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Information supplying device that can store multiple types of information and supplies composite information in response to a request

US6321383A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1996
Grant dateNov 20, 2001
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2220/011
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The first auxiliary memory 11a stores background image information in the form of digital data, and the second auxiliary memory 11b stores sound information in the form of digital data. When a request is transmitted from the terminal 36 to the information supplying device 28, a background image information of a genre, to which the requested song belongs, is retrieved from the first auxiliary memory 11a, packetized by the video packetizer 5, and outputted to the multiplexer 9. A sound information for the requested song is retrieved from the second auxiliary memory 11b, packetized by the audio packetizer 6, and outputted to the multiplexer 9. The background image information and the sound information are combined into a single packet data train and outputted to the terminal 36.

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