JP2010107883A - Information providing server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively reproduce and retrieve music by utilizing a communication function of social networking service (SNS). <P>SOLUTION: An information providing server 1 includes: a means for storing recommendation information for predetermined music which a user A who is a member of a community type Web site registers on the Web site via a user terminal 2; a means for determining a user B of a distribution place of communication information registered for the predetermined music, from among the members of the Web site, based on personal attribute information of the Web site member, group information to which the users A and B belong, and selection of the user A; a means for creating a music list by adding the recommendation information registered by the user A, to the predetermined music attribute information, when creating the music list which is an attribute information list of the music which the user B can play back; and a means for transmitting a part or a whole of the created music list, to a user terminal 2 in which the user B plays back the music, when a predetermined transmission condition is satisfied. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing server that provides information to a terminal device via a communication network, and more particularly to an information providing server that provides information using a social networking service (hereinafter referred to as SNS).

  Currently, SNS is often used as a community-type Web site. SNS provides means and a place for promoting communication between registered users (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). For example, you can view registration information (photos, diaries, comments, etc.) of other members of the community in which the user participates, or add comments on information registered by other users related to you And can interact with each other.

  Recently, since recording media such as optical disks and hard disks have become large in capacity, music playback apparatuses that play back a large amount of music content stored in the recording media are provided. In such a music playback device, the user himself / herself selects and plays the music he / she wants to hear from a large amount of music content. For example, there are methods of searching for keywords such as genre and artist name and playing back desired music content, or playing back desired music content from a past playback history (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2003-202803 A JP 2006-23876 A JP 2003-173350 A

  However, apart from the method described above, it is also conceivable to play back desired music content using information provided by others with similar hobbies and preferences. For example, if the above-described SNS is used, it is possible to communicate with members having similar hobbies and tastes, so that music can be reproduced based on music information recommended by the members.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and as an example of the problem, an information providing server that can effectively reproduce and search music using the communication function of SNS is provided. There is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is an information providing server that provides music attribute information to a terminal device connected to a communication network in cooperation with a community-type Web site. A communication information storage means for storing communication information for predetermined music registered by the first user who is a member of a community type Web site through the terminal device; and for the predetermined music The second user who is the distribution destination of the registered communication information is at least one of the personal attribute information of the member of the website, the group information to which the first user belongs, and the selection of the first user. Based on the above, the delivery destination determining means for determining from among the members of the Web site and the second user When creating a music list which is a list of possible music attribute information, a music list creating means for creating a music list by adding communication information registered by the first user to the predetermined music attribute information; A music list transmitting means for transmitting a part or all of the music list created by the music list creating means to a terminal device for playing music by the second user when a predetermined transmission condition is satisfied; It is characterized by having.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Configuration of music information provision system>
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a music information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The music information providing system 10 is an information system that provides music information to a user terminal 2 of a user who is a member of SNS (hereinafter referred to as a SNS member). Information providing server 1 distributed to terminal 2, user terminal 2 for reproducing music content by user, external organization 3 providing music attribute information to information providing server 1, personal attribute information of user and music attribute registered by user The configuration includes an SNS server 4 that provides information to the information providing server 1, and a communication network 5 such as an Internet network that enables the information providing server 1 and SNS server 4 and the user terminal 2 to communicate with each other.

  Here, the music information in the present embodiment means information including music content and music attribute information (hereinafter referred to as music attribute information). In the present embodiment, the information providing server 1 includes the music content and When music attribute information is centrally managed and a user plays music content on the user terminal 2, a mode in which desired music content is streamed and played from the information providing server 1 will be described as an example. To do. Of course, as will be described later, each user terminal 2 may store music content in its own device and reproduce the music content stored in its own device. In the present embodiment, the music attribute information is also referred to as tag information.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information providing server 1 includes a general tag information reflecting unit 101, a user tag information reflecting unit 102, a music tag information database (hereinafter referred to as a music tag information DB) 103, an SNS attribute information reflecting unit 104, an SNS. Attribute information database (hereinafter referred to as SNS attribute information DB) 105, music list creation unit 106, music list database (hereinafter referred to as music list DB) 107, communication unit 108, instruction determination unit 109, screen creation unit 110, music search unit 111, a music acquisition unit 112, and a music database (hereinafter referred to as a music DB) 113.

  The general tag information reflecting unit 101 reflects the general tag information 31 provided from the external organization 3 in the music tag information DB 103 as needed. Here, the external organization 3 is an organization (referred to as the external organization 3A) that provides attribute information (song title, artist name, production year, etc.) regarding the music composition, specifically, a music record. A company, CDDB (Compact Disc DataBase), etc. are assumed. The other is a company (external organization 3B) that provides private music recommendation information. Specifically, a radio station or the like is assumed. That is, the general tag information 31 includes general tag information A provided by the external organization 3A and general tag information B provided by the external organization 3B. The general tag information reflecting unit 101 includes the general tag information A and the general tag information A. The general tag information B is reflected in the music tag information DB 103.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the general tag information A includes music attribute information such as music ID, song title, artist, album, and genre that can uniquely identify the music content. Music attribute information such as a music ID, tag creator information, and distribution target information is provided. The tag creator information in the general tag information B is composed of a tag creator ID and a tag creator name that can uniquely identify the person who created the tag information (music attribute information). It is information about companies that provide information. The distribution target information is information related to a distribution target for distributing music recommendation information, and includes a distribution target group, a distribution target region, tag contents (detailed information regarding recommendation indicating the recommended content and level), and the like. The music recommendation information provided from the external organization 3B is distributed to a desired user to be distributed or a user in a desired region by using a mechanism described later of the information providing server 1. .

  The user tag information reflecting unit 102 reflects user tag information provided from the SNS server 4 that manages the SNS system in the music tag information DB 103 as needed. Here, since the SNS server 4 centrally manages various information related to users who are members of the SNS (hereinafter referred to as SNS management information 41), the user tag information reflecting unit 102 is the SNS server 4 SNS. User tag information is acquired from the management information 41 and reflected in the music tag information DB 103.

  The user tag information is one piece of communication information registered in the SNS server 4 by the user using the communication function of the SNS. Specifically, the user tag information is music recommendation information, and the data structure thereof is the same as the general tag information B as shown in FIG. That is, the user tag information includes information such as a music ID, tag creator information, and distribution target information. The tag creator information is composed of a tag creator ID and a tag creator name. Specifically, the tag creator information is information about a user who has registered music recommendation information. The distribution target information is information related to the distribution target for distributing the music recommendation information, and is composed of a distribution target group, a distribution target region, tag contents (detailed information about the recommendation indicating the recommended content and level), and the like. Specifically, the other party or region that the user (tag creator) wants to distribute is described. Note that music recommendation information registered by a user who is a member of the SNS is distributed to a desired user to be distributed or a user in a desired region by using a mechanism described later of the information providing server 1. Yes.

  The music tag information DB 103 is a database for storing and managing the above-described general tag information A, general tag information B, and user tag information.

  The SNS attribute information reflecting unit 104 reflects the SNS attribute information provided from the SNS server 4 in the SNS attribute information DB 105 as needed. That is, the SNS attribute information reflection unit 104 acquires SNS attribute information from the SNS management information 41 of the SNS server 4 and reflects it in the SNS attribute information DB 105.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the SNS attribute information includes a user ID that can uniquely identify the user, personal attribute information of the user (user name, profile, address information, etc.), and the user belongs to the SNS. Personal information of the user, such as belonging group information indicating a certain group.

  In the present embodiment, the tag creator ID in the general tag information B, the tag creator ID in the user tag information, and the user ID in the SNS attribute information are identification information based on the same code system. Therefore, for example, when a user of SNS creates user tag information, the user ID of the user becomes the tag creator ID as it is.

  The SNS attribute information DB 105 is a database that stores and manages the above-described SNS attribute information.

  The music list creation unit 106 creates a music list for each user with reference to the music tag information DB 103 and the SNS attribute information DB 105 as appropriate. Specifically, the music list creation unit 106 lists music attribute information (hereinafter referred to as music) for music content (or music content that can be used on the information providing server 1) held by the user on the information providing server 1. List information), and if the general tag information B and user tag information distribution conditions (distribution target information) are met, the general tag information A is general tag information which is recommended music information of the company. B and user tag information which is music recommendation information of the user are merged to create music list information for each user.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the music list information is a list of combinations of music IDs and music attribute information for each user ID. The music attribute information includes general tag information A, general tag information B, and user tags. It consists of information. That is, the music list information has a data configuration including general tag information A, general tag information B, and user tag information for each user ID and music ID. Since the general tag information B and the user tag information may have a plurality of recommenders (tag creators), a plurality of general tag information B and a plurality of user tag information are provided for one music ID. Is possible.

  The music list DB 107 is a database that stores and manages the music list created by the music list creation unit 106.

  Here, creation of a music list will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

  For example, as general tag information A, the general tag information Ad11 with music ID “M0001”, song name “music1”, artist “artist 1”, music ID “M0002”, song name “music2”, artist as general tag information A SNS attribute information d15 having general tag information Ad12 of “Artist 2”, the user ID is “U0002”, the user name is “USER0002”, and the group information is “groupA”. It is assumed that there is SNS attribute information d16 having a user ID “U0003”, a user name “USER0003”, address information “areaX”, and belonging group information “groupB”. In such a situation, as general tag information B, the music ID is “M0002”, the tag creator ID is “R0010”, the tag creator is “RADIO0010”, the distribution target area is “areaX”, and the tag content is “recommended” General tag information Bd13 and user tag information, the music ID is “M0001”, the tag creator ID is “U0001”, the tag creator “USER0001”, the distribution target group is “groupA, groupB”, and the tag contents are It is assumed that user tag information d14 that is “recommended” is created and reflected in the music tag information DB 103. That is, music recommendation information that recommends music “music2” is distributed to a user who lives in an area “areaX” from an external organization “RADIO0010”, and a user “USER0001” has “groupA” and “groupA”. Consider a case where music recommendation information recommending music “music1” is distributed to users belonging to the group “groupB”.

  Note that the distribution target information of the user tag information may be created by the tag creator's own instruction (for example, the distribution target may be a specific group or a specific individual), or the tag creator Unless otherwise specified, distribution target information may be automatically created based on the SNS attribute information of the tag creator (for example, distribution to a group to which the tag creator belongs, etc.) ).

  In this case, since the user “USER0002” belongs to the group “groupA”, the music “music1” of the user “USER0002” includes not only the contents of the general tag information A but also the user “USER1”. The contents of the user tag information d14 created by “USER0001” are reflected. That is, when the user “USER0002” views the music attribute information of the music “music1”, the music recommendation information that the user “USER0001” recommends the music “music1” in addition to the information such as the song name and the artist name. Can see.

  Further, since the user “USER0003” lives in the area “areaX”, the music attribute information d18 of the music “music2” of the user “USER0003” includes not only the contents of the general tag information A but also the external organization “RADIO0010”. The content of the general tag information Bd13 created by is reflected. That is, when the user “USER0003” views the music attribute information of the music “music2”, in addition to the information such as the song name and artist name, the music recommendation information that the external organization “RADIO0010” recommends the music “music2”. Can see.

  The communication unit 108 exchanges information via the user terminal 2 and the communication network 5.

  The instruction determination unit 109 determines an input instruction received from the user terminal 2 via the communication unit 108. For example, when a music playback instruction is received from the user terminal 2, the playback instruction is output to the music acquisition unit 112, and when a music search instruction is received from the user terminal 2, the search instruction is the music search instruction. The data is output to the unit 111.

  The screen creation unit 110 creates a screen to be displayed on the user terminal 2. For example, when music is being played back, the screen creation unit 110 creates a screen showing music playback and displays music attribute information. In this case, a screen displaying a list of music attribute information of the instructed music is created, and when performing a music search, a search screen displaying search items is created.

  The music acquisition unit 112 acquires music content for which a reproduction instruction has been received from the music DB 113 and transmits the music content to the user terminal 2 via the communication unit 108.

  The music DB 113 is a database that stores and manages music content. In this embodiment, the music DB 113 manages music content (reproducible music content) that can be used for each user.

  The information providing server 1 described above is an electronic device (computer) having a central processing unit (CPU) having at least an arithmetic function and a control function, and a main storage device (memory) having a function of storing programs and data. ). In addition to the main storage device, the information providing server 1 may include an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk. Among these, the general tag information reflection unit 101, the user tag information reflection unit 102, the SNS attribute information reflection unit 104, the music list creation unit 106, the communication unit 108, the instruction determination unit 109, the screen creation unit 110, the music search unit 111, and The music acquisition unit 112 specifically shows a calculation control function by the CPU. The music tag information DB 103, the SNS attribute information DB 105, the music list DB 107, and the music DB 113 are functions of the main storage device and the auxiliary storage device. Is specifically shown. Further, the information providing server 1 may have a system configuration in which a plurality of devices are connected to a network in addition to a physically single device. Moreover, you may integrate with the server which has another function. For example, a server configuration in which the SNS server 4 and the information providing server 1 are integrated may be employed.

  The user terminal 2 is a terminal device from which a user plays music content, and can communicate with the information providing server 1 and the SNS server 4 via the communication network 5. Specifically, the user terminal 2 is assumed to be a PC (personal computer), a PDA (personal digital assistant), a mobile phone terminal, a car navigation system mounted on a vehicle, etc., but has a music playback function and a communication function. There is no particular limitation as long as the apparatus is equipped. In the case of a movable user terminal 2 such as a mobile phone terminal or a car navigation system, the user terminal 2 can communicate with the information providing server 1 via wireless communication (for example, MobileWiMax). .

<Operation of music information provision system>
Next, the operation of the music information providing system 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of music list creation processing, FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of music content reproduction processing, and FIG. 7 is a sequence showing a flow of music content search processing. FIG.

  First, the music list creation process will be described with reference to FIG.

  The user uses the user terminal 2 to create music recommendation information for recommending predetermined music as user tag information on the SNS system (step S10), and instructs the SNS server 4 to register the created user tag information (step S10). S20).

  As a result, the user tag information is registered in the SNS server 4 and the user tag information registered in the SNS server 4 is reflected in the information providing server 1 at any time, so that the information providing server 1 reflects the user tag information. User tag information is received via the unit 102 (step S40).

  On the other hand, since the external organization 3 transmits general tag information (general tag information A, general tag information B) to the information providing server 1 as needed (step S30), the information providing server 1 passes through the general tag information reflecting unit 101. The general tag information is received (step S40).

  Next, the information providing server 1 registers the general tag information received by the general tag information reflection unit 101 in the music tag information DB 103, and registers the user tag information received by the user tag information reflection unit 102 in the music tag information DB 103. (Step S50).

  Next, the information providing server 1 appropriately creates a music list for each user with reference to the music tag information 103 and the SNS attribute information DB 105 (see FIGS. 3 and 4), and registers it in the music list DB 107 (step S60). ).

  Next, music content playback processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  The user uses the user terminal 2 to transmit a music playback instruction for predetermined music to the information providing server 1 (step S110).

  When receiving the music playback instruction via the communication unit 108 and the instruction determination unit 109 (step S120), the information providing server 1 acquires the music content instructed by the music acquisition unit 112 from the music DB 113 and the music search unit. The music list (music attribute information) of the music content designated by 111 is acquired (step S130).

  Next, in the information providing server 1, the screen creation unit 110 creates a screen (hereinafter referred to as a playback screen) indicating music playback (step S140).

  Next, the information providing server 1 transmits the acquired music content, music list, and image playback screen to the user terminal 2 via the communication unit 108 (step S150).

  When the user terminal 2 receives the music content, the music list, and the reproduction screen from the information providing server 1 (step S160), the user terminal 2 reproduces the music while displaying the reproduction screen on the user terminal 2 (step S170). FIG. 8A shows an example of a playback screen when music “music1” is played on the user terminal 2.

  If the user gives an instruction to display the music attribute information during music playback (step S180: YES), the user terminal 2 uses the received music list for the music attribute information of the music being played back, based on the received music list. It displays on the terminal 2 (step S180). FIG. 8B shows an example of a display screen when music attribute information of music “music1” is displayed. As shown in FIG. 8B, a user who is playing music can see music recommendation information of other users in addition to general music attribute information of the music.

  Next, music content search processing will be described with reference to FIG.

  The user displays a music search screen using the user terminal 2 (step S210), inputs search conditions, and transmits it to the information providing server 1 (step S220). FIG. 9A shows an example of a music search screen. Note that the music search screen shown in FIG. 9A shows search conditions for searching for music recommended by the user “USER0010” among songs included in the album “album 10”.

  When the information providing server 1 receives the search condition via the communication unit 108 and the instruction determination unit 109 (step S230), the music search unit 111 stores a music list (music) that matches the search condition from the music list DB 107 (music). Attribute information) is acquired (step S240).

  Next, the information providing server 1 creates a screen (hereinafter referred to as a search result screen) showing the search result based on the acquired music list (step S250).

  Next, the information providing server 1 transmits the acquired music list and the created search result screen to the user terminal 2 via the communication unit 108 (step S260).

  Upon receiving the music list and the search result screen from the information providing server 1 (Step S270), the user terminal 2 displays the search result screen on the user terminal 2 (Step S280). FIG. 9B shows an example of a search result screen as a result of the search condition shown in FIG. When viewing the music attribute information of each music content displayed in FIG. 9B, the user selects one of the music contents and gives an instruction to display the music attribute information. It is also possible to see the music attribute information shown in b).

  Note that the music content search process shown in FIG. 7 only shows a list of music contents that match the search conditions, but this search result is created as a playlist, and music is played along the created playlist. You may make it reproduce | regenerate sequentially. FIG. 10A shows an example of a playlist creation screen, and FIG. 10B shows an example of a playlist display screen. In this case, the user “USER0010” searches for music recommended in the music included in the album “album 10”, and the corresponding music content is sequentially played on the user terminal 2.

  As described above, according to the music information providing system 10 according to the present embodiment, music attribute information is provided to the user terminal 2 connected to the communication network 5 in cooperation with the community-type website (SNS server 1). A communication information storage means for storing communication information for predetermined music registered in the website via the user terminal 2 by a first user who is a member of the website, The second user who is the distribution destination of the communication information registered for the predetermined music is personal attribute information of the member of the website, group information to which the first user belongs, selection of the first user, etc. Distribution destination determining means for determining from among the members of the Web site based on the above, and attributes of music that can be played by the second user When creating a music list that is an information list, a music list creating means for creating a music list by adding communication information registered by the first user to predetermined music attribute information, and a predetermined transmission condition are established. In this case, since the second user has music list transmission means for transmitting a part or all of the music list created by the music list creation means to the user terminal 2 for playing music, the user terminal 2 In, music can be played and searched effectively using the communication function of SNS. That is, the user can play and search for music with reference to the opinions of others with similar hobbies and preferences. In addition, when the external organization 3 distributes communication information, the user can reproduce and search for music based on recommended information of a company he / she likes.

<Other examples>
In the music information providing system 10 according to the present embodiment, the information providing server 1 centrally manages the music content and the music attribute information, and information is provided when the user plays the music content on the user terminal 2. Although the desired music content is streamed from the server 1 and played back, other forms may be used. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, a music information providing system 20 in which each user terminal 7 stores music content in its own device and reproduces the music content stored in its own device may be used. In this case, the information providing server 6 transmits the created music list to the user terminal 7 periodically or as needed via the transmission file creation unit 601, while the user terminal 7 stores the music list DB 701 and the music DB 702. The latest music list held and transmitted from the information providing server 6 is reflected in the music list DB 702. Therefore, when the user plays back / searches music content, the music content in the own device is played back / searched, and the music attribute information of the music list held in the own device is displayed. Note that the opportunity for the information providing server 6 to transmit the music list to the user terminal 7 may be determined by the user's own setting. In addition, when the user includes a plurality of user terminals 7, the user's own terminal Depending on the setting, it may be determined to which user terminal 7 to transmit.

  Moreover, the general tag information B and the user tag information described above show a suitable example, and are not limited to the items shown in FIG. For example, you may add the item regarding the positional information on the user terminals 2 and 7 to the distribution target information of general tag information B and user tag information. That is, when the user terminals 2 and 7 can acquire their own position information (for example, a user terminal having a GPS function), music recommendation information is distributed by regarding the position information as a distribution target area. Also good. Further, the location information of the tag creator's user terminals 2 and 7 may be acquired, and the distribution target area may be determined based on the location information (for example, music recommendation is recommended for users in the vicinity of the tag creator). To distribute information). Further, information related to the distribution time may be added, and the music recommendation information may be distributed only during the distribution time.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made to the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention. Such modifications and changes can be made, and those accompanying such modifications and changes are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

It is a schematic block diagram of the music information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a data block diagram of the general tag information used by the music information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention, user tag information, and SNS attribute information. It is a data block diagram of the music list information used with the music information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a specific data block diagram of general tag information, user tag information, SNS attribute information, and music list information used in the music information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the music list creation process of the music information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the music content reproduction | regeneration processing of the music information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of the music content search process of the music information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the reproduction | regeneration screen and music attribute information display screen when reproducing | regenerating music with the user terminal of the music information provision system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the music search screen and search result screen in the user terminal of the music information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of the playlist creation screen and the playlist display screen in the user terminal of the music information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the music information provision system which concerns on other embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,6 Information provision server 2,7 User terminal 3 External organization 4 SNS server 5 Communication network 10,20 Music information provision system 101 General tag information reflection part 102 User tag information reflection part 103 Music tag information DB
104 SNS attribute information reflection unit 105 SNS attribute information DB
106 Music list creation unit 107,701 Music list DB
108 Communication Unit 109 Instruction Determination Unit 110 Screen Creation Unit 111 Music Search Unit 112 Music Acquisition Unit 113,702 Music DB
601 Transmission file creation part

Claims (7)

An information providing server that provides music attribute information to a terminal device connected to a communication network in cooperation with a community-type website,
Communication information storage means for storing communication information for predetermined music registered by the first user who is a member of the community-type website on the website via the terminal device;
The second user who is the distribution destination of the communication information registered for the predetermined music is the personal attribute information of the member of the website, the group information to which the first user belongs, and the first user. A delivery destination determination means for determining from among the members of the Web site based on at least one of the selections;
When creating a music list that is a list of attribute information of music that can be played by the second user, the music list is created by adding communication information registered by the first user to the attribute information of the predetermined music. Music list creation means,
When a predetermined transmission condition is satisfied, a music list transmission unit that transmits a part or all of the music list created by the music list creation unit to a terminal device for playing music by the second user;
An information providing server characterized by comprising: The establishment of the predetermined transmission condition is when the second user plays the predetermined music on the terminal device,
The information providing server according to claim 1, wherein the transmitted music list is music attribute information of the predetermined music. Music list search means for creating, as a search result, a music list that matches the search condition from the music list when the second user searches the music list with a predetermined search condition including the communication information. In addition,
The music list transmission means includes
3. The information providing server according to claim 1, wherein a search result created by the music list search means is transmitted. Music content transmitting means for transmitting the music content instructed to be played by the second user to the user terminal;
The music content transmitting means includes
4. The information providing server according to claim 3, wherein corresponding music contents are sequentially transmitted to the user terminal according to the search result. The predetermined transmission condition can be set by the second user,
2. The information providing server according to claim 1, wherein the music list transmitting means transmits the entire music list of the second user to a terminal device on which the second user reproduces music. The communication information includes position information of the terminal device,
6. The information providing server according to claim 1, wherein the distribution destination determination unit determines the distribution destination in consideration of the position information. The communication information storage means includes
7. The communication information registered for the predetermined music by a third user who is not a member of the community-type Web site is stored in addition to the first user. The information providing server according to item 1.

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