Tele-karaoke
AssigneeComverse, Inc.
InventorsMoshe Weiner, Erez Reinshmidt
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Abstract
A system and method of tele-karaoke that enables a user to perform and record karaoke using a terminal such as a cellular telephone. The karaoke performance is recorded as an MMS message which subsequently allows a user to send the recorded performance to others. The system allows users to record their karaoke performance is less public forums and without any specialized equipment other than a cellular telephone or a personal computer. Since the karaoke performance is recorded as an MMS message, it can be edited to incorporate various media and sent to others at subsequent times.
Claims5
A tele-karaoke system for performing karaoke comprising:
- a tele-karaoke server storing a plurality of songs in karaoke format;
- a user interface allowing a user to select a song in karaoke format from said tele-karaoke server in order to perform the song as a karaoke performance;
- and
- an MMS multimedia messaging server recording the karaoke performance as an MMS message;
- wherein said MMS multimedia messaging server includes a customer storage space to store recorded tele-karaoke performances of the user;
- wherein the MMS multimedia messaging server allows the user to at least one of send, store, edit and listen to the recorded performance as a message to another;
- wherein the user edits the recorded message by adding at least one of text and video.
A method for allowing a user to perform karaoke comprising:
- downloading a chosen song in karaoke format from a tele-karaoke server;
- performing karaoke on the chosen song;
- and
- recording the performed karaoke by a MMS multimedia messaging server as an MMS message;
- wherein prior to downloading,
- accessing a tele-karaoke service provider to choose the song;
- choosing the song through the tele-karaoke service provider;
- and
- retrieving the chosen song to be downloaded from the tele-karaoke server by the tele-karaoke service provider;
- wherein after recording the performed karaoke by an MMS multimedia messaging server as a message,
- editing the message of the recorded performance by adding at least one of text and video.
A method for recording karaoke performances as an MMS message, comprising:
- storing a plurality of songs in karaoke format;
- and
- recording a selected one of said songs as an MMS message
- further comprising editing the recorded MMS message,
- wherein editing the recorded MMS message includes adding text.
A method for recording karaoke performances as an MMS message, comprising:
- storing a plurality of songs in karaoke format;
- and
- recording a selected one of said songs as an MMS message
- further comprising editing the recorded MMS,
- wherein editing the recorded MMS message includes adding video.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.