MUSICAL CONTENT UTILIZING APPARATUS

• US 20080156172A1
• Filed: 03/03/2008
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
• Inventors: GREGSON, Gary, TOHGI, Yutaka, YAMAUCHI, Ken'ichi, SADAKATA, Toshihisa
• Granted Patent: US 7,589,270 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/600
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0066 using a MIDI interface
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/368 displaying animated or moving pictures synchronized with the music or audio part

Abstract

A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B11, transformation process portion B13 and utilization process portion B15 implemented via programmed processes. The data input portion B11 inputs musical content data comprising different kinds of content material data about music and content definition data defining the handling of the content material data. The transformation process portion B13 transforms the content definition data in accordance with stylesheets stored in a stylesheet storage portion B14 in order to enable the utilization process portion B15 to utilize the content material data. The utilization process portion B15 generates musical tones or displays images in accordance with the input content material, providing a user with musical content. As a result, a piece of musical content is able to be shared among various different types of musical content utilizing apparatuses, i.e., various platforms.

Claims

1. A musical content utilizing apparatus comprising:

an input portion inputting musical content data including different kinds of content material data about music;

a filtering portion filtering said different kinds of content material data input at said input portion in order to extract applicable content material data from among said different kinds of content material data; and

a utilization portion providing a user with musical information through the use of content material data extracted at said filtering portion.

2. A musical content utilizing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said filtering portion comprises:

a stylesheet storage portion storing a stylesheet defining content material data applicable to said utilization portion; and

a filtering process portion conducting a process of filtering said input content material data in accordance with the stylesheet stored in said stylesheet storage portion.

3. A musical content utilizing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

said stylesheet stored in said stylesheet storage portion is upgradable.

4. A computer program applied to a musical content utilizing apparatus providing a user with musical content, said computer program including the processes of:

an input process inputting musical content data including different kinds of content material data about music;

a filtering process filtering said different kinds of content material data input at said input process in order to extract applicable content material data from among said different kinds of content material data; and

a utilization process providing a user with musical information through the use of the content material data extracted at said filtering process.

5. A computer program according to claim 4, wherein

a filtering process conducts a process of filtering said input content material data in accordance with a stylesheet defining content material data applicable to said utilization process, said stylesheet being stored in a memory of said musical content utilizing apparatus.

6. A computer program according to claim 5, wherein

said stylesheet stored in said memory is upgradable.