Patent ID: 8095950

Claim:
A computer-assisted method of preparing video and audio content for playback at a plurality of facilities, comprising: receiving input at a central network computer from advertisers via a website, the input including advertising content selections and a restrictive rating for each advertising content selection; processing the input to verify pre-approval of the advertising content selections by the advertisers; processing the input to identify the presence of the restrictive rating; transferring the advertising content from the central network computer to at least one remote playback system located in each of the facilities based upon the pre-approval and the restrictive rating of the advertising content selections; generating, using the central network computer, at least one playlist for each of the facilities, the playlist for determining an order of playback of the advertising content including the advertising content selection based upon the restrictive rating; and transferring each of the playlists from the central network computer to the playback system in each of the facilities.