Patent ID: 6876901

Claim:
A system for providing electronic media content to any one of a plurality of users, said system comprising: a plurality of user interfaces each having a video monitor, an input device, speakers and an interface device; a central database having a plurality of content stored therein, each content having ancillary data associated therewith, the ancillary data also stored in the database; and a server interfacing with both the user interfaces and the central data base over communication lines, the server programmed to: present to the video monitor a selection menu through which a compilation may be selected, the compilation comprising a plurality of content in a specified order; in response to a selection of a compilation, present to the video monitor a player menu through which the compilation may be played and one or more of the plurality of content associated with the compilation may be selected for individual playing, the player menu including a history menu link; in response to user interaction with the player, access the content for playing through the user interface; and in response to linking to the history menu, present to the video monitor a history menu comprising data indicative of the content that has been played by the player in response to user interaction with the player and the ancillary data associated with that content.