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Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2004
Applicants:

Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;

Makoto Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuya Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasushi Miyajima, Kanagawa, JP;

Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo, JP;

Akiko Inoue, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Kenichi Makino, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiro Terauchi, Tokyo, JP;

Makoto Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuya Shirai, Kanagawa, JP;

Yasushi Miyajima, Kanagawa, JP;

Motoyuki Takai, Tokyo, JP;

Akiko Inoue, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 20/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Location information obtained from a positioning systemand environmental information such as time, temperature, air pressure and the like measured by an environmental information sensorare associated with the reproduction history of music and are recorded in a history storage RAM, and music reproduced in the past at the same location as the present location is automatically selected and the music suitable for the location is automatically selected and reproduced based on the location information.


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