Automatic tune selection and playback apparatus
First Claim
1. An automatic tune selection and playback apparatus comprising:
- a playback means for supporting a storage medium in which a plurality of tunes are stored, and for selecting a specified tune in accordance with a tune-specifying information to playback the selected tune;
a plurality of terminal units each of which receives and stores said tune-specifying information;
a central control means for sequentially reading said tune-specifying information from each of said terminal units as a data specific to that terminal unit so as to supply said playback means with said tune-specifying information, wherein said terminal units receive and store said tune-specifying information and information indicative of a person who requests said tune.
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Abstract
An automatic tune-selection and playback apparatus including a playback for supporting a storage medium in which a plurality of tunes are stored, and for selecting a specified tune in accordance with the tune-specifying information to playback the selected tune, a plurality of terminal units each of which receives and stores the tune-specifying information, and a central control unit for sequentially reading the tune-specifying information from each of the terminal units as data specific to that terminal so as to supply the playback with the tune-specifying information. Thus, the automatic tune selection and playback apparatus is capable of efficiently accepting large amounts of request tunes.
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9 Claims
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1. An automatic tune selection and playback apparatus comprising:
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a playback means for supporting a storage medium in which a plurality of tunes are stored, and for selecting a specified tune in accordance with a tune-specifying information to playback the selected tune; a plurality of terminal units each of which receives and stores said tune-specifying information; a central control means for sequentially reading said tune-specifying information from each of said terminal units as a data specific to that terminal unit so as to supply said playback means with said tune-specifying information, wherein said terminal units receive and store said tune-specifying information and information indicative of a person who requests said tune. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An automatic tune selection and playback apparatus comprising:
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a playback means for supporting a storage medium in which a plurality of tunes are stored, and for selecting a specified tune in accordance with a tune-specifying information to play the selected tune; a plurality of terminal units each of which receives and stores said tune specifying information; a central control means for sequentially reading said tune-specifying information from each of said terminal units as a data specific to that terminal unit so as to supply said playback means with said tune-specifying information;
whereinsaid central control means decides order of playing back requested tunes corresponding to the respective terminals units on the basis of the tune-specifying information that have been read from said terminal units and reports the order of playing back the tunes. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. An automatic tune selection and playback apparatus comprising:
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a playback means for supporting a storage medium in which a plurality of tunes are stored, and for selecting a specified tune in accordance with a tune-specifying information to playback the selected tune; a plurality of terminal units each of which receives and stores said tune-specifying information; a central control means for sequentially reading said tune-specifying information form each of said terminal units as a data specific to that terminal unit so as to supply said playback means with said tune-specifying information;
ana display means provided at each terminal unit; wherein said central control means transfers a tune information of a tune currently being play back to said terminal units, said terminal units displaying a display on the basis of said tune information of the tune currently being played back by means of said display means; and wherein said central control means transfers information on a tune being played back to one of said plurality of terminal units in accordance with a tune-information request command outputted from said one of the terminal units.
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7. An automatic tune selection and playback apparatus comprising:
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a playback means for supporting a storage medium in which a plurality of tunes and a plurality of tunes including tune contents character information are stored, and for selecting a specified tune in accordance with a tune-specifying information to playback the selected tune; a plurality of terminal units each of which receives and stores said tune-specifying information; a central control means for sequentially reading said tune-specifying information from each of said terminal units as a data specific to that terminal unit so as to supply said playback means with said tune-specifying information; and a display means provided at each terminal unit; wherein said central control means transfers said tune contents character information outputted from said playback means to said terminal units, said terminal units displaying a display on the basis of said tune contents character information by means of said display means; and wherein said central control means transfers said tune contents character information obtained from said playback means to one of said plurality of terminal units in accordance with a tune contents information request command outputted from said one of the terminal units. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An automatic tune selection and playback apparatus comprising:
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a playback means for supporting a storage medium in which a plurality of tunes are stored, and for selecting a specified tune in accordance with a tune-specifying information to playback the selected tune; a plurality of terminal units each of which receives and stores said tune-specifying information; a specifying means for specifying priority of playback for each said terminal units; a central control means for sequentially reading said tune-specifying information from each of said terminal units as a data specific to that terminal unit so as to supply said playback means with said tune-specifying information both in accordance with priority of the specified playback order and corresponding to the respective terminal units; wherein said central control means has a selection means for selecting any one of a normal mode and a specified mode for reading said tune-specifying information from said terminal units, said central control means reading said tune-specifying information from all of said plurality of terminal units in the normal mode, and from only desired terminal units of said plurality of terminal units in the specified mode.
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