# US 2021/0334064 A1 · Apparatus for playback sound source and method for playback sound source using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0334064 A1 - Document ID: US20210334064A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/236,632 - Filed: 2021-04-21 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-22 - Assignees: Myung Ki CHUNG - Inventors: Myung Ki CHUNG; Sang Hyeok JEONG; Jun PARK - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210334064A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F 21/35: communicating wirelessly - G06F 21/44: Program or device authentication - G06F 21/88: Detecting or preventing theft or loss - G06K 7/10366: {the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications} - G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification} - H04L 9/3231: {Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861)} - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - H04R 1/026: {Supports for loudspeaker casings} - H04R 3/00: Circuits for transducers (arrangements for producing a reverberation or echo sound G10K15/08; amplifiers H03F) - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 12/126: Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning - H04L 2209/805: Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A sound source playback apparatus includes a mounting unit, to which a sound source device may be attached and detached, and a control unit that recognizes tag information of the sound source device and performs authentication when the sound source is attached to the mounting unit, requests sound source data from the sound sources server according to a result of the tag information is authenticated, and playback the received sound source data. Accordingly, the sound source playback apparatus and the sound source playback method using the same allows permanently keep the high quality album and images of a favorite artist on a single purchase and playback a high quality sound source. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sound source playback apparatus comprising: a mounting unit to which a sound source device may be attached and detached; and a control unit for controlling, when the sound source device is mounted on the mounting unit, to recognize tag information of the sound source device, perform authentication, request sound source data from a sound source server according to a result of the authentication, and play back the received sound source data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit includes: an RFID recognition unit for recognizing tag information of the sound source device; and an authentication unit for performing authentication by comparing the recognized tag information with account information registered in a user account and determining whether an identification value matches. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, further comprising a fingerprint recognition unit for recognizing a fingerprint, wherein when the fingerprint is recognized through the fingerprint recognition unit, the authentication unit performs authentication by determining whether the recognized fingerprint matches previously stored fingerprint information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein the control unit includes a sound source storage unit for storing, when the authentication is performed, sound source data corresponding to the identification value received through the sound source server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, further comprising a communication unit for receiving sound source upgrade information, wherein when the sound source upgrade information is received through the communication unit and the authentication is performed, the control unit controls to upgrade the sound source data corresponding to the identification value through the sound source server and store the sound source data in the sound source storage unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The device according to claim 4, further comprising a display unit for providing a user interface for receiving an input signal for playback of the sound source, wherein the control unit includes a sound source playback unit for providing a corresponding service according to the input signal input through the display unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device according to claim 6, wherein the sound source playback unit plays back the sound source data stored in the sound source storage unit when the input signal input through the display unit is a sound source playback command. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein when the authentication is performed, the control unit controls to store sound source data corresponding to the identification value received through the sound source server in the sound source device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, further comprising a display unit for providing a user interface for receiving an input signal for playback of the sound source, wherein the control unit includes a sound source playback unit for providing a corresponding service according to the input signal input through the display unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The device according to claim 9, wherein the sound source playback unit plays back the sound source data stored in the sound source device when the input signal input through the display unit is a sound source playback command. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The device according to claim 8, further comprising a communication unit for receiving sound source upgrade information, wherein when the sound source upgrade information is received through the communication unit and the authentication is performed, the control unit controls to upgrade the sound source data corresponding to the identification value through the sound source server and store the sound source data in the sound source device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The device according to claim 2, wherein the identification value is unique tag information assigned to an RFID module of the sound source device, and the identification value is registered in the account information of the user account of a user who has purchased the sound source device. ### Claim 13 A sound source playback method using a sound source playback apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: recognizing tag information of a sound source device when the sound source device is mounted; performing authentication by comparing the recognized tag information with account information registered in a user account and determining whether an identification value matches; requesting, when the authentication is performed, a sound source data corresponding to the identification value from a sound source server; receiving the sound source data from the sound source server in response to the request; storing the received sound source data; and playing back the stored sound source data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the step of performing authentication further includes the step of performing the authentication, when a fingerprint is recognized, by determining whether the recognized fingerprint matches previously stored fingerprint information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the step of playing back the sound source includes the step of playing back the stored sound source data when a sound source playback command is input. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of: receiving sound source upgrade information; and upgrading and storing sound source data corresponding to the identification value through the sound source server when the authentication according to the received sound source upgrade information is performed. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the step of storing the sound source data includes the step of controlling to store the sound source data in the sound source device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the step of playing back the sound source includes the step of playing back the sound source data stored in the sound source device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of: receiving sound source upgrade information; and controlling to upgrade sound source data corresponding to the identification value through the sound source server and store the sound source data in the sound source device when the authentication according to the received sound source upgrade information is performed. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The method according to claim 13, wherein the identification value is unique tag information assigned to an RFID module of the sound source device, and the identification value is registered in the account information of the user account of a user who has purchased the sound source device.