System for searching for sound source using map information and method thereof

• US 20100174622A1
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Sim, Hyung-Bo, Cho, Sung-Jae, Song, Hwa-Young, Sohn, Dong-Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/655,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20100174622A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A sound source search system is capable of searching for a sound source using map information. If particular area information among the map information is selected, a sound source search client requests sound source tag information and sound source information associated with the selected particular area information. A sound source search server delivers the sound source tag information and the sound source information to the sound source search client in response to the request. The sound source search client displays one or more sound source tags corresponding to the particular area information on a screen based on the sound source tag information and sound source information received from the sound source search server.

Claims

1. A system capable of searching for a sound source using map information, the system comprising:

a sound source search client configured to request sound source tag information and sound source information associated with particular area information if the particular area information among the map information is selected; and

a sound source search server configured to deliver the sound source tag information and the sound source information to the sound source search client;

wherein the sound source search client is configured to display one or more sound source tags corresponding to the particular area information on a screen based on the sound source tag information and sound source information received from the sound source search server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sound source tag information includes a sound source tag header indicating location information of a sound source tag corresponding to the particular area and sound source tag data including user comment information related to a sound source of the sound source tag.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the sound source information includes detailed information about the sound source of the sound source tag, an image for the sound source, and pre-listening data for the sound source.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the sound source search server sequentially delivers the sound source tag header, the image for the sound source, the pre-listening data for the sound source, the sound source tag data, and the detailed information about the sound source among the sound source tag information and sound source information, to the sound source search client.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a sound source providing server configured to provide a sound source upon a sound source purchase request;

wherein the sound source search client is configured to sends a request for sound source purchase to the sound source search server upon receiving a sound source purchase request from a user, the sound source search server sends a request for the sound source purchase to the sound source providing server upon the request, and the sound source providing server provides the purchase-requested sound source to the sound source search client.

6. A method for searching for a sound source using map information in a sound source search system including a sound source search client and a sound source search server, the method comprising:

requesting sound source tag information and sound source information associated with the selected particular area information by the sound source search client if particular area information among the map information is selected;

delivering, by the sound source search server, the sound source tag information and the sound source information to the sound source search client in response to the request; and

displaying, by the sound source search client, one or more sound source tags corresponding to the particular area information on a screen based on the sound source tag information and sound source information received from the sound source search server.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the sound source tag information includes a sound source tag header indicating location information of a sound source tag corresponding to the particular area and sound source tag data including user comment information related to a sound source of the sound source tag.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the sound source information includes detailed information about the sound source of the sound source tag, an image for the sound source, and pre-listening data for the sound source.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein delivering comprises sequentially delivering, by the sound source search server, the sound source tag header, the image for the sound source, the pre-listening data for the sound source, the sound source tag data, and the detailed information about the sound source among the sound source tag information and sound source information, to the sound source search client.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein displaying comprises:

analyzing, by the sound source search client, the sound source tag header received from the sound source search server and checking location information of a sound source tag located in the particular area;

composing a user interface screen on which an indicator indicating the checked location information is matched to map information for the particular area and displaying the user interface screen on the screen; and

displaying the image for the sound source in the indicator-matched particular area on the screen as the sound source tag.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising decoding pre-listening data for a sound source received from the sound source search server and mixing the decoded pre-listening data.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying comprises, if a particular tag is selected by a user, composing and displaying a detailed-sound source information screen including a sound source image, detailed sound source information and sound source tag data associated with the selected particular tag.

13. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

sending a request for sound source purchase to the sound source search server by the sound source search client upon receiving a sound source purchase request from a user;

sending, by the sound source search server, a request for the sound source purchase to a sound source providing server providing sound sources, in response to the request; and

providing the purchase-requested sound source to the sound source search client by the sound source providing server.

14. A sound source search client for use in a system capable of searching for a sound source using map information, the sound source search client configured to request sound source tag information and sound source information associated with particular area information if the particular area information among the map information is selected, wherein the sound source client is configured to receive the sound source tag information and the sound source information from a sound source search server configured, and wherein the sound source search client is configured to display one or more sound source tags corresponding to the particular area information on a screen based on the sound source tag information and sound source information received from the sound source search server.

15. The sound source search client of claim 14, wherein the sound source tag information includes a sound source tag header indicating location information of a sound source tag corresponding to the particular area and sound source tag data including user comment information related to a sound source of the sound source tag.

16. The sound source search client of claim 15, wherein the sound source information includes detailed information about the sound source of the sound source tag, an image for the sound source, and pre-listening data for the sound source.

17. The sound source search client of claim 16, wherein the sound source search client sequentially receives the sound source tag header, the image for the sound source, the pre-listening data for the sound source, the sound source tag data, and the detailed information about the sound source among the sound source tag information and sound source information, to the sound source search client.

18. The sound source search client of claim 17, wherein the sound source search client comprises:

a tag information manager configured to analyze the sound source tag header received from the sound source search server and checking location information of a sound source tag located in the particular area; and

a user interface composer configured to compose a user interface screen on which an indicator indicating the checked location information is matched to map information for the particular area;

wherein the user interface composer is configured to display the image for the sound source in the indicator-matched particular area on the screen as the sound source tag.

19. The sound source search client of claim 18, wherein the sound source search client further comprises a data manager configured to decode pre-listening data for a sound source received from the sound source search server and mixing the decoded pre-listening data.

20. The sound source search client of claim 18, wherein if a particular tag is selected by a user, the user interface composer composes and displays a detailed-sound source information screen including a sound source image, detailed sound source information and sound source tag data associated with the selected particular tag.