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Weiner et al.
(54) TELE-KARAOKE
Publication Classi?cation
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ABSTRACT
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A CUSTOMER IS SUBSCRIBED
TO A TELEKARAYOKE SERVICE
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MESSAGE
SING ONLY
RECORD AS WELL
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LISTEN ONLY
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TO A TELEEKARAYOKE SERVICE
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SING ONLY
OR
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A CUSTOMER IS SUBSCRIBED
TO A TELE~KARAYOI<E SERVICE
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A CUSTOMER DECIDES
To RECORD H's PERFORMANCE
A CUSTOMER DECIDES
TO HAVE A NICE ME
BY SINGING TI-IE KARAYDKE some
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TELE-KARAYGKE
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SERVICE
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MMS
MULTIMEDIA
MESSAGING
SERVER
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STORAGE
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FIG. 2A
A CUSTOMER IS SUBSCRIBED
TO A TELE-KARAYOKE SERVICE
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A CUSTOMER ORDERS A SPECIFIC
SONG IN A KARAYOKE FORMAT f1020
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SING ONLY
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RECORD AS WELL
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A CUSTOMER DECIDES
TO RECORD HIS PERFORMANCE
A CUSTOMER DECIDES
TO HAVE A NICE TIME
BY SINGING THE KARAYOKE SONG
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FIG. 2B
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MESSAGE
SING ONLY
OR
RECORD AS WELL
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LISTEN ONLY
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TO A TELE-KARAYOKE SERVICE
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TELE-KARAOKE
[0001]
[0002]
[0010]
[0006]
terminal not only displays the Words to the song but also
synchroniZes the displaying of the Words of the song With
the music so that a user knoWs precisely When each Word of
[0012]
the music of the song being played so that a person can sing
the Words to the song.
[0007]
[0013]
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display and other features that today are used for cellular
[0023]
[0016]
tion, the user can access his performance and edit or add text
information on SMIL).
been recorded. For example, the user can use his perfor
mance as the audio and use a different video.
[0024]
attachable ear piece and reads the text (i.e. the songs Words)
from the display. At this stage the user 10 sings along With
the music. The telephone has a microphone and the Words
sung by the user are captured by the microphone. Further
more, the tele-karaoke server 80 is the source of the music
and text that are sent to the user 10. When the Tele-Karaoke
music and the text) into one multi media entity and tempo
rarily keeps (caches) it Within the server. Said differently, the
Tele-Karaoke server 80 records the users singing and then
[0025]
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[0030]
MMS and then the MMS 50 prompts the user to input What
the user 10 Would like to send and to Whom. The content that
should be sent can be taken from the customer storage server
60. The friend receives the recorded performance as a MMS
the text.
[0037]
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the message has been sent, the session for the user 10 is
considered to be over although in other embodiments of the
the user.
prising:
a tele-karaoke server storing a plurality of songs in
comprising:
doWnloading a chosen song in karaoke format from a
telekaraoke server;
karaoke format;
performing karaoke on the chosen song; and
a user interface alloWing a user to select a song in karaoke
another person.
22. The method for alloWing a user to perform karaoke of
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prising:
an MMS multimedia messaging server storing a plurality