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A terminal apparatus is connectable to a host station and is responsive to a command to execute an application program to treat music data. In the terminal apparatus, a local storage locally stores an old version of software containing music data and various application programs which are selectivel

A terminal apparatus is connectable to a host station and is responsive to a command to execute an application program to treat music data. In the terminal apparatus, a local storage locally stores an old version of software containing music data and various application programs which are selectively executed to treat the music data. An interface is optionally activated prior to execution of an application program for communication with the host station having a remote storage which remotely stores a new version of software including music data and various application programs which are made available latest by the host station. A controller operates when the interface establishes the communication with the host station for downloading the new version from the remote storage of the host station and for transferring the downloaded new version to the local storage so as to renew the old version stocked in the local storage by the new version. A processor responds to the command for selectively executing the various application programs to treat the music data based on the new version when the interface has been activated and otherwise for selectively executing the various application programs to treat the music data based on the old version when the interface has not been activated. A display graphically presents a map containing various objects corresponding to the various application programs. A pointing tool is manipulated for pointing one of the various objects on the display so as to select one of the various application programs corresponding to the pointed object to thereby input the command.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A music data processing apparatus comprising:a local storage provided for locally stocking first information including music data and various application programs which are selectively executed to treat the music data;interface means used for communicating with a network

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A music data processing apparatus comprising:a local storage provided for locally stocking first information including music data and various application programs which are selectively executed to treat the music data;interface means used for communicating with a network having a remote storage which remotely stores second information including music data and various application programs which are made available latest by the network;check means for detecting whether or not the interface means is allowed to communicate with the network;control means operative when the check means detects that the interface means communicates with the network for downloading the second information from the remote storage of the network and for storing the downloaded second information in the local storage so as to supplement or update the first information stocked in the local storage; andprocessor means for selectively executing the various application programs to treat the music data based on the second information when the second information is downloaded and otherwise for selectively executing the various application programs to treat the music data based on the first information when the second information is not downloaded.