Patent ID: 6907113

Claim:
A method for downloading audio characteristics to terminal equipment, comprising the steps of: providing a score information part describing the presentation instructions of an audible signals; providing an instrument information part describing the parameters for synthesizing an audible signal the presentation instructions of which is described by said score information part; providing compatibility information describing the compatibility of said score information part and said instrument information part with certain processing and storing capacity; transmitting said score information part and said instrument information part towards terminal equipment; wherein the step of transmitting said score information part and said instrument information part towards terminal equipment comprises the substeps of multiplexing said instrument information part into a digital information stream and broadcasting the resulting multiplexed digital information stream through a digital broadcasting network and multiplexing said score information part into said digital information stream together with said instrument information part before broadcasting the resulting multiplexed digital information stream through said digital broadcasting network; producing a plurality of mutually different sound packets by selecting a certain score information part and a certain instrument information part into each sound packet; multiplexing said plurality of sound packets into a digital information stream and broadcasting the resulting multiplexed digital information stream through a digital broadcasting network; and repeating said step of multiplexing and broadcasting for a number of times.