Systems and methods for automated real-time internet streaming and broadcasting

A computer-based method, comprising:

• receiving, by an automated real-time streaming computing system, scheduling attributes for a scheduled event, wherein the scheduling attributes for the scheduled event comprise any of a start date, an end date, a start time, and an end time, and wherein the scheduled event is associated with an appliance having a unique ID, wherein the appliance is remote from the automated real-time streaming computing system;
• storing, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, the scheduling attributes for the scheduled event in at least one database;
• subsequent to receiving the scheduling attributes, receiving, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, a request from the appliance via an Application Programming Interface (API), wherein the request is correlated to the unique ID of the appliance and comprises an appliance attribute;
• comparing, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, the scheduling attributes of the scheduled event associated with the appliance identified by the unique ID to determine that the scheduled event in the at least one database is an active scheduled event based on the scheduling attributes;
• determining, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, encoding parameters for the active scheduled event based at least partially on the appliance attribute provided in the request;
• subsequent to determining the encoding parameters for the active scheduled event, sending, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, a response to the appliance, wherein the response comprises a start streaming instruction, wherein the start streaming instruction further comprises the encoding parameters for the active scheduled event;
• receiving, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, from the appliance a media stream associated with the active scheduled event;
• subsequent to sending the start streaming instruction to the appliance, receiving, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, a subsequent request from the appliance;
• subsequent to receiving the subsequent request, determine, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, whether the active scheduled event is no longer active based at least in part on the comparing operation;
• and
• when the active schedule event is no longer active, sending, by the automated real-time streaming computing system, a stop streaming instruction to the appliance, otherwise send a take no action instruction to the appliance.

An automated real-time streaming computing system, comprising:

• a server configured to
• receive scheduling attributes for scheduled events at remote locations, wherein the scheduled events are one-time events, reoccurring events, or combinations thereof, and wherein each scheduled event is associated with one or more appliances at the respective remote locations;
• receive a request from an appliance located at one of the remote locations, wherein the request is timestamped with time and date information and comprises an appliance identifier and one or more appliance attributes;
• determine whether any of the scheduled events associated with the appliance is an active scheduled event based at least in part on the location of the appliance submitting the request and a comparison of the scheduling attributes with the time and date information;
• and
• respond to the appliance with a streaming instruction based on the determination that one of the scheduled events is an active schedule event, wherein the response comprises an encoding parameter for the active schedule event;
• and
• an origin server configured to
• receive at least one media stream transmitted by the appliance when the appliance is instructed to start streaming.