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US 8,751,497 B2Granted
Multi-shot scheduling system
AssigneeClear Channel Management Services, Inc.
InventorsNigel Attwell, Chris Bean
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Abstract
A Multi-Shot Scheduling System chooses from multiple candidate playlists of positions to select a broadcast playlist. Candidate playlists are generated based upon scoring and selecting content items for the positions through the use of index values. Various embodiments of the Multi-Shot Scheduling System can select broadcast playlists for multiple groups of content and can provide different methods of controlling scheduling performance by restricting the range of candidate playlists from which the best playlist can be selected.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- using a processing circuitry to generate a plurality of candidate playlists by selecting a content item for assignment to each position of each candidate play list, based on both:
- a position index value assigned to each position in each candidate play list, and
- a score associated with assignment of each content item to each position of each candidate playlist;
- and
- using the processing circuitry to select one of the plurality of candidate playlists by:
- determining, for each of the plurality of candidate play lists, an aggregate score of the content items assigned to each position of the candidate play list, and
- selecting the candidate play list based on the aggregate score.
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A device comprising:
- a processing circuitry;
- a memory operably associated with the processing circuitry, the processing circuitry, and memory operable to:
- generate a plurality of candidate playlists by selecting a content item for assignment to each position of each candidate play list, based on both:
- a position index value assigned to each position in each candidate play list, and
- a score associated with assignment of each content item to each position of each schedule;
- and
- select one of the plurality of candidate playlists by:
- determining, for each of the plurality of candidate play lists, an aggregate score of the content items assigned to each position of the candidate playlist, and
- selecting the candidate play list based on the aggregate score.
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A method comprising:
- using a processing circuitry, generating a multi-shot sequence of at least one position index value to assign to a candidate play list, wherein each position index value is assigned to a position of the candidate playlist and each position is scheduled with a content item based at least in part on the position index value assigned to each position.
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