Patent ID: 7231175

Claim:
A music distribution system in which music is distributed over a plurality of music channels to a number of users for playing by their user music equipment, wherein each music channel has an associated data stream comprising information on a plurality of music programs, the system comprising: a circuit in the user music equipment for obtaining a first music program carried on a first of the plurality of music channels and for obtaining the music information on a second music program from the data stream associated with the first music channel while the first music program is being played by the user music equipment, wherein the second music program was broadcast in the past or is to be broadcast in the future; and an interactive music application implemented at least in part on the user music equipment, wherein: the circuit is directed by the interactive music application to obtain the music information on the second music program; and the music information on the second music program is displayed by the user music equipment using the interactive music application while the first music program is being played by the user music equipment.