JP4015500B2 - Code data generation server, data processing server, and sound data conversion system - Google Patents

Description

【００２９】
次に、電子メールがＳＭＴＰサーバ３で受信されてから受信側携帯電話機５に着信音データが取得されるまでの電子メール処理システム１の動作について説明する。
図２は、電子メールがＳＭＴＰサーバで受信されてから、受信側携帯電話機に送信されるまでの流れを説明する為のフローチャートである。
【００３０】
ＳＭＴＰサーバ３でＳＭＴＰに基づいて電子メールが受信されると（Ｓ２０１）、電子メールに添付されているデータの種別が判定される。電子メールに添付されているデータに音データがない場合（Ｓ２０２：ＮＯ）、電子メールはＳＭＴＰに基づいて受信側携帯電話機５に送信される（Ｓ２０６）。一方、電子メールに添付されているデータに音データがある場合（Ｓ２０２：ＹＥＳ）は、添付されている音データが抽出され（Ｓ２０３）、ＵＲＬを割り当てて記録される（Ｓ２０４）。その後、電子メールから音データが削除され、新たにＵＲＬ情報が追記される（Ｓ２０５）。ＵＲＬ情報が追記された電子メールは、ＳＭＴＰに基づいて受信側携帯電話機５に送信される（Ｓ２０６）。
【００３１】
次に、受信側携帯電話機５が、ＵＲＬ情報が追記された電子メールを受信してから、着信音データを取得するまでの動作を説明する。
図３は、受信側携帯電話機が、ＵＲＬ情報が追記された電子メールを受信してから着信音データを取得するまでの流れを説明する為のフローチャートである。
【００３２】
電子メールを受信した受信側携帯電話機５は、ＨＴＴＰに基づいてＵＲＬ情報にアクセスする。受信側携帯電話機５からＵＲＬ情報にアクセスがあると、ウェブサーバ６でＨＴＴＰのリクエストが受信される（Ｓ３０１）。ＨＴＴＰのリクエスト受信後、そのリクエストに含まれるＵＲＬ情報に基づいて、音データ記録部３５に記録されている音データが取得される（Ｓ３０２）。
【００３３】
一方、ＨＴＴＰリクエストに含まれる受信側携帯電話機５の機種情報によりアクセス元の携帯電話機の機種が判定される（Ｓ３０３）。そして、取得された音データが、判定された機種の着信音データのファーマットに対応して変換され（Ｓ３０４）、変換後の着信音データがＨＴＴＰのレスポンスで受信側携帯電話機５に返信される（Ｓ３０５）。返信された着信音データは、受信側携帯電話機５で着信音として設定することで、着信時に再生される。
【００３４】
尚、本実施形態では、ウェブサーバ６で音データの変換を行っているが、機種情報記録部６３及び音データ変換部６４をＳＭＴＰサーバ３内に設け、ＳＭＴＰサーバ３内で、電子メールの送信先端末に応じた音データの変換を行い、変換後の着信音データを送信先端末に送信するような構成としても良い。
【００３５】
又、送信側携帯電話機２の所有者は、送信側携帯電話機２で送信した電子メールに添付される音データの変換後の着信音データを、送信側携帯電話機２自身に送信することも可能である。
【００３６】
以上のように、本実施形態によれば、送信側携帯電話機２から音データを添付した電子メールをＳＭＴＰサーバ３に送信することで、その音データが受信側携帯電話機５で再生可能な着信音データに変換され、受信側携帯電話機５に送信される。この為、音データを送信先に送信するという簡単な操作により着信音データを生成することができる。又、生成される着信音データは、受信側携帯電話機５で再生可能なフォーマットによって生成されている為、受信側携帯電話機５で受信した着信音データを再生できないという不具合を解消することができる。
【００３７】
又、送信側携帯電話機２で録音された自然音が着信音データに変換されて受信側携帯電話機５に送信される為、送信側携帯電話機２の所有者が気に入った音等を録音し、その音をすぐに着信音として送信先に送ることができ、オリジナルティの高い着信音を生成することができる。
【００３８】
【発明の効果】
本発明によれば、音データをコード化したコードデータを容易に作成し、且つ送信先の端末機種に対応したコードデータを送信することが可能な音データ変換システム、該システムに用いるコードデータ生成サーバ、及び該システムに用いるデータ処理サーバを提供することができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図１】 本実施形態に係る電子メール処理システムの構成図である。
【図２】 電子メールがＳＭＴＰサーバで受信されてから、受信側携帯電話機に送信されるまでの流れを説明する為のフローチャートである。
【図３】 受信側携帯電話機が、ＵＲＬ情報が追記された電子メールを受信してから着信音データを取得するまでの流れを説明する為のフローチャートである。
【符号の説明】
１ 電子メール処理システム
２ 送信側携帯電話機
３ ＳＭＴＰサーバ
４ ネットワーク
５ 受信側携帯電話機
６ ウェブサーバ
３１ 受信部
３２ 添付データ種別判定部
３３ 制御部
３４ 送信部
３５ 音データ記録部
６１ 送受信部
６２ 制御部
６３ 機種情報記録部
６４ 音データ変換部[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a sound data processing system that processes sound data transmitted from a portable terminal and transmits the processed sound data to a destination portable terminal, a data processing server used in the system, and a code data generation server used in the system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the explosive spread of the Internet and the like, many people can easily use electronic mail. There are various formats that can be transmitted and received by this e-mail, and for example, text, still images, music data, moving images, and the like can be transmitted and received.
[0003]
In mobile terminals such as mobile phones and simple mobile phones, a model that can transmit an e-mail attached with a music file such as MIDI data in which music data is replaced with a code has become widespread. These music files are generally used as ringtones that are played when a mobile terminal receives a call, and the performance of the sound source used for these ringtones varies from carrier to carrier. Therefore, various ringtone formats are adopted for each carrier and each model in order to match the sound source performance of the mobile terminal. Recently, the performance of sound sources such as 16 chords and 24 chords has been improved, and the ring tone content corresponding to these high sound source performances has become popular as content.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, as the sound source performance of the ring tone of the mobile terminal is improved, it is difficult for a general user to create ring tone data that matches the performance. For this reason, in order for a general user to obtain ringtone data such as 16 chords and 24 chords, it is necessary to wait until the ringtone data is provided from the content provider.
[0005]
Moreover, although it is necessary for the user to create the ring tone data that is not scheduled to be provided by the content provider, the general user creates the ring tone data of 16 chords or 24 chords as described above. It is very difficult.
[0006]
Even if the user can create ringtone data such as 16 chords and 24 chords, if the created data is transmitted to another mobile terminal, the ringtone data may be different depending on the sound source performance of each mobile terminal model. The received portable terminal side has a problem that the ringtone data cannot be reproduced accurately.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a sound that can easily generate code data obtained by encoding sound data and can transmit code data corresponding to a destination terminal model. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data conversion system, a code data generation server used for the system, and a data processing server used for the system.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The code data generation server of the present invention stores sound data included in data transmitted from a transmission source terminal in a storage location constructed on a network, and the sound data is received by a request from the transmission destination terminal. A code data generation server for use in a sound data conversion system that transmits code data replaced with a code that can be reproduced by the destination terminal to the destination terminal, and the sound stored in the storage location based on the request Code data conversion means for converting the sound data into the code data in a data format reproducible by the transmission destination terminal from the data and the model information of the transmission destination terminal, and a code for transmitting the code data to the transmission destination terminal and a data transmission means, the transmission source terminal and the destination terminal is a mobile phone, the sound data in the mobile phone Recorded the natural sounds der Rukoto and features.
[0009]
With this configuration, since the sound data is converted from the sound data included in the data transmitted from the transmission source terminal into the code data in a data format that can be reproduced by the data transmission destination terminal, the code data is created on the terminal side. Even without this, code data can be easily generated and transmitted to the destination terminal. Also, since the sound data is converted into code data in a data format that can be reproduced by the transmission destination terminal, it is possible to eliminate the problem that the code data cannot be reproduced at the transmission destination terminal.
[0012]
With this configuration, the ring tone data of the mobile phone can be easily generated from natural sounds, and ring tone data with high originality can be generated.
[0013]
Data processing server of the present invention, the transmission means, characterized that you send the location information indicating the storage location to the destination terminal of the data.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic mail processing system according to the present embodiment.
The e-mail processing system 1 is an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) that sends e-mails transmitted from the transmitting-side mobile phone 2 and the transmitting-side mobile phone 2 as terminals for transmitting e-mail such as PCs, portable information terminals, and mobile phones. From the SMTP server 3 (data processing server) for sending to the network 4 based on the above, the network 4 such as the Internet, the receiving mobile phone 5 for receiving the e-mail transmitted from the transmitting mobile phone 2, and the receiving mobile phone 5 A web server 6 (code data generation server) that provides information in response to an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) request is configured.
[0017]
The SMTP server 3 and the web server 6 are connected to the network 4 by wire or wirelessly, and the receiving side mobile phone 5 can be connected to the network 4 wirelessly.
[0018]
The transmitting-side mobile phone 2 is a model that can transmit sound data such as natural sounds, human voices, music, etc. recorded by a recording device mounted on itself, to an e-mail, and is an electronic device with sound data attached. A mail (hereinafter referred to as sound-attached electronic mail) is transmitted to the receiving-side mobile phone 5.
[0019]
The SMTP server 3 includes a receiving unit 31, an attached data type determining unit 32 (data type determining unit), a control unit 33, a transmitting unit 34, and a sound data recording unit 35. The sound data recording unit 35 may be provided outside the SMTP server 3 instead of inside the SMTP server 3. Moreover, the control part 33 and the transmission part 34 correspond to the transmission means of a claim.
[0020]
The receiving unit 31 receives an e-mail transmitted from the transmitting-side mobile phone 2 and transmits the received e-mail to the control unit 33. The transmission unit 34 transmits the electronic mail transmitted from the control unit 33 to the reception-side mobile phone 5 via the network 4 based on SMTP under the control of the control unit 33.
[0021]
The attached data type determination unit 32 determines the type (image, sound, text, etc.) of attached data attached to the received electronic mail based on the extension of the data. In the sound data recording unit 35, the sound data attached to the e-mail received by the receiving unit 31 is recorded with a unique URL (Universal Resource Locater) assigned by the control unit 33. The sound data recording unit 35 is a shared recording unit that can be directly accessed by the web server 6 to download desired sound data.
[0022]
The receiving-side mobile phone 5 is equipped with a browser that can access the URL added to the received e-mail, and can access the web server 6 based on HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
[0023]
The web server 6 includes a transmission / reception unit 61, a control unit 62, a sound data conversion unit 64 (corresponding to code data conversion means in claims), and a model information recording unit 63. The transmission / reception unit 61 and the control unit 62 correspond to the code data transmission unit in the claims.
[0024]
The transmission / reception unit 61 receives the model name information and URL information of the reception-side mobile phone 5 included in the HTTP request, or receives the voice data converted by the sound data conversion unit 64 in response to the HTTP by the reception-side mobile phone 5. Or reply to.
[0025]
The control unit 62 acquires sound data from the sound data recording unit 35 based on the URL information included in the HTTP request of the reception-side mobile phone 5 received by the transmission / reception unit 61 and transmits the sound data to the sound data conversion unit 64. The sound data converted by the sound data conversion unit 64 is transmitted to the transmission / reception unit 61.
[0026]
The sound data conversion unit 64 determines the model of the accessed mobile phone from the model information management table recorded in the model information recording unit 63 and the model name information included in the HTTP request, and is transmitted from the control unit 62. The sound data is converted into ringtone data in which the code corresponding to the format supported by the determined model is replaced.
[0027]
The model information recording unit 63 includes a plurality of mobile phone model information, mobile phone model names corresponding to the model information, ringtone data format extensions for each model, and sound source performance for each model. A model information management table in which the items shown in FIG. The information recorded in the model information management table can be updated at any time.
[0028]
[Table 1]

[0029]
Next, the operation of the e-mail processing system 1 from when the e-mail is received by the SMTP server 3 until the ring tone data is acquired by the receiving-side mobile phone 5 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the flow from when the e-mail is received by the SMTP server until it is transmitted to the receiving mobile phone.
[0030]
When the SMTP server 3 receives an electronic mail based on SMTP (S201), the type of data attached to the electronic mail is determined. If there is no sound data in the data attached to the e-mail (S202: NO), the e-mail is transmitted to the receiving-side mobile phone 5 based on SMTP (S206). On the other hand, if there is sound data in the data attached to the e-mail (S202: YES), the attached sound data is extracted (S203), and is assigned a URL and recorded (S204). Thereafter, the sound data is deleted from the e-mail, and URL information is newly added (S205). The e-mail with the URL information added is transmitted to the receiving-side mobile phone 5 based on SMTP (S206).
[0031]
Next, the operation from when the receiving-side mobile phone 5 receives the e-mail with the URL information added thereto until it acquires the ringtone data will be described.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the flow from the reception of the e-mail in which the URL information is added to the acquisition of the ring tone data by the receiving mobile phone.
[0032]
The receiving-side mobile phone 5 that has received the e-mail accesses the URL information based on HTTP. When the URL information is accessed from the receiving side mobile phone 5, the web server 6 receives an HTTP request (S301). After receiving the HTTP request, the sound data recorded in the sound data recording unit 35 is acquired based on the URL information included in the request (S302).
[0033]
On the other hand, the model of the access source mobile phone is determined based on the model information of the receiving-side mobile phone 5 included in the HTTP request (S303). The acquired sound data is converted corresponding to the format of the determined ringtone data of the determined model (S304), and the converted ringtone data is returned to the receiving side mobile phone 5 as an HTTP response. (S305). The returned ringing tone data is reproduced as an incoming call by setting it as a ringing tone on the receiving side mobile phone 5.
[0034]
In this embodiment, the sound data is converted by the web server 6. However, the model information recording unit 63 and the sound data converting unit 64 are provided in the SMTP server 3, and an e-mail is transmitted in the SMTP server 3. The sound data may be converted according to the destination terminal, and the converted ringtone data may be transmitted to the destination terminal.
[0035]
In addition, the owner of the transmitting mobile phone 2 can also transmit to the transmitting mobile phone 2 itself ringtone data after conversion of sound data attached to the e-mail transmitted by the transmitting mobile phone 2. is there.
[0036]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, an e-mail attached with sound data is transmitted from the transmitting mobile phone 2 to the SMTP server 3 so that the sound data can be reproduced by the receiving mobile phone 5. It is converted into data and transmitted to the receiving-side mobile phone 5. Therefore, the ring tone data can be generated by a simple operation of transmitting the sound data to the transmission destination. In addition, since the ringtone data to be generated is generated in a format that can be played back by the receiving mobile phone 5, it is possible to solve the problem that the ringtone data received by the receiving mobile phone 5 cannot be played back.
[0037]
Further, since the natural sound recorded by the transmitting side mobile phone 2 is converted into ringtone data and transmitted to the receiving side mobile phone 5, the sound etc. that the owner of the transmitting side mobile phone 2 likes are recorded. A sound can be immediately sent to a transmission destination as a ringtone, and a ringtone with high originality can be generated.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, a sound data conversion system capable of easily creating code data obtained by encoding sound data and transmitting code data corresponding to a terminal model of a transmission destination, and generation of code data used in the system A server and a data processing server used in the system can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an e-mail processing system according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a flow from when an e-mail is received by an SMTP server until it is transmitted to a receiving mobile phone;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a flow from when the receiving mobile phone receives an e-mail with URL information added thereto until it acquires ringtone data;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 E-mail processing system 2 Transmission side mobile telephone 3 SMTP server 4 Network 5 Reception side mobile telephone 6 Web server 31 Reception part 32 Attached data type determination part 33 Control part 34 Transmission part 35 Sound data recording part 61 Transmission / reception part 62 Control part 63 Model information recording unit 64 Sound data conversion unit

Claims (3)

Code for storing sound data included in data transmitted from a transmission source terminal in a storage location constructed on a network, and reproducing the sound data at the transmission destination terminal in response to a request from the transmission destination terminal of the data A code data generation server for use in a sound data conversion system for transmitting the code data replaced to the destination terminal,
Based on the request, code data conversion means for converting the sound data into the code data in a data format reproducible by the destination terminal from the sound data stored in the storage location and the model information of the destination terminal When,
Code data transmitting means for transmitting the code data to the destination terminal;
The code data generation server, wherein the transmission source terminal and the transmission destination terminal are mobile phones, and the sound data is a natural sound recorded by the mobile phone .   The code data generation server according to claim 1, wherein the transmission source terminal and the transmission destination terminal are mobile phones, and the code data is ring tone data that is reproduced when an incoming call is received from the mobile phone. The code data generation server according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit transmits storage location information indicating the storage location to a destination terminal of the data.

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