System for delivering music and apparatus for receiving music data

• US 20020152878A1
• Filed: 04/19/2002
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Akashi, Teruo
• Application Number:
  US10/125,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152878A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/609
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0041 in coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/125 Library distribution, i.e. distributing musical pieces from a central or master library
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/211 Wireless transmission, e.g. of music parameters or control data by radio, infrared or ultrasound
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/305 Internet or TCP/IP protocol use for any electrophonic musical instrument data or musical parameter transmission purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/76 Wired systems

Abstract

In the music data receiving apparatus, the music data receiver receives the music data broadcast by the broadcasting station, and then the reproducer reproduces the music data while the related information storage stores the related information for the music. The user, who is listening to the reproduced music, may give a download instruction, which orders to download the air, to the user'"'"'s input receiver, if the user is pleased with the air. The download instruction is transmitted to the server accessor. The server accessor accesses the music delivery server, takes out the information for specifying the air to be downloaded from the related information storage, and then notifies it to the music delivery server. The music delivery server confirms the user or charges a fee executes, and then sends the specified air data.

Claims

1. A system for delivering music comprising:

a sending section for sending music data which include air data and air-related information for uniquely specifying the air data.

3. The system for delivering music according to claim 1, further comprising a music delivery server for sending the air data corresponding to the air-related information, in accordance with a delivery demand including the air-related information.

4. The system for delivering music according to claim 3, further comprising:

a receiving section for receiving the music data; and

an air data downloading section for sending the delivery demand including the air-related information received by said receiving section to said music delivery server while downloading the air data corresponding to the air-related information which is sent by said music delivery server.

5. The system for delivering music according to claim 3, further comprising:

a receiving section for receiving the music data;

a reproducing section for reproducing the air data received by said receiving section; and

an air data downloading section for sending the delivery demand including the air-related information to said music delivery server in accordance with an instruction of a user who listens to the air data reproduced by said reproducing section, while downloading the air data corresponding to the air-related information which is sent by said music delivery server.

6. The system for delivering music according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reproducing section for reproducing the air data received by said receiving section; and

a music output section for outputting the air-related information in the music data received by said receiving section and all of or a part of the air data as occasion demands, to another apparatus.

7. The system for delivering music according to claim 1, further comprising:

a reproducing section for reproducing the air data received by said receiving section; and

an air data downloading section for downloading the air data corresponding to the air-related information using the air-related information, in accordance with an instruction of a user.

2. A system for delivering music comprising:

a music delivery server for sending air data in accordance with a delivery demand including air-related information for uniquely specifying the air data, the sent air data being corresponding to the air-related information.

8. An apparatus for receiving music data comprising:

a receiving section for receiving the music data which include all of or a part of air data and air-related information for uniquely specifying the air data;

a reproducing section for reproducing the air data received by said receiving section; and

a downloading section for accessing a music delivery server using the air-related information to download the air data, in accordance with an instruction of a user.

9. The apparatus for receiving music data according to claim 8, further comprising an output section for outputting the air-related information, or all of or a part of the air data.

10. An apparatus for receiving music data comprising:

a receiving section for receiving the music data which include all of or a part of air data and air-related information for uniquely specifying the air data;

a reproducing section for reproducing the air data received by said receiving section; and

an output section for outputting the air-related information, or a part of desired ratio larger than or equal to 0 of the air data.

11. An apparatus for receiving music data comprising:

a receiving section for receiving music data which include a part of desired ratio larger than or equal to 0 of air data and air-related information for uniquely specifying the air data; and

a downloading section for accessing a music delivery server using the air-related information to download the air data, in accordance with an instruction of a user.

12. An apparatus for receiving music data comprising:

a receiving section for receiving music data which include a part of desired ratio larger than or equal to 0 of air data and air-related information for uniquely specifying the air data; and

an output section for outputting the air-related information, or a part of desired ratio larger than or equal to 0 of the air data.

13. An air-related information adding apparatus which receives air data, and then adds air-related information for uniquely specifying the air data.