JP2007271984A - Karaoke network system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique to speedily log in and operate a karaoke device even when a plurality of users share one remote control terminal in a karaoke network system. <P>SOLUTION: At a tying request from a mobile phone 6, a karaoke host server 2 performs user authentication and the karaoke device 4 attaches a karaoke device ID to information allowing tying and transmits them in accordance with the authentication result. The mobile phone 6 stores the received karaoke device ID. Thus, the mobile phone 6 is tied to the karaoke device 4 to operate it. The tied mobile phone 6 when communicating with the karaoke device 4 attaches the stored karaoke device ID to transmission data. The karaoke device 4 performs processing for reservation etc., of a musical piece to be played for the data transmitted from the mobile phone 6 based upon the data to which the karaoke device ID corresponding to itself is added. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a karaoke information sharing system using a network, and more particularly to a technique for improving convenience when a karaoke user uses a karaoke information sharing system.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, an information exchange system described in Patent Document 1 is known as a system that can share information between users via a network such as the Internet. The information exchange system described in Patent Document 1 stores provided information input from a previously registered information provider via an information provider-specific Web page in a management server, and from a previously registered information user Based on the condition input via the information user-dedicated Web page, the provision information stored in the management server is provided to the information user.
JP-A-2005-190249

  By the way, if a system capable of sharing information among users via the network such as the Internet as described above is used for the karaoke service, it is possible to share personal karaoke information and other information between karaoke users. It is considered that a more attractive karaoke service can be provided to karaoke users.

  Specifically, it is conceivable to configure the following karaoke network system. The host server is a karaoke user's singing history obtained by using a karaoke service by a pre-registered user, personal karaoke information on the eighteenth song, scoring results for the singing, user-provided information provided by the user, etc. Are stored in the host server database. Then, a personal Web page in which the accumulated karaoke information and user-provided information are collected is distributed to the user via the network. A user performs user registration through a remote control terminal having an information browsing function when using a karaoke service, as well as an information terminal such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) or a mobile phone, and then enters the karaoke network system. By logging in (hereinafter referred to as “logging in to the system”), it is possible to view the personal web page of itself or a group member, or to update the personal web page of the user.

  On the other hand, the karaoke network system as described above needs to be configured so that a plurality of users can log in to the system in parallel with a single remote control terminal, assuming the use of one karaoke room in a group. is there. This is because it is not practical for the karaoke service provider to provide the same number of remote control terminals as the number of people using each karaoke room in terms of cost and installation space. This is because one remote control terminal is often used. In other words, in order to allow all members of the group to use the personal web page in the same karaoke room, a single remote control terminal can be used to log in to the system in parallel. It is important to configure.

  However, when a plurality of users can log in in parallel with one remote control terminal, there are the following problems. After entering the karaoke room as a group, the group members must perform user registration and log-in operations to the system using the remote control terminal one by one. That is, when a certain member performs user registration or login operation using the remote control terminal, the other members are kept waiting. Even if the login is completed, if another member is performing user registration or a login operation using the remote control terminal, it is not possible to perform a reservation operation for a musical piece for performing karaoke singing during that time. Furthermore, even after all group members have logged in, if someone uses a remote control terminal to browse a personal web page, other members use the remote control terminal for reserving musical pieces. You have to wait for the operation to do. Usually, karaoke services provided at karaoke stores are often time-based. Therefore, the occurrence of a situation where the user has to wait for an operation for reserving a musical piece may be disadvantageous for the user because the number of songs that the user can sing within the service time may decrease. .

  On the other hand, Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for reserving performance music for a karaoke device by connecting an IC card storing user music reservation information to a karaoke music selection device (corresponding to a remote control terminal). Yes. Even in such a conventional technique, if another user is using the remote control terminal, it is not possible to log in to the system or to reserve a musical piece.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. In the karaoke network system as described above, even when a plurality of users share one remote control terminal, the users can connect to the system. An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for enabling quick operation of a karaoke apparatus such as login and reservation of performance music.
JP 2002-323896 A

  The karaoke network system according to claim 1, which has been made to achieve the above object, performs communication from a portable terminal carried by a user to a karaoke device, and through the user authentication by a host server via the karaoke device, The karaoke apparatus can be operated from a portable terminal.

  Specifically, the karaoke network system according to claim 1 includes a karaoke device for performing karaoke performance, a remote control for operating the karaoke device and having an information display function, and a portable terminal carried by the user. Is connected to a host server that stores personal information including at least karaoke information related to the user's karaoke singing through a network. The personal information is distributed from the host server to the remote control terminal and the information terminal so that the personal information can be used, and the personal information distributed from the host server can be used in the remote control terminal and the information terminal.

  Among these, the host server includes storage means and authentication means. The storage means stores authentication information that is information for authenticating the user. The authentication unit authenticates a user who requests the use of the karaoke network system based on the authentication information stored in the storage unit, and permits the authenticated user to use the karaoke network system.

On the other hand, the karaoke apparatus and the portable terminal carried by the user are each provided with communication means capable of communicating with each other.
The portable terminal further includes an operation permission request unit and an operation unit. The operation permission request means transmits predetermined operation permission request information including user identification information for requesting operation permission for the karaoke apparatus from the mobile terminal to the karaoke apparatus via the communication means. The operation means accepts an operation instruction for the karaoke apparatus by the user based on permission information transmitted from the karaoke apparatus in response to a request from the operation permission request means, and sends the received operation instruction to the karaoke apparatus via the communication means. Send.

  The karaoke apparatus further includes an authentication request unit and a permission information transmission unit. The authentication request unit requests authentication of the user from the authentication unit provided in the host server based on the operation permission request information received from the portable terminal via the communication unit. The permission information transmitting means transmits predetermined permission information to the portable terminal via the communication means based on the authentication result transmitted from the host server in response to the request from the authentication requesting means. And a karaoke apparatus performs a predetermined | prescribed operation | movement based on the operation instruction received from the portable terminal via the communication means.

  Note that the information terminal here refers to a device having a communication function and an information display function such as a mobile terminal carried by a user such as a mobile phone, and a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer). In particular, examples of portable terminals include PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) having a communication function in addition to cellular phones. In addition, the remote control terminal refers to a remote control terminal that includes a display device such as a liquid crystal monitor and has a function of displaying information received via a network or the like in addition to inputting an instruction to the karaoke device.

  According to the karaoke network system configured as described above, the user authentication (login) is performed in the host server through communication from the mobile terminal such as the mobile phone carried by the user to the karaoke apparatus. Can operate the karaoke apparatus. That is, it is possible to log in to the system and operate the karaoke apparatus with a portable terminal carried by the user without using a remote control terminal. Here, as an operation performed by the portable terminal carried by the user, an operation related to performance performed by the karaoke apparatus such as reservation of performance music or stop of performance can be considered.

  In particular, when using a karaoke room in a group, it is expected that the remote control terminal will be used more frequently. However, according to the karaoke network system of the present invention, other members can log in, view personal information, etc. Even if the remote control terminal is being used, the user can carry out operations on the karaoke device such as reserving a musical piece by using the portable terminal carried by the user, so that the user does not waste valuable time. .

  Also, authentication information for user authentication and personal information for each user are stored in the host server in a batch, and authentication and distribution of personal information for all users is performed at the host server. Thus, for example, since it is not necessary to store authentication information and personal information for a large number of users in individual karaoke apparatuses and portable terminals, it does not take time to construct a system.

  By the way, in such a karaoke network system, if the communication between the portable terminal and the karaoke device can be performed without limitation, the user who is using the karaoke service in the karaoke room (in the karaoke room) Even if it is not, there is a possibility that the karaoke apparatus in the karaoke room can be operated from the outside of the karaoke room by using the portable terminal. In order to prevent this, communication between the portable terminal and the karaoke apparatus is performed within a limited range, and further, the karaoke apparatus and the portable terminal that can operate the karaoke apparatus are associated, and the associated portable terminal and It is conceivable to enable operation with a karaoke apparatus.

  Therefore, the karaoke network system according to the second aspect may be configured. Specifically, the communication means included in the karaoke apparatus and the mobile terminal are configured to be able to communicate with each other within a predetermined range by short-range wireless communication. Moreover, the permission information transmission means with which a karaoke apparatus is provided transmits the permission information containing the karaoke apparatus identification information for identifying own karaoke apparatus to an information terminal via a communication means. On the other hand, the operation means included in the portable terminal associates the operation instruction for the karaoke device with the karaoke device identification information included in the permission information received from the karaoke device, and transmits it to the karaoke device. And a karaoke apparatus performs a predetermined | prescribed operation | movement based on the operation instruction matched with the karaoke apparatus identification information suitable for a self-karaoke apparatus.

  The short-range wireless communication mentioned here includes, for example, infrared communication according to the IrDA (registered trademark) standard. In particular, infrared communication cannot be performed through obstacles. Therefore, if infrared communication is used for communication between a portable terminal and a karaoke device, for example, a karaoke from the outside of a karaoke room through a wall using a portable terminal. Communication with the device is not possible. Therefore, infrared communication is suitable for limiting portable terminals that are communication partners of a karaoke device to those in a karaoke room in which the karaoke device is installed.

  Furthermore, the identification information for identifying the karaoke device is notified from the karaoke device to the portable terminal, so that the karaoke device and the portable terminal capable of operating the karaoke device are associated with each other, and the karaoke device can be operated. The mobile terminal can be specified on the karaoke device side. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent an operation instruction from a portable terminal that is not associated with the karaoke apparatus, and it is possible to prevent the karaoke apparatus from being operated indefinitely by the portable terminal owned by the user.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[Description of configuration of karaoke network system 1]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a karaoke network system 1 using the Internet 200.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the karaoke network system 1 has a karaoke room and other karaoke rooms for a karaoke host server 2 having a web server 2a and a database 2b, and an internet host server 3 having a web server 3a. A karaoke device 4 installed in the computer, a remote control terminal 5 for operating the karaoke device 4, and a user terminal 8 including an information terminal such as a mobile phone 6 and a personal computer (hereinafter, personal computer) 7 are connected via the Internet 200. It is formed by being configured to be communicable.

  The karaoke host server 2 is a karaoke service host server for delivering music data, content data to be provided to the user from the karaoke device 4 to the karaoke device 4 installed in a karaoke shop or the like. . The karaoke host server 2 is connected to the LAN 100 on the karaoke store side via a VPN (virtual private network) formed on the Internet network 200 between the router 130 on the host server side and the router 120 on the karaoke store side. ing. That is, communication between the karaoke host server 2 and the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 is performed via the VPN on the Internet 200 and the LAN 100 on the karaoke store side.

  Further, in the karaoke network system 1, the karaoke host server 2 includes a user registration database 2 c (details will be described later) for storing registration information relating to users who have authority to use the system, and registered user's information. Personal Web page database 2d for storing data of personal Web pages (corresponding to personal information of the present invention) for publishing information related to karaoke singing and information provided by the user on the Internet 200 (for details) A database 2b having a later-described) is provided. The Web server 2a included in the karaoke host server 2 is linked to the database 2b, and attempts to log in to use the karaoke network system 1 in response to a request from the remote control terminal 4 on the karaoke store side. Authentication for users who log in and distribution / update services for personal web pages for logged-in users. That is, the term “cooperation” here refers to the user registration database 2c and the personal web page database 2d stored in the database 2d in order for the web server 2a to perform user authentication and personal web page distribution. Reflecting the personal web page update data received by the web server 2a in the personal web page database 2d stored in the database 2b, whereby data for use in the service performed by the web server 2a; This indicates that the data stored in the database 2b corresponds to the data.

  The Internet host server 3 transmits information via the Internet 200 to an information terminal such as a mobile phone 6 or a personal computer 7 (hereinafter also collectively referred to as a user terminal 8) via the Web server 3a. It is a host server to do. The Internet host server 3 is configured to be able to communicate with the karaoke host server 2 via an appropriate communication line.

  The web server 3a included in the Internet host server 3 is linked to the database 2b included in the karaoke host server 2 (similar to the above-described Web server 2a), and in response to a request from the user terminal 8, the karaoke host 3 Similar to the Web server 2a included in the server 2, authentication for a user who wants to log in to use the karaoke network system 1 and distribution / update service for a personal Web page for the logged-in user are performed.

  The cellular phone 6 is a so-called third generation or later cellular phone that can be connected to the Internet 200 via an access point or a communication line provided by a cellular phone operator. It has a so-called web browser function for browsing web pages received via the web, allowing users to input information and operation instructions on the screen, and running applications for displaying animations, etc. Software, infrared communication function for performing infrared communication such as IrDA (registered trademark) standard, software for realizing an application (details will be described later) for performing performance music reservation operation for the karaoke device 4 using this infrared communication function I have.

  The personal computer 7 is a normal computer having sufficient processing capability, and is connected to the Internet 200 via an appropriate communication line. Further, the personal computer 7 browses a Web page received via the Internet 200, allows a user to input information and operation instructions on the screen, and operates an application for displaying animations, etc. An application having a so-called Web browser function is provided.

  The user terminal 8 including the mobile phone 6 and the personal computer 7 accesses the Web server 3a in the Internet host server 3 via the Internet 200, and browses and browses personal Web pages based on the data received from the Web server 3a. Various processes for updating are executed. Moreover, the mobile phone 6 carried by the user among the user terminals 8 executes various processes for performing operations such as reservation of performance music for the karaoke apparatus 4 via infrared communication in the karaoke room. A detailed description of these processes will be described later.

[Description of configuration of karaoke device 4]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a more specific configuration of the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 installed in a karaoke room such as a karaoke shop.

  The karaoke device 4 is for performing a karaoke performance of a song designated by a user who uses karaoke. As shown in FIG. 2, the karaoke device 4 includes a control unit 12 that controls the operation of the karaoke device 4 as a whole. An interface unit 14 for connecting to the LAN 100, content data such as music data and video data indicating accompaniment contents and lyrics of a performance music, a hard disk (HDD) 16 for storing a program for operating the karaoke device 4, and the like. The infrared signal transmitted from the operation unit 18 for performing the music reservation operation, the remote control terminal 5, the mobile phone 6 or the like is transmitted between the infrared communication standard (IrDA) or the remote control terminal 5 and the karaoke apparatus 4 Communication from the infrared communication unit 20 and the operation unit 18 for receiving according to the communication conditions set in advance between the two parties. An operation processing unit 22, a microphone 26, a MIDI sound source 30 that performs performance reproduction based on performance data (MIDI data) stored in the HDD 16, a digital signal output from the MIDI sound source 30, and an audio signal (sound, The audio control unit 24 that amplifies the generated audio signal and the audio signal input from the microphone 26 and outputs the amplified signal to the speaker 28, the video RAM 32 that temporarily stores the image data, and the video RAM 32 A video playback unit 34 that controls playback of video based on stored image data, a video control unit 38 that controls display of video played back by the video playback unit 34, and rewritable storage using semiconductor elements A memory 40 as a medium is provided.

  Further, the control unit 12 performs user authentication for the user who intends to operate the karaoke apparatus 4 using the mobile phone 6 in response to a request received from the mobile phone 6 via infrared communication to the karaoke host server 2. By requesting and associating the authenticated user's mobile phone 6 with his / her own karaoke apparatus 4 (hereinafter, this association is also referred to as “bundling”). Various processes for accepting operation instructions are executed. A detailed description of this process will be described later.

[Description of configuration of remote control terminal 5]
The remote control terminal 5 is for use in a karaoke room, and has a function of accepting an operation for reserving a musical piece from a user and transmitting the operation signal to the karaoke apparatus 4. In addition, the remote control terminal 5 accesses the karaoke host server 2 via the access point 110 via the LAN 100 and the VPN on the Internet 200, and browses the personal web page based on the data received from the karaoke host server 2. It also has a function for updating.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the remote control terminal 5 is set in advance between the control unit 52 that controls the operation of the entire remote control terminal 5, the infrared communication standard (IrDA), or the remote control terminal 5 and the karaoke device 4. The infrared communication unit 54 that transmits an infrared signal to the karaoke device 4 according to the communication conditions set, the memory 56 that stores various information such as a program for operating the remote control terminal 5, and the display area of the display unit 58 are installed. An operation unit 60 that includes a touch panel and a plurality of key switches, receives an operation from a user, an operation processing unit 62 that processes a signal from the operation unit 60, a video RAM 64 that temporarily stores image data, and a video RAM 64 that is stored. A video control unit 66 for controlling display of the received image data on the display unit 58, and an access point 1 connected to the LAN 100. 0 wireless LAN standard (e.g., IEEE802.11a / b / g standard, HomeRF standards, Bluetooth standards, etc.) between and a wireless LAN communication unit 68 for performing radio communication in accordance with the.

  Among these, the control part 52 receives the operation input for reserving a music from a user, and reservation data which added the user ID of the reservation person (namely, person who sings) to the music number of the selected music. The process which transmits to the karaoke apparatus 4 is performed. In addition, the control unit 52 accesses the karaoke host server 2 via the Internet 200 and executes various processes for browsing / updating the personal web page based on the data received from the karaoke host server 2. . The remote control terminal 5 is configured to be able to log in to the system in parallel for each of a plurality of user accounts.

[Description of other configurations]
An access point 110 is connected to the LAN 100 described above. The access point 110 is a radio wave relay for connecting terminals by wireless communication, and has a function of performing communication simultaneously with a plurality of terminals. The remote control terminal 5 and the karaoke host server 2 can perform data communication with each other via the LAN 100 and the VPN on the Internet 200 by relaying the access point 110.

  The routers 120 and 130 are so-called VPN gateways for using VPN technology that creates a state in which a communication path on an external network such as the Internet 200 is encrypted and is virtually connected by a dedicated line. The routers 120 and 130 are placed at connection points between the Internet 200 as an external network and the LAN 100 as an internal network and the network on the karaoke host server 2 side, respectively, and encrypt communication from the internal network to the Internet 200 side. Send it out. Also, the communication from the Internet 200 side is decrypted and sent to the internal network.

  The configuration of the karaoke network system 1 according to the embodiment has been described above. The correspondence between the configuration of the karaoke network system 1 according to the present embodiment and the configuration described in the claims is as follows.

  The karaoke host server 2 and the Internet host server 3 of the present embodiment correspond to the host servers in the claims. The user terminal 8 including the mobile phone 6 and the personal computer 7 corresponds to an information terminal, and the mobile phone 6 corresponds to a mobile terminal. The Web server 2a in the karaoke host server 2 corresponds to an authentication unit. The database 2b in the karaoke host server 2 corresponds to the storage means. The control unit 12 in the karaoke apparatus 4 corresponds to an authentication request unit and a permission information transmission unit. The infrared communication functions of the infrared communication unit 20 and the mobile phone 6 in the karaoke apparatus 4 correspond to communication means. Further, the application execution function provided in the mobile phone 6 corresponds to an operation permission request unit and an operation unit.

[Description of “User Registration” Performed from Remote Terminal 5 and User Terminal 8]
In the karaoke network system 1 of the present embodiment, the user can use the personal web page browsing / update service for the first time by logging into the system with the user's account registered in advance. Here, a procedure of “user registration” in which the user uses the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8 to acquire an account for using the personal web page browsing / updating service will be described.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example when “user registration” is performed by the remote control terminal 5 and the user terminal 8.
First, based on an instruction input from the user, a network menu screen 71 as shown in FIG. 3A is displayed on a display device such as a monitor provided in the display unit 58 of the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8. Note that the network menu screen 71 and various screens to be described later may be configured to be displayed based on data stored in advance as user registration applications provided in the remote control terminal 5 and the user terminal 8. Alternatively, the remote terminal 5 or the user terminal 8 may be connected to the Web server in the host server via the Internet 200 and displayed based on the Web page distributed from each Web server. .

  A network menu screen 71 shown in FIG. 3A is a screen for displaying an operation menu for using a personal web page browsing / updating service, and a login screen for an already registered user to log in to the system. A “login” button 82 for transitioning to the screen, a “new user registration” button 83 for a new user to acquire an account, and the like are displayed. Here, when the “new user registration” button 83 is pressed via a touch panel, a key switch, a pointing device or the like in each terminal, a user registration screen 72 as shown in FIG. 3B is displayed.

  The user registration screen 72 shown in FIG. 3B is for requesting the user to input a nickname as a user name on the system and a password for user authentication in order for a new user to acquire an account. This is the screen. Here, when the “OK” button 84a is pressed after the nickname and password are input in the input box in the user registration screen 72 by an operation from the user, the user is registered together with registration request information for requesting user registration. The data indicating the nickname and password input by the above is transmitted via the Internet 200 to the Web server in the host server corresponding to the terminal. In addition, when performing "user registration" by the mobile phone 6 among the user terminals 8, in addition to the above-mentioned nickname and user ID, the telephone number and the e-mail address of the mobile phone 6 are transmitted together. Also good.

  Upon receiving the registration request information transmitted from the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8, the nickname and password of the user, the Web server in the host server first generates a user ID that is unique identification information for each user. Based on the received contents, new information such as the user's nickname, user ID, and password is newly added to the user registration database 2c (details will be described later) provided in the database 2b in the karaoke host server 2. sign up.

  Next, registration completion information for notifying the user of information indicating that the user registration is completed and the user ID is generated, and this registration completion information is transmitted from the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal that is the transmission source of the registration request information. Reply to 8 When the telephone number or e-mail address of the mobile phone 6 owned by the user is transmitted together with the registration request information transmitted from the user terminal 8, the registration completion information is transmitted to the mobile phone 6 by e-mail or the like. Also good.

  When the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8 receives the registration completion information from the host server, a user registration completion screen 73 as shown in FIG. 3C is displayed based on the received registration completion information. Here, on the user registration completion screen 73, a message notifying that the user registration of the nickname “Mike06” has been completed, a user ID of “Mike06”, and the like are displayed.

  The user ID issued by the host server side is identification information for authentication that is required to be input together with a password when the user logs in to the system from the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8. Accordingly, the user confirms the user ID assigned to himself / herself on the user registration completion screen 73.

When the user presses the “OK” button 84 b on the user registration completion screen 73, “User registration” ends.
[Description of User Registration Database 2c and Personal Web Page Database 2d]
Here, specific contents of the user registration database 2c and the personal Web page database 2d stored in the database 2b in the karaoke host server 2 will be described.

  FIG. 4A is an explanatory diagram showing specific contents of the user registration database 2c. This user registration database 2c is a user registration including various information such as a nickname, a user ID, a password of each user registered through the “user registration”, and a path indicating a storage location of the personal web page data of the user. It is a table of data.

  In the karaoke network system 1 of this embodiment, the Web server in each host server refers to this user registration database 2c, thereby authenticating the user who has requested login, associating the user with the nickname, and the user and the user. Is associated with the personal web page.

  The personal web page database 2d (see FIG. 4B) stores personal web page data of each user registered in the user registration database. The personal web page data is a collection of data for displaying the personal web page in a predetermined format by the web browser included in the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8, and includes text data, layout information by HTML, image / audio / Consists of video data and the like.

  Such personal web page data automatically generates personal web page template data for a newly registered user when the above-mentioned "user registration" is performed. It is conceivable that the data is stored in the personal Web page database 2d, and the path for storing the personal Web page template data is registered in the user registration data of the user in the user registration database 2c. In this way, this user can easily edit his / her own personal web page based on the personal web page template later.

  In the present embodiment, the personal Web page is “karaoke information” that is information related to the singing history of the user who uses the karaoke device 4, the eighteenth music, the scoring result for the singing, and public information provided by the user. Information such as “profile” and “message” is included as content.

  Among these, "karaoke information" is a karaoke singing using the karaoke device 4 by a user who logs in to the system, so that the name of the song sung by the user, the pitch key when singing, the singing time, etc. The data indicating the singing history, the eighteenth music, the scoring results, and the like are uploaded from the karaoke apparatus 4 to the karaoke host server 2. In addition to displaying the singing history and the eighteenth music included in the “karaoke information” as a personal Web page, the remote control terminal can be used as a music selection list when reserving performance music for the karaoke device 4. 5 or the mobile phone 6, the performance music can be selected from the downloaded singing history and the list of eighteenth music.

  FIG. 4C is a diagram showing a display example on the Web browser of the personal Web page having the contents such as “karaoke information”, “profile”, and “message” described above. In this case, the Web page title is displayed as a personal Web page of the nickname “Mike06”. Various information such as “Mike06” 's “profile”, “message”, and “karaoke information” is displayed.

Hereinafter, an outline of a procedure for a user registered by the above-mentioned “user registration” to log in to the system and browse or update a personal Web page will be described.
When the user registered by the above-mentioned “user registration” uses the personal Web page browsing / update service using the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8, first, the network menu screen shown in FIG. The user logs in to the system by inputting a registered user ID and password on a predetermined login screen displayed by pressing a “login” button 82 in 71.

  At this time, the Web server in the host server registers the user ID and password transmitted from the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8 and the user registration database 2c (see FIG. 4A) stored in the database 2b. By verifying the user ID and password that have been registered, the user who has requested login is authenticated.

  After logging in, the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8 receives an instruction from the user to specify a personal Web page that the user wants to browse or an instruction to update his / her personal Web page. Alternatively, the user terminal 8 transmits information requesting distribution of designated data to the Web server in the host server. Then, the Web server in the host server reads the data of the specified personal Web page from the personal Web page database 2d, and distributes the read data to the remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8 that is the request source.

  The remote control terminal 5 or the user terminal 8 displays a personal Web page (see FIG. 4C) based on the data distributed from the host server, or gives an instruction from the user to update the personal Web page Accepts input and uploads updated data to the host server.

  Note that the karaoke network system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured so that a plurality of users can log in to the system in parallel with one remote control terminal 5 assuming that one karaoke room is used in a group. ing. In this way, all members of the group can use the personal Web page using the remote control terminal 5 in the same karaoke room. However, if a single remote control terminal 5 allows multiple users to log in at the same time, other members may use the remote control terminal 5 even if it takes a long time to log in or wants to reserve a performance song. It is assumed that a personal Web page is being browsed and a reservation cannot be made.

  Therefore, in the karaoke network system 1 of the present embodiment, the user performs the “binding process” for operably associating the mobile phone 6 with the karaoke device 4 (that is, “binding”), so that the user can In addition to being able to log in to the system, operations such as reservation of performance music for the karaoke device 4 can be performed by the mobile phone 6 attached to the karaoke device 4.

  In the following, “bundling processing” for linking the mobile phone 6 to the karaoke device 4 so as to be operable, and performing a reservation operation of the performance music for the karaoke device 4 in the mobile phone 6 tied to the karaoke device 4. The procedure of will be described.

[Description of "Bundling process"]
FIG. 5 is a ladder chart showing a data flow among the mobile phone 6, the karaoke device 4, and the karaoke host server 2 in the “bundling process” for linking the mobile phone 6 to the karaoke device 4 in an operable manner. It is.

  First, the mobile phone 6 transmits “user identification information” to the karaoke apparatus 4 via infrared communication together with information for requesting the karaoke apparatus 4 to perform binding based on an instruction input from the user (step 109). : Bundling request.Hereinafter, steps are represented by the symbol S). Note that the number of steps in the ladder chart corresponds to the number of steps in each flowchart described later.

  By the way, the “user identification information” transmitted in S109 is information for performing user authentication in the karaoke host server 2. For example, the user ID and the password may be used as they are as “user identification information”. Other identification information associated with the user ID and password (for example, “registration number” in the user registration database 2c (see FIG. 4A)) may be used as “user identification information”. In the latter case, for example, by using identification information having a data size smaller than that of the user ID and password, the reliability between the mobile phone 6 and the karaoke device 4 is slightly inferior to the former in terms of security. The amount of data transfer can be reduced, and the communication load can be reduced. For example, in the former case, a total of 12 bytes of data is transmitted as the user ID and password, but in the latter case, 4 bytes of data may be transmitted as the above registration number.

  If data of 4 bytes (32 bits) is adopted as “user identification information”, “user identification information” can be assigned to approximately 4.2 billion users by the power of 2.sup.32. On the other hand, in the case of data of 3 bytes (24 bits), “user identification information” can be assigned to about 16 million users by 2 24. According to the estimates of the National Karaoke Industry Association, the number of karaoke participants in 2004 was about 47.8 million. Therefore, it is sufficient to employ 4 bytes of data as “user identification information”.

  Returning to the description of the ladder chart of FIG. The karaoke apparatus 4 transmits the “user identification information” received from the mobile phone 6 to the karaoke host server 2 via the LAN 100 and the Internet 200 together with information for requesting user authentication (S202: authentication request).

  The Web server in the karaoke host server 2 authenticates the user based on the “user identification information” received from the karaoke device 4 and sends “authentication notification information” for notifying the authentication result via the Internet 200. Is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4 (S304: authentication result notification).

  Based on the “authentication notification information” received from the karaoke host server 2, the karaoke device 4 transmits “bundling result information” for notifying the bundling result to the cell phone 6 that is the bundling request source ( S205: Binding result notification). Here, based on the “authentication notification information” received from the karaoke host server 2, the karaoke device 4 permits the binding as “binding result information” when the binding request source is recognized as a valid user. A karaoke device ID (for example, a production number), which is unique information for identifying the own karaoke device 4, is attached to the information to the effect and transmitted (S 205: Bundling result notification).

On the other hand, the mobile phone 6 stores the karaoke device ID attached to the “bundling result information” received from the karaoke device 4 in a memory such as a RAM.
By the procedure as described above, the binding for associating the mobile phone 6 with the karaoke apparatus 4 so as to be operable is completed.

  FIGS. 6 and 7 are flowcharts showing a procedure of processes executed by the mobile phone 6 in the above-described “bundling process”. 10 and 11 are explanatory diagrams showing screen display examples on the mobile phone 6 in the “binding process”.

  First, based on an instruction input from the user, the login application is activated (S101, see FIG. 6), and the value of the counter P that counts the number of binding failures is set to 0 (S102). Then, the above-described network menu screen 71 (see FIG. 3A) is displayed (S103).

  Next, in the network menu screen 71, it is determined whether or not a “login” button 82 for shifting to a login screen for a registered user to log in to the system is pressed (S104). If it is determined that the “login” button 82 has not been pressed (S104: NO), this process is repeated.

  If it is determined that the “login” button 82 has been pressed (S104: YES), a login screen 74 is displayed (S105). When the user ID and password are input by the user on the login screen 74, a binding confirmation screen 75 is displayed (S106).

  FIG. 10A is a display example of the login screen 74 on the display screen 6 a of the mobile phone 6. On the login screen 74, input boxes for inputting a user ID and a password are displayed. The user inputs a user ID and a password in this input box using the operation key group 6 b of the mobile phone 6.

  When the input of the user ID and password is completed on the login screen 74, a binding confirmation screen 75 shown in FIG. 10B is displayed. On this binding confirmation screen 75, a “binding” button 85 for inputting an instruction to execute a binding request to the karaoke apparatus 4, and a “cancel” button 86a for inputting an instruction to cancel the binding request. Etc. are displayed.

  Returning to the flowchart of FIG. It is determined whether or not the “binding” button 85 or the “cancel” button 86a is pressed by the user on the binding confirmation screen 75 displayed in S106 (S107). If it is determined that the “Cancel” button 86a has been pressed (S107: “Cancel”), the process returns to S105.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the “bundling” button 85 is pressed (S107: “bundling”), the user ID and password input by the user are converted into “user identification information” (S108). As for the “user identification information”, as described above, the user ID and password may be used as they are, or another identification information associated with the user ID and password (for example, a user registration number) is used. It may be used. In the latter case, in the above-mentioned “user registration”, when the Internet host server 3 notifies the mobile phone 6 of the user ID, the registration number of the user is also notified to the mobile phone 6. The mobile phone 6 may register this registration number in the memory in association with the user ID and password.

  In S109, “user identification information” is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4 via infrared communication together with information for requesting the karaoke apparatus 4 to perform binding (S109: binding request). Then, it is determined whether or not “binding result information” transmitted from the karaoke device 4 in response to the binding request is received (S110, see FIG. 7). Here, when it is determined that the “binding result information” has not been received (S110: NO), it is determined whether or not a predetermined waiting time has elapsed (timeout) since the binding request in S109 has been executed. (S111).

  If it is determined in S111 that the timeout has not occurred (S111: NO), the process returns to S110. During the processing of S110 and S111, the in-communication screen 76 shown in FIG. 11A is displayed on the display screen 6a.

  If it is determined in S110 that the “bundling result information” has been received from the karaoke apparatus 4 (SS110: YES), the received “bundling result information” permits the bundling (bundling OK). It is determined whether or not (S112). Here, when it is determined that the received “bundling result information” indicates that the bundling is permitted (bundling OK) (S112: YES), the karaoke attached to the “bundling result information” The device ID is stored in the memory (S113).

  Subsequently, the screen being displayed on the display screen 6a is switched from the in-communication screen 76 of FIG. 11A to the binding completion screen 77 of FIG. 11B (S114), and the login application is terminated (S115).

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S111 that time-out has occurred (S111: YES), that is, when the situation in which the “bundling result information” has not been received for some reason, such as infrared communication being interrupted, continues for a predetermined time, or When it is determined in S112 that the “bundling result information” does not permit bundling (bundling NG) (S112: NO), it is determined that the bundling has failed in any case, and the display screen The screen being displayed in 6a is switched from the in-communication screen 76 in FIG. 11A to the retry confirmation screen 78 in FIG. 11C (S116).

  In the retry confirmation screen 78 shown in FIG. 11C, a message for inquiring the user whether or not to retry the grouping and an instruction to retry the grouping with the karaoke apparatus 4 are input. An “OK” button 84c, a “cancel” button 86b for inputting an instruction to cancel the binding, and the like are displayed.

  After displaying the retry confirmation screen 78 in S116, it is determined whether or not an instruction to retry the binding is input (S117). That is, it is determined whether the “OK” button 84 c is pressed or the “Cancel” button 86 b is pressed on the retry confirmation screen 78.

  Here, when it is determined that an instruction to retry the binding is input (S117: YES), that is, when it is determined that the “OK” button 84c is pressed on the retry confirmation screen 78, a counter of the number of failed bindings is displayed. The value of P is incremented by 1 (P = P + 1) (S118). Then, it is determined whether or not the value of the counter P is less than 3 (P <3) (S119).

  If it is determined in S119 that the value of the counter P is less than 3 (P <3) (S119: YES), that is, if the number of times of binding failure is less than 3, the process of S105 (see FIG. 6) Returning to the process, the login screen 74 is displayed again.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S119 that the value of the counter P has reached 3 (P = 3) (S119: NO), that is, if the number of times of binding failed reaches 3 times, or the binding is performed in S117. When it is determined that an instruction to cancel the password is input (S117: NO), that is, when it is determined that the “cancel” button 86b is pressed on the retry confirmation screen 78, the login application is terminated in any case ( S115).

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing executed by the karaoke apparatus 4 in response to a binding request from the mobile phone 6 in “binding processing”.
First, it is determined whether or not “user identification information” has been received as a binding request from the mobile phone 6 (S201). This “user identification information” is transmitted from the mobile phone 6 via infrared communication in S109 of the flowchart of FIG. If it is determined that “user identification information” has not been received (S201: NO), this process is repeated.

  And when it determines with having received "user identification information" (S201: YES), this received "user identification information" is hosted for karaoke via LAN100 and the internet 200 with the information for requesting user authentication. 2 (S202: Authentication request). Then, it is determined whether or not “authentication notification result information” transmitted from the karaoke host server 2 in response to the authentication request has been received (S203). If it is determined that the “authentication notification information” has not been received (S203: NO), this process is repeated.

  If it is determined that the “authentication notification information” has been received (S203: YES), “binding result information” is generated based on the received “authentication notification information” (S204). Specifically, if the “authentication notification information” received from the karaoke host server 2 is information indicating that the log-in request source user is permitted to log in, the cell phone 6 is permitted to bind. Information to which the karaoke device ID (for example, a production number), which is unique information for identifying the own karaoke device 4, is attached to the information to that effect is generated as “bundling result information”.

  On the other hand, if the “authentication notification information” received from the karaoke host server 2 is information not permitting the log-in of the user of the grouping request source, information indicating that grouping is not permitted for the mobile phone 6. Is generated as “bundling result information”.

Then, the “bundling result information” is transmitted to the cellular phone 6 that is the bundling request source via infrared communication (S205).
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing executed by the Web server 2a in the karaoke host server 2 in response to the authentication request from the karaoke apparatus 4 in the “bundling process”.

  First, it is determined whether or not “user identification information” is received from the karaoke apparatus 4 as an authentication request (S301). This “user identification information” is transmitted from the karaoke apparatus 4 via the LAN 100 and the Internet 200 in S202 of the flowchart of FIG. If it is determined that “user identification information” has not been received (S301: NO), this process is repeated.

  If it is determined that the “user identification information” has been received (S301: YES), the user registration database 2c (see FIG. 4A) is referred to based on the received “user identification information” for the user. Authentication is performed (S302). Specifically, if the transmitted “user identification information” is a user ID and password, the user ID and password registered in the user registration database 2c are collated to determine whether or not the user can log in. judge. If the transmitted “user identification information” is a registration number of a user, it is determined whether or not the user can log in by checking with the registration number registered in the user registration database 2c.

  Then, “authentication notification information” for notifying the authentication result (that is, whether or not the user can log in) is generated (S303), and the generated “authentication notification information” is transmitted to the karaoke apparatus 4 via the Internet 200. (S304: Authentication result notification).

[Description of performance music reservation for karaoke device 4 by mobile phone 6]
The mobile phone 6 that is operably bundled with the karaoke device 4 by the above-described “bundling process” is stored in the memory when transmitting music reservation data or the like to the karaoke device 4 that is the bundling destination thereafter. The karaoke device ID being sent is attached to the data to be transmitted and transmitted. The karaoke device 4 executes processing such as reservation of performance music on the data transmitted from the mobile phone 6 based on the data attached with the karaoke device ID corresponding to the karaoke device 4 itself.

Hereinafter, a procedure for reserving a musical composition for the karaoke device 4 by the mobile phone 6 attached to the karaoke device 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen display example when performing a reservation of a performance song for the karaoke apparatus 4 by the mobile phone 6.

  First, on the mobile phone 6 including the display screen 6a, the operation key group 6b, and the like shown in FIG. 12A, a performance music reservation application provided in advance is activated when the user inputs a predetermined operation instruction. Then, a reservation screen 90a as shown in FIG. 12B is displayed. Such a performance music reservation application is distributed to the mobile phone 6 of each user from the Internet host server 3 via the Internet 200 by, for example, a business operator operating the karaoke network system 1 of the present embodiment. It is conceivable to distribute the data stored in a recording medium such as a memory card so that the mobile phone 6 owned by the user can be provided.

  In the reservation screen 90a of FIG. 12B, the nickname “Joe” of the logged-in user, the display box 500 for displaying the music number and pitch key settings input by the user, and the mobile phone 6 are displayed. A reservation key group 600 indicating the correspondence between each button of the operation key group 6b and a function for reservation operation assigned to each button is displayed. Here, when the user presses each button of the operation key group 6b, the function indicated by the corresponding button of the reservation key group 600 is executed.

  In the following description, when it is expressed that the user presses any button of the reservation key group 600 on each reservation screen, the operation key group 6b corresponding to the button of the reservation key group 600 is displayed. Refers to pressing a button.

  In the reservation screen 90a of FIG. 12B, the user can input the music number of the music to be reserved by pressing each of the numeric buttons 0 to 9 in the reservation key group 600. When the music number is input by the user, as shown in the reservation screen 90b of FIG. 12C, the music number input in the display box 500 is displayed (here, “555”).

  In the reservation screen 90b after the music number input in FIG. 12C, a “key #” button 602 for raising the pitch key during performance, a “key「 ”button 603 for lowering the pitch key, The user can press the buttons for setting the pitch keys such as the “original song key” button 604 for setting the pitch key of the original song according to the user's preference, and the pitch key of the music to be reserved Can be set. When the pitch key is set by the user, the set pitch key is displayed in the display box 500 as shown in the reservation screen 90c in FIG. 12D (here, “key: # 2”). ).

  When the user presses the “Send” button 607 after the music number and pitch key are input, the mobile phone 6 stores the memory of the mobile phone 6 in the reservation data indicating the music number and pitch key settings input by the user. Is attached to the karaoke device 4 of the grouping destination and the user ID, and is transmitted to the karaoke unit 4 of the grouping destination by infrared communication. At this time, during communication with the karaoke apparatus 4, the reservation screen 90d shown in FIG. 12 (e) indicating that reservation data is being transmitted is displayed.

  When the karaoke device 4 receives the reservation data from the mobile phone 6 via the infrared communication unit 20, the karaoke device ID of the own karaoke device 4 and the karaoke device ID attached to the received reservation data match. Determine whether. Here, when the karaoke apparatus ID is suitable, the music indicated by the received reservation data is registered as the performance scheduled music in association with the user. On the other hand, if the karaoke ID does not match, the performance scheduled music based on the reservation data is not registered.

  FIG. 13 shows a screen table for displaying a list of user singing histories when making reservations for musical tunes for the karaoke apparatus 4 by the mobile phone 6 and making reservations for musical tunes based on the displayed singing history list. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example.

  First, in the reservation screen 91a shown in FIG. 13A, when the “history” button 605 is pressed by the user, the mobile phone 6 stores the Internet host server 3 in the database 2b via the Internet 200. The transmission of the data of the user's singing history being requested is requested. In response to a request from the mobile phone 6, the Web server 3a in the Internet host server 3 reads the singing history data corresponding to the user stored in the personal Web page database 2d in the database 2b. Is transmitted to the requesting mobile phone 6.

  When the mobile phone 6 receives the singing history data from the Internet host server 3, based on the received data, the song name, singer name, performance of the song sung by the user in the past as shown in FIG. A singing history screen 91b which is a list of pitch key setting values at the time is displayed. Here, the user can select the music to be reserved from the music displayed in the list by pressing the numeric buttons 601 of 0 to 9 and inputting the history number attached to the left end of the list. . In addition, the user can press the “key #” button 602, “key ♭” button 603, and “original song key” button 604 according to the user's preference to set the pitch key of the selected song.

  When the user selects a music piece to be reserved and sets a pitch key, a reservation screen 91c in FIG. 13C is displayed. Here, the user can confirm the content of the selected music before transmitting it to the karaoke apparatus 4. When the user presses the “Send” button 607, the mobile phone 6 stores the data stored in the memory of the mobile phone 6 in the reservation data indicating the music number and pitch key setting of the music selected by the user. Attached destination karaoke device ID and user ID data are attached, and transmitted to the attached karaoke device 4 by infrared communication. At this time, during communication with the karaoke apparatus 4, a reservation screen 91d shown in FIG. 13 (d) indicating that reservation data is being transmitted is displayed.

Since the operation of the karaoke apparatus 4 after the reservation data is transmitted is the same as that of the reservation method in FIG. 12 described above, description thereof is omitted here.
FIG. 14 shows a screen for displaying a list of the eighteenth music pieces of the user when making a reservation for the musical composition music for the karaoke apparatus 4 by the mobile phone 6 and making a reservation for the musical composition based on the displayed eighteenth music list. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display.

  First, in the reservation screen 92a shown in FIG. 14A, when the user presses the “eighteenth” button 606, the mobile phone 6 is stored in the database 2b with respect to the Internet host server 3 via the Internet 200. Request transmission of data of the eighteenth music of the corresponding user. In response to a request from the mobile phone 6, the Web server 3a in the Internet host server 3 reads the data of the eighteenth music corresponding to the user stored in the personal Web page database 2d in the database 2b. This is transmitted to the requesting mobile phone 6.

  When the mobile phone 6 receives the singing history data from the Internet host server 3, the tune name, singer name, and user name of the eighteenth music registered by the user as shown in FIG. 14 (b) based on the received data. The eighteenth music screen 92b, which is a list of setting values of the pitch key designated by is displayed. Here, the user can select the music to be reserved from the music displayed in the list by pressing the number buttons 601 of 0 to 9 and inputting the eighteenth number attached to the left end of the list. . In addition, the user can press the “key #” button 602, “key ♭” button 603, and “original song key” button 604 according to the user's preference to set the pitch key of the selected song.

  When the user selects a music piece to be reserved and sets a pitch key, a reservation screen 92c in FIG. 14C is displayed. Here, the user can confirm the content of the selected music before transmitting it to the karaoke apparatus 4. When the user presses the “Send” button 607, the mobile phone 6 stores the data stored in the memory of the mobile phone 6 in the reservation data indicating the music number and pitch key setting of the music selected by the user. Attached destination karaoke device ID and user ID data are attached, and transmitted to the attached karaoke device 4 by infrared communication. At this time, during communication with the karaoke apparatus 4, the reservation screen 92d shown in FIG. 14 (d) indicating that reservation data is being transmitted is displayed.

Since the operation of the karaoke apparatus 4 after the reservation data is transmitted is the same as that of the reservation method in FIG. 12 described above, description thereof is omitted here.
[effect]
According to the karaoke network system 1 of the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

  According to the karaoke network system 1 of the embodiment, the user is authenticated (logged in) in the Web server 2a in the karaoke host server 2 through communication from the mobile phone 6 carried by the user to the karaoke device 4 and logged in. Thereafter, the karaoke apparatus 4 can be operated by the mobile phone 6 via infrared communication. That is, even without using the remote control terminal 5, the user can perform operations such as logging into the system and reserving performance music for the karaoke device 4 using the mobile phone 6 carried by the user.

  In particular, when a karaoke room is used in a group, a single remote control terminal 5 is shared by a plurality of users, and the remote control terminal 5 is expected to be used more frequently. According to the system 1, even if another member is using the remote control terminal 5 to perform a login operation or browse / update a personal Web page, the mobile phone 6 can perform the login operation or reserve a musical piece. So that users do not waste valuable time.

  In addition, the karaoke network system 1 of the embodiment accumulates the user registration database 2b information for authenticating the user and the personal web page database 2d in the database 2b of the karaoke host server 2 all together. It is configured to perform authentication and personal web page distribution / update services on the host server side. Therefore, for example, since it is not necessary to store enormous numbers of user registration data and personal Web page data in the individual karaoke apparatuses 4 and user terminals 8, it does not take time to construct a system. The above effect corresponds to the configuration of claim 1.

  In addition, by using infrared communication as a communication method used for performing a music reservation operation on the karaoke device 4 by the mobile phone 6, the karaoke device 4 in which the karaoke device 4 is installed is connected to the mobile phone 6 as a communication partner. Limited to those in the room. Then, the karaoke device 4 is notified from the karaoke device 4 to the mobile phone 6 with the karaoke device ID for identifying the karaoke device, so that the mobile phone 6 can be operably attached to the karaoke device 4. By performing this binding, the mobile phone 6 permitted to operate the karaoke device 4 can be specified on the karaoke device 4 side. Thereby, the karaoke apparatus 4 can be prevented from accepting an operation instruction from the mobile phone 6 that is not tied to the own karaoke apparatus 4. As described above, it is possible to prevent the karaoke apparatus 4 from being operated in a random and unlimited manner from the mobile phone 6 by limiting the communication range by the infrared communication and the binding process. The above effect corresponds to the configuration of the second aspect.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be implemented in various modes as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention. It is.

  For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a database for storing user registration data and personal web page data is provided in both the karaoke host server 2 and the Internet host server 3. In this case, mirroring may be performed between the database on the karaoke host server 2 side and the database on the Internet host server 3 side. With this configuration, it is possible to share the processing load between the karaoke host server 2 and the Internet host server 3 and to construct a more reliable system by multiplexing the database. Is possible.

  In the above embodiment, the mobile phone 6 is used as the mobile terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) or a portable game machine having a communication function may be used.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a karaoke network system 1 using the Internet 200. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the more concrete structure of the karaoke apparatus 4 and the remote control terminal 5 which are installed in karaoke rooms, such as a karaoke shop. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen display at the time of performing user registration by the remote control terminal 5 and the user terminal 8. FIG. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the specific content of the user registration database 2c, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the specific content of the personal web page database 2d, (c) is personal web. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display on the web browser. 6 is a ladder chart showing a data flow among the mobile phone 6, the karaoke device 4 and the karaoke host server 2 in a “bundling process” for linking the mobile phone 6 to the karaoke device 4 in an operable manner. It is the first half part of the flowchart showing the procedure of the process executed by the mobile phone 6 in the “binding process”. It is the latter half part of the flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which the mobile telephone 6 performs in a "bundling process". 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing executed by the karaoke apparatus 4 in response to a binding request from the mobile phone 6 in “binding processing”. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing executed by the Web server 2a in the karaoke host server 2 in response to an authentication request from the karaoke device 4 in “binding processing”. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen display in the mobile telephone 6 in a "bundling process". It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen display in the mobile telephone 6 in a "bundling process". It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a screen display at the time of making the reservation of the performance music with respect to the karaoke apparatus 4 with the mobile phone. Explanation of a screen display example in the case of performing a reservation of performance songs for the karaoke device 4 by the mobile phone 6 and displaying a list of user singing histories and reserving performance songs based on the displayed list of singing histories. FIG. When making a reservation of a performance song for the karaoke device 4 by the mobile phone 6, a list of the eighteenth song of the user is displayed, and a screen display example in the case of making a reservation for a performance song based on the displayed eighteenth song list is shown. It is explanatory drawing.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Karaoke network system, 2 ... Karaoke host server, 2a ... Web server, 2b ... Database, 3 ... Internet host server, 3a ... Web server, 4 ... Karaoke apparatus, 5 ... Remote control terminal, 6 ... Mobile phone, 7 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Personal computer (PC), 8 ... User terminal, 12 ... Control part, 14 ... Interface part, 16 ... Hard disk (HDD), 18 ... Operation part, 20 ... Infrared communication part, 22 ... Operation processing part, 24 ... Voice control , 26 ... microphone, 28 ... speaker, 30 ... MIDI sound source, 32 ... video RAM, 34 ... video playback unit, 36 ... monitor, 38 ... video control unit, 40 ... memory, 52 ... control unit, 54 ... infrared communication unit 56 ... Memory, 58 ... Display unit, 60 ... Operation unit, 62 ... Operation processing unit, 64 ... Video RAM, 66 ... Projection Control unit, 68 ... wireless LAN communication unit, 100 ... LAN, 110 ... access point, 120, 130 ... router, 200 ... Internet.

Claims (2)

A karaoke device that performs a karaoke performance, a remote control terminal that operates the karaoke device and has an information display function, and an information terminal that has an information display function including at least a portable terminal carried by the user, A personal server that stores personal information including at least karaoke information related to karaoke singing is communicably connected via a network so that the personal information can be distributed from the host server to the remote control terminal and the information terminal. And a karaoke network system configured to be able to use personal information distributed from the host server in the remote control terminal and the information terminal,
The host server is
Storage means for storing authentication information which is information for authenticating the user;
Based on authentication information stored in the storage means, authenticating a user who requests the use of the karaoke network system, and comprising an authentication means for permitting the authenticated user to use the karaoke network system,
The karaoke device and the portable terminal carried by the user each include communication means capable of communicating with each other,
The portable terminal is
Furthermore, operation permission request means for transmitting predetermined operation permission request information including user identification information to the karaoke apparatus via the communication means for requesting operation permission for the karaoke apparatus from the mobile terminal;
Based on permission information transmitted from the karaoke device in response to a request from the operation permission request unit, an operation instruction for the karaoke device by a user is received, and the received operation instruction is transmitted to the karaoke device via the communication unit. Operating means for transmitting to
The karaoke device
Further, based on the operation permission request information received from the portable terminal via the communication means, an authentication request means for requesting authentication for the user to an authentication means provided in the host server,
Based on an authentication result transmitted from the host server in response to a request from the authentication requesting means, comprising permission information transmitting means for transmitting predetermined permission information to the portable terminal via the communication means,
A karaoke network system, wherein a predetermined operation is performed based on an operation instruction received from the portable terminal via the communication means. The karaoke network system according to claim 1,
The communication means provided in the karaoke device and the portable terminal are configured to be able to communicate with each other within a predetermined range by short-range wireless communication,
The permission information transmitting means included in the karaoke device transmits the permission information including the karaoke device identification information for identifying the own karaoke device to the information terminal via the communication means,
The operation means included in the portable terminal associates an operation instruction for the karaoke device with karaoke device identification information included in the permission information received from the karaoke device, and transmits the karaoke device to the karaoke device.
The karaoke apparatus performs a predetermined operation based on an operation instruction associated with karaoke apparatus identification information suitable for the own karaoke apparatus.

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