Patent 8031884 was granted and assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. on October, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Disclosed is a method for reproducing a music file in a terminal equipped to reproduce the music file, the method including determining equalizing reproduction characteristics of the music file when reproduction of the music file is requested, determining and setting an output equalizer setting value of an audio signal, according to the equalizing reproduction characteristics and pre-measured individual hearing ability state information representing hearing ability characteristics of a user, and reproducing the music file so as to output the audio signal according to the output equalizer setting value.