Patent ID: 7194322

Claim:
An audio information processing apparatus in an audio information reproduction controlling system comprising: the audio information processing apparatus; a generating apparatus; and a transferring device located at an external portion to both the audio information processing apparatus and the generating apparatus, wherein the audio information processing apparatus communicates with the generating apparatus via the transferring device, the audio information processing apparatus comprising: a storage device which stores audio information comprising a plurality of unit information; a correspondence information generating device which generates correspondence information corresponding to each of the plurality of unit information, the correspondence information indicating a content of each of the plurality of unit information; a transmitting device which transmits the correspondence information to the generating apparatus via the transferring device; an obtaining device which obtains reproduction control information generated by the generating apparatus on the basis of the transmitted correspondence information and received via the transferring device, the reproduction control information being information which controls a reproduction manner when the stored audio information is reproduced; a reproducing device which reproduces the stored audio information; and a controlling device which controls the reproduction manner of the reproducing device in accordance with the obtained reproduction control information, wherein each of the plurality of unit information is a music composition constituting the audio information; the correspondence information includes partial music information which is a part of each music composition; and the reproduction control information is generated on the basis of the partial music information by the generating apparatus so that the reproduction control information includes information indicating an order of reproduction of music compositions.