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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Jeffrey J. Kalis, Sparta, MI (US);
Jeffrey J. Kalis, Sparta, MI (US);
AMI Entertainment Network, Inc., Bristol, PA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods of managing entertainment content on a computer jukebox are provided in which, in exemplary embodiments, a digital file is transferred from a data center to a temporary cache in a digital memory of the computer jukebox in response to a user selection and the file is transferred from the temporary cache to a local file in the digital memory according to predetermined criteria. Also provided is a system and method of managing entertainment content on a computer jukebox in which, in one embodiment, the least popular albums are removed from the digital memory of the computer jukebox if the digital memory has reached a predetermined memory limit and a predetermined number of the most popular albums not already in the digital memory are added to the digital memory.