Audio content distribution system
US12389185B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04S2400/13
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An audio content distribution system includes a server device and a user terminal. The server device includes an audio-data acquisition unit that acquires audio data from a distribution source, an audio-content-data generation unit that adds, to the audio data, acoustic-effect setting information indicating whether to add echo and/or attenuation of sound in a virtual reality space, and generates audio content data, and an audio-content-data distribution unit that distributes the audio content data to a user terminal of a user who operates an avatar in the virtual reality space. The user terminal includes an audio-content-data receiving unit that receives the audio content data from the server device, and an audio-data output-control unit that outputs the audio data stored in the audio content data with an acoustic effect according to the acoustic-effect setting information.
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