Patent ID: 6947705

Claim:
A music delivery method of delivering contents from a music delivery apparatus equipped in a public space, said method comprising: seeking, by the music delivery apparatus having a short-distance radio communication device, a music playback apparatus having a same type of short-distance radio communication device as the music delivery apparatus and present within a short-distance radio communication range; trying to establish a connection to the music playback apparatus by the music delivery apparatus; sending guidance information associated with music data from the music delivery apparatus via a short-distance radio communication to the music playback apparatus within a radio communication range when the connection has been successfully established; sending the music data from the music delivery apparatus via a short-distance radio communication to the music playback apparatus in accordance with an instruction from the music playback apparatus that received the guidance information; and displaying items for individually identifying music playback apparatuses within the communication range on a screen of the music delivery apparatus, wherein the guidance information is sent via a short-distance radio communication to the music playback apparatus corresponding to an item designated from among the items displayed on the screen.