Music composition instruction system

• US 20050223878A1
• Filed: 04/07/2005
• Published: 10/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Furuta, Seiichi
• Granted Patent: US 7,547,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/609
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/00 Details of electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/105 User profile, i.e. data about the user, e.g. for user settings or user preferences
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/131 Library retrieval, i.e. searching a database or selecting a specific musical piece, segment, pattern, rule or parameter set

Abstract

A music composition introduction system consists of a user'"'"'s audio system and a center for managing music composition information, both of which communicate with each other. The audio system has a preference database storing user'"'"'s preference data. The center receives this preference data, and retrieves music composition information meeting the preference data from a music composition information database. The center then sends music composition information data corresponding to the retrieved music composition information to the audio system. This structure of this system can effectively introduce to each user a music composition meeting the user'"'"'s preference.

Claims

1. A music composition introduction system that extracts and introduces music composition information meeting a musical preference of a user, the system comprising:

a terminal for the user; and

a center that manages music composition information,

wherein the terminal includes;

a storing unit that stores preference data relating to the musical preference of the user;

an obtaining unit that obtains, from the center, music composition information data relating to a music composition that meets the preference data;

a music reproducing unit that reproduces the music composition based on the obtained music composition information data; and

a user-end communicating unit that sends the preference data to the center and receives the music composition information data from the center,

wherein the center includes;

a music composition information database that stores music composition information;

a retrieving unit that obtains the preference data that is stored in the storing unit and retrieves, from the music composition information database, music composition information that meets the obtained preference data; and

a center-end communicating unit that sends the music composition information data corresponding to the retrieved music composition information to the terminal and receives the preference data from the terminal.

2. The music composition introduction system of claim 1,

wherein, when the music reproducing unit reproduces a music composition that is selected by the user, the storing unit stores, as the preference data, reproduced music composition related data relating to the reproduced music composition.

3. The music composition introduction system of claim 2,

wherein the reproduced music composition related data includes at least one of a name of the reproduced music composition, an artist of the reproduced music composition, a music genre of the reproduced music composition, a label name of the reproduced music composition, a date and hour when the music composition is reproduced, a season when the music composition is reproduced, a weather condition when the music composition is reproduced, and a place where the music composition is reproduced.

4. The music composition introduction system of claim 2,

wherein, when there are users having a commonality in the preference data, the retrieving unit extracts music composition information designated by reproduced music composition related data relating to one user, as music composition information that should be provided to another user.

5. The music composition introduction system of claim 4,

wherein the terminal further includes a music composition storing unit that groups preferred music compositions and stores the grouped music compositions,

wherein the retrieving unit extracts music composition information designated from a list of the stored grouped music compositions as music composition information that should be provided to another user.

6. The music composition introduction system of claim 1,

wherein the storing unit stores registration information that includes at least one of an artist the user prefers, a music genre the user prefers, and user information.

7. The music composition introduction system of claim 1,

wherein, when there are a plurality of users, the storing unit classifies and stores preference data of the plurality of users with respect to each of the users.

8. The music composition introduction system of claim 7,

wherein, with respect to each of the users, the storing unit classifies and stores audio setting information in a case where the music reproducing unit reproduces a music composition.

9. The music composition introduction system of claim 1,

wherein the music reproducing unit includes a storage medium storing a plurality of music composition information items that are able to be read by using a release key, and

wherein the obtaining unit obtains the release key as the music composition information data.

10. The music composition introduction system of claim 1,

wherein the center sends music composition information data that is able to be reproduced by the music reproducing unit and corresponds to a portion of a music composition meeting the obtained preference data,

wherein, when the user who previews the portion of the music composition wants to buy the music composition, the center sends music composition information data corresponding to all of the music composition.

11. The music composition introduction system of claim 1,

wherein the terminal is provided in a vehicle.