Patent ID: 8737629

Claim:
An audio signal processing system including audio signal reproducing devices which respectively reproduce different sound contents in a plurality of areas including a predetermined area, said audio signal processing system further comprising: a receiving section which receives a plurality of audio signals having the different sound contents respectively; a process period specifying section which specifies a silent period in other audio signals except a particular audio signal for reproducing a sound content in the predetermined area that are received by the receiving section, respectively; a sound volume level adjusting section which decreases a sound volume level of the particular audio signal, in a period specified by the process period specifying section as a silent period in any of the other audio signals; and an outputting section which outputs the particular audio signal whose sound volume level is adjusted by the sound volume level adjusting section, wherein the different sound contents respectively include a contents identifier, and the audio signal processing system further comprises an identifying section that discriminates whether the received sound content is reproduced in the predetermined area or areas other than the predetermined area.