Patent ID: 8522303

Claim:
A server connected to a plurality of jukeboxes, each said jukebox being configured to play the audiovisual selections received from the server at the request of a user, the server comprising: at least one processor and a memory; and a non-transitory storage location tangibly storing a library of audiovisual selections; wherein the server is configured to operate in connection with the processor to at least: define, for each individual jukebox, authorized uses of the audiovisual selections from the server for that jukebox by assigning to that jukebox a code or unique key, and verify, for any one of the jukeboxes, the authorized uses to which that jukebox may put a received selection; wherein the authorized uses correspond to rights that third parties have in the audiovisual selections, the rights requiring by law or regulation payment of respective royalties for the authorized uses of the audiovisual selections; and wherein the server is further configured to maintain information on the authorized uses made by each of the jukeboxes and determine the amount of royalties due for each authorized use.