Jukebox with customizable avatar
First Claim
1. A method for playing music from a catalog of playable songs in an out-of-home venue, the method comprising:
- enabling a plurality of registered users to execute respective login operations via respective mobile devices to indicate that the respective users are present at the out-of-home venue;
preventing people who are not registered users from executing respective login operations;
in response to logged-in registered users selecting songs, adding the selected songs to a queue of songs to be played back at the out-of-home venue, at least a portion of the queue being displayable for the registered users; and
causing songs from the queue to be played at the out-of-home venue,wherein the portion of the queue and information for songs in the portion of the queue, as well as an indication of a song currently playing at the out-of-home venue, are viewable via the mobile devices that the logged-in registered users used to execute their respective login operations,wherein the portion of the queue and the indication of the song currently playing are displayable on a standalone display; and
wherein the catalog of playable songs in the out-of-home venue is restrictable through authorized selection of at least one predefined list of playable music selected from a plurality of such predefined lists, the at least one predefined list of playable music being selectable by an authorized user via a user interface not accessible to the logged-in registered users.
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Abstract
A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user is provided. For example, information specific to a recognized user may be stored and optionally may include a recognized user avatar representative of the recognized user. The user avatar may be an image, video, and/or animation, which may be displayed on and/or played through the jukebox. The user avatar may be associated with transactions associated with the user. For example, an avatar may be displayed when a playlist of the recognized user is played, when a message is sent, etc. In other examples, the avatar may introduce instances of media by playing an audio and/or video message, and the avatar may sing, dance, etc. while an instance of media is playing.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for playing music from a catalog of playable songs in an out-of-home venue, the method comprising:
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enabling a plurality of registered users to execute respective login operations via respective mobile devices to indicate that the respective users are present at the out-of-home venue; preventing people who are not registered users from executing respective login operations; in response to logged-in registered users selecting songs, adding the selected songs to a queue of songs to be played back at the out-of-home venue, at least a portion of the queue being displayable for the registered users; and causing songs from the queue to be played at the out-of-home venue, wherein the portion of the queue and information for songs in the portion of the queue, as well as an indication of a song currently playing at the out-of-home venue, are viewable via the mobile devices that the logged-in registered users used to execute their respective login operations, wherein the portion of the queue and the indication of the song currently playing are displayable on a standalone display; and wherein the catalog of playable songs in the out-of-home venue is restrictable through authorized selection of at least one predefined list of playable music selected from a plurality of such predefined lists, the at least one predefined list of playable music being selectable by an authorized user via a user interface not accessible to the logged-in registered users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic device operable to facilitate the playback of music from a catalog of playable songs in an out-of-home venue, the electronic device comprising:
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at least one processor configured to at least; enable users to execute login operations to indicate that the users are present at the out-of-home venue; in response to a logged in user selecting a song, cause the selected song being added to a list of songs for the out-of-home venue; facilitate the playback of songs from the list in the out-of-home venue; and wherein; a user interface provided to portable electronic devices operated by respective logged in users at the out-of-home venue is arranged to display (a) at least a portion of the catalog of playable songs, (b) at least a portion of the list, and (c) an indication of a song currently playing at the out-of-home venue; output including (a)-(c) is displayable via a standalone display; and the catalog of songs is restrictable through authorized selection of at least one predefined list of playable music selected from a plurality of such predefined lists, the at least one predefined list of playable music being selectable by an authorized user via a user interface not accessible to the logged-in registered users. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A digital audio reproduction system comprising at least one processor and being configured to facilitate playback of music at a plurality of out-of-home venues, the system comprising a catalog of playable songs, each out-of-home venue being provided with an electronic device, wherein the system is configured, for each said out-of-home venue, to at least:
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enable a plurality of users to perform login operations via respective user devices to indicate that the respective users are present at the respective out-of-home venue; in response to a logged-in registered user selecting a song, add the selected song to a list of songs for playback at the respective out-of-home venue, at least a portion of the list being made visible to logged-in registered users at the respective out-of-home venue; and cause songs from the list to be played at the respective out-of-home venue, wherein, for each said out-of-home venue, the portion of the list is displayable via user interfaces on the user devices that the logged-in registered users used to execute their respective login operations, the user interfaces including an indication of a currently playing song at the respective out-of-home venue, and an identifier of a user who selected the currently playing song if any, for the respective out-of-home venue, wherein the catalog of songs is restrictable on an out-of-home venue by out-of-home venue basis such that only partial subsets of songs are available for selection by logged-in registered users at out-of-home venues where the catalog of songs has been correspondingly restricted, and wherein the catalog of playable songs in the out-of-home venue is restrictable through authorized selection of at least one predefined list of playable music selected from a plurality of such predefined lists, the at least one predefined list of playable music being selectable by an authorized user via a user interface not accessible to the logged-in registered users. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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