METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICING BGM REQUEST AND FOR PROVIDING SOUND SOURCE INFORMATION

1 . A method for providing a user terminal with music source information, the method comprising:

maintaining a music source information database which stores a member store identifier, with respect to at least one member store, and background music (BGM) source information which corresponds to the member store identifier, the BGM source information including playlist information of a BGM source to be played in the member store;

receiving the member store identifier from a user via a wired/wireless communication network;

reading the BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier by referring to the music source information; and

transmitting the BGM source information to the user terminal.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user's request for related contents service with respect to the transmitted BGM source information; and

providing the user terminal with the related content.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the related contents is any one of a BGM source file corresponding to the BGM source information, data of ring sounds corresponding to the BGM source information, data of ring back tones corresponding to the BGM source information, and data about artists corresponding to the BGM source information.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the providing the user terminal with the related contents provides address information to enable the related contents to be used in the user terminal.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wired/wireless communication network supports a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) or the World Wide Web (WEB).

6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

controlling a predetermined payment system to pay for the related contents when a purchase request for the related contents exists, from the user.

7 . A method of providing a service with respect to a request for a BGM source, the method comprising:

maintaining a music source information database which stores a member store identifier, with respect to at least one member store, and BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier, the BGM source information including playlist information of a BGM source to be played in the member store;

receiving the member store identifier from a user terminal via a wired/wireless communication network;

receiving requested BGM source information;

updating the BGM source information stored in the music source information database according to the requested BGM source information.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the receiving of the member store identifier from the user terminal via the wired/wireless communication network comprises:

reading the BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier by referring to the music source information database, and providing the user terminal with the BGM source information.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the receiving of the BGM source information comprises:

receiving comment data to be inserted into the requested BGM source, from the user terminal, for the BGM source

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the comment data is text data, and further comprises converting the comment data to a speech file via a predetermined converter.

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the wired/wireless communication network supports a WAP or a WEB.

12 . A method of providing a service with respect to a request for BGM source information, the method comprising:

receiving required BGM source information to play in a member store from at least one member store, and storing the BGM source information in a music source information database, the BGM source information including playlist information of the BGM source to play in the member store;

receiving the member store identifier from a user terminal via a wired/wireless communication network;

receiving requested BGM source information from the user terminal; and

updating the BGM source information stored in the music source information database according to the requested BGM source information.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the receiving of the required BGM source information to play in the member store comprises:

receiving category information of the BGM source to play in the member store,

wherein the updating of the BGM source information stored in the music source information database comprises:

determining whether category information of the BGM source included in the requested BGM source information and the category information being received from the member store satisfy a predetermined condition; and

updating the music source information database when the predetermined condition is satisfied as a result of the determination.

14 . A computer-readable storage medium storing a program for implementing a method for providing a user terminal with music source information, the method comprising:

maintaining a music source information database which stores a member store identifier, with respect to at least one member store, and background music (BGM) source information which corresponds to the member store identifier, the BGM source information including playlist information of a BGM source to be played in the member store;

receiving the member store identifier from a user terminal via a wired/wireless communication network;

reading the BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier by referring to the music source information; and

transmitting the BGM source information to the user terminal.

15 . A system for providing a user terminal with music source information, the system comprising:

a music source information database storing a member store identifier, with respect to at least one member store, and BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier, the BGM source information including playlist information of a BGM source to be played in the member store;

a member store identifier receiving module receiving the member store identifier via a wired/wireless communication network from a user;

a music source information management module outputting the BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier by referring to the music source information database; and

a music source information transmission module transmitting the BGM source information to a user terminal.

16 . The system of claim 15 , further comprising:

a contents management module receiving a user's request for related contents with respect to the transmitted BGM source information;

a contents transmission module transmitting the related contents being transmitted from the user to the user terminal.

17 . The system of claims 16 , wherein the related contents is any one of a BGM source file corresponding to the BGM source information, data of ring sounds corresponding to the BGM source information, data of substituting ring back tones corresponding to the BGM source information, and data about artists corresponding to the BGM source information.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the contents transmission module provides address information to enable the related contents to be used in the user terminal.

19 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the wired/wireless communication network supports a WAP or a WEB.

20 . The system of claim 16 , further comprising:

a payment control module controlling a predetermined payment system to pay for the related contents when a purchase request for the related contents exists, from the user.

21 . A system for providing a service to play a BGM source in a real time streaming manner in a corresponding member store by making a request for the BGM source via a user terminal, the system comprising:

a music source information database storing a member store identifier, with respect to at least one member store, and BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier, the BGM source information including playlist information of the BGM source to be played in the member store;

a member store identifier management module receiving the member store identifier from a user via a wired/wireless communication network, and transmitting the member store identifier to the user terminal;

a music source information management module outputting the BGM source information which corresponds to the member store identifier by referring to the music source information, and transmitting the BGM source information to the user terminal; and

a music source selection providing module selecting the BGM source of a music source being required by the member store from the music source information database, and selecting a requested BGM source which is requested by a user.

22 . The system of claim 21 , further comprising:

a comment data receiving module receiving comment data to be inserted into the requested BGM source from the user terminal; and

a converter transmitting the comment data in a streaming manner, and converting the comment data to a speech file which is inserted to the requested BGM source.