Patent ID: 7772480

Claim:
A method of providing an interactive entertainment system comprising: receiving a source stream from a source, the source stream comprising a plurality of components; suppressing a user selected portion of the source stream during playback of the source stream to a user; receiving a user provided component corresponding to the suppressed component of the source stream simultaneously with the source stream; determining a first waveform area for the suppressed component and a second waveform area for the user provided component; comparing the pitch, rhythm, and sonic quality of the user provided component with the pitch, rhythm, and sonic quality of the suppressed component of the source stream to derive an aggregate score corresponding to the similarity of the user provided component with the suppressed component, wherein the quality is compared by comparing the first waveform area to the second waveform area; displaying an avatar representing the user on a stage in a concert setting including an audience and a panel of one or more judges; and displaying, through the panel of the one or more judges, the aggregate score corresponding to the similarity of the user provided component with the suppressed component.