JP4540072B2 - Online music reception method on information terminals - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an online music receiving method in an information terminal such as a mobile phone, and more specifically, since a user of an information terminal receives distribution of desired music information from a database of a music information providing site. The present invention relates to an on-line music receiving method that can simplify the request work and prevent erroneous operations.

  The database of the site that provides music information to the information terminal stores a large number of songs ranging from tens of thousands of songs. For this reason, when an elderly person requests a desired song, the information terminal sends a database to the database. It is difficult to definitely transmit the user ID and the content number of the music. If you request a song by mistake, you will not be able to listen to the song you want, but you will have to pay a useless fee.

Download only the songs you want to listen to from the music information provider site, store all the music information of those songs in the memory of the information terminal, and read the music information of the desired song from the memory as needed However, the inconveniences as described above can be avoided. However, the memory capacity of the information terminal has limitations on the length of music and the number of music that can be stored.
Further, for example, Patent Document 1 below discloses an invention in which a large number of music downloaded in a compressed state is recorded in a memory of an information terminal and is continuously reproduced as BGM.
However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, it is difficult to record and listen to only the songs desired by the user on the information terminal, and automatically record and store a large number of songs that the user does not listen to at all. Therefore, there is a lot of waste in using the memory.

JP 2002-049375 A

In order to achieve the above object, a music receiving method in an information terminal according to the present invention is a first method comprising the following steps (a) and (b) using an information terminal provided with a memory capable of recording music information. And a second receiving method comprising steps (c) to (e) are selected and executed at any time, and is a method for receiving music information online from a database.
Thus, the first receiving method is
(A) From the information terminal, based on the user's operation, access the database of the desired music distribution site, send the user ID and the content number of the desired music, and include a part that the user is allowed to record in advance Receiving the distribution of the music information of the desired music, playing it on the information terminal and listening to the user;
(B) the step of recording the music information of the portion of the music information distributed by the step described in the preceding paragraph, which has been permitted to be recorded in advance, together with the content number and the search tab in the memory of the information terminal,
The second receiving method is
(C) sequentially reproducing the music information recorded in the memory in response to the user's operation at the information terminal, and allowing the user to listen;
(D) a step in which a user presses a decision button while music information of a desired music piece is being reproduced in the step described in the preceding paragraph;
(E) When the determination button is pressed in the step described in the preceding paragraph, the database is automatically accessed from the information terminal, the user ID and the content number of the desired music whose determination button is pressed are automatically transmitted, and the desired Receiving the distribution of the music information of the music, and playing it on the information terminal to allow the user to listen,
Depending on the needs of the user, these first and second reception methods are used properly as needed, making it easy and undoubtedly to make a request to the database using the memory of the information terminal with limited capacity. It can be done.

In order to achieve the above object, a music receiving method in an information terminal according to the present invention is a first method comprising the following steps (a) and (b) using an information terminal provided with a memory capable of recording music information. And a second receiving method comprising steps (c) to (e) are selected and executed at any time, and is a method for receiving music information online from a database.
Thus, the first receiving method is
(A) From the information terminal, based on the user's operation, access the database of the desired music information providing site, transmit the user ID and the content number of the desired music, and the part that the user is permitted to record in advance Receiving the distribution of the music information of the desired music including, reproducing the information on the information terminal and listening to the user;
(B) the step of recording the music information of the portion of the music information distributed by the step described in the preceding paragraph, which has been permitted to be recorded in advance, together with the content number and the search tab in the memory of the information terminal,
The second receiving method is
(C) sequentially reproducing the music information recorded in the memory in response to the user's operation at the information terminal, and allowing the user to listen;
(D) a step in which a user presses a decision button while music information of a desired music piece is being reproduced in the step described in the preceding paragraph;
(E) When the determination button is pressed in the step described in the preceding paragraph, the database is automatically accessed from the information terminal, the user ID and the content number of the desired music whose determination button is pressed are automatically transmitted, and the desired Receiving the distribution of the music information of the music, and playing it on the information terminal to allow the user to listen,
Depending on the needs of the user, these first and second reception methods are used properly as needed, making it easy and undoubtedly to make a request to the database using the memory of the information terminal with limited capacity. It can be done.

As information terminals, mobile terminals such as mobile phones and car navigation systems, personal computers with communication functions, karaoke terminals, game machines, etc. can be used. Music information distribution from the server to information extinction includes normal compressed distribution. Various streaming distributions can be made.
Music information recorded in the information terminal can be performed by a method of recording in a compressed state by a conventional method, a method of recording in a state of being sent by streaming delivery, or the like.
It is also recommended that the playback in step (c) is configured to start from the music information of the music specified by the user by the content number or the search tab.
It is also recommended to provide a step of automatically deleting the recording of music that is not reproduced for a certain period of time from the music information recorded in the memory.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, by executing the first receiving method, only a number of pieces of music that are convenient and necessary for requesting a user's favorite music are recorded in the memory of the information terminal. If you want to listen to the entire desired piece of music, you can select the song with a simple operation without fail by executing the second reception method, and play it while receiving the entire music information from the database. Can be heard.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a communication environment for carrying out the online music receiving method according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration of an information terminal used for carrying out the online music receiving method according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing execution steps of the online music receiving method according to the present invention,
FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the entire music information of an arbitrary piece of music provided from the database in the online music receiving method according to the present invention and the portion of the music information that is permitted to be recorded on the user's information terminal. Illustration,
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents recorded in the music information memory of the user information terminal when the present invention is implemented.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an information terminal, 2 is a database, 3 is a communication network, and 4 is a telephone station.
In FIG. 2, 11 is a communication circuit, 11a is a small antenna, 12 is a key input operation unit, 12a is an enter button, 13 is a microphone, 14 is an audio input circuit, 15 is a clock circuit, 16 is RAM, and 17 is ROM. , 18 is a music information memory, 19 is a CPU, 20 is an image processing circuit, 21 is a liquid crystal display, 22 is a vibrator, 23 is a music playback circuit, 24 is a small speaker for playing music and ringtones, 25 is an audio output circuit, 26 is a small speaker for call reproduction, 27 is an external output terminal, and 28 is a data bus.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the online music receiving method of the present invention receives music information transmitted from the telephone station 4 via the communication network 3 from the database 2 of the music information providing site and is received by the user information terminal 1. The present invention relates to a reception method applied when reproducing and listening.

An example of the circuit configuration of the information terminal 1 used by the user for carrying out the method of the present invention is shown in FIG.
The function of each component in FIG. 2 will be described. The communication circuit 11 is a circuit that performs communication for a call on a mobile phone, reception of music information from the database 1, and communication for the request.
The key input operation unit 12 is used not only for inputting the telephone number of the other party for telephone communication, but also for input operation when using various functions of the information terminal 1 in addition to mail communication. As will be described later, one of the various keys of the key input operation unit 12 is also assigned as the determination button 12a for the determination button 12a for selecting a desired music piece.
The voice input circuit 14 is a circuit for organizing the user's voice signal input from the microphone 13 into a signal form suitable for telephone transmission during a telephone call.
The clock circuit 15 is a circuit that oscillates clock pulses for operating digital circuit elements such as the CPU 19.
The RAM 16 is a memory that exchanges data necessary for arithmetic processing operations in the CPU 19 with the CPU.
The ROM 17 is a memory for recording various programs necessary for the operation of the information terminal 1, various image data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21, voice data such as a ring tone.
The music information memory 18 is a memory for recording the music information and the like of the portion of the music information received from the database 1 that the user is permitted to record in advance, as will be described later. You may make it share with other memories, such as ROM17.
The CPU 19 is an arithmetic processing circuit that performs overall control of the operation of the information terminal 1, and controls various operations for music reception required in the present invention by executing a program recorded in the ROM 17 by the CPU 19. It is.
The image processing circuit 20 is a circuit that organizes an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21.
The vibrator 22 is a device that applies vibration to the information terminal 1 in order to notify an incoming call.
The music reproduction circuit 23 is a circuit that reproduces the music information received from the database 1 and converts the music information recorded in the music information memory 18 into an analog signal to make a signal audible to the user. This circuit also converts the ringtone into an analog signal.
The small speaker 24 is a speaker for reproducing music and ringtones. The voice output circuit 25 is a circuit that converts the received voice of the other party to an analog signal.
The small speaker 26 is a speaker that reproduces the voice of the other party.
The external output terminal 27 is a terminal for connecting the music and sound reproduced by the small speakers 24 and 26 so as to be listened to by an earphone, a headphone or an external speaker.

Hereinafter, an online music receiving method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
When a user of the information terminal 1 receives distribution of desired music information from the database 2 of the music information providing site, when making a request from the information terminal 1 to the site, the user presses the key operation unit 12 of the information terminal 1. Operate to access the database 2 (see step a1 in FIG. 3).
Next, similarly, the key operation unit 12 of the information terminal 1 is operated to transmit the user ID and the content number of the desired music to be requested (see step a2 in FIG. 3).
As a result, the desired music information is distributed from the database 2 to the information terminal 1, so that the user can listen to the requested music piece by receiving it at the information terminal 1 and reproducing the music information. Yes (see step a3 in FIG. 3).
At this time, with respect to a part of the music information distributed from the database 2 to the information terminal 1, it is permitted to record the part on the information terminal 1 of the user, but the other part cannot be recorded. It is like that.
This will be described with reference to FIG. 4. In the example shown in FIG. 4A, when the entire music information of the music α is represented by αT, the beginning part (so-called intro part) αt of the music is Recording is permitted on the user's information terminal, but other parts cannot be recorded.
The portion that is allowed to be recorded is not necessarily the beginning portion of the song, but can be a characteristic portion of the song so that the song can be identified with a little listening.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), the permission portion βt may be in the middle of the music, and as shown in FIG. 4 (C), the length (time) of the permission portion γt is also (A). It may be longer than in the case of (B) or a length that is good as a section of a song when played back.

As described above, the music information of the music requested by the user is distributed over time to the information terminal 1 and reproduced on the information terminal 1. At the same time, the information terminal 1 stores the music information in the music information memory 18. Of the distributed music information (αT, βT, γT in FIG. 4), the music information (αt, βt, γt) in FIG. Recording is performed together with the tab (see step b in FIG. 3).
In other words, when the music information αT of the music α is received, the permission part αt includes the data “α-1” of the content number of the music α and the data “α-2” of the cueing tab as shown in FIG. At the same time, it is automatically recorded in the music information memory 18 of the information terminal.
The same applies to the songs β and γ. When these songs are received at the request of the user, the recording permission portions βt and γt of the songs are the content number data “β-1”, “ Along with γ-1 ”and cue tabs“ β-2 ”and“ γ-2 ”, each is automatically recorded in the music information memory 18 (see FIG. 5).
A command to record these is issued from the CPU 19 that executes the program for the present invention.

When the user wants to listen to the music that has been requested once in this way, the user presses a predetermined key assigned as a key for starting music listening of the key input operation unit 12 of the information terminal 1. To do.
At that time, in response to the user's operation, the music information recorded in the music information memory 18 (the music information of only the portion permitted to be recorded for each piece of music, see FIG. 5) is sequentially reproduced, and the user This can be heard (see step c in FIG. 3).
The reproduction may be started from the first piece of music information of a plurality of pieces of music recorded in the music information memory 18, but for the efficiency of music selection, the user uses the key input operation unit 12 to change the content number. Or you may make it start from the music information of the music designated by the search tab.

During the period in which the reproduction is being performed, the user presses the enter button 12a of the key input operation unit 12 while the music information of the desired music to be requested is being reproduced (see step d in FIG. 3). .
That is, for example, in the case where it is desired to request the music β, in the process shown in FIG. 5, in the process of sequentially reproducing the music information αt, βt, γt, etc. of the parts permitted to record the music α, β, γ, etc. When the user presses the decision button 12a at an arbitrary time point P (indicated by an arrow P in FIG. 5) during a period in which the music information βt that is a part of the music β is being reproduced, It can be performed.
As described above, the music can be selected by a simple operation of pressing the enter button while listening to the music to be played back, so that the request operation is simplified and an erroneous operation is prevented.

When the user presses the enter button 12a as described above, the communication circuit 11 of the information terminal 1 automatically accesses the database 2 based on a command from the CPU 19 (see step e-1 in FIG. 3), and the user ID And the content number of the desired music for which the enter button has been pressed (recorded in the music information memory 18. Any one of “α-1,” “β-1,” “γ-1,” etc. in FIG. Is automatically transmitted (see step e-2 in FIG. 3).
The database 2 that has received the user ID and the content number of the music is an information terminal in which the music information (any one of αT, βT, γT, etc. in FIG. 4) of the entire music of the content number is specified by the user ID. Send to.
The information terminal 1 of the user receives the distribution of the entire music information of the requested music transmitted over time from the database 2 and plays it back on the information terminal to allow the user to listen (see step e-3 in FIG. 3).
In this way, for the music information that is requested by step d of pressing the enter button during reproduction in step c and thus distributed from the database, a part of the music information is stored in music as in step b. The operation of recording in the information memory 18 is not performed. This is because it has already been recorded in step b.
In addition, in order to prevent unnecessary use of the memory as much as possible, it is desirable that the music information recorded in the music information memory 18 is automatically erased for music that is not reproduced for a certain period of time.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, in the above description, in the music information distributed from the database, the portion that allows recording is part of the distributed music information. This may be distributed together with the main music information as music information different from the main music information. In the above description, the distribution of only the music information has been described. In the first receiving method, Video or still image information is transmitted together with the music information, and the image information is recorded together with the music information permitted to be recorded in the music information. When the music information is distributed later, only the music information is distributed. In addition, when reproducing the music information, an image recorded with the music may be reproduced and displayed, and the present invention is within the scope of the object. There are, in which subsumes all changes embodiment those skilled in the art from the foregoing description may be readily conceived.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to simplify the request operation from the information terminal to the database, prevent an erroneous operation, and record a large number of music request data in the information terminal memory. It is possible to provide an on-line music receiving method that can be stored in advance, and it has great industrial applicability.

It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the communication environment for enforcing the online music reception method which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the circuit structure of the information terminal used in order to implement the online music reception method which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the execution step of the online music reception method which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the whole music information of the arbitrary one music provided from the database in the online music receiving method which concerns on this invention, and the part permitted to record in a user's information terminal among them. . It is explanatory drawing which shows the recording content of the music information memory of a user's information terminal in the case of implementing this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information terminal 11 Communication circuit 11a Small antenna 12 Key input operation part 12a Determination button 13 Microphone 14 Audio | voice input circuit 15 Clock circuit 16 RAM
17 ROM
18 Music information memory 19 CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Image processing circuit 21 Liquid crystal display part 22 Vibrator 23 Music reproduction circuit 24 Small speaker 25 for music and ringtone reproduction Audio output circuit 26 Small speaker 27 for call reproduction External output terminal 28 Data bus 2 Database 3 Communication network 4 Telephone station

Claims (8)

A first receiving method comprising the following steps (a) and (b) and a second receiving method comprising steps (c) to (e) using an information terminal provided with a memory capable of recording music information And receiving music information online from a database, characterized in that:
(A) From the information terminal, based on the user's operation, access the database of the desired music information providing site, transmit the user ID and the content number of the desired music, and the part that the user is permitted to record in advance Receiving the distribution of the music information of the desired musical composition, and reproducing it on the information terminal to allow the user to listen to it.
(B) A step of recording, in the memory of the information terminal, together with the content number and the cue tab, the music information of the portion of the music information distributed by the step described in the preceding paragraph, which is permitted to be recorded in advance.
(C) A step of sequentially reproducing the music information recorded in the memory in response to the user's operation at the information terminal and listening to the user.
(D) A step in which the user presses a decision button while music information of a desired music piece is being reproduced in the step described in the preceding paragraph.
(E) When the determination button is pressed in the step described in the preceding paragraph, the database is automatically accessed from the information terminal, the user ID and the content number of the desired music whose determination button is pressed are automatically transmitted, and the desired Receiving the distribution of the music information of the song and playing it on the information terminal to allow the user to listen to it.   2. The music receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the music information is compressed and distributed from the database to the information terminal, and is decompressed and reproduced on the information terminal.   2. The music receiving method according to claim 1, wherein the music information is stream-distributed from the database to the information terminal and played back on the information terminal.   The music receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information terminal is a mobile terminal.   The music receiving method according to claim 4, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone.   The music receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the information terminal is a personal computer.   The music receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the reproduction in the step (c) is started from music information of a music specified by a user by a content number or a search tab.   The music receiving method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising a step of automatically erasing the recording of music that is not reproduced for a certain period of time from the music information recorded in the memory.

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