METHOD FOR FUNCTIONING PERSONAL PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, SUCH AS PORTABLE TELEPHONE, AS TOOL FOR UTILIZING KARAOKE SING-ALONG MACHINE AND KARAOKE SING- ALONG MACHINE APPLYING THIS METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the ease of utilization of KARAOKE sing-along machines and the entertainment characteristic as the KARAOKE sing-along machines and to achieve the higher promotion of the KARAOKE sing-along machines in terms of entertainment business by functioning personal portable information terminals, such as portable telephones as the tools for utilizing the KARAOKE sing-along machines. SOLUTION: A radio communication means S using the KARAOKE sing-along machine device as a main station is coupled to the KARAOKE sing-along machine. The place of utilization of the KARAOKE sing-along machine is determined as a service area of the radio communication means S. The radio communication means S retrieves the personal portable information terminal 2 communicatable according to the prescribed protocol and issues a startup command of a prescribed program for utilizing the KARAOKE sing-along machine to the personal portable telephone terminal 2 to which the link is established. The radio communication means S makes communication with the personal portable information terminal 2 in which the program for utilizing the KARAOKE sing-along machine operates. When the means approves the music selection preservation information subjected to data expression by a prescribed form, the means hands over the music selection preservation information to the music selection preservation processing means in the KARAOKE sing-along machine.