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Jukebox polling system
Assignee: Data Information Systems Corp
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Filing: 1979-04-13
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Granted: 1980-11-04
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Expires: 1999-04-13
Abstract
Abstract A data acquisition and transmission system for surveying a plurality of remotely location jukeboxes via telephone lines. A data collector, operatively associated with each jukebox, includes a song identification arrangement and storage memory for determining the number of times a particular song is played over a given period of time. At regular intervals, a central station contacts each data collector via telephone and requests the stored information which is subsequently transmitted via telephone lines to a central computer which tabulates and stores the information. The collected data is then processed to provide a distribution scale useful in determining the proper allocation of royalty fees received from jukebox licensing fees.
Inventors
- 👤 George B. McConnell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:56
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F17/00; G07F17/30; G07F17/305; G07C; G07C13/00; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/002; H; H04; H04M; H04M11/00; H04M11/002
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A data acquisition and transmission system for monitoring a plurality of remotely located check-controlled song reproduction devices each device including means for identifying a song position, said system comprising: a song collector and transmitter unit physically connected to a song reproduction device so as to receive signals identifying a record position selected; said unit being capable of interpreting signals received from said song reproduction device so as to count all occurrences of all record positions selected; said unit including means to memorize the identification signal for each record position; said means capable of storing the number of times each record position is selected over a period of times; said unit including a transmitting means capable of transmitting stored information to a collector/scanner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A data acquisition and transmission system for monitoring a plurality of remotely located check-controlled song reproduction devices each device including means for identifying a song position, said system comprising: a song collector and transmitter unit physically connected to a song reproduction device so as to receive signals identifying a record position selected; said unit being capable of interpreting signals received from said song reproduction device so as to count all occurrences of all record positions selected; said unit including means to memorize the identification signal for each record position; said means capable of storing the number of times each record position is selected over a period of times; said unit including a transmitting means capable of transmitting stored information to a collector/scanner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
85 words
A data acquisition and transmission system as recited in claim 1 wherein said collector/scanner include: an automatic polling means for contacting each of said units being physically connected to a remotely located check-controlled song reproduction device; a memory means for storing information retrieved from each of said units; and a means for compiling the stored information received so as to produce a record identifying the names of each song and the number of times each song has been played during a specific period of time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system as recited in claim 1 wherein said unit includes a backup power supply capable of operating said unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
Said system as recited in claim 2 wherein said collector/scanner communicates with each of said units utilizing a single multiplex telephone line.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system as recited in claim 2 and 4 wherein said collector/scanner includes an automatic dialer for automatically polling each of said units.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
179 words
A data acquisition and transmission system for monitoring a plurality of remotely located check-controlled song reproduction devices, said system comprising: (1) a data collector operatively associated with each of said song reproduction devices for receiving a data stream indicative of the identity of a song selected, said collector including: (a) a data stream conversion means for converting said data stream to a binary number representative of a song selected; (b) a storage means for storing each binary number produced by said conversion means to provide a tally of the number of times each song has been selected; (2) a communications link; (3) a transmitting unit capable of connecting each data collector to said communications link; (4) message generating means for presenting data extracted from said memory to said transmitting unit; (5) a central station; (6) a receiving unit for connecting said central station to said communications link for transferring signals from said link to said central station; and (7) a controller for establishing a connection between said receiving units and any of said transmitting units over said communications link.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
179 words
A data acquisition and transmission system for monitoring a plurality of remotely located check-controlled song reproduction devices, said system comprising: (1) a data collector operatively associated with each of said song reproduction devices for receiving a data stream indicative of the identity of a song selected, said collector including: (a) a data stream conversion means for converting said data stream to a binary number representative of a song selected; (b) a storage means for storing each binary number produced by said conversion means to provide a tally of the number of times each song has been selected; (2) a communications link; (3) a transmitting unit capable of connecting each data collector to said communications link; (4) message generating means for presenting data extracted from said memory to said transmitting unit; (5) a central station; (6) a receiving unit for connecting said central station to said communications link for transferring signals from said link to said central station; and (7) a controller for establishing a connection between said receiving units and any of said transmitting units over said communications link.
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