Patent ID: 8886347
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G05B,G06F,H03G,H04H,H04N,H04R

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: displaying, by a controller device, a plurality of zone names for user selection via a display interface, each zone name of the plurality of zone names representing a respective particular zone of a plurality of zones that contains at least one player configured for multimedia playback in that zone; receiving, by the controller device, an indication of a first zone name and an indication of a second zone name selected from the plurality of zone names to form a zone group, wherein the zone group comprises at least a first zone and a second zone of the plurality of zones represented by the first zone name and second zone name, respectively; determining, by the controller device, that the first zone and the second zone of the plurality of zones are playing back different multimedia content; based on the determination that the first zone and the second zone are playing back different multimedia content, displaying, by the controller device, a plurality of playback selections, wherein the plurality of playback selections identify the different multimedia content being played by the first zone and the second zone; receiving, by the controller device, an identification of one of the different multimedia content identified by the plurality of playback selections; transmitting, by the controller device, a zone group configuration to the zone group, wherein the zone group configuration includes instructions to facilitate synchronized playback of the identified one of the different multimedia content by the zone group.