KR20120024233A - System for real time music broadcasting service, and method for receiving real time music broadcasting - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A real time music broadcasting service and reception method thereof are provided to enable a user to acquire satisfaction for a music broadcasting channel by simply maintaining and creating the music broadcasting channel. CONSTITUTION: A first storage unit(21) stores plural music content information. A channel information database(22) stores play-lists according to each channel. A channel management server(23) manages the play-lists stored in the channel information database. A broadcasting information transmission server(24) transmits information related to a playback location and music content identification information by enabling a user terminal(11) to request the broadcasting information to a specific channel.

Description

Real Time Music Broadcasting Service, and Method for Receiving Real Time Music Broadcasting}

The present invention relates to a real-time music broadcasting service having an effect such that the music contents of the music tune set for each channel are repeatedly transmitted in order starting from a specific broadcasting start time.

Streaming technology is widely used as a technology for transmitting video or audio content through the Internet.

Streaming technology enables the real-time transmission and playback of multimedia data, so that users can enjoy multimedia content in real time without downloading all of the multimedia content to the user terminal.

On the other hand, listening to conventional radio broadcasts and enjoying music content through the Internet has its advantages and disadvantages.

For example, when listening to a radio broadcast, the user can conveniently enjoy music simply by selecting a favorite channel.

However, since the number of channels is limited and the channel selection is narrow, and selection songs are assigned to the host, general users do not have a music choice. In addition, since the host is always involved, it costs a lot to maintain the channel. In particular, it is virtually impossible for general users to have their own music broadcast channels.

When using the Internet network, you can listen to only your favorite songs from the various music contents listed in parallel.

However, the procedure is more complicated than listening to a radio station because the user has to take some action such as logging in to the homepage that provides music contents, selecting a song, and paying a bill. The selection itself is not easy.

In terms of broadcasting, in the case of using the Internet network, the nature of the channel is not limited to the number of users interested in the broadcast is open the way to broadcast their music on the Internet.

However, it is not easy for general users to broadcast music because it is not easy for users to build and maintain their own music broadcasting system and it costs a lot of money.

First of all, it is very difficult to secure music contents to be broadcast because it is necessary to solve the copyright problem of music contents.

The present invention provides a convenient and inexpensive maintenance of music broadcasting channels, the convenience of easily listening to music simply by selecting a channel, the variety of music broadcasting channels to expand the music selection, and easy and inexpensive music broadcasting channels for everyone. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a real-time music broadcasting service system and a method of receiving a real-time music broadcast that can achieve a similar effect to a radio broadcast while accommodating various demands related to a music service such as the need to maintain it.

In order to achieve the above object, the real-time music broadcasting service system according to the present invention is interlocked with each user terminal through a communication network, the first storage for storing a plurality of music content information; A channel information database for storing music selection tables for each channel; A channel management server managing a music selection table for each channel stored in the channel information database; A broadcast information transmission server for transmitting music content identification information and information on a playback position to be received by the user terminal based on a music selection table of the corresponding channel according to a broadcast information request for a specific channel of the user terminal; And a streaming server that receives music content identification information and information on a playback position from the user terminal and transmits the music content stored in the first storage to the user terminal from the playback position in real time.

The real-time music broadcasting service according to the present invention has an effect such that the music contents of the music tune set for each channel are repeatedly transmitted in order starting from a specific broadcasting start time.

The channel management server may serve to interface with a user through a communication network so that the user can open a channel.

At this time, when the user selects the music content to be included in the music selection table of the corresponding channel among the music contents stored in the first storage, the channel management server generates the music selection table of the corresponding channel and stores it in the channel information database.

The number of music contents that can be selected by the user who opened the channel or the duration of the channel may be differentiated according to various requirements such as the channel opening fee.

The channel management server may periodically change the music selection table of each channel.

The channel management server may process so that the user can change the music selection table of the channel opened by the user.

The real-time music broadcasting service system of each embodiment may further include a second storage for storing the audio content for advertising.

In this case, the channel management server may include one or more of the audio content for advertisement stored in the second storage in the selection table of each channel.

In addition, the channel management server may process the user to include at least one of the advertisement audio content stored in the second storage in the music selection table of the channel opened by the user.

The real-time music broadcasting service system of each embodiment may further include a channel information providing server that provides information on a channel currently established through a wired internet network or a wireless internet network. The user can search for information about each channel and listen to the music broadcast of the desired channel.

The real-time music broadcast receiving method according to the present invention is to be performed in each user terminal in order to use the real-time music broadcasting service provided by the real-time music broadcasting service system,

A first step of allowing a user to select a music broadcasting channel to be listened to; Requesting broadcast information of a channel selected by a user from a specific server; A third step of receiving music content identification information and information on a playback position transmitted from the specific server according to the broadcast information request; A fourth step of transmitting the received music content identification information and information on a playback position to a streaming server; And a fifth step of playing back music content received from the streaming server in real time.

In this case, the second to fifth steps are repeatedly performed until the user ends listening to the music broadcast of the selected channel.

The second step may be performed again when the reproduction of the music content corresponding to the music content identification information received in the third step is completed.

The second step may be performed before the reproduction of the music content corresponding to the music content identification information received in the third step ends.

In the third step, the music content identification information and the play position information received from the specific server may be related to a plurality of music contents. In this case, the fourth step transmits the music content identification information and the play position information of each music content to the streaming server in order according to the broadcasting order.

The user terminal may be a personal computer (PC), a mobile communication terminal, an IPTV set top box, or the like.

According to the present invention, each user terminal individually obtains broadcast information relating to when and from which music content, but such broadcast information is controlled to coincide in all user terminals.

That is, the broadcast information transmitted to each user terminal by the real-time music broadcasting service system is processed so that users who listen to the music through the same channel at the same time can all listen to the same music. This can produce effects similar to radio broadcasting.

The music selection table of each channel is selected from a music content pool in which a plurality of music contents are stored, and the human / physical cost for the music selection can be minimized by allowing the system to randomly select a music content pool.

Since one piece of music plays the role of one channel, there can be multiple channels, and various channels can be operated according to genre, singer, mood, theme, etc. In particular, each user can open their own channel. have.

In an embodiment in which a user opens a channel, the user can directly select music to be serviced through the corresponding channel, so that the user can obtain a feeling and satisfaction of maintaining a music broadcasting channel. Opening and maintaining such a music broadcasting channel can be made very simply.

In addition, the inclusion of advertisements in a rational line that does not interfere with music listening to each music selection may create a new revenue model related to music broadcasting, and the advertising revenue may be distributed to channel creators.

1 is an embodiment of a real-time music broadcasting service system according to the present invention;
2 illustrates an example for describing first storage;
3 is an example for explaining a channel information database;
4 is an example for explaining the concept of a real-time music broadcasting service made in accordance with the present invention;
5 is an example for explaining the role of a broadcast information transmission server and a streaming server,
6 is an example of broadcast information transmitted from a broadcast information transmission server to a user terminal;
7 illustrates each embodiment related to operation of a channel,
8 is an example of a process in which a user opens a channel and changes a selection table;
9 is an example of a user interface screen for selecting a song,
10 is another embodiment of a real-time music broadcasting service system according to the present invention;
11 is an example of a selection table including audio content for an advertisement,
12 to 16 illustrate various examples of screens related to a real-time music broadcasting service.
17 illustrates a specific example of a user terminal;
18 is a specific example of a program for receiving a music broadcast;
19 is an embodiment of a real-time music broadcast receiving method according to the present invention;
20 and 21 are examples of a method in which a user terminal processes broadcast information received from a broadcast information transmission server.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 according to the present invention provides a real-time music broadcasting service through the communication network 13, and users listen to the music broadcasting using the user terminal 11.

The user terminal 11 is any device capable of communicating with the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 through the communication network 13 and receiving and playing music content transmitted in real time in a streaming manner.

For example, the user terminal 11 may be a personal computer (PC) such as a desktop computer or a laptop computer, a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, or an Internet protocol TV (IPTV) through an internet network. It may be an IP set-top box that receives and processes broadcasts.

The communication network 13 may be various communication networks capable of transmitting and receiving digital data such as a wired internet network or a wireless internet network.

The real-time music broadcasting provided by the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 is serviced such that the music contents of the music selection table set for each channel are repeatedly output in order starting from a specific broadcasting start time.

That is, users who listen to music through the same channel at the same time all listen to the same music.

In the context of the present invention, channels are classified according to which music selection music content is served and there may be a plurality of channels.

Selected songs and channels correspond one-to-one. For example, if 100 music tunes are set, there are 100 channels. The type and number of music contents included in each music selection table may be variously configured, and may be changed at any time.

The real time music broadcasting service system 20 includes a first storage 21, a channel information database 22, a channel management server 23, a broadcast information transmission server 24, and a streaming server 25.

The first storage 21 is a non-volatile mass storage medium capable of reading and writing digital data. As illustrated in FIG. 2, a plurality of music contents may be stored in the first storage 21, and various additional information related to each music content such as a singer, a genre, and lyrics may be stored together as needed.

Since the music broadcast serviced through each channel is based on the music content stored in the first storage 21, the more music content, the more various music broadcasts can be provided. For example, the first storage 21 may store hundreds of thousands of music contents and related additional information.

The channel information database 22 stores information to be maintained for each channel, and basically, a music selection table for each channel is stored.

As shown in the example illustrated in FIG. 3A, each channel information may include not only a selection table but also various bibliographic information that may be used to describe each channel such as a representative image or video clip, channel introduction information, genre, and field representing each channel. Can be.

The music selection table includes identification information regarding a predetermined number of music contents among the music contents stored in the first storage 21. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, music content identification information will be referred to as 'M_ID'.

3B shows an example of music selection table # 1, and identification information M_ID corresponding to music content # 256, music content # 64, music content # 128, music content # 21, and music content # 564, respectively, in accordance with the broadcast order thereof. # 256, M_ID # 64, M_ID # 128, M_ID # 21, and M_ID # 564 are set.

It is assumed that the time taken for all the music contents of the music selection table # 1 to play from the beginning to the end is Ta.

Referring to FIG. 4, the concept of a real-time music broadcasting service made according to the present invention will be described.

Since the time taken to play all the music contents included in the music selection table # 1 in FIG. 3B is Ta, the music broadcasting through the channel # 1 starts every time interval Ta starting from the broadcasting start time t0 as shown in FIG. 4A. All music contents of the music selection table are serviced to give the same effect as repeated playback.

The "service to effect" above is because the real-time music broadcasting according to the present invention does not continuously transmit the broadcast signal for each channel to the unspecified multiple receivers through the broadcasting network as in the conventional broadcasting.

In the real-time music broadcasting service according to the present invention, each user terminal acquires broadcasting information individually, and receives real-time music contents from a streaming server using the same. That is, in the present invention, each user terminal receives and processes a music broadcast through a separate process.

In FIG. 4A, if a user accesses channel # 1 at time point tx, this user has time as much as 'tx-t1' assuming that broadcasting of music selection # 1 has started, not from the beginning of music selection # 1. Listen to music from the elapsed part. This is similar to the situation of listening to a radio broadcast.

Referring to FIG. 4B, assuming that the repetition period of channel # 1 has started at time t1 and that user A and user B have connected to channel # 1 at time points t12 and t14, respectively, user A may view the music content # 128 as' The user starts listening from the position elapsed by t12-t11 ', and the user B starts listening to the music content # 21 from the position elapsed by' t14-t13 '.

When user B accesses channel # 1, user A listens to the same music as user B.

User A listens to music in order of music content # 128, music content # 21, music content # 564, music content # 256, music content # 64, and user B listens to music content # 21, music content # 564, and music. The music is listened to in the order of the content # 256, the music content # 64, and the music content # 128.

The music selection corresponding to each channel can be changed at any time. When the music selection is changed, the music content and the repetition period listened to through the corresponding channel are also changed.

The channel management server 23 manages each channel information stored in the channel information database 22, and in particular, the administrator can change the music selection table of each channel, or select the music selection table of each channel by itself. Can be changed.

The broadcast information transmission server 24 receives a broadcast information request for a specific channel from the user terminal 11, and transmits the music content identification information and the playback position to be received by the user terminal 11 based on the music selection table of the corresponding channel. Information about the broadcast information is transmitted to the user terminal 11 that has requested the broadcast information.

The streaming server 25 receives the music content identification information and the information on the playback position from the user terminal 11, and transfers the music content stored in the first storage 21 from the playback position to the user terminal 11. Real time transmission.

Referring to FIG. 5, a role of the broadcast information transmission server 24 with the user terminal 11 will be described in detail.

When the user accesses a specific channel to which the user wants to listen to music broadcasting using the user terminal 11, the user terminal 11 requests broadcast information on the channel selected by the user to the broadcast information transmission server 24.

The broadcast information here refers to information that informs the user terminal 11 where to listen to what music content.

When the broadcast information request is received from the user terminal 11, the broadcast information transmission server 24 checks the music content identification information and the play position information to be received by the user terminal 11 to the corresponding user terminal 11. Send it.

For example, if the user A is connected to FIG. 4B, the identification information M_ID # 128 of the music content # 128 and the playback position information 't12-t11' are transmitted to the corresponding user terminal.

To this end, the broadcast information transmission server 24 manages information (t0 and Ta in FIG. 4A, t1 in FIG. 4B, etc.) capable of identifying a repetition period of a corresponding channel, and uses such information and play time information of each music content. Play position information.

For example, in FIG. 4B, the playback times of the music content # 256, the music content # 64, the music content # 128, the music content # 21, and the music content # 564 are 2 minutes 50 seconds, 2 minutes 30 seconds, 3 minutes 10 seconds, and 2 respectively. Assuming that 20 minutes and 3 minutes 20 seconds, the repetition period Ta is 14 minutes 10 seconds.

And if 't12-t1' is 6 minutes 10 seconds, 't12-t11' can be calculated as '6 minutes 10 seconds-2 minutes 50 seconds-2 minutes 30 seconds', the value is 50 seconds.

The user terminal 11 transmits the music content identification information and the play position information received from the broadcast information transmission server 24 to the streaming server 25 to request to transmit the corresponding music content, and the streaming server 25 ) Transmits the music content to the user terminal 11 from the play position in real time.

Then, the user terminal 11 plays the music content and outputs it through the speaker.

This process is repeated until the user terminates access to the channel.

FIG. 6 is an example of broadcast information transmitted from the broadcast information transmission server 24 to the user terminal 11 in order when user A accesses channel # 1 in the example of FIG. 4B.

When the user terminal 11 first requests broadcast information, since it is not the first part of the music content # 128, 't12-t11' is transmitted as the play position information, but the music content thereafter is in the order of the selection table # 1. The playback position information is zero since it will be broadcasted from the beginning in turn.

If the information about the playback position is 0, it may be configured not to transmit the information about the playback position.

The user terminal 11 requests broadcast information after the playback of the music content currently received from the streaming server 25 ends, or before the playback of the music content currently received from the streaming server 25 ends. The broadcast information can be requested and received.

When the user terminal 11 is not the first broadcast information transmitted after accessing the corresponding channel, the information about the playback position is always zero.

The broadcast information transmission server 24 may transmit broadcast information about one music content whenever there is a broadcast information request of the user terminal 11, but may also transmit broadcast information about a plurality of music contents at once.

In the latter case, the user terminal 11 may transmit the music content identification information and the playback position information collectively received to the streaming server 25 in order to receive the music contents in order.

Referring to FIG. 7, each embodiment related to operation of a channel will be described.

The real-time music broadcasting service system 20 may operate in a manner of determining a channel and a selection table on the system side, like a radio broadcasting, or may allow a user to open a channel and select a song by themselves.

Referring to FIG. 7A, the channel management server 23 allows the manager 19-1 to change the music selection table of each channel or a predetermined number of music contents among the music contents stored in the first storage 21. The content can be arbitrarily selected to periodically change each music tune.

Since each channel may be operated under various subjects, the channel management server 23 may include music content suitable for the characteristics of the corresponding channel in the selection table of each channel.

Each channel can be opened by the administrator, and various bibliography such as title, description of the channel, tag to be used for searching the channel, genre, and representative image of the channel corresponding to each channel Information can be set.

Referring to FIG. 7B, the channel management server 23 may interface with a user through a communication network so that the user 19-2 can directly open a channel.

In this embodiment, the channel management server 23 allows the user 19-2 to select the music content to be included in the music selection table of the corresponding channel among the music contents stored in the first storage 21, and the user ( A music selection table including music content identification information selected by 19-2 is generated and stored in the channel information database 22.

Opening a channel means that the user has a right to operate a specific channel, and the qualification conditions for opening a channel may be variously configured as necessary.

An example of the qualification condition for opening a channel is that the user is subscribed as a member of the real-time music broadcasting service system 20. If the opening of the channel is paid, the channel opening fee may be paid.

The user who opened the channel can change the music selection of the channel at will, so that the user can feel as if the user operates the music broadcasting channel.

An example of a process of opening a channel by a user will be described with reference to FIG. 8.

First, a user who wants to open a channel logs in to the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 (S211-1). If you are not a member, use the membership service provided by the channel management server 23 to register as a member.

In step S211-1, the user who successfully logs in pays a fee required to open a channel (S211-2).

The fee required to open a channel may be determined according to various requirements such as the duration of the channel or the number of music contents that can be included in the selection table of the channel. For example, you can set a fee of 1,000 won to keep one channel a month.

Channel opening fees can be settled using a variety of payment methods, including cash payment, credit card payment, mobile phone payment and cyber money payment.

Here, cyber money refers to a virtual value that can be used as a payment method for the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 regardless of its name.

As the channel establishment fee is paid in step S211-2, the user has a right to operate a specific channel.

Then, the user selects the music content to be included in the music selection table of the corresponding channel (S211-3), and the channel management server 23 generates the music selection table including identification information of the music content selected by the user and the channel information database 22 Stored in step S211-4).

In addition, the channel management server 23 processes so that the user who opened the channel can change the music selection table of the channel that he opened.

When the user logs in to the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 (S213-1), the channel management server 23 displays the channel information opened by the user and the currently selected tune table on the screen according to the user's request. (S213-2).

This screen includes a menu for changing the selection of music, and the user can change the selection of music of his channel at any time.

When the user requests a selection of music selection through the music selection menu, the channel management server 23 outputs a user interface for music selection on the screen to change the music selection table (S213-3).

When the user changes the music selection table, the channel management server 23 updates the music selection table of the corresponding channel stored in the channel information database 22 (S213-4).

9 is an example of a user interface screen 310 that allows a user to create a music selection table when opening a channel or to change a music selection table that is already set.

The user inputs a title, a description of the channel, a tag to be used for searching for the channel, etc. in the title input field 311, the description input field 312, and the tag input field 313, respectively.

The type of bibliographic information may be variously configured as necessary, and may be used as information for introducing each channel.

The user may search for the music content by inputting a keyword related to the music content in the search box 314, and the list of the music content stored in the first storage 21 is displayed in the music content window 315.

The music selection window 316 displays a list of music contents set in the music selection table of the corresponding channel. The user selects specific music contents in the search box 314 or the music contents window 315 to select the music selection window ( The specific music content registered in the 316 or the music selection window 316 may be removed.

When the user finishes the selection, the channel management server 23 updates the selection table of the corresponding channel with the contents currently selected.

FIG. 10 is another embodiment of the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 according to the present invention, and may further include a second storage 27 that stores audio content for advertisement.

In this embodiment, the channel management server 23 may include one or more of the audio contents for advertisement stored in the second storage 27 in the selection table as shown in the example of FIG. 11.

In addition, the channel management server 23 may process a user to include at least one of the audio content for advertisement stored in the second storage 27 in the selection table of the channel opened by the user.

Then, the user who listens to the music broadcast of the channel receives the commercial while listening to the music.

Although audio content for advertisements can create new revenue models, it is desirable that the audio content be limited within a reasonable range that does not inconvenience users' music.

The real-time music broadcasting service system 20 of each embodiment described above may further include a channel information providing server 28 that provides information on a channel currently established through a wired internet network or a wireless internet network.

For example, the channel information providing server 28 may provide information regarding a channel currently established through a wired or wireless Internet homepage.

In addition, a dedicated music broadcast reception program installed in the user terminal 11 may read and display channel information. That is, listening to music broadcasts according to the present invention does not necessarily require access to a homepage.

12 illustrates an example of a screen 320 on which channel information is displayed, and shows a menu in which each channel is classified according to a theme, such as a newest music channel, a pop popular channel, a song popular channel, an emotion theme channel, and a weather theme channel. .

The channel information of the currently selected menu is displayed on the right side of the screen, and the channel number for each channel, and the name and singer name of the song currently broadcast in the corresponding channel are displayed.

The user can search for a desired channel, and the currently selected channel 321 is displayed in a highlighted state and two pieces of song information to be broadcasted are displayed. The user may access the corresponding channel by clicking the channel listening button 323.

13 shows another example of a screen on which channel information is displayed.

FIG. 13A is a screen showing a menu for selecting each channel type, and FIG. 13B is a screen showing music content currently being played on each channel currently being broadcasted when the menu 'Broadcast Now' is selected. When a user clicks on an item on the screen of FIG. 13B, the user accesses a channel on which the corresponding music content is broadcasting.

FIG. 13C is a screen showing a list of each channel in order of popularity when a menu called 'channel chart' is selected, and FIG. 13D is a screen showing a selection table of a corresponding channel when the item 'music with outstanding creativity' is selected. .

14 illustrates an example in which a menu for entering a music broadcasting service is provided on an initial screen 330 of a mobile communication terminal, and is indicated as '24hz Radio'.

When the user clicks on the '24hz Radio' menu, a dedicated music broadcast reception screen as shown in FIG. 15 appears.

FIG. 15A is a screen showing a menu for selecting a type of each channel, and FIG. 15B is a screen showing a channel group type related thereto when a menu called 'theme channel' is selected. FIG. 15C is a screen showing a list of channels belonging to a group when a channel group type of 'music inserted in CF' is selected, and FIG. 15D is a screen on which this channel is broadcast when a 'spectrum' channel is selected.

In FIG. 15D, when the music selection button 351 is clicked, the music selection table of the 'spectrum' channel is displayed, and when the bibliographic information button 352 is clicked, bibliographic information of the corresponding channel is displayed.

FIG. 16 illustrates an example of a screen 360 in which advertisement information 361 is displayed together with a music selection table of a specific channel. The advertisement may be configured in various forms such as text, image, video, etc., and may be configured to move to the advertiser homepage when the user clicks on the advertisement.

12 to 16 are provided only for better understanding of the description, and information related to each channel may be processed in various ways.

Meanwhile, as described above, the user terminal 11 may be any device capable of communicating with the real-time music broadcasting service system 20 through the communication network 13 and receiving and playing music content transmitted in real time in a streaming manner. .

FIG. 17 shows a specific example of the user terminal 11, and although not specified, unique functions such as a personal computer, a function of a mobile phone, and an IPTV according to the type of the user terminal 11, although not specified. It may be variously configured to process a function of receiving a broadcast.

Each component of the user terminal 11 is connected to each other through a system bus (11-1) of various structures, and exchange data with each other under the overall control of the central processing unit (CPU) (11-2) Play that role.

ROMs (ROMs 11-3) generally store a basic input / output system (BIOS) to assist in the transfer of information between components, and RAMs 11-4 are central processing units. (11-2) maintains computer programs or data for immediate access.

Input device interface 11-5 is keypad via various ports. It is connected to various input devices 11-6 such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch screen so that a user can input various commands or information.

The display module 11-8 is a component for visually displaying various types of information on the screen, and the display adapter 11-7 processes information to be output to the display module 11-8.

The sound card 11-9 processes audio information and outputs the audio information through the speaker 11-10.

The network interface 11-13 allows the user terminal 11 to be connected to a communication network 13 such as a wired internet network or a wireless internet network.

The storage medium 11-12 has a nonvolatile property that can be read and written, and may have various structures such as internal, external, removable, and non-removable.

Various applications and data may be stored and maintained in the storage medium 11-12, and in particular, an operating system (OS: Operating System 381), an Internet browser 382, a dedicated music broadcast receiving program 383, etc. may be installed. Can be.

The user drives the Internet browser 382 to access the wired or wireless Internet homepage provided by the channel information providing server 28 and listens to music broadcasts using the functions provided on the homepage, or receives a dedicated music broadcast receiving program ( 383 may be used to listen to a music broadcast using a function provided by the dedicated music broadcast reception program 383.

The homepage or dedicated music broadcast receiving program 383 may be configured in various ways as needed.

18 shows a specific example of the homepage or dedicated music broadcast receiving program 383. The channel information processing module 391, the broadcasting information receiving module 392, the music content requesting module 393, and the playing module ( 394).

The channel information processing module 391 displays information about each channel so that a user can select a channel to listen to a music broadcast.

In this case, the channel information processing module 391 may receive and display information about each channel from the channel information providing server 28.

The broadcast information receiving module 392 communicates with the broadcast information transmission server 24 to periodically receive broadcast information (music content identification information and playback position information).

The music content request module 393 transmits the broadcast information received through the broadcast information receiving module 392 to the streaming server 25 and requests the music content to be transmitted from the play position.

The play module 394 plays a music content received in real time from the streaming server 25.

19 is a view illustrating an embodiment of a method for receiving a real-time music broadcast according to the present invention, and a process in which the user terminal 11 receives a music broadcast in conjunction with a real-time music broadcast service system 20 will be described in detail.

First, the channel information processing module 391 allows the user to instruct to listen to music broadcasting of a specific channel (S251).

The channel information processing module 391 may display detailed information about each channel on the screen as illustrated in FIGS. 12 to 16. However, in performing step S251, detailed information about each channel is not necessarily displayed, and a user may designate a specific channel to instruct connection to the corresponding channel.

When the user instructs to listen to music broadcast of a specific channel, the broadcast information receiving module 392 requests broadcast information of a channel selected by the user from a specific server (S252).

Here, the specific server refers to the broadcast information transmission server 24 of the real time music broadcasting service system 20.

When the broadcast information is requested in step S252, the broadcast information transmission server 24 transmits broadcast information (music content identification information and information about a playback position) that the user terminal 11 should receive, and broadcast information receiving module. 392, the broadcast information transmission server 24 receives broadcast information transmitted (S253).

The music content request module 393 now transmits the music content identification information and the play position information received in step S253 to the streaming server 25 (S254).

Then, the streaming server 25 transmits the music content to the user terminal 11 in real time from the play position, and the play module 394 plays the music content received from the streaming server 25 (S255).

Steps S252 to S255 are periodically repeated until the end of listening to music broadcast, and the broadcast information receiving module 392 requests broadcast information to the broadcast information transmission server 24 when it is time to receive broadcast information again. (S256).

In relation to step S256, a time point for receiving broadcast information from the broadcast information transmission server 24 may be variously configured.

As one example, the broadcast information transmission server 24 transmits broadcast information to be received by the user terminal 11 one by one, and the user terminal 11 receives music content received from the streaming server 25 through step S255. After the playback is completed, the process proceeds to step S252 and it is possible to request broadcast information again.

Referring to the example of FIG. 6, the user terminal 11 receives broadcast information M_ID # 128 and 't12-t11' through steps S252 and S253, and music content # corresponding to M_ID # 128 through steps S254 and S255. After listening to all of the 128 positions from the playback position, each music content can be processed one by one, such as receiving broadcast information M_ID # 21 and '0' through steps S252 and S253.

As another example, the user terminal 11 may receive broadcast information about music content of a next order before ending playback of the music content currently received from the streaming server 25.

In this case, the playback position of the broadcast information received in advance is always '0', and when the playback of the music content currently received in step S255 ends, the user terminal 11 receives the music content identification information and the playback position in the next order. The information is transmitted to the streaming server 25. That is, the procedures of steps S252 and S253 may be performed in parallel with the procedures of steps S254 and S255.

In addition, the broadcast information transmission server 24 may transmit broadcast information about a plurality of music contents (for example, five songs) at once according to the broadcast information request in step S252.

In this case, in step S253, a plurality of pieces of music content identification information and information on a playback position are received, and the music content request module 393 sequentially orders music content identification information and play position information for each music content. As such, the data is transmitted to the streaming server 25.

FIG. 20 illustrates a state in which one or more broadcast information to be processed in the future, in addition to the music content currently received through the streaming server 25, is previously received in the broadcast information queue 17.

The broadcast information queue 17 is used to process broadcast information received from the broadcast information transmission server 24 in a first-in first-out manner, and may be processed in hardware or in software.

FIG. 21 illustrates a process in which the user terminal 11 processes each broadcast information of the broadcast information queue 17 through steps S254 and S255 in the example shown in FIG. 20.

First, the broadcast information in the current order among the broadcast information in the broadcast information queue is transmitted to the streaming server 25 (S261), and the music content received from the streaming server 25 is reproduced (S262). After step S261, the corresponding broadcast information in the broadcast information queue is deleted.

When playback of the music content received from the streaming server 25 ends (S263), the process proceeds to step S261 again to transmit the broadcast information of the current order to the streaming server 25,

The above-described embodiments are intended to help the understanding of the present invention, and 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 spirit of the present invention. to be.

11: user terminal 13: network
20: real time music broadcasting service system 21: first storage
22: channel information database 23: channel management server
24: broadcast information transmission server 25: streaming server
27: second storage 28: channel information providing server
382: Internet browser
383: dedicated music broadcast receiving program 391: channel information processing module
392: broadcast information receiving module
393: music content request module 394: playback module

Claims (14)

It is a real-time music broadcasting service system that has the same effect as the music contents of the music tune set for each channel are repeatedly transmitted in order starting from a specific broadcasting start time.
First storage for storing a plurality of pieces of music content information;
A channel information database for storing music selection tables for each channel;
A channel management server managing a music selection table for each channel stored in the channel information database;
A broadcast information transmission server for transmitting music content identification information and information on a playback position to be received by the user terminal based on a music selection table of the corresponding channel according to a broadcast information request for a specific channel of the user terminal; And
A real-time music broadcasting service including a streaming server for receiving music content identification information and information on a playback position from the user terminal and transmitting the music content stored in the first storage to the user terminal from the corresponding playback position in real time; system. The method of claim 1,
The channel management server may interface with the user through a communication network so that the user can open a channel, and when the user selects music content to be included in the music selection table of the corresponding channel among the music contents stored in the first storage, Real-time music broadcasting service system, characterized in that for generating a selection table of the channel to store in the channel information database. The method of claim 2,
And at least one of the number of music contents selectable by the user who established the channel and the duration of the channel are differentiated. The method of claim 3, wherein
The differentiation is a real-time music broadcast service system, characterized in that the channel establishment fee. The method of claim 1,
The channel management server is a real-time music broadcasting service system, characterized in that for periodically changing the selection table of each channel. The method of claim 2,
The channel management server is a real-time music broadcasting service system, characterized in that the user to process so that the user can change the selection table of the channel opened. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
A second storage for storing audio content for the advertisement,
The channel management server is a real-time music broadcasting service system, characterized in that to include one or more of the audio content for advertising stored in the second storage in the selection table of each channel. The method of claim 7, wherein
The channel management server is a real-time music broadcasting service system, characterized in that the user to process at least one of the audio content for advertising stored in the second storage to include in the selection table of the channel established by the user. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Real-time music broadcasting service system further comprises a channel information providing server for providing information on each channel currently established through a wired or wireless Internet network. A method for receiving a real-time music broadcast performed by a user terminal to receive a real-time music broadcast having an effect such that the music content in a selection table is repeatedly transmitted in order starting from a specific broadcast start time.
A first step of allowing a user to select a music broadcasting channel to be listened to;
Requesting broadcast information of a channel selected by a user from a specific server;
A third step of receiving music content identification information and information on a playback position transmitted from the specific server according to the broadcast information request;
A fourth step of transmitting the received music content identification information and information on a playback position to a streaming server; And
A fifth step of playing music content received in real time from the streaming server,
The second to fifth steps are repeated until the user terminates listening to the music broadcast of the selected channel. The method of claim 10,
The second step is performed again when the reproduction of music content corresponding to the music content identification information received in the third step is finished. The method of claim 10,
And wherein the second step is performed in advance before playback of the music content corresponding to the music content identification information received in the third step ends. The method of claim 10,
In the third step, the music content identification information and the play position information received from the specific server relate to a plurality of music contents.
The fourth step is a real-time music broadcast receiving method characterized in that for transmitting the music content identification information and the play position information for each of the music content in order in the broadcast order. The method of claim 10,
The user terminal comprises a personal computer (PC), a mobile communication terminal, IPTV set-top box, characterized in that it comprises a real-time music broadcast receiving method.

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