Music playback apparatus and music playback system
First Claim
1. A music playback apparatus comprising:
- a storage section in a local music playback apparatus for storing the data of a plurality of musical pieces to be played back;
a first musical-piece playback section for playing back the musical pieces, whose data is stored in the storage section;
a musical-piece-playback-information generation section for generating musical-piece playback information indicating a played musical piece when the first musical-piece playback section included in the local apparatus has started musical-piece playback and finishes it;
a musical-piece-playback-information sharing section for sharing the musical-piece playback information generated by the musical-piece-playback-information generation section between the local apparatus and at least one other music playback apparatus having a second musical-piece playback section; and
a musical-piece selection section for selecting a musical piece to be played back next by the first musical-piece playback section, using the shared musical-piece playback information,wherein the shared musical-piece playback information includes information indicating a musical piece played by the second musical-piece playback section of the at least one other music playback apparatus.
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Abstract
The data of the same musical pieces are stored in the same order in each of a plurality of music playback apparatuses. When one music playback apparatus is instructed to finish musical-piece playback, it generates musical-piece playback information indicating the playback order of the musical piece being played at that time, and sends the musical-piece playback information to a mobile telephone. The mobile telephone receives the musical-piece playback information and stores it in its internal memory. When the mobile telephone is moved to a position around another of the music playback apparatuses, the mobile telephone sends the musical-piece playback information to the other music playback apparatus. When the other music playback apparatus is instructed to start musical-piece playback, it selects the musical piece to be played back next, according to the musical-piece playback information sent from the mobile telephone, reads the data of the selected musical piece, and starts playing back the musical piece.
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17 Claims
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1. A music playback apparatus comprising:
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a storage section in a local music playback apparatus for storing the data of a plurality of musical pieces to be played back; a first musical-piece playback section for playing back the musical pieces, whose data is stored in the storage section; a musical-piece-playback-information generation section for generating musical-piece playback information indicating a played musical piece when the first musical-piece playback section included in the local apparatus has started musical-piece playback and finishes it; a musical-piece-playback-information sharing section for sharing the musical-piece playback information generated by the musical-piece-playback-information generation section between the local apparatus and at least one other music playback apparatus having a second musical-piece playback section; and a musical-piece selection section for selecting a musical piece to be played back next by the first musical-piece playback section, using the shared musical-piece playback information, wherein the shared musical-piece playback information includes information indicating a musical piece played by the second musical-piece playback section of the at least one other music playback apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A music playback system comprising a plurality of music playback apparatuses,
each of the plurality of music playback apparatuses comprising: -
a storage section in a local music playback apparatus for storing the data of a plurality of musical pieces to be played back; a first musical-piece playback section for playing back the musical pieces, whose data is stored in the storage section; a musical-piece-playback-information generation section for generating musical-piece playback information indicating a played musical piece when the first musical-piece playback section included in the local apparatus has started musical-piece playback and finishes it; a musical-piece-playback-information sharing section for sharing the musical-piece playback information generated by the musical-piece-playback-information generation section between the local apparatus and at least one other music playback apparatus having a second musical-piece playback section; and a musical-piece selection section for selecting a musical piece to be played back next by the first musical-piece playback section, using the shared musical-piece playback information, wherein the shared musical-piece playback information includes information indicating a musical piece played by the second musical-piece playback section of the at least one other music playback apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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