Method and system for controlling a scheduling order

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9152296
APP PUB NO 20130305154A1
SERIAL NO

13940877

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A scheduling order can be designated for the delivery and playback of media content (e.g., music, news, other audio, advertising, etc) with respect to particular slots within the scheduling order. The broadcast day is divided into blocks of time that include multiple time slots. One of those time slots, a transition slot, is adjacent to another block of time. The transition slot can be scheduled using a different algorithm than the one used for scheduling the other slots in the same block. At least the transition slot can be scheduled to satisfy both horizontal and vertical adjacency requirements. The remaining slots can be scheduled by selecting a next available media item from one or more categories of media items associated with the block being scheduled.

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  • IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.;IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Attwell, Nigel Goldens Bridge, US 22 52

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