Mobile phone with music reproduction function, music data reproduction method by mobile phone with music reproduction function, and the program thereof
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1. A mobile phone with a music reproduction function, said mobile phone comprising:
- a reproduction unit operable to reproduce music data which is recorded in a recording medium;
an incoming call detection unit operable to detect an incoming call from outside;
a stop unit operable to instruct said reproduction unit to stop reproduction of the music data when said incoming call detection unit detects an incoming call while said reproduction unit is reproducing the music data;
a resume method storage unit operable to store information indicating at least two reproduction resume methods; and
a control unit operable to select one of the at least two reproduction resume methods stored in said resume method storage unit, specify a reproduction start position of the music data based on the selected reproduction resume method, and instruct said reproduction unit to reproduce the music data from the specified reproduction start position, after reproduction is stopped by said reproduction unit in accordance with the instruction from said stop unit and a conversation finishes, wherein the at least two reproduction resume methods includes at least one of a method to reproduce the music data from a beginning of the music data which was being reproduced just before being stopped, a method to reproduce the music data from a point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped, and a method to jump back to the music data for a specified time, as a run back, from the point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped and to restart the reproduction of the music data at the run back point.
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Abstract
A mobile phone with music reproduction function has a reproduction unit that reproduces music data and a ring tone which are recorded in a music data recording medium, and a communication unit 108 that detects an incoming call from outside. The mobile phone 100 has a control unit that instructs the reproduction unit to perform a fade-out process of reproducing the music data and to perform a fade-in process of outputting the ring tone when the communication unit detects an incoming call while the reproduction unit is reproducing music data.
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5 Claims
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1. A mobile phone with a music reproduction function, said mobile phone comprising:
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a reproduction unit operable to reproduce music data which is recorded in a recording medium;
an incoming call detection unit operable to detect an incoming call from outside;
a stop unit operable to instruct said reproduction unit to stop reproduction of the music data when said incoming call detection unit detects an incoming call while said reproduction unit is reproducing the music data;
a resume method storage unit operable to store information indicating at least two reproduction resume methods; and
a control unit operable to select one of the at least two reproduction resume methods stored in said resume method storage unit, specify a reproduction start position of the music data based on the selected reproduction resume method, and instruct said reproduction unit to reproduce the music data from the specified reproduction start position, after reproduction is stopped by said reproduction unit in accordance with the instruction from said stop unit and a conversation finishes, wherein the at least two reproduction resume methods includes at least one of a method to reproduce the music data from a beginning of the music data which was being reproduced just before being stopped, a method to reproduce the music data from a point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped, and a method to jump back to the music data for a specified time, as a run back, from the point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped and to restart the reproduction of the music data at the run back point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A music data reproduction method of a mobile phone with a music reproduction function for storing information indicating at least two reproduction resume methods in a memory in advance, said music data reproduction method comprising:
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reproducing music data recorded in a recording medium;
detecting an incoming call from outside;
temporarily stopping reproduction of the reproduced music data when an incoming call is detected while the music data is being reproduced; and
selecting one of the at least two reproduction resume methods stored in the memory, specifying a reproduction start position of the music data based on the selected reproduction resume method, and resuming reproduction of music data from the specified reproduction start position, after reproduction is stopped and a conversation finishes, wherein the at least two reproduction resume methods includes at least one of a method to reproduce the music data from a beginning of the music data which was being reproduced just before being stopped, a method to reproduce the music data from a point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped, and a method to jump back to the music data for a specified time, as a run back, from the point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped and to restart the reproduction of the music data at the run back point.
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5. A program embodied on a computer readable medium for execution by a computer of a mobile phone with a music reproduction function for storing information indicating at least two reproduction resume methods in a memory in advance, said program comprising:
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computer readable program code operable to reproduce music data recorded in a recording medium;
computer readable program code operable to detect an incoming call from outside;
computer readable program code operable to instruct said computer readable program code operable to reproduce music data to stop reproduction of the music data when said computer readable program code operable to detect an incoming call detects an incoming call while said computer readable program code operable to reproduce music data is reproducing the music data; and
computer readable program code operable to select one of the at least two reproduction resume methods stored in the memory, specify a reproduction start position of the music data based on the selected reproduction resume method, and resume reproduction of the music data from the specified reproduction start position, after reproduction is stopped and a conversation finishes, wherein the at least two reproduction resume methods includes at least one of a method to reproduce the music data from a beginning of the music data which was being reproduced just before being stopped, a method to reproduce the music data from a point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped, and a method to jump back to the music data for a specified time, as a run back, from the point at which the reproduction of the music data was stopped and to restart the reproduction of the music data at the run back point.
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