Jukebox entertainment system having multiple choice games relating to music
First Claim
1. An entertainment system based on multiple choice competition games, comprising:
- a remote server; and
at least one terminal operable to communicate with the server over a communications network, the at least one terminal including;
an audio system for playing, for the needs of a game, at least a portion of a musical recording,a display that displays information in the form of a question and displays multiple choice answers to the question, wherein the question relates to the portion of musical recording that has been played,a user interface that enables a user to select an answer from the displayed multiple choice answers, anda scorer for recording the answer selected by the user and determining if the answer corresponds to a correct answer,wherein the terminal is configured to operate as a jukebox system, the terminal including a storage device that stores a library of musical recordings that are playable in full on the terminal for a fee, the library of musical recordings being updated with additional musical recordings through communication with the server so as to define a customized library of musical recordings on the jukebox system,wherein the entertainment system comprises a game module operable to automatically control, for the needs of the game, the updating of the customized library of musical recordings stored in the jukebox system, with musical recordings stored on the server or on another jukebox system connected to the server, through communications of the jukeboxes with the server;
wherein the jukebox system is operable to randomly select the musical recording to be used for the game from a subset of musical recordings in the customized library of musical recordings, each musical recording in the subset lacking a flag indicating that the musical recording cannot be used for the game, andwherein the jukebox system is operable to randomly generate and display the question about the selected recording, to provide and display the correct answer relating to the question, and to randomly generate and display a number of wrong answers relating to the question.
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Abstract
Entertainment system based on multiple choice competition games, characterized in that it comprises at least one terminal including connection means to a dedicated remote server (1), the system also comprising means of playing an extract of a recording with a configurable duration on at least one terminal (2, 3) comprising means of reproducing the recording, means of interaction with a user and means (21, 31) of connection with a dedicated remote server (1), means of asking a terminal user a question and suggesting multiple choice answers, the question being related to information characteristic of the extract of the recording, and the recording being selected by means independent of the terminal user.
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10 Claims
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1. An entertainment system based on multiple choice competition games, comprising:
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a remote server; and at least one terminal operable to communicate with the server over a communications network, the at least one terminal including; an audio system for playing, for the needs of a game, at least a portion of a musical recording, a display that displays information in the form of a question and displays multiple choice answers to the question, wherein the question relates to the portion of musical recording that has been played, a user interface that enables a user to select an answer from the displayed multiple choice answers, and a scorer for recording the answer selected by the user and determining if the answer corresponds to a correct answer, wherein the terminal is configured to operate as a jukebox system, the terminal including a storage device that stores a library of musical recordings that are playable in full on the terminal for a fee, the library of musical recordings being updated with additional musical recordings through communication with the server so as to define a customized library of musical recordings on the jukebox system, wherein the entertainment system comprises a game module operable to automatically control, for the needs of the game, the updating of the customized library of musical recordings stored in the jukebox system, with musical recordings stored on the server or on another jukebox system connected to the server, through communications of the jukeboxes with the server; wherein the jukebox system is operable to randomly select the musical recording to be used for the game from a subset of musical recordings in the customized library of musical recordings, each musical recording in the subset lacking a flag indicating that the musical recording cannot be used for the game, and wherein the jukebox system is operable to randomly generate and display the question about the selected recording, to provide and display the correct answer relating to the question, and to randomly generate and display a number of wrong answers relating to the question. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An entertainment system comprising:
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at least one terminal configured to operate as a jukebox, the at least one terminal including a storage device that stores an electronic library of musical recordings, the at least one terminal enabling a song selected by a user to be played in full without engaging a game function operable on the at least one terminal; a remote server operable to communicate with the at least one terminal via a communications network; and a game module operable to automatically control, for the needs of the game, the updating of said library of musical recordings with additional musical recordings stored on the server or on another terminal, through communication of the terminals with said server to define a customized library of musical recordings, wherein the at least one terminal being configured to enable the user to play a game related to said customized library of musical recordings, wherein a display of the at least one terminal displays information in the form of questions and possible answers related to a musical recording in said customized library, and the at least one terminal including program logic for providing scoring for said game based on answers to said questions provided by the user, wherein the at least one terminal is operable to randomly select the musical recording to be used for the game from a subset of musical recordings in the customized library of musical recordings, each musical recording in the subset lacking a flag indicating that the musical recording cannot be used for the game, and wherein the at least one terminal is operable to randomly generate and display a question about the selected recording, to provide and display a correct answer relating to the question, and to randomly generate and display a number of wrong answers relating to the question.
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