Patent ID: 6969794
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
1. A music playback apparatus comprising: a storage section in a local music playback apparatus for storing the data of a plurality of musical pieces to be played back; a first musical-piece playback section for playing back the musical pieces, whose data is stored in the storage section; a musical-piece-playback-information generation section for generating musical-piece playback information indicating a played musical piece when the first musical-piece playback section included in the local apparatus has started musical-piece playback and finishes it; a musical-piece-playback-information sharing section for sharing the musical-piece playback information generated by the musical-piece-playback-information generation section between the local apparatus and at least one other music playback apparatus having a second musical-piece playback section; and a musical-piece selection section for selecting a musical piece to be played back next by the first musical-piece playback section, using the shared musical-piece playback information, wherein the shared musical-piece playback information includes information indicating a musical piece played by the second musical-piece playback section of the at least one other music playback apparatus.