Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Schedule subscription system with variable restrictions
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Application No.: US15435606Application Date: 2017-02-17
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Publication No.: US09860001B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: David C. Jellison, Jr. , Darren Grant Davis , Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
- Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX San Antonio
- Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX San Antonio
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Edward J. Marshall
- Main IPC: H04H40/09
- IPC: H04H40/09 ; H04H60/06

Abstract:
A subscription system includes a national subscription server capable of tracking which local stations subscribe to particular radio station music formats, for example AC middays, Top 40 afternoons, morning programs, or overnight Contemporary AC. A local music scheduler can query the subscription server for a log of nationally scheduled content to fill one or more dayparts of a local broadcast schedule. The subscription system can determine where to obtain the requested log, and provide the log to the local scheduler for insertion into a particular daypart of the local clock, while leaving the remaining dayparts free for local scheduling. Trusted subscribers can also be permitted to alter portions of log of nationally scheduled items. Inserting the log of nationally scheduled items into the local clock provides local awareness of both local and national media items scheduled for broadcast.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170163364A1 SCHEDULE SUBSCRIPTION SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE RESTRICTIONS Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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