Intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction system
First Claim
1. A jukebox, operable to at least play songs selected by a user, comprising:
- a touch-screen display, operable to receive touch-based input from a user;
a communications system, connectable to a central server for distribution of at least songs;
a local memory, configured to maintain at least a database of songs stored on the local memory;
a multitasking operating system arranged to associate a task with at least one respective hardware peripheral and to assign a first priority level to a display task and a second priority level to an audio task; and
a system operating status file stored on the local memory, including real time recorded data allowing the system to return to a specified location in case of an interruption caused by a fault.
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Abstract
Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor unit, primarily including storage means for storing inter alia in digital form the visual and sound information to be used, and associated, through a number of interfaces, with display means for sound playback which provide a multimedia environment. The unit is controlled by a multitask operating system including a library of integrated tools and services in the storage means. The system is also associated, through an interface, with a telecommunications modem and is connectable to an audiovisual information distribution network by a telecommunications modem and telecommunications links, the telecommunications functions also being managed by the multitask operating system.
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10 Claims
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1. A jukebox, operable to at least play songs selected by a user, comprising:
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a touch-screen display, operable to receive touch-based input from a user; a communications system, connectable to a central server for distribution of at least songs; a local memory, configured to maintain at least a database of songs stored on the local memory; a multitasking operating system arranged to associate a task with at least one respective hardware peripheral and to assign a first priority level to a display task and a second priority level to an audio task; and a system operating status file stored on the local memory, including real time recorded data allowing the system to return to a specified location in case of an interruption caused by a fault. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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