Tele-karaoke

• US 7,408,106 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2001
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mavenir Ltd. (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Comverse Limited (Mavenir Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Weiner, Moshe, Reinshmidt, Erez
• Primary Examiner(s): Fletcher; Marlon T
• Application Number:
  US09/892,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20030019347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,595 Days
• Field of Search: 84600-603, 84609-610, 846/34, 84649-650, 846/66, 434/307.A
• US Class Current: 84/610
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/365 the accompaniment information being stored on a host computer and transmitted to a reproducing terminal by means of a network, e.g. public telephone lines
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2240/251 Mobile telephone transmission, i.e. transmitting, accessing or controlling music data wirelessly via a wireless or mobile telephone receiver, analogue or digital, e.g. DECT, GSM, UMTS

Abstract

A system and method of tele-karaoke that enables a user to perform and record karaoke using a terminal such as a cellular telephone. The karaoke performance is recorded as an MMS message which subsequently allows a user to send the recorded performance to others. The system allows users to record their karaoke performance is less public forums and without any specialized equipment other than a cellular telephone or a personal computer. Since the karaoke performance is recorded as an MMS message, it can be edited to incorporate various media and sent to others at subsequent times.

Claims

1. A tele-karaoke system for performing karaoke comprising:

a tele-karaoke server storing a plurality of songs in karaoke format;

a user interface allowing a user to select a song in karaoke format from said tele-karaoke server in order to perform the song as a karaoke performance; and

an MMS multimedia messaging server recording the karaoke performance as an MMS message;

wherein said MMS multimedia messaging server includes a customer storage space to store recorded tele-karaoke performances of the user;

wherein the MMS multimedia messaging server allows the user to at least one of send, store, edit and listen to the recorded performance as a message to another;

wherein the user edits the recorded message by adding at least one of text and video.

2. A method for allowing a user to perform karaoke comprising:

downloading a chosen song in karaoke format from a tele-karaoke server;

performing karaoke on the chosen song; and

recording the performed karaoke by a MMS multimedia messaging server as an MMS message;

wherein prior to downloading,

accessing a tele-karaoke service provider to choose the song;

choosing the song through the tele-karaoke service provider; and

retrieving the chosen song to be downloaded from the tele-karaoke server by the tele-karaoke service provider;

wherein after recording the performed karaoke by an MMS multimedia messaging server as a message,

editing the message of the recorded performance by adding at least one of text and video.

3. A method for recording karaoke performances as an MMS message, comprising:

storing a plurality of songs in karaoke format; and

recording a selected one of said songs as an MMS message

further comprising editing the recorded MMS message,

wherein editing the recorded MMS message includes adding text.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein editing the recorded MMS message further includes adding video.

4. A method for recording karaoke performances as an MMS message, comprising:

storing a plurality of songs in karaoke format; and

recording a selected one of said songs as an MMS message

further comprising editing the recorded MMS,

wherein editing the recorded MMS message includes adding video.