JPH08221339A - Distribution system for data for electronic book - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To acquire desired book data at need by requesting book data by inputting a number similarly as in the request of KARAOKE music and registering it on an IC card by an IC card writer. CONSTITUTION: A KARAOKE base station 3 is equipped with a book data-base in which document data that can be used in an electronic book is accumulated. The document data for electronic book is transmitted periodically from a publisher to the KARAOKE base station 3 via a communication channel. A customer inputs the number as observing a document name/music name correspondence number directory K, and orders the music and the electronic book (document data) to the KARAOKE base station 3. A KARAOKE terminal 2 receives the data, and delivers the data to the IC card writer 40 since the data at the leading position of which B is attached shows the data for electronic book, and the IC card writer 40 writes the document data on the IC card 20. The character of a document is read by displaying by loading the IC card 20 on which the document data is written on the electronic book 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to electronic book data for receiving electronic book data in addition to music signals from an ISDN (optical fiber high density information) line and registering it in a semiconductor memory card by an IC card writing machine. About the distribution system of.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a book is printed and published by a publishing company for each author, and is generally sold as a book at a store through a distributor. In addition, there is a system for sending and receiving e-mails and facsimile data in personal computer communication, and a communication karaoke system for distributing songs by communication.
There was no one to deliver the book in earnest. In addition, e-books that can be read in a small space with the advantages of resource saving and reuse are commercially available, and are gradually being widely used. In an electronic book, a semiconductor memory card (IC card) in which document data is registered for each book is purchased at a bookstore or the like. So, when I wanted to read the next book, I had to order a new IC card and have it delivered to me, or I went to a bookstore and bought it if there was a stock.

[0003]

Conventionally, even if there is a book of an author who wants to read, there is no choice but to buy the book or IC card or order an IC card for an electronic book and wait until it arrives. Even if there was an e-book, it was inconvenient because I couldn't get the book or IC card at any time. The present invention
Similar to a karaoke song request, the purpose is to request book data by entering a number and register it in an IC card with an IC card writer so that the desired book data can be obtained when desired. And

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a karaoke song database for accumulating a plurality of song data consisting of played songs on the karaoke base station side, and an electronic book in which an identification number is added to the title. The book database that stores the document data for the book is provided, and the publisher side has the book database that creates the document data for the electronic book for each title. From the book database of this publisher to the karaoke base station via the communication line. Document data is transmitted to form a book database, and a plurality of karaoke communication devices connected to the karaoke base station via a communication line are provided to create a corresponding book of identification numbers and book titles.
Provide a card writer. Looking at the correspondence book, the desired number is input by the input switch of the karaoke communication device, and the communication control circuit of the karaoke communication device sends the number to the karaoke base station via the communication line. The book database is accessed and the karaoke communication device receives the document data corresponding to the number from the karaoke base station. In the IC card writer, this document data is registered in the IC card of the semiconductor memory, the IC card in which the document data is registered is loaded into the electronic book, and the document data is displayed as characters.

[0005]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. FIG.
In the karaoke base station 3, the karaoke base station 3 stores music data, and a karaoke store side in a remote place is provided with a plurality of karaoke communication devices (terminals) 2, which are connected by a communication line 1. The publisher side is equipped with a large amount of book database 10 in which document data for electronic books is created for every title, and the publisher and karaoke base station 3 are also connected by a communication line 1. Existing protocols are provided for the karaoke base station 3 and each karaoke communication device (terminal) 2, and data transfer between them is performed as usual.

An IC card writer 40 is connected to the karaoke communication device (terminal) 2, and the IC card writer 40 receives data from the karaoke communication device (terminal) 2 and uses a semiconductor memory to form a card-shaped IC card. Write to 20. The karaoke communication device 2 is provided with a key input device 15 and a separate speaker 12 on the main body. The karaoke store is provided with a book title / song title number book K in which a book title number is added to the song title number book. The IC card writing machine 40 is provided with a coin insertion slot 22 and a card insertion slot 21 so that a coin and an IC card 20 can be inserted respectively. When the electronic book 11 is loaded with the IC card 20 in which the document data is registered, the document data read from the IC card 20 is displayed on the screen 13 as characters.

In FIG. 2, the karaoke base station 3 which is the host base station of the communication karaoke system will be described in detail. A karaoke base station 3 at the end of a communication line such as an ISDN (high density information of optical fiber) line 1 is provided with a book database 4 for storing document data usable for electronic books and a music database 5 for normal karaoke. . Document data such as novels, haikus, commentary books and technical books are stored in the book database 4, and MIDI data and lyrics data are stored in the music database 5.

The karaoke base station 3 has a D for controlling communication.
An SU 8, a program ROM 16, a CPU 6, a switching circuit 7, a RAM 9, and a magnetic disk 51 are provided. The program ROM 16 stores a program for controlling the operation of the CPU 6. The switching circuit 7 selectively selects the music database 5 or the book database 4 according to a command from the CPU 6.

In the book database 4 and the music database 5, the book (book) name and the music name are provided with identification numbers, and the customer looks at the karaoke base station 3 while looking at the real name or the music name corresponding number book K. Order books and songs. The store number and request number to the karaoke base station 3 due to the order of books and songs are recorded on the magnetic disk 51 and used as materials for billing and the like.

The song database 5 stores lyrics data as a set of many song data, and each song name of the song data is individually identified by assigning a song number as shown in Table 1, for example.

Further, each title of the document data is individually identified by being given a main number as shown in Table 2, for example, and in order to distinguish it from the song number, for example, an alphabet B is added before the number.

Document data for an electronic book is periodically transmitted from the publisher to the karaoke base station 3 via the communication line 1. Since the capacity of the book database 4 of the karaoke base station 3 is much smaller than that of the book database 10 of the publisher, the old document data and the inaccessible document data in the book database 4 are erased so that the most popular or latest ones are used. Update to document data. A number starting with the alphabet B is arranged and attached to the document data for each book, and a book title / song name number book K is created and distributed to a karaoke shop. The publisher and the manager of the karaoke base station 3 sell and sell the document data for electronic books based on a predetermined contract.

A customer can order a song or an electronic book (document data) from the karaoke base station 3 by inputting a number while looking at the book name / song name number book K. In the request, for example, in the case of a song, the song number is input from the key input device 15 such as "00101" or "12345".

On the magnetic disk 51, a store number in which the karaoke communication device (terminal) 2 is installed, and a pay song number and a book number transmitted in response to a request are recorded. Table 4 shows an example of the recorded contents of the magnetic disk 51.

The customer goes to a store having a karaoke communication device (terminal) 2 and holds the IC card 20 and the IC card writing device 4
For example, 300 yen is inserted into the insertion slot 22 of 0, the IC card writing device 40 is turned on, and a request is made from the key input device 15 of the karaoke communication device (terminal) 2. The operation of the CPU 17 of the karaoke base station 3 thereafter will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3 and the operation of the karaoke communication device (terminal) 2 according to the flowchart of FIG. First, in the karaoke base station, in step S1, the request is received from the ISDN line 1, and in step S2 it is checked whether or not the reception number starts with B. If "BXXXXXX" or the like,
Go to step S3.

Since there is "B" and it is an electronic book request, for example, the document data of "Patent Law Explanation" corresponding to "B00001" is read from the book database 4 and B is added to the head of the document data. In step S3, if the numerical number is "XXXXXX" or the like without "B", the process proceeds to step S4. Since it is a music request, music data corresponding to the number is read from the music database 5 in step S4. In step S5, the document data with B and the music data are sent to the karaoke terminal 2 via the ISDN line 1.

The karaoke terminal 2 receives the data in step S7, and checks in step S8 whether or not there is a B at the beginning of the data. If B is attached, the data is for an electronic book, so the process proceeds to step S9, and the IC card writer 40
The data to the IC card writer 40
Write the document data to 0. If there is no B at the beginning of the data at step S8, it is MIDI data, so step S8.
In step 10, the music data is stopped in the karaoke communication device (terminal) 2 and decompressed, and in step S11, the music is played from the speaker 12.

IC card 20 in which document data is written
Attaches to the electronic book 11 and displays the text of the document,
Can read. Thus, at the karaoke store, the electronic book data can be requested by inputting the number and can be written in the IC card as in the case of requesting the music. In addition,
The song number and the book data number can be freely added.

Since the book database and the book database of the publisher are electronic information and do not occupy space, the stock amount can cover almost all publications. I went to a karaoke store,
Since the IC card 20 for the book can be immediately created by the IC card writer 40, if the book desired by the author who wants to read, the book data can be received and read immediately at any time.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, a karaoke song database for accumulating a plurality of song data consisting of played songs and an electronic book for which an identification number is attached to the title are provided on the karaoke base station side. The book database that stores the document data of the book is provided, and the publisher side has the book database that creates the document data for the e-book for every title. From the book database of this publisher to the karaoke base station via the communication line. The document data is transmitted to form a book database, a plurality of karaoke communication devices connected to the karaoke base station via a communication line are provided, and a correspondence book of identification numbers and titles is created. Provide a card writer. Looking at the correspondence book, input the desired number with the input switch of the karaoke communication device, and the communication control circuit of the karaoke communication device sends the number to the karaoke base station via the communication line to access the book database and access the karaoke base station. The karaoke communication device receives the document data corresponding to that number from the karaoke communication device, the IC card writer registers the document data in the IC card, the IC card in which the document data is registered is loaded into the electronic book, and the document The data is displayed as characters. Even without waiting for an order or going to a bookstore, desired books and new books can be quickly obtained at a karaoke store, and the electronic book becomes more useful and convenient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of an electronic book data distribution system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a karaoke base station device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the karaoke base station side of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the karaoke terminal side of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ISDN line 2 Karaoke communication device 3 Karaoke base station 4 Book database 5 Music database 6 CPU 7 Switching circuit 8 DSU 9 RAM 10 Book database 11 Electronic book 15 Key input device 20 IC card 40 IC card writing machine K Book title / Song name response Number book

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A karaoke base station side is provided with a karaoke song database for accumulating a plurality of song data composed of performance songs and a book database for accumulating document data for electronic books in which an identification number is attached to a title, and a publisher. On the side, a large amount of document data for an electronic book is created as a book database for each title, and the book database is transmitted from the book database of this publisher to the karaoke base station via a communication line. An IC card writer capable of forming a plurality of karaoke communication devices connected to the karaoke base station via a communication line, creating a correspondence book of the identification number and the title, and transferring data to and from the karaoke communication device. And a communication control circuit of the karaoke communication device by inputting a desired number with the input switch of the karaoke communication device by looking at the correspondence book. The number is sent to the host base station via a communication line to access the book database, and the karaoke communication device receives the document data corresponding to the number from the karaoke base station. An electronic book data distribution system in which document data is registered in a semiconductor memory card, the semiconductor memory card in which the document data is registered is loaded into an electronic book, and the document data is displayed as characters.