Patent ID: 8554616
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06Q,G11B

Abstract:
1. For use with a computer network, a media and advertisement player, comprising: a media player that receives and stores media from a remote system via said computer network and plays stored media content in response to customer requests, said customer requests constrained by playback rules that select among media content to be distributed, received, and stored among a plurality of media players, wherein said media player receives and stores, according to said playback rules, at least some different distributed media content than another of said plurality of said media players, wherein said media is selected from the group consisting of: audio music, music videos, and skins; an advertisement player that receives advertisements and a corresponding advertising schedule from said remote system via said computer network that stores and plays said advertisements according to said advertising schedule, said advertising schedule being dependent upon play of a content of said media, wherein said advertising schedule is correlated to said stored media content, said stored media content constrained by said playback rules; and a tracking subsystem that generates as-run logs derived from customer requests containing records of a playing of said media and said advertisements and transmits said as-run logs to said remote system via said computer network, said as-run logs employed by said remote system to adjust said playback rules.