Method for the distribution of audio-visual information and a system for the distribution of audio-visual information
First Claim
1. A server connected to a plurality of jukeboxes, each said jukebox being configured to play the audiovisual selections received from the server at the request of a user, the server comprising:
- at least one processor and a memory; and
a non-transitory storage location tangibly storing a library of audiovisual selections;
wherein the server is configured to operate in connection with the processor to at least;
define, for each individual jukebox, authorized uses of the audiovisual selections from the server for that jukebox by assigning to that jukebox a code or unique key, andverify, for any one of the jukeboxes, the authorized uses to which that jukebox may put a received selection;
wherein the authorized uses correspond to rights that third parties have in the audiovisual selections, the rights requiring by law or regulation payment of respective royalties for the authorized uses of the audiovisual selections; and
wherein the server is further configured to maintain information on the authorized uses made by each of the jukeboxes and determine the amount of royalties due for each authorized use.
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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 server connected to a plurality of jukeboxes, each said jukebox being configured to play the audiovisual selections received from the server at the request of a user, the server comprising:
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at least one processor and a memory; and a non-transitory storage location tangibly storing a library of audiovisual selections; wherein the server is configured to operate in connection with the processor to at least; define, for each individual jukebox, authorized uses of the audiovisual selections from the server for that jukebox by assigning to that jukebox a code or unique key, and verify, for any one of the jukeboxes, the authorized uses to which that jukebox may put a received selection; wherein the authorized uses correspond to rights that third parties have in the audiovisual selections, the rights requiring by law or regulation payment of respective royalties for the authorized uses of the audiovisual selections; and wherein the server is further configured to maintain information on the authorized uses made by each of the jukeboxes and determine the amount of royalties due for each authorized use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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