G10H 2240/181
Billing, i.e. purchasing of data contents for use with electrophonic musical instruments
Official title: Billing, i.e. purchasing of data contents for use with electrophonic musical instruments; Protocols therefor; Management of transmission or connection time therefor
G10H2240/181 (Billing, i.e. purchasing of data contents for use with electrophonic musical instruments) appears on 106 US grants and 119 published applications in this corpus.
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