Patent ID: 7458091

Claim:
A method for identifying a plurality of events which are played back simultaneously on a plurality of networked client apparatuses, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of events stored in memory on a plurality of client apparatuses, the events each having a unique identifier identifying the event stored in memory associated therewith and stored in the memory, wherein the client apparatuses are adapted to be coupled to a host computer via a network; (b) ascertaining whether the client apparatuses have the event stored in memory comprising ascertaining the identifier of the event stored in the memory of the client apparatuses utilizing the network; (c) comparing the identifier of the event stored in the memory with an identifier of a scheduled event; (d) identifying a type of device on each of the client apparatuses; and (e) beginning the playback of the event simultaneously on each of the client apparatuses comprising generating communications for each of the client apparatuses comprising an address to each of the client apparatuses and an object specific for each of the client apparatuses based on the type of device identified and forwarding the communications with the objects specific for each of the client apparatuses upon ascertaining that the client apparatus has the predefined content stored and that the comparison renders a match.