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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7819734 | Jukebox entertainment system having multiple choice games relating to music Entertainment system based on multiple choice competition games, characterized in that it comprises at least one terminal including connection means to a dedicated remote server (1), the system also comprising means of playing an extract of a recording with a... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7793331 | Communications method for an intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction system Method for communication between a central server and a computerized juke-box which operates in a conference mode, including: sending a header before any transaction, which includes the identity of the destination together, the identity of the emitter, and the size ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7783774 | Audiovisual distribution system for playing an audiovisual piece among a plurality of audiovisual devices connected to a central server through a network An audiovisual distribution system includes a central server and a plurality of audiovisual units. Each unit includes structure for interactively communicating with the user for selecting a piece or a menu, a payment device, a computer network card, and a permanent ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778879 | Process for ordering a selection in advance, digital system and jukebox for embodiment of the process This invention relates to a process for ordering a selection in advance, characterized in that it includes a step in which a menu is displayed followed by a selection in this menu, to make specific requests and particularly: a step displaying the event for which the... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7757264 | Audiovisual reproduction system Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services libra... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749083 | Communication device and method between an audiovisual information playback system and an electronic game machine The invention relates to a communication device between an audiovisual information playback system (1) and at least one electronic game machine (2), each electronic game machine comprising a viewing means (200), a means (210) for interact... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7574727 | Intelligent digital audiovisual playback system Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor device associated with a payment device primarily including means for storing, inter alia, in digital format the visual and sound information to be used. The system is associated ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7549919 | Jukebox entertainment system having multiple choice games relating to music Entertainment system based on a multiple choice competition games, including: a remote server and at least one terminal operable to communicate with the server over a communications network, wherein the terminal includes an audio system for playing in connection wit... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7519442 | Process for adjusting the sound volume of a digital sound recording The present invention relates to a process for adjusting the sound volume of a digital sound recording characterised in that it comprises: a step consisting of determining, in absolute values, for a recording, the maximum amplitude... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512632 | Device and process for remote management of a network of audiovisual information reproduction systems Management device for a network of audiovisual information reproduction systems or jukeboxes, including a database with a plurality of sets of arrays, each array containing grouped information either about the composition of a jukebox, or the use of the jukebox, or ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7448057 | Audiovisual reproduction system Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services libra... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7424731 | Home digital audiovisual information recording and playback system A digital home audiovisual Information recording and playback apparatus includes a microprocessor associated, through a digital interface, with a display, through another interface with sound playback structure and through a telecommunications interface with structu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7356831 | Method for the distribution of audio-visual information and a system for the distribution of audio-visual information The technology herein relates to a jukebox system, including a server that stores a master library of audiovisual selections. The system includes a plurality of jukeboxes, each of which is operable to store audiovisual selections received from the server and to play... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7293277 | Remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems The invention relates to a remote control unit for intelligent digital audiovisual reproduction systems, comprising storage means, payment means, a sound control circuit, display means and a metal chassis wherein said remote control unit comprises a distant radio fr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7231656 | Audiovisual reproduction system Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services libra... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210141 | System for remote loading of objects or files in order to update software A system for remote loading of objects or files in order to update software includes operating system architecture that calls for different tasks to be broken down into software modules that are connected to one another by dynamic links or are composed of executable... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206417 | Wireless digital transmission system for loudspeakers This invention relates to a wireless digital transmission system for loudspeakers comprising: compression means for the file representing the digital audio signal of the “compact disc” type, a transmission device comprising mea... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7188352 | Intelligent digital audiovisual playback system Payment-based audiovisual playback system characterized by comprising a microprocessor unit, primarily including storage means for storing inter alia in digital form the visual and sound information to be used, and associated, through a number of interfaces, with di... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7107109 | Process for adjusting the sound volume of a digital sound recording The present invention relates to a process for adjusting the sound volume of a digital sound recording characterized in that it comprises: a step consisting of determining, in absolute values, for a recording, the maximum amplitude... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6898161 | Sound control circuit for a digital audiovisual reproduction system Sound control circuit comprising a game port, installed on a digital audiovisual reproduction system managed by an operating system, characterized in that the game port in the sound control circuit is used to create an access to the configuration of the audiovisual ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6755744 | Communication device and method between an audiovisual information playback system and an electronic game machine A communication device between an audiovisual information playback system and at least one electronic game machine, each game machine including a viewing means for interacting with the user and a means of payment, wherein each electronic game machine is connected to... | 06/29/2004 |