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US 11,146,920 B2Granted
Segmented WANcasting
AssigneeiHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
InventorDavid C. Jellison, Jr.
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Abstract
A content item can be produced at a first system in segments, and some or all of the content item can be transferred to second systems, via transfer of produced segments of the content item. Content preferences, database configuration and playback schedules can be configured with a remote media content processing system. This information is then transferred from the remote media content processing system to one or more other remote media content processing systems. This transferred information provides a configuration for segmented WANcasting of a content items from one or more remote media content processing systems until the content item is complete.
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A method for execution by a computing device, the method comprises:
- configuring one or more content preferences associated with a remote media content processing system;
- configuring a content database associated with the remote media content processing system;
- configuring a content playback schedule associated with the remote media content processing system;
- obtaining a station log associated with one or more other remote media content processing systems;
- determining, based on the station log associated with the one or more other remote media content processing systems, whether to transfer an in-production content entry from the remote media content processing system associated with the one or more other remote media content processing systems;
- in response to a determination to transfer:
- transferring information associated with the remote media content processing system to the one or more other remote media content processing systems, the information including the content preferences, the content database, and the content playback schedule;
- and
- wherein the information provides a configuration for segmented WANcasting of a content item to the remote media content processing system from one or more of the other remote media content processing systems, the segmented WANcasting including establishing the in-production content entry and proper order of a received content segment with respect to other previously-received content segments until the content item is complete.
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A computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory element operably coupled to store a program of instructions that cause the processor to:
- configure one or more content preferences associated with a remote media content processing system;
- configure a content database associated with the remote media content processing system;
- configure a content playback schedule associated with the remote media content processing system;
- obtain a station log associated with one or more other remote media content processing systems;
- determine, based on the station log associated with the one or more other remote media content processing systems, whether to transfer an in-production content entry from the remote media content processing system associated with the one or more other remote media content processing systems;
- in response to a determination to transfer:
- transfer information associated with the remote media content processing system to the one or more other remote media content processing systems, the information including the content preferences, the content database, and the content playback schedule;
- and
- wherein the information provides a configuration for segmented WANcasting of a content item to the remote media content processing system from one or more of the other remote media content processing systems, the segmented WANcasting including establishing the in-production content entry until the content item is complete.
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A method for execution by a computing device, the method comprises:
- configuring one or more content preferences associated with a remote media content processing system;
- configuring a content database associated with the remote media content processing system;
- configuring a content playback schedule associated with the remote media content processing system;
- obtaining a station log associated with one or more other remote media content processing systems;
- determining, based on the station log associated with the one or more other remote media content processing systems, whether to transfer an in-production content entry from the remote media content processing system associated with the one or more other remote media content processing systems;
- in response to a determination to transfer:
- transferring information associated with the remote media content processing system to other remote media content processing systems, the information including the content preferences, the content database, and the content playback schedule;
- and
- segment WANcasting of a content item to the remote media content processing system from one or more of the other remote media content processing systems, the segmenting including:
- receiving metadata from one of the one or more other remote media content processing systems;
- establishing the in-production content entry;
- receiving a content segment of the content item at the remote media content processing system;
- and
- associating metadata with the content item, wherein the metadata is received via network at the remote media content processing system;
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- wherein the metadata is received prior to receipt of a first content segment indicating one or more of:
- an imminent transfer of content segments associated with the content item, instructions for accepting a transfer connection, instruction to create data file entries in databases for the content segments and metadata, or instructions to flag the data file entries as in-production.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.