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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2003
Michiaki Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Yoritate, Tokyo, JP;
Michiaki Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Yoritate, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mutual recognition process is performed in step S. When it is determined in step Sthat a request for sending a list of musical pieces has been received, the list of musical pieces is sent in step S. When a request for sending audio data has been received in step S, a transfer-rate measurement process is executed in step S. When it is determined according to the transfer rate in step Sthat the audio can be transmitted, the corresponding compressed audio data is extracted in step S, the compressed audio data is decoded to generate linear PCM data suited to the transfer rate in step S, and transmitted in step S. When the audio data cannot be transmitted, an error message is transmitted in step S. The present invention can be applied, for example, to a server for distributing audio data and an audio player terminal for reproducing the distributed audio data.