Patent ID: 8090795

Claim:
A computer system for distributing media files, said computer system comprising: memory storing a library of diverse types of media files; and a computer user interface through which a user performs a search for particular files within said library of media files, wherein: said library comprises both music files and sheet music files; a first of said music files comprising a first accompaniment version of a particular song, said first accompaniment version of said particular song being a version of said particular song in which a first subset of at least one instrument part included on an original version of said particular song is omitted from said first accompaniment version; at least one of said sheet music files comprising sheet music for at least one of said first subset of one or more instrument parts for said particular song; and said computer system is configured to: store information regarding a first band member instrument, said first band member instrument being played by a first member of a particular band; store information regarding a second band member instrument, said second band member instrument being played by a second member of said particular band; facilitate a purchase, by said user, of one or more of said media files identified in said search and associated with said particular song; distribute said accompaniment version of said particular song to both said first band member and said second band member; distribute a first of said sheet music files to said first band member, said first sheet music file corresponding to said first band member instrument; and distribute a second of said sheet music files to said second band member, said second sheet music file corresponding to said second band member instrument.