JP4396404B2 - CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, ITS METHOD, SERVER, AND PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a content providing system capable of easily acquiring content transmitted to a party who has made a call and held by a third party by using the third party's telephone number as a key, The present invention relates to a method, a server, and a program.

  Conventionally, there is a service for listening to music or voice designated in advance by the other party instead of Ring Back Tone (RBT) which is a normal ringing tone until the other party answers the call he / she makes.

  Here, when selecting content such as music or audio designated in advance instead of RBT, a service provider or content provider provides a list of songs, and the user selects and purchases songs from the list. Was used. For example, the user selects from limited songs such as 20 songs, or the user selects a song suitable for his / her preference from among a great number of songs classified by genre.

Here, the web server for browsing the sound content displays a plurality of music information items on the display screen, selects the music information item displayed on the display screen of the web server on the mobile phone side, and distributes the music information item. There has been proposed a technique capable of promptly providing the requested sound content for the access of the sound content request by the user's mobile phone by making the request (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-82675 A

  However, in the above-described conventional example, even if a new song list or popularity ranking is devised as a display method for content such as music when the user selects content such as music or voice specified in advance, Popular songs usually move to a huge list of general songs after a certain period of time, so as the number of content increases, the percentage of content that users will not see increases. Selecting from limited songs such as 20 songs, there will be a lot of contents that cannot be seen by the user in the first place. For this reason, both content providers and users have a problem that abundant contents cannot be sufficiently linked to purchase opportunities.

  In addition to the list of contents to be provided, as an opportunity for the user to touch the contents, a song that flows when actually making a call to another user (the music or voice specified by the other party in advance) You may listen to. However, it is often difficult to grasp content attribute information such as a song title or content identifier only by listening to a song, even if the user likes the content specified by another user and wishes to purchase it. There is a problem that the corresponding content cannot be searched out of a huge number of contents. Here, it is conceivable to ask other users the name of the song that has been played, but a plurality of songs are set for a plurality of songs, or the songs that flow depending on the time zone are set differently. In many cases, it was difficult for other users to answer specific songs.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and searches a database in which content held by a user is registered using the user's telephone number as a key, and displays the corresponding content in a viewable manner. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a content providing system, a method, a server, and a program capable of easily selecting and acquiring content already owned by a user.

The content providing system according to the present invention is used to classify content and content transmitted from the information processing apparatus used by the content provider to the other party who has made a call via the network until the call is answered. A first interface device for acquiring content management data, and subscriber data and phone number data including information on the subscriber's telephone number and content purchased by the subscriber from the information processing device used by the user via the network A second interface device for acquiring content, a database in which content, content management data and subscriber data are registered, content registration means for receiving content from the first interface device and registering it in the database, and first interface device Conte from Content management data registration means for receiving management data and registering it in the database, and receiving subscriber data from the second interface device and associating the subscriber's telephone number with the content purchased by the subscriber and registering them in the database Subscriber data registration means, receiving means for receiving telephone number data from the second interface device, and searching whether the telephone number data exists in the database based on the telephone number data received by the receiving means The search means, the display means for displaying the contents registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means, and the content desired to be purchased is identified from the contents displayed by the display means Purchase content data receiving means for receiving data to be received, And a management device comprising the update means to update the database to register as a content has already been purchased content identified in the database based on the data received by the input desired content data receiving means.

  In the content providing system according to the present invention, the second interface device further acquires data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has already purchased. The data for setting whether or not to allow other people to browse the content purchased by the subscriber from the second interface device is received and registered in the database, and the management device is associated with the telephone number data retrieved by the retrieval means. And a browsing permission / non-permission determining unit that determines whether or not the content registered in the database is to be browsed by another person.

  Also, the content providing system according to the present invention is searched by a search means for searching for reproduction conditions from a database based on the telephone number of the other party who made a call when a call addressed to a subscriber occurs, and the search means. A playback device is provided that includes a reading unit that reads content satisfying the playback condition from the database, and a playback unit that plays back the content read by the reading unit with respect to the audio channel.

  In the content providing system according to the present invention, the database includes a source database in which content is registered, a content management database in which content management data is registered, and a subscriber information database in which subscriber data is registered. It may be done.

  In the content providing system according to the present invention, the playback device stores the content played back by the playback means in association with playback history information including outgoing call history information related to a call to the other party who made the call in a predetermined storage unit. And a storage unit for specifying content reproduced from a predetermined storage unit based on the transmission history information.

  Further, in the content providing system according to the present invention, the management device includes a audition unit that auditiones at least a part of the content when determining whether or not to purchase the content displayed by the display unit.

  The content providing method according to the present invention includes a step of accepting the content transmitted by the content registration means until the other party who made the call answers the phone and registering it in the database, and the content management data registration means, Receiving content management data used for classifying content and registering it in a database; and subscriber data registration means including subscriber data including subscriber telephone number and content information that the subscriber has purchased. Accepting the telephone number of the subscriber and the content purchased by the subscriber in association with the database, receiving the telephone number data by the accepting means, and accepting the accepting means in the accepting step by the searching means Based on phone number data provided And searching for whether the telephone number data exists in the database, and displaying the contents registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the searching means in the searching step by the display means And a step of receiving data specifying the desired content when there is content that the user desires to purchase from the content displayed on the display means in the displaying step by the purchase desired content data receiving means The updating unit registers the content specified based on the data received by the purchase desired content data receiving unit in the receiving step in the database as the purchased content, and updates the database.

  Further, in the content providing method according to the present invention, in the step of registering in the database, the subscriber data registering means registers in the database data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has purchased, A step of determining whether or not to allow other people to browse the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the searching means in the searching step by the browsing permission determining means; Also have.

  The content providing method according to the present invention includes a step of retrieving reproduction conditions from a database based on a telephone number of a caller by a retrieval unit when a call addressed to a subscriber occurs, and a reading unit , Reading from the database content satisfying the playback condition searched by the search means, and playing back the content read by the reading means to the audio channel by the playback means.

  In the content providing method according to the present invention, the storage means stores the content reproduced by the reproducing means in association with reproduction history information including outgoing history information relating to a call to the other party who made the call in a predetermined storage unit. And a step of specifying the content reproduced from the predetermined storage unit based on the transmission history information by the content specifying means.

  The content providing method according to the present invention includes a step of causing the user to audition at least a part of the content when determining whether or not the user purchases the content displayed on the display unit in the step of displaying by the audition unit. Have

  The server according to the present invention is the content transmitted before answering the call to the other party who made the call, the content management data used for classifying the content, and the subscriber's telephone number and the subscriber have already purchased A database in which subscriber data including content information is registered, content registration means for accepting content and registering in the database, content management data registering means for accepting content management data and registering in the database, and subscriber data Subscriber data registration means for associating and registering the subscriber's telephone number and the content purchased by the subscriber in the database, receiving means for receiving the telephone number data, and telephone number data received by the receiving means The phone number data exists in the database based on A search means for searching whether or not, a display means for displaying the contents registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means, and purchase from the contents displayed by the display means The purchase desired content data receiving means for receiving the data for specifying the specified content and the content specified based on the data received by the purchase desired content data receiving means are registered in the database as the purchased contents and the database is updated. Updating means.

  In the server according to the present invention, the database further stores data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content already purchased by the subscriber, and the subscriber data registration means has been purchased by the subscriber. Whether to register data for setting whether or not to allow others to view certain contents in the database and whether or not to allow others to view the contents registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means A browsing permission / non-permission determining unit that determines whether or not the setting is set.

  Further, the server according to the present invention includes a search means for searching for a playback condition from a database based on a telephone number of a caller, and a playback condition searched by the search means when a call addressed to a subscriber occurs. Read means for reading content satisfying the condition from the database, and playback means for playing back the content read by the read means for the audio channel.

  In addition, the server according to the present invention includes a storage unit that stores content reproduced by the reproduction unit in a predetermined storage unit in association with reproduction history information including transmission history information related to a call made to the other party who made the call; Content specifying means for specifying the content reproduced from the storage unit based on the transmission history information.

  In addition, the server according to the present invention includes audition means for auditioning at least a part of content when determining whether or not to purchase the content displayed by the display means.

  The program according to the present invention includes a step of accepting the content transmitted to the content registration means until the other party who made the call responds to the call and registering the content in the content management data registration means. Receiving the content management data used for classification and registering it in the database; receiving the subscriber data including the subscriber's telephone number and the content information that the subscriber has purchased in the subscriber data registration means; The step of accepting the telephone number data in the accepting means and the step of accepting the telephone number data in the accepting means were accepted in the accepting means in the accepting step in the step of associating the subscriber's telephone number with the content that the subscriber has purchased Based on the phone number data, the phone number data is stored in the database. The step of searching for whether or not it exists is displayed on the display means, and the step of displaying the contents registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means in the searching step When there is content that the user desires to purchase from among the contents displayed on the display means in the step of displaying on the reception means, the step of receiving data specifying the desired content is the step of receiving on the update means The step of updating the database is executed by registering the content specified based on the data received by the purchase request content data receiving means as the content already purchased in the database.

  Further, the program according to the present invention, in the step of registering in the database, causes the subscriber data registration means to register in the database data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has already purchased. The determination means is caused to execute a step of determining whether or not another person is allowed to view the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means in the searching step. .

  Further, the program according to the present invention uses the retrieval means to retrieve the reproduction condition from the database based on the telephone number of the other party who has called the retrieval means when the call addressed to the subscriber occurs. The step of reading the content satisfying the reproduction condition searched by the means from the database is caused to execute the step of reproducing the content read by the reading means on the audio channel.

  Further, the program according to the present invention stores the content reproduced by the reproduction means in the storage means in association with the reproduction history information including the call history information related to the call to the other party who made the call. The content specifying unit executes a step of specifying the content reproduced based on the transmission history information from a predetermined storage unit.

  Further, the program according to the present invention executes a step of causing the user to audition at least a part of the content when the user decides whether or not the user purchases the content displayed on the display unit in the display step. Let

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily select and acquire content already owned by the user using the user's telephone number as a key, and increase the opportunity for purchasing the content.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In order to avoid any doubt in the interpretation of the meaning of terms, here, content is defined as software that is transmitted to the other party who made the call before answering the call. For example, music, voice, and the like, which may include data such as characters, images (still images, moving images), and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the content providing system in this embodiment includes a content provider interface unit 1, a user interface unit 2, a content management unit 3, a subscriber management unit 4, a source database 5, and a content management database. 6, a subscriber information database 7, and a playback unit 8.

  The content provider interface unit 1 is connected to a terminal device 20 on the content provider side via a network 10 such as the Internet. The network 10 may be an arbitrary network, and includes, for example, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), and the like.

  The user interface unit 2 is connected to a user information processing device 21 via a network 10 such as the Internet, and is connected to a user mobile terminal 22 via a mobile data network 11. It is connected to the user's telephone 23 via.

  The content provider interface unit 1 has a function of receiving content from the information processing device 20 on the content provider side that provides content such as music to be transmitted to the other party who has called. Further, it has a function of receiving content management data from the information processing apparatus 20 on the content provider side. For example, it may be realized by a Web server that provides a Web site. At this time, the URL (Uniform Resource Locators) of the Web site may be disclosed only to the terminal device 20 on the content provider side. The terminal device 20 includes, for example, a personal computer, a mobile phone, a PHS (simple mobile phone), and a portable information terminal, and the communication means thereof may be either wired or wireless, for example, wireless LAN communication Including Bluetooth and infrared communications.

  The user interface unit 2 has a function of accepting subscriber data provided by the user using the terminal device 21, the mobile terminal 22, or the telephone 23, and a function of guiding the user to purchase contents and making a purchase. is doing. For example, the relationship with the information processing apparatus 21 connected via the network 10 such as the Internet may be realized by a Web server, and the relationship with the mobile terminal 22 connected via the mobile data network 11. Then, it may be realized by a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) server, or may be realized by an IVR (Interactive Voice Response) in relation to the telephone set 23 connected via the mobile network 12. . The terminal device 21 includes, for example, a personal computer, a portable information terminal, and the like, the mobile terminal 22 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a PHS, and the like, and the telephone 23 includes, for example, a mobile phone, a fixed phone, and the like.

  The content management unit 3 has a function of receiving content from the content provider interface unit 1 and registering, updating, and deleting a source file related to the content in the source database 5. Further, it has a function of receiving content management data from the content provider interface unit 1 and registering, updating, and deleting the content management data in the content management database 6. For example, it is realized on a well-known single or a plurality of computer systems such as a server including a CPU, a memory, a data reception interface, an input / output device, an external storage device, etc., and the CPU executes a predetermined instruction read into the memory By doing so, it is embodied as a processing routine. The predetermined command may be read from an external storage device or a network.

  Here, the source file stored in the source database 5 refers to, for example, a sound source file in a file format having an extension such as “.vox”. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, a file identifier and a file name are registered in association with each other.

  The content management data stored in the content management database 6 is, for example, data that defines how to assemble source files related to content such as classification by category such as genre and artist. As shown in FIG. 3, the file identifier of the source file stored in the source database 5 may be registered in association with each genre.

  The subscriber management unit 4 has a function of receiving subscriber data from the user interface unit 2 and registering, updating, and deleting the subscriber data in the subscriber information database 7. For example, it is realized on a well-known single or a plurality of computer systems such as a server including a CPU, a memory, a data reception interface, an input / output device, an external storage device, etc., and the CPU executes a predetermined instruction read into the memory By doing so, it is embodied as a processing routine. The predetermined command may be read from an external storage device or a network. Alternatively, the content management unit 3 may be realized by the same computer system as the computer system.

  An example of subscriber data stored in the subscriber information database 7 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 4, the subscriber data includes a subscriber attribute 71, a service state 72, purchased content information 73, and a playback condition 74.

  The subscriber attribute 71 is an item for setting the subscriber's own personal information. There is a telephone number as essential attribute information. For example, a name, an address, a user account, and a password are set as other optional attribute information. May be.

  The service state 72 is an item for setting whether to transmit the purchased content to the other party who made the call or to play a normal RBT. When the purchased content is transmitted to the other party who made the call, “1” is added as a flag, and when a normal RBT is sent, a NULL code may be stored.

  The purchased content information 73 includes detailed information 731 relating to details of the purchased content and the like, and copy permission / inhibition 732. The detailed information 721 is an item for setting, for example, the content song name, singer, lyricist, composer, copyright owner, content provider, fee, purchase date, expiration date, and the like. The copy permission / inhibition 732 is an item for setting whether or not the other user can view the purchased content when the user purchases the content. It is not displayed on the screen of the Web site and is not touched by other users. When copying is possible, “1” may be added as a flag, and when copying is impossible, a NULL code may be stored.

  The reproduction condition 74 includes a time designation 741, a sender group 742, and a basic song 743. The time designation 741 is an item for setting a year anniversary, a month anniversary, a day of the week, a time zone, and the like, for example, for transmitting predetermined content to a caller. The caller group 742 is an item for setting contents to be transmitted according to the group of the other party who has made a call such as family, co-workers, friends, lovers, etc. You may set “Remembrance Song”. The basic content 743 is an item for setting content to be transmitted to the other party who has called by default when nothing is set. In addition, the other party who made the call is specified by the other party's telephone number.

  When a call addressed to a subscriber occurs, the playback unit 8 searches the subscriber information database 7 using the subscriber's telephone number as a key, and refers to the playback condition 74 based on the telephone number of the caller and the like. Thus, it has a function of reading the source file of the corresponding content from the source database 5 and reproducing it for the audio channel. For example, it may be realized by Intelligent Peripheral. The database to be searched may be a database of a copy of the source database 5 and a copy of the subscriber information database 7 provided in the reproducing unit 8 itself. As a result, it is possible to minimize the influence due to the occurrence of a failure of the server or the like that manages the master database.

  Further, the source database 5, the content management database 6 and the subscriber information database 7 are embodied using a memory, an external storage device, or the like.

  Details of the operation of the content providing system according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 is a flowchart of the registration process of content in the source database 5, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the registration process of content management data in the content management database 6, and FIG. 7 is a subscription of subscriber data. FIG. 8 is a flowchart of content purchase processing by the terminal device 21, the mobile terminal 22, or the telephone 23 used by the user. Hereinafter, each step of the flowchart is abbreviated as “S”.

  First, registration processing of content received from the information processing apparatus 20 on the content provider side in the source database 5 will be described with reference to FIG.

  Content such as music to be transmitted to the other party who made the call is provided to the content provider interface unit 1 by the information processing device 20 on the content provider side via the network 10 such as the Internet (S501). Accepted by the content provider interface unit 1 (S502).

  Then, the content received by the content provider interface unit 1 is received from the content provider interface unit 1 by the content management unit 3 (S503) and registered in the source database 5 by the content management unit 3 (S504). Here, the content is registered in the source database 5 in a source file format related to the content.

  Note that the content registered in the source database 5 is updated and deleted in the same flow as steps 501 to 504 described above.

  Next, registration processing of content management data received from the information provider 20 on the content provider side in the content management database 6 will be described with reference to FIG.

  Content management data that defines how source files related to content registered in the source database 5 are collected is provided to the content provider interface unit 1 by the information provider 20 on the content provider side via the network 10 such as the Internet ( In step S601, the content management data is received by the content provider interface unit 1 (S602).

  The content management data received by the content provider interface unit 1 is received from the content provider interface unit 1 by the content management unit 3 (S603), and registered in the content management database 6 by the content management unit 3 (S604).

  Note that the content management data registered in the content management database 6 is updated and deleted in the same flow as in steps 601 to 604 described above.

  Next, registration processing of subscriber data received from the terminal device 21, the mobile terminal 22 or the telephone set 23 used by the user in the subscriber information database 7 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the case of the terminal device 21, the terminal device 21, the mobile terminal 22 or the telephone set 23 used by the user uses the subscriber data via the network 10 such as the Internet, and in the case of the mobile terminal 22, the mobile data network. 11 and in the case of the telephone set 23, it is provided to the user interface unit 2 via the mobile network 12 (S701), and the subscriber data is received by the user interface unit 2 (S702).

  Here, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 9 may be displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 21 and the mobile terminal 22 used by the user by the user interface unit 2. Referring to FIG. 9, as the subscriber attribute 71, data relating to a telephone number, a name, a user account, and a password are input in the corresponding fields. By switching the ON / OFF button, it is designated as the service state 72 whether to transmit the purchased content to the other party who made the call or to play a normal RBT. The service flag provided for each user in the home location register (HLR) is based on data such as a flag set in the service state 72. For example, when the service flag is ON, the playback unit 8 is activated. On the other hand, when it is OFF, it is switched and set so that the RBT is played by the exchange without starting the reproduction unit 8. As the playback condition 74, data related to the time designation 741, the sender group 742, and the basic music 743 are input in the corresponding fields. Detailed information 731 relating to the contents of the purchased content is displayed as a list of purchased content, and by checking a copy permission / prohibition check box, copy permission / inhibition 732 in the purchased content information 73 is designated, and the user's purchased content is confirmed. Is allowed to be viewed when other users purchase content. In the case of the telephone 23 using IVR, the same contents as shown in FIG. 9 are guided by voice, each data is provided by dialing, or the response by utterance is processed by the voice recognition function. By doing so, each data may be provided.

  The subscriber data received by the user interface unit 2 is received from the user interface unit 2 by the subscriber management unit 4 (S703), and registered in the subscriber information database 7 by the subscriber management unit 4 (S704). .

  The subscriber data registered in the subscriber information database 7 is updated, deleted, and the like in the same flow as steps 701 to 704 described above.

  5 to 7, the content is registered in the source database 5, the content management data is registered in the content management database 6, and the subscriber data is registered in the subscriber information database 7. Next, a process in which a user purchases content using the terminal device 21 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In addition, here, when a user wants to purchase content, the content was transmitted when someone called the other person in the past, and there was an experience of watching or listening to it. Therefore, it is assumed that the user himself / herself wants to use it. However, the present invention is not limited to this case, and the present invention can be applied to a case where the user wants to know purchased contents of another person who has not made a call.

  In order to display the content purchase screen using the information processing apparatus 21 or the mobile terminal 22, the user designates the URL of the website, for example (S801). When the user does not know the URL of the Web site, it may be specified from an object such as a character string having a hyperlink to the URL or a banner image.

  For example, a content purchase screen as shown in FIG. 10 provided by the user interface unit 2 based on the specified URL or the like is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 21 or the mobile terminal 22 used by the user. (S802). Referring to FIG. 11, “copy from others”, “from list”, and “gift” exist as purchase methods. The user selects a desired radio button from these purchasing methods (S803). When the “OK” button is pressed (S804), the next screen corresponding to the selected purchase method is developed.

  Here, the user means a user whose subscriber data is registered in advance in the subscriber information database 7.

  When the user uses the telephone 23 using the IVR, the user interface unit 2 guides the purchase method similar to that shown in FIG. 10 by voice and selects the purchase method by responding to the voice. It may be.

  When “copy from another person” is selected as the purchase method, when the “decision” button is pressed in the above step 803, the other person provided by the user interface unit 2, for example, as shown in FIG. A screen requesting input of the telephone number is displayed (S805).

  When the user inputs another person's telephone number from the screen shown in FIG. 11, the input telephone number is passed from the user interface unit 2 and a copy request is made to the subscriber management unit 4 (S806). Here, the telephone number of another person is input using the terminal device 21 recorded by the playback unit 8 using the terminal device 21 used by the user or the call history data from the mobile terminal 22 to the other person's telephone. Alternatively, the call history may be displayed on the screen of the mobile terminal 22 and may be directly input by selecting it.

  Further, in the above step S806, when another person's telephone number is input and a copy request is made, for example, from the screen shown in FIG. It may be possible to select whether to display only the content used in the process or to display a list of contents that can be purchased. If you choose to display only the content that was used at the time of the most recent call, only the specific content that was played when you made a call to another person's phone is displayed on the screen, and the user can simplify the specific content that you want to purchase. And the act of selecting from a plurality of contents can be omitted.

  For example, if you want to purchase the song you listened to when you made the most recent call, you can identify the content that was used when you made the most recent call to the called party. When a number is input, it is information that can be registered in the storage device of the playback unit 8 in association with the playback history and that can be used to specify the song that was used for the most recent call to the other party who made the call. For example, the music may be specified by a file identifier, a file name, or the like registered in the source database 5. Here, the playback unit 8 searches the subscriber information database 7 at the time of call connection, and acquires the identifier of the content to be played back. The call occurrence time (year / month / day / hour / minute / second), caller telephone number at this time The recipient telephone number, the reproduction result (success / failure), the reproduced content identifier, etc. are written in a file as log information and stored in a storage device. Then, when the telephone number of the other party making the call is entered from the subscriber and a copy request is generated, the data in which the telephone number is recorded as the caller is based on the telephone number of the other party making the call. The playback unit 8 executes a process of searching for whether or not it exists (the latest one if present), acquires the content from the obtained content identifier, and displays it on the screen of the terminal device 21 or the mobile terminal 22 To do. In addition, log files may be periodically collected at the back end in a short cycle, and the above search processing may be executed by the back end server. Here, the back-end server accepts a request transmitted by the user using the terminal device 21, the mobile terminal 22 or the telephone 23 via the Web server, WAP server or IVR that implements the user interface unit 2. It refers to a server having a function to process and a function to execute a process after the call process by the reproduction unit 8, for example, a server that realizes the content management unit 3 or the subscriber management unit 4. In general, it may be desired to purchase a song immediately after listening to it or immediately after it, so the information that can be used to specify the song used at the time of the most recent call is several hours, days, etc. May be registered in the storage device of the reproducing unit 8 for a relatively short period of time.

  The subscriber management unit 4 receives the telephone number input from the user interface unit 2 and receives a copy request (S807). Then, the subscriber management unit 4 checks the validity of the input telephone number (S808). To check the validity, it is determined whether the number of digits of the entered phone number is within the range of the specified number of digits, and the operator is identified from the number of the upper few digits of the entered phone number. Alternatively, a search may be made as to whether or not the telephone number exists in the subscriber information database 7 based on the input telephone number.

  If the validity check is not passed, a predetermined error message may be displayed on the screen to request input again (S809).

  On the other hand, when the validity check is passed, the subscriber management unit 4 is registered in association with the telephone number registered in the subscriber information database 7 that matches the input telephone number. It is determined whether copy permission / inhibition 732 in the purchased content information 73 of the subscriber data is set to copy rejection (S810). For example, the determination may be made by checking the presence / absence of a flag set when copying is possible. If copying is rejected, a message to that effect is sent to the user interface unit 2 by the subscriber management unit 4 (S811). For example, a display as shown in FIG. 12 is made by the user interface unit 2, and it is notified that the subscriber of the inputted telephone number has no intention of having others browse and copy his / her content (S812). Therefore, the content is not transmitted to the user interface unit 2 and displayed on the screen, and is not touched by other users. Thereby, even if it is a case where the content which the self purchased content does not want to be known to others is contained, it can avoid browsing by other users.

  On the other hand, if copying is permitted, the content is transmitted to the user interface unit 2 by the subscriber management unit 4 (S813). The content received from the subscriber management unit 4 is displayed by the user interface unit 2 as shown in FIG. 13, for example, and a list of purchaseable content is displayed on the screen so as to be viewable (S814). In addition, at the time of the latest call to the other party who made the call by using the call history data from the terminal device 21 or the mobile terminal 22 used by the user to the other person's telephone set recorded by the playback unit 8 The content used in the above may be displayed so that it can be distinguished from other content with a mark such as “*” as shown in FIG.

  In the above description, when the copy permission / inhibition 732 of the purchased content information 73 of the subscriber data is set to “copy not permitted”, all the purchased content of the subscriber is transmitted to the user interface unit 2. Although an example in which the content is not displayed and is not displayed on the screen has been described, the copy permission / inhibition 732 may be set for each content when the subscriber has purchased a plurality of content. When individually set as such, the subscriber management unit 4 is registered in association with the telephone number registered in the subscriber information database 7 that matches the input telephone number. It is determined for each content whether or not the copy permission / inhibition 732 of the purchased content information 73 of the user data is set to copy rejection, and only the content set to copy permission is transmitted to the user interface unit 2 and displayed on the screen. The content that is displayed and set to copy-prohibited is not transmitted to the user interface unit 2 and is not displayed on the screen. Accordingly, it is possible to make fine settings for each content, whether or not to display all the content uniformly for other people to browse, and improve user convenience.

  When the user browses the screen display as shown in FIG. 13 and wishes to purchase the content, the user selects the check box of the content desired to purchase and purchases while the screen shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. The button is pressed down (S815).

  In the above step S815, when selecting the content desired to be purchased, the check box of the content desired to be reproduced for trial is selected, and the trial reproduction button is displayed while the screen shown in FIG. 13 is displayed. Thus, the user may be able to play a part or all of the content on a trial basis. Thus, the user can directly touch not only the attribute such as the title of the displayed content but also the actual content, and can select an appropriate content that suits his / her preference.

  When the user depresses the purchase button in step S815, data for specifying the content related to the content to be purchased is transmitted from the user interface unit 2 to the subscriber management unit 4 (S816). Detailed information on the contents of the purchased content among the purchased content information 73 registered in the subscriber information database 7 based on the data for identifying the content purchased by the user received from the user interface unit 2 The newly purchased content is added to 731 in association with the user, and the detailed information 731 is updated (S817).

  In the above step S817, the newly purchased content is added to the detailed information 731 relating to the content of the purchased content among the purchased content information 73 registered in the subscriber information database 7 and added to the user. When the information 731 is updated, for example, a message to that effect as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the screen to notify the user that the purchase of the content is completed (S818).

  Then, based on the purchased content information 73 registered in the subscriber information database 7, the user can set a service state 72, purchased content information 73, and playback conditions 74 for subscriber data.

  As for the service state 72, it is set whether the purchased content is transmitted to the other party who makes the call, or whether the normal RBT is to be sent. Is set to allow other users to view the purchased content when purchasing the content, and for the time designation 741 of the playback conditions 74, the year anniversary, month anniversary, day of the week, Depending on the time of day, etc., settings are made to vary the content transmitted to the other party who has made the call specified by the telephone number of the other party who made the call. Set basic music 7 to make the content to be transmitted different according to the group of the other party who called the family, colleagues, friends, lovers, etc. For 3, to set the content to be transmitted to the caller of the default on the phone.

  According to the above flow, when the process in each step is executed and the subscriber data is registered in the subscriber information database 7 and a call addressed to the subscriber is generated, the subscriber is notified by the switching network. The home location register is searched using the telephone number of the telephone as a key, and when the service flag provided based on the service status 72 is ON, the playback unit 8 is activated, and the playback unit 8 generates the caller's telephone number and call. The subscriber information database 7 is searched based on the date and time etc., and the source file of the corresponding content is read from the source database 5 with reference to the playback condition 74 and played back on the audio channel. The database to be searched may be a copy database of the source database 5 and a copy of the subscriber information database 7 provided in the reproducing unit 8 itself.

  On the other hand, the home location register is searched by the switching network using the subscriber's telephone number as a key, and when the service flag provided based on the service state 72 is OFF, the normal RBT is sent without starting the playback unit 8. Processing is performed by the exchange.

  Further, when “from the list” is selected as the purchase method on the content purchase screen as shown in FIG. 10, when the “decision” button is pressed in step 803, the user interface unit 2 provides the purchase method. , A list of contents is displayed. The content may be classified and displayed based on, for example, a genre and the like.

  In addition, when “gift” is selected as the purchase method on the content purchase screen as shown in FIG. 10, processing is performed in which the content purchased by the above processing flow is presented to a third party. May be.

  The above-described embodiments and examples are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, the user who purchases the content may include those whose subscriber data is not registered in the subscriber information database 7. In step S817, the subscriber data is stored by the subscriber management unit 4. It is determined whether or not the user is registered in the subscriber information database 7. If the user is not registered, the user interface unit 2 is requested to transmit the subscriber data of the user. Then, the user may input the subscriber data to the user interface unit 2 and the subscriber management unit 4 may newly register the subscriber data in the subscriber information database 7 based on the data.

  Also, when all calls are generated, the playback unit 8 is activated, and the playback unit 8 sets whether or not the subscriber data is registered in the subscriber information database 7 and the service state 72 is set to flow a normal RBT. The playback unit 8 may execute normal RBT processing for non-subscribers and RBT playback requesters.

  In the above-described embodiment, the system configuration in which the database is divided into the source database 5, the content management database 6, and the subscriber information database 7 has been described. Various modifications such as combining the databases into one database or registering the source data and the other two data in separate databases are possible.

  In the above embodiment, the system configuration in which the content provider interface unit 1, the user interface unit 2, the content management unit 3, the subscriber management unit 4, and the playback unit 8 are connected as separate devices has been described. Of course, the present invention can be applied to a configuration in which a plurality of functions are realized as one computer system or a configuration in which a plurality of server devices are added for each divided function.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the system in embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data stored in a source database. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data stored in a content management database. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data stored in a subscriber information database. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the registration process to the source database of content. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the registration process to the content management database of content management data. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the registration process to the subscriber information database of subscriber data. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the content purchase process by the terminal device etc. which a user uses. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the screen which registers subscriber data. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the screen which selects the purchase method at the time of purchasing a content. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the screen which requests | requires the input of the telephone number of the other person at the time of purchasing a content. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the screen which requests | requires designation | designated of the display method of the content which can be purchased. It is a figure which shows an example of the message displayed on a screen, when the copy permission of the purchased content information of the subscriber data regarding the input telephone number is set to copy prohibition. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which displays the list of the contents which can be purchased. It is a figure which shows an example of the message displayed on a screen when the purchase of content is completed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content provider interface part 2 User interface part 3 Content management part 4 Subscriber management part 5 Source database 6 Content management database 7 Subscriber information database 8 Playback part 10 Network 11 Mobile data network 12 Mobile network 20 Terminal apparatus 21 Information processing apparatus 22 Mobile terminal 23 Telephone

Claims (23)

The content that is transmitted from the information processing device used by the content provider to the other party who has made a call over the network until the call is answered and the content management data used to classify the content are acquired. An interface device;
A second interface device for acquiring subscriber data and telephone number data including information on the subscriber's telephone number and the content purchased by the subscriber from the information processing apparatus used by the user;
A database in which the content, the content management data, and the subscriber data are registered;
Content registration means for receiving the content from the first interface device and registering the content in the database;
Content management data registration means for receiving the content management data from the first interface device and registering it in the database;
Subscriber data registration means for accepting the subscriber data from the second interface device and associating and registering the subscriber telephone number and the content purchased by the subscriber in the database;
Receiving means for receiving the telephone number data from the second interface device;
Search means for searching whether the telephone number data exists in the database based on the telephone number data received by the receiving means;
Display means for displaying the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means;
Purchase desired content data accepting means for accepting data specifying what is desired to be purchased from among the contents displayed by the display means;
A management apparatus comprising update means for registering the content specified based on the data received by the purchase-requested content data reception means as the purchased content in the database and updating the database;
A content providing system comprising: The second interface device further acquires data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has purchased,
The subscriber data registration means accepts data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has purchased from the second interface device, and registers the data in the database,
The management device determines whether or not to allow another person to browse the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means. The content providing system according to claim 1, further comprising means. When a call to the subscriber occurs,
Search means for searching reproduction conditions from the database based on the telephone number of the other party who made the call;
Reading means for reading the content satisfying the reproduction condition searched by the search means from the database;
Reproduction means for reproducing the content read by the reading means for an audio channel;
The content providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a playback device including: An interface for acquiring content transmitted from the information processing device used by the content provider to the other party who has made a call over the network until the call is answered and the content management data used for classifying the content Equipment,
An interface device for acquiring subscriber data and telephone number data including information on the subscriber's telephone number and the content purchased by the subscriber from the information processing apparatus used by the user;
A source database in which the content is registered;
A content management database in which the content management data is registered;
A subscriber information database in which the subscriber data is registered;
Content registration means for receiving the content from the interface device for acquiring the content and registering the content in the source database;
Content management data registration means for receiving the content management data from the interface device for acquiring the content management data and registering the content management data in the content management database;
Subscriber data registration for accepting the subscriber data from the interface device for obtaining the subscriber data and associating the subscriber telephone number with the content purchased by the subscriber in the subscriber information database Means,
Receiving means for receiving the telephone number data from the interface device for acquiring the telephone number data;
Search means for searching whether the telephone number data exists in the subscriber information database based on the telephone number data received by the receiving means;
Display means for displaying the content registered in the subscriber information database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means;
Purchase desired content data accepting means for accepting data specifying what is desired to be purchased from among the contents displayed by the display means;
Update means for updating the subscriber information database by registering the content specified based on the data received by the purchase request content data receiving means as the purchased content in the subscriber information database. A management device;
A content providing system comprising: The interface device for acquiring the subscriber data further acquires data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has purchased,
The subscriber data registration means receives data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has purchased from the interface device that acquires the subscriber data, and registers the data in the subscriber information database And
The management device determines whether or not to allow another person to browse the content registered in the subscriber information database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means. 5. The content providing system according to claim 4, further comprising browsing permission / inhibition determining means. When a call to the subscriber occurs,
Search means for searching for reproduction conditions from the subscriber information database based on the telephone number of the other party who made the call;
Reading means for reading from the source database content that satisfies the playback condition searched by the search means;
Reproduction means for reproducing the content read by the reading means for an audio channel;
The content providing system according to claim 4, further comprising: a playback device including: The playback device
Storage means for storing the content reproduced by the reproduction means in a predetermined storage unit in association with reproduction history information including transmission history information related to a call made to the other party who made the call;
Content specifying means for specifying the reproduced content based on the transmission history information from the predetermined storage unit;
7. The content providing system according to claim 3 or 6, characterized by comprising:   8. The auditing device according to claim 1, further comprising audition means for auditioning at least a part of the content when determining whether or not to purchase the content displayed by the display means. 9. The content providing system according to item 1. Accepting the content transmitted by the content registration means before answering the call to the caller and registering it in the database;
Accepting content management data used for classifying the content by content management data registration means and registering it in the database;
The subscriber data registration means receives subscriber data including a subscriber's telephone number and information on the content that the subscriber has purchased, and the subscriber's telephone number and the content that the subscriber has purchased. Registering them in the database in association with each other;
Receiving telephone number data by the receiving means;
Searching by the search means whether the telephone number data exists in the database based on the telephone number data received by the receiving means in the receiving step;
Displaying the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means in the searching step by a display means;
When there is the content that the user desires to purchase from among the contents displayed on the display means in the displaying step by the purchase desired content data receiving means, the step of receiving data specifying the desired content ,
Registering the content specified based on the data received by the purchase desired content data receiving means in the receiving step by the updating means as the purchased content in the database, and updating the database When,
A content providing method characterized by comprising: In the step of registering in the database, the subscriber data registration means registers in the database data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has already purchased,
Whether the content is registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the searching means in the searching step is set by the browsing permission determination means to be made to allow others to browse The content providing method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of determining the content. When a call to the subscriber occurs,
Searching for reproduction conditions from the database based on the telephone number of the other party who made the call by a search means;
Reading from the database content that satisfies the playback condition searched by the search means by reading means;
Playing back the content read by the reading means with respect to an audio channel by a playing means;
11. The content providing method according to claim 9 or 10, characterized by comprising: Storing the content reproduced by the reproducing means in a predetermined storage unit in association with reproduction history information including outgoing history information related to a call made to the other party who made a call by the storage means;
A step of specifying the reproduced content from the predetermined storage unit based on the transmission history information by content specifying means;
The content providing method according to claim 11, further comprising:   A step of causing the user to audition at least a part of the content when determining whether or not the user purchases the content displayed on the display unit in the step of displaying by the trial listening unit; The content providing method according to claim 9, wherein the content providing method is the same as the content providing method according to claim 9. Content transmitted before answering the call to the called party, content management data used to classify the content, and the subscriber's telephone number and the content purchased by the subscriber A database in which subscriber data including information on
Content registration means for accepting the content and registering it in the database;
Content management data registration means for accepting the content management data and registering it in the database;
Subscriber data registration means for accepting the subscriber data and associating and registering the subscriber telephone number and the content purchased by the subscriber in the database;
A reception means for receiving telephone number data;
Search means for searching whether the telephone number data exists in the database based on the telephone number data received by the receiving means;
Display means for displaying the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means;
Purchase desired content data accepting means for accepting data specifying what is desired to be purchased from among the contents displayed by the display means;
Updating means for registering the content specified based on the data received by the purchase-requested content data receiving means as the purchased content in the database and updating the database;
A server comprising: In the database, data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that has been purchased by the subscriber is further registered,
The subscriber data registration means registers, in the database, data for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has purchased.
A browsing permission / non-permission determining unit that determines whether or not to allow another person to browse the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the searching unit; The server according to claim 14, characterized in that: When a call to the subscriber occurs,
Search means for searching reproduction conditions from the database based on the telephone number of the other party who made the call;
Reading means for reading the content satisfying the reproduction condition searched by the search means from the database;
Reproduction means for reproducing the content read by the reading means for an audio channel;
The server according to claim 14 or 15, further comprising: Storage means for storing the content reproduced by the reproduction means in a predetermined storage unit in association with reproduction history information including transmission history information related to a call made to the other party who made the call;
Content specifying means for specifying the reproduced content based on the transmission history information from the predetermined storage unit;
The server according to claim 16, comprising:   The audition means for auditioning at least a part of the content when deciding whether or not to purchase the content displayed by the display means is provided. server. The step of accepting the content transmitted until the other party who made the call answers the call to the content registration means and registering it in the database,
Accepting content management data used for classifying the content in content management data registration means and registering it in the database;
The subscriber data registration means receives subscriber data including a subscriber's telephone number and information on the content that the subscriber has purchased, and the subscriber's telephone number and the content that the subscriber has purchased. And associating them with the database,
The step of receiving the telephone number data in the receiving means,
Searching means for searching whether the telephone number data exists in the database based on the telephone number data received by the receiving means in the receiving step;
Displaying on the display means the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means in the searching step;
When there is the content that the user desires to purchase from among the contents displayed on the display means in the displaying step, the purchase desired content data receiving means receives the data specifying the desired content. ,
Registering the content specified on the basis of the data received by the purchase desired content data receiving means in the receiving step in the updating means as the purchased content in the database, and updating the database A program characterized by having executed. In the step of registering in the database, the subscriber data registration unit is configured to register data in the database for setting whether or not to allow others to view the content that the subscriber has already purchased.
Whether it is set to whether or not to allow other people to browse the content registered in the database in association with the telephone number data searched by the search means in the searching step. The program according to claim 19, wherein the step of determining is executed. When a call to the subscriber occurs,
Searching the reproduction means from the database based on the telephone number of the other party who made the call to the search means,
Reading the content satisfying the reproduction condition searched by the search means from the database to the reading means,
21. The program according to claim 19 or 20, wherein the program causes the reproduction unit to reproduce the content read by the reading unit with respect to an audio channel. Storing the content reproduced by the reproducing means in a predetermined storage unit in association with reproduction history information including outgoing history information related to a call made to the other party who made a call in the storage means;
23. The program according to claim 21, further comprising a step of causing the content specifying unit to execute the step of specifying the reproduced content based on the transmission history information from the predetermined storage unit.   Causing the trial listening means to perform a step of causing the user to audition at least a part of the content when determining whether or not the user purchases the content displayed on the display means in the displaying step; The program according to any one of claims 19 to 22, characterized in that:

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