Audio distributing system involving synthesis and audio distributing system involving charging

• US 20040030990A1
• Filed: 01/29/2003
• Published: 02/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishigori, Yoshihisa, Tsuda, Kenjiro, Kobayashi, Hideaki
• Application Number:
  US10/258,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20040030990A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/305 for record players
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/82 using signals not modulated onto a carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/21 Billing for the use of broadcast information or broadcast-related information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/762 at the source reformatting of additional data in video distribution servers H04N21/2355
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2407 Monitoring of transmitted content, e.g. distribution time, number of downloads arrangements for monitoring programmes for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2547 Third Party Billing, e.g. billing of advertiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

According to a system in which information is distributed from an information distribution device to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which is selected from plural pieces of sound information, the information distribution device creates a composite sound data file in which plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information are edited and composited to create a single sound contents, and distributes the composite sound data file to the information reception device.

Thereby, an information distribution system that enables a user to enjoy contents constituted by desired information, with a simple reproducer, can be realized.

Claims

1. An information distribution system for distributing information from an information distribution device to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, wherein

the information distribution device creates a composite sound data file which is obtained by editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents, and distributes the composite sound data file to the information reception device.

5. The information distribution system as defined in any of claims 1 to 4, wherein

the information distribution device is provided with a sound data file storage means for storing the plural sound data files which are real data of the plural pieces of sound information.

6. The information distribution system as defined in claim 5, wherein

the sound data file storage means subjects the sound data file to a prescribed process and stores the processed sound data file.

7. The information distribution system as defined in claim 5, wherein

the information distribution device distributes a sound data file having a compression format varying according to a distributing destination.

2. An information distribution system for distributing information from an information distribution device to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, wherein

the information distribution device creates a composite sound data file which is obtained by editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents, as well as distributes access information for the composite sound data file to the information reception device.

9. The information distribution system as defined in claim 2, wherein

when receiving an access to the composite sound data file, the information distribution device transmits an audio signal which is obtained by reproducing the composite sound data file, to the information reception device as an access source.

3. An information distribution system for distributing information from an information distribution device to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, wherein

the information distribution device creates editing information for editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents, and distributes the editing information and the plural sound data files to the information reception device dividedly in plural number of times, and

the information reception device receives the editing information and the plural sound data files, and edits and composites the received plural sound data files on the basis of the received editing information to create one composite sound data file which is reproducible as a single sound contents.

4. An information distribution system for distributing information from an information distribution device to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, wherein

the information distribution device creates editing information for editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents, and distributes the editing information and access information for the plural sound data files to the information reception device, and

the information reception device receives the editing information and the access information, and edits and composites the plural sound data files which are obtained on the basis of the received access information, on the basis of the received editing information, to create one composite sound data file which is reproducible as a single sound contents.

8. The information distribution system as defined in claim 4, wherein

the information distribution device is provided with a sound data file information storage means for storing information relating to the plural sound data files which are real data of the plural pieces of sound information.

10. An information distribution system for distributing information from an information distribution device to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, wherein

the information distribution device creates editing information for editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents, and transmits the editing information and access information for the plural sound data files to a second information distribution device that obtains the plural sound data files by employing the access information as well as creates a composite sound data file which is obtained by editing and compositing the plural sound data files to create a single sound contents by employing the editing information, as well as distributes access information to the second information distribution device, to the information reception device.

11. An information distribution device which distributes information to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, comprising:

a sound data file edition and composition process means for creating a composite sound data file which is obtained by editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents; and

an information distribution means for distributing the composite sound data file created by the sound data file edition and composition process means to the information reception device.

13. The information distribution device as defined in claim 11 or 12, wherein

the sound data file edition and composition process means performs edition and composition so that reproduction of the composite sound data file takes a prescribed time.

14. The information distribution device as defined in claim 11 or 12, wherein

the sound data file edition and composition process means arranges the plural sound data files including the sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information in a prescribed priority order to be edited and composited.

15. The information distribution device as defined in claim 11 or 12, wherein

the sound data file edition and composition process means performs edition and composition so that the composite sound data file has a prescribed volume.

12. An information distribution device which distributes information to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, comprising:

a sound data file edition and composition process means for creating a composite sound data file which is obtained by editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents;

a composite sound data file storage means for storing the composite sound data file created by the sound data file edition and composition process means; and

an information distribution means for distributing access information for the composite sound data file stored in the sound data file storage means to the information reception device.

16. An information distribution device which distributes information to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, comprising:

a sound data file editing means for creating editing information for editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents; and

an information distribution means for distributing the information created by the sound data file editing means and the plural sound data files to the information reception device dividedly in plural number of times.

17. An information distribution device which distributes information to an information reception device on the basis of selection information indicating one or more pieces of sound information which are selected from plural pieces of sound information, comprising:

a sound data file editing means for creating editing information for editing and compositing plural sound data files including a sound data file which is real data of the selected sound information, to create a single sound contents; and

an information distribution means for distributing the information created by the sound data file editing means and access information for the plural sound data files to the information reception device.

18. A sound reproducer which reproduces a sound data file to output a sound, comprising:

a sound data file edition and composition process means for compositing plural sound data files on the basis of editing information for editing and compositing the plural sound data files to create a single sound contents, to create a composite sound data file which is obtained by editing and compositing the plural sound data files to create a single sound contents.

19. A sound information service provision method by which a sound information service provider supplies sound information to a user through a network, comprising:

a step in which the sound information service provider receives, from the user, selection information indicating sound information whose supply is desired by the user;

a step in which the sound information service provider supplies to the user the sound information corresponding to the selection information and advertisement information; and

a step in which the sound information service provider charges a client who requests supply the advertisement information an advertisement fee according to the number of times that the advertisement information is supplied.

20. A sound information service provision method by which a sound information service provider supplies sound information to a user with through a network, comprising:

a step in which the sound information service provider receives, from the user, selection information indicating sound information whose supply is desired by the user;

a step in which the sound information service provider supplies to the user the sound information corresponding to the selection information; and

a step in which the sound information service provider provides a profit to a sound information provider which has provided the sound information to the sound information service provider, according to the number of times that the sound information is supplied.

21. A sound information service provision method by which a sound information service provider supplies sound information to a user through a network, comprising:

a step in which the sound information service provider receives, from the user, selection information indicating sound information whose supply is desired by the user;

a step in which the sound information service provider supplies to the user the sound information corresponding to the selection information; and

a step in which the sound information service provider charges the user for the supply of the sound information.

22. A sound information service provision method by which a sound information service provider supplies sound information to a user from through a network, comprising:

a step in which the sound information service provider receives, from the user, selection information indicating sound information whose supply is desired by the user;

a step in which the sound information service provider supplies the sound information corresponding to the selection information to the user; and

a step in which the sound information service provider provides a charged sound information provider with a service of collecting a fee for a charged sound information from the user as substitute, when the sound information supplied to the user is the charged sound information which is provided from the charged sound information provider.