KR20000036756A - Method of Providing Voice Portal Service of Well-known Figures and System Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A sound portal service for providing sound of a well-known figure is provided to offer various sounds by selecting a fan service club of a well-known figure and directly hearing a voice of the well-known figure with an electronic mail. CONSTITUTION: A terminal(1) is connected to a sound portal service server(2) of a well-known figure through a communication network. The sound portal service server(2) of the well-known figure provides a portal service such as a provision of personal information of the well-known figure and a management of an electronic mail, and is interlocked with a sound synthesizing server(3) for providing a sound service. The sound synthesizing server(3) has a sound synthesizing engine and converts a character data provided from the sound portal service server(2) into a sound data. Personal information provided from the well-known figure is stored in a personal contents database(4). A personal sound database(5) is constructed for synthesizing a sound of the well-known figure.

Description

Method of Providing Voice Portal Service of Well-known Figures and System Thereof}

Field of invention

The present invention relates to a voice portal service. More specifically, the present invention uses a speech synthesis and speech recognition technique to select a fan service club of a user (celebrity fans), e-mail reply to a fan service or e-mail provided by the celebrities, promotion contents, etc. It relates to a voice portal service method and system for providing a service that can be directly heard in the voice of a celebrity with the mail.

Background of the Invention

Celebrities, such as celebrities, athletes, politicians, artists, etc., mostly interact with their fans by providing their personal information to fans or by sending and receiving e-mails with fans. In the case of multimedia provision, individual photos or recorded voices may be provided.

However, celebrities are unable to send e-mails or voice mails directly to their fans because of their busy lives. So celebrities send the same e-mail or voice mail to all their fans. If a celebrity can provide e-mail or voice mail directly to the voice of an individual, it's a great service for fans. However, in order for celebrities to send e-mails or voicemails directly to their fans, they must record and send their voices to all fans, which is very cumbersome and virtually impossible.

Also, until now, fans have to remember the celebrity's website or phone mailbox to use the celebrity's website or phone mailbox. It's also inconvenient for fans to remember all the celebrities' websites and phone mailboxes.

The present invention provides a method for transmitting a voice as well as text of the information service provided to fans by e-mail or various celebrities using speech synthesis technology, and can provide a variety of other voice services It is early to develop the voice portal service method and its system.

In the present invention, through the voice recognition, fans can automatically move to the personal homepage of the celebrity or go to the information providing site (including the fan service site), and suggests a method for transmitting the voice of the celebrity together and various other voices The company has developed a voice portal service method and system for celebrities that can provide services.

An object of the present invention is to use a voice synthesis and speech recognition techniques to select a fan service club of the user (celebrity fans), e-mail the fan service or reply to the e-mail provided by the celebrities, e-mail In addition, it is to provide a voice portal service to provide a service that can be heard directly in the voice of celebrities.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a way for fans to automatically move to a personal homepage or information providing site (including a fan service site) of a celebrity through voice recognition, and to transmit the voice of a celebrity together. The present invention provides a voice portal service method and a system of a celebrity capable of providing various voice services.

Another object of the present invention is to synthesize any text desired by the user's voice of the celebrity voice portal of the celebrity that can provide on-line over the Internet or provide a voice service through a wired / wireless telephone To provide a service method and a system thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to create a database containing the voices of celebrities in off-line CDs that can synthesize any text desired by the user of the celebrity to the fans are famous The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for exchanging information, chatting, and the like with individuals using a celebrity's CD-ROM.

The above and other objects of the present invention can be achieved by the present invention described below.

Hereinafter, the content of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for providing a voice portal service for providing the voice of a celebrity according to the present invention.

The voice portal service system of the present invention includes a terminal such as a PC and a wired / wireless telephone for the user to access (dial) a voice portal site of a celebrity; A celebrity voice portal service server that oversees portal services such as celebrity personal information and e-mail management and provides voice services in conjunction with a voice synthesis server; A speech synthesis server having a speech synthesis engine and converting text data received from the speech portal service server into speech data; A celebrity personal content database that stores personal information for celebrity to provide; And a celebrity personal voice database for synthesizing celebrity voices.

The voice portal service system of the present invention also includes a voice recognition server so that fans can automatically move to a personal homepage of a celebrity or to an information providing site (including a fan service site) through voice recognition.

The voice portal service of the present invention for transmitting the voice of a celebrity, the user connects to the voice portal service server of the celebrity, selects a celebrity personal content database stored personal information to be provided by the celebrity, The text content selected from the database is synthesized into a voice from the celebrity personal voice database, and the voice synthesized into the celebrity voice is transmitted to the user through the terminal. Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the contents of the present invention.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for providing a voice portal service for providing the voice of a celebrity according to the present invention.

The voice portal service system of the present invention includes a terminal for a user to access a voice portal site; A celebrity voice portal service server providing a voice service in association with a voice synthesis server; A speech synthesis server having a speech synthesis engine and converting text data into speech data; A celebrity personal content database in which celebrity personal information is stored; And a celebrity personal voice database.

The terminal 1 is a means for allowing a user to access (call) a voice portal site of a celebrity, such as a PC and a wired / wireless telephone. In general, a terminal is connected to a celebrity voice portal service server through a communication network.

The celebrity voice portal service server 2 manages portal services such as providing celebrities' personal information, e-mail management, and provides a voice service in conjunction with a voice synthesis server.

The speech synthesis server 3 has a speech synthesis engine and converts text data received from the speech portal service server into speech data.

Personal information to be provided by a celebrity is stored in a celebrity personal content database 4. Celebrity Personal content databases 4 are each constructed as independent databases according to the number of celebrities. In the figure, N celebrity personal content databases 4 are shown.

A celebrity personal voice database 5 is constructed for synthesizing celebrity voices. The celebrity personal voice database 5 is constructed as an independent database according to the number of celebrities. In the figure, N celebrity personal voice databases 5 are shown.

The voice portal service system of the present invention may further include a voice recognition server so that fans can automatically move to a personal homepage of a celebrity or go to an information providing site (including a fan service site) through voice recognition. When a user speaks a celebrity's name, the voice recognition server recognizes the name and moves to the celebrity's room.

In the voice portal service of the present invention for transmitting the voice of a celebrity, the user connects to the voice portal service server of the celebrity. In order to access the voice portal service server, it is connected through a communication network of a terminal such as a PC and a wired / wireless telephone. At this time, through the voice recognition server, fans can automatically go to the personal homepage of celebrities or to an information providing site (including a fan service site). That is, when the user speaks the name of the celebrity, the voice recognition server recognizes the name and moves to the celebrity room.

When the user accesses the voice portal service server through the terminal, the user selects a celebrity personal contents database storing personal information to be provided by the celebrity.

The text content selected from the celebrity personal content database is provided to a speech synthesis server, and the text content is synthesized into a voice from the celebrity personal voice database.

The voice synthesized by the celebrity voice is transmitted to the voice portal service server and transmitted to the user through the terminal.

The present invention can synthesize any text desired by the user into the voice of celebrities to provide on-line via the Internet or to provide a voice service through a wired / wireless telephone, and also by off-line A database of voices can be produced on a CD-ROM to provide a method and system for fans to exchange information and chat with individuals using the celebrity's CD-ROM. Can be.

The celebrity voice portal service of the present invention establishes a celebrity voice database and provides various types of celebrity voice services to a user using a communication network such as the Internet and a telephone.

In addition, the present invention synthesizes the text information into the voice of the celebrity using a speech synthesis technology in the case of the celebrity voice service.

The voice service of the present invention includes voice mail, provision of contents using voice, greeting of celebrity voices, and the like.

The service of the present invention can generate profits by collecting fees from advertisements, paid subscribers (general subscribers), and celebrities (if you want to run your own voice portal site as a fan service).

Specific examples of services that can be provided according to the method of the present invention are as follows.

First, you can access your voice portal site and use your voice to select your favorite celebrities by voice:

(step 1) Access the voice portal site and speak your favorite celebrities.

(step 2) The celebrities spoken by the fans on the voice portal site are moved to the relevant bulletin board, website or information service site using the voice recognition technique.

Here's how to voice-mail your fans using a voice synthesis system:

(step 1) Write an e-mail to users (fans) in the form of a document.

(Step 2) If you want a voice mail service, convert the created document into a voice file using the voice synthesis function provided by the voice synthesis server.

(Step 3) Voice mail is transmitted to the terminal (PC or wired / wireless phone) of the users (fans).

Here's how to provide voice contents:

(step 1) Write content to be provided to users (fans).

(step 2) If the voice content is to be provided, the information in the form of text is converted into a voice file using a speech synthesis function.

Here's how a user can say hello to a celebrity voice:

(step 1) Users (fans) connect to the celebrity voice portal site and create a greeting (or message) they want.

(step 2) Using the speech synthesis function provided by the speech synthesis server to convert the greeting to the voice of the celebrity you want.

(step 3) Send it where you want or use it as a greeting for your device.

According to the present invention, a user (celebrity fans) selects a celebrity fan service club by using a speech synthesis and a speech recognition technique, and responds to the fan service or e-mail provided by the celebrities, and promotes the contents together with the e-mail. Provides voice portal service to provide services that can be heard directly in the voice of celebrities, and through the voice recognition, fans can automatically go to the celebrity's personal homepage or informational sites (including fan service sites), The present invention also provides a method of transmitting celebrity voices, and has the effect of providing the invention with various other voice services.

Simple modifications or changes of the present invention can be easily carried out by those skilled in the art, and all such modifications or changes can be seen to be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

The user connects to a celebrity voice portal service server; Select a celebrity personal content database that stores personal information to be provided by the celebrity; Text content selected from the database is synthesized into speech from a celebrity personal speech database; And Voice synthesized with celebrity voice is transmitted to the user through the terminal; Voice portal service method for transmitting the voice of a celebrity, characterized in that consisting of steps. The voice portal service of claim 1, wherein the accessing of the celebrity voice portal service server is performed by moving from the voice recognition server to the celebrity room through voice recognition. Way. The user accesses a celebrity voice portal site and composes a message of their choice; Using the speech synthesis function provided by the speech synthesis server, converts the greeting into the voice of the celebrity desired by the user, and Send the message wherever the user wants it or use it as a greeting of his terminal; Voice portal service method for transmitting the voice of a celebrity, characterized in that consisting of steps. Terminals such as PCs and wired / wireless telephones for the user to access (call) a celebrity voice portal site; A celebrity voice portal service server that oversees portal services such as celebrity personal information and e-mail management and provides voice services in conjunction with a voice synthesis server; A speech synthesis server having a speech synthesis engine and converting text data received from the speech portal service server into speech data; A celebrity personal content database that stores personal information for celebrity to provide; And Celebrity personal voice database for synthesizing celebrity voices; Voice portal service system, characterized in that consisting of. The voice portal service system of claim 4, further comprising a voice recognition server for allowing a user to automatically move to a personal homepage of an celebrity or to an information providing site through voice recognition. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein a database of celebrity voices is produced off-line on a CD-ROM so that fans can exchange information and chat with individuals using the celebrity CD-ROM. Voice portal service system further comprises the CD-ROM.