Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11570862-B2
Application number	US-202217574111-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2022
Priority date	Jan 26, 2010
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A jukebox device, comprising:
a display;
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing at least a subset of a plurality of instances of media available for playback on or via the jukebox device; and
at least one processor configured to cause a coordinate space view to be displayed on the display and further configured to respond to inputs to the coordinate space view,
wherein the coordinate space view comprises a display area including virtual axes defining a coordinate space in which individual song, artist, and/or album items from the plurality of instances of media are displayed,
wherein each individual song, artist, and/or album item has a plurality of characteristics associated therewith, each said axis is associated with one of said characteristics so that each individual song, artist, and/or album item has a defined location in the coordinate space,
wherein, in response to an input selecting an artist item or an album item from said individual song, artist, and/or album items displayed in said display area, the display area is updated to cause movement within the coordinate space to change a location of the selected artist item or the album item in the coordinate space, and
wherein, in response to the input selecting a song from said individual song, artist, and/or album items displayed in said display area, triggering playback of the selected song item on the jukebox device.

2. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein the coordinate space is two-dimensional.

3. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein the coordinate space is three-dimensional.

4. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein items are arranged alphabetically along a first axis and chronologically along a second axis.

5. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein a release date associated with the item determines the item's positioning along the second axis.

6. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein discrete areas of one said axis are designated for a predefined arrangement of discrete genres.

7. The jukebox device of claim 6 , wherein the predefined arrangement of discrete genres is decomposable into a predetermined sub-arrangement of discrete sub-genres.

8. The jukebox device of claim 6 , wherein the discrete genres are grouped such that based on degrees of similarity therebetween such that similar genres are provided in closer relative proximity to one another as compared to disparate genres.

9. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor, upon detecting a song items selection, causes a popup screen to be displayed, the popup screen enabling receiving of confirmation that the selected song is to be played back.

10. The jukebox device of claim 9 , wherein the display of the popup screen is accompanied by the blurring, fading, and/or reduction to grayscale of coordinate space view elements behind the popup screen.

11. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein elements are grouped alone one axis based on popularity.

12. The jukebox device of claim 11 , wherein popularity is determined with reference to item popularity across a jukebox network, item popularity at a venue at which the jukebox device is located, and/or item popularity on an industry chart.

13. The jukebox device of claim 11 , wherein popularity is determined with reference to item popularity at one or more social networking sites.

14. The jukebox device of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the input selecting one of a song item, an album item, or an artist item, displaying the selected item in association with one or more tags associated with the selected item in a database, each of the tags being displayed as a floating object.

15. The jukebox device of claim 14 , wherein each of the one or more displayed tags is selectable.

16. A method of making a jukebox device, the method comprising:
providing a display;
providing a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing at least a subset of a plurality of instances of media available for playback on or via the jukebox device; and
providing at least one processor configured to cause a coordinate space view to be displayed on the display and further configured to respond to inputs to the coordinate space view,
wherein the coordinate space view comprises a display area including virtual axes defining a coordinate space in which individual song, artist, and/or album items from the plurality of instances of media are displayed,
wherein each individual song, artist, and/or album item has a plurality of characteristics associated therewith, each said axis is associated with one of said characteristics so that each individual song, artist, and/or album item has a defined location in the coordinate space,
wherein, in response to an input selecting an artist item or an album item from said individual song, artist, and/or album items displayed in said display area, the display area is updated to cause movement within the coordinate space to change a location of the selected artist item or the album item in the coordinate space, and wherein, in response to the input selecting a song item from said individual song, artist, and/or album items displayed in said display area, triggering playback of the selected song item on the jukebox device.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a jukebox device, causes the jukebox device to perform operations comprising:
accessing at least a subset of a plurality of instances of media available for playback on or via the jukebox device;
display a coordinate space view on a display of the jukebox device, wherein the coordinate space view comprises a display area including virtual axes defining a coordinate space in which individual song, artist, and/or album items from the plurality of instances of media are displayed;
wherein each individual song, artist, and/or album item has a plurality of characteristics associated therewith, each said axis is associated with one of said characteristics so that each individual song, artist, and/or album item has a defined location in the coordinate space,
in response to an input selecting an artist item or an album item from said individual song, artist, and/or album items displayed in said display area, updating the display area to cause movement within the coordinate space to change a location of the selected artist item or the album item in the coordinate space; and
in response to the input selecting a song item from said individual song, artist, and/or album items displayed in said display area, triggering playback of the selected song item.

Assignees

• Touchtunes Music Corp
• Touchtunes Music Company Llc

Inventors

• Beaumier Francois
• Desmarais Remi
• Hebert Sebastien
• Gratton Loic
• Khenfir Mounir
• Rivera Ed
• Tooker Michael
• Pompidor Christian

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H04N21/4788

  communicating with other users, e.g. chatting {(arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104)} · CPC title

• G06F3/165

  Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path · CPC title

• H05B33/10

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted to the manufacture of electroluminescent light sources · CPC title

• H04N7/183

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title