JP2001189803A - Voice distribution providing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the advertiser of a small budget to perform advertisement using a celebrity by allowing a voice-registration to simply store voice by a telephone set connected to a public telephone network, allowing a user to only input the kind of the celebrity's voice, distribution data and a telephone number to distribute from Web to automatically dial and distribute an advertising voice and the voice of the celebrity from a voice distributor to a terminal equipment having a designated telephone number at a prescribed data, and restricting the advertising voice of each advertiser by the number of distribution, in advertisement utilizing the celebrity. SOLUTION: The voice registration store voice information files in a voice storing means 9 by the a registration's terminal 1 connected to a public network 2 and the advertising voice us stored in an advertising information storing means 15. The user only inputs and transmits the voice code of the celebrity to distribute, the telephone number of a distributing information and the distributing data by a user terminal 10 connected with the Internet network 11 and capable of using Web, thereby a voice distributor (center) distribute the designated celebrity's voice and the advertising voice automatically to a sending terminal 18 having a telephone number designated by an automatic calling means 17 on the designated data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention accumulates voices of celebrities such as entertainers and athletes via a line, and allows a user to select and transmit a stored voice information file and a transmission date and time and a destination telephone number. The present invention relates to a voice distribution providing method which enables a specified voice to be automatically distributed to a destination terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a voice service using entertainers, a method is generally used in which a user connects a line to a voice storage device that stores voice and obtains voice. In a method of distributing voice via a line, when a voice distribution device calls and transmits voice information to a user, a method such as Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-311859, for which Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation has applied for a patent, is used. Proposed.

[0003] When using a voice service by connecting a line to a voice storage device, there is a problem that a user connects the line by himself, which imposes a burden on communication costs for the user. Collecting fees. In general, advertisements that use celebrities and athletes for stored voices have a high advertising cost burden.

[0004] When distributing voice from a voice distribution device to a user terminal, communication costs are incurred on the voice distribution device side.
In many cases, audio distribution is performed for a limited number of users. Therefore, on the practical side, it has only been put to practical use as an emergency contact in the event of a disaster or as a service means for specific user members.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The time and cost involved in recording voices of celebrities and advertisers were reduced, and the increased advertising costs due to the use of celebrities were also used by small budget advertisers. The purpose is to provide an advertising service and to provide a service in which an unspecified number of users can distribute voice to their telephones without paying a celebrity voice.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, voice registration of a celebrity in a voice distribution device (center) is stored in voice information storage means from a public line, and voice registration of an advertiser is performed. It is stored in the advertisement voice storage means from the public line. The center sets the number of distributions according to the voice code of the celebrity desired by the advertiser and the advertisement fee.

[0007] The user specifies the voice of the celebrity, the destination telephone number, and the date and time of transmission via the Internet communication network.
The center distributes the voice of the celebrity specified by the user and the voice of the advertiser to the terminal having the specified telephone number when the calendar memory in the device corresponds to the date and time specified by the user, and When the set number of distributions ends, the next advertiser's voice can be distributed together with the celebrity's voice.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Pre-registration for starting a voice distribution service according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to a block diagram of a voice distribution service providing method shown in FIG. In the voice distribution device (center), a registration code for identifying the celebrity and a voice code for identifying the voice information file of the celebrity are stored in the registration information storage means 7. The distribution information storage unit 16 stores an advertiser code for identifying the advertiser, an advertisement information code for identifying the advertisement information file, and the number of distributions according to the advertisement cost of the advertiser.
The celebrity voice registrant and the advertiser voice registrant are connected to the communication circuit 3 via the public network 2 using the registrant terminal 1, and the main control means 5 controls each unit in the center.

In the following, a method for registering voice to the center will be described.
A description will be given with reference to the block diagram of the public network delivery type voice delivery service providing method shown in FIG. 1 and the voice registration procedure flowchart shown in FIG. First, the registrant dials the center with a telephone capable of transmitting a PB signal, and enters a call state. The guidance prompting the center to enter the code of the voice to be registered is transmitted from the voice information transmitting means 6. The registrant presses the registration code with a push button. The center detects the PB signal transmitted from the registrant terminal by the PB signal detecting means 4, refers to the registration information in the registration information storage means 7 or the registration information in the distribution information storage means 16, and outputs the voice information transmission means 6. Sends a guidance prompting the registrant to input voice. The registrant pronounces the message and presses a predetermined push button. The center converts the received sound into a file by the sound file converting means 8 and temporarily stores it in the memory, and the sound sending means 6 sends the temporarily stored sound file and guidance for prompting confirmation of the contents of the sound to be registered. The registrant confirms the message content and presses a predetermined push button. If the PB signal is a registration signal, the center stores the voice information file temporarily stored in the memory in the voice information storage means 9 or the advertisement information storage means 15, and prompts confirmation of voice registration of another code. The guidance is sent out, and when the registrant presses the registered push button, the process returns to the guidance prompting the entry of the registration code and is repeatedly executed. When the registrant pushes the push button without registration, the center disconnects the line by the line control means 20. The above-described registration method is the same for the case where the voice of a celebrity is registered and the case where the advertiser registers the advertisement voice.

Next, the method of use by the user will be described with reference to the block diagram of the public network delivery type voice delivery service providing method shown in FIG. The user connects to a user-specific page using a user terminal 10 such as a PC or a mobile phone having a Web function on the wwwServer 13 connected to the Internet network 11. The voice code of the celebrity voice to be transmitted, the destination terminal code (telephone number), and the date and time information to be transmitted are input and transmitted on the user-only page. The center stores the received celebrity voice code, transmission destination telephone number, and date and time information in the transmission information storage unit 14.

Next, the audio transmission procedure will be described with reference to the block diagram of the public network distribution type audio distribution service providing method shown in FIG. 1 and the audio transmission procedure flowchart shown in FIG. The main control means 5 includes: a calendar memory for storing data representing the current date and time inside the center;
When the date and time information is compared and matched, the voice code of the celebrity corresponding to the date and time information is compared with the corresponding advertisement information code in the distribution information storage means 16. If the remaining number of times of distribution corresponding to the corresponding advertisement information code is 1 or more, the destination terminal 18 having the destination terminal code (telephone number) in the transmission information storage means 14 corresponding to the corresponding date and time information Then, an automatic call is executed by the automatic call means 17.

The destination terminal 18 is called, and the receiver presses the talk button of the destination terminal. The center is the destination terminal 1
8 is detected by the response detecting means 19, and the advertisement information storing means 15 corresponding to the corresponding advertisement information code is detected.
The sound is transmitted to the destination terminal 18 by the sound transmitting means 6 for the advertisement information file in the file. After transmitting the advertisement information file, the voice information file in the voice information storage means 9 having the celebrity voice code corresponding to the advertisement information code is stored in the voice transmission means 6.
To transmit the voice to the destination terminal 18. After the transmission of the voice is completed, the line with the destination terminal 18 is disconnected by the line control means 20.

The center has a transmission start date and time, a transmission completion date and time,
The voice code, the destination terminal code, the advertisement information code, the remaining number of distributions, and the like are stored in the distribution recording means 21 and the number of distributions corresponding to the corresponding advertisement information code in the distribution information storage means 16 is decremented by one. When the number of times of distribution becomes zero, the sound is distributed from the next distribution work using another advertisement information code corresponding to the voice code of the celebrity.

[0014]

According to the present invention, in general, an advertisement using an entertainer or an athlete cannot be used with a small advertisement budget because of an increase in cost, but can be set by the number of distributions according to the advertisement cost. Regardless of the size of the budget, advertisements using voices of celebrities can be implemented with a limited number of uses.

[0015] Updating of voice to be distributed can be improved by using a public network, so that costs related to voice recording can be reduced and new voice can be immediately delivered to the user. Since voice can be delivered to the telephone according to the schedule of the user, services such as wake-up calls can be provided.

[0016] Since an unspecified number of people can use the advertisement and advertise the voice of a longing celebrity together, the advertisement effect can be expected to be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a public network distribution type voice distribution service providing method.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a method for providing an electronic mail delivery type voice delivery service.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a method for providing an electronic mail delivery type audio / video delivery service.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a voice registration procedure.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a voice distribution procedure.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: registrant terminal 2: public network 3: communication circuit 4: PB signal detecting means 5: main control means 6: voice information transmitting means 7: registration information storing means 8: voice file converting means 9: voice storing means 10: use Terminal 11: Internet network 12: Router 13: WWW server 14: Transmission information storage means 15: Advertising information storage means 16: Distribution information storage means 17: Automatic calling means 18: Transmission destination terminal 19: Response detection means 20: Line Control means 21: Delivery recording means 22: Voice synthesis means 23: E-mail sending means

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A method for distributing voice of a celebrity such as an entertainer or an athlete to a specific person by voice, wherein the voice registrant of the celebrity converts the voice information generated through a public line into a file. Means, an audio information storage means for storing the filed audio information, an advertisement information storage means for storing an advertisement information file related to an advertisement, and an audio information file for identifying the audio information file in the audio information storage means. A voice code, an advertisement information code for identifying an advertisement information file in the advertisement information storage means, a registration information storage means for storing the number of times of distribution of the advertisement information file, and a voice code selected by the user for voice transmission; Transmission information storage means for storing a transmission destination terminal code for specifying a terminal to be transmitted, a date and time information code for specifying a date and time for transmitting voice, and the transmission information Automatic calling means for automatically calling a terminal having a destination terminal code in the storage means, response detecting means for detecting that the destination terminal has responded, and voice for transmitting specified voice information via a public line Information transmitting means, and line control means for disconnecting the line after transmitting the voice information of the destination terminal, the voice information transmitting means having date and time information of a calendar memory in a voice distribution device and data stored in the transmission information storage means. If the date and time information code corresponds, the voice information file in the voice information storage means identified by the voice code corresponding to the corresponding date and time information code, and the advertisement identified by the advertisement information code corresponding to the corresponding voice code The advertisement information file in the information storage means is transmitted to a terminal having a destination terminal code corresponding to the corresponding date and time information code. Voice delivery method for providing. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the voice information file of the celebrity and the advertisement information file are synthesized without using the automatic calling means, the response detecting means, the voice information transmitting means and the line control means. Using a voice synthesizing unit and an e-mail sending unit as one voice file, transmitting the voice information file created by the voice synthesizing unit to a terminal having a number specifying the terminal as an e-mail. How to provide audio distribution. 3. The method for providing voice distribution according to claim 1, wherein the advertisement information storage means uses the electronic mail transmission means instead of the automatic call means, the response detection means, the voice information transmission means, and the line control means. And transmitting the advertisement image information file containing the advertisement information and the audio information file of the celebrity to a terminal having a number specifying the terminal as an electronic mail. 4. A voice information providing method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein a terminal device provided with a file converting means for converting the voice information generated by the voice registrant into a file is used. Is transmitted to a voice distribution device via the Internet network and stored in the voice information storage means or the advertisement information storage means. 5. The voice distribution providing method according to claim 1, wherein the voice registrant converts the pronounced voice information into a file by the voice file conversion means in the voice distribution device via a dedicated line. Features. 6. The voice distribution providing method according to claim 1, wherein after transmitting the voice to the destination terminal, the voice information from the destination terminal is converted into a file by the voice information file converting means without disconnecting the line. The voice information is stored in the voice information storage means. 7. A method of providing voice distribution according to claim 1, wherein after transmitting the voice to the transmission destination terminal, the PB signal from the transmission destination terminal is code-converted by the PB signal detecting means in the voice distribution device without disconnecting the line. It is characterized by doing. 8. A method for providing voice distribution according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the terminal is equipped with a file conversion means for converting the voice pronounced by the voice registrant into a file, and the voice is converted to a file. The audio information filed via the file is stored in the audio information storage means or the advertisement information storage means. 9. A method according to claim 2, wherein the date and time information code in the calendar memory of the audio distribution device and the date and time information code in the transmission information storage means are not associated with each other, and the date and time information code together with the audio information file and the image information file. When the date and time information in the calendar memory in the destination terminal corresponds to the transmitted date and time information code, the transmitted voice information file and image information file are reproduced.