that is, The music information Q) corresponding to the instruction from the user is selected. According to the above configuration, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to repeat the transmission (S4) and change (S5) of the music information Q by the management apparatus 10 until the desired music of the poster UA is specified. On the other hand, according to the configuration in which the information specifying unit 53 of the management apparatus 10 selects any one of the plurality of pieces of music information Q corresponding to the word W as in the first embodiment, the contributor UA selects the piece of music information Q as a plurality of candidates. There is an advantage that the burden of selecting from can be reduced.

  In the configuration in which the terminal device 16 acquires a plurality of pieces of music information Q from the management device 10, the information acquisition unit 32 of the terminal device 16 can select any of the plurality of pieces of music information Q by a predetermined method. . Specifically, a configuration in which the information acquisition unit 32 randomly selects one piece of music information Q from a plurality of pieces of music information Q is suitable. According to the above configuration, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to repeat the transmission (T8) of the music change request by the terminal device 16 and the transmission (S4) and the change (S5) of the music information Q by the management device 10.

  For example, the information acquisition unit 32 generates a list (hereinafter referred to as “music list”) in which a plurality of pieces of music information Q notified from the management apparatus 10 are arranged in a random order, and each time a music change instruction is issued by the poster UA. Each piece of music information Q in the music list is sequentially selected in the order of arrangement. That is, the information acquisition unit 32 selects music information Q2 that is different from the music information Q1 when the poster UA instructs to change the music after selecting the specific music information Q1. The display control unit 36 causes the display device 24 to display the confirmation screen GB of FIG. 7 that presents the music piece information Q selected by the information acquisition unit 32 to the poster UA. When all the music information Q in the music list is presented to the poster UA, the display control unit 36 informs the poster UA that all candidates for the music information Q have been presented, and the information acquisition unit 32 Each piece of music information Q in the list is selected sequentially in reverse order. According to the above configuration, the music information Q can be changed while avoiding duplication of the music information Q presented to the poster UA.

(2) In each of the embodiments described above, the extraction unit 52 of the management device 10 extracts the word W corresponding to the posted message M. However, a configuration in which the terminal device 16 performs the extraction of the word W may be employed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, the control device 21 of the terminal device 16 functions as an extraction unit 37 in addition to the same elements (setting unit 31 and transmission unit 33 and the like) as the above-described embodiments. The extraction unit 37 extracts the word W from the posted message M set by the setting unit 31. The transmission unit 33 transmits the word W extracted by the extraction unit 37 to the management device 10. The acquisition unit 51 of the management device 10 acquires the word W transmitted from the terminal device 16, and the information specifying unit 53 specifies the music information Q corresponding to the word acquired by the acquiring unit 51. The extraction unit 52 in the management device 10 in the first embodiment is omitted. Even in the above configuration, the same effect as in the first embodiment is realized. In the configuration in which the extraction unit 52 is installed in the management device 10 as in the first embodiment, the extraction of each word W is performed intensively by the management device 10, so the word W is extracted from the posted message M. There is an advantage that the function (extraction unit 37) does not need to be installed in each terminal device 16.

(3) In the second embodiment, it is determined whether or not the total value NC of the number of characters NM of the posted message M and the number of characters NQ of the music information Q exceeds a predetermined value N, but the number of characters NM of the posted message M is large. In consideration of the fact that the total value NC is likely to exceed the predetermined value N, a configuration is adopted in which it is determined in step T11 whether the number of characters NM of the posted message M exceeds the predetermined value Na (Na <N). Is done. When the number of characters NM of the posted message M exceeds a predetermined value Na, the posted information C1 including the posted message M and the posted information C2 including the music information Q are individually transmitted to the posted management device 14.

(4) In each of the above-described forms, the music information Q corresponding to the word W of the posted message M is specified, but the information specified from the word W of the posted message M is not limited to information related to the music (music). For example, a configuration in which information (content information) related to content such as a moving image of a video work such as a movie or an electronic book (content information) is specified from the word W in the posted message M may be employed. That is, the music information Q in each of the above-described forms is an example of content information relating to contents including moving images, electronic books, etc. in addition to music (music), and the music data D in each of the above-described forms indicates content. It is an example of content data. The attribute information QA of the moving image content information includes the title of the moving image and the producer, and the attribute information QA of the electronic book content information includes the book name and the book code (ISBN: International Standard Book Number). Is done. Further, the distribution information QB of content information such as moving images and electronic books is the location of content data such as moving image data and electronic book data (for example, the URL of a purchase site), as with the distribution information QB of each form described above. ). As can be understood from the above description, the management device 10 in each embodiment described above is included as a device for specifying content information corresponding to the word W in the posted message M.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Communication system, 10 ... Management apparatus, 12 ... Distribution apparatus, 14 ... Posting management apparatus, 16 ... Terminal apparatus, 21 ... Control apparatus, 22 ... Storage apparatus, 23 ... Communication apparatus, 24 …… Display device, 25 …… Input device, 26 …… Sound emitting device, 31 …… Setting section, 32 …… Information acquisition section, 33 …… Transmission section, 34 …… Post acquisition section, 35 …… Reproduction section, 36: Display control unit, 37: Extraction unit, 41: Control device, 42: Storage device, 43: Communication device, 51: Acquisition unit, 52: Extraction unit, 53: Information specifying unit, 54. Information transmission unit.

Claims (17)

A management device that communicates with a terminal device that sets a message in post information that the post management device obtains and provides for browsing according to an instruction from a user,
A management device comprising: an information specifying unit that specifies music information corresponding to a word in a message set by the terminal device as information included in post information from the terminal device. The management device according to claim 1, wherein the information specifying unit specifies music information corresponding to a word in the message by referring to related information that associates each word with each piece of music information. The management apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the information specifying unit selects any piece of music information from the plurality of music information when a plurality of music information is specified from the related information. An acquisition unit for acquiring a message set in accordance with an instruction from a user for the terminal device from the terminal device;
An extraction unit that extracts words from the message acquired by the acquisition unit;
The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information specifying unit specifies music information corresponding to the word extracted by the extracting unit. The management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: an information transmission unit that transmits the music information identified by the information identification unit to the terminal device. The information specifying unit specifies second music information different from the first music information when a change of the first music information transmitted by the information transmitting unit is requested from the terminal device;
The management device according to claim 5, wherein the information transmission unit transmits the second music information to the terminal device. A terminal device that communicates with each of a posting management device that provides posting information for browsing and a management device that provides music information,
A setting unit for setting a message in accordance with an instruction from the user;
An information acquisition unit that acquires music information corresponding to the words in the message set by the setting unit from the management device;
A terminal device comprising: a transmission unit that includes the message set by the setting unit and the music information acquired by the information acquisition unit in the post information and transmits the post information to the post management device. The transmission unit requests the management device to change the first music information acquired by the information acquisition unit according to an instruction from a user,
The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the information acquisition unit acquires second music information different from the first music information from the management device. When the information acquisition unit acquires a plurality of pieces of music information corresponding to the words in the message set by the setting unit from the management device, the information acquisition unit receives any of the plurality of pieces of music information according to an instruction from the user. The terminal device according to claim 7 to be selected. The information acquisition unit selects a plurality of pieces of music information by a predetermined method when a plurality of pieces of music information corresponding to words in the message set by the setting unit are acquired from the management device. 7 terminal devices. The terminal according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the information acquisition unit selects second music information that is different from the first music information when a change of the selected first music information is instructed by a user. apparatus. When the number of characters of the message or the total number of characters of the message and the music information exceeds a predetermined value, the transmission unit sequentially posts the post information including the message and the post information including the music information. The terminal device according to claim 7, which is transmitted to the device. A playback unit for playing music,
A post acquisition unit that acquires post information corresponding to the music information of the music played by the playback unit from the post management device;
The terminal device according to any one of claims 7 to 12, further comprising: a display control unit that causes the display device to display post information acquired by the post acquisition unit. To a computer that communicates with a terminal device that sets a message in post information that the post management device obtains and provides for browsing according to instructions from the user,
The program which performs the information specific process which specifies the music information corresponding to the word in the message set in the said terminal device as information included in the contribution information from the said terminal device. A computer that communicates with each of a posting management device that obtains posting information and provides it for browsing and a management device that provides music information,
A setting process for setting a message according to an instruction from the user;
An information acquisition process for acquiring music information corresponding to the word in the message set in the setting process from the management device;
A program for executing a transmission process in which the message set in the setting process and the music information acquired in the information acquisition process are included in the post information and transmitted to the post management apparatus. A management device that communicates with a terminal device that sets a message in post information that the post management device obtains and provides for browsing according to an instruction from a user,
A music information management method for specifying music information corresponding to a word in a message set by the terminal device as information included in post information from the terminal device. A terminal device that communicates with each of a posting management device that provides posting information for browsing and a management device that provides music information,
Set a message according to instructions from the user,
Obtain music information corresponding to the words in the set message from the management device,
A control method for a terminal device, wherein the set message and the acquired music information are included in the post information and transmitted to the post management device.

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