Patent ID: 7822687

Claim:
A digital audio/video distribution network, comprising: a plurality of digital jukeboxes; a media database of instances of media playable on at least some of the plurality of digital jukeboxes; and, a user database of users recognizable by at least some of the plurality of digital jukeboxes, each recognizable user in the user database having associated user information, wherein the associated user information includes information about a recognizable user avatar for the recognizable user, wherein each digital jukebox in the plurality of digital jukeboxes includes a collection mechanism configured to collect an amount of money for playing an instance of media and at least one output channel configured to output a selected instance of media selected by a jukebox user, wherein at least some of the digital jukeboxes in the plurality of digital jukeboxes includes a user recognizer configured to recognize a jukebox user and retrieving user information associated with the recognized user from the user database, and wherein at least some of the digital jukeboxes further comprise a display configured to display said user avatar when a recognized user is recognized.