SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CLOCKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICES
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Abstract
In a network comprising at least a first zone player and a second zone player, a method comprising: receiving, at a user interface module, a command to establish a synchrony group, wherein the synchrony group comprises at least the first zone player and the second zone player; and displaying, at the user interface module, a list of information identifying a plurality of items queued for playback by the synchrony group, wherein (i) at least one of the items on the list has associated location data indicating the at least one item is located on a device attached to the local area network, and (ii) at least one other of the items on the list has associated location data indicating the at least one other item is located on a wide area network.
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40 Claims
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21. In a network comprising at least a first zone player and a second zone player, a method comprising:
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receiving, at a user interface module, a command to establish a synchrony group, wherein the synchrony group comprises at least the first zone player and the second zone player; and displaying, at the user interface module, a list of information identifying a plurality of items queued for playback by the synchrony group, wherein (i) at least one of the items on the list has associated location data indicating the at least one item is located on a device attached to the local area network, and (ii) at least one other of the items on the list has associated location data indicating the at least one other item is located on a wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A tangible computer-readable memory having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a user interface module to:
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receive a command to establish a synchrony group, wherein the synchrony group comprises at least the first zone player and the second zone player; and display a list of information identifying a plurality of items queued for playback by the synchrony group, wherein (i) at least one of the items on the list is located on the local area network, and (ii) at least one of the items on the list is accessible via a wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system comprising:
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a user interface module; a first zone player; and a second zone player; wherein the user interface module is arranged to (i) receive a command to establish a synchrony group, wherein the synchrony group comprises at least the first zone player and the second zone player, and (ii) display, at the user interface module, a list of information identifying a plurality of items queued for playback by the synchrony group, wherein (a) at least one of the items on the list is located on the local area network, and (b) at least one of the items on the list is accessible via a wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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Specification