Patent Document ID: 9329583
Application ID: 13007898
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for disseminating a change of state, the method comprising: receiving, by an aggregator device, an electronic message sent from a first device in a plurality of networked devices, the electronic message identifying the change of state implemented by the first device to play media content; querying, by the aggregator device, a plurality of interaction rules for the change of state, the plurality of interaction rules having electronic associations between different ones of the plurality of interaction rules and different possible changes of state including the change of state; retrieving, by the aggregator device, a rule of the plurality of interaction rules having an electronic association with the change of state identified in the electronic message; determining, by the aggregator device, a learning mode in the plurality of networked devices; interpreting, by the aggregator device, the rule of the plurality of interaction rules to trigger a broadcast during the learning mode of the change of state to other devices in the plurality of networked devices; and broadcasting, by the aggregator device, a state change communication to addresses associated with the plurality of networked devices, the change state communication identifying the first device implementing the change of state to play the media content.