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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Keith Wesley Wait, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Appliance systems providing user-friendly shared music playlist editing are provided. An example method of operating an appliance includes identifying a plurality of audio files accessible by the appliance over one or more local area networks. The method includes uploading data identifying the plurality of audio files to a server. The method includes providing an access code to a user computing device. The access code allows the user computing device to communicate with the server to select one or more of the plurality of audio files for playback. The method includes receiving from the server data identifying a first audio file selected for playback. The method includes causing one or more speakers to play the first audio file.