Annunciator and dynamically maintained play list for a juke box that plays digital audio files
First Claim
1. A user interface for a juke box comprising:
- a menu of song titles, each song title on the menu being adjacent an access code comprised of symbols;
at least two rows of track selection keys, each key bearing at least one symbol;
an annunciator for illuminating track selection keys;
a selection means for selecting one or more track selection keys;
a computer processing means for processing data; and
wherein the selection means causes those track selection keys bearing the symbols associated with a selected access code to illuminate substantially while the computer processing means plays a related audio file through the juke box.
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Abstract
The present invention is a user interface for a juke box capable of playing digital audio files. The improved user interface uses an annunciator to illuminate track selection keys. Those track selection keys that are actuated to enter an access code associated with a song title are illuminated by the annunciator. Additionally, the annunciator illuminates the access code of a currently playing audio file when no access codes are being entered. Someone listening to music being played by the juke box can glance at the annunciator to determine which access code is being played, and then flip through a menu of song titles that are associated with the access codes to quickly look up what song is playing. In a preferred embodiment, the access codes are stored in a dynamic stack to build a super play list that can be easily managed on the juke box itself.
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20 Claims
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1. A user interface for a juke box comprising:
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a menu of song titles, each song title on the menu being adjacent an access code comprised of symbols;
at least two rows of track selection keys, each key bearing at least one symbol;
an annunciator for illuminating track selection keys;
a selection means for selecting one or more track selection keys;
a computer processing means for processing data; and
wherein the selection means causes those track selection keys bearing the symbols associated with a selected access code to illuminate substantially while the computer processing means plays a related audio file through the juke box. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A user interface for a juke box comprising:
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a menu of song titles, each song title on the menu being adjacent an access code comprised of symbols;
an array of track selection keys, each key bearing at least one symbol;
an annunciator for illuminating track selection keys;
a stacking means for sequentially storing user selected access codes in a stack;
a computer processing means for processing data;
wherein the computer processing means processes the stack, substantially in the order that the stack was stored, and causes those track selection keys bearing the symbols associated with a user selected access code to illuminate at least partially while the computer processing means plays a related audio file through the juke box; and
wherein the annunciator may be temporarily interrupted and used to illuminate track selection keys when a user actuates the track selection keys to enter a new access code into the stack. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A user interface for a juke box comprising:
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a menu of song titles, each song title on the menu being adjacent an access code;
a row of alpha track selection keys;
a row of numeric track selection keys;
a playback means for playback of an audio file associated with an access code; and
an annunciator that incorporates an array of illumination means that corresponds to and can illuminate the alpha track selection keys and the numeric track selection keys such that an access code of a song title can be illuminated substantially during playback. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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