| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To retrieve music information such as the title of a musical composition and the name of an artist using a portable terminal on music played around a user in a shopping street or through the television, the radio, or the like. SOLUTION: Music played around the user is recorded using the user's portable terminal 100, and the user inquires of a music retrieval server 300 about the recorded music data through a communication network 200. The music retrieval server 300 collates the requested music data with music feature data previously registered in a database 400 and further retrieves music information registered in a database 500 to extract information on a piece of music inquired by the user, the name of the artist and the title of a recorded CD in order of reliability as candidates for every piece of music. The extracted retrieval result of the music retrieval server 300 is sent to the user's portable terminal 100 to allow the user to acquire the inquired music information. Further, the user can receive visual and audio service, purchase service, and the like of the corresponding music from the retrieval result. |
