1. A single microphone engaged within a housing and a supporting arm engaged within the housing to support the microphone, the supporting arm comprising a plurality of bars each having a first end, wherein each said first end is fixed within an elastic element which is fixed within said housing, and
wherein said supporting arm has two lengths of bars which are parallel to each other and joined together at said first ends within said elastic element.
2. The single microphone according to claim 1, wherein said housing has a mounting portion which projects away from a portion of the housing in which the microphone is engaged, and said elastic member is fixed within said mounting portion.
3. The single microphone according to claim 2, wherein said mounting portion is made in two parts which form a groove within which said elastic member is fixed.
4. The single microphone according to claim 1, wherein said joined together first ends are U-shaped.
5. The single microphone according to claim 4, wherein said elastic member is made as a unit which surrounds the joined together first ends.
6. The single microphone according to claim 4, wherein said elastic element is made in three separated parts which surround the joined together first ends.
7. The single microphone according to claim 1, wherein the supporting arm has a laterally elongated rectangular shape including joined together second ends which are U-shaped.
8. The single microphone according to claim 7, wherein the supporting arm is curved.
9. The single microphone according to claim 7, wherein said joined together second ends are fixed within an elastic element which is fixed within a housing of a loudspeaker.
10. The single microphone according to claim 9, wherein the loudspeaker has a mounting portion which projects away from a portion of a housing in which the loudspeaker is engaged, said elastic member being fixed within said mounting portion of the loudspeaker.
11. The single microphone according to claim 7, wherein said joined together second ends are fixed within an elastic element which is fixed within a desk stand.
12. The single microphone according to claim 1, wherein second ends of the plurality of bars are slidably engaged through at least a second elastic element to a second supporting bar of a loudspeaker.
13. The single microphone according to claim 1, wherein second ends of the plurality of bars are slidably engaged through at least a second elastic element to a supporting bar on a desk stand.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A service information providing method of providing various pieces of service information stored in a host apparatus to a terminal apparatus connected to the host apparatus by a wire or wireless, comprising the steps of:
registering identification information related to the terminal apparatus for receiving the service information in the host apparatus and an electronic device freely detachable from the terminal apparatus;
confirming whether the registered electronic device is set in the terminal apparatus represented by the registered identification information; and
when it is confirmed in the confirmation step that the electronic device is set in the terminal apparatus, providing the service information stored in the host apparatus to the terminal apparatus device represented by the registered identification information.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the registration step includes the steps of:
determining whether the terminal apparatus in which the electronic device is set for registration can be online-connected to the host apparatus; and
when it is determined in the determination step that online connection is possible, storing the identification information in the host apparatus and the electronic device set in the terminal apparatus, and when it is determined in the determination step that online connection is impossible, storing the identification information and information representing offline registration in the electronic device set in the terminal apparatus.
3. A method according to claim 2, wherein the registration step includes the steps of:
when the electronic device is set in the same terminal apparatus as the terminal apparatus represented by the registered identification information or a different terminal apparatus, determining whether the information representing the offline registration is stored in the electronic device;
when it is determined in the determination step that the information representing offline input is stored, reading out the identification information stored in the electronic device; and
storing the readout identification information in the host apparatus.
4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the confirming step includes the steps of:
determining whether the terminal apparatus represented in the registered identification information is set with suitable electronic device; and
when it is determined in the determination step that the electronic device is set in the terminal apparatus determining whether the set electronic device is one used in the registering step.
5. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
when information related to reserve contents about specific information of the service information provided in the providing step is input, reservingregistering the reserve information in the host apparatus and the electronic device set in the terminal apparatus to which the service information is provided; and
at a time of use of the reservedregistered reserve information, confirming authenticity of the reserve information by comparing the reserve information stored in the electronic device with the reserve information stored in the host apparatus.
6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the reserveregistration step includes the steps of:
executing authentication processing for the set electronic device; and
when authentication reveals that the electronic device is an authentic device, controlling to execute registration of the reserve information.
7. A method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of executing payment processing for use in accordance with the reserve information stored in the electronic device.
8. A service information providing method in a service information providing apparatus which has storage means for storing various pieces of service information and provides the stored service information to a terminal apparatus connected by a wire or wireless, comprising the steps of:
when first identification information related to terminal apparatus for receiving the service information is input, storing, in the storage means, the first input identification information and second identification information of an electronic device freely detachable from the terminal apparatus;
confirming whether the electronic device represented by the second identification information is set in the terminal apparatus represented by the stored first identification information; and
when it is confirmed in the confirmation step that the electronic device is set in the terminal apparatus, providing the service information stored in the storage means to the terminal apparatus represented by the stored first identification information.
9. A service information providing system for providing various pieces of service information stored in a host apparatus to a terminal apparatus connected to the host apparatus by a wire or wireless, comprising:
input means for inputting identification information related to the terminal apparatus for receiving the service information;
registration means for registering the identification information input by the input means in the host apparatus and an electronic device freely detachable from the terminal apparatus;
determination means for determining whether the registered electronic device is set in the terminal apparatus represented by the identification information registered by the registration means; and
providing means for, when the determination means determines that the electronic device is set in the terminal apparatus, providing the service information stored in the host apparatus to the terminal apparatus represented by the registered identification information.
10. A system according to claim 9, wherein the registration means includes:
online determination means for determining whether the terminal apparatus in which the electronic device is set for registration can be online-connected to the host apparatus;
first control means for, when the online determination means determines that online connection is possible, storing the identification information input by the input means in the host apparatus and the electronic device set in the terminal apparatus; and
second control means for, when the online determination means determines that online connection is impossible, storing the identification information input by the input means and information representing offline registration in the electronic device set in the terminal apparatus.
11. A system according to claim 10, further comprising:
offline determination means for, when the electronic device is set in the same terminal apparatus as the terminal apparatus represented by the registered identification information or a different terminal apparatus, determining whether the information representing the offline registration is stored in the electronic device;
reading means for, when the offline determination means determines that the information representing offline input is stored, reading out the identification information stored in the electronic device; and
third control means for storing the identification information read out by the reading means in the host apparatus.
12. A system according to claim 9, wherein said registration means includes:
first determination means for determining whether an authentic electronic device is set in a terminal apparatus represented by the identification information registered by said registration means; and
second determination means for, when said first determination means determines that the authentic electronic device is set, determining whether the set electronic device is an electronic device used for registration.
13. A system according to claim 9, further comprising:
reserve information input means for inputting information related to reserve contents about specific information of the service information provided by the providing means;
reserveregistration means for reservingregistering the reserve information input by the reserve information input means in the host apparatus and the electronic device set in the terminal apparatus to which the service information is provided; and
confirmation means for, at a time of use of the reserve information reservedregistered by the reserveregistration means, confirming authenticity of the reserve information by comparing the reserve information stored in the electronic device with the reserve information stored in the host apparatus.
14. A system according to claim 13, wherein the reserveregistration means includes:
authentication means for executing authentication processing for the set electronic device at a time of reserveregistration; and
control means for, when authentication by the authentication means reveals that the electronic device is an authentic device, controlling to execute registration of the reserve information.
15. A system according to claim 13, further comprising payment means for executing payment processing for use in accordance with the reserve information stored in the electronic device.
16. A service information providing apparatus which has storage means for storing various pieces of service information and provides the stored service information to a terminal apparatus connected by a wire or wireless, comprising:
storage means for, when first identification information related to the terminal apparatus for receiving the service information is input, storing, in the storage means, the input identification information and second identification information of an electronic device freely detachable from the terminal apparatus held by a user;
determination means for determining whether the electronic device represented by the second identification information is set in the terminal apparatus represented by the first identification information stored by the storage means; and
providing means for, when the determination means determines that the electronic device is set in the terminal apparatus, providing the service information stored in the storage means to the terminal apparatus represented by the stored first identification information.