ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,099, issued on June 23, was assigned to TOUCHTUNES MUSIC COMPANY LLC (New York).

"Digital jukebox device with karaoke and/or photo booth features, and associated methods" was invented by Ed Rivera (New York), Michael Tooker (Pointe-Claire, Canada), Francois Guy (Montreal), Francois Beaumier (Montreal), Charles Battle (New York), Mounir Khenfir (Montreal) and Charles Garneau (Bois-des-Filion, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems and, more particularly, certain exemplary embodiments relate to jukebox systems that incorporate digital downloading jukebox features along with k...