Patent ID: 9304734
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: G06F,H04H,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A music system control method for controlling a plurality of devices and a plurality of music software processes connected one another via a network so as to make some of the devices and some of the music software processes operate as one music system of a plurality of music systems operating on the network, comprising: a first step of receiving heartbeat signals regularly transmitted from each of the plurality of devices and the plurality of music software processes by broadcast or multicast, each heartbeat signal including a unique identifier of a corresponding device or a music software process, identification information of a music system of the plurality of music systems to which each of the plurality of devices or the plurality of music software processes which sent the heartbeat signals belongs to; a second step of presenting, based on the heartbeat signals received in the first step, each of the plurality of devices and the plurality of music software processes which sent the heartbeat signals such that it is possible for a user to differentiate which of the plurality of devices and the plurality of music software processes belong to any of the plurality of music systems and which do not belong to any of the plurality of music systems; a third step of accepting, from a user, selection of a device or music software process among the plurality of devices or the plurality of music software processes not belonging to any music system presented in the second step, and registering the selected device or music software process as a device or music software process belonging to the one music system; and a fourth step of accepting, from a user, operation to the one music system, and controlling the device or music software process belonging to the one music system according to the accepted operation.