Patent ID: 8224775
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for managing media in a network wherein a terminal, a first rendering device, a second rendering device, a first server and a second server are connected to the network and further wherein the first server stores a first plurality of media files wherein the second server stores a second plurality of media files and further wherein the first server and the second server are different servers wherein the first rendering device and the second rendering device are different rendering devices, the method comprising the steps of: displaying a list of servers that indicates that the first server and the second server are connected to the network wherein the terminal displays the list of servers; accepting a first user input into the terminal; displaying a search results that indicate media files of the first plurality of media files and the second plurality of media files that correspond to the first user input wherein the terminal displays the search results; displaying a list of rendering devices that indicates that the first rendering device and the second rendering device are connected to the network wherein the terminal displays the list of rendering devices; playing a first media file on the first rendering device and the second rendering device with synchronized playback in response to selection of the first rendering device and the second rendering device from the list of rendering devices wherein the selection of the first rendering device and the second rendering device from the list of rendering devices is made using the terminal, further wherein the first media file is chosen for the synchronized playback using the search results.