Systems and methods for scheduling interactive media and events
AssigneeStratosaudio, Inc.
InventorsKelly M. Christensen, John Phillip Hansen, Thomas Daniel Mock
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Abstract
The user can respond to a media segment wherein the media segment may be associated with a schedulable event. Software on the device can then schedule the event into an electronic calendar system, and/or may use data associated with the media segment. At the appropriate time, the electronic calendar system may notify the user of the scheduled broadcast and/or event.
Claims21
A scheduling system that associates a scheduling opportunity with a media event that is received from a first computer system by a second computer system that determines a unique identifier specific to an instance of the scheduling opportunity, the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity being associated with the media event during a transmission of the media event to a third computer system, the scheduling system comprising:
- a receiver associated with the second computer system that receives, from the first computer system through a computer network, the instance of the scheduling opportunity, the instance of the scheduling opportunity comprising a request to schedule the transmission of the media event;
- a microprocessor and a memory associated with the second computer system that determines the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity;
- wherein the microprocessor and the memory associated with the second computer system further collects information associated with the media event from the first computer system;
- wherein the microprocessor and the memory associated with the second computer system further stores the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity and the information associated with the media event;
- a transmitter associated with the second computer system that transmits to the first computer system through the computer network the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity;
- wherein the receiver associated with the second computer system further receives, from the first computer system through the computer network, a request to transmit the media event, the request to transmit the media event including at least the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity;
- wherein the receiver associated with the second computer system further receives, from the first computer system through the computer network, the media event;
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- wherein the transmitter associated with the second computer system further transmits, through the computer network to the third computer system, the transmission of the media event, the transmission of the media event to the third computer system being associated with the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity during the transmission of the media event to the third computer system.
A method that associates a scheduling opportunity with a media event that is received from a first computer system, by a second computer that determines a unique identifier specific to an instance of the scheduling opportunity, the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity being associated with the media event during a transmission of the media event to a third computer system, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the first computer system by the second computer system, through a computer network, the instance of the scheduling opportunity, the instance of the scheduling opportunity comprising a request to schedule the transmission of the media event;
- determining, by the second computer system, the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity;
- collecting, by the second computer system, information associated with the media event from the first computer system;
- storing, in a memory associated with the second computer system, the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity and the information associated with the media event;
- transmitting, from the second computer system to the first computer system through the computer network, the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity;
- receiving, from the first computer system by the second computer system through the computer network, a request to transmit the media event, the request to transmit the media event including at least the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity;
- receiving, from the first computer system by the second computer system through the computer network, the media event;
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- transmitting, from the second computer system through the computer network to the third computer system, the transmission of the media event, the transmission of the media event to the third computer system being associated with the unique identifier specific to the instance of the scheduling opportunity during the transmission of the media event to the third computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.