Information processing apparatus, music distribution system, music distribution method and computer program
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus for playing back music data, connected to a distribution server for distributing music data over a network, comprising:
- a music storage portion to store music data;
a music playback portion to play back music data;
a metadata acquisition portion to acquire metadata describing information about the music data being played back in the music playback portion;
a metadata transmission portion to transmit the metadata acquired in the metadata acquisition portion to the distribution server;
a music reception portion to receive music data selected in the distribution server based on the information contained in the metadata and distributed from the distribution server;
a music acquisition portion to acquire the music data from the music storage portion based on the information contained in the metadata; and
a control portion to control the music playback portion to play back the music data distributed from the distribution server and the music data acquired from the music storage portion by the music acquisition portion.
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Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a music storage portion to store music data, a music playback portion to play back music data, a metadata acquisition portion to acquire metadata describing information about the music data being played back in the music playback portion, a metadata transmission portion to transmit the metadata acquired in the metadata acquisition portion to the distribution server, a music reception portion to receive music data selected in the distribution server based on the information contained in the metadata and distributed from the distribution server, a music acquisition portion to acquire the music data from the music storage portion based on the information contained in the metadata, and a control portion to control the music playback portion to play back the music data distributed from the distribution server and the music data acquired from the music storage portion by the music acquisition portion.
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15 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus for playing back music data, connected to a distribution server for distributing music data over a network, comprising:
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a music storage portion to store music data; a music playback portion to play back music data; a metadata acquisition portion to acquire metadata describing information about the music data being played back in the music playback portion; a metadata transmission portion to transmit the metadata acquired in the metadata acquisition portion to the distribution server; a music reception portion to receive music data selected in the distribution server based on the information contained in the metadata and distributed from the distribution server; a music acquisition portion to acquire the music data from the music storage portion based on the information contained in the metadata; and a control portion to control the music playback portion to play back the music data distributed from the distribution server and the music data acquired from the music storage portion by the music acquisition portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An information processing apparatus for playing back content data, connected to another information processing apparatus over a network, comprising:
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a content storage portion to store content data; a content playback portion to play back content data; a metadata acquisition portion to acquire metadata describing information about the content data being played back in the content playback portion; a metadata transmission portion to transmit the metadata acquired in the metadata acquisition portion to the other information processing apparatus; a content reception portion to receive content data selected in the other information processing apparatus based on the information contained in the metadata and transmitted from the other information processing apparatus; a content acquisition portion to acquire the content data from the content storage portion based on the information contained in the metadata; and a control portion to control the content playback portion to play back the content data transmitted from the other information processing apparatus and the content data acquired from the content storage portion by the content acquisition portion.
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7. A music distribution system comprising a distribution server for distributing music and an information processing apparatus for playing back music, connected to the distribution server over a network, wherein
the information processing apparatus includes: -
a music storage portion to store music data; a music playback portion to play back music data; a metadata acquisition portion to acquire metadata describing information about the music data being played back in the music playback portion; a metadata transmission portion to transmit the metadata acquired in the metadata acquisition portion to the distribution server; a music reception portion to receive music data selected in the distribution server based on the information contained in the metadata and distributed from the distribution server; a music acquisition portion to acquire the music data from the music storage portion based on the information contained in the metadata; and a control portion to control the music playback portion to play back the music data distributed from the distribution server and the music data acquired from the music storage portion by the music acquisition portion, and the distribution server includes; a music retention portion to retain music; a metadata reception portion to receive the metadata describing information about the music being played back in the information processing apparatus from the information processing apparatus; a music selection portion to select the music retained in the music retention portion based on the information contained in the metadata; and a music distribution portion to distribute the music selected by the music selection portion to the information processing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A music distribution method for distributing music data from a distribution server to an information processing apparatus over a network, comprising the steps of:
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storing music data in the information processing apparatus; playing back music data in the information processing apparatus; acquiring metadata describing information about the music being played back in the playback step in the information processing apparatus; transmitting the metadata acquired in the metadata acquiring step from the information processing apparatus to the distribution server; receiving the metadata describing the information about the music being played back in the information processing apparatus and transmitted in the transmitting step by the distribution server; selecting music to be distributed over the network based on the information contained in the metadata received in the metadata receiving step by the distribution server; distributing the music selected in the music selecting step from the distribution server to the information processing apparatus over the network; acquiring the music data stored in the storing step based on the information contained in the metadata; and controlling music playback to play back the music data distributed from the distribution server and the music data acquired in the music acquiring step.
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15. A computer program for playing back music in a computer connected to a distribution server for distributing music over a network, the computer program causing the computer to execute a process comprising the steps of:
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storing music data; playing back music data; acquiring metadata describing information about the music being played back in the playback step; transmitting the metadata acquired in the metadata acquiring step to the distribution server; receiving music selected in the distribution server based on the information contained in the metadata and distributed from the distribution server; acquiring the music data stored in the storing step based on the information contained in the metadata; and controlling music playback to play back the music data distributed from the distribution server and the music data acquired in the music acquiring step.
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