ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,034, issued on March 25, was assigned to TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY LLC (New York).

"Digital jukebox device with improved user interfaces, and associated methods" was invented by Francois Beaumier (Laval, Canada), Karim Dhambri (Montreal), Daniel Susla (New York), Matthew Labunka (New York), Ian Moulton (New York), Samer Alameer (Montreal) and Michael Tooker (Pointe-Claire, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, to systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features and improved user interfaces. For instance, a smart search may be provided, ...