US 12,101,521 B2
Contents receiving system and client
Hideki Kamimaki, Fujisawa (JP); Akira Date, Kunitachi (JP); and Akira Tanaka, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by MAXELL, LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,891.
Application 17/665,891 is a continuation of application No. 16/855,012, filed on Apr. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,277,650.
Application 16/855,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/387,841, filed on Apr. 18, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/387,841 is a continuation of application No. 15/602,417, filed on May 23, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/602,417 is a continuation of application No. 14/467,076, filed on Aug. 25, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/467,076 is a continuation of application No. 13/972,624, filed on Aug. 21, 2013, granted, now 8,819,747, issued on Aug. 26, 2014.
Application 13/972,624 is a continuation of application No. 11/861,390, filed on Sep. 26, 2007, granted, now 8,544,049, issued on Sep. 24, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-261645 (JP), filed on Sep. 27, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0159325 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/2543 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/434 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01); H04N 21/478 (2011.01); H04N 21/488 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/84 (2011.01); H04N 21/858 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/2543 (2013.01) [H04N 7/163 (2013.01); H04N 21/4122 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/4341 (2013.01); H04N 21/4348 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/440218 (2013.01); H04N 21/440263 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 21/454 (2013.01); H04N 21/478 (2013.01); H04N 21/488 (2013.01); H04N 21/4884 (2013.01); H04N 21/8106 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01); H04N 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 21/8586 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An audio content reproducing system comprising:
a main terminal; and
a plurality of subsidiary terminals,
wherein the main terminal comprises:
a storage storing the audio content which is comprised of a plurality of audio data;
a first speaker outputting the audio content; and
a first controller controlling transmission/reception with the subsidiary terminals and decoding the audio content,
wherein the first controller is configured to:
store a plurality of device specific identification (ID) information of the subsidiary terminals,
store association information for transmitting one of the audio data of the audio content to one of the subsidiary terminals,
encode the audio data of the audio content, and
transmit the encoded audio data of the audio content to the subsidiary terminals,
wherein the association information defines that one of the audio data of the audio content associated with one of the device specific ID information,
wherein the plurality of subsidiary terminals comprises:
a second speaker; and
a second controller controlling transmission/reception with the main terminal and decoding the encoded audio data,
wherein the second controller is configured to:
store device specific ID information for identifying the subsidiary terminal,
transmit the device specific ID information to the main terminal when connecting to the main terminal, and
wherein the main terminal transmits the encoded audio data of the audio content to the subsidiary terminals based on the association information, then the subsidiary terminals output the audio data to the second speaker.