Patent ID: 7700866

Claim:
An electronic musical apparatus connectable to a server through a public communication network for communicating data, the apparatus comprising: a communication device configured to transmit to the server a connection request through the public communication network and ID data that identify at least either one of the model or user of the electronic musical apparatus through the public communication network, and to receive from the server display screen data including service items that meet requirements of the model or user identified by the ID data, the service items representing network services available from the server for the model or the user; a display screen having peripheral edges; a plurality of selecting controls arranged in the vicinity of the peripheral edges of the display screen; a display screen image generating device that generates a screen image to be displayed on the display screen based on the received screen display data, the screen image containing a plurality of indicator elements correspondingly exhibited near the selecting controls for selection by a user, each of the indicator elements showing one of the service items available to the electronic musical apparatus from the server through the public communication network, the screen image of the indicator elements showing the service items based on the received display screen data for selection of the network services available from the server; and an item selection determining device that determines the service item to be provided according to the selection by the user from among the service items representing the network services to be accessed through the public communication network to the electronic musical apparatus, wherein the communication device transmits to the server a request of the network service represented by the service item shown in the indicator element selected by the user and receives from the server the network service corresponding to the requested network service item.