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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Toshihiro Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Shimoyoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikiko Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A client terminal searches for servers on a home network when a song-data playback application is started up. When the client terminal receives a response from a server which was in connection therewith at the preceding operation, the client terminal establishes a preferential connection with the server and stops a process of searching for the servers. The client terminal obtains a list of album names and song data from the connected server so as to display the list, and plays back song data selected by a user by streaming.