KR20060012148A - Method for providing bell sound and caller ring sound of the mobile phones - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile phone ringtone and a ring back tone service method.

The present invention allows each producer to upload a cell phone ringtone or call ring tone file edited by each producer, and automatically manages the ringtone or call ring tone file uploaded by each producer to the ringtone format or call ring tone format used in the mobile phone. In addition, the ringtone or ring back tone uploaded by each producer is posted on the web so that other users can listen in advance, and after paying the download price for the ring tone or ring back tone specified by the other user, the ringtone or ring back tone Transmits to the user's mobile phone or mobile carrier. This payment will be settled with the producer who uploaded the ringtone or ring back tone.

According to the present invention, each user can directly participate in the production, transaction, distribution, community creation, etc. of the mobile phone ringtone and the call connection tone. As a result, a variety of original mobile phone ringtones and call ringtones can be produced and supplied, and the ringtone market can be revitalized again. It becomes possible.

Internet, Mobile Phone, Ringtone, Ringtone, Upload, Billing

Description

Method for providing bell sound and caller ring sound of the mobile phones}             

1 is an overview of a system to which the present invention is applied,

2 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment according to the present invention,

3 is a detailed embodiment of the configuration of a system to which the present invention is applied.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

10,20: user terminal 11: editing means

11-1: Local Sound Source 11-2: Download Sound Source

21: mobile phone 22: web browser

30: Internet Network 40: Ringtone Site

41: Storage 42: Database Server

43: converting server 44: streaming server

45: Download Server 46: Web Server

50: mobile network

The present invention relates to a mobile phone ringtone and ring back tone service method, and in particular, to allow each user to upload a mobile phone ringtone or a ring back tone produced by editing a variety of sound sources, other users uploaded ringtones and ring back tone uploaded by each producer After listening in advance, you can buy what you want to download and use on your phone.

As mobile phones are widely used, various services are provided to provide ringtones or ring back tones used in mobile phones, and users can select their desired ringtones or ring back tones within a certain range. However, the ringtones or call connection tones that are conventionally serviced are unidirectional, and the contents thereof are similar, which is a major factor that makes users feel tired.

Accordingly, an attempt has been made to reflect the user's disposition, and as an example, a "mobile phone ringtone editing system and method thereof" filed on November 21, 2003 and published on December 24, 2003 (application number (10-2003-0082839) discloses a technology that allows a user to edit various sound sources to produce a ringtone, and to use the produced ringtone in a mobile phone. The present invention can solve some of the problems of the conventional unilateral ringtone service in that the user can directly edit the desired ringtone. However, in the above-described invention, the editing of the ringtone is only made for itself.

On the other hand, in order to reactivate the mobile phone ringtone or ring back tone market and enable more dynamic service, not only the production of ringtones, but also the production of mobile phone ringtones such as contacting ringtones made by others or downloading and using ringtones made by others There is a need to enable a wide range of services, including business, trade, distribution and community creation. In particular, modern users are more likely to participate in the areas of their interest, as can be seen from the high interest of parody, flash animation, etc., which are popular on the Internet. Therefore, there will be a need for a method that enables each user to actively participate in the mobile phone ring related service field.

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed to meet the necessity as described above, so that each user can upload mobile phone ringtones or call connection sounds produced by editing various sound sources, and other users upload ringtones and call connection sounds uploaded by respective producers. It is intended to provide a way to broadly accommodate related services such as making, trading, distribution, and community creation of mobile phone ringtones by listening to them in advance and purchasing the desired one so that it can be downloaded and used on one's own mobile phone.

In order to achieve the above object, the mobile phone ringtone and the ring back tone service method according to the present invention comprises the steps of uploading a mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone file edited by each user (producer); Automatically converting the mobile phone ringtone or the ring back tone file uploaded by each producer into a ringtone format or the ring back tone format used in the mobile phone; Posting a mobile phone ringtone or a call ring tone uploaded by each producer on a web so that other users (service users) can listen in advance to a streaming method or a download and play method; Paying a download price for a mobile phone ring tone or a call connection tone designated by the service user according to the service user's request; Transmitting the file of the converted format related to the mobile phone ring tone or the call connection tone to which the download price is paid to a mobile phone designated by the service user or a server of a corresponding mobile communication company; And calculating a predetermined portion of the download price among the producer who uploaded the mobile phone ringtone or the call connection sound transmitted to the mobile phone.

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

Referring to Figure 1, according to the present invention the subject that provides the mobile phone ringtone and call connection service is an Internet site (hereinafter referred to as ringtone site 40). The ringtone site 40 provides a service by connecting to each user terminal 10 or 20 through a wired or wireless internet network 30. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, a user who makes a mobile phone ringtone or a ringback tone by himself is called a 'producer', and a user who listens to a ringtone or a ringtone made by the producer or tries to download it to his mobile phone is called a 'service user'. Shall be. However, this nomenclature is for the purpose of understanding the description, any producer can be a service user, and any service user can be a producer.

Editing means (11) is installed in each producer terminal (10), the editing means (11) means a component that allows a producer to produce a sound to be used as a mobile phone ringtone or call connection sound by editing various sound sources. Here, the sound source may include various types of sound sources such as MP3, MID, VOC, SMF, and producer's voice. In particular, by providing a variety of sound sources, such as natural sounds, celebrity voices, parody voice actor voices in the ringtone site 40, each producer can be downloaded and used more preferably.

The editing means 11 may be distributed in a state recorded in a storage medium such as a CD-ROM, and the producer may directly install it on his terminal 10, or may be configured to download and install it from the ringtone site 40. When the editing means 11 are provided online at the ringtone site 40, the editing means 11 may be configured in the form of an Active X control, and may be preferably implemented, and may have a form of an independent application.

The editing means 11 may include various functions so that the producer can conveniently edit the ring tone or the ring back tone. For example, you can mix and listen to effect sounds and various sound sources, and select, copy, paste, and delete parts of the loaded sound source. You can edit various music and sound sources such as editing function, recording or editing your own voice, dubbing your own voice, and uploading the completed ringtone or ring back tone. It may include. Since the editing means 11 is sufficient to be implemented using any conventionally known technique or configured using any music editing program currently distributed, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, the mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone produced by each producer using the editing means 11 is uploaded to the ringtone site 40 and posted to each service user, the service users move after purchasing the desired ringtone or call ring tone It is downloaded to the mobile phone 21 through the communication network 50 or used as a ring tone.

Referring to Figure 2 will be described in detail the procedure for providing a service related to the mobile phone ring tone and call ring tone according to the present invention.

Each producer produces a mobile phone ringtone or a call ring tone using the editing means (S21), the ringtone site 40 processes so that each producer can upload (up-load) a mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone file edited ( S22).

That is, the producer selects the mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone file produced by the user and uploads the ringtone site 40 through the upload function of the editing means 11 or the upload screen (web page) provided by the ringtone site 40. do. At this time, the file uploaded by the producer may be created in any format (for example, MP3, WAV, MID, etc.) according to the function of the editing means 11.

On the other hand, the ringtone site 40 automatically converts the mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone file uploaded by each producer into a ringtone format or call ring tone format used in the mobile phone and stores / manages it in storage (S23). In other words, ringtones or ring back tones used in mobile phones have a specific file format, so the uploaded file is converted to match the file format. An example of a file format to be stored in a mobile phone of a service user is mmf / ndwn format.

In addition, the ringtone site 40 posts the mobile phone ringtone or call connection sound uploaded by each producer on the web (S24), so that service users can listen in advance by streaming or by downloading and reproducing (S25).

That is, a process of providing a list of ringtones or call ringtones uploaded by each producer through a schedule bulletin board and allowing a service user to listen to a ringtone or call ringtone of an item clicked. At this time, the service user to listen in advance can be configured in various ways, but in real time through a streaming (streaming) or to listen to the service user once downloaded to his terminal 20 You can listen to it using a file playback program such as Windows Media Player or Real Player. If the file uploaded by the author is different from the normal file format that can be previewed, you need to convert it to a file format suitable for previewing (eg asf, wma, wmv, mp3, etc.).

The service users can hear the ringtone or the ring back tone produced by each producer, and can select the ring tone or the ring back tone they want to use (S26).

On the other hand, the ringtone site 40, if the service user wants to purchase a specific ringtone or ring back tone, and pays the download price for the mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone specified by the service user with the service user (S27).

Then, the ringtone site 40 transmits the file of the format converted in step S23 to the mobile phone 21 designated by the corresponding service user or the server of the corresponding mobile communication company (S28). At this time, the service user may designate his own mobile phone, but may select another mobile phone number or mobile carrier to present to a friend or family member.

When the ringtone site 40 provides the mobile phone ringtone or the ring back tone at the request of the service user in step S28, the ringer site 40 calculates a predetermined portion of the download price with the producer who uploaded the ringtone or the ring back tone (S29). Settlement means that the download price paid by the service user is divided between the ringtone site side and the corresponding producer, and the settlement rate can be variously configured according to service needs. This step allows each producer to present their ringtones or ring back to their own users, as well as present them to other users and sell them.

On the other hand, the object of payment or settlement of the download price can be configured in various forms as necessary.

One example is to configure the ringtone site 40 to be made using a point managed for each user. 'Point' means any form of payment that is stored and managed as digital data in a database linked to an Internet site, regardless of terms such as mileage or cyber money. Therefore, the ringtone site 40 subtracts the download price from the point account of the service user and adds the settlement point to the point account of the corresponding producer.

Another example is to use the credit card payment, direct debit, prepaid card payment and mobile phone payment that is made online. In this embodiment, payment is made using a direct cashed payment means.

Referring to FIG. 3, a specific example of a configuration of a system capable of providing a mobile phone ring tone and a call connection tone service according to the present invention will be described.

As described above, each producer edits the sound source through the editing means 11 installed in the terminal 10 of the producer to produce a mobile phone ringtone or a call connection sound. At this time, a local sound source 11-1 stored in the local terminal 10 or a sound source 11-2 downloaded from a ringtone site may be used. The producer uploads the produced mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone file to the ringtone site 40, and the uploaded mobile phone ringtone or call ring tone file of each producer is stored and managed on the storage 41 of the ringtone site 40.

The service user can search or inquire the mobile phone ringtone and the call connection sound of each producer provided by the ringtone site 40 through the wired or wireless Internet using the web browser 22, and listen in advance or view the description.

The ringtone site 40 may be configured as various servers as follows to provide a service according to the present invention.

The converting server 43 automatically converts a ringtone or a call back tone file uploaded by each producer into a file of a required type such as a ringtone format, a pre-listen format, a call back tone format, and the like. The converted file is stored / managed in a form that can be easily searched along with additional information such as the ID (ID), identification number, production date, file location, and file name of the producer.

The web server 46 is configured in the form of a wired Internet or wireless Internet (Web / Wap) server in the form of membership or non-member system according to the form of the Internet network 30, the streaming server 44, download server 45, In conjunction with the database server 42 performs the function of uploading the ringtone or call connection tone of the producer and point inquiry by user, and performs the role of searching, inquiring, pre-listening, downloading, payment, etc. related to the service user do.

The streaming server 44 works in conjunction with the web server 46 so that the service user selects a ring tone or a ring back tone through a streaming method.

The download server transmits the converted file of the ring tone or the call connection tone designated by the service user to the mobile phone 21 or the mobile communication network 50 (or the mobile communication company).

The database server 42 stores various information necessary for providing the present invention, such as an uploaded ring tone or a ring tone file, a file in a converted format, member information, user points, payment history and payment amount for each service user, and download history. 41) to store and manage.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and can be variously modified and implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention.

According to the present invention, each user can directly participate in the production, transaction, distribution, community creation, etc. of the mobile phone ringtone and the call connection tone. As a result, a variety of original mobile phone ringtones and call ringtones can be produced and supplied, enabling the ringtone market to be reactivated. You can earn real profits.

Claims (6)

In the method for providing a service related to the mobile phone ring tone and call ring tone at each user terminal equipped with editing means capable of editing various sound sources and the Internet site connected through the Internet network, Processing each user (producer) to upload an edited mobile phone ringtone or ring back tone file; Automatically converting and managing a mobile phone ringtone or a call ring tone file uploaded by each producer into a ringtone format or a call ring tone format used in a mobile phone; Posting a mobile phone ringtone or a call ring tone uploaded by each producer on a web so that other users (service users) can listen in advance to a streaming method or a download and play method; Paying a download price for a mobile phone ring tone or a call connection tone designated by the service user according to the service user's request; Transmitting the file of the converted format related to the mobile phone ring tone or the call connection tone to which the download price is paid to a mobile phone designated by the service user or a server of a corresponding mobile communication company; And Mobile phone ringtone and call ring tone service method comprising the step of calculating a predetermined portion of the download price between the mobile phone ringtone or the call ring tone uploaded to the mobile phone; The method of claim 1, And the editing means is configured to provide the user terminal from the internet site. The method of claim 2, And the editing means is configured in the form of Active X or an independent application. The method of claim 1, The sound source used for editing is a mobile phone ringtone and a ring back tone service method, characterized in that configured to be downloaded from the Internet site. The method of claim 1, The payment of the download price is a mobile phone ringtone and ring back tone service method, characterized in that is configured to be made using a point managed for each user in the Internet site. The method of claim 1, The payment of the download price is a mobile phone ringtone and ring back tone service method characterized in that it comprises one or more of the payment method of credit card payment, direct debit, prepaid card payment and mobile phone payment made online.

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