Common characteristics of playback systems
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, via a network device over a wide area network (WAN) from a first playback system,for at least one first playback device in the first playback system, first data comprising;
(a) an identification of first content currently played by the at least one first playback device;
(b) an identification of a first zone where the first content is currently played by the at least one first playback device;
(c) an identification of at least one first playback metric associated with the first zone;
receiving, via the network device over the WAN from a second playback system,for at least one second playback device in the second playback system, second data comprising;
(a) an identification of second content currently played by the at least one second playback device;
(b) an identification of a second zone where the second content is currently played by the at least one second playback device;
(c) an identification of at least one second playback metric associated with the second zone; and
determining, via the network device, at least one characteristic that is common to the at least one first playback device in the first playback system and the at least one second playback device in the second playback system based on the first received data and the second received data, wherein the first content and second content comprise common content, the first zone and second zone are in a common zone, and the at least one first playback metric and the at least one second playback metric comprise at least one common playback metric, and wherein the at least one characteristic comprises the common content played in the common zone with the at least one common playback device metric; and
generating, via the network device, data comprising a representation of the at least one characteristic that is common.
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus including data comprising an identification of content played by playback systems and at least one metric associated with the playback systems. Determining a characteristic common to the playback systems and generating data comprising a representation of the at least one characteristic.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, via a network device over a wide area network (WAN) from a first playback system, for at least one first playback device in the first playback system, first data comprising; (a) an identification of first content currently played by the at least one first playback device; (b) an identification of a first zone where the first content is currently played by the at least one first playback device; (c) an identification of at least one first playback metric associated with the first zone; receiving, via the network device over the WAN from a second playback system, for at least one second playback device in the second playback system, second data comprising; (a) an identification of second content currently played by the at least one second playback device; (b) an identification of a second zone where the second content is currently played by the at least one second playback device; (c) an identification of at least one second playback metric associated with the second zone; and determining, via the network device, at least one characteristic that is common to the at least one first playback device in the first playback system and the at least one second playback device in the second playback system based on the first received data and the second received data, wherein the first content and second content comprise common content, the first zone and second zone are in a common zone, and the at least one first playback metric and the at least one second playback metric comprise at least one common playback metric, and wherein the at least one characteristic comprises the common content played in the common zone with the at least one common playback device metric; and generating, via the network device, data comprising a representation of the at least one characteristic that is common. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions for execution by a processor, the instructions, when executed, cause the processor to implement a method comprising:
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receiving, via a network device over a wide area network (WAN) from a first playback system, for at least one first playback device in the first playback system, first data comprising; (a) an identification of first content currently played by the at least one first playback device; (b) an identification of a first zone where the first content is currently played by the at least one first playback device; (c) an identification of at least one first playback metric associated with the first zone; receiving, via the network device over the WAN from the a second playback system, for at least one second playback device in the second playback system, second data comprising; (a) an identification of second content currently played by the at least one second playback device; (b) an identification of a second zone where the at least one second playback device is located where the second content is currently played by the at least one second playback device; (c) an identification of at least one second playback metric associated with the second zone; determining, via the network device, at least one characteristic that is common to the at least one first playback device in the first playback system and the second playback system based on the first received data and the second received data, wherein the first content and second content comprise common content, the first zone and second zone are in a common zone, and the at least one first playback metric and the at least one second playback metric comprise at least one common playback metric, and wherein the at least one characteristic comprises the common content played in the common zone with the at least one common playback device metric; and generating, via the network device, data comprising a representation of the at least one characteristic that is common. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A device comprising:
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a network interface to communicate over a wide area network (WAN); a memory; and a processor to; in response to a first playback system playing content for a first amount of time and a second playback system playing content for a second amount of time, receiving, via a network device over a wide area network (WAN) from the first playback system, for at least one first playback device in the first playback system, first data comprising; (a) an identification of first content currently played by the at least one first playback device; (b) an identification of a first zone where the first content is currently played by the at least one first playback device; (c) an identification of at least one first playback metric associated with the first zone; receiving, via the network device over the WAN from the second playback system, for at least one second playback device in the second playback system, second data comprising; (a) an identification of second content currently played by the at least one second playback device; (b) an identification of a second zone where the second content is currently played by the at least one second playback device; (c) an identification of at least one second playback metric associated with the second zone; determining, via the network device, at least one characteristic that is common to the at least one first playback device in the first playback system and the at least one second playback device in the second playback system based on the first received data and the second received data, wherein the first content and second content comprise common content, the first zone and second zone are in a common zone, and the at least one first playback metric and the at least one second playback metric comprise at least one common playback metric, and wherein the at least one characteristic comprises the common content played in the common zone with the at least one common playback device metric; and generating, via the network device data comprising a representation of the at least one characteristic that is common.
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