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Distributed control for a continuous play background music system

  • US 8,352,543 B2
  • Filed: 02/12/2010
  • Issued: 01/08/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon, the instructions comprising:

  • instructions for remotely serving digital media files via at least one network to at least one playback device responsively to at least one computer being remotely located from both;

    the article of manufacture and at least one ofthe at least one playback device;

    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 playback device is modified responsively to the at least one second communication.

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