Patent ID: 7996438

Claim:
An digital audiovisual distribution system, comprising: a network; a server; and a plurality of jukeboxes connectable to the server via respective communications pathways across the network; wherein the server comprises a database responsible for central management of the plurality of jukeboxes, and wherein each said jukebox includes instructions tangibly stored on a computer-readable storage medium which, when executed by a processor provided to the jukebox, cause the jukebox at least to: generate, at the jukebox, at least management data concerning at least one of a hardware, software, or firmware component of the jukebox, transfer said management data from the jukebox to the server, and receive update instructions for the jukebox from the server to the jukebox in response to the server receiving and processing the management data from the jukebox, the processing of the management data by the server including identifying the jukebox, updating the database, and locating the update instructions for updating data in the jukebox.