KR20080052873A - Method for updating music file additional information in digital music player - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player is provided to notify proper update time and to allow a user to update additional information at any time by checking whether additional information exists in the database. A method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player comprises the steps of: executing a music file additional information program when a music file is requested to play and checking whether the addition information exists in the database(S10,S11,S12); generating/displaying an update asking message when the additional information does not exist(S13,S15); and updating additional information in the database in case the additional information exists in another recording medium(S16,S17,S18).

Description

How to update music file additional information in digital music player {Method for updating music file additional information in digital music player}

1 is an exemplary view showing a system configuration for explaining a method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a digital music player to which the method for updating music file additional information according to the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart for explaining a method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

       10: digital music player 11: pickup

       12: CDP 13: HDR system

       14: Hard Disk 15: Microcomputer

       16: OSD generation unit 17: database

       18: interface 20: compact disc (CD)

       30: USB memory stick 40: PC

       50: music file additional information providing server

The present invention relates to a method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player. For example, in a digital music player displaying additional information on a music file requested to be played, the additional information on the music file to be played is stored in a database. The present invention relates to a method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player which displays an additional information update request message when the information does not exist, and updates information in a database when the additional information exists in a recording medium connected through an interface.

In general, a digital music player such as an MP3 player, media player, CD player, etc., which plays digital music, is digitally encoded and stored in a nonvolatile memory memory card or hard disk, or decoded and reproduced music data stored in an optical disk. By outputting, it is possible to play music that the user wants to listen to.

As the digital music player increases the space for storing music files, the number of music files that a user can hold also increases, requiring a function to effectively manage various and complicated music files owned by the user. to be. In consideration of this situation, an increasing number of companies are providing music databases and recognition solutions to the digital music market, and analyzing the music files scattered on the hard disk of the digital music player owned by users, the core of albums, singers, genres, etc. A function of collecting additional information and classifying and displaying the music on the screen according to a condition desired by the user is added to the digital music player.

In addition, companies providing the music database and recognition solution may provide additional information about music files to users connected via a network, for example, title names, artists, and albums for songs. ), Genre (Genre), etc. information is provided.

On the other hand, the users of the digital music player, after installing a specific size of the additional information on the music files provided by the companies in the hard disk space built into their digital music player, and access to the company It is updated every schedule (3 months / 6 months).

However, since the additional information on the music files provided by the companies is updated at regular intervals, the music that is actually owned by the user is updated based on popular songs with a high sales volume, rather than updating songs according to the user's taste. There was a problem that the additional information about the file is missing.

Therefore, the present invention was created to solve the above problems. For example, when a music file stored in a CD or a hard disk is requested to be played, the music file additional information providing program is executed to correspond to the music file requested to be played. Check whether the additional information exists in the database, and if the additional information for the corresponding music file does not exist, generate and display the additional information update request message, and then add the additional information about the reproduced music file to another recording medium. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for updating music file supplementary information in a digital music player which performs an update to the database by checking whether there is an additional information.

The method for updating music file additional information in the digital music player according to the present invention for achieving the above object, when the music file stored in the recording medium is requested to play, by executing the music file additional information providing program, Step 1 of checking whether the additional information about the music file exists in the database, step 2 of generating and displaying an update request message when the additional information about the music file does not exist, and additional information about the music file And if the additional information exists in another recording medium by checking whether the information exists in another recording medium, the method comprises three steps of updating the corresponding additional information in the database.

The present invention is characterized in that it further comprises the step of displaying the additional information on the music file to be reproduced, if the additional information is completed in the database, the recording medium of the present invention, the hard disk, CD , A portable memory card or a stack.

In the third step of the present invention, the additional information update for the music file requested to be reproduced is performed by comparing the type of the additional information stored in the recording medium with the type of the additional information stored in the database. The type of the additional information may be TOC information or Signatuer information of a Wace Form.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exemplary view showing a system configuration for explaining a method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a digital music playback to which the method for updating music file additional information according to the present invention is applied. A block diagram showing the internal configuration of the device.

First, the system configuration to which the music file additional information updating method is applied in the digital music player according to the present invention is, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, digital music displaying additional information on the music file requested to be played. The player 10, a compact disc 20 storing various genres of music, a USB memory stick 30 for storing various genres of music files or various data, the compact disc 20, or a USB memory stick 30 Is connected to the music file additional information providing server 50 to be described later according to a user's request through a network, and the PC 40 downloading the requested music file additional information, and various music file additional information. A music file for storing and managing the data in a database, and downloading and providing music file additional information requested from a PC 40 connected and connected through the network. Home beam providing server 50 is configured including.

The digital music player 10 further includes an optical pickup 11, a compact disk player 12, a hard disk record system 13, and a hard disk 14 as shown in FIG. , The microcomputer 15, the OSD generator 16, the database 17, and the interface 18 are configured to be included.

In the microcomputer 15, when a compact disc 20 is inserted into a set by a user and a predetermined music file is requested to be played, the compact disc player 12 is controlled to control the compact disc player 12. The music file recorded on the compact disc 20 inserted through the computer is read out, reproduced, and output through a plurality of speakers (not shown). In addition, in the microcomputer 15, when a predetermined music file stored in the hard disk 14 is requested to be played by the user, the microcomputer 15 controls the hard disk record system 13 to store the music file stored in the hard disk 14. It reproduces and outputs through a plurality of speakers.

On the other hand, when a predetermined music file is requested to be reproduced, the microcomputer 15 plays the music file and executes a music file additional information providing program, so that the additional information on the music file requested to be reproduced is stored in the database ( 17), and if present, additional information about the music file is read from the database 17 and output to the screen through the OS generating unit 16. In this case, as the additional information about the music file output to the screen, about 15 kinds of additional information such as a song name, a singer's name, an recorded album, and a genre of the music file to be played are stored in the database 17.

If there is no additional information on the music file requested to be played, the microcomputer 15 generates an additional information update request message through the OS generating unit 16 and outputs it to the screen, and the interface 18 Check whether the additional information about the played music file exists in the USB memory stick 30 or the compact disk 20 connected through the update, and if so, update the additional information on the music file in the database 17. do.

The operation of the digital music player to which the music file additional information update method according to the present invention configured as described above is applied will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for updating music file additional information in a digital music player according to the present invention.

First, the music file additional information updating method in the digital music player according to the present invention, for example, as shown in Figure 3, the digital music player 10 for displaying the additional information for the music file requested to play; When the user inserts the compact disk 20 into the set and requests to play a predetermined music file, the microcomputer 15 controls the compact disk player 12 to insert the compact disk 20 into the set. The music file recorded in step 20 is reproduced (S10).

At this time, the microcomputer 15 executes the music file additional information providing program (S11), checks whether the additional information on the music file requested to be played exists in the database 17 (S12), and the corresponding additional information. Is present (S13), the additional information about the music file is read from the database 17 and output to the screen through the OSD generating unit 16 (S14). Here, the additional information about the music file is output on the screen about 15 kinds of additional information such as the song name, artist name, recorded album, genre, etc. for the music file.

In addition, the microcomputer 15 checks whether the additional information on the music file requested to be played exists in the database 17, and when the additional information on the music file does not exist (S13), the OSD is generated. The additional information update request message is generated through the unit 16 and output to the screen (S15).

On the other hand, when a predetermined music file stored in the hard disk 14 is requested to be played by the user, the microcomputer 15 controls the hard disk record system 13 to store the music file stored in the hard disk 14. In addition to the reproduction processing, a series of processes for outputting and displaying additional information on the reproduced music file on the screen are performed in the same manner.

In addition, the user who confirms the additional information update request message for a predetermined music file inserts the compact disk 20 and the USB memory stick 30 in which the music file is stored into the PC 40, and then connects a network such as the Internet. For example, to provide additional information about the music file through the Gracenote server 50, the PC 40 is a music file stored in the compact disk 20 or USB memory stick 30 For example, to transmit a Signature for TOC (Table of contents) or Wave Form to the server 50, the server 50 searches for additional information on the music file stored in the database For example, an "import.dat" file including metadata corresponding thereto is generated and downloaded to the compact disk 20 or the USB memory stick 30 connected to the PC 40. Here, the "import.dat" file includes, for example, metadata corresponding thereto based on values corresponding to TOC and Wave Form.

Subsequently, in the microcomputer 15, the music file to be played on the USB memory stick 30 or the compact disk 20 connected through the interface 18 in a state of performing a play operation on the music file requested to be played back is performed. Check whether there is additional information on the music file (S16), and if additional information, for example, an "import.dat" file exists (S17), update the additional information on the corresponding music file to the database 17 and The additional information on the updated music file is output to the screen through the OS generating unit 16 (S18).

That is, when the additional information on the music file to be played on the USB memory stick 30 or the compact disk 20 exists, the microcomputer 15 has a type of the additional information, for example, an "import.dat" file. Whether the TOC information included in the or the Signature information for the Wave Form matches the type of additional information stored in the database 17 is compared to the database 17 only when the additional information on the music file matches. Additional information is updated.

Therefore, in the present invention, when the music file requested to be played is a new song that is not included in the last update, the user can selectively download additional information on the music file, and the user can always hold the music file according to his or her taste. It is possible to update additional information about.

As mentioned above, preferred embodiments of the present invention described above are disclosed for the purpose of illustration, and those skilled in the art can improve other various embodiments within the spirit and technical scope of the present invention disclosed in the appended claims below. Changes, substitutions or additions will be possible.

The music file additional information updating method in the digital music player according to the present invention configured and made as described above is, for example, in a digital music player for displaying additional information on a music file requested to be played on a CD or a hard disk. When the stored music file is requested to be played, the music file additional information providing program is executed to check whether the additional information corresponding to the music file requested to be played exists in the database, and if the additional information about the music file does not exist, the additional information is added. After generating and displaying the information update request message, if the additional information about the reproduced music file exists in the recording medium connected through the interface, and if the additional information exists, the digital music playback is performed by updating the database. Music stored in database on device It should guide the additional information update timing for the day, as well as the user has the advantage that can be updated at any time to add information about the music files and their retention.

Claims (5)

When the music file stored in the recording medium is requested to play, executing a music file additional information providing program to check whether additional information about the music file requested for playback exists in a database; Step 2 of generating and displaying an update request message if there is no additional information on the music file; And Checking whether the additional information about the music file exists in another recording medium, and if the additional information exists in another recording medium, updating the additional information in the database. How to update music file additional information on the player. The method of claim 1, And if the update of the additional information is completed in the database, displaying additional information on the played music file on a screen. The method of claim 1, The recording medium may be any one of a hard disk, a CD, a portable memory card, and a stack. The method of claim 1, In the step 3, the additional information update for the music file requested to be reproduced is performed by comparing the type of the additional information stored in the recording medium with the type of the additional information stored in the database. How to update music file additional information on device. The method of claim 4, wherein And the type of the additional information is TOC information or Signatuer information of a Wace Form.

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