Patent ID: 7778879

Claim:
A method for ordering, in advance, from a user's terminal connected to a host server via a communication network, a selection to be played on at least one destination equipment connectable via the communication network to the host server, wherein said destination equipment and said server each comprise a request processing module enabling the implementation method steps, comprising: displaying a menu on the user's terminal, said menu containing a plurality of items including a selection to be played and specific requests, said specific requests including at least one selection to be played and the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, wherein when selection is made in advance, the time and date at which the selection is to be played being chosen; displaying the identity of the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, and the selection; displaying a date and a time at which the selection is to be played on the destination equipment; displaying an event for which the order of a selection is made in advance, and then displaying the selection of an event; generating a dedicated file listing the specific requests and all information necessary to process said specific requests once a payment has been made and verified, the dedicated file being different from said specific requests and the at least one selection to be played; recording said dedicated file on the server; transferring said dedicated file from the user's terminal to the server; and downloading from the server to the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played, when the user's terminal is destination equipment connected to the server but distinct from the destination equipment on which the selection is to be played.