Patent ID: 7370016

Claim:
A system for distributing music to consumer locations comprising: a data transmission system configured to blanket transmit a plurality of music content items to at least one remote consumer location in digital form; a central controller system configured to store therein an address corresponding to the at least one remote consumer location; a mechanism configured to verify to the controller system when a pre-selected music content item has been recorded at the at least one remote consumer location comprising: a mechanism configured to transmit pricing information for the pre-selected music content item to a user station where it is stored in nonvolatile memory for subsequent querying by the central controller; and a mechanism configured to receive the pricing information for the pre-selected music content item stored in the user station once a consumer makes an indication at a user station that the consumer wishes to record the music content item at the user station; and a billing system associated with the central controller system configured to bill said consumer for pre-selected music content items that have been recorded at the at least one remote consumer location.