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US 2019/0166441 A1Published application
Sound distribution apparatus, sound reproduction terminal, authentication device, sound distribution system, and sound distribution method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYASUHIDE HOSODA, SHIGEKI OHNO, TETSURO TSUJI, TAKASHI NAKANISHI
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Abstract
A sound distribution apparatus is connected to a sound reproduction terminal that detachably holds an authentication device storing decoding information, the sound distribution apparatus including: a sound distribution unit configured to streaming-distribute sound information, which has been encrypted with a decodable code on the basis of the decoding information, to the sound reproduction terminal.
Claims8
A headphone apparatus, comprising:
- circuitry configured to:
- decode encrypted sound information for production of decoded sound information, based on decoding information acquired from an authentication device;
- stream the decoded sound information for reproduction;
- encrypt a part of the decoded sound information with encryption information, wherein the encryption information corresponds to the decoding information acquired from the authentication device;
- and
- store the encrypted part of the decoded sound information into a memory.
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