KR20040022599A - Generating system of sound effects - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for offering an effect sound is provided to change a communication environment by downloading the effect sound or a background sound for a busy signal from a voice server and outputting a signal of the downloaded effect sound or background sound when a shortcut key is pressed during telephone call. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal(101) uses the wireless Internet by using a wireless Internet network(103), and includes a shortcut key set mode, a sound information play mode, and a sound information address change mode. An ARS(Automatic Response Service) server(107) detects a key signal provided from the user terminal after the Internet connection between the user terminal and a communication company server(105). The voice server extracts the sound information from the communication company server by responding to the key signal from the ARS server and provides the sound information matched with the shortcut key signal set in the user terminal to a memory of the user terminal.

Description

Sound effect system {GENERATING SYSTEM OF SOUND EFFECTS}

The present invention relates to providing a sound service for a wireless Internet phone, and more particularly, to a sound effect providing system that can be used to download a sound effect or a background sound in a call state.

In recent years, with the expansion of the market for wireless Internet phones, many kinds of acoustic services have been implemented. The sound service mainly consists of a ring tone service and a dial tone service. Such a sound service allows the user to download the corresponding sound information after connecting to the Internet.

The ring tone service, that is, the ring tone service, substitutes the ring tone after sound information provided from the ring tone server is stored in the user terminal. This is changed according to the user's preference to avoid the monotony of the ringing tone. The dial tone service is a service that a user can provide to the caller. In other words, it is a sound service that is listened only to the caller.

The dial tone service does not store the sound information in the user terminal, but sets the sound information according to the user's selection in the dial tone server. Therefore, when the caller makes a call to the telephone number for which the dial tone service is set, the caller may listen to the corresponding sound information when waiting for a call.

As a result, the corresponding service is performed in the waiting time when the call is not made. Such a service can express a user's taste and personality by changing a monotonous ringtone. In addition, it is possible to suppress the boredom of the caller during the call, thereby improving the quality of the communication.

However, the current acoustic service is inevitable to listen repeatedly, the user is bored. Therefore, the above acoustic service tends to be used only for a short cycle from the user, and frequent changes of the service are required. This puts a lot of pressure on the user to use the service. Increasing the burden is the fact that the service is saturated and the satisfaction of the service decreases, and it is urgent to develop a service for market expansion.

That is, a service that can bring environmental changes of communication in a call state is required, out of the structural limitations of the service that the acoustic service is made only in a call waiting state.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing a sound effect for inducing an environmental change of communication in a communication state of a communication terminal.

In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for providing sound effects. Carrier server; A user terminal capable of wireless internet using the internet network, the user terminal having at least one shortcut key setting of at least one sound information, a reproduction of the sound information according to a shortcut key setting during a call, and a storage address change mode of the sound information; An ARS server for detecting a key signal provided from the user terminal after an internet connection is established between the user terminal and the carrier server; And extracting the sound information from the carrier server in response to the key signal provided from the ALS server, and transmitting the sound information to a memory of the user terminal corresponding to a shortcut key preset by the user terminal. Characterized in that consists of a voice server to provide.

Specifically, the voice server includes a key detection module for detecting a key signal provided from the ALS server; A database control module for determining a key signal received from the key detection module and extracting at least one sound information from a database according to the determined result; And a voice output module for providing the sound information to the telecommunication company server so that the sound information extracted from the database control module is downloaded to the user terminal.

1 is a block diagram showing the overall system of the present invention.

2A, 2B and 2C show a terminal display for selecting acoustic information provided in accordance with the present invention.

3 is a flowchart for explaining the download according to the present invention.

4 is a flowchart for reproducing an acoustic signal from a terminal according to the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

101: user terminal 103: wireless Internet network

105: carrier server 107: ARS server

109: voice server 111,113: database

115: key detection module 117: signal processing module

119: database control module 121: voice output module

123: terminal control module 125: control program

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing an entire system according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the wireless internet network 103, the user terminal 101, and the communication provider 105 is configured. The service provider 105 is connected to the ARS server 107, and the ARS server 107 is connected to the voice server 109.

The voice server 109 includes a key detection module 115, a signal processing module 117, a database control module 119, a voice output module 121, and a terminal control module 123. The database control module 119 includes a background sound database 111 and an effect sound database 113.

The user terminal 101 is a model capable of wireless internet. However, according to the gist of the present invention, since the Internet connection is possible through the personal PC, the user terminal 101 will be sufficient if it is compatible with the PC. For consistency of the present technology, it is assumed that the user terminal 101 is capable of wireless internet.

The telecommunication company server 105 performs a call connection of the mobile communication device and controls the Internet connection based on the URL information provided from the user terminal 101. In addition, the carrier server 105 performs internet network control so that the user terminal 101 can access a plurality of servers. The ARS server 107 transmits the key signal provided from the user terminal 101 connected by the carrier server 105 to the voice server 109.

The voice server 109 recognizes the key signal and selects a background sound or an effect sound according to the key signal. The selected acoustic information is provided to the carrier server 105. And, the user terminal 101 is equipped with a terminal control program to use the sound information. The terminal control program of the user terminal 101 is a function for setting an effect sound shortcut key, a function for generating an effect sound into a channel by a call when a shortcut key is pressed during a call, a function for clearing the set effect sound or moving to a memory of another shortcut key, etc. .

Preferably, the terminal control program is preloaded in the user terminal 101. However, when the terminal control program is not mounted in the user terminal 101, the corresponding program can be downloaded from a predetermined server, for example, the voice server 109. There will be. This will make the subject matter of the present invention more firm.

As a result, the terminal control program is a program for reading sound information stored in the internal memory in the call state of the user terminal 101. In the embodiment of the present invention, it is assumed that the terminal control program can be provided from the voice server 109 to the user terminal 101.

Therefore, the voice information provided by the voice server 109 may be provided to the user terminal 101 through the carrier server 105.

The key detection module 115 of the voice server 109 receives a key signal of the user terminal 101 flowing through the ARS server 107. The signal processing module 117 converts the key signal detected by the key detection module 115 into a standardized signal. The database control module 119 discriminates the standardized key signal and searches sound information selected by the user. Therefore, it interlocks with the background sound database 111 or the effect sound database 113.

The voice output module 121 is interlocked with the carrier server 105 to provide the sound information selected from the database control module 119 to the user terminal 101. The terminal control module 123 provides a program for fetching sound information from the internal memory of the user terminal 101 according to the detection of the key signal during a call and the detected key signal. That is, the terminal control program is downloaded to the user terminal 101 through the ARS server 107.

Based on the terminal control program downloaded to the user terminal 101, it is possible to perform a function such as setting the sound effect shortcut key, generating the sound effect by the shortcut key, deleting the sound effect and changing the shortcut key. Of course, the terminal control program may be preloaded in the user terminal 101.

3 illustrates an operation procedure for downloading sound information according to the present invention. The user accesses the wireless Internet network 103 via the user terminal 101 (S301). The service provider server 105 performs a connection with the user terminal 101 through the wireless Internet network 103. The user accesses a site for downloading sound information from a plurality of sites provided by the carrier server 105 (S303).

The user terminal 101 connects to the voice server 109 via the carrier server 105 and the ARS server 107. The user downloads sound tones based on the terminal configuration provided by the carrier server 105. That is, the sound is set through the Internet connection screen of FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C. At this time, the user selects sound information for each item and type by selecting a plurality of keys.

Therefore, the ARS server 107 receives the mode selection key signal received from the user terminal 101. The key signal is then provided to the voice server 109. The voice server 109 supplies to the telecommunication company server 105 the sound type list information according to the background sound and the effect sound which it currently possesses. The service provider server 105 transmits the sound type list information to the user terminal 101. 2B shows that a sound type list is displayed on the user terminal 101.

The user selects one sound type from the sound type list (S307). The key signal according to the sound type selection is provided to the voice server 109 through the ARS server 107. The voice server 109 receives a key signal according to the sound type selection and is supplied to the database control module 119 through predetermined signal processing.

The database control module 119 analyzes the key signal to determine the sound type selected by the user. The database control module 119 provides sound list information according to the sound type to the communication company server 105.

The user selects sound information suitable for taste based on the sound list (S309). The voice server 109 detects a key signal according to sound information selection, and outputs a text message corresponding to the detected result.

The text message provides modes such as 'Preview', 'Stop' and 'Download' including the title, price, classification, and provider of the sound information selected by the user. The user listens through the mode and decides whether to download. That is, when a key signal according to download selection is detected from the voice server 109, the database control module 119 fetches sound information from the database 111 or 113.

The sound information may be background sound or may be effect sound. The present invention illustrates the selection of a "gunshot" sound effect. The database control module 119 provides the voice information according to the "gun sound" to the voice output module 121. The voice output module 121 transmits to the carrier server 105. In addition, the terminal control module 123 provides a control program to the ARS server 107 so that the effect sound or the background sound can be reproduced according to the user's selection during the call.

In this case, the terminal control module 123 does not need to provide a separate terminal control program to the user terminal 101 equipped with the terminal control program.

On the other hand, the ARS server 107 transmits the sound information selected by the user to the carrier server 105. In addition to the sound information being transmitted to the user terminal 101, the carrier server 103 induces the user to set a shortcut key. This may be guided through some message.

The user sets an arbitrary shortcut key according to the request of the carrier server 103. From this, sound information is downloaded to the user terminal 101 (S311, S313).

The sound information is stored in the memory at an address corresponding to a shortcut key in the user terminal 101. The control program is also downloaded to the memory. A user downloads a plurality of pieces of sound information and sets a shortcut key for each of them, thereby outputting sound sounds during a call.

4 is a flowchart for outputting sound information stored in a user terminal. As shown, in the call state (S401) the user talks to the user terminal 101. The preset control program and at least one sound information are stored in the internal memory of the user terminal 101. The sound information is set to an address so as to correspond to a shortcut key.

If the shortcut key is pressed in the call state of the user, the control program detects it (S403). The sound information corresponding to the shortcut key is fetched from the at least one sound information previously stored in the internal memory. The sound information is converted into an analogized signal through an A / D converter already mounted in the user terminal 101. The analogized sound signal is transmitted to the sender and the receiver terminal (S405).

The caller and the receiver can listen to the sound signal during the call. On the other hand, in the present invention, the sound signal may be output once when the shortcut key is operated once, but of course, the continuous sound signal output may be made when the shortcut key is operated once. That is, when the same shortcut key is input (S407), the output of the sound information stored at the corresponding address is stopped (S409).

As illustrated above, when the user presses a specific hot key such as "0" during a call, an audio signal such as "Tang Tang Tang You are dead!" Is output. In this way, the user can output a sound signal using a specific shortcut key when necessary during a call. If the background sound is selected and downloaded from the user, the shortcut operation continuously generates the background sound. When the background sound is to be stopped, the same hotkey is operated to stop it.

The sound effect providing system according to the present invention receives a sound effect or a background sound during a call through interworking with a voice server, and outputs a sound effect or a background sound signal downloaded through a predetermined hot key during a call, thereby changing the environment of communication. Gain the effect of advancing the play culture.

In addition, the present invention obtains the effect of expanding the market of the sound service using the mobile communication terminal by enabling the service in the call state, leaving the sound service in the call waiting state.

What has been described above is only one embodiment for implementing the effect sound providing system according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the gist of the present invention as claimed in the following claims Without departing from the scope of the present invention, any person having ordinary skill in the art will have the technical spirit of the present invention to the extent that various modifications can be made.

Claims (6)

Internet network; Carrier server; A user terminal capable of wireless internet using the internet network, the user terminal having at least one shortcut key setting of at least one sound information, a reproduction of the sound information according to a shortcut key setting during a call, and a storage address change mode of the sound information; An ARS server for detecting a key signal provided from the user terminal after an internet connection is established between the user terminal and the carrier server; And In response to the key signal provided from the ALS server, the sound information is extracted from the carrier server, and the sound information is provided to a memory of the user terminal corresponding to a shortcut key preset by the user terminal. System for providing sound effects, characterized in that consisting of a voice server for. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the voice server comprises: a key detection module for detecting a key signal provided from the ALS server; A database control module for determining a key signal received from the key detection module and extracting at least one sound information from a database according to the determined result; And And a voice output module for providing the sound information to the telecommunication company server so that the sound information extracted from the database control module is downloaded to the user terminal. The sound effect providing system according to claim 1, wherein the sound information is effect sound information. The effect sound providing system according to claim 1, wherein the sound information is background sound information. The system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal further comprises a program for outputting the previously stored sound information once when the shortcut key is operated once. The system of claim 1, wherein the user terminal further comprises a program for continuously outputting the previously stored sound information when the shortcut key is operated once.