Patent ID: 8044290

Claim:
A method of reproducing music data having a plurality of repeated parts, the method comprising: searching for a boundary between a first part and a second part of the music data from among the plurality of repeated parts by analyzing the music data in a frequency domain; marking information in the music data indicating that the boundary between the first and second parts is a point where the first part ends; and reproducing the music data from a beginning of the music data to the point indicated by the marked information of the music data, wherein the searching for the boundary comprises: dividing the music data into the first and second parts, each part being ½ of the music data according to reproducing time of the music data, and establishing the first part as a first window; searching for a first identical part that is identical to the first window by scanning the music data excluding a starting point of the music data from the beginning of the music data; and determining a starting point of the first identical part as the boundary between the first and second parts.