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 a first zone player, wherein the first zone player is a member of a first synchrony group, a method comprising: playing, at the first zone player, audio information associated with the first synchrony group; receiving, at the first zone player, control information from a user interface module, wherein the control information directs the first zone player to disengage from the first synchrony group and to join a second synchrony group; disengaging, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player from the first synchrony group; joining, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player to the second synchrony group; and playing, by the first zone player, audio information associated with the second synchrony group.
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40 Claims
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21. In a network comprising a first zone player, wherein the first zone player is a member of a first synchrony group, a method comprising:
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playing, at the first zone player, audio information associated with the first synchrony group; receiving, at the first zone player, control information from a user interface module, wherein the control information directs the first zone player to disengage from the first synchrony group and to join a second synchrony group; disengaging, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player from the first synchrony group; joining, by the first zone player based on the received control information, the first zone player to the second synchrony group; and playing, by the first zone player, audio information associated with the second 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 to:
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play audio information associated with the first synchrony group; receive control information from a user interface module, wherein the control information directs the first zone player to disengage from the first synchrony group and to join a second synchrony group; disengage from the first synchrony group based on the received control information; join the second synchrony group; and play audio information associated with the second synchrony group. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A zone player comprising:
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a network interface configured to receive control information from a user interface module; an audio reproduction device configured to playback audio information; a control module configured to, based on the control information received from the network interface, cause the zone player to (i) disengage from a first synchrony group of which the zone player is a member, (ii) join a second synchrony group, and (iii) playback audio information at the audio reproduction device, wherein the audio information is associated with the second synchrony group. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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