Method of communications for an intelligent digital audiovisual playback system

• US 6,308,204 B1
• Filed: 08/05/1997
• Issued: 10/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TouchTunes Music Corporation (The Octave Music Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: TouchTunes Music Corporation (The Octave Music Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nathan, Guy, Mastronardi, Tony
• Primary Examiner(s): Harrell, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C.
• Application Number:
  US08/817,528
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 709/221, 709/203, 709/204, 709/217, 709/219, 709/236, 709/230, 709/238, 709/244, 709/218, 709/222, 707/204, 714/13, 714/36, 714/38, 713/1, 713/2, 713/100
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/24 using interrupt G06F13/32 takes precedence
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• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/305 for record players
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4184 : providing storage capabilities, e.g. memory stick
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• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 : for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
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Abstract

Method for communication between a central server and a computerized juke-box which operates in a conference mode, including: sending a header before any transaction, which includes the identity of the destination together, the identity of the emitter, and the size of the packets; responding from the server in the form of a data packet, each packet sent by the server being encoded using the identification code of the juke-box software; and receiving a data packet by the juke-box, which decodes the packet, simultaneously performs a check on the data received by the CRC method and sends an acknowledgment of receipt to the server indicating the accuracy of the information received, to allow it to prepare and send another packet to the juke-box.

Claims

1. A jukebox system, comprising:

a jukebox device including a microprocessor, a memory that stores audiovisual items that may be played on the jukebox device in response to requests by a user, a display for displaying video, an audio arrangement providing audio, a communication system for enabling the jukebox device to communicate with an audiovisual distribution network, and a multitasking operating system that enables simultaneous operation the microprocessor, the display, the audio arrangement and the communication system; and

a server remote to said jukebox device that can be accessed by said jukebox device through said distribution network, wherein said server is operable to register said jukebox for operation through communication with the jukebox device;

wherein said jukebox device includes operating software that controls the operation of said jukebox, and said server is operable to send data to said jukebox device which is interpreted by said jukebox as a request by said server to remotely update said operating software on said jukebox;

and further wherein, upon receipt by said jukebox of said data from said server indicating a request to remotely update said operating software, said jukebox device is operable to modify start-up operation of said jukebox device such that said jukebox device will operate in accordance with new operating software received from said server over said distribution network.

2. The jukebox system of claim 1, wherein upon receipt of said data, said jukebox is operable to verify if a version number of current software is outdated, and further wherein, if said version number is outdated, said jukebox performs a back up of current operating software, modifies a system startup file for startup with the back up of the current software, begins execution of the a new version of said software, verifies proper operation of said new version of said software, and, if said new version properly operates, reinitializes the system startup file for startup with the new version.

3. The jukebox system of claim 2, wherein if said verification of said new version indicates an error, said jukebox device is operable to reinitialize said current version of said software, and to send an error message to said server.