Online karaoke system with flying start performance
First Claim
1. A karaoke system of an online type comprising:
- a karaoke station for sounding a karaoke performance according to data representative of a performance; and
a host station for supplying the performance data to the karaoke station in response to a request, whereinthe host station includes a transmitter for time-sequentially dividing the performance data of one song containing at least accompaniment data and lyric data into a plurality of sequential parts, each of the plurality of parts containing at least a section of accompaniment data and a section of lyric data corresponding in time with each other, and for successively transmitting each sequential part arranged according to progression of the karaoke performance in response to the request, wherein the host station is remotely located from the karaoke station, and wherein the host station transmits the performance data over a telecommunication network to the karaoke station, andthe karaoke station includes a sequencer for commencing the karaoke performance upon receipt of a preceding one of the transmitted sequential parts based on the received preceding part prior to receipt of all of the plurality of parts at the karaoke station, the preceding part containing the corresponding sections of accompaniment data and lyric data which are required to begin the karaoke performance, the karaoke station receiving a succeeding one of the transmitted sequential parts in parallel to sounding of the karaoke performance to thereby maintain continuous progression of the sounding of the karaoke performance.
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Abstract
A karaoke system of an online type is comprised of a karaoke station for sounding a karaoke performance according to a performance data, and a host station for supplying the performance data to the karaoke station in response to a request. The host station has a transmitter unit for time-sequentially dividing the performance data into a plurality of parts, and for successively transmitting each part arranged according to progression of the karaoke performance in response to the request. The karaoke station has a receiver unit operative when a preceding one of the transmitted parts is received for commencing the karaoke performance based on the received preceding part while admitting a succeeding one of the transmitted parts in parallel to sounding of the karaoke performance to thereby maintain continuous progression of the sounding of the karaoke performance.
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4 Claims
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1. A karaoke system of an online type comprising:
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a karaoke station for sounding a karaoke performance according to data representative of a performance; and a host station for supplying the performance data to the karaoke station in response to a request, wherein the host station includes a transmitter for time-sequentially dividing the performance data of one song containing at least accompaniment data and lyric data into a plurality of sequential parts, each of the plurality of parts containing at least a section of accompaniment data and a section of lyric data corresponding in time with each other, and for successively transmitting each sequential part arranged according to progression of the karaoke performance in response to the request, wherein the host station is remotely located from the karaoke station, and wherein the host station transmits the performance data over a telecommunication network to the karaoke station, and the karaoke station includes a sequencer for commencing the karaoke performance upon receipt of a preceding one of the transmitted sequential parts based on the received preceding part prior to receipt of all of the plurality of parts at the karaoke station, the preceding part containing the corresponding sections of accompaniment data and lyric data which are required to begin the karaoke performance, the karaoke station receiving a succeeding one of the transmitted sequential parts in parallel to sounding of the karaoke performance to thereby maintain continuous progression of the sounding of the karaoke performance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for an online communication of data representative of a karaoke performance from a host station to a karaoke station in response to a request for sounding a karaoke performance according to the performance data, the karaoke station including a sequencer, the host station being remotely located from the karaoke station, the method comprising the steps of:
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time-sequentially dividing the performance data of one song containing at least accompaniment data and lyric data stored in the host station into a plurality of parts, each of the plurality of parts containing at least a section of accompaniment data and a section of lyric data corresponding in time with each other; successively transmitting each part arranged according to a progression of the karaoke performance from the host station to the karaoke station via a telecommunication network in response to the request from the karaoke station; commencing the karaoke performance at the sequencer upon receipt of a preceding one of the transmitted parts at the karaoke station prior to the receipt of all of the plurality of parts, the preceding part including sections of accompaniment data and lyric data which are required to begin the karaoke performance; and admitting a succeeding one of the transmitted parts by the karaoke station in parallel to sounding of the preceding part in order to continue the sounding of the karaoke performance.
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