Karaoke system having host apparatus with customer records

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.