Patent ID: 6757517
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for interactively playing music between multiple users, including at least a first user and a second user, comprising the steps of:establishing a wireless ad-hoc network between at least a first listening apparatus used by the first user and a second listening apparatus used by the second user; sending a first message from the first apparatus to a public channel; scanning the public channel and receiving the first message to the second apparatus; responding to the first apparatus by sending a second message from the second apparatus to direct the first apparatus to a private channel; sending a first profile from the first apparatus to the private channel; performing matching evaluation between the first profile and a second profile of the second apparatus in the second apparatus based on a specific criterion, wherein only if the criterion is met, the second profile will be sent out; sending the second profile to the first apparatus; performing matching evaluation between the second profile and the first profile in the first apparatus; selecting a song from the first and the second profiles by the first apparatus; and synchronizing playing the song in the first and the second apparatuses.