WO2001076290A2 - System for transmitting to a user data related to concerning a radio and/or television programme - Google Patents

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WO2001076290A2
WO2001076290A2 PCT/FR2001/001006 FR0101006W WO0176290A2 WO 2001076290 A2 WO2001076290 A2 WO 2001076290A2 FR 0101006 W FR0101006 W FR 0101006W WO 0176290 A2 WO0176290 A2 WO 0176290A2
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  • the present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting to a user information relating to a sound sequence that he is listening to.
  • the technique described in the aforementioned application uses specific equipment capable of reading digital information transmitted for example by RDS channel and making it possible to identify the radio channel listened to.
  • transmission means - for example by using a special service provided for this purpose on his mobile phone - the user returns to the central purchasing office a call equivalent to an order or a request for information on the tape sound or announcement that is playing when he calls.
  • this technique assumes that the radio frequency signals transmitted by the radio station carry digital identification information.
  • the radio station transmits signals with a particular content, which makes it difficult to generalize this technique.
  • US Patent 5,703,795 proposes a system enabling listeners or viewers to obtain information concerning the programs broadcast by a media.
  • This system comprises a central processing unit comprising memory means in which information relating to the programs broadcast is stored as a function of the date and the schedule of the program.
  • the disadvantage of this system is that it supposes that the listener or the televiewer provides the central with information concerning the day and the hour of diffusion of the program which interests it.
  • US Pat. No. 4,739,398 describes a device intended for the use of advertisers allowing them to check the actual time and times of broadcasting of advertising sequences on television channels and radio stations.
  • the device comprises a central unit containing a database gathering extracts or signatures from video or audio sequences. In particular, it makes it possible to regularly compare the sequences transmitted by radio or television stations with the advertising sequences contained in the database. Based on this comparison, the control panel updates data concerning the broadcasting of the sequences.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a device accessible to listeners of a radio station or to users of a medium and enabling them to instantly obtain information concerning the program they are listening to.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a device which allows users to access this type of service, without it being necessary for them to provide information concerning the broadcasting of the program.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose a device making it possible to obtain information concerning a program without it being necessary to impose particular emission formats on the signals transmitted by the radio stations.
  • the invention proposes a system making it possible to transmit to a user information relating to a sound sequence which he listens to or has listened to, characterized in that it comprises: - a server which includes a database listing sound sequences and associating them with information, and comparison means which permanently compare the sound sequences transmitted by a plurality of radio and / or television stations with a plurality of sound sequences stored in the database and which draw up, on the basis of this comparison, a file which is constantly updated and which associates with a radio and / or television station a stored sound sequence,
  • the server includes comparison means capable of comparing a sound sequence transmitted by a user to a sound sequence broadcast by a radio and / or television station, in order to deduce therefrom the radio and / or television station heard; it comprises voice recognition means making it possible to recognize a radio and / or television station announced by a user, and in that it also comprises means for returning to the user the information associated with this radio station and or of TV ;
  • It includes means for compressing a sound sequence in order to determine a signature, the database storing the signatures of sound sequences which it identifies;
  • - comparison means implement a comparison processing on the signatures
  • Means allowing the user to interrogate the server and the means allowing the server to transmit information to the user in return include telephone communication means;
  • the telephone communication means implement a transmission of SMS messages
  • the telephone communication means implement a transmission under WAP
  • the server comprises comparison means able to compare the sound sequence transmitted by a user to sound sequences or to signatures of sound sequences recorded in a database and to deduce therefrom one or more associated information in the database to said transmitted sound sequence;
  • Means allow the user to send back to the server an order to order a product in relation to the transmitted sound sequence.
  • the latter determines a signature of the sound sequence which it receives and compares this signature with the signatures of a certain number of radio and / or television stations transmitting spent radio-diff waves or even on the Internet listened to in real time. , for example 25.
  • the server determines which station was listened to by the user.
  • a signature can for example consist of a code obtained by scanning / compressing the sound received.
  • the server comprises means which carry out a comparison of the signatures of the various radio and / or television stations mentioned above with a large number of pre-recorded signatures, to which are associated information likely to be transmitted to the users.
  • this comparison consists in comparing the signatures of the soundtracks broadcast by the aforementioned 25 radio stations with 20,000 song signatures, previously recorded soundtracks.
  • the server has a file which, at each instant, associates with the various radio stations listened to information relating to the sound bands broadcast by these stations.
  • the said server sends the said information back to the latter, for example via SMS or by sending the Internet server page under WAP .
  • the user then has the possibility, for example by means of his SMS messaging, to send back to the server in question an order order, for example an order order of the disc corresponding to what was listened to, an order order of the product corresponding to the trailer broadcast, etc.
  • an order order for example an order order of the disc corresponding to what was listened to, an order order of the product corresponding to the trailer broadcast, etc.
  • the user can, if he wishes, be automatically sent to an advertiser likely to give him more information about the product in question.
  • the determination of the station listened to is carried out without the first comparison step being used.
  • the user when he calls the server, the user announces the name of the station he is listening to, the server comprising voice recognition means enabling him to identify the station announced by the server.
  • the user when he hears a sound sequence which interests him, records it by means of his mobile telephone or of another terminal, such as a pocket computer, and that it later retransmits this sound sequence to the server so that it recognizes it.
  • the portable telephone or terminal then preferably comprises means for compressing the transmitted sequence.

Abstract

The invention concerns a system for transmitting to a user data related to a sound sequence he is listening or has listened to, characterised in that it comprises: a server which comprises a database identifying sound sequences and associating data thereto, and comparing means which permanently compare sound sequences transmitted by a plurality of radio and/or television stations to a plurality of sound sequences stored in the database and which produce, on the basis of said comparison, a permanently updated file which associates a radio and/or television station with a stored sound sequence; means enabling the user to query said server concerning a sound sequence he is listening to; means for transmitting to the user data associated in the database with said transmitted sound sequence.

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"SYSTEME PERMETTANT DE TRANSMETTRE A UN USAGER DES INFORMATIONS RELATIVEMENT A UNE SEQUENCE SONORE QU'IL ECOUTE OU A ECOUTEE" "SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION TO A USER RELATING TO A SOUND SEQUENCE WHETHER HE LISTEN OR LISTENED"
La présente invention est relative à un procédé et un système pour transmettre à un usager des informations relativement à une séquence sonore qu'il écoute.The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting to a user information relating to a sound sequence that he is listening to.
Il a déjà été proposé dans la demande de brevet FR 2 759 829 une technique permettant à un utilisateur de passer très aisément auprès d'une centrale d'achat un ordre de commande relativement au disque ou à une annonce qui est diffusée par la station de radio qu'il est en train d'écouter.A technique has already been proposed in patent application FR 2 759 829 allowing a user to very easily place an order order relating to the disc or to an advertisement which is broadcast by the broadcasting station at a central purchasing office. radio he's listening to.
La technique décrite dans la demande précitée utilise des équipements particuliers aptes à lire des information numériques transmises par exemple par voie RDS et permettant d'identifier la chaîne de radio écoutée. En actionnant des moyens d'émission - par exemple en utilisant un service particulier prévu à cet effet sur son téléphone portable - l'utilisateur renvoie sur la centrale d'achat un appel qui équivaut à une commande ou à une demande de renseignement sur la bande sonore ou l'annonce qui est diffusée au moment où il appelle. On l'aura compris, cette technique suppose que les signaux radio- fréquence émis par la station de radio porte les informations numériques d'identification.The technique described in the aforementioned application uses specific equipment capable of reading digital information transmitted for example by RDS channel and making it possible to identify the radio channel listened to. By activating transmission means - for example by using a special service provided for this purpose on his mobile phone - the user returns to the central purchasing office a call equivalent to an order or a request for information on the tape sound or announcement that is playing when he calls. It will be understood that this technique assumes that the radio frequency signals transmitted by the radio station carry digital identification information.
Il est donc nécessaire que la station de radio émette des signaux avec un contenu particulier, ce qui rend difficile la généralisation de cette technique.It is therefore necessary that the radio station transmits signals with a particular content, which makes it difficult to generalize this technique.
Le brevet US 5 703 795 propose un système permettant aux auditeurs ou téléspectateurs d'obtenir des informations concernant les programmes diffusés par un média. Ce système comprend une centrale de traitement comprenant des moyens de mémoire dans lesquels sont stockées des informations concernant les programmes diffusés en fonction de la date et de l'horaire du programme. L'inconvénient de ce système est qu'il suppose que l'auditeur ou le téléspectateur fournisse à la centrale des informations concernant le jour et l'heure de diffusion du programme qui l'intéresse.US Patent 5,703,795 proposes a system enabling listeners or viewers to obtain information concerning the programs broadcast by a media. This system comprises a central processing unit comprising memory means in which information relating to the programs broadcast is stored as a function of the date and the schedule of the program. The disadvantage of this system is that it supposes that the listener or the televiewer provides the central with information concerning the day and the hour of diffusion of the program which interests it.
Le brevet US 4 739 398 décrit un dispositif destiné à l'usage des annonceurs permettant à ceux-ci de vérifier le temps effectif et les horaires de diffusion de séquences publicitaires sur les chaînes de télévision et les stations radio. Le dispositif comprend une centrale contenant une base de données regroupant des extraits ou des signatures de séquences vidéo ou audio. Il permet en particulier de comparer régulièrement les séquences émises par des stations de radio ou de télévision aux séquences publicitaires contenues dans la base de données. En fonction de cette comparaison, la centrale met à jour des données concernant la diffusion des séquences.US Pat. No. 4,739,398 describes a device intended for the use of advertisers allowing them to check the actual time and times of broadcasting of advertising sequences on television channels and radio stations. The device comprises a central unit containing a database gathering extracts or signatures from video or audio sequences. In particular, it makes it possible to regularly compare the sequences transmitted by radio or television stations with the advertising sequences contained in the database. Based on this comparison, the control panel updates data concerning the broadcasting of the sequences.
Un but de l'invention est de proposer un dispositif accessible aux auditeurs d'une station de radio ou aux usagers d'un média et leur permettant d'obtenir instantanément des informations concernant le programme qu'ils écoutent.An object of the invention is to provide a device accessible to listeners of a radio station or to users of a medium and enabling them to instantly obtain information concerning the program they are listening to.
Un autre but de l'invention est de proposer un dispositif qui permette aux usagers d'accéder à ce type de services, sans qu'il ne soit nécessaire pour eux de fournir des informations concernant la diffusion du programme.Another object of the invention is to provide a device which allows users to access this type of service, without it being necessary for them to provide information concerning the broadcasting of the program.
Un autre but de l'invention est de proposer un dispositif permettant d'obtenir des informations concernant un programme sans qu'il ne soit nécessaire d'imposer des formats d'émission particuliers sur les signaux émis par les stations de radio.Another object of the invention is to propose a device making it possible to obtain information concerning a program without it being necessary to impose particular emission formats on the signals transmitted by the radio stations.
A cet effet, l'invention propose un système permettant de transmettre à un usager des informations relativement à une séquence sonore qu'il écoute ou a écoutée, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte : - un serveur qui comprend une base de données recensant des séquences sonores et leur associant des informations, et des moyens de comparaison qui comparent en permanence les séquences sonores émises par une pluralité de stations de radio et/ou de télévision à une pluralité de séquences sonores mémorisées dans la base de données et qui établissent, en fonction de cette comparaison, un fichier qui est mis à jour en permanence et qui associe à une station de radio et/ou de télévision une séquence sonore mémorisée,To this end, the invention proposes a system making it possible to transmit to a user information relating to a sound sequence which he listens to or has listened to, characterized in that it comprises: - a server which includes a database listing sound sequences and associating them with information, and comparison means which permanently compare the sound sequences transmitted by a plurality of radio and / or television stations with a plurality of sound sequences stored in the database and which draw up, on the basis of this comparison, a file which is constantly updated and which associates with a radio and / or television station a stored sound sequence,
- des moyens permettant à l'usager d'interroger ledit serveur relativement à une séquence sonore qu'il écoute,means allowing the user to interrogate said server relative to a sound sequence which he is listening to,
- des moyens pour transmettre à l'usager une ou des informations associées dans la base de données à ladite séquence sonore transmise.- Means for transmitting to the user one or more pieces of information associated in the database with said transmitted sound sequence.
Un tel système est avantageusement complété par les différentes caractéristiques suivantes prises seules ou selon toutes leurs combinaisons possibles :Such a system is advantageously supplemented by the following different characteristics taken alone or in all their possible combinations:
- le serveur comporte des moyens de comparaison aptes à comparer une séquence sonore transmise par un utilisateur à une séquence sonore diffusée par une station de radio et/ou de télévision, afin d'en déduire la station de radio et/ou de télévision écoutée ; - il comporte des moyens de reconnaissance vocale permettant de reconnaître une station radio et/ou de télévision annoncée par un utilisateur, et en ce qu'il comporte également des moyens pour renvoyer à l'utilisateur les informations associées à cette station de radio et ou de télévision ;the server includes comparison means capable of comparing a sound sequence transmitted by a user to a sound sequence broadcast by a radio and / or television station, in order to deduce therefrom the radio and / or television station heard; it comprises voice recognition means making it possible to recognize a radio and / or television station announced by a user, and in that it also comprises means for returning to the user the information associated with this radio station and or of TV ;
- il comporte des moyens pour comprimer une séquence sonore afin d'en déterminer une signature, la base de sonnées mémorisant les signatures de séquences sonores qu'elle recense ;- It includes means for compressing a sound sequence in order to determine a signature, the database storing the signatures of sound sequences which it identifies;
- des moyens de comparaison mettent en œuvre un traitement de comparaison sur les signatures ;- comparison means implement a comparison processing on the signatures;
- des moyens permettant à l'usager d'interroger le serveur et les moyens permettant au serveur de transmettre à l'usager des informations en retour comprennent des moyens de communication téléphonique ;- Means allowing the user to interrogate the server and the means allowing the server to transmit information to the user in return include telephone communication means;
- les moyens de communication téléphonique mettent en œuvre une transmission de messages SMS ;- the telephone communication means implement a transmission of SMS messages;
- les moyens de communication téléphonique mettent en œuvre une transmission sous WAP ;- the telephone communication means implement a transmission under WAP;
- il comporte un terminal apte à être utilisé par l'usager pour mémoriser, le cas échéant sous forme compressée, une séquence sonore qu'il écoute et retransmettre ultérieurement la séquence sonore mémorisée au serveur ; - le serveur comprend des moyens de comparaison apte à comparer la séquence sonore transmise par un utilisateur à des séquences sonores ou à des signatures de séquences sonores recensées dans une base de données et à en déduire une ou des informations associées dans la base de données à ladite séquence sonore transmise ;- It includes a terminal capable of being used by the user to store, if necessary in compressed form, a sound sequence which he listens to and retransmit the sound sequence stored later to the server; the server comprises comparison means able to compare the sound sequence transmitted by a user to sound sequences or to signatures of sound sequences recorded in a database and to deduce therefrom one or more associated information in the database to said transmitted sound sequence;
- des moyens permettent à l'usager de renvoyer sur le serveur un ordre de commande d'un produit en relation avec la séquence sonore transmise.- Means allow the user to send back to the server an order to order a product in relation to the transmitted sound sequence.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront encore de la description qui suit, laquelle est purement illustrative et non limitative.Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description which follows, which is purely illustrative and not limiting.
Selon la technique illustrée sur cette figure, lorsqu'un utilisateur écoute une émission de radio et qu'il veut avoir une information sur la séquence sonore qu'il écoute, par exemple savoir quel est le titre de la chanson ou du morceau de musique qu'il écoute, savoir qui sont les interprètes, etc., il compose sur son téléphone mobile un numéro de téléphone qui correspond à celui du service susceptible de lui donner des informations sur la bande sonore ou l'émission qu'il écoute.According to the technique illustrated in this figure, when a user listens to a radio program and wants to have information on the sound sequence he is listening to, for example knowing what is the title of the song or piece of music that 'he listens, to know who are the interpreters, etc., he dials on his mobile phone a telephone number which corresponds to that of the service likely to give him information on the soundtrack or the program he listens to.
Puis il approche son téléphone mobile du haut parleur de son poste de radio. Le son diffusé par le poste de radio est alors transmis, par l'intermédiaire du réseau téléphonique, au serveur qui a été appelé.Then he approaches his mobile phone to the loudspeaker of his radio. The sound broadcast by the radio station is then transmitted, via the telephone network, to the server that has been called.
Celui-ci détermine une signature de la séquence sonore qu'il reçoit et compare cette signature à des signatures d'un certain nombre de stations de radio et/ou de télévision émettant des ondes radio-diff usées ou encore sur Internet écoutées en temps réel, par exemple 25. Par cette comparaison de signature, le serveur détermine quelle était celle des stations qui étaient écoutée par l'utilisateur.The latter determines a signature of the sound sequence which it receives and compares this signature with the signatures of a certain number of radio and / or television stations transmitting spent radio-diff waves or even on the Internet listened to in real time. , for example 25. By this signature comparison, the server determines which station was listened to by the user.
Une signature peut par exemple consister en un code obtenu par numérisation/compression du son reçu.A signature can for example consist of a code obtained by scanning / compressing the sound received.
En parallèle, le serveur comporte des moyens qui réalisent une comparaison des signatures des différentes stations radios et/ou de télévision précitées à un nombre important de signatures pré-enregistrées, auxquelles sont associées des informations susceptibles d'être transmises aux utilisateurs. Par exemple, cette comparaison consiste à comparer les signatures des bandes sons diffusées par les 25 stations de radio précitées à 20 000 signatures de chansons, bandes sonores préalablement enregistrées.In parallel, the server comprises means which carry out a comparison of the signatures of the various radio and / or television stations mentioned above with a large number of pre-recorded signatures, to which are associated information likely to be transmitted to the users. For example, this comparison consists in comparing the signatures of the soundtracks broadcast by the aforementioned 25 radio stations with 20,000 song signatures, previously recorded soundtracks.
Par cette deuxième comparaison, le serveur dispose d'un fichier qui, à chaque instant, associe aux différentes stations de radio écoutées des informations relatives aux bandes sonores diffusées par ces stations.By this second comparison, the server has a file which, at each instant, associates with the various radio stations listened to information relating to the sound bands broadcast by these stations.
Ces informations sont celles que l'usager du service est susceptible d'attendre :This information is what the service user is likely to expect:
- titre de la chanson ou du morceau de musique diffusé, interprètes, etc.,- title of the song or piece of music broadcast, performers, etc.,
- compléments d'informations relativement à une annonce publicitaire diffusée,- additional information relating to a broadcast advertisement,
- etc.- etc.
Ayant déterminé, grâce à ce double mécanisme de comparaison, quelles étaient les informations associées à la bande sonore transmise au serveur par l'usager, ledit serveur renvoie lesdites informations à ce dernier, par exemple via SMS ou en renvoyant page de serveur Internet sous WAP.Having determined, thanks to this double comparison mechanism, what information was associated with the soundtrack transmitted to the server by the user, the said server sends the said information back to the latter, for example via SMS or by sending the Internet server page under WAP .
L'utilisateur a alors la possibilité, par exemple par le biais de sa messagerie SMS, de renvoyer sur le serveur en question un ordre de commande, par exemple un ordre de commande du disque correspondant à ce qui était écouté, un ordre de commande du produit correspondant à la bande annonce diffusée, etc..The user then has the possibility, for example by means of his SMS messaging, to send back to the server in question an order order, for example an order order of the disc corresponding to what was listened to, an order order of the product corresponding to the trailer broadcast, etc.
En variante, il peut être prévu que l'utilisateur peut, s'il le désire, être automatiquement renvoyé sur un annonceur susceptible de lui donner plus d'informations sur le produit en question.Alternatively, it can be provided that the user can, if he wishes, be automatically sent to an advertiser likely to give him more information about the product in question.
D'autres variantes de réalisation ou de mises en œuvre de l'invention sont bien entendu possibles.Other alternative embodiments or implementations of the invention are of course possible.
En particulier, il peut être envisagé que la détermination de la station écoutée est réalisée sans que la première étape de comparaison ne soit utilisée.In particular, it can be envisaged that the determination of the station listened to is carried out without the first comparison step being used.
Par exemple, il peut être prévu que, lorsqu'il appelle le serveur, l'usager annonce le nom de la station qu'il écoute, le serveur comportant des moyens de reconnaissance vocale lui permettant d'identifier la station annoncée par le serveur.For example, it can be provided that, when he calls the server, the user announces the name of the station he is listening to, the server comprising voice recognition means enabling him to identify the station announced by the server.
En variante encore, il peut être envisagé que l'utilisateur, lorsqu'il entend une séquence sonore qui l'intéresse, l'enregistre au moyen de son téléphone mobile ou d'un autre terminal, tel qu'un ordinateur de poche, et qu'il retransmet ultérieurement au serveur cette séquence sonore pour qu'il la reconnaisse.In another variant, it can be envisaged that the user, when he hears a sound sequence which interests him, records it by means of his mobile telephone or of another terminal, such as a pocket computer, and that it later retransmits this sound sequence to the server so that it recognizes it.
Le téléphone portable ou terminal comporte alors préférentiellement des moyens de compression de la séquence émise. The portable telephone or terminal then preferably comprises means for compressing the transmitted sequence.

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1. Système permettant de transmettre à un usager des informations relativement à une séquence sonore qu'il écoute ou a écoutée, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte :1. System for transmitting to a user information relating to a sound sequence that he is listening to or has listened to, characterized in that it comprises:
- un serveur qui comprend une base de données recensant des séquences sonores et leur associant des informations, et des moyens de comparaison qui comparent en permanence les séquences sonores émises par une pluralité de stations de radio et/ou de télévision à une pluralité de séquences sonores mémorisées dans la base de données et qui établissent, en fonction de cette comparaison, un fichier qui est mis à jour en permanence et qui associe à une station de radio et/ou de télévision une séquence sonore mémorisée,a server which includes a database listing sound sequences and associating them with information, and comparison means which permanently compare the sound sequences transmitted by a plurality of radio and / or television stations with a plurality of sound sequences stored in the database and which establish, on the basis of this comparison, a file which is constantly updated and which associates with a radio and / or television station a stored sound sequence,
- des moyens permettant à l'usager d'interroger ledit serveur relativement à une séquence sonore qu'il écoute,means allowing the user to interrogate said server relative to a sound sequence which he is listening to,
- des moyens pour transmettre à l'usager une ou des informations associées dans la base de données à ladite séquence sonore transmise.- Means for transmitting to the user one or more pieces of information associated in the database with said transmitted sound sequence.
2. Système selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que le serveur comporte des moyens de comparaison aptes à comparer une séquence sonore transmise par un utilisateur à une séquence sonore diffusée par une station de radio et/ou de télévision, afin d'en déduire la station de radio et/ou de télévision écoutée.2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that the server comprises comparison means able to compare a sound sequence transmitted by a user to a sound sequence broadcast by a radio and / or television station, in order to deduce therefrom the radio and / or television station heard.
3. Système selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens de reconnaissance vocale permettant de reconnaître une station radio annoncée par un utilisateur, et en ce qu'il comporte également des moyens pour renvoyer à l'utilisateur les informations associées à cette station de radio et/ou de télévision.3. System according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises voice recognition means making it possible to recognize a radio station announced by a user, and in that it also comprises means for returning the associated information to the user to this radio and / or television station.
4. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens pour comprimer une séquence sonore afin d'en déterminer une signature, la base de données mémorisant les signatures de séquences sonores qu'elle recense.4. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises means for compressing a sound sequence in order to determine a signature, the database storing the signatures of sound sequences which it identifies.
5. Système selon la revendication 4, prise en combinaison avec l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que des moyens de comparaison mettent en œuvre un traitement de comparaison sur les signatures.5. System according to claim 4, taken in combination with one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that means for comparison implement a comparison processing on the signatures.
6. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des moyens permettant à l'usager d'interroger le serveur et les moyens permettant au serveur de transmettre à l'usager des informations en retour comprennent des moyens de communication téléphonique.6. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that means allowing the user to interrogate the server and the means allowing the server to transmit information to the user in return comprise means of telephone communication.
7. Système selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de communication téléphonique mettent en œuvre une transmission de messages SMS. 7. System according to claim 6, characterized in that the telephone communication means implement a transmission of SMS messages.
8. Système selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que les moyens de communication téléphonique mettent en œuvre une transmission sous WAP.8. System according to claim 6, characterized in that the telephone communication means implement a transmission under WAP.
9. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un terminal apte à être utilisé par l'usager pour mémoriser, le cas échéant sous forme compressée, une séquence sonore qu'il écoute et retransmettre ultérieurement la séquence sonore mémorisée au serveur.9. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a terminal able to be used by the user to store, if necessary in compressed form, a sound sequence which he listens to and retransmit the sequence subsequently. sound memorized to the server.
10. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le serveur comprend des moyens de comparaison apte à comparer la séquence sonore transmise par un utilisateur à des séquences sonores ou à des signatures de séquences sonores recensées dans une base de données et à en déduire une ou des informations associées dans la base de données à ladite séquence sonore transmise.10. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the server comprises comparison means capable of comparing the sound sequence transmitted by a user to sound sequences or to signatures of sound sequences recorded in a database and to deduce therefrom one or more information associated in the database with said transmitted sound sequence.
11. Système selon l'une des revendications précédentes caractérisé en ce que des moyens permettent à l'usager de renvoyer sur le serveur un ordre de commande d'un produit en relation avec la séquence sonore transmise. 11. System according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that means allow the user to send back to the server an order for ordering a product in relation to the transmitted sound sequence.
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