Patent ID: 6949704

Claim:
A server apparatus for delivering music performance information to a client apparatus connected thereto via a communication network, said client apparatus generating a connection start request when a connection to said server apparatus is to be started and also generating a connection end request when a connection to said server apparatus is to be terminated, said server apparatus comprising: a memory storing performance information of a plurality of music pieces; and a processor coupled with said memory and adapted to: automatically select performance information of a music piece from said memory; upon receipt of a connection start request generated from a given client apparatus, identify said given client apparatus as a client apparatus currently connected to said server apparatus via the communication network and set the identified client apparatus as a transmission destination of performance information; and upon receipt of a connection end request generated from a given client apparatus set as a transmission destination of performance information, cancel a status, as a transmission destination of performance information, of the given client apparatus which has generated said connection end request; and deliver, via the communication network, at each timing defined by said server apparatus, same performance information selected from said memory to every client apparatus having been set as a transmission destination.