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Finding devices in an entertainment system

  • US 9,319,741 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2006
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a wireless device from a source device, an instruction to present program content registered with the wireless device;

    determining, by the wireless device, a plurality of device types missing from an entertainment system based on requirements to support playback of the program content;

    registering, at the wireless device, a device type missing from the entertainment system, wherein the registering is in response to receiving a user-provided indication that the missing device type is present in the entertainment system; and

    transmitting an instruction to an active source device to increment or decrement a counter based on transmitting to a first registered sink device in a first zone, wherein the counter represents a total number of zones that receives data from the active source device.

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