Abstract: Systems and methods are described which provide consumers with information regarding the entertainment content available on the entertainment devices and to improve the ease with which the consumers can select songs and other entertainment content for performance on the entertainment device. A consumer at home may access a consumer portal over the Internet using a browser application. Through this portal, the consumer may select one or more entertainment content items to be saved in one or more playlists associated with a user identity specific to that consumer. The consumer may then travel to a venue where a network-enabled jukebox entertainment device is located. Using the user interface of the entertainment device, the consumer may log into their user account and retrieve the playlists previously created by the consumer at home. The consumer may then select one or more entertainment content items from that playlist for performance on the entertainment device.

Abstract: Systems and methods for distributing advertising content to a plurality of entertainment devices are provided. The method may include: transmitting advertising content to each of a plurality of entertainment devices, said advertising content comprising data for causing at least one advertisement to be displayed by the entertainment device; and causing the at least one advertisement to be displayed based on an attribute of each entertainment device. The entertainment system may include: a network interface for coupling the entertainment system with a host system over a network; a video display for displaying graphical content to a user; a user input device; and a control module configured to: receive advertising content from the host system, said advertising content comprising data for causing at least one advertisement to be displayed by the video display; and cause the at least one advertisement to be displayed upon satisfaction of a condition for display.

Abstract: Systems and methods of processing data from a plurality of entertainment devices are provided. The method may include: receiving user interaction information, said user interaction information comprising information regarding user interaction with an advertisement displayed on an entertainment device, said entertainment device being configured to perform entertainment content; and associating the user interaction information with venue information regarding a venue in which the entertainment device is located.

Abstract: An entertainment system is provided, including: a network interface for coupling the entertainment system with a host system over a network; a video display for displaying graphical content to a user; a user input device; and a control module configured to: generate a graphical user interface (GUI) for display on the video display, said GUI comprising at least one hybrid mode screen including a content selection region for browsing entertainment content items available for performance by the entertainment system and an advertising region for displaying an advertisement; store information regarding performance of advertisements on the entertainment system; transmit said information regarding performance of advertisements on the entertainment system to the host system via the network interface; receive a request to perform an entertainment content item at a venue where the entertainment system is located; and perform the requested entertainment content at the venue.

Abstract: Methods and systems for operating an entertainment network are provided. The method includes: receiving a request to perform entertainment content at a venue; performing the entertainment content at the venue with an entertainment device; and transmitting to a user device at the venue information regarding the performed entertainment content. The entertainment network includes: an entertainment device for performing entertainment content in a venue in response to user requests; a wireless link for providing network connectivity to one or more user devices in the venue; and a host system including a web server, said host system being coupled to the entertainment device and the wireless link for providing information regarding entertainment content performed by the entertainment device to the one or more user devices in the venue via the wireless link.

Abstract: Priority-based content retrieval mechanisms for digital entertainment devices are provided. In various embodiments, the download prioritizations may be interrupt-based, sequence-based, or a combination of the two. In interrupt-based prioritizations, a higher priority download request will interrupt a lower-priority download that is already in progress. In sequence-based prioritizations, a plurality of file download requests may be ordered in a download queue depending on the priority of the request, with higher priority requests being positioned towards the top of the queue and lower priority requests being positioned towards the bottom of the queue.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing configuration settings on remote entertainment devices are described. The method may include: storing values for a first subset of configuration settings from the set of configuration settings, each of the values for the first subset having an associated precedence level; storing values for a second subset of configuration settings, each of the values for the second subset having an associated precedence level; and transmitting a third subset of configuration setting values containing values from the first and second subset of configuration settings to a remote entertainment device.

Abstract: A system includes one or more databases, a terminal for use by a user and a processor. The databases store data and retrieve the stored data in response to the receipt of a data retrieval request from the processor. The terminal generates an input screen and an output screen. The input screen displays, for the user, data selection criteria identifiers which the user may select to identify data of interest, and functions for processing the data as desired by the user. The output screen displays the processed data. The processor generates, in response to the selected data selection criteria from said terminal, a data retrieval request for processing by the databases. Upon receipt of the retrieved data, the processor processes the retrieved data as called for by the selected function selection criteria to generate processed data, which the processor transmits to the terminal for display on the output screen.