# US 10,455,258 B2 · Video-broadcast system with DVE-related alert feature > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,258 B2 - Document ID: US10455258B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/840,862 - Filed: 2017-12-13 - Published: 2018-04-12 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-24 - Assignees: Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC - Applicants: Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC - Inventors: Scott Allan Propst; Dana A. Lasher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455258B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/23424: {involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement} - G11B 27/036: Insert-editing - G11B 27/10: Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel - H04N 21/234345: {the reformatting operation being performed only on part of the stream, e.g. a region of the image or a time segment} - H04N 21/26233: {involving content or additional data duration or size, e.g. length of a movie, size of an executable file} - H04N 21/26241: {involving the time of distribution, e.g. the best time of the day for inserting an advertisement or airing a children programme} - H04N 21/458: Scheduling content for creating a personalised stream, e.g. by combining a locally stored advertisement with an incoming stream; Updating operations, e.g. for OS modules {; time-related management operations (arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast or during the distribution H04H20/10)} - H04N 21/8126: {involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts} - H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract In one aspect, a method includes: receiving an instruction to apply a particular digital video-effect (DVE) of a particular DVE type to a temporal portion of a video segment based, at least in part, on the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, wherein the particular DVE corresponds to a duration; making a determination that no particular temporal portion of the video segment satisfies each condition in a set, the set comprising (i) a first condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment has been identified as being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, and (ii) a second condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration; and based, at least in part, on the received instruction and the determination, outputting an alert. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A video-broadcast system comprising: an automation system; a communication network; and a digital video-effect (DVE) system connected to the automation system via the communication network, wherein the automation system is configured for performing a set of acts comprising: receiving an instruction to apply a particular DVE of a particular DVE type to a temporal portion of a video segment based, at least in part, on the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, wherein the particular DVE corresponds to a duration, wherein receiving the instruction comprises extracting the instruction from a portion of a traffic schedule; making a determination that no particular temporal portion of the video segment satisfies each condition in a condition set, wherein the condition set comprises (i) a first condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment has been identified as being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, and (ii) a second condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration; and based, at least in part, on the received instruction and the determination, outputting an alert. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The video-broadcast system of claim 1, wherein receiving the instruction comprises receiving an instruction to apply the particular DVE to the temporal portion of the video segment based, at least in part, on (i) the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having the particular DVE applied thereto, (ii) the temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration, and (iii) a start time of the temporal portion of the video segment being within a threshold time period of a start time of the video segment. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The video-broadcast system of claim 1, wherein the condition set comprises a third condition that a start time of the particular temporal portion of the video segment is within the threshold time period of the start time of the video segment. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The video-broadcast system of claim 1, wherein the instruction is a first instruction, and wherein outputting the alert comprises transmitting a second instruction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The video-broadcast system of claim 4, wherein the second instruction is configured to cause a record associated with the received instruction to be added to a list, wherein the set of acts further comprises outputting the list. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The video-broadcast system of claim 5, further comprising a display device, wherein outputting the list comprises displaying the list on the display device. ### Claim 7 A method for use in a video-broadcast system having a digital video-effect (DVE) system, the method comprising: receiving an instruction to apply a particular DVE of a particular DVE type to a temporal portion of a video segment based, at least in part, on the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, wherein the particular DVE corresponds to a duration, wherein receiving the instruction comprises extracting the instruction from a portion of a traffic schedule; making a determination that no particular temporal portion of the video segment satisfies each condition in a condition set, wherein the condition set comprises (i) a first condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment has been identified as being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, and (ii) a second condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration; and based, at least in part, on the received instruction and the determination, outputting an alert. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein receiving the instruction comprises receiving an instruction to apply the particular DVE to the temporal portion of the video segment based, at least in part, on (i) the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having the particular DVE applied thereto, (ii) the temporal portion of the video segment having at least the duration, and (iii) a start time of the temporal portion of the video segment being within a threshold time period of a start time of the video segment. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the condition set comprises a third condition that a start time of the particular temporal portion of the video segment is within the threshold time period of the start time of the video segment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the instruction is a first instruction, and wherein outputting the alert comprises transmitting a second instruction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the second instruction is configured to cause a record associated with the received instruction to be added to a list, wherein the method further comprises outputting the list. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein outputting the list comprises displaying the list on a display device. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed cause performance of a set of acts comprising: receiving an instruction to apply a particular DVE of a particular DVE type to a temporal portion of a video segment based, at least in part, on the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, wherein the particular DVE corresponds to a duration, wherein receiving the instruction comprises extracting the instruction from a portion of a traffic schedule; making a determination that no particular temporal portion of the video segment satisfies each condition in a condition set, wherein the condition set comprises (i) a first condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment has been identified as being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, and (ii) a second condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration; and based, at least in part, on the received instruction and the determination, outputting an alert. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein receiving the instruction comprises receiving an instruction to apply the particular DVE to the temporal portion of the video segment based, at least in part, on (i) the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having the particular DVE applied thereto, (ii) the temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration, and (iii) a start time of the temporal portion of the video segment being within a threshold time period of a start time of the video segment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the condition set comprises a third condition that a start time of the particular temporal portion of the video segment is within the threshold time period of the start time of the video segment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instruction is a first instruction, and wherein outputting the alert comprises transmitting a second instruction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the second instruction is configured to cause a record associated with the received instruction to be added to a list, wherein the set of acts further comprises outputting the list.