US 12,112,093 B2
Entertainment server and associated social networking services
Dominique Dion, Verdun Nun's Island (CA); Michael Tooker, Pointe Claire (CA); Francois Guy, Montreal (CA); Francois Beaumier, Montreal (CA); Mounir Khenfir, Dollard des Ormeaux (CA); Loic Gratton, Brossard (CA); Dominique Bureau, Deux-Montagnes (CA); and Harun Tunc Yayli, St. Leonard (CA)
Assigned to TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY, LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by TouchTunes Music Corporation, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,559.
Application 18/074,559 is a continuation of application No. 17/402,669, filed on Aug. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,520,559.
Application 17/402,669 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,268, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,093,211, issued on Aug. 17, 2021.
Application 16/777,268 is a continuation of application No. 16/294,345, filed on Mar. 6, 2019, granted, now 10,579,329, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Application 16/294,345 is a continuation of application No. 15/631,725, filed on Jun. 23, 2017, granted, now 10,228,900, issued on Mar. 12, 2019.
Application 15/631,725 is a continuation of application No. 14/708,908, filed on May 11, 2015, granted, now 9,774,906, issued on Sep. 26, 2017.
Application 14/708,908 is a continuation of application No. 13/138,660, granted, now 9,076,155, issued on Jul. 7, 2015, previously published as PCT/US2010/000799, filed on Mar. 17, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/202,617, filed on Mar. 18, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107776 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/638 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 20/08 (2012.01); G06Q 30/02 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/439 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/4788 (2011.01); H04N 21/63 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 16/639 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 20/08 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04N 21/4113 (2013.01); H04N 21/41265 (2020.08); H04N 21/439 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/4758 (2013.01); H04N 21/4788 (2013.01); H04N 21/632 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An entertainment system for playing music in one or more venues, comprising:
a central server configured to store a catalog of songs, the central server being connected to a network; and
at least one audio reproduction device provided in a venue and connected to the network, the at least one audio reproduction device comprising:
a digital storage memory;
at least one communication interface configured to communicate with a mobile device via a social networking site, the mobile device being located at or remotely to the venue; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the digital storage memory and the communication interface, the at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising:
playing songs from a queue of songs, songs in the queue being from a list of songs of a subset of the catalog of songs and being available to be played at the venue either by downloading to the audio reproduction device or by streaming;
enabling a plurality of patrons to check in to the entertainment system via respective mobile devices each connecting to the entertainment system via the social networking site;
transmitting information regarding one or more lists of songs or songs of from the one or more lists of songs via the social networking site to the mobile device from which a patron is checked in, to be communicated to the patron;
receiving, from the mobile device and in response to the transmitting of the information, selections of respective songs or at least one list of songs; and
in response to receiving the selections, adding at least some of the selected respective songs and/or songs from the selected at least one list of songs to the queue of songs.