PLAYBACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INTEGRATED MUSIC, LYRICS AND SONG INFORMATION

• US 20080115655A1
• Filed: 06/07/2007
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Original Assignee: VIA Technologies Incorporated (VIA Technologies)
• Inventors: Weng, Tsen-Chung, Chen, Shiau-Jiuan
• Application Number:
  US11/759,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20080115655A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 84/609
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/0008 Associated control or indicating means
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/011 Lyrics displays, e.g. for karaoke applications
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/026 File encryption of specific electrophonic music instrument file or stream formats, e.g. MIDI, note oriented formats, sound banks, wavetables
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/091 Info, i.e. juxtaposition of unrelated auxiliary information or commercial messages with or between music files
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/135 Library retrieval index, i.e. using an indexing scheme to efficiently retrieve a music piece

Abstract

Playback systems and methods with integrated music, lyrics and song information. The system comprises a database and a processing module. The database stores a plurality of music/lyrics/song information integrated files, each corresponding to a song, and comprising a first music, a first lyrics, and first song information. The processing module queries a specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file from the database according to a specific song index, where the specific song index corresponds to the first song information of the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file. The processing module reads the first music and the first lyrics from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file, and plays back a specific song by playing back the first music and the first lyrics.

Claims

1. A playback system with integrated music, lyrics and song information, comprising:

a database storing a plurality of music/lyrics/song information integrated files, each corresponding to a song, and comprising first music, first lyrics, and first song information; and

a processing module retrieving a specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file from the database according to a specific song index, where the specific song index corresponds to the first song information of the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file, reading the first music and the first lyrics from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file, and playing back a specific song corresponding to the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file by playing back the first music and the first lyrics.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the first lyrics has at least one time tag corresponding to a time point in the first music, and the processing module plays back the first lyrics on the time point during the playback of the first music.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the processing module further decrypts the first music before the first music is played back.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising an audio output unit outputting the first music during the playback of the specific song.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file further comprises second lyrics and second song information corresponding to the second lyrics, the first lyrics and first song information and the second lyrics and second song information respectively correspond to a language code, and the processing module further determines to read the first lyrics or the second lyrics from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file according to the language code, for playback.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file further comprises second music, the first music and first song information and the second music and second song information respectively correspond to a language code, and the processing module further determines to read the first music or the second music from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file according to the language code, for playback.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the processing module further read the first song information from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file, for playback.

8. The system of claim 7 further comprising a display unit displaying the first lyrics and first song information during the playback of the specific song.

9. A playback method with integrated music, lyrics and song information, comprising:

providing a database storing a plurality of music/lyrics/song information integrated files, each corresponding to a song and comprising first music, first lyrics, and first song information;

retrieving a specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file from the database according to a specific song index, where the specific song index corresponds to the first song information of the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file;

reading the first music and the first lyrics from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file; and

playing back a specific song corresponding to the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file by playing back the first music and the first lyrics.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the first lyrics has at least one time tag corresponding to a time point in the first music, and the method further comprises playing back the first lyrics on the time point during the playback of the first music.

11. The method of claim 9 further comprising decrypting the first music before the first music is played back.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising outputting the first music via an audio output unit during the playback of the specific song.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file further comprises second lyrics and second song information corresponding to the second lyrics, the first lyrics and first song information and the second lyrics and second song information respectively correspond to a language code, and the method further comprises determining to read the first lyrics or the second lyrics from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file according to the language code, for playback.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file further comprises second music, the first music and first song information and the second music and second song information respectively correspond to a language code, and the method further comprises determining to read the first music or the second music from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file according to the language code, for playback.

15. The method of claim 9 further comprising reading the first song information from the specific music/lyrics/song information integrated file, for playback.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising displaying the first lyrics and first song information via a display unit during the playback of the specific song.