Patent ID: 7720934

Claim:
An electronic musical apparatus comprising: a page data receiving device that receives music contents distribution page data including a list of music contents providable to the electronic musical apparatus and types of designatable usage modes; a usage mode instruction sending device that instructs a music contents distributing site to provide designated music contents and a designated usage mode; a distribution mode receiving device that receives a distribution mode designating file indicative of whether the designated music contents are to be distributed from the music contents distributing site in a download mode or a streaming mode; a distribution mode interpreting device that interprets the received distribution mode designating file; a contents receiving device that receives the designated music contents from the music contents distributing site; and a contents processing device that performs processing on the received designated music contents in the download mode or the streaming mode according to a result of the interpretation by said distribution mode interpreting device, wherein both the music contents distribution page data and the distribution mode designating file are separate from the designated music contents to be received, and are received in advance of the designated music contents to be received, and wherein the distribution mode designating file includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) indicative of a location of the corresponding music contents in the music contents distributing site, and a distribution type indicative of the mode in which the corresponding music contents is to be distributed to the electronic musical apparatus.