Data reproducing apparatus, data reproducing method and information storing medium

A data reproducing method including a reproducing step of sequentially reading and reproducing a plurality of items of data from data storing means which stores the data,

• the data reproducing method comprising:
• a step of controlling reproduction history storing means to store reproduction history containing identification information of data at least a part of which has been reproduced in the reproducing step;
• situation information obtaining step of selecting an item of situation information from a plurality of items of situation information,
• wherein each item of situation information indicates a situation during reproduction of the data based on a current environment information, and
• wherein the reproduction history contains an evaluation value for each item of the situation information in association with each item of the identification information;
• an identification information reading step of reading the identification information of some or all of the data reproduced in a situation indicated by the selected situation information from the reproduction history storing means;
• a reproduction characteristic information generating step of weighting and combining characteristic information of data identified by the identification information read in the identification information reading step so as to generate reproduction characteristic information based on the evaluation value for the selected item of the situation information associated with the read identification information;
• the characteristic information of the data which indicates musical characteristics of the data;
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• a reproducing order setting step of setting a reproducing order of reading and reproducing the data from the data storing means in the reproducing step based on the reproduction characteristic information generated in the reproduction characteristic information generating step and characteristic information of some or all of the data stored in the data storing means.

A non-transitory computer-readable information storing medium for storing a program for controlling a computer to function as a data reproducing apparatus including reproducing means for sequentially reading and reproducing a plurality of items of data from data storing means which stores the data,

• the computer-readable information storing medium storing a program for controlling the computer to function as:
• situation information obtaining means for selecting an item of situation information from a plurality of items of situation information, wherein each item of situation information indicates a situation during reproduction of the data based on a current environment information;
• reproduction history storing means for storing reproduction history containing identification information of data at least a part of which has been reproduced by the reproducing means, wherein the reproduction history contains an evaluation value for each item of the situation information in association with each item of the identification information;
• identification information reading means for reading the identification information of some or all of the data reproduced in a situation indicated by the selected situation information from the reproduction history storing means;
• reproduction characteristic information generating means for weighting and combining characteristic information of data identified by the identification information read by the identification information reading means so as to generate reproduction characteristic information based on the evaluation value for the selected item of the situation information associated with the identification information read from the identification information reading means;
• the characteristic information of the data which indicates musical characteristics of the data;
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• reproducing order setting means for setting a reproducing order of reading and reproducing the data from the data storing means by the reproducing means based on the reproduction characteristic information generated by the reproduction characteristic information generating means and the characteristic information of some or all of the data stored in the data storing means.