Patent ID: 8719873

Claim:
A method of operating a digital jukebox system comprising a plurality of digital jukebox devices and a remote access system, at least some of said digital jukebox devices comprising: a collection mechanism for collecting an amount of money for playing an instance of media through the respective digital jukebox device, and a first user interface configured to enable a recognized user to create, modify, and/or delete recognized user information, said recognized user information including both profile information and playlist information, said recognized user information and said playlist information being designatable in whole or in part as one of either public or private by the recognized user, the respective digital jukebox device being configured to recognize recognizable users and retrieve information specific to recognized users upon successful logins to the respective digital jukebox device, the method comprising: recognizing recognizable users and retrieving information specific to recognized users upon successful logins to the remote access system via a second user interface provided to a device that is not a digital jukebox device; enabling recognized users to create, modify, and/or delete said recognized user information through said second user interface; reflecting changes made to the recognized user information via the second user interface in the first user interface when such information is to be accessed by the first user interface; reflecting changes made to the recognized user information via the first user interface in the second user interface when such information is to be accessed by the second user interface; and making available said recognized user information and said playlist information to users of the digital jukebox system based on whether said recognized user information and said playlist information was designated public or private.