Visual contents in karaoke applications
First Claim
1. A method of encoding Karaoke applications comprising:
- encoding a background video signal for use with one or more Karaoke songs;
encoding one or more Karaoke songs;
encoding Karaoke song texts associated with said one or more songs, to be displayed in a karaoke text display; and
encoding visual contents for display outside the Karaoke text display during playing of said one or more Karaoke songs, as private section data.
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Abstract
In almost every Karaoke song, there are intervals where the singing is paused and only music is played for some time before the singing continues. The non-singing sections tend to be more substantial at the beginnings and ends of Karaoke songs. During these non-singing intervals, additional information may be displayed onto the Karaoke text region, independent of the background video content. Textual and interactive contents for display outside the Karaoke text region can also be inserted anywhere throughout the Karaoke song. This provides additional advertising space as well as the opportunity to develop interactive digital TV Karaoke. The textual and interactive contents that are inserted for display are encoded as data for more effective transmission, compared with putting them into the video stream. In addition, this invention introduces an option for the content creator to insert relevant textual and interactive contents prior to distribution to media distribution companies or broadcasters. With such an option, the content rights holder may insert desirable advertising messages that shall be displayed to the user regardless of the media distribution companies or broadcasters.
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55 Claims
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1. A method of encoding Karaoke applications comprising:
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encoding a background video signal for use with one or more Karaoke songs;
encoding one or more Karaoke songs;
encoding Karaoke song texts associated with said one or more songs, to be displayed in a karaoke text display; and
encoding visual contents for display outside the Karaoke text display during playing of said one or more Karaoke songs, as private section data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 53)
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35. Apparatus for supplying Karaoke applications comprising:
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video encoding means for encoding a background video signal for use with multiple Karaoke songs;
song encoding means for encoding Karaoke songs;
text encoding means for encoding Karaoke song texts associated with said songs, for display in a karaoke text display; and
visual contents encoding means for encoding visual contents for display outside the Karaoke text display during playing of said Karaoke songs, as private section data. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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54. Apparatus for use in editing visual contents for display during Karaoke singing sessions, said apparatus comprising:
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means for retrieving a stored karaoke text elementary stream;
means for determining an edit permission status within the retrieved karaoke text elementary stream;
means for editing said visual contents if permitted by the edit permission status to provide new visual content;
means for forwarding the edited visual contents for storage; and
means for setting the edit permission status of the newly provided visual content.
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55. A method of encoding Karaoke applications or the like, comprising:
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encoding a background video signal for use with one or more Karaoke songs;
encoding texts to be displayed in a karaoke text display; and
encoding visual contents for display outside the Karaoke text display, as private section data.
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