SYNCHRONIZED PLAYING OF SONGS BY A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS MOBILE TERMINALS
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1. A wireless mobile terminal comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) transceiver that is configured to communicate via a wireless communication network with other terminals;
a speaker; and
a controller that is configured to select among a plurality of subcomponents of a song to be played from the terminal in response to communications with at least one other terminal, and to play the selected song subcomponent through the speaker.
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Abstract
A mobile terminal can select among a plurality of subcomponents of a song that are to be played from the terminal in response to communications with another terminal which may concurrently play a different subcomponent of the same song. The mobile terminal can alternatively or additionally identify a song that is being played by another terminal, identify a current playback location within a song data file for the identified song, and begin playing the identified song at the identified location in the song data file.
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21 Claims
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1. A wireless mobile terminal comprising:
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a radio frequency (RF) transceiver that is configured to communicate via a wireless communication network with other terminals; a speaker; and a controller that is configured to select among a plurality of subcomponents of a song to be played from the terminal in response to communications with at least one other terminal, and to play the selected song subcomponent through the speaker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A wireless mobile terminal comprising:
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a radio frequency (RF) transceiver that is configured to communicate via a wireless communication network with other terminals; a speaker; a microphone; and a controller that is configured to identify a song present in a microphone signal from the microphone, to identify a current playback location within a song data file for the identified song, and to play the identified song starting at a location defined relative to the identified location in the song data file. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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