Patent ID: 8479240

Claim:
A method for remotely managing at least one audio-visual information reproduction device connected to a central server, the central server comprising a database including, for each audio-visual information reproduction device, management information, available audiovisual information, and configurations of operating parameters, the method comprising at the central server: when receiving a request by an operator responsible for managing at least one said audio-visual information reproduction device, selectively serving a plurality of display screens, at least one first display screen comprising a list of audio-visual information reproduction devices installed locally for which information relating to use is available; enabling the operator to modify the operating parameters of one or more operator-selected locally installed audio-visual information reproduction devices displayed in the list; upon a user modification to the operating parameters of the one or more operator-selected locally installed audio-visual information reproduction devices: generating a file of modification commands by the server using information from the database; sending to each said operator-selected locally installed audio-visual information reproduction device the file of modification commands; causing the file of modification commands to be received and executed by each said operator-selected locally installed audio-visual information reproduction device; determining whether instructions for updating data in the audio-visual information reproduction device are present in at least one group of tables in the database; and if instructions for updating data in the audio-visual information reproduction device are present, sending at least update instructions for the audio-visual information reproduction device from the server to the audio-visual information reproduction device.