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Method, apparatus, and system for delivering contents

  • US 6,947,705 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2002
  • Issued: 09/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A music delivery method of delivering contents from a music delivery apparatus equipped in a public space, said method comprising:

  • seeking, by the music delivery apparatus having a short-distance radio communication device, a music playback apparatus having a same type of short-distance radio communication device as the music delivery apparatus and present within a short-distance radio communication range;

    trying to establish a connection to the music playback apparatus by the music delivery apparatus;

    sending guidance information associated with music data from the music delivery apparatus via a short-distance radio communication to the music playback apparatus within a radio communication range when the connection has been successfully established;

    sending the music data from the music delivery apparatus via a short-distance radio communication to the music playback apparatus in accordance with an instruction from the music playback apparatus that received the guidance information; and

    displaying items for individually identifying music playback apparatuses within the communication range on a screen of the music delivery apparatus, wherein the guidance information is sent via a short-distance radio communication to the music playback apparatus corresponding to an item designated from among the items displayed on the screen.

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