Jukebox entertainment system having multiple choice games relating to music
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1. An entertainment system configured to support a multiple-choice question type game, comprising:
- at least one terminal device including a first processor, an audio output device and a display device, and configured to enable users to participate in the game by presenting on the display device a user interface that presents questions and multiple choice responses; and
at least one server including a second processor and connected, via a communication network, with the at least one terminal device;
wherein the questions are based on information extracted from musical works selected independent of the at least one terminal device and/or information related to musical works selected independent of the at least one terminal device, the information being stored in a database,wherein at least one of the first processor and second processor is configured to select each of the questions to be presented on the display device by repeatedly evaluating respective stored musical works and associated stored flags to identify, at least in part based on one of the flags having a value indicating eligibility of the associated musical work to be used in the game, a musical work based on which the question is selected, andwherein the first processor is further configured to reproduce limited portions of the selected musical works via the audio output device in association with presenting the questions via the display device.
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Abstract
Entertainment system based on multiple choice competition games, which includes at least one terminal with a connection to a dedicated remote server, the system also including a module for playing an extract of a recording with a configurable duration on at least one terminal that can reproduce the recording, interact with a user, connect with a dedicated remote server, ask a terminal user a question and suggest multiple choice answers, the question being related to information characteristic of the extract of the recording, and the recording being selected independent of the terminal user.
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1. An entertainment system configured to support a multiple-choice question type game, comprising:
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at least one terminal device including a first processor, an audio output device and a display device, and configured to enable users to participate in the game by presenting on the display device a user interface that presents questions and multiple choice responses; and at least one server including a second processor and connected, via a communication network, with the at least one terminal device; wherein the questions are based on information extracted from musical works selected independent of the at least one terminal device and/or information related to musical works selected independent of the at least one terminal device, the information being stored in a database, wherein at least one of the first processor and second processor is configured to select each of the questions to be presented on the display device by repeatedly evaluating respective stored musical works and associated stored flags to identify, at least in part based on one of the flags having a value indicating eligibility of the associated musical work to be used in the game, a musical work based on which the question is selected, and wherein the first processor is further configured to reproduce limited portions of the selected musical works via the audio output device in association with presenting the questions via the display device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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