Patent Document ID: 20160117607
Application ID: 14941703
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, an electronic message sent from a different device in a plurality of networked devices, the electronic message identifying a change of state implemented by the different device when playing media content; querying, by the device, an electronic database for the change of state, the electronic database having electronic associations between rules and possible changes of state to identify and retrieve a rule of the rules electronically associated with the change of state identified in the electronic message; determining, by the device, a learning mode of operation associated with the plurality of networked devices; determining, by the device based on the rule, a broadcast requirement during the learning mode of operation; and broadcasting, by the device, the change of state to network addresses associated with the plurality of networked devices, the change of state identifying the different device implementing the change of state to play the media content.