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.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein editing the recorded MMS message further includes adding video.