Patent ID: 9197914
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G07F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A jukebox in a system comprising a plurality of other jukeboxes and a server, the jukebox comprising: a processor; a computer readable storage medium tangibly storing audiovisual selections available for playback via the jukebox; and a user interface configured to cooperate with the processor and to receive user input corresponding to requests to play back one or more of the audiovisual selections stored on the computer readable storage medium, wherein a listing of authorized uses of the audiovisual selections for the jukebox is maintained in cooperation with the server, using a code or unique key assigned to the jukebox, wherein the listing is usable to verify the authorized uses to which the jukebox may put a given audiovisual 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 royalties for the authorized uses of the audiovisual selections, and wherein information on the authorized uses made by each of the jukeboxes in the system is maintained by the server, the server being further configured to use the information on the authorized uses to determine the amount of royalties due for each authorized use.