DISTRIBUTED CONTROL FOR A CONTINUOUS PLAY BACKGROUND MUSIC SYSTEM
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Abstract
A continuous play broadcast system includes a distributed communications system and a playback control device that is connected to the distributed communications system. The playback control device includes an output device, memory that stores digital media files and a continuous play program, and a controller that outputs the digital media files to the output device according to the continuous play program. The media files include at least one of audio, video and announcements. A computer is connected to the distributed communications system. A web server is connected to the distributed communications system and to a master library of the digital media files. The computer accesses the web server via the distributed communications system to alter the continuous play program for the playback control device. The computer includes a browser module for accessing the web server and the web server transmits executable files to the computer for creating the continuous play program. The executable files are at least one of Active-X® components, Java Applets® and Java Script®. The continuous play broadcast system can also deliver video files and announcement files using the continuous play program. The computer and the playback control device can be integrated.
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67 Claims
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47. An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for remotely serving digital media files via at least one network to at least one playback device being located at a corresponding playback location responsively to at least one computer being remotely located from both at least one of the at least one playback device and the article of manufacture; instructions for receiving at least one first communication from the at least one computer via the at least one network; and instructions for sending at least one second communication to the at least one playback device via the at least one network and based upon the at least one first communication; wherein, playback of ones of the served digital media files at each said playback location is modified responsively to the at least one second communication. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:
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instructions for remotely serving at least one file via at least one network to at least one computing device being located at a corresponding computing location responsively to at least one other computing device being remotely located from both the computing location and the article of manufacture; instructions for receiving at least one first communication from the at least one other computing device via the at least one network; and instructions for sending at least one second communication to the at least one computing device via the at least one network and based upon the at least one first communication; wherein, execution using the served at least one file at each said computing location modifies the environment at each said computing location responsively to the at least one second communication. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67)
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