A network-enabled audio device that provides a display device that allows
the user to select playlists of music much like a jukebox is disclosed.
The user can compose playlists from disk files, CD's, Internet streaming
audio broadcasts, online music sites, and other audio sources. The user
can also select a desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web
broadcasts. In addition, the user can play standard audio CD's and MP3
encoded CD's and have access to local AM/FM stations. Further, the
software, the user controls, and the display in the network-enabled audio
device are operably configured and connected such that the user can
listen to playlists that include CD's and other audio sources just as the
user would choose a playlist in a jukebox. The user accesses a server
site via a PC and the Internet. From the server site, the user obtains a
list of the devices in his or her Internet Personal Audio Network (IPAN)
and what songs are on those devices. The IPAN includes an IPAN server, an
IPAN client, and IPAN software stored on the network-enabled audio
device. Thus, the network-enabled audio device provides people who are or
are not comfortable with computers a way of taking music from various
sources and putting it into one place for listening pleasure. In one
embodiment, the Personal Computer (PC) is used to compose the playlists,
but the user is able to listen to playlists and other audio sources
without using the PC.