Method for the distribution of audio-visual information and a system for the distribution of audio-visual information
First Claim
1. A method of operating a digital jukebox system in which a server is connected to a plurality of jukeboxes, each said jukebox being configured to play audiovisual selections in response to user requests,wherein the server is configured to operate in connection with a processor to at least (a) define, for the jukeboxes, authorized uses of the audiovisual selections playable thereon, the authorized uses corresponding to rights that third parties have in the audiovisual selections, the rights requiring payment of royalties for the authorized uses of the audiovisual selections, and (b) verify, for the jukeboxes, the authorized uses to which the jukeboxes may put the selections,the method comprising:
- maintaining information on the authorized uses made by the jukeboxes; and
determining the amount of royalties due for actual authorized uses.
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Abstract
A jukebox system, including a server that stores a master library of audiovisual selections; a plurality of jukeboxes, each of which is operable to store audiovisual selections received from the server and to play the audiovisual selections at the request of a user; a communication system through which the server and the jukeboxes communicate; wherein the server is operable to define authorized uses for the audiovisual selections received from the server; and further wherein the authorized uses correspond to various rights that third parties have in the audiovisual selections, the rights requiring by law or regulation payment of respective royalties; and further wherein the server maintains information on the authorized uses made by each of the jukeboxes and determines the amount of royalties due.
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1. A method of operating a digital jukebox system in which a server is connected to a plurality of jukeboxes, each said jukebox being configured to play audiovisual selections in response to user requests,
wherein the server is configured to operate in connection with a processor to at least (a) define, for the jukeboxes, authorized uses of the audiovisual selections playable thereon, the authorized uses corresponding to rights that third parties have in the audiovisual selections, the rights requiring payment of royalties for the authorized uses of the audiovisual selections, and (b) verify, for the jukeboxes, the authorized uses to which the jukeboxes may put the selections, the method comprising: -
maintaining information on the authorized uses made by the jukeboxes; and determining the amount of royalties due for actual authorized uses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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