AUDIOVISUAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. Audiovisual distribution system for playing an audiovisual piece on at least one audiovisual device (8) from among a plurality of audiovisual devices, each comprised of audio or video means for playing a piece and linked to a central computer server (9) containing optical or magnetic memory means for mass storage (21) of a plurality of audiovisual pieces selectable from any of these devices, characterized in that each of these audiovisual devices (8) has means (33) for interactive communication with the user to select a piece or a menu, payment means (35), computer network card (71), a permanent semiconductor memory containing a multitask operating system including at least one hard disk access management task in which the order to play a piece resulting from a selection is handled as a hard disk sequential access task and declaration of the hard disk as a peripheral corresponding to the network card of the device, in order to allow a request to the server (9) to be sent through the network for processing, said server being comprised of a multitask operating system, permanent mass memory (21) of the magnetic or optical type, network card (71) by which the requests from different devices (8) are received, said operating system processing these disk access requests produced by the devices as actual disk access requests.
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Abstract
Audiovisual distribution system in which each of the audiovisual units (8) includes means for interactively communicating with the user for selecting a piece or a menu, payment means, a computer network card, a permanent semiconductor memory containing a multitask operating system comprising at least a hard disc access management task. The order for performing a selected piece is processed as a hard disc sequential access task. The hard disc is declared as a peripheral corresponding to the network card of the unit, enabling a request to be sent through the network to a server (9) for processing thereof.
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8 Claims
- 1. Audiovisual distribution system for playing an audiovisual piece on at least one audiovisual device (8) from among a plurality of audiovisual devices, each comprised of audio or video means for playing a piece and linked to a central computer server (9) containing optical or magnetic memory means for mass storage (21) of a plurality of audiovisual pieces selectable from any of these devices, characterized in that each of these audiovisual devices (8) has means (33) for interactive communication with the user to select a piece or a menu, payment means (35), computer network card (71), a permanent semiconductor memory containing a multitask operating system including at least one hard disk access management task in which the order to play a piece resulting from a selection is handled as a hard disk sequential access task and declaration of the hard disk as a peripheral corresponding to the network card of the device, in order to allow a request to the server (9) to be sent through the network for processing, said server being comprised of a multitask operating system, permanent mass memory (21) of the magnetic or optical type, network card (71) by which the requests from different devices (8) are received, said operating system processing these disk access requests produced by the devices as actual disk access requests.
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