Apparatus and method for creating content comprising a combination of text data and music data

A content creation apparatus comprising:

• a classification device that classifies a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a music selection device that selects or generates a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said classification device,
• wherein said music selection device randomly selects a musical composition data set of any one of a plurality of music pieces which correspond to one of the categories.

A content creation apparatus comprising:

• a classification device that classifies a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a music selection device that selects or generates a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said classification device,
• wherein said classification device searches the supplied text data set for predetermined keywords pertaining to individual ones of the categories and identifies the category of the supplied text data set on the basis of frequencies of occurrence of the keywords searched for within the text data set.

A content creation apparatus comprising:

• a classification device that classifies a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a music selection device that selects or generates a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said classification device,
• wherein the musical composition data set selected or generated by said music selection device is associated with the supplied text data set, to thereby generate content that contains information representative of the text data set and information representative of the musical composition data set, and
• wherein one set of the content contains information representative of a plurality of text data sets to be sequentially reproduced and information representative of a plurality of musical composition data sets corresponding to the plurality of text data sets.

A content creation apparatus comprising:

• a classification device that classifies a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a music selection device that selects or generates a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said classification device,
• wherein the musical composition data set selected or generated by said music selection device is associated with the supplied text data set, to thereby generate content that contains information representative of the text data set and information representative of the musical composition data set, and
• wherein one set of the content contains a plurality of text data sets, a plurality of musical composition data sets, and table data descriptive of correspondency between the text data sets and the musical composition data sets and order of reproduction of the text data sets and the musical composition data sets.

A content creation apparatus comprising:

• a classification device that classifies a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• a music selection device that selects or generates a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said classification device;
• and
• a voice data generation device that generates voice data corresponding to the supplied text data set.

A content distribution system comprising:

• a server that distributes, via a communication network, content information that contains first position information indicative of a stored position of a text data set and second position information indicative of a stored position of a musical composition data set;
• and
• a client terminal that
• receives the content information distributed from said server via said communication network,
• accesses, on the basis of said first position information contained in the received content information, a first predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said first position information, so as to receive the text data set distributed from said first predetermined position, and
• accesses, on the basis of said second position information contained in the received content information, a second predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said second position, so as to receive the musical composition data set distributed from said second predetermined position.

A content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying;
• and
• a step of generating content information that contains first position information indicative of a stored position of the supplied text data set and second position information indicative of a stored position of the musical composition data set selected or generated by said step of selecting or generating.

A content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein said step of selecting or generating randomly selects a musical composition data set of any one of a plurality of music pieces which correspond to one of the categories.

A content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein said step of classifying searches the supplied text data set for predetermined keywords pertaining to individual ones of the categories and identifies the category of the supplied text data set on the basis of frequencies of occurrence of the keywords searched for within the text data set.

A content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein the musical composition data set selected or generated by said step of selecting or generating is associated with the supplied text data set, to thereby generate content that contains information representative of the text data set and information representative of the musical composition data set, and
• wherein one set of the content contains information representative of a plurality of text data sets to be sequentially reproduced and information representative of a plurality of musical composition data sets corresponding to the plurality of text data sets.

A content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein the musical composition data set selected or generated by said step of selecting or generating is associated with the supplied text data set, to thereby generate content that contains information representative of the text data set and information representative of the musical composition data set, and
• wherein one set of the content contains a plurality of text data sets, a plurality of musical composition data sets, and table data descriptive of correspondency between the text data sets and the musical composition data sets and order of reproduction of the text data sets and the musical composition data sets.

A content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data s et into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying;
• and
• a step of generating voice data corresponding to the supplied text data set.

A content distribution method comprising:

• a step of distributing, via a communication network, content information that contains first position information indicative of a stored position of a text data set and second position information indicative of a stored position of a musical composition data set;
• and
• a step of receiving the content information distributed via said communication network;
• a step of accessing, on the basis of said first position information contained in the content information received by said step of receiving, a first predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said first position information, so as to receive the text data set distributed via said communication network, and
• a step of accessing, on the basis of said second position information contained in the received content information, a second predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said second position information, so as to receive the musical composition data set distributed via said communication network.

A method for receiving and using content information comprising:

• a step of receiving content information distributed via a communication network, the content information containing first position information indicative of a stored position of a text data set and second position information indicative of a stored position of a musical composition data set;
• a step of, on the basis of said first position information contained in the content information received via said communication network, automatically connecting to a first predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said first position information, so as to receive the text data set distributed via said communication network;
• and
• a step of, on the basis of said second position information contained in the received content information, automatically connecting to a second predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said second position information, so as to receive the musical composition data set distributed via said communication network.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a content creation method, said content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying;
• and
• a step of generating content information that contains first position information indicative of a stored position of the supplied text data set and second position information indicative of a stored position of the musical composition data set selected or generated by said step of selecting or generating.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a content creation method, said content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein said step of selecting or generating randomly selects a musical composition data set of any one of a plurality of music pieces which correspond to one of the categories.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a content creation method, said content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein said step of classifying searches the supplied text data set for predetermined keywords pertaining to individual ones of the categories and identifies the category of the supplied text data set on the basis of frequencies of occurrence of the keywords searched for within the text data set.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a content creation method, said content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein the musical composition data set selected or generated by said step of selecting or generating is associated with the supplied text data set, to thereby generate content that contains information representative of the text data set and information representative of the musical composition data set, and
• wherein one set of the content contains information representative of a plurality of text data sets to be sequentially reproduced and information representative of a plurality of musical composition data sets corresponding to the plurality of text data sets.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a content creation method, said content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• and
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying,
• wherein the musical composition data set selected or generated by said step of selecting or generating is associated with the supplied text data set, to thereby generate content that contains information representative of the text data set and information representative of the musical composition data set, and
• wherein one set of the content contains a plurality of text data sets, a plurality of musical composition data sets, and table data descriptive of correspondency between the text data sets and the musical composition data sets and order of reproduction of the text data sets and the musical composition data sets.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a content creation method, said content creation method comprising:

• a step of classifying a supplied text data set into any one of a plurality of categories in accordance with substance of the supplied text data set;
• a step of selecting or generating a musical composition data set which corresponds to the category of the text data set classified by said step of classifying;
• and
• a step of generating voice data corresponding to the supplied text data set.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a content distribution method, said content distribution method comprising:

• a step of distributing, via a communication network, content information that contains first position information indicative of a stored position of a text data set and second position information indicative of a stored position of a musical composition data set;
• and
• a step of receiving the content information distributed via said communication network;
• a step of accessing, on the basis of said first position information contained in the content information received by said step of receiving, a first predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said first position information, so as to receive the text data set distributed via said communication network, and
• a step of accessing, on the basis of said second position information contained in the received content information, a second predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said second position information, so as to receive the musical composition data set distributed via said communication network.

A machine-readable storage medium containing a group of instructions to cause said machine to implement a method for receiving and using content information, said method comprising:

• a step of receiving content information distributed via a communication network, the content information containing first position information indicative of a stored position of a text data set and second position information indicative of a stored position of a musical composition data set;
• a step of, on the basis of said first position information contained in the content information received via said communication network, automatically connecting to a first predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said first position information, so as to receive the text data set distributed via said communication network;
• and
• a step of, on the basis of said second position information contained in the received content information, automatically connecting to a second predetermined position, on said communication network, corresponding to said second position information, so as to receive the musical composition data set distributed via said communication network.

A signal for transfer over a communication network, said signal comprising:

• first position information indicative of a stored position of a text data set;
• second position information indicative of a stored position of digested text data representing an outline of the text data set;
• and
• third position information indicative of a stored position of a musical composition data set related to the text data set.