Player information-providing method, server, program for controlling the server, and storage medium storing the program

• US 6,936,758 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2003
• Issued: 08/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: Itoh, Toshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): DONELS, JEFFREY
• Application Number:
  US10/382,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20030167904A1
• Time in Patent Office: 909 Days
• Field of Search: 844/77.R, 846/34, 846/09, 844/70.R, 434/322, 434/323, 434/335, 434/336, 434/346, 434/350, 434/362
• US Class Current: 84/470.00R
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0033 Recording/reproducing or transmission of music for electrophonic musical instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2210/091 for performance evaluation, i.e. judging, grading or scoring the musical qualities or faithfulness of a performance, e.g. with respect to pitch, tempo or other timings of a reference performance
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/056 MIDI or other note-oriented file format
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/111 User Password, i.e. security arrangements to prevent third party unauthorised use, e.g. password, id number, code, pin
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/175 for jam sessions or musical collaboration through a network, e.g. for composition, ensemble playing or repeating; Compensation of network or internet delays therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/305 Internet or TCP/IP protocol use for any electrophonic musical instrument data or musical parameter transmission purposes

Abstract

There is provided a player information-providing method capable of providing a result of an objective judgment on a user'"'"'s performance skill level in playing a musical instrument to each user to thereby support the users e.g. for smooth organization of a band. A result of a judgment made on a performance skill level of a player by a performance skill level-judging device for judging a player'"'"'s performance skill level is stored in a server. In response to access of a user terminal device to the server via the Internet, the result of the judgment made on the performance skill level of the player is transmitted to the user terminal device via the Internet.

Claims

1. A player information-providing method of providing information of a player from a server to an information access terminal device via a network, comprising the steps of:

storing in the server a result of a judgment made on a performance skill level of the player by a performance skill level-judging device for judging a player'"'"'s performance skill level;

transmitting the result of the judgment made on the performance skill level of the player, the result being stored in the server, to the information access terminal device via the network in response to access of the information access terminal device to the server via the network; and

transmitting, when a chat is being held by a plurality of information access terminal devices as the information access terminal device by using the server, the result of the judgment concerning a player as a message sender of the chat from the server to the information access terminal devices participating in the chat.

2. A player information-providing method according to claim 1, comprising the step of transmitting, when an agreement notification indicating agreement to organization of a band by required members is transmitted to the server from each of the information access terminal devices of the required members during the chat, personal information of each of the required members, the personal information being stored in storage means, from the server to the information access terminal devices of the required members.

3. A player information-providing method according to claim 1, comprising the step of receiving, when an agreement notification indicating agreement to holding a net session by required members is transmitted to the server from each of the information access terminal devices of the required members during the chat, musical tone data transmitted from an information access terminal device of one of the required members, by the server, and then transmitting the received musical tone data from the server to information access terminal devices of remaining ones of the required members.

4. A server connected to a network, comprising:

a storage that stores a result of a judgment made on a performance skill level of a player by a performance skill level-judging device for judging a player'"'"'s performance skill level; and

a transmitter that transmits the result of the judgment made on the performance skill level of the player, the result being stored in the server, to an information access terminal device via the network in response to access of the information access terminal device to the server via the network,

wherein when a chat is being held by a plurality of information access terminal devices as the information access terminal device by using the server, said transmitter transmits the result of the judgment concerning a player as a message sender of the chat to the information access terminal devices participating in the chat.

5. A server according to claim 4, wherein when an agreement notification indicating agreement to organization of a band by required members is transmitted from each of the information access terminal devices of the required members during the chat, said transmitter transmits personal information of each of the required members to the information access terminal devices of the required members.

6. A server according to claim 4, further comprising a receiver for receiving, when a notification of agreement indicating agreement to holding a net session by required members is transmitted from each of the information access terminal devices of the required members during the chat, musical tone data transmitted from an information access terminal device of one of the required members, and wherein said transmitter transmits the received musical tone data to information access terminal devices of remaining ones of the required members.

7. A program executed by a computer, for controlling a server connected to a network and including a storage,

the program comprising:

a storage module for causing a result of a judgment made on a performance skill level of a player by a performance skill level-judging device for judging a player'"'"'s performance skill level to be stored in a predetermined area in the storage; and

a control module operable when an information access terminal device accesses the server via the network, for causing the result of the judgment made on the performance skill level of the player, the result being stored in the server, to be transmitted to the information access terminal device via the network; and

;

a transmitter module operable when a chat is being held by a plurality of information access terminal devices as the information access terminal device by using the server, for causing the result of the judgment concerning a player as a message sender of the chat to be transmitted to the information access terminal devices participating in the chat.

8. A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for controlling a server connected to a network and including a storage,

the program comprising:

a storage module for causing a result of a judgment made on a performance skill level of a player by a performance skill level-judging device for judging a player'"'"'s performance skill level to be stored in a predetermined area in the storage;

a control module operable when an information access terminal device accesses the server via the network, for causing the result of the judgment made on the performance skill level of the player, the result being stored in the server, to be transmitted to the information access terminal device via the network; and

a transmitter module operable when a chat is being held by a plurality of information access terminal devices as the information access terminal device by using the server, for causing the result of the judgment concerning a player as a message sender of the chat to be transmitted to the information access terminal devices participating in the chat.