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Sound data delivering system, sound data delivery method, delivering server utilized in the sound data delivering system, client-side terminal utilized in the sound data delivering system, and computer-readable recording medium containing a program applied to a computer utilized in the sound data delivering system

  • US 20010049641A1
  • Filed: 06/05/2001
  • Published: 12/06/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sound data delivering system having a client-side terminal and a delivering server that are communicable with each other, said delivering server comprising:

  • request determining means for determining whether a request from said client-side terminal is a request of a regular sound data or a request of a trial-listening sound data; and

    data delivering means for delivering the regular sound data to the client-side terminal with charging a fee to a user of the client-side terminal if the request from said client-side terminal is determined to be a request of said regular sound data, and for delivering the trial-listening sound data to the client-side terminal without charging a fee to the user of the client-side terminal if the request from the client-side terminal is determined to be a request of said trial-listening sound data, and said client-side terminal comprising;

    storage means for storing said delivered regular sound data and said delivered trial-listening sound data; and

    reproduction means for generating a sound in accordance with said stored sound data to reproduce the sound data.

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