Home digital audiovisual information recording and playback system
AssigneeTouchTunes Music Corporation
InventorsGuy Nathan, Tony Mastronardi
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Abstract
A method for operating a home digital audiovisual information recording and playback apparatus. The method includes: displaying menus with user-selectable system operation options; enabling a selection of desired audiovisual information for reproduction; effecting payment for the desired audiovisual information; inputting a user personal identification number; and downloading, from a main server, the desired audiovisual information after payment has been effected and a valid personal identification has been received.
Claims18
A modular home jukebox, connectable to a remote server for downloading audio selections for reproduction, comprising:
- a main unit, including connectors for connection to an existing stereo and TV, the existing stereo and TV being separate from the modular home jukebox;
- a plurality of control buttons arranged on the main unit;
- a remote control configured to communicate with the main unit;
- a networking connection, provided to the main unit and configured to interface with an existing network to connect to the remote server;
- a display device, arranged on the main unit and configured to display at least playback and ordering information;
- and
- a storage device, provided as part of the main unit, to at least temporarily store a plurality of downloaded songs and queue the songs for playback via the modular home jukebox,
- wherein activation of at least one of the control buttons causes a display to be shown on the TV, the display including options for downloading audio selections and enabling a user to sort audio selections by genre and artist.
A method of ordering songs for playback on a modular home jukebox system including a main unit having a display device thereon and being configured to connect to a remote server and to a TV external thereto, the method comprising:
- activating, via the modular home jukebox system, a song selection menu in response to a user pressing, on a remote, a button corresponding to a menu activation instruction, the activating causing a selection menu for selecting at least one audio selection to be displayed on the TV;
- receiving, in response to a first selection made by the remote, an indication of a song for download from the remote server;
- receiving, in response to a second selection made by the remote, a purchase instruction for the song for download;
- and
- receiving the song for download at the modular home jukebox system and at least temporarily storing the song for download for subsequent playback via the modular home jukebox system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.