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US009397627B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,397,627 B2 Qureshey et al. (45) Date of Patent: Jul.19, 2016 (54) NETWORK-ENABLED AUDIO DEVICE (56) References Cited (75) Inventors: Safi Qureshey, Santa Ana, CA (US); U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Daniel D. Sheppard, Brea, CA (US) 3,291,919 A 12/1966 Robitaille 3,609.227 A 9/1971 Kuljian (73) Assignee: Black Hills Media, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 CN 1276126 12/2000 U.S.C. 154(b) by 547 days. CN 1477877 2, 2004 (Continued) (21) Appl. No.: 11/563,230 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filed: Nov. 27, 2006 “Imerge Multi-room SoundServer Application note.” Issue 1.1, Aug. 2000, 9 pages. (65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2007/OO88804 A1 Apr. 19, 2007 Primary Examiner — Asghar Bilgrami (57) ABSTRACT Related U.S. Application Data A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows the user to select playlists of music much (63) Continuation of application No. 09/805,470, filed on like a jukebox is disclosed. The user can compose playlists Mar. 12, 2001, now abandoned, which is a from disk files, CD's, Internet streaming audio broadcasts, online music sites, and other audio Sources. The user can also continuation-in-part of application No. 09/096,703, select a desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web filed on Jun. 12, 1998, now abandoned. broadcasts. In addition, the user can play standard audio CDs (60) Provisional application No. 60/246,842, filed on Nov. and MP3 encoded CD’s and have access to local AM/FM 8, 2000, provisional application No. 60/072,127, filed stations. Further, the software, the user controls, and the dis play in the network-enabled audio device are operably con on Jan. 22, 1998. figured and connected Such that the user can listen to playlists that include CD's and other audio sources just as the user (51) Int. Cl. would choose a playlist in a jukebox. The user accesses a H04L 29/06 (2006.01) server site via a PC and the Internet. From the server site, the HO3G 3/00 (2006.01) user obtains a list of the devices in his or her Internet Personal (Continued) Audio Network (IPAN) and what songs are on those devices. The IPAN includes an IPAN server, an IPAN client, and IPAN (52) U.S. Cl. software stored on the network-enabled audio device. Thus, CPC ............ H03G 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/30749 the network-enabled audio device provides people who are or (2013.01); G06F 17/30752 (2013.01); are not comfortable with computers a way of taking music (Continued) from various sources and putting it into one place for listening (58) Field of Classification Search pleasure. In one embodiment, the Personal Computer (PC) is CPC ................................................... HO4L 65/4084 used to compose the playlists, but the user is able to listen to USPC .................................................. 709/217, 219 playlists and other audio sources without using the PC. See application file for complete search history. 28 Claims, 49 Drawing Sheets casext fe US 9,397,627 B2 Page 2 (51) Int. Cl. 5,557,541 A 9, 1996 Schulhofetal. G06F 7/30 (2006.01) SS A 1999. MEs et al. G06O 30/06 (2012.01) 5,572,442- W A 1 1/1996 Schulhofetal.Ong H04B I/08 (2006.01) 5,577,128 A 1 1/1996 Farinelli H04H2O/38 (2008.01) 5,581,461 A 12/1996 Collet al. 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