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Music playback apparatus and music playback system

  • US 20030089217A1
  • Filed: 09/30/2002
  • Published: 05/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A music playback apparatus comprising:

  • a storage section for storing the data of a plurality of musical pieces to be played back;

    a musical-piece playback section for playing back the musical pieces, whose data is stored in the storage section;

    a musical-piece-playback-information generation section for generating musical-piece playback information indicating the playback order of the musical piece being played back when the musical-piece playback section included in a local apparatus has started musical-piece playback and finishes it;

    a musical-piece-playback-information sharing section for sharing the musical-piece playback information generated by the musical-piece-playback-information generation section between the local apparatus and at least one other music playback apparatus; and

    a musical-piece selection section for selecting the musical piece to be played back next by the musical-piece playback section, according to the shared musical-piece playback information.

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