Patent ID: 7236739

Claim:
A first music listening apparatus for interactively playing music with at least one other music listening apparatus, comprising: a random access controller for instructing a transceiver to transmit signals to one or more other apparatuses or to receive signals from one or more other apparatuses through one of a plurality of channels, wherein exchange of signals between the first apparatus and one or more apparatuses establishes a wireless ad-hoc network between apparatuses; a profile storage and matching unit to store musical preferences of a user and to perform matching between the local profile and a received profile from a remote party; a music playback unit that stores and plays songs; and a transceiver connected to the random access controller for receiving and sending message over the wireless ad-hoc network and for relaying messages to the random access controller; wherein, the first listening apparatus can synchronize playing music with the listening apparatuses other than the first listening apparatus with agreement from all parties.