Collecting and providing local playback system information

摘要

Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate gathering, aggregation and analysis of content playback and system data from one or more local playback networks. Certain embodiments facilitate analysis and recommendation to one or more local playback systems based on the aggregated and analyzed data. An example method includes collecting, using a processor, data relating to playback of content at a local playback network. The example method includes analyzing the collected data based on at least one characteristic. The example method includes generating a representation of the analysis of the collected data. The example method includes providing the representation to the local playback network.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
collecting, using a processor, data relating to playback of first content by a first playback device within a first local playback network and playback of second content by a second playback device within a second local playback network, the data collected based on at least one characteristic of the playback of the first content and playback of the second content, the at least one characteristic associated with at least one of (a) playback by the respective first or second playback device and (b) configuration information for the respective first or second playback device; analyzing, using the processor, the collected data based on the at least one characteristic; determining, using the processor, at least one recommended setting for playback of content by a playback device via at least one of the first local playback network and the second local playback network based on the analysis of the collected data; and remotely providing, using the processor, the at least one recommended setting to at least one of the first or second local playback network.