Ex parte NAKAMARU et al. - Page 3




          Appeal No. 96-0209                                                          
          Application 07/922,501                                                      

          information to output a clock signal for timing control.                    
               In one aspect of the invention, e.g., independent claim 1,             
          the device further includes a control means for controlling a               
          reproduction sequence of the music information of the music                 
          information reproduction means in accordance with the clock                 
          signal.  In another aspect of the invention, e.g., independent              
          claim 4, the device further includes a data storage means,                  
          operable in accordance with the clock signal, for storing the               
          reproduced music signal temporarily and then outputting the same.           
          In still another aspect of the invention, e.g., independent claim           
          6, the device further includes a controllable delay means for               
          delaying the reproduced music signal in accordance with the clock           
          signal.  In still yet another aspect of the invention, e.g.,                
          independent claim 8, the device further includes a controllable             
          storage means for storing the reproduced music signal in                    
          accordance with the clock signal.                                           
               Claim 1 is reproduced below:                                           
                    1. A recorded information reproducing device for                  
               reproducing a music sound from an information recording                
               medium on which encoded music information and control                  
               information are recorded according to the MIDI                         
               standards, aid recorded information reproducing device                 
               comprising:                                                            
                    music information reproduction means for decoding said            
               encoded music information to output a reproduced music                 
               signal;                                                                

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