KR20060029392A - Method for furnishing the service of song using data radio channel - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing music-related content to a mobile communication terminal, wherein when a music broadcast is transmitted through a radio broadcasting network, a song name, a singer profile, lyrics, a music file download address, and a record purchase address corresponding to the music broadcast are transmitted. By transmitting the data to the mobile communication terminal through a data radio channel (DARC) in real time, so that the user can listen to the radio broadcast in real time to check the music-related information and receive music-related contents through the wireless Internet function of the mobile communication terminal. The present invention provides a method for providing a music broadcasting service using a data radio channel, and enables a user to check information on a radio music broadcast in real time, and reduces the wireless Internet access time according to music related information search. Burden on network fees And one effect, and you can get easily download music files to allow, that the effect of the convenience to purchase the album.

Data Radio Channel (DARC), Music Broadcasting, Lyrics, Sync Info, Singer Profile, Music File Download, Record Purchase

Description

Method for furnishing the service of song using data radio channel}             

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile communication network and a radio broadcasting network to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal of FIG. 1;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a music broadcast service using a data radio channel according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of music-related content to which the present invention is applied.

* Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing

10: mobile communication terminal 20: mobile communication base station

30: mobile communication switch 40: music content providing server

50: radio broadcasting center 60: radio broadcasting transmitter

The present invention relates to a method for providing music-related content to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, when a music broadcast is transmitted through a radio broadcast network, a song name, a singer profile, lyrics, a music file download address corresponding to the music broadcast, and The purchase address of the record is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in real time through the data radio channel (DARC) so that the user can listen to the radio broadcast and check the music related information in real time, and provide music-related contents through the wireless Internet function of the mobile communication terminal. The present invention relates to a music broadcasting service providing method using a data radio channel for receiving.

Recently, with the development of mobile communication terminal technology, a user can listen to a radio music broadcast through a mobile communication terminal equipped with a radio broadcast reception function (mounted with a radio tuner).

In addition, recently, in order to satisfy a user's multimedia service needs, a user can download a music file or purchase a record through a wireless Internet function of a mobile communication terminal.

In the prior arts described above, when a user listens to a radio music broadcast through a mobile communication terminal and wants to download information related to the music, the user searches for specific music-related information through a wireless Internet function and then searches for specific music. He is accessing content providing sites and downloading music-related information.

In other words, if you want to check the singer profile, lyrics, etc. of the music being broadcasted on the radio, or if you want to download a music file or purchase a record, the user can select the artist profile, lyrics, music file download address (site URL), and record purchase address (site URL). It is possible to download music-related information after accessing a specific music content providing site by searching for a back and the like by operating a mobile communication terminal.

However, in the above-described prior arts, a user must directly access the wireless Internet during a radio music broadcast to search for a singer profile, lyrics, and the like, and accordingly, the user sings with a radio music broadcast in real time due to a time delay caused by the search. There is a problem that can not be provided with a profile, lyrics, and the like.

In addition, in the above conventional technologies, the user directly accesses the wireless Internet during a radio music broadcast, searches for a singer profile, lyrics, a music file download address, a record purchase address, etc., and then accesses a corresponding music content providing site to confirm / download. Since the wireless Internet access time is long because it needs to be received, there is a problem in that the burden on the user of the packet data network is increased.

Therefore, while the user enjoys radio music broadcasting through the mobile communication terminal, the user can check the singer profile and lyrics related to the music on the radio broadcast in real time, and can conveniently download the file related to the music on the radio broadcast, There is an urgent need for a technology that makes it possible to conveniently purchase records related to music on radio.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above problems and meet the above requirements, and includes a song name, a singer profile, lyrics, a music file download address corresponding to a music broadcast when a music broadcast is transmitted through a radio broadcast network, and The purchase address of the record is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal in real time through the data radio channel (DARC) so that the user can listen to the radio broadcast and check the music related information in real time, and provide music-related contents through the wireless Internet function of the mobile communication terminal. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a music broadcasting service providing method using a data radio channel to receive.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing music-related content to a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: obtaining music broadcast information to be transmitted through a radio broadcasting network; Generating music-related content corresponding to the music broadcast by referring to the obtained music broadcast information; A third step of converting the generated music-related content into content of a format suitable for a data radio channel (hereinafter referred to as "DARC") (hereinafter referred to as "music-related content for DARC"); And a fourth step of transmitting the converted music-related content for DARC to the mobile communication terminal through DARC in real time when a music broadcast is transmitted through a radio broadcasting network.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be changed according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a mobile communication network and a radio broadcasting network to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication network and a radio broadcasting network to which the present invention is applied include a mobile communication terminal 10, a mobile communication base station 20, a mobile communication exchange 30, a music content providing server 40, and a radio. Broadcast center 50 and radio broadcast transmitter 60;

In addition, the mobile communication network further includes basic components (e.g., base station controller, home location register (HLR), packet data serving node (PDSN), etc.) for the mobile communication function, voice communication function, packet data communication function, It will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that other components are provided.

In the present invention, after the music content providing server 40 obtains music broadcast information (eg, music song name for each broadcasting time zone) from the radio broadcasting center 50, music-related content (eg, song name, Formats suitable for data radio channels (DARC, hereinafter referred to as "DARC") by creating artist profiles, lyrics, music file download addresses (URLs), record purchase addresses (URLs), music broadcast / lyric sync information (sync), etc. The music-related contents for DARC together with the music broadcast in real time when the music broadcast is transmitted through the radio broadcasting network by converting the contents into " DARC-related music contents " The digital signal form received in real time when the mobile communication terminal 10 outputs music in the form of an analog signal received through the radio broadcasting network. Represents synchronizes the music to which the output of the music content for DARC.

The radio broadcasting center 50 transmits a known radio music broadcast and, in accordance with a known data radio channel (DARC) transmission protocol, various kinds of information (e.g., news) in a spare band (unallocated band) among FM frequency bands. , Securities, weather, traffic information, etc.) are loaded through the established radio broadcasting network (radio broadcasting transmitting station 60).

The music content providing server 40 provides a music file (eg, MP3, WMA, etc.) to the mobile communication terminal 10 in response to a music file download request from the mobile communication terminal 10 connected through the Internet. Record purchase information (e.g., audio CD name, record label, price, orderer information input, delivery address information input, etc.) to the mobile communication terminal 10 so that a user can purchase a record according to a record purchase request from the terminal 10. to provide.

In particular, the music content providing server 40 transmits music-related content corresponding to the music broadcast to the mobile communication terminal 10 when the radio broadcast center 50 transmits the music broadcast.

That is, the music content providing server 40 acquires music broadcast information (eg, music song name for each broadcasting time zone) to be transmitted from the radio broadcasting center 50 through the radio broadcasting network before the music broadcasting is transmitted. With reference to the broadcast information, music-related content (eg, song name, singer profile, lyrics, music file download address, record purchase address, music broadcast / lyric sync information, etc.) corresponding to the music broadcast is generated.

Then, after the music content providing server 40 converts the music-related content into the music-related content for DARC, whenever the radio broadcast center 50 transmits a music broadcast, the music-related content for DARC is transmitted through the DARC in real time. It is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal 10 side.

The mobile communication terminal 10 is preferably equipped with a radio broadcast reception function, in particular a DARC reception function.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal of FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied includes an FM antenna (DARC antenna) 11, an FM tuner 12, an FM demodulator 13, a DARC demodulator (LMSK demodulator) 14, And a DARC decoder 15, a speaker 16, a display 17, and a controller 18.

In addition, those skilled in the art will readily understand that the mobile communication terminal 10 further includes basic components for performing a mobile communication function and a wireless Internet function.

The mobile communication terminal 10 receives the music broadcast and DARC-related content in the form of an FM modulated analog signal through the FM antenna 11, and separates the music-related content and DARC-related content from the FM tuner 12 ( Filtering), demodulate music broadcast in analog signal form in FM demodulator 13, output demodulated music broadcast through speaker 16, and DARC music-related content in analog signal form in DARC demodulator 14; Demodulate and decode DARC music-related content in the form of an analog signal demodulated by the DARC decoder 15 into DARC music-related content in the form of a digital signal, and the DARC music-related content decoded by the control of the controller 18 is decoded. It is displayed through the display unit 17.

In particular, the music-related content for DARC includes music broadcast / lyric sync information. The mobile communication terminal 10, that is, the controller 18, refers to music broadcast / lyric sync information for the DARC decoder 15 in the DARC decoder 15. By controlling the buffering of the music-related content or controlling the display of the music-related content for DARC on the display unit 17, the lyrics content is synchronized with the music and displayed when the music broadcast is output through the speaker 16.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a music broadcast service using a data radio channel according to the present invention.

First, the music content providing server 40 obtains music broadcasting information (eg, music song name for each broadcasting time zone) from the radio broadcasting center 50 (300).

At this time, it is preferable that the music content providing server 40 acquires music broadcasting information (eg, music song name for each broadcasting time zone) to be transmitted from the radio broadcasting center 50 through the radio broadcasting network before the music broadcasting is transmitted. Do.

Here, the music broadcast schedule may be obtained as music broadcast information distributed to the listener, but the radio broadcast center 50 may not accurately grasp information about each music and the time at which each music is transmitted through the music broadcast schedule. It is preferable to obtain the name of the music and the time of delivery of the music (that is, the start time of delivery and the end time of delivery of each individual song) and the like through the cooperation with.

Then, the music content providing server 40 refers to the music broadcast information previously obtained, and music-related content (eg, music song name, singer profile, lyrics, music file download address (URL), and record corresponding to the music broadcast). A purchase address (URL), music broadcast / lyric sync information (sync), etc.) are generated (301).

At this time, the music content providing server 40 refers to the song name of the music in the music broadcast information, the singer's profile (singer name, birth year, affiliated company, album name, genre, composer, songwriter, etc.), lyrics, music file download address , Record purchase address, etc. are generated.

In addition, a plurality of music having the same song name may exist, and since the singer who sang the same song but the same song name may be different, the song name and singer information of the music may be referred to together.

In particular, the music content providing server 40 may generate music broadcast / lyric sync information for synchronizing the lyrics according to the start / end time (progression time) of the music with reference to the music transmission time of the music broadcast information. Do.

Then, the music content providing server 40 converts music-related content into content of a format suitable for a data radio channel (hereinafter referred to as "DARC") (hereinafter referred to as "music related content for DARC") ( 302).

At this time, the music content providing server 40 inserts the music-related content generated in step 301 into the data area of the frame according to the data radio channel (DARC) transmission protocol and converts the music-related content into music-related content for DARC.

Meanwhile, the music content providing server 40 converts the music-related content into the music-related content for the DARC while forwarding the corresponding music-related content to the radio broadcasting center 50 without converting the music-related content into the music-related content for the DARC. When the music broadcast is transmitted through the radio broadcasting network, the radio broadcasting center 50 converts the received music-related content into music-related content for the DARC. You can also send.

Thereafter, the music content providing server 40 forwards the corresponding music content for DARC to the radio broadcasting center 50 in real time whenever a music broadcast is transmitted from the radio broadcasting center 50. In order to be transmitted to the terminal 10 side (303).

At this time, the radio broadcasting center 50 encodes the DARC music-related content into an analog signal of the FM frequency band according to a known data radio channel (DARC) transmission protocol, and the DARC music-related content in the encoded analog signal form. Is subjected to FM high-frequency conversion, and then FM-modulated to carry DARC music-related content in a spare band (unallocated band) of the FM frequency band and transmitted through the radio broadcasting transmitter 60.

In this case, the FM frequency band (data radio channel) for transmitting music-related content for DARC is preferably allocated from the radio wave management station, and the FM frequency band allocated to other businesses for other purposes (eg, traffic broadcasting, stock information provision, etc.). It is preferable that the band does not collide with.

On the other hand, DARC music-related content carried on the FM frequency band is preferably added to the Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) region for data transmission error check.

Then, the mobile communication terminal 10 receives the music broadcast and the DARC-related content through the radio broadcast receiving function and the DARC receiving function (304).

Here, the mobile communication terminal 10 preferably is notified of an FM frequency band for receiving music-related content for DARC for each music broadcast from the music content providing server 40 in advance, and the pre-installed FM It is preferable to set the channel of the tuner 12 as a music broadcast channel and a music related content channel for DARC to wait for music broadcast and DARC music related contents to be received.

Then, when the mobile communication terminal 10 outputs the received music, the received music-related content for DARC is displayed in synchronization with the output music (305).

At this time, the mobile communication terminal 10 controls the buffering of the music-related content for DARC or the display of the music-related content for DARC with reference to the music broadcast / lyric sync information, and when the music broadcast is output, the corresponding lyrics content is music. It is desirable to control the display to be synchronized to.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 10 may detect a data error through the CRC region information added to the received music-related content for DARC and correct the error.

Subsequently, the user checks the music-related content displayed on the display unit 17 while listening to music output through the speaker 16 of the mobile communication terminal 10 to recognize a singer profile, lyrics, etc. You can download music files or apply for music purchases.

For example, when the mobile communication terminal 10 transmits a music file download request signal to the music content providing server 40 through the packet data network (that is, the music file download address is selected according to the user's mobile terminal operation). The music content providing server 40 transmits a music file (eg, MP3, WMA, etc.) stored at a music file download address among music-related contents for DARC to the mobile communication terminal 10 through a packet data network.

As another example, when the mobile communication terminal 10 transmits a record purchase request signal to the music content providing server 40 through a packet data network (that is, a record purchase address is selected according to a user's mobile terminal operation), the music content is transmitted. Providing server 40 is mobile communication through the packet data network through the data packet purchase information (e.g. audio CD name, record label, price, order information input, shipping address input, etc.) stored in the music purchase address of the music-related content for DARC Send to the terminal.

4 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of music-related content to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 17 of the mobile communication terminal 10 includes a song name (“concept”), a singer profile (“Big Papa”, “year of birth: July 25, 1980”) of music on a radio broadcast. , The lyrics ("I love you. Only you ..."), the "Download File" button with the music file download address, and the "Buy Album" button with the music purchase address.

Here, since the lyrics cannot display all of the lyrics contents at once through the display unit 17 of small size, it is preferable to display the lyrics contents in order in one line of the screen and then disappear after a certain time by synchronizing them with the music.

While listening to music output through the speaker 16 of the mobile communication terminal 10, the user operates a button of the mobile communication terminal to select a "file download" button to download a music file or select a "purchase record" button. By acquiring record purchase information, the user can purchase the record.

While the content of the present invention has been described by way of examples, the embodiments of the present invention are merely illustrative of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. Those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may modify or change the present invention in various forms within the principles and scope described in the claims herein.

In the present invention as described above, the user moves because the song name, singer profile, lyrics, music file download address, record purchase address, etc. corresponding to the radio music broadcast is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal through the data radio channel (DARC) in real time. While enjoying a radio music broadcast through the communication terminal has an effect that allows you to check the information on the music in real time.

In addition, since the present invention does not require a user to directly access the wireless Internet while searching for radio music broadcasts, and to directly search for information on the music being broadcasted on the radio, the present invention shortens the wireless Internet access time according to music-related information search, and thus uses a packet data network fee. It is effective to reduce the burden on the user.

In addition, the present invention, the user can conveniently download the music file according to their preferences, there is an effect that allows you to conveniently purchase the record.

Claims (8)

In the method for providing music-related content to the mobile communication terminal, A first step of acquiring music broadcasting information to be transmitted through a radio broadcasting network; Generating music-related content corresponding to the music broadcast by referring to the obtained music broadcast information; A third step of converting the generated music-related content into content of a format suitable for a data radio channel (hereinafter referred to as "DARC") (hereinafter referred to as "music-related content for DARC"); And A fourth step of transmitting the converted music-related content for DARC to the mobile communication terminal through DARC in real time when a music broadcast is transmitted through a radio broadcasting network; Music broadcasting service providing method using a data radio channel comprising a. The method of claim 1, The music broadcast information is a music broadcast service providing method using a data radio channel, comprising the name of the song to be transmitted through the radio broadcast network and the start / end time of the music transmission. The method of claim 2, The music-related content for DARC includes at least one of a song name, a singer profile, lyrics, a music file download address, and a record purchase address for music to be transmitted through a radio broadcasting network. How to Provide. The method of claim 3, wherein The DARC music-related content further includes sync information for synchronizing lyrics according to a start / end time (progress time) of music to be transmitted through a radio broadcasting network. . The method of claim 4, wherein The mobile communication terminal synchronizes and displays the DARC music-related contents in the digital signal form in real time through the DARC receiving function when outputting the music in the analog signal form received through the radio broadcast receiving function. Music broadcasting service providing method using a data radio channel, characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, When the music file download request signal is received from the mobile communication terminal through the packet data network, transmitting the music file stored at the music file download address among the music-related contents for the DARC to the mobile communication terminal through the packet data network. Music broadcasting service providing method using a data radio channel comprising. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, If the record purchase request signal is received from the mobile communication terminal through the packet data network, transmitting the record purchase information stored in the record purchase address of the music-related content for the DARC to the mobile communication terminal through the packet data network; Music broadcasting service providing method using a data radio channel. To a music content providing server connected to a wired or wireless network, A first step of acquiring music broadcasting information to be transmitted through a radio broadcasting network; Generating music-related content corresponding to the music broadcast by referring to the obtained music broadcast information; A third step of converting the generated music-related content into content of a format suitable for a data radio channel (hereinafter referred to as "DARC") (hereinafter referred to as "music-related content for DARC"); And A fourth step of transmitting the converted music-related contents for DARC to the mobile communication terminal through DARC in real time when a music broadcast is transmitted through a radio broadcasting network A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for realizing this.

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