Process for ordering a selection in advance, digital system and jukebox for embodiment of the process

• US 7,778,879 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2005
• Issued: 08/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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, Dion, Dominique
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg; Yogesh C
• Application Number:
  US11/267,303
• Publication Number:
  US 20060106676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27, 369/30.06, 725/87, 725/135
• US Class Current: 705/26.8
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1824 implemented using Network-attached Storage [NAS] architecture distributed or networked storage systems G06F3/067; protocols for distributed storage of data in a network H04L67/1097
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0613 Third-party assisted
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/305 for record players
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/08 by using devices external to the driving mechanisms, e.g. coin-freed switch coin actuated mechanisms G07F5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for ordering a selection in advance, characterized in that it includes a step in which a menu is displayed followed by a selection in this menu, to make specific requests and particularly: a step displaying the event for which the advance order of a selection is made, and then selection of the event; a step displaying the identity of destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, and then selection of this equipment; a step displaying the date and time at which the selection is to be made on the destination equipment; a step in which particular requests are recorded and downloaded onto a file only after payment has been verified.

Claims

1. A method for ordering, in advance, from a user'"'"'s terminal connected to a host server via a communication network, a selection to be played on at least one destination equipment connectable via the communication network to the host server, wherein said destination equipment and said server each comprise a request processing module enabling the implementation method steps, comprising:

displaying a menu on the user'"'"'s terminal, said menu containing a plurality of items including a selection to be played and specific requests, said specific requests including at least one selection to be played and the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, wherein when selection is made in advance, the time and date at which the selection is to be played being chosen;

displaying the identity of the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, and the selection;

displaying a date and a time at which the selection is to be played on the destination equipment;

displaying an event for which the order of a selection is made in advance, and then displaying the selection of an event;

generating a dedicated file listing the specific requests and all information necessary to process said specific requests once a payment has been made and verified, the dedicated file being different from said specific requests and the at least one selection to be played;

recording said dedicated file on the server;

transferring said dedicated file from the user'"'"'s terminal to the server; and

downloading from the server to the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, when the user'"'"'s terminal is destination equipment connected to the server but distinct from the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising choosing or saving a message.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising saving a personal message.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising selecting a message from a plurality of messages.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the destination equipment is capable of being connected to the server via the communication network.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the steps of displaying are made by sending messages via the communication network to the terminal in order to display selection steps necessary for making selections, the selection steps comprising messages sent from the terminal to the server as a function of actions performed by the user on the user'"'"'s terminal to define the selection in advance.

7. The method according to claim 2, further comprising recording the messages and requests on the host server together with an address of the destination equipment.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising examining a dedicated file containing recorded specific requests to determine if a current date and time on the equipment correspond to the date and time for execution of the advance request.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recording said dedicated file directly on the destination equipment, when the user'"'"'s terminal is the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising verifying receipt of the payment to authorize the generation of the dedicated file listing the specific requests.