Patent ID: 8806554

Claim:
A method of marketing and distributing multimedia, comprising: a. receiving, by a server, a motion picture and associated advertising material from a producer or owner of said multimedia material, said advertising material comprising a motion picture sequence with associated sound; b. storing said motion picture and associated advertising material on a computer readable storage medium in a digital format; c. providing a server system accessible over a communication network, said producer or owner being linked with the server system, said server system accessing said motion picture and associated advertising material stored in a digital format from said computer readable storage medium for transfer over said communication network; d. providing samples of said motion picture from said server system over said communication network to exhibitors, said exhibitors being linked to the server system; e. downloading, upon request of said exhibitors, over said communication network, said motion picture and associated advertising material stored in a digital format from said server system; f. storing said downloaded motion picture and displaying said motion picture at a particular time and place; g. storing said downloaded associated advertising material and displaying said advertising material at a time or in a place different from the place or time of exhibition of said motion picture; h. querying said exhibitor to stimulate the sending of ticket sales data from said exhibitor; i. recording said ticket sales data into a database for billing purposes; and j. reporting recorded ticket sales data to other exhibitors.