Portable downloader connectable to karaoke player through wireless communication channel

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5808224
SERIAL NO

08819472

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A karaoke system has a player for presenting a karaoke accompaniment according to a song data selected in response to a request, and a loader coupled to the player for downloading thereinto a song data. The loader is comprised of a casing having a first face, one coupling member disposed in the first face, a primary storage disposed in the casing for storing a plurality of song data, and a transmitter for retrieving the song data from the primary storage to transmit the same through the one coupling member. The player is comprised of a housing having a second face arranged such as to confront the first face when the loader is placed in a coupled state with the player, another coupling member disposed in the second face in opposed relation to the one coupling member to thereby form a wireless coupler under the coupled state, a secondary storage disposed in the housing, a receiver for receiving the song data transmitted through the wireless coupler to store the same into the secondary storage, and a sound synthesizer responsive to a request for selectively retrieving a desired song data from the secondary storage so as to sound the karaoke accompaniment.

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Patent Owner(s)

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YAMAHA CORPORATION10-1 NAKAZAWA-CHO CHUO-KU HAMAMATSU-SHI 4308650

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  • 1997 Application Filing Year
  • G10H Class
  • 172 Applications Filed
  • 101 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 58.73 % Issued To-Date
Click to zoom InYear of Issuance% of Matters IssuedCumulative IssuancesYearly Issuances19971998199920002001200220030255075100

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kato, Hirokazu Hamamatsu, JP 169 2073

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  • 265 Citation Count
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