Data group playback device and system and method for same
AssigneeMusicmob Co., Ltd.
InventorsHeon-Joo JUN, Mi-Soon KIM
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for reproducing data in groups. According to the apparatus, system and method for reproducing data in groups, some piece of data of sound source data that is already being reproduced through a specific terminal or external speaker is input through a microphone and compared with the entire data of the sound source data, thus to identify a current reproduction point, and synchronize the reproduction point with sound source data being played externally, thereby reproducing the sound source data at the same time.
Claims15
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A system for reproducing data in groups comprising:
- a data group reproducing apparatus configured to provide some piece of data of sound source data input through a microphone to a sound source providing server to receive sound source data, compare the piece of data with the sound source data, search for reproduction points of the piece of data in the sound source data, and synchronize the reproduction points, so that specific sound source data are synchronized with each other and reproduced simultaneously in a plurality of user terminals;
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- a sound source providing server configured to receive the piece of data from the data group reproducing apparatus, extract the sound source data matched with the piece of data, and provide it to the data group reproducing apparatus.
A method for reproducing data in groups comprising:
- a) comparing piece of data, which is a portion of sound source data input through a microphone, with sound source data pre-stored therein by a comparison unit;
- b) if the sound source data matched with the piece of data is not present in a sound source data storage unit, automatically and remotely transmitting the piece of data to a sound source providing server by a data group reproducing apparatus to request a provision of the sound source data;
- c) searching for reproduction points of the piece of data in the pre-stored sound source data by a reproduction point determination unit;
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- d) reproducing specific sound source data at a specific reproduction point searched for by the reproduction point determination unit by the reproduction point synchronization processer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.