Patent ID: 8074253

Claim:
A jukebox system, connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, comprising: a display, comprising a touch screen portion, operable to display at least a customer interface, wherein the customer interface comprises at least one displayed touch selectable option, corresponding to at least one song, for selecting the corresponding song to be played; a memory that stores at least songs that may be played on the jukebox apparatus in response to selections from a customer; an audio reproduction system for providing audio; a communication system for enabling the jukebox system to communicate with the distribution network; a fee payment device for accepting payment of a fee; and a song request routine for requesting at least one new song for download from the host server, wherein the display is further operable to display a list of songs in a popup menu from which a user is to select a song not yet available on the jukebox system for download to the jukebox system; wherein, when a number of times that a same song is selected exceeds a predetermined threshold, the audiovisual reproduction system sends a request to the host server to request that the selected song be downloaded from the host server to the audiovisual reproduction system, the display is further operable to display, said display triggered in response to the purchase, by a user, of one or more particular predetermined songs, a questionnaire different from touch selectable options for selecting songs for playback and touch selectable options for selecting songs for download, comprising one or more questions for gathering customer information, the touch-screen is operable to accept customer input corresponding to the answers to the one or more questions, the answers are saved to the questionnaire response file in the memory and a reward routine for presenting the customer with a reward is processed, after a determination routine has determined whether the questionnaire was completed, wherein an order is sent to the jukebox system via a file downloaded on the jukebox system from the host server, the order being stored by the jukebox system and used to play one or more predetermined audiovisual records at one or more predetermined times, and wherein the display is further operable to display a screen allowing users of the jukebox system, via the communication system, to pay for admission fees corresponding to artistic events shown on the display, the payment of the admission fees being made by the fee payment device of the jukebox system.