Patent ID: 7180434

Claim:
An audio data code conversion and transmission apparatus, comprising: (a) first audio code conversion and transmission means for inputting compressed audio coded data, and outputting all or a part of frames of the input audio coded data; (b) second to N-th (N is a predetermined integer equal to or larger than 2) audio code conversion and transmission means for decoding all or a part of input audio coded data, coding data obtained by decoding data, and outputting all or a part of frames of obtained coded data; (c) means for transmitting output of the first to N-th audio code conversion and transmission means to first to M-th (M is a predetermined integer equal to or larger than 1) transmission lines; and (d) common audio data decoding means for decoding and outputting the input audio coded data to a plurality of audio code conversion and transmission means in said first to N-th audio code conversion and transmission means, each of the plurality of audio code conversion and transmission means codes data obtained by decoding the input audio coded data by coding data output from said audio data decoding means.