Method of operating a karaoke network system with system program distribution and karaoke network system
First Claim
1. A method of operating a karaoke network system including a communication line, a host computer and a plurality of karaoke stations connected to the host computer via the communication line, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a system program from the host computer via the communication line to at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations;
transmitting song program data from the host computer via the communication line to at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations;
wherein the system program and the song program data are independently transmitted via the communication line to the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations; and
executing within the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations the system program supplied from the host computer to generate a sound in accordance with the song program data.
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Abstract
A karaoke network system includes a host computer and a plurality of karaoke stations connected to the host computer via a communication line. When a new karaoke station is added to the karaoke network system or when a system program to be used by each of the karaoke stations is upgraded, a new system program is distributed from the host computer to the specified karaoke stations, Each of the karaoke stations has a first storage device for storing the new system program received from the host computer, and a second storage device that stores a system program currently executed to operate each of the karaoke stations. After rebooting each of the karaoke stations and thereafter, each of the karaoke stations is operated with the newest system program.
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1. A method of operating a karaoke network system including a communication line, a host computer and a plurality of karaoke stations connected to the host computer via the communication line, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a system program from the host computer via the communication line to at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations; transmitting song program data from the host computer via the communication line to at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations; wherein the system program and the song program data are independently transmitted via the communication line to the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations; and executing within the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations the system program supplied from the host computer to generate a sound in accordance with the song program data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of operating a karaoke network system including a communication line, a host computer, and a plurality of karaoke stations connected to the host computer via the communication line, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a system program from the host computer to at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations; storing a first system program in the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations which is currently executed; receiving a second system program in the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations that is transmitted from the host computer; and detecting an operational state of the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations and, upon detecting an appropriate operational state in which the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations is not reproducing songs, causing the at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations to execute the second system program. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. In a karaoke network system including a communication line, a host computer, and a plurality of karaoke stations connected to the host computer via the communication line, the improvement comprising:
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a system program transmission device that transmits a system program from the host computer to at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations; a song program data transmission device that transmits song program data from the host computer to at least one of the plurality of karaoke stations independently of transmission of the system program; a boot storage device in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that stores a boot program; a first storage device in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that stores a first system program; a system program receiving device in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that receives a second system program that is transmitted from the host computer; and a second storage device in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that stores the second system program. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A karaoke network system comprising:
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a communication line; a host computer, the host computer including a system program transmission device that transmits a system program and a song data transmission device that transmits song data; and a plurality of karaoke stations connected to the host computer via the communication line, each of the plurality of karaoke stations including; a boot storage device in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that stores a boot program; a memory area in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that stores a first system program that is executed to allow each of the plurality of karaoke stations to reproduce sound according to the song data; a system program receiving device in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that receives a second system program transmitted from the host computer; a system program storage area in each of the plurality of karaoke stations that stores the second system program; an automatic reboot system, operable after the system program receiving device receives the second system program and when an associated karaoke system is not reproducing sound, the automatic reboot system causing an associated karaoke station to reboot and to reproduce sound according to the song data and the second system program. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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