JPH11202855A - Music card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a music lover to effectively and efficiently select and edit a music card as to his favorite music by equipping the music card with at least one kind selected out of music data consisting of a jacket image, a musical text sheet, a music discrimination sheet, etc. SOLUTION: An image 8 of music, a musical text sheet 2, music discrimination sheets 3 and 4, a music index sheet 5, and music back sheets 6 and 7 are entered into the music card 1. Those may be entered into normal paper, sheet paper, or a film. As for usability, they are entered preferably into the sheet paper. The user cuts or peels the music text sheet 2, music discrimination sheets 3 and 4, music index sheet 5 or music back sheets 6 and 7 out of or off the music card 1 for use. As one example of use, musical sheets 2 are edited with a binder, music index sheets 5 are stuck on the ends of pages, and they are held in desired order.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a music card on which music data such as a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet and a music back sheet are described.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, the lyrics of a musical composition are often composed of a plurality of musical compositions, and it is not known that the composition of each musical composition, that is, the form of a card. If music lovers want lyrics only for their favorite songs, they cannot get them.

[0003] Music lovers often record only favorite songs on tapes or MD media to create original tapes and discs. At this time, lyrics for each song,
Because no song image, identification sheet, index, etc. are provided, it is not possible to make an original jacket, and when creating and editing original lyrics cards and music cards, considerable effort and time must be taken .

On the other hand, broadcasting technology, communication technology, and computer technology are evolving and developing while interacting with each other. These three means of communication are being integrated into computer networks. Now, the Internet is evolving very rapidly as a typical model. And cyberspace has been formed on the Internet, and commercial use has begun. That is, a store has been set up in cyberspace, and sales of products have started.

[0005] Utilizing communication technology and computer technology,
A music distribution service via a communication line or a communication satellite has also become a reality. For example, a music karaoke system or a music sales system using a communication network. In the sale of music via a communication network, when a user inputs a music desired to be purchased from a system information terminal and pays a price corresponding to the music, the music is transmitted to the information terminal via the network. This is transmitted, written on a recording medium such as an MD, and provided as a recording medium on which music is recorded.

At this time, the user desires music data of the music together with the recording medium of the music. The music data referred to here is a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, a music back sheet, and the like. In other words, the user has a desire to obtain a desired song along with a jacket image, a song lyrics sheet, a song identification sheet, a song index sheet, a song back sheet, and the like.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a music card in which lyrics for each music and data relating to the music are printed on one sheet of paper. By providing the music card, music lovers can effectively and efficiently select and edit music cards for their favorite songs. In addition, in a music distribution system using a communication network, music data such as a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, or a music back sheet relating to the music is provided together with the music desired from the information terminal. What you want to do.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a music card provided with at least one kind of music data selected from a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet and a music back sheet. is there. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a music distribution system via a communication line or a communication satellite including at least an information terminal and a server, a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, and the like according to a request from a user from the information terminal. At least one selected from music data including a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, a music back sheet, and the like is transmitted from the server and output from a printer provided in the information terminal. ,
It is a music card. A third aspect of the present invention is a system for selling music using at least a communication network including an information terminal, a charge management server, an intellectual property right management server, a content storage server, and a music data server. Storing the music content in a content storage server, and selecting the music content by a user at an information terminal installed in each region,
When the user inputs the price of the selected music content into the information terminal, the selected music content is transmitted from the content storage server to the information terminal, and the transmitted music content is transmitted to the information terminal by the medium. Is selected from music data including a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, a music back sheet, and the like, when the recording medium on which the music content is recorded is provided by the information terminal. At least one kind is a music card which is transmitted from a music data server and output from a printer provided in an information terminal.

The jacket image, the song lyrics sheet, the song identification sheet, the song index sheet, the song back sheet and the like may be described on plain paper or may be described on a sticker paper. . From the viewpoint of ease of use, those described on the seal paper are preferable. Further, these sheets may be described on a material other than paper, for example, a film.

[0010] The jacket image is for associating the image of the music. The song lyrics sheet contains the lyrics of the song. The lyrics of the song may be written in a place without a background, or may be written where the jacket image is drawn in order to enhance the image of the song. The music identification sheet is composed of characters, designs, and the like for identifying the music. For example, it is possible to create a visually original MD by pasting a song identification sheet corresponding to the song on the MD on which the song is recorded. The song index sheet is used to quickly find a desired song by pasting it on a song lyrics sheet or the like.

The music back sheet is, for example, attached to the back of a binder of an MD or a song lyrics sheet on which the music is recorded to indicate the characteristics of the music recorded on the MD or the music contained in the binder. It is used for. In an MD on which music is recorded, a music identification sheet that can easily identify the name and content of the music is pasted, or an element common to the music recorded in the MD, for example,
A music back sheet describing the singer's name and the genre of the music can be attached to the back of the MD. It can be similarly attached to the back of the binder containing the song lyrics sheet.

The music data includes a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, a music back sheet, and the like, and at least one of these can be selected and used. It is not necessary to have only one data, and a plurality of data sheets can be used. Of course, all data sheets such as a jacket image, a song lyrics sheet, a song identification sheet, a song index sheet and a song back sheet may be used. These can be arbitrarily combined to create original jackets, lyrics cards, indexes, and the like.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment of the present invention. On the music card 1, an image 8 of the music, a music lyrics sheet 2, music identification sheets 3, 4, a music index sheet 5, and music back sheets 6, 7 are described. These may be described on ordinary paper, may be described on a sticker paper, or may be described on a film other than paper, for example, on a film. For ease of use, it is preferably described on a sticker paper.

The user cuts or removes the song lyrics sheet 2, the song identification sheets 3, 4, the song index sheet 5, or the song back sheet from the song card. An example of use is shown in FIG. The binder 10 edits the music lyrics sheet 2 and holds it in a desired order. At the end of the page to which the song lyrics sheet 2 is attached, a song index sheet 5 is attached. The music index sheet 5 is for making the name and contents of the music easily understandable.

The music identification sheets 3 and 4 can be attached to, for example, an MD on which music corresponding to the music identification sheet is recorded. MD recording music identification sheets 3 and 4
FIG. 3 shows a situation in which the information is pasted in FIG. In MD,
A plurality of music identification sheets corresponding to the music recorded thereon are attached. A music back sheet 6 is attached to the back of the MD.

This music card can also be created in a music distribution system using a communication network. FIG. 4 shows an example of an embodiment for implementing the system. The music distribution system 14 includes at least the server 13 and the information terminal 11. The user 16 selects a desired music card from the information terminal 11. The information of the selected music card is transmitted to the server 13, the music data is transmitted from the server 13 to the information terminal 11, and a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, and a music identification are transmitted from a printer provided in the information terminal 11. A music card including a sheet, a music index sheet and a music back sheet is output.

Regarding a music distribution system using a communication network, the present applicant has filed an application in Japanese Patent Application No. 9-304986 as the invention “content sales system”. This relates to a content electronic sales system using a computer network. That is, at least a system for selling contents using a computer network including an information terminal device, a charge management server, an intellectual property right management server, and a content storage server, wherein the content storage server And store
When a user selects the content at an information terminal installed in each place, and when the user inputs the price of the selected content indicated via a charge accounting server into the information terminal, the content is displayed on a medium. A content sales system using a computer network, wherein the selected content is recorded on a medium, and a recording medium on which the content is recorded is provided.

At least an information terminal, a charge management server, an intellectual property management server, and a content storage server are provided on the network. A content delivery server may be added to these servers. In addition, a recording device necessary for processing information is provided. In the information terminal, a user uses the information terminal to select desired content, input a fee, and receive the desired content as a medium on which the content is recorded. Therefore, the information terminal includes at least content selection means, network data transmission means, network data reception means, charging means, and display means. Information terminals also have the necessary recording devices to process information.

In the information terminal device, a user selects a desired content from the contents displayed on display means such as a display. This selection can be performed by selection means such as a mouse, a touch panel, a trackball, a joystick, or a keyboard.
The selected content is sent from the data sending means, and the corresponding content is selected from the content storage server. The charge management server detects that the information terminal has been charged, and the content is sent from the content storage server or from the content storage server to the information terminal via the content transmission server.

At this time, the intellectual property right management server processes the intellectual property right relating to the content. Specifically, it calculates the intellectual property right fee for the content and distributes it to the intellectual property right holder. Each intellectual property charge to be received may be requested to be paid to the intellectual property owner's account.

The price of the content to be inserted at the information terminal is as follows:
Cash is preferred. Credit cards can also be used. The contents provided by this system are various information such as music, video, computer programs, character information, and the like. In particular, music and computer programs can be suitably used. Also, the medium for recording the content is
Paper, floppy disk, MD, CD-ROM, or semiconductor memory can be used. Above all, M
D, CD-ROM and semiconductor memory are preferably used. MD and semiconductor memory if the content is music, CD-RO if the content is a computer program
M and a semiconductor memory are preferably used.

The network according to the present invention can use a public telephone line or a dedicated line. The network may be a small unit of LAN such as one room or one building, or a network such as a wide area WAN, or a global network such as the Internet. The line connecting these may be a normal electric wire, but a line using an optical fiber is preferable.

A preferred example of the present invention is applied to music or a computer program as content. The music is provided in the form of an MD and a semiconductor memory, and the computer program is provided in the form of a CD-ROM and a semiconductor memory. Since these contents are subject to copyrights, the intellectual property rights management server processes the copyrights.

An embodiment of the present invention when a communication network is used will be described with reference to FIG. In the information terminal 21, the user 22 selects a desired music content from music contents displayed on a display means such as a display. This selection can be performed by selection means such as a mouse, a touch panel, a trackball, a joystick, or a keyboard. The selected music content is sent from the data sending means, and the corresponding music content is selected in the content storage server 17. The fee charging management server 18 detects that the information terminal 21 has been charged, and the music content is transmitted from the content storage server 17 to the information terminal 21 via the content transmission server. At this time, the intellectual property right management server 19 processes the intellectual property right relating to the content.
Specifically, it calculates the intellectual property right fee for the content and distributes it to the intellectual property right holder. Music content is
Sent to the information terminal 21 via the network,
D and the like, and are provided to the user 22 on the spot.

At the same time as the music content is provided, a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet,
Music data such as a music index sheet and a music back sheet is transmitted from the music data server 23 to the information terminal 21 and output from a printer provided in the terminal 21.

[0026]

According to the present invention, a music card having a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, a music back sheet and the like for each music is provided, so that music lovers can be effective and efficient. It is possible to select and edit a music card for a song that the user likes. Then, the edited song card becomes a unique one, that is, a highly original one. Furthermore,
In a music distribution system using a communication network, music data such as a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, or a music back sheet relating to the music can be obtained together with the music desired from the information terminal. There is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a usage form of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of a use form of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention in a music distribution system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of an embodiment of the present invention using a music distribution system;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 music card 2 music lyrics sheet 3,4 music identification sheet 5 music index sheet 6,7 music back sheet 8 music image 10 binder 11,21 information terminal 12MD 13 server 14 music distribution system 15 communication network 16,22 user 17 Content storage server 18 Charge server 19 Intellectual property management server 23 Music data server

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A music card on which at least one selected from music data including a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, a music identification sheet, a music index sheet, and a music back sheet is printed. 2. A music distribution system including at least an information terminal and a server, a music distribution system via a communication line or a communication satellite, a jacket image, a music lyrics sheet, and music identification according to a user request from the information terminal. A music card, wherein at least one selected from music data including a sheet, a music index sheet, a music back sheet, and the like is transmitted from a server and output from a printer provided in an information terminal. . 3. A system for selling music using at least a communication network including an information terminal, a charge management server, an intellectual property management server, a content storage server, and a music data server.
The music content is stored in the content storage server, and the user selects the music content at information terminals installed in various places, and the user inputs the price of the selected music content to the information terminal. Then, the selected music content is transmitted from the content storage server to the information terminal, the transmitted music content is recorded on the medium by the information terminal, and the recording medium on which the music content is recorded is provided by the information terminal. When it is done, jacket image, song lyrics sheet, song identification sheet,
A music card, wherein at least one selected from music data including a music index sheet and a music back sheet is transmitted from a music data server and output from a printer provided in an information terminal. .