SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING OPERATIONS AMONG A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENTLY CLOCKED DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICES
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Abstract
A plurality of zone players, including at least a first player and a second zone player, wherein the first zone player is designated as a master device of a synchrony group, a method comprising: determining, by the first zone player, that the second zone player should be designated as the master device of the synchrony group; instructing, by the first zone player, the second zone player to be designated as the master device of the synchrony group; and causing, at the first zone player, the first zone player to lose its designation as the master device of the synchrony group.
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40 Claims
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21. In a network comprising a plurality of zone players, including at least a first player and a second zone player, wherein the first zone player is designated as a master device of a synchrony group, a method comprising:
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determining, by the first zone player, that the second zone player should be designated as the master device of the synchrony group; instructing, by the first zone player, the second zone player to be designated as the master device of the synchrony group; and causing, at the first zone player, the first zone player to lose its designation as the master device of the synchrony group. - 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 first zone player that is designated as a master of a synchrony group to:
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determine that a second zone player should be designated as the master device of the synchrony group; instruct the second zone player to be designated as the master device of the synchrony group; and cause the first zone player to lose its designation as the master device of the synchrony group. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system comprising:
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a plurality of zone players, wherein (i) at least two of the plurality of zone players are members a synchrony group, (ii) one of the plurality of zone players is designated as a master device of the synchrony group, and (iii) at least one of the plurality of zone players is designated as a slave device of the synchrony group; and a user interface module, wherein the user interface module is configured to transmit control information to the zone player currently designated as the master device of the synchrony group, and wherein the control information causes the zone player currently designated as the master device of the synchrony group to instruct another member of the synchrony group currently designated as a slave device to become designated as the master device of the synchrony group. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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