JP4208635B2 - Mobile phone incoming call information editing system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for editing an incoming melody of a mobile phone, a screen when an incoming call, and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In a mobile phone or the like, when a phone call is made, that is, a sound to be heard at the time of an incoming call (hereinafter referred to as an incoming melody) may be purchased from a website and downloaded for use.
There are also ringtone melody editing sites that extract specific parts of various melody data to be used as ringtones and purchase them or combine multiple melody data for editing.
[0003]
In such an editing site, the user uses a server-side editing program to extract a favorite part from specific melody data, or to connect multiple parts to select a favorite ring melody. Create
Specifically, first, the user accesses the ringtone melody editing site using a mobile phone, and selects one or a plurality of melody data to be used. Then, while auditioning all or a part of them, a plurality of parts are extracted and joined together to create a ringing melody having a predetermined length. Finally, listen to your edited ringtone and download it to your phone if you are satisfied. The downloaded incoming melody is stored in the incoming melody storage unit of the mobile phone. What is stored in this ringing melody storage unit can be set as a ringing melody at any time, like any other ringing melody.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the editing site as described above, it is necessary to pay each author a copyright fee for the melody data provided. For example, the copyright fee differs depending on whether one piece of music is provided or partially provided, and even one piece may have different fees. Also, it is different between the case of just listening and the case of downloading. Furthermore, in the case of a short audition less than a certain time, it is free. That is, the fee is set in detail according to various usage forms.
[0005]
For this reason, the administrator of the above-mentioned editing site has detailed the usage status of the user in order to pay the copyright fee to the writer even if a simple fee rule is set for the user who uses the editing site. It is necessary to manage. That is, it is necessary to manage all the data such as which melody data the user has used, how long the user has used, and how long the melody data has been listened to. It is very troublesome to store and aggregate such user usage history data.
[0006]
Further, in the above system, since the editing program to be used by the user is on the server side, it is necessary to connect the user's terminal and the server while editing the incoming melody. If the user tries to repeatedly extract and connect specific parts of the melody data while auditioning many times, the communication cost becomes high and the user's financial burden becomes large. There was also a problem of becoming.
[0007]
The object of the present invention is that the server side that provides information at the time of incoming call such as melody data and moving image data can eliminate the management of complicated copyright fees according to various usage forms for each user. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information editing system at the time of incoming call of a mobile phone that can perform a satisfactory editing operation without worrying about an increase in communication costs.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
1st invention consists of the server which provides a music and a moving image, and a mobile telephone which can be connected with this server via a communication means, and a server provides the mobile phone with the music and the moving image in the preset data unit The mobile phone has an application area for storing an editing program, a function for storing incoming call information such as an incoming melody or an incoming video, and a function for playing back the incoming call information. An information management area, wherein the editing program downloads specific music or video from the server to the mobile phone and stores it in the application area, and extracts a plurality of downloaded specific music or video data The function to extract the data part, the function to combine the extracted data part, and the extracted data before and after combining A function that generates a buffer area that has intermediate characteristics between the characteristics of the end of the previous extracted data part and the characteristics of the start of the subsequent extracted data part in the minute, and that continuously connects the characteristics before and after the joint. And a function of providing the generated buffer area in the combined part of the extracted data part, and a function of storing data obtained by combining the extracted data part through the buffer area in the incoming information management area as incoming information. It is characterized in that it is realized .
[0009]
The incoming call information is music that is sounded to notify a mobile phone when an incoming call is received or video data to be displayed on the display.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, the information editing system at the time of incoming call of this embodiment includes a server S that provides melody data that can be edited as a ringing melody, and a user's mobile phone that can be connected to the server S via communication means N. It is comprised by the telephone 1.
The server S side includes a large number of melody data and an editing program for editing these melody data, and provides a service for downloading them to the mobile phone 1 that has accessed the server S.
[0011]
On the other hand, the mobile phone 1 includes an incoming call information management area 2 and an application area 3, as shown in FIG. In addition, although not shown in the figure, an area having a communication function as a normal telephone is also provided.
The incoming call information area 2 includes an incoming melody control unit 2a and an incoming melody storage unit 2b. The ring melody storage unit 2b can store a plurality of ring melody, and the ring melody control unit 2a can select a desired melody from the ring melody stored in the ring melody storage unit 2b. Can be set as an incoming melody. That is, in this embodiment, the incoming melody is the incoming call information of the present invention.
[0012]
The application area 3 includes a program storage unit 3a and a melody data storage unit 3b. In the program storage unit 3a, various application programs that are not directly related to the telephone function can be set.
The user accesses the server S, downloads the incoming melody editing program, and stores it in the program storage unit 3 a of the application area 3 of the mobile phone 1. However, this incoming melody editing program can be set in the program storage unit 3a of the mobile phone 1 in advance.
[0013]
Hereinafter, a procedure for a user to edit a ringtone using an editing program set in the application area 3 will be described.
First, the user accesses the server S using the mobile phone 1. Then download the melody data you want to use for editing. Although the download procedure is not particularly illustrated, for example, a song title is selected from a song title list screen and downloaded. If necessary, you can listen to it for free.
[0014]
However, in the system of the present invention, melody data including a portion that is desired to be used as a ringing melody is downloaded to the mobile phone 1 as it is. That is, the server S does not download the result of extracting and editing a necessary part as in the conventional case, but downloads the entire song, for example. The unit to be downloaded is not limited to the unit of music, but may be a unit such as only the first movement, for example, but only the data unit predetermined on the server S side can be downloaded.
When the user downloads a plurality of melody data, the application area 3 of the mobile phone 1 stores the downloaded melody data in the melody data storage unit 3b.
[0015]
Next, the incoming melody is edited according to the editing screens of FIGS.
When the melody data selection screen of FIG. 3 is displayed, a melody data name 5 downloaded and stored in the melody data storage unit 3b is displayed there, and a check box 6 is displayed on the left side thereof. . Also, a cancel button 7 for returning to a menu screen (not shown) and a next button 8 for determining selection of melody data and proceeding to the next step are displayed at the bottom of the screen. Therefore, check the check box corresponding to the melody data to be used for editing, and press the Next button 8.
[0016]
The buttons on the editing screen of the mobile phone 1 shown in FIGS. 3 to 9 cannot be actually pressed, but are expressed as being pressed here. The operation is performed using an arrow key or a determination key provided on the mobile phone body. For example, the position of a button on the screen is specified with an arrow key, and the button is pressed with an enter key. Alternatively, each function may be assigned to individual numeric keys or other operation keys.
[0017]
When tune A and tune B are selected as melody data on the melody data selection screen 4 in FIG. 3 and the next button 8 is pressed, the edit screen 9 in FIG. 4 is displayed. The editing screen 9 reproduces the first screen 9a displaying the time axes 10 and 11 corresponding to the music A and the music B which are the melody data selected previously, and the melody data displayed on the first screen 9a. And a second screen 9b on which operation buttons and the like are arranged.
In FIG. 4, the selection mark 12 is attached to the time axis 10 of the music piece A, and the cursor 13 is overlapped. The cursor 13 moves along with the reproduction when the melody data is reproduced, and indicates the reproduction position.
On the first screen 9a, the time axis is displayed for the number of songs selected on the melody data selection screen 4. When the number increases, all can be displayed in order by scrolling the first screen 9a.
[0018]
Further, on the second screen 9b, an up / down button group 14 of up / down buttons 14a, 14b for moving the selection mark 12 up and down, and a play button group 15 for playing back melody data are displayed. The playback button group 15 includes a playback button 15a, a primary stop button 15b, a stop button 15c, a return button 15d, and a fast forward button 15e. Below these, there are a start point set button 16 for setting the start position when extracting a part of the melody data and an end point set button 17 for setting the end position. A button 18 and a next button 19 are displayed.
[0019]
In the state of the editing screen 9 in FIG. 4, the up button 14a is selected. Here, the selected button is highlighted, but the selected position of the button can be moved by an arrow key (not shown).
Next, when the reproduction button 15a is selected and the enter button is pressed, the reproduction of the music piece A starts, and as shown in FIG. 5, the cursor 13 moves along with the reproduction. The user presses the start point set button 16 when the position to be extracted as partial data comes while listening. When the start point set button 16 is pressed, a start mark 20 is added at that point as shown in FIG.
When playback is continued and the user wants to end the extracted data, when the end point set button 17 is pressed, an end mark 21 is placed at the position of the cursor 13 at that time (see FIG. 7). Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the extracted data portion a sandwiched between the start mark 20 and the end mark 21 is specified on the time axis 10.
[0020]
Next, the selection mark 12 is moved to the time axis 11 of the music piece B with the down button 14b. When the selection mark 12 is moved, the cursor 13 is also moved on the time axis 11, and the music B can be reproduced by the reproduction button 15a. As for the music B, the extracted data portion b is specified by attaching the start mark 22 and the end mark 23 in the same manner as the music A.
In this embodiment, the extracted data portions a and b are extracted one by one in each of the songs A and B, but a plurality of extracted data portions may be extracted from one song.
When the extracted data portions a and b are specified in this way, the next button 19 on the edit screen 9 is pressed.
[0021]
When the next button 19 is pressed on the editing screen 9 in FIG. 7, the correction screen 24 in FIG. 8 is displayed. In this correction screen 24, processing for combining the previously selected extracted data portions a and b is performed. On the correction screen 24, the extracted data portions a and b are displayed in a combined state in the specified order. However, this arrangement order can be changed by a procedure described later.
Further, this correction screen 24, the level setting section 25 for setting a correction level, a sort button 26 for causing display sorting screen, a preview button 27 to hear the melody data at the present time, returns A button 28 and a save button 29 are displayed.
[0022]
The combination correction is correction when two extracted data portions are combined so that the combined portions are smoothly continuous. The details will be described later, but in brief, the end portion of the previous extracted data portion and the start portion of the subsequent extracted data portion are respectively brought close to the characteristics of the other extracted data portion in a stepwise manner. Is to do so. Thereby, for example, even when different kinds of music are combined, the flow is not interrupted at the combined portion.
This smoothness level can be set as the correction level.
[0023]
When the audition button 27 is pressed on the correction screen 24, it is possible to audition the edited data that has been corrected at the level set in the level setting column 25 in the order shown on the screen. When the user is satisfied that the used melody data is the incoming melody, the user presses the save button 29. When the save button 29 is pressed, the editing program stored in the program storage unit 3a stores the edited melody data as the incoming melody in the incoming melody storage unit 2b of the mobile phone 1. In this way, the incoming melody once stored in the incoming melody storage unit 2b can be used by a normal incoming melody setting procedure.
[0024]
On the other hand, when it is desired to change the arrangement order of the extracted data portions displayed on the correction screen 24 in FIG. 8, the rearrangement screen 30 shown in FIG. 9 can be displayed by pressing the rearrangement button 26.
On the rearrangement screen 30, a cursor 31 is displayed on the extracted data portion a. The position of the cursor 31 can be moved by an arrow key or the like of the mobile phone body.
The rearrangement screen 30 also includes a button 32 for moving the extracted data portion designated by the cursor forward, a button 33 for moving the extracted data backward, and an OK button 34 that is pressed when that position is acceptable. And a return button 35.
[0025]
When the arrangement order of the extracted data portions is adjusted by the forward button 32, the backward button 33, and the OK button 34, the return button 35 is pressed to return to the correction screen 24 in FIG. On this correction screen 24, the user can make a trial listening, or change the correction level if necessary, to create edit data that the user can agree with. At this time, the user can create favorite data by going back and forth between the rearrangement screen 30 and the correction screen 24 using the rearrangement button 26 and the return button 35 as necessary.
Then, finally determined melody data is stored in the incoming melody storage unit 2b as an incoming melody.
[0026]
A specific example of the combination correction will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 10 shows melody data in units that can be downloaded from the server S, for example, song A and song B. Song A, data B, respectively, title and information such as the author header _H A, _{H B} and the master information _M A, such as overall volume, _{M B} and a header _{h A,} such as a specific part of the tempo and key , H _B and the data parts d _A and d _{B of} the melody itself.
The header of the specific part is data provided in association with a part where the tempo, key, and the like change. For example, if there is a data part d _A1 and d _A2 having different tempos in song A, different headers h _A1 and h _A2 are attached to the respective data parts.
[0027]
When the extracted data portion a extracted from the song A and the extracted data portion b of the song B are part of the data parts d _A1 and d _B2 as shown in FIG. 10 in this embodiment. The data when they are combined can be illustrated as shown in FIG. That is, since the extracted data part a is a part of the data part d _A1 , the header corresponding to the extracted data part a is the header h _A1 , and the header of the extracted data part b is the header h _B2 . These are simply connected together, and the correction level 0 is a state in which the correction of the coupling portion is not performed. Note that an information header H _AB such as a title and master information M _AB are newly created for the combined melody data.
If there is a difference in characteristics such as the tempo and key between the extracted data part a and the part b, at the correction level zero, a large step is formed at the connecting part of the parts a and b as shown in FIG.
[0028]
Dividing this step and increasing the small step to make it continuous is the correction process of the coupling portion. In the embodiment, the level 1 is corrected by providing one new step in the middle of the steps, and the model is shown in FIGS.
In this level 1 is divided into a portion _{a 1} and _{a 2} as shown in FIG. 13 parts a in FIG. 11, a portion _{b 1} part b, is divided into a _{b 2.} The newly created common header h ′ is attached to the parts a ₂ and b ₁ . Further, the remaining part a ₁ is attached with the header h _{A1 of the} part a, and the part b ₂ is attached with the header h _{B2 of the} part b. The header h ′ = (h _A1 + h _B2 ) / 2. That is, the header h ′ is an average value of the header h _A1 and the header h _B2 before and after.
[0029]
As a result, a buffer area S having an intermediate header h ′ is provided at the coupling portion between the extracted portion of the song A and the extracted portion of the song B. The time of the buffer area S is 2t, which is created by correcting the range of time t from the combined part side of both extracted data parts a and b. A new step is provided in the middle of the step 2Δh (twice Δh) that can be obtained when two extracted data portions extracted from two songs are directly combined. As a result, as compared with the case where the buffer area S is not created, it is possible to perform smooth coupling, and the edited melody data can be heard as a single melody without a sense of incongruity.
[0030]
Further, as shown in FIG. 15, level 2 means that the part a ₂ in the buffer area S created at level 1 is further divided into a ₃ and a _2, and the part b ₁ is divided into b ₁ and b. ₃ is divided into a, it is to smoother and the number of stages in the buffer area S doubled. That is, a new step is provided in the middle of the step Δh.
Similarly, by providing a new step in the middle of each step and increasing the number of steps twice, a smoother connection can be achieved. That is, the level 3 is set to divide the step of Δh into four equal parts.
[0031]
However, this correction method may be any method. For example, as shown in FIG. 16, there is a correction method for increasing the number of steps by dividing the step Δh into three at level 3, and any other calculation. It does not matter. In short, it is only necessary to create a buffer region S that is continuous in multiple steps in a coupling portion that couples data portions having a difference in the value of the header h.
In this embodiment, a plurality of correction levels are set in the editing program downloaded to the mobile phone 1 so that the user can select them.
[0032]
In this embodiment, the time of the buffer area is fixedly set to 2t, but the method of determining the time t is not limited to this. For example, it may be determined as a fraction based on the length of the entire melody data, or may be determined according to the length of the extracted data portion. The longer the buffer area, the smoother the coupling becomes possible. However, since the original melody is lost, the buffer area S does not have to be lengthened.
Further, the editing program may automatically select the correction level at the time of combination according to the characteristics of the extracted data portions to be combined. For example, when the difference between the numerical values of the headers h of the extracted data parts before and after is large, the time t is lengthened and further the correction level is increased, and when the difference between the headers h is small, the time t is shortened and corrected. For example, the level is lowered.
[0033]
In the system as described above, on the server S side that provides melody data, the melody data before editing is downloaded only in a predetermined data unit. Therefore, the copyright fee can be uniquely determined for each melody data. Therefore, unlike the prior art, it is not necessary to perform copyright fee management according to the user's usage mode and complicated processing that has been performed for calculation.
On the other hand, the user can edit the downloaded melody data with the editing program of his / her mobile phone 1, so he / she can freely edit without worrying about the communication time with the server S. Can work. Moreover, the downloaded melody data can be used any number of times until it is deleted from the melody data storage unit 3b in the application area 3.
[0034]
In the above embodiment, the case where the incoming call information is a ringing melody has been described. However, the incoming call information includes a moving image, and the present invention provides a system that uses moving image data as an incoming call image of a mobile phone. Can also be used. When the moving image is the incoming call information, the server S downloads moving image data in a preset unit and edits it as an incoming call image of the mobile phone with the downloaded mobile phone. Also in the case of a moving image, when a plurality of moving images are combined, a buffer area can be provided in the combined portion to perform smooth combining. As the correction of the moving image data, for example , a method of adjusting a color tone or brightness can be considered.
[0035]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first and second inventions, it is not necessary to perform complicated management according to a user's usage form regarding the copyright fee of music or video data that the server side provides to the mobile phone.
In the second invention, when a plurality of portions are coupled, a buffer region can be provided at the coupling portion to provide more natural continuity.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating functions of the mobile phone according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a melody data selection screen according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 shows a state before starting reproduction on the editing screen of the embodiment.
FIG. 5 shows a state in which playback is being performed on the editing screen of the embodiment.
FIG. 6 shows a state where the start point of the extraction part is set on the editing screen of the embodiment.
FIG. 7 shows a state where extracted parts are specified from all melody data on the editing screen of the embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a correction screen according to the embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a rearrangement screen according to the embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing melody data of an example.
FIG. 11 is a diagram of data obtained by combining extracted portions of an embodiment at a correction level of zero.
FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining the concept of a coupling portion with a correction level of zero.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of combining data at a correction level 1 in the data combining part of the embodiment;
FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining correction level 1 of the embodiment.
FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining an example of correction level 2;
FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining an example of correction level 3;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone S Server N Communication means 2 Information management area 2a at the time of an incoming call Incoming melody control part 2b Incoming melody storage part 3 Application area 3a Program storage part 3b Melody data storage part

Claims (1)

It consists of a server that provides music and videos and a mobile phone that can be connected to this server via communication means. The server has a function to provide music and videos in a preset data unit to the mobile phone. The telephone has an application area for storing an editing program, and an incoming call information management area having a function of storing incoming call information such as a ringing melody or an incoming video, and a function of reproducing the incoming call information. The editing program has a function of downloading specific music or video from the server to the mobile phone and storing it in the application area, and a function of extracting a plurality of extracted data portions of the downloaded specific music or video data And the function of combining the extracted data parts extracted above and the extracted data parts before and after combining A function for generating a buffer area that has intermediate characteristics between the characteristics of the end portion of the extracted data portion and the characteristics of the start portion of the subsequent extracted data portion, and that continuously causes the characteristics before and after the coupling portion, and the generated buffer area and a function providing the coupling portion of the extracted data part, and characterized in that to realize a function to be stored in the incoming call information management area data obtained by combining the extracted data part by interposing the buffer area as the incoming call information Mobile phone information editing system for incoming calls.

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