Patent ID: 7444663

Claim:
A method of presenting an audiovisual signal to a user's audiovisual display monitor comprising: receiving a command from the user; responding to the command by assigning an assignable computing device (ACD) to the particular user only, such that the ACD is not available for concurrent communication with other users; establishing a communications link between the user's audiovisual display monitor and the ACD; presenting a menu containing a selection of video programs to the user's audiovisual display monitor with the ACD; receiving a signal from the user selecting one of the video programs for display; tracking availability of audiovisual serving devices and video programs; routing the selected video program from the ACD to the user's audiovisual display monitor if the selected video program is one of video games, internet access, or computer application programs; assigning an available audiovisual serving device having the selected video program stored to deliver the selected video program to the user if the selected video program is not provided by the ACD; breaking said communications link between the user and the ACD in response to selecting; establishing another communications link between the assigned audiovisual serving device having stored thereon the selected video program and the user's audiovisual display monitor; and routing said selected video program from the assigned audiovisual serving device to the user's audiovisual display monitor.