US 2010/0161436 A1 · Digital media review and play system

Abstract

A media control system allows the play of media files from customers or users in a public establishment. A digital content review arrangement communicates with a control gate that forwards to the digital content review arrangement requested media files or summary information of the media files sufficient to identify the requested media files with known media files contained in a database of the digital content review arrangement or available thereto. The control gate includes an input for communicating with personal portable digital content devices of customer and/or users and receives therefrom requested media files to be played on a media play system of said public establishment. The control gate forwards the requested media files received from said personal portable digital content devices to said digital content review arrangement for identification. The control gate also provides to the media play system any of the requested media files that have been identified by said digital content review arrangement. The digital content review arrangement preferably tracks the play of identified media files on the media play system. This control system is appropriate for various media files including audit files, video files and game files.

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Dependent claims

An automated authorization system for play of digital content in a public establishment comprising:

a user input system for identifying digital content requiring authorization for play to a site computer arrangement;
said site computer arrangement communicating with a central computer database and providing thereto the identified digital content;
said central computer database having at least identification information of a host of digital content where prearranged authorization for play has been obtained;
said central computer database providing authorization to said site computer arrangement for play of said identified digital content if said identified digital content is present in said database;
said central computer database tracking the authorized digital content to allow settlement with respect to the prearranged authorization;
and
said site computer upon receipt of said authorization allowing the play of said identified digital content on a digital content play system.

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A media control system for the play of media files in a public establishment comprising a digital content review arrangement adapted to communicate with a control gate that forwards to said digital content review arrangement media files or summary information of said media files sufficient to identify, the media files with known media files contained in a database of said digital content review arrangement;

said control gate including an input for communicating with personal portable digital content devices and receive therefrom requested media files to be played on an media play system of said public establishment;
said control gate forwarding said requested media files or said summary information received from said personal portable digital content devices to said digital content review arrangement for identification;
said control gate provides to said media play system any of said requested media files or authorization with respect to the requested media file that have been identified by said digital content review arrangement;
and
wherein said digital content review arrangement tracks the play of identified media files on said media play system.

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