KR20070109682A - Mehtod and system of providing linkage-service of contents which related to the background music - Google Patents

Abstract

A method and a system of providing a linkage-service of contents related to background music are provided to allow visitors to be easily connected to the contents related to the background music by synchronizing the contents with the background music. A method of providing a linkage-service of contents related to background music includes the steps of: receiving a name of the background music, and properties such as kind, location, and size, which are interlocked with the background music and supposed to be displayed in a homepage, through a homepage owner's terminal(S200); generating setting information according to the received properties, and inserting the setting information in a script form into html, xml, or smil files of the corresponding homepage(S210); searching and extracting the data regarding the background music and contents from a database unit according to the setting information as homepage browsing starts(S220); and transmitting the extracted data in a streaming manner to a visitor's terminal according to the display position and size determined at the inserted setting information(S230).

Description

Method for providing contents interworking service related to background music and system thereof {MEHTOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING LINKAGE-SERVICE OF CONTENTS WHICH RELATED TO THE BACKGROUND MUSIC}

1 is a flow chart showing a flow according to an embodiment of the present invention,

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of main parts according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary view showing an application example according to an embodiment of the present invention,

5 is an exemplary view showing an application example according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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100: homepage owner terminal 110,120,130: visitor terminal

140: Internet 150: operation server

151: main control unit 152: user input unit

153: setting information generation unit 154: multimedia playback unit

155: database unit

The present invention synchronizes contents such as lyrics or a music video to the background music of a personalized internet homepage such as cyworld, mini homepage, blog, cafe, etc., so that the background can be expressed in conjunction with the background music when the homepage is browsed. A method and system for providing a content interworking service related to music are provided.

Recently, as the popularity of the community on the Internet such as cafes increases, the exchange of information through the online community is increasing, and the interest in personalized homepages such as cyworld and blogs is increasing. Companies that provide services that make it easy to create and maintain cafes or personal homepages in accordance with this trend can express their personality and preferences through the homepage and decorate their homepages to induce interest from visitors. It is making money by providing additional services such as inserting background music.

Background music may be mentioned as the most representative of the additional services as described above. In the related art, only the background music may be reproduced without content such as lyrics or music video related to the background music.

However, when only the background music is played as described above, the visitor who wants to see the lyrics or the music video of the background music has a separate process of searching for the background music to find contents such as the lyrics or the music video.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems by synchronizing contents such as lyrics or music video to background music of personalized internet homepages such as cyworld, mini homepage, blog, cafe, etc. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for providing a content interlocking service related to background music that can be displayed on a monitor.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a content interworking service associated with a background music according to an embodiment of the present invention. The background music is streamed on a personalized Internet homepage such as a cyworld, a mini homepage, a blog, a cafe, and the like. A service for providing a service, comprising: (a) receiving a title of a song of a background music and attributes such as a type, a display position, and a size of a content to be displayed on a homepage in association with the background music; (b) generating setting information according to the received attribute and inserting the configuration information into a file of html, xml, or smil format in a script form of a corresponding homepage; (c) searching for and extracting data about the background music and the content from the database unit at the same time as the homepage browsing is started; (d) transmitting the data extracted in the step to the visitor terminal in a streaming manner according to the display position and size determined from the setting information inserted in the step (a) and playing the background music and contents; It is configured to include a.

The content may be selected and configured as one or more of lyrics of the background music, a music video of the background music, and a rhythm video of a specific avatar.

On the other hand, the content interlocking service providing system associated with the background music according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, as the movement of the avatar separately produced according to the music file, script file, music video file and specific songs A database unit for storing a multimedia file including a flash or video file; A user input unit for inputting a music title of a background music and a type, a display position, and a size of content to be displayed on the homepage in association with the background music through a homepage owner terminal; A setting information generation unit which processes setting items inputted through the user input unit, generates setting information, and inserts the setting information into a homepage; And a multimedia player for retrieving the multimedia file designated by the setting information from the database unit and synchronizing and playing the multimedia file according to attributes such as the display position and size included in the setting information.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail the configuration and operation of the present invention.

1 is a flow chart showing a flow according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is a block showing a configuration of the main part according to an embodiment of the present invention It is also.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the homepage owner terminal 100 or the plurality of visitor terminals 110, 120, and 130 are connected to the operation server 150 through the Internet 140 to exchange information through the homepage.

In Figure 3 illustrates the configuration of the operation server 150, which is the main part of the present invention in more detail, it will be described in connection with Figure 1 the operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the user accesses the operation server 150 through the Internet 140 to create a personal homepage. At this time, the owner of the generated homepage can allow people who visit their homepage to enjoy the background music together, and this is omitted in detail because it is widely practiced in the related art.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the homepage owner may allow the visitor to enjoy the lyrics of the background music or the moving screen of the avatar and the music video along with the background music.

To this end, the homepage owner selects the music title of the background music, the type of contents to be played together, the display position and the size of the contents, etc. through the homepage owner terminal 100, and these attributes are managed through the user input unit 152. Inputted to 150. (S200)

In this case, the avatar may be produced by various characters, and a rhythm may be made by forming a predetermined group based on the beat of the background music. In addition, it is also possible to produce avatar movements that are specific to individual music. On the other hand, since the movement of the avatar can be greatly simplified compared to the music video, it may be implemented as a flash animation.

Next, the setting information generation unit 153 generates setting information by reflecting the attributes input in the above step and inserts the setting information into a homepage file configured through a programming language such as html or xml in a script form (S210). Since html, xml, and the like are merely existing Internet 140 programming languages and are continuously being developed, it is obvious that more advanced languages may appear in the future, or may be applied to homepages formed of newly appeared languages.

When the homepage setting is completed including the above steps, and the visitor accesses the homepage, the homepage file is browsed through a web browser such as Internet Explorer. When the browser detects the setting information inserted in the homepage file, the database unit 155 Search and extract the background music and the content from (S220).

In this case, the database unit 155 may be classified by type such as a music file, a video file, an avatar video, and the like so as to search more efficiently.

Next, the multimedia player outputs the multimedia file drawn from the database unit to the visitor terminals 110, 120, and 130 along with the homepage content by synchronizing according to attributes such as the display position and size included in the setting information.

4 and 5 illustrate an application example according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may be represented at the upper right side of the homepage as shown in FIG. 4, or may be set to be displayed at the lower right side of the homepage as shown in FIG. 5. In the case of font size or color may also be set. Meanwhile, the lyrics may be provided in the form of so-called flow captions in which the color of the lyrics changes as the music progresses, as in a karaoke apparatus.

In the above description, the background music and the content are provided in the streaming format. However, playback of a particular multimedia file may proceed after downloading the entire file as well as streaming. However, in recent years, the importance of copyright protection has been increasing, and this trend has led to copyright protection, especially online, which can lead to copyright infringement when the majority of copyrighted multimedia files are downloaded. It is explained as a guide.

The drawings and specification are merely exemplary of the invention, which are used for the purpose of illustrating the invention only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this specification. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

The content interlocking service providing method and system related to the background music according to the present invention configured as described above may provide contents such as lyrics, music video, and rhythm video of the avatar related to the background music of a specific homepage in synchronization with the background music. As a result, visitors of the homepage can easily access additional contents related to the background music, and the companies providing the homepage service can create a new profit model when providing the service according to the present invention for a fee. To provide.

Claims (3)

In service that provides background music by streaming method on personalized internet homepage such as cyworld, mini homepage, blog, cafe, (a) receiving, through the homepage owner's terminal, the name of the music of the background music and attributes such as the type, display position, and size of content to be displayed on the homepage in association with the background music; (b) generating setting information according to the received attribute and inserting the configuration information into a file of html, xml, or smil format in a script form of a corresponding homepage; (c) searching for and extracting data about the background music and the content from the database unit at the same time as the homepage browsing is started; (d) transmitting the data extracted in the step to the visitor terminal in a streaming manner according to the display position and size determined from the setting information inserted in the step (a) and playing the background music and contents; Content linked service providing method associated with the background music, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is selected and configured from one or more of lyrics of the background music, a music video of the background music, and a moving image of a specific avatar. A database unit for storing a multimedia file including a flash file or a video file composed of a music file, a script file, a music video file, and an avatar's movement separately produced according to a specific song; A user input unit for inputting a music title of a background music and a type, a display position, and a size of content to be displayed on the homepage in association with the background music through a homepage owner terminal; A setting information generation unit which processes setting items inputted through the user input unit, generates setting information, and inserts the setting information into a homepage; And A multimedia player for retrieving the multimedia file designated by the setting information from a database unit and synchronizing the multimedia file according to attributes such as display position and size included in the setting information; Content interlocking service providing system associated with the background music comprising a.

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