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 electronic device including a first processor, an audio output device and a display device, and configured to enable a plurality of users to participate in the game by presenting on the display device a user interface that (i) interacts with the plurality of users, (ii) presents a plurality of multiple-choice questions, and (iii) offers a plurality of multiple answer choices to the plurality of users; and
at least one server including a second processor and connected, via a communication network, with the at least one electronic device, wherein;
the plurality of questions are based on information extracted from multimedia data, the multimedia data being selected from the at least one server or the at least one electronic device, and the selected multimedia data being stored at least in part on the at least one electronic device;
portions of a configurable length of the selected multimedia data are reproduced via the audio output device by the first processor in association with the plurality of multiple-choice questions displayed on the display device during the game; and
at least one of the first processor or the second processor automatically, as a function of a results evaluation program, changes the length of said portions in accordance with a determined difficulty level of the game to make a choice of an answer from said plurality of multiple answer choices to respective subsequent ones of said plurality of multiple-choice questions easier or more difficult, said results evaluation program analyzing a continuously updated results file indicating whether at least one of the plurality of multiple answer choices selected by at least one of the plurality of users in response to at least one of said plurality of multiple-choice questions previously presented on the display device is correct or incorrect.
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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 electronic device including a first processor, an audio output device and a display device, and configured to enable a plurality of users to participate in the game by presenting on the display device a user interface that (i) interacts with the plurality of users, (ii) presents a plurality of multiple-choice questions, and (iii) offers a plurality of multiple answer choices to the plurality of users; and at least one server including a second processor and connected, via a communication network, with the at least one electronic device, wherein; the plurality of questions are based on information extracted from multimedia data, the multimedia data being selected from the at least one server or the at least one electronic device, and the selected multimedia data being stored at least in part on the at least one electronic device; portions of a configurable length of the selected multimedia data are reproduced via the audio output device by the first processor in association with the plurality of multiple-choice questions displayed on the display device during the game; and at least one of the first processor or the second processor automatically, as a function of a results evaluation program, changes the length of said portions in accordance with a determined difficulty level of the game to make a choice of an answer from said plurality of multiple answer choices to respective subsequent ones of said plurality of multiple-choice questions easier or more difficult, said results evaluation program analyzing a continuously updated results file indicating whether at least one of the plurality of multiple answer choices selected by at least one of the plurality of users in response to at least one of said plurality of multiple-choice questions previously presented on the display device is correct or incorrect. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of supporting a multiple-choice question type game in an entertainment system, the method comprising:
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providing at least one electronic device having a first processor, an audio output device and a display device, configured to enable a plurality of users to participate in the game; connecting at least one server having a second processor with the at least one electronic device via a communication network; selecting multimedia data from the at least one server or the at least one electronic device; storing the selected multimedia data at least in part on the at least one electronic device; generating a plurality of multiple-choice questions and a plurality of multiple answer choices based on information extracted from the selected multimedia data; presenting on the display device a user interface that (i) interacts with the plurality of users, (ii) presents the plurality of multiple-choice questions, and (iii) offers the plurality of multiple answer choices to the plurality of users; and reproducing via the audio output device by the first processor portions of a configurable length of the selected multimedia data in association with plurality of multiple choice questions displayed on the display device during the game, wherein at least one of the first processor or the second processor automatically, as a function of a results evaluation program, changes the length of said portions in accordance with a determined difficulty level of the game to make a choice of an answer from said plurality of multiple answer choices to respective subsequent ones of said plurality of multiple-choice questions easier or more difficult, said results evaluation program analyzing a continuously updated results file indicating whether at least one of the plurality of multiple answer choices selected by at least one of the plurality of users in response to at least one of said plurality of multiple-choice questions previously presented on the display device is correct or incorrect. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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