Automated system for remote product or service selection
First Claim
1. A system for playing audio and/or video tracks in a public place in response to requests made by people, in which a jukebox is situated in the public place, the jukebox providing a plurality of audio and/or video tracks from which a selection of tracks to be played in the public place can be made by people in the public place, the jukebox being adapted to register requests for tracks to be played and to store requests whilst other requested tracks are played, characterised in that the jukebox registers a request in response to information transmitted by a person using a mobile communications device which is adapted to transmit text, data or speech over a wireless communications network, the transmitted information being processed automatically to provide data instructions which register the request.
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Abstract
A system for playing audio and/or video tracks in a public place in response to requests made by people, in which a jukebox is situated in the public place, the jukebox providing a plurality of audio and/or video tracks from which a selection of tracks to be played in the public place can be made by people in the public place, the jukebox being adapted to register requests for tracks to be played and to store requests whilst other requested tracks are played, characterized in that the jukebox registers a request in response to information transmitted by a person using a mobile communications device which is adapted to transmit text, data or speech over a wireless communications network, the transmitted information being processed automatically to provide data instructions which register the request.
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24 Claims
- 1. A system for playing audio and/or video tracks in a public place in response to requests made by people, in which a jukebox is situated in the public place, the jukebox providing a plurality of audio and/or video tracks from which a selection of tracks to be played in the public place can be made by people in the public place, the jukebox being adapted to register requests for tracks to be played and to store requests whilst other requested tracks are played, characterised in that the jukebox registers a request in response to information transmitted by a person using a mobile communications device which is adapted to transmit text, data or speech over a wireless communications network, the transmitted information being processed automatically to provide data instructions which register the request.
- 12. An automated jukebox for playing a requested audio and/or video track in a public place, the jukebox comprising a receiving device for receiving information concerning a request for a track to be played in the public place, a processing device for processing the received information, a storage device for storing requests whilst other requested tracks are played, and a playback device for playing requested tracks in the public place, characterised in that the receiving device is adapted to receive information that has been transmitted from a mobile communications device over a wireless communications network, and the processing device is adapted to automatically process the data to obtain instructions which register the request.
- 23. A system for supplying a product or service to a user from a provider, selected from a range of products or services available from the provider, each product or service having an associated alphanumeric code, wherein the user has a portable communications device adapted for voice and text message communication over a public mobile telephone network, the provider has data processing means which is connected to the public mobile telephone network so as to receive text messages addressed to a provider'"'"'s telephone number on the network, the user operates the portable communications device to transmit over the network to the provider'"'"'s telephone number a text message containing the alphanumeric code of a selected product or service, the user'"'"'s text message is received by the data processing means together with the telephone number of the user'"'"'s portable communications device, the received text message is analysed by the data processing means to determine the code of the product or service selected by the user, supply of the product or service associated with the code is initiated automatically by the data processing means, and the data processing means automatically transmits a confirmatory text message to the user'"'"'s portable communications device over the network.
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