KR100837285B1 - Method and system for providing digital multimedia album - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and system for providing a digital multimedia album. According to the method for providing a digital multimedia album of the present invention, the sound recording data, the lyrics information associated with the sound source, the singer and musician information, the music video data, the bonus video, the sound recording data and the music video data, and the like, and a communication program are included together. Download the included digital multimedia album to the user's digital multimedia album playback device, install the sound source playback program included in the digital album to link the sound source data, lyrics information, artist profile information, and music video data organically By outputting to the user, it is effective not only to solve the inconvenience of searching and downloading each conventional data separately, but also to form a community of customers who purchased the album by installing a communication program included in the digital multimedia album. And by providing various benefits to community members, it is effective to manage customers continuously.

Description

Method and system for providing digital multimedia album

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a digital multimedia album providing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram logically showing a data structure of a digital multimedia album downloaded from an album providing server to an album reproducing apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a functional block diagram logically configuring the functions of the album reproducing apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B are flowcharts illustrating a method for providing a digital multimedia album according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart illustrating a process of performing step S430 illustrated in FIG. 4B.

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing multimedia data. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for providing a digital multimedia album.

With the rapid development of communication technology and information technology (IT) technology, there are many opportunities for the general public to easily access various information, games, and multimedia data. In this regard, personal computers and personal communication devices have become a medium for the public to obtain various information.

In particular, as the high-speed communication network is rapidly spreading, the purpose of using the Internet is not only to search for information, but also to download a large amount of multimedia data such as music, movies, videos, etc., and to play it on one's own computer, or to obtain a sound source from a sound source server in real time A streaming service method of receiving and playing back data is used.

However, such a conventional method only provides to download or sell individual music data of music, and does not provide a whole album and videos associated with the user's favorite singer or musician at a time. In this case, there was an inconvenience of re-searching and downloading information such as lyrics of a downloaded song, a profile of a singer, a music video, and the like.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to package the multimedia information related to each other, such as the above-described sound source data, lyrics data, artist profile information, music video data, etc. in a digital album format and collectively download them to the user terminal, The present invention provides a method and system in which multimedia data included in a digital album is interlocked with each other and provided to a user.

The digital multimedia album providing system of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem is a digital multimedia album providing system comprising a digital multimedia album providing server and a digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus, the digital multimedia album providing server corresponding to the sound source data, sound source Create and store digital multimedia albums including lyrics data, music video data, bonus video data, image data, and album execution programs, and download digital multimedia albums to a connected digital multimedia album playback device through a predetermined communication network. The digital multimedia album playback device receives and stores the digital multimedia album, and runs the album launcher included in the digital multimedia album to generate the digital album according to the user's selection. Play the emitter, and outputs a music video or image data associated with the source data to the user with the source data.

In addition, in the above-described digital multimedia album providing system, when the user selects to view the bonus video, the digital multimedia album playing device transmits a download request signal of the latest bonus video including the bonus video update information to the digital multimedia album providing server. , The digital multimedia album providing server examines the video update information to generate a list of unupdated videos in the digital multimedia album player, transmits bonus video data included in the list to the digital multimedia album player, and the digital multimedia album player. May receive and store bonus video data, update update information, output the updated bonus video list to the user, and output the bonus video selected by the user to the user.

In addition, the above-described digital multimedia album providing system is a digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus created by the digital multimedia album purchase customers joined as a member, and connected through a communication network, and other digital albums connected through a community bulletin board service and a communication network. Further comprising a community server for providing a chat service between playback devices,

The digital multimedia album further includes a communication program, and the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus executes a communication program to access a community server to provide a bulletin board service and a chat service to a user.

On the other hand, the method for providing a digital multimedia album of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, (a) a predetermined digital multimedia album providing server transmits the digital multimedia album list to the digital multimedia album playback apparatus connected through a predetermined communication network; Receiving album selection information and cost payment information from the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus, performing payment for the digital multimedia album indicated by the selection information, and then downloading the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus to the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus; (b) the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus extracts and stores sound source data, predetermined bonus video data, and music video data, image data and lyrics data associated with the sound source data from the digital multimedia album, and is included in the digital multimedia album. Installing and executing a digital multimedia album playing program to output a main menu to a user; And (c) when the user selects to listen to music from the main menu, the digital multimedia album playback device plays the sound source data and combines at least one of lyrics data, music video data, and image data stored in association with the sound source data. Outputting to the user.

In addition, in step (c), the lyrics data and the music video data corresponding to the portion where the sound source data is reproduced are output.

In addition, the above-described digital multimedia album providing method, the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus, the step of receiving a music comment or story data for the sound source data to be reproduced from the user and transmitting to the digital multimedia album providing server; And storing, by the digital multimedia album providing server, the music review and story data in association with the sound source data, and including the same in the album list and providing the same to the other digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus.

In addition, in the above-described method for providing a digital multimedia album, when the user selects to view a bonus video in the main menu, the digital multimedia album player provides a digital multimedia album providing server to download a signal for requesting the latest bonus video including bonus video update information. Transmitting to; Checking, by the digital multimedia album providing server, the video update information to generate a list of unupdated videos in the digital multimedia album playback device, and transmitting bonus video data included in the list to the digital multimedia album playback device; And receiving and storing the bonus video data by the digital multimedia album player, updating the update information, outputting the updated bonus video list to the user, and outputting the bonus video selected by the user to the user.

In addition, the above-mentioned digital multimedia album further includes a communication program, and the above-mentioned step (b) further includes the step of installing and executing the communication program, and when the user selects a community connection in the main menu, the digital multimedia playback is performed. The apparatus may further include providing a community service by accessing a predetermined community server through a communication network, and the community service may include an electronic bulletin board using service operated by the community server and another multimedia replay device connected to the community server. It may include a chat service performed by exchanging messages.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a digital multimedia album providing system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 1, the digital multimedia album providing system of the present invention is a digital multimedia album providing server 30 (hereinafter, abbreviated as "album providing server 30"), digital multimedia album playback apparatus 10 (hereinafter, Abbreviated as "album playback device 10", and a community server 20.

First, the album providing server 30 receives selection information and payment information about a digital multimedia album (hereinafter, abbreviated as "digital album") from an album reproducing apparatus 10 connected through an internet network. The selected digital album is downloaded to the album player 10, and the bonus videos are periodically updated and downloaded to the album player 10.

The album reproducing apparatus 10 transmits the payment information and the digital album selection information to the album providing server 30, and executes the album execution program and the communication program included in the digital album, which will be described later, according to the user's selection. Only sound source data is reproduced or a music video or image linked to the sound source data is reproduced together with the sound source data and output to the user.

In addition, the album playback device 10 is connected to the album providing server 30 to download the updated bonus video, the function of receiving a story or a music comment for each music from the user and transmits to the album providing server 30 Do this. In addition, the album reproducing apparatus 10 is connected to the community server 20 through the Internet network to join the community that only customers who have purchased digital albums to receive benefits such as fan meeting invitation. In addition, the album reproducing apparatus 10 may be implemented in various forms such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a PDA, a PMP, a pocket PC, and the like.

The community server 20 creates a community in which digital album purchase customers can join as members, and provides various information and benefits such as information about the singers of digital albums purchased by the customers and invitations to fan meetings online. 10) to provide. In addition, a text chat or video chat function is provided to exchange information between users who have purchased the same album.

2 is a block diagram logically showing the data structure of a digital multimedia album downloaded from the album providing server 30 to the album reproducing apparatus 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the digital multimedia album downloaded from the album providing server 30 to the album reproducing apparatus 10 includes sound source data 210, information data 220, media data 230, and communication program 250. ), And album execution program 240.

The sound source data 210 is a data file of a predetermined format that enables a computer to play a song or performance that is released off-line by a user or a singer or musician (hereinafter referred to as "singer") selected by a user, and is compressed in various forms such as MP3. It is preferable to use the unique compression algorithm of the present invention, which can be generated using an algorithm, and in particular, a preferred embodiment of the present invention can be executed only through a sound source reproducing program described below, rather than using a general-purpose compression algorithm.

The information data 220 includes album information including lyrics data 224 of songs included in the album, flow-fill information 226 for the artist of the album, and a unique code used for authentication of the digital multimedia album. 222).

The media data 230 may include image data 236 such as a picture album of a singer, music video data of the entire song included in the digital multimedia album or music video data 232 of some songs, and a bonus video 234 of the singer. And the like.

The communication program 250 is installed in the album playback device 10 of the customers who have purchased the digital multimedia album of the present invention, and users connect to the community server 20 through the Internet, and the same community server 20 in real time. Users can access and exchange instant messages with each other to chat, or form a fan cafe of the singer through a predetermined bulletin board.

The album execution program 240 is installed in the album playback device 10, the sound source playback program 242 for playing the above-described sound source data and outputting to the user, and the video playback program for playing the music video and the bonus video to the user 246, and an image reproducing program 248 for outputting image data to a user. However, such individual programs may be implemented as one integrated program.

3 shows a functional block diagram logically configuring the functions of the album reproducing apparatus 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The album reproducing apparatus 10 executes the album executing program included in the digital album downloaded from the album providing server, and after the album executing program is executed, the album reproducing apparatus 10 reproduces the sound source, as shown in FIG. The unit 310, a video reproducing unit 320, an image reproducing unit 330, a lyrics data output unit 340, a control unit 350, and an album DB 360 are included.

The sound source playback unit 310 executes and installs a sound source playback program of the album execution program, and performs a function of reading and playing sound source data from the album DB 360 and outputting it to the user.

The video player 320 executes and installs a video player program of an album execution program, and reads and plays music video data or bonus video data from the album DB 360 and outputs the same to the user.

The image reproducing unit 330 executes and installs an image reproducing program of the album execution program, and performs a function of reading and reproducing image data from the album DB 360 and outputting the image data to the user.

On the other hand, as described above, when the sound source playback, video playback, image playback is performed by an integrated album execution program, the above-described sound source playback unit 310, video playback unit 320, and image playback unit 330 Can be implemented integrated into the album execution unit.

The lyrics data output unit 340 reads lyrics data from the album DB 360 and outputs the lyrics data to the user.

On the other hand, the controller 350 performs a function for controlling the above-described components. In particular, when reproducing the sound source data, the lyrics data output unit 340 is controlled to output the lyrics of the part corresponding to the reproduced part, and the sound source reproducing unit 310 and the sync are synchronized with the reproduction of the sound source data and the music video reproduction. The video player 320 is controlled.

The album DB 360 stores the digital multimedia album received from the digital multimedia album providing server 30. In particular, the album DB 360 may not only store the digital album for each album, but also extract and store the data for each album. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the album DB 360 extracts sound source data, music video data, bonus video data, image data, album information, and lyrics data from each digital album, respectively, and stores sound source data storage; The music video storage, the bonus video storage, the image storage, the album information storage, and the lyrics data storage may be stored respectively.

4A and 4B are flowcharts illustrating a method for providing a digital multimedia album according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIGS. 4A and 4B, a method for providing a digital multimedia album according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the digital album providing server 30 selects a digital album as described with reference to FIG. 2. Star, genre, era, according to various criteria, such as generated and stored in the internal DB (S400).

Thereafter, the album reproducing apparatus 10 accesses the album providing server 30 through the Internet network and performs a membership registration and login procedure (S402). When the album providing server 30 completes the login, the album reproducing apparatus is performed. In step 10, the digital album list is generated and transmitted (S404). The list of digital albums may be provided in order by name of each singer, by music genre, and in order of release. In particular, in the case of the membership registration process, if the customer lists a favorite singer or music genre, The list of digital albums of the genre may be transmitted in priority.

The album reproducing apparatus 10 displays the list of digital albums to the user, and receives payment information such as digital album selection information and credit card number from the user and transmits them to the album providing server 30 (S406).

The album providing server 30 pays the price of the digital album using the received payment information, reads the digital album indicated by the received selection information from the internal DB, and downloads it to the album reproducing apparatus 10 (S408). .

The album reproducing apparatus 10 stores the received digital album in the album DB 360, executes an album execution program, and installs programs for executing respective sound source data, music video data and video data, and image data ( S410). At this time, as described above, the album reproducing apparatus 10 stores the received digital album in the album DB 360 for each album, or the sound source data, music video data, video data, image data, album information from the digital album. Are extracted and stored in a corresponding storage unit of the album DB 360.

When the album execution program is installed, the album reproducing apparatus 10 outputs the main menu of the digital album to the user, and receives selection information on the main menu from the user (S412).

The album reproducing apparatus 10 first checks whether the menu selected by the user is a music listening menu (S420), and when the user selects a music listening menu, the album playback apparatus 10 plays sound source data as described below in connection with FIG. 5. It outputs the lyrics and music video linked to the corresponding sound source data, and receives the music comment or story from the user while the sound source data is played, and transmits the sound source code along with the sound source code to the album providing server 30 through the Internet. (S430). An execution process of step S430 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5.

The album providing server 30 stores the music reviews and stories received from the album reproducing apparatus 10 in association with the corresponding sound source data indicated by the sound source code and the digital album including the sound source data, and writes them on a predetermined bulletin board. In operation S440, the album list is provided to another user.

When the user selects to view the lyrics / album information (S450), the album playback device 10 displays the album information stored in the album DB 360, displays a list of lyrics included in the album, and the lyrics selected by the user. To the user (S454).

When the user selects an image gallery (S460), the album reproducing apparatus 10 displays a list of images stored in the album DB 360, and selects images from the user and outputs them one by one or in succession (S464). At this time, the images are preferably stored in units of downloaded albums, but may be stored for each artist.

When the user selects to view the music video (S470), the album reproducing apparatus 10 displays a list of music videos stored in the album DB 360, and outputs a music video selected by the user (S474).

If the user selects to view the bonus video (S480), the album player 10 accesses the album providing server 30 through the Internet, and updates the unique code of the digital album purchased by the user and his bonus video. By transmitting the information to the album providing server 30, the latest updated bonus video download request (S482).

The album providing server 30 inquires the unique code of the digital album received from the album playback device 10 to authenticate the user, examines the update information, and lists the bonus videos not updated in the album playback device 10. Generates and downloads the updated video list and the video data included in the list to the album playback apparatus 10 (S484).

The video player 10 receiving the recent bonus video stores the received bonus video data in the album DB 360, updates the bonus video update information, and generates a list of bonus videos to display to the user. The selected bonus video is output (S486).

On the other hand, when the user selects the connection to the community server 20 (S490), the album playback device 10 is connected to the community server 20 through the Internet, the community server 20 reads the bulletin board or In operation S494, a community service capable of chatting with another video reproducing apparatus 10 may be provided to the album reproducing apparatus 10. At this time, the album reproducing apparatus 10 transmits at least one of an album unique code purchased by the user, a user ID and a password to the community server 20, and the community server 20 authenticates the user using these information. do.

 5 is a detailed flowchart for describing the above-described step S430 in detail. Referring to FIG. 5, when the user selects listening to music, the album reproducing apparatus 10 reads and reproduces sound source data of the song selected by the user from the album DB 360 (S431). The lyrics data stored in association with the sound source is read and output to the predetermined area of the screen in real time (S432). In this case, the album reproducing apparatus 10 may not only output the entire lyrics, but may also sequentially output lyrics corresponding to the portion where the song is played.

In addition, the album reproducing apparatus 10 checks whether there is image data associated with a sound source selected by the user (S433), and if there is image data stored in association with the user, the album reproducing apparatus 10 outputs the corresponding image to a predetermined area of the screen (S434).

In addition, the album reproducing apparatus 10 checks whether there is a music video or video corresponding to the sound source selected by the user (S435), and if so, outputs the corresponding music video or video to a predetermined area of the screen. (S436).

Meanwhile, the album reproducing apparatus 10 checks whether the music review / story data is input by writing a music review or a story about the sound source currently being played (S437), and when the music review / story data is input, Access to the album providing server 30 through the Internet network, and transmits the music review / story data created by the user with the sound source code currently being reproduced (S438). As described above, the album providing server 30 stores the music reviews and stories received from the album reproducing apparatus 10 in association with the corresponding sound source data indicated by the sound source code and the digital album containing the sound source data, Write it on an electronic bulletin board or record it in a list of albums provided to other users.

The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, which are also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet). It also includes. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

As described above, the present invention is a digital sound source data, the lyrics information associated with the corresponding sound source, singer and musician information, music video data, bonus video, playback programs such as sound source data and music video data, and digital communication program included together By downloading the multimedia album to the user's digital multimedia album playback device, and installing the sound source playback program included in the digital album, and output the audio data and lyrics information, the profile information of the singer, and the music video data to the user by organically interlocking In addition to the inconvenience of retrieving and downloading each of the conventional data separately, the communication program included in the digital multimedia album is installed to form a community of customers who purchased the album, and to the community members By providing various benefits, it is effective to manage customers continuously.

Claims (10)

(a) The digital multimedia album providing server transmits the digital multimedia album list to the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus connected through the communication network, receives album selection information from the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus, and the digital multimedia represented by the selection information. Downloading an album to the digital multimedia album playback device; (b) the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus, at least one of sound data from the digital multimedia album and multimedia data corresponding to the sound source data (bonus video data, music video data associated with the sound source data, image data, and lyrics data). Extracting and storing, and installing and executing a digital multimedia album playing program included in the digital multimedia album to output a main menu to a user; And (c) when the user selects to listen to music from the main menu, playing the sound source data by the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus and outputting the multimedia data stored in association with the sound source data to the user; (d) receiving, by the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus, a music comment or story data about the reproduced sound source data from a user and transmitting the received music comment or story data to the digital multimedia album providing server; And (e) storing, by the digital multimedia album providing server, the music rating and story data in association with the sound source data, and including the same in the album list and providing the same to the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus. How to offer a multimedia album. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) And outputting lyrics data and music video data corresponding to a portion where the sound source data is reproduced. delete The method of claim 1, If the user has selected to view the bonus video in the main menu, Transmitting, by the digital multimedia album player, a download request signal of a latest bonus video including bonus video update information to the digital multimedia album providing server; Examining, by the digital multimedia album providing server, the video update information to generate a list of unupdated videos in the digital multimedia album playback device, and transmitting bonus video data included in the list to the digital multimedia album playback device; And And receiving, by the digital multimedia album player, the bonus video data, updating the update information, outputting the updated bonus video list to the user, and outputting the bonus video selected by the user to the user. Digital multimedia album providing method characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The digital multimedia album further includes a communication program, The step (b) further includes the step of installing and executing the communication program, When the user selects a community connection of the main menu, the digital multimedia album playback device further comprises the step of providing a community service by accessing a community server through the communication network. . The method of claim 5, wherein The community service And a chat service performed by exchanging an instant message with an electronic bulletin board using service operated by the community server and another multimedia player connected to the community server. A recording medium which can read the digital multimedia album providing method according to any one of claims 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, which is readable by a computer and recorded with executable program code. A digital multimedia album providing system comprising a digital multimedia album providing server and a digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus, The digital multimedia album providing server includes a digital multimedia album including an album executing program, sound source data, and multimedia data corresponding to the sound source data (including at least one of lyrics data, music video data, bonus video data, and image data). Create and save, download the digital multimedia album to the digital multimedia album playback device connected through a communication network, The digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus receives and stores the digital multimedia album, executes an album executing program included in the digital multimedia album, plays a digital album according to a user's selection, and reproduces the multimedia data associated with the sound source data. Outputs data to the user together with the sound source data, When the digital multimedia album reproducing apparatus receives a music comment or story data about the reproduced sound source data from a user and transmits the comment to the digital multimedia album providing server, the digital multimedia album providing server transmits the music review and story data to the sound source. A digital multimedia album providing system, characterized in that stored in association with the data, included in the album list and transmitted to other digital multimedia album playback device. The method of claim 8, If the above user chooses to watch the bonus video, The digital multimedia album playback device transmits a download request signal of the latest bonus video including bonus video update information to the digital multimedia album providing server, The digital multimedia album providing server examines the video update information to generate a list of unupdated videos in the digital multimedia album player, transmits bonus video data included in the list to the digital multimedia album player, The digital multimedia album playback device receives and stores the bonus video data, updates the update information, outputs an updated bonus video list to the user, and outputs the bonus video selected by the user to the user. Digital multimedia album providing system. The method of claim 8, A digital multimedia album purchase customer creates a community subscribed as a member, and provides a digital multimedia album playback device connected through the communication network to provide a chat service between the community bulletin board service and other digital album playback devices connected through the communication network. Further includes a community server, The digital multimedia album further includes a communication program, And the digital multimedia album playing apparatus executes the communication program and accesses the community server to provide the bulletin board service and the chat service to the user.

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