DIGITAL DOWNLOADING JUKEBOX SYSTEM WITH USER-TAILORED MUSIC MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER TOOLS
First Claim
1. A system for playing music in an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment from a non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing a catalog of songs, the system comprising:
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a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to control the system to at least;
enable a first logged-in registered user to execute a login operation via a mobile devices to indicate that the first logged-in respective registered user is present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment;
in response to the first logged-in registered user selecting a song, add the selected songs to a queue of songs to be played back at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, at least a portion of the queue being displayable; and
receive, from a second logged-in registered user via a mobile devices of the second logged-in registered user, a vote on at least one song in the displayable portion of the queue; and
cause songs listed in the queue to be played at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment,wherein the portion of the queue, an indication of a currently playing song, and at least some tallied counts of votes are displayable on mobile devices that the logged-in registered users use to execute respective login operations,wherein the catalog of songs is restrictable such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by the first logged-in registered user, the catalog of songs being restrictable in response to a selection of at least one collection of music from a plurality of different collections of music.
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Abstract
A digital downloading jukebox system including a mechanism for delivering custom services to a recognized user, including services for creating playlists, communicating with others, accessing other features, etc. is provided. In some exemplary embodiments, after a user is recognized, the jukebox system allows users to access a special front-end via an Internet-enabled device or on an actual jukebox. Then, the user may, for example, create playlists, share songs with friends, send messages to friends, and access other value-added content. Such a system preferably learns about networks of friends, and enables managers to send similar messages to regular customers and/or others known to the system. In some exemplary embodiments, changes via a first user interface on a first device are reflected on second user interface on other properly-configured devices.
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1. A system for playing music in an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment from a non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing a catalog of songs, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to control the system to at least; enable a first logged-in registered user to execute a login operation via a mobile devices to indicate that the first logged-in respective registered user is present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; in response to the first logged-in registered user selecting a song, add the selected songs to a queue of songs to be played back at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, at least a portion of the queue being displayable; and receive, from a second logged-in registered user via a mobile devices of the second logged-in registered user, a vote on at least one song in the displayable portion of the queue; and cause songs listed in the queue to be played at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, wherein the portion of the queue, an indication of a currently playing song, and at least some tallied counts of votes are displayable on mobile devices that the logged-in registered users use to execute respective login operations, wherein the catalog of songs is restrictable such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by the first logged-in registered user, the catalog of songs being restrictable in response to a selection of at least one collection of music from a plurality of different collections of music. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of playing music at an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment in connection with a portable electronic device located at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment and operable by a user to play music selected from a catalog of songs, the method comprising:
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enabling the user to execute a login operation to indicate that the user is present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; in response to the user selecting a song, adding the selected song to a queue of songs to be played back at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; sending, for display via a display of the portable electronic device, information indicative of at least a portion of the queue at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; and enabling reception, from the user, of one or more votes in connection with one or more songs in the portion of the queue; wherein songs from the queue are played back at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment in dependence on the queue, wherein the catalog of songs is restrictable such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by logged-in registered users at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, the catalog of songs being restrictable through specification of respective amounts of music for a plurality of genres, and wherein the partial subset of songs is selectable by a proprietor of the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of playing music at an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment in connection with a portable electronic device located at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment and operable by a user to play music selected from a catalog of songs, the method comprising:
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enabling the user to execute a login operation to indicate that the user is present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; in response to the user selecting a song, adding the selected song to a queue of songs to be played back at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; sending, for display via a display of the portable electronic device, information indicative of at least a portion of the queue at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; and enabling reception, from the user, of one or more votes in connection with one or more songs in the portion of the queue; wherein songs from the queue are played back at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment in dependence on the queue, wherein the catalog of songs is restrictable such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by logged-in registered users at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, the catalog of songs being restrictable in response to a selection of at least one collection of music from a plurality of different collections of music, and wherein the partial subset of songs is selectable by a proprietor of the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment.
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