Karaoke system having host apparatus with customer records
First Claim
1. A karaoke system having a host apparatus and a plurality of remote terminal apparatuses for playing karaoke music communicating with said host apparatus via a communication network, each said remote terminal apparatus storing karaoke data transferred from said host apparatus and playing the karaoke data selected from among said stored karaoke data, each said remote terminal apparatus including audio output means for outputting karaoke sound and video display means for displaying at least lyrics in said karaoke data, whereinsaid host apparatus stores a plurality of customer records of the karaoke system;
- andsaid remote terminal apparatus comprises customer identifying means for acquiring an identifier of a customer, customer record acquiring means for downloading a record corresponding to the acquired customer identifier from the host apparatus, customer record updating means for storing the downloaded record and updating the record according to the customer'"'"'s using status of the karaoke system, message generating means for generating messages for the customer based on the downloaded record, message outputting means for outputting said generated messages to the customer, and customer record uploading means for uploading the updated customer record to the host apparatus to update the corresponding customer record stored in the host apparatus.
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Abstract
A karaoke system for providing improved services with customers, utilizing inherent network resources of a large-scale communication karaoke system is disclosed.
The karaoke system according to one aspect of the present invention has a host apparatus 2 and a plurality of remote terminal apparatuses 1 for playing karaoke music communicating with the host apparatus via a communication network 3. Each of the remote terminal apparatuses 1 stores karaoke data transferred from the host apparatus 2 and plays the karaoke data selected from among the stored karaoke data by a speaker 11 and a CRT display 15.
The host apparatus 2 stores a plurality of records of customers of the karaoke system.
Each of the remote terminal apparatuses 1 comprises a central processing unit 4 for identifying a customer to acquire an identifier of the customer, acquiring the corresponding customer record from the host apparatus, updating the acquired customer record according to the customer'"'"'s using status of the karaoke system, generating messages for the customer based on the acquired customer record, outputting the generated messages to the customer, and uploading the updated customer record to the host apparatus to update the corresponding customer record stored in the host apparatus.
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1. A karaoke system having a host apparatus and a plurality of remote terminal apparatuses for playing karaoke music communicating with said host apparatus via a communication network, each said remote terminal apparatus storing karaoke data transferred from said host apparatus and playing the karaoke data selected from among said stored karaoke data, each said remote terminal apparatus including audio output means for outputting karaoke sound and video display means for displaying at least lyrics in said karaoke data, wherein
said host apparatus stores a plurality of customer records of the karaoke system; - and
said remote terminal apparatus comprises customer identifying means for acquiring an identifier of a customer, customer record acquiring means for downloading a record corresponding to the acquired customer identifier from the host apparatus, customer record updating means for storing the downloaded record and updating the record according to the customer'"'"'s using status of the karaoke system, message generating means for generating messages for the customer based on the downloaded record, message outputting means for outputting said generated messages to the customer, and customer record uploading means for uploading the updated customer record to the host apparatus to update the corresponding customer record stored in the host apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A karaoke system including a host apparatus, a plurality of remote karaoke terminal apparatuses, and a communication network connecting therebetween,
said host apparatus transmitting karaoke sound data to the respective remote karaoke terminal apparatuses via the communication network, storing a plurality of customer record files, each said customer record file having registration information such as a customer'"'"'s name and date of birth, and information retrieved by the system such as history of usage of the system and history of karaoke music request by the customer, each said remote karaoke terminal apparatus comprising a communicating portion for communicating with the host apparatus to download karaoke song data, a memory portion for storing the downloaded karaoke song data, a control portion for processing video and audio data signals contained said stored karaoke song data, a video display for displaying at least lyrics of the karaoke song data, and at least one speaker for play back sound of the karaoke song data, said remote karaoke terminal apparatus further comprising, customer identifying means for identifying a customer based on the customer'"'"'s identifier, customer record acquiring means for downloading a record corresponding to the customer'"'"'s identifier from the host apparatus, customer record updating means for storing the downloaded record and updating the record according to the customer'"'"'s using status of the karaoke system, customer record uploading means for uploading the downloaded and updated customer record to the host apparatus to update the corresponding customer record stored in the host apparatus, message generating means for generating messages for the customer based on the downloaded customer record, wherein the generated messages are output through the video display and/or the speaker.
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15. A terminal apparatus for a karaoke system communicative of a communication network, said terminal apparatus storing karaoke data transferred via said communication network and playing the karaoke data selected from among said stored karaoke data, said terminal apparatus including audio output means for outputting karaoke sound and video display means for displaying at least lyrics in said karaoke data, wherein
said terminal apparatus comprises customer identifying means for acquiring an identifier of a customer, customer record acquiring means for downloading a record corresponding to the acquired customer identifier via the communication network, customer record updating means for storing the downloaded record and updating the record according to the customer'"'"'s using status of the karaoke system, message generating means for generating messages for the customer based on the downloaded record, message outputting means for outputting said generated messages to the customer, and customer record transmitting means for transmitting the updated customer record to the communication network to update the corresponding customer record.
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