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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2008
Applicants:

Yutaka Tohgi, Hamakita, JP;

Ken'ichi Yamauchi, Hamamatsu, JP;

Toshihisa Sadakata, Hamamatsu, JP;

Gary Gregson, London, GB;

Inventors:

Yutaka Tohgi, Hamakita, JP;

Ken'ichi Yamauchi, Hamamatsu, JP;

Toshihisa Sadakata, Hamamatsu, JP;

Gary Gregson, London, GB;

Assignee:

Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B, transformation process portion Band utilization process portion Bimplemented via programmed processes. The data input portion Binputs musical content data comprising different kinds of content material data about music and content definition data defining the handling of the content material data. The transformation process portion Btransforms the content definition data in accordance with stylesheets stored in a stylesheet storage portion Bin order to enable the utilization process portion Bto utilize the content material data. The utilization process portion Bgenerates musical tones or displays images in accordance with the input content material, providing a user with musical content. As a result, a piece of musical content is able to be shared among various different types of musical content utilizing apparatuses, i.e., various platforms.


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