Patent ID: 7392532

Claim:
A method of presenting video entertainment, comprising: defining plural viewing channels; on certain of said channels, presenting television programs; on at least one of said channels, presenting an interactive jukebox, the jukebox comprising a user interface for selection of particular music by a user, comprising, in part, HTML/control instructions; transmitting, from a head-end server, data corresponding to the particular music selected by the user, and presenting same to the user; in response to the user pressing a menu button on a remote control associated with the interactive jukebox system: displaying a translucent video control panel permitting the user to perceive imagery behind the panel, the panel comprising a stop button, a pause button and a play button, wherein the stop button is highlighted; in response to the user pressing the pause button, halting transmission of the data corresponding to the particular music selected by the user, storing a data record indicating point of interruption, and highlighting the play button; storing data related to the particular music selected by the user; and using said stored data to pre-select said particular music when the user next visits said channel; wherein the head-end server provides the HTML/control instructions, and digital video that is modulated and combined to create a head-end output that is transmitted onto a network, and wherein a proxy server is a computer interposed on the network between the head-end output and a client terminal and the stored data related to the particular music selected by the user is stored at the proxy server.