Patent ID: 8838693

Claim:
A system comprising: a first media player and a second media player, wherein the first and second media players are configured to receive a media selection and deliver the media selection from a corresponding storage medium, wherein each of the first and second media players includes a connectivity assembly configured to establish a communicative link between the first and second media players, wherein the first media player is designatable as a master unit and the second media player is designatable as a slave unit; and a remote computer that is separate from the first and second media players, wherein the remote computer includes a master control assembly, wherein the master control assembly is configured to receive synchronization data of the media selection from each of the first and second media players, wherein the synchronization data includes an identifier of the media selection and a location designator indicative of a portion of the media selection that is being delivered at a point in time, wherein the master control assembly is configured to cause the first and second media players to deliver specific points of the media selection simultaneously based at least in part on the synchronization data, and wherein the first media player comprises a first messaging assembly and the second media player comprises a second messaging assembly, and wherein the first and second messaging assemblies permit messaging between at least the first and second media players while the media selection is being delivered by the first and second media players.