News production system with program schedule modification feature
AssigneeTribune Broadcasting Company, LLC
InventorGary Wilson Cox
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Abstract
In one aspect, an example method involves: accessing, by a computing device, a program schedule of a news program; accessing, by the computing device, data associated with an election; using, by the computing device, the accessed data to make a determination that a status of the election satisfies each condition in a condition set; responsive to making the determination that the status of the election satisfies each condition in the condition set, modifying, by the computing device, the program schedule at least by inserting into the program schedule a record that corresponds to the election; and displaying, by the computing device, the modified program schedule.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing, by a computing device, a program schedule of a news program, wherein the program schedule comprises a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records corresponding to a respective story of the news program;
- accessing, by the computing device, data associated with an election;
- using, by the computing device, the accessed data to make a determination that a status of the election satisfies each condition in a condition set;
- and
- responsive to making the determination that the status of the election satisfies each condition in the condition set:
- (i) using, by the computing device, a digital video effect (DVE) template to facilitate creation of a DVE, wherein the created DVE is configured such that, responsive to a DVE system executing the created DVE, the DVE system generates a video stream representing a video segment that includes content related to the election, and
- (ii) modifying, by the computing device, the program schedule at least by adding to the plurality of records of the program schedule an additional record that corresponds to an additional story of the news program, wherein the additional story of the news program includes an instruction to execute the created DVE.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computing device to perform a set of acts comprising:
- accessing a program schedule of a news program, wherein the program schedule comprises a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records corresponding to a respective story of the news program;
- accessing data associated with an election;
- using the accessed data to make a determination that a status of the election satisfies each condition in a condition set;
- and
- responsive to making the determination that the status of the election satisfies each condition in the condition set:
- (i) using a digital video effect (DVE) template to facilitate creation of a DVE, wherein the created DVE is configured such that, responsive to a DVE system executing the created DVE, the DVE system generates a video stream representing a video segment that includes content related to the election, and
- (ii) modifying the program schedule at least by adding to the plurality of records of the program schedule an additional record that corresponds to an additional story of the news program, wherein the additional story of the news program includes an instruction to execute the created DVE.
A computing device comprising:
- a display device;
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform a set of acts comprising:
- accessing a program schedule of a news program, wherein the program schedule comprises a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records corresponding to a respective story of the news program;
- accessing data associated with an election;
- using the accessed data to make a determination that a status of the election satisfies each condition in a condition set;
- and
- responsive to making the determination that the status of the election satisfies each condition in the condition set:
- (i) using a digital video effect (DVE) template to facilitate creation of a DVE, wherein the created DVE is configured such that, responsive to a DVE system executing the created DVE, the DVE system generates a video stream representing a video segment that includes content related to the election, and
- (ii) modifying the program schedule at least by adding to the plurality of records of the program schedule an additional record that corresponds to an additional story of the news program, wherein the additional story of the news program includes an instruction to execute the created DVE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.