Distributed control for a continuous play background music system

1. A method executed at a computing device for providing digital content, comprising:

remotely providing digital media files via a network to a playback device responsively to a computer being remotely located from both:

the computing device; and

the playback device;

receiving at least one first communication from the computer via the network; and

sending at least one second communication to the playback device via the network and based upon the first communication;

wherein, playback of ones of the provided digital media files at the playback device is modified responsively to the at least one second communication.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the digital media files comprise audio files, video files, and/or image files.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select and arrange custom playlists by selecting a plurality of the digital media files from a master library and allowing sequencing the digital media files and/or randomly playing the digital media files.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select a plurality of predetermined collections of the digital media files, to allocate percentages of time for playing the collections and to create a composite collection that randomly selects the digital media files from the collections based on the allocated percentages.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select at least one of the digital media files within predetermined collections and to adjust a frequency at which the at least one of the digital media files is played in a composite collection.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select at least one temporal period to operate the playback device.

7. A computer device for providing digital content, comprising:

means for remotely providing digital media files via a network to a playback device responsively to a computer being remotely located from both:

the computer device; and

the playback device;

means for receiving at least one first communication from the computer via the network; and

means for sending at least one second communication to the playback device via the network and based upon the at least one first communication;

wherein, playback of ones of the provided digital media files at the playback device is modified responsively to the at least one second communication.

8. The computer device of claim 7 , wherein the digital media files comprise audio files, video files, and/or image files.

9. The computer device of claim 7 , further comprising means for remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select and arrange custom playlists by selecting a plurality of the digital media files from a master library and allowing sequencing the digital media files and/or randomly playing the digital media files.

10. The computer device of claim 7 , further comprising means for remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select a plurality of predetermined collections of the digital media files, to allocate percentages of time for playing the collections and to create a composite collection that randomly selects the digital media files from the collections based on the allocated percentages.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising means for remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select at least one of the digital media files within predetermined collections and to adjust a frequency at which the at least one of the digital media files is played in a composite collection.

12. The computer device of claim 7 , further comprising means for remotely serving executable files that allow the computer to select at least one temporal period to operate the playback device.

13. Computer code embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer code comprising:

code configured to remotely provide digital media files via a network to a playback device responsively to a computer being remotely located from both:

the apparatus; and

the playback device;

code configured to receive at least one first communication from the computer via the network; and

code configured to send at least one second communication to the playback device via the network and based upon the at least one first communication;

wherein, playback of ones of the provided digital media files at the playback device is modified responsively to the at least one second communication.

14. The computer code of claim 13 , wherein the digital media files comprise audio files, video files, and/or image files.

15. The computer code of claim 13 , further comprising code configured to remotely provide executable files that allow the computer to select and arrange custom playlists by selecting a plurality of the digital media files from a master library and allowing sequencing the digital media files and/or randomly playing the digital media files.

16. The computer code of claim 13 , further comprising code configured to remotely provide executable files that allow the computer to select a plurality of predetermined collections of the digital media files, to allocate percentages of time for playing the collections and to create a composite collection that randomly selects the digital media files from the collections based on the allocated percentages.

17. The computer code of claim 13 , further comprising code configured to remotely provide executable files that allow the computer to select at least one of the digital media files within predetermined collections and to adjust a frequency at which the at least one of the digital media files is played in a composite collection.

18. The computer code of claim 13 , further comprising code configured to remotely provide executable files that allow the computer to select at least one temporal period to operate the playback device.