Audio transmission, recording and reproducing system
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1. An audio reproducing apparatus, comprising:
- control means for controlling entire behaviors;
storage means for writing and reading data;
audio expanding means for expanding compressed audio data;
external I/O means for transferring incoming and outgoing data, the transferring of incoming and outgoing data operative to charge an account associated with the transfer of such incoming and outgoing data; and
a personal computer standard bus for transmitting data among said control means, said storage means, said audio expanding means and said external I/O means, so that compressed audio data is stored in said storage means, and said compressed audio data is transferred to and expanded by said audio expanding means to be audibly reproduced.
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Abstract
An audio recording and reproducing apparatus includes a controller for controlling the entire behaviors, hard disc for write and read of audio data, audio compression/expansion circuit for expanding compressed audio data, and external I/O port. The audio recording and reproducing apparatus is connected to a network service center to obtain desired music data from storage of the network service center and to store it in the hard disc.
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20 Claims
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1. An audio reproducing apparatus, comprising:
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control means for controlling entire behaviors; storage means for writing and reading data; audio expanding means for expanding compressed audio data; external I/O means for transferring incoming and outgoing data, the transferring of incoming and outgoing data operative to charge an account associated with the transfer of such incoming and outgoing data; and a personal computer standard bus for transmitting data among said control means, said storage means, said audio expanding means and said external I/O means, so that compressed audio data is stored in said storage means, and said compressed audio data is transferred to and expanded by said audio expanding means to be audibly reproduced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An audio recording apparatus, comprising:
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control means for controlling entire behaviors; storage means for writing and reading data; audio compressing means for compressing audio data; external I/O means for transferring incoming and outgoing data; and a personal computer standard bus for transmitting data among said control means, said storage means, said audio compressing means and said external I/O means, wherein incoming data sent in a predetermined format is transferred through said external I/O means, and compressed audio data is generated from the transferred incoming data and stored in said storage means, the transferring of incoming and outgoing data operative to charge an account associated with the transfer of such incoming and outgoing data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An audio recording and reproducing system, comprising:
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an audio recording and reproducing apparatus incorporating control means for controlling entire behaviors; storage means for writing and reading data; audio expanding means for expanding compressed audio data; external I/O means for transferring incoming and outgoing data, the transferring of incoming and outgoing data operative to charge an account associated with the transfer of such incoming and outgoing data; first functional means removably attached to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus to add a supplementary function to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus; and second functional means removably attached to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus to add a new function to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An audio recording and reproducing system comprising:
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an audio recording and reproducing apparatus incorporating control means for controlling entire behaviors, storage means for writing and reading data, audio expanding means for expanding compressed audio data, and external I/O means for exchanging incoming data; first functional means removably attached to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus to add a supplementary function to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus; and second functional means removably attached to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus to add a new function to said audio recording and reproducing apparatus, wherein said second functional means adds the function of at least one of video compression, facsimile transmission, wireless transmission, pager, navigation and wire transmission. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. An audio data transmission method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving desired audio data through a communication line from an audio data base storing a plurality of pieces of audio data; storing said audio data in a receiver to thereafter reproduce the audio data within the receiver, wherein said audio data base is configured to send out to said receiver data in a predetermined transmission format for and to charge the service to an account of said receiver, the data in a predetermined transmission format including the audio data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. An information receiving apparatus, comprising:
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means for choosing desired audio data from an audio data base storing a plurality of pieces of audio data; means for receiving desired audio data through a communication line and for storing the chosen audio data; and means for reproducing the stored audio data, wherein in response to receipt of the desired audio data an account associated with the receipt of desired audio data is charged.
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