Digital downloading jukebox system with user-tailored music management, communications, and other tools
First Claim
1. A method for playing music in an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, the method comprising:
- enabling a plurality of registered users to execute respective login operations via respective mobile devices to indicate that the respective registered users are present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment;
in response to logged-in registered users selecting songs, collecting credits and adding 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 for the registered users; and
receiving, from logged-in registered users via their respective mobile devices, votes on the songs in the displayable portion of the queue, wherein tallied counts of votes placed by the logged-in registered users are displayable to the logged-in registered users; and
causing songs from 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 portion of the queue, at least some tallied counts of votes, and the indication of the currently playing song are displayable on a standalone display,wherein a catalog of songs from which songs are selectable is restrictable, independent of patron-specific actions, such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by the logged-in registered users at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, the catalog of songs being restrictable through specification of respective levels of music for a plurality of genres.
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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 method for playing music in an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, the method comprising:
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enabling a plurality of registered users to execute respective login operations via respective mobile devices to indicate that the respective registered users are present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; in response to logged-in registered users selecting songs, collecting credits and adding 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 for the registered users; and receiving, from logged-in registered users via their respective mobile devices, votes on the songs in the displayable portion of the queue, wherein tallied counts of votes placed by the logged-in registered users are displayable to the logged-in registered users; and causing songs from 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 portion of the queue, at least some tallied counts of votes, and the indication of the currently playing song are displayable on a standalone display, wherein a catalog of songs from which songs are selectable is restrictable, independent of patron-specific actions, such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by the logged-in registered users at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, the catalog of songs being restrictable through specification of respective levels of music for a plurality of genres. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 29, 30)
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12. A portable electronic device operable by a user to play music selected from a catalog of songs in an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, comprising:
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a display; a processing system including at least one processor coupled to a memory, the processing system being configured to at least; enable 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, collect a number of credits in exchange for the selected song being added to a queue of songs to be played back at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; output to the display of the portable electronic device at least a portion of the queue at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; and receive from the user one or more votes in connection with one or more songs in the displayed portion of the queue; wherein songs from the queue are played at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, wherein the portion of the queue, at least some of the tallied counts of votes, and an indication of a currently playing song are displayable on the display of the portable electronic device the user used to execute the login operation, 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 levels of music for a plurality of genres, and wherein the partial subset of songs is selectable by a proprietor, but not patrons, of the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A digital audio reproduction system operable to play music in an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment from a catalog of playable songs, the system comprising:
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an interface configured to receive data from a plurality of user devices present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; and a processing system including at least one processor coupled to a memory, the processing system being configured to at least; enable a plurality of users to execute respective login operations to indicate that the respective users are present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; in response to a logged-in registered user selecting a song, collect a number of credits from the logged-in registered user in exchange for the selected song being added 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 made visible to logged-in registered users; receive from logged-in registered users votes in connection with one or more songs in a displayed portion of the queue, wherein tallied counts of votes placed by the logged-in registered users are also made visible to the logged-in registered users; and cause songs from the queue to be played at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, wherein the catalog of songs is restrictable such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by the logged-in registered users at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, the catalog of songs being restrictable through specification of respective levels 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 (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28)
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26. A digital audio reproduction system operable to play music in an out-of-home pay-for-play establishment from a catalog of playable songs, the system comprising:
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an interface configured to receive data from a plurality of user devices present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; and a processing system including at least one processor coupled to a memory, the processing system being configured to at least; enable a plurality of users to execute respective login operations to indicate that the respective users are present at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment; in response to a logged-in registered user selecting a song, collect a number of credits from the logged-in registered user in exchange for the selected song being added 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 made visible to logged-in registered users; receive from logged-in registered users votes in connection with one or more songs in a displayed portion of the queue, wherein tallied counts of votes placed by the logged-in registered users are also made visible to the logged-in registered users; and cause songs from the queue to be played at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, wherein the catalog of songs is restrictable such that only a partial subset of songs is available for selection by the logged-in registered users at the out-of-home pay-for-play establishment, wherein the processing system is further configured to at least influence the queue based on the tallied counts, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause an indication of a currently playing song and an identifier of a user who influenced play of the currently playing song to be displayed, and wherein the system further comprises a standalone display device controllable to display tallied counts of votes placed by the logged-in registered users adjacent to corresponding song entries in a displayed portion of the queue, as well as the indication of the currently playing song, and an identifier of a registered user who influenced play of the currently playing song.
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