Device, system, and method for scheduled avail tone validation
AssigneeViacom International Inc.
InventorsGregg William Riedel, Christopher Fulton Hundersmarck, Scott Charles Findling, Michael J. McMackin
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Abstract
An avail comparator and method validates scheduled avail tones. The method includes receiving an automation playlist indicating at least one scheduled avail tone configured to be included in a broadcast. The method includes receiving a feed corresponding to the broadcast. The method includes receiving a signaling for each of the at least one scheduled avail tone based upon the automation playlist. The method includes determining whether the at least one scheduled avail tone was triggered in the broadcast based upon the corresponding signaling.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- receiving a return feed of a broadcast;
- comparing the return feed to a schedule of avail tones for the broadcast;
- determining a first scheduled avail tone was not properly triggered when a first notification signaling is not received before a predetermined time has elapsed since a time at which the first scheduled avail tone was scheduled to be triggered, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on a time corresponding to a time required to transmit the broadcast;
- and
- generating a log identifying all scheduled avail tones that were not properly triggered.
A method, comprising:
- receiving an automation playlist indicating a scheduled time at which each of a plurality of avail tones is to be triggered in a broadcast;
- determining a first scheduled avail tone was not properly triggered within a predetermined time of a time at which the first scheduled avail tone was scheduled to be triggered, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on a time corresponding to a time required to transmit the broadcast;
- generating a first notification indicating that the first scheduled avail tone was not properly triggered when the first scheduled avail tone was not triggered before the predetermined time has elapsed;
- and
- generating a log indicating for each of the avail tones in the automation playlist, whether the avail tone was properly triggered.
A method, comprising:
- monitoring a return feed of a broadcast;
- detecting triggering of avail tones in the broadcast;
- comparing times at which the avail tones are detected in the return feed of the broadcast to a predetermined schedule of the avail tones for the broadcast;
- determining a first scheduled avail tone was not triggered in accord with the predetermined schedule a first notification signaling is not received before a predetermined time has elapsed since a time at which the first scheduled avail tone was scheduled to be triggered, wherein the predetermined time is determined based on a time corresponding to a time required to transmit the broadcast;
- generating an alert when the first scheduled avail tone was not triggered in accord with the predetermined schedule;
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- generating a log identifying for each of the avail tones in the predetermined schedule whether the avail tone was triggered in accord with the predetermined schedule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.