Patent ID: 8724436

Claim:
A jukebox system for playing a musical piece, comprising: a central jukebox server, including: a mass storage location configured to store a plurality of musical pieces, and a server network card configured to receive requests for said musical pieces; and a plurality of jukebox devices, each said jukebox device including: an audio reproduction unit configured to playback musical pieces, a user interface, a payment device configured to receive payment in exchange for the playback of musical pieces selected by the user interface, a network card linked to said server network card through a network, and a multitasking operating system operatively coupled with the audio reproduction unit, the user interface, the payment device, and the device network card, wherein the central jukebox server further comprises a switching device configured to selectively operate in first and second modes, the first mode causing all jukebox devices connected to the central jukebox server to play back a common musical piece at the same time, and the second mode enabling different jukebox devices to play back different musical pieces at the same time, wherein detected events are selectively logged in a permanent storage location, wherein an operating status is also selectively logged in the permanent storage location, and wherein, following an electrical fault or hardware failure, the system is configured to read logs in the permanent storage location so as to enable the system to be restarted at a same place as the system was just prior to the electrical fault or hardware failure.