Method and system for providing digital content

A host server for managing and distributing media content in a network system, the host server comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory;
• a web server module configured to receive, using the one or more processors, a request from a control device to deliver at least one item of digital content stored in the memory of the host server through the network system from the host server;
• a zone manager configured to provide, using the one or more processors, the control device with status information associated with the digital content and status information for a plurality of outputs of the host server connected to the network system in response to receiving the request;
• the web server module further configured to receive, using the one or more processors, a command from the control device to serve the at least one item of digital content or the status information associated with the digital content or the status information for the plurality of outputs of the host server via a selected output, the selected output being selected by a user of the control device based on at least the status information associated with the plurality of outputs connected to the network system;
• and
• the zone manager further configured to serve, using the one or more processors, the at least one item of digital content or the status information via the selected output in response to receiving the command from the control device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for managing and distributing media content in a network system, the computer readable program codes including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive a request from a control device to deliver at least one item of digital content stored on a host server through the network system from the host server;
• provide the control device with status information associated with the digital content and status information for a plurality of outputs of the host server connected to the network system in response to receiving the request;
• receive a command from the control device to serve the at least one item of digital content or the status information associated with the digital content or the status information for the plurality of outputs of the host server via a selected output, the selected output being selected by a user of the control device based on at least the status information associated with the plurality of outputs connected to the network system;
• and
• serve the at least one item of digital content or the status information via the selected output in response to receiving the command from the control device.