System, method, service server, and end-point terminal for providing relevant sound content

A service server for providing a relevant sound content, comprising;

• a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data over a mobile communication network;
• a mobile communication terminal management unit for managing mobile communication terminal information received through the communication unit;
• an end-point terminal management unit for managing end-point terminal information received through the communication unit;
• a near-field communication network management unit for managing near-field communication network information to relay communication between the mobile communication terminal and an end-point terminal;
• a storage unit for storing the mobile communication terminal information, the end-point terminal information, and the near-field communication network information;
• and
• a control unit for controlling operations of the communication unit, input unit and play unit respectively and when a relevant sound content transmission request is received from the end-point terminal, generating a relevant sound content based on a music file received from the end-point terminal and controlling the communication unit so that the generated relevant sound content is transmitted to a mobile communication terminal;
• wherein when part of the music file is received from the end-point terminal, the control unit generates the relevant sound content based on part of the received music file, and
• when only offset information indicative of a section of the music file is received from the end-point terminal, the control unit searches an application server for a sound source and generates the relevant sound content for the section, corresponding to the offset information, from the retrieved sound source.

An end-point terminal for requesting relevant sound content, comprising;

• a communication unit for transmitting and receiving data over a near-field communication network;
• an input unit for receiving a command of a user;
• a play unit for playing a music file;
• and
• a control unit for controlling operations of the communication unit, input unit and play unit respectively and for sending a message, requesting relevant sound content for the music file to be transmitted to a mobile communication terminal, to a service server via the mobile communication terminal connected to the service server over a mobile communication network, in response to the user command received through the input unit,
• wherein the control unit controls the communication unit so that the communication unit sends part of the music file or offset information indicative of a section of the music file to the service server, and
• wherein the service server generates the relevant sound content based on the received file.

A method of providing relevant sound content using a system in which an end-point terminal is connected to a mobile communication terminal over a near-field communication network, the mobile communication terminal and a service server are connected together over a mobile communication network, and the service server and an application server are connected together over a wired communication network, the method comprising the steps of;

• a) the end-point terminal being connected to the service server via the mobile communication terminal;
• b) the end-point terminal requesting the service server via the mobile communication terminal connected to the service server over the mobile communication network to provide relevant sound content related to a music file thereto;
• c) the end-point terminal sending music file information to the service server via the mobile communication terminal connected to the service server over the mobile communication network;
• d) the service server generating the relevant sound content based on the music file information;
• and
• e) the service server sending the generated relevant sound content to the mobile communication terminal;
• wherein at the step b), if the end-point terminal transfers part of the music file to the service server, then at the step d), the service server generates the relevant sound content using part of the received music file, and
• wherein at the step b), if the end-point terminal transfers offset information indicative of a section of the music file to the service server, then at the step d), the service server searches the application server for a sound source and generates the relevant sound content for the section, corresponding to the offset information, from the retrieved sound source.