Automated content delivery to distributed media outlets
First Claim
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9. A system comprising:
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a processor operatively coupled to a network; and
a database operatively coupled to the processor,wherein the processor is adapted to;
request media content from a media provider via the network;
receive the media content and instructions to broadcast the media content from the media content provider;
store the received media content in the database;
process the instructions;
distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets, wherein the processor automatically distributes the media content based on the processing of the instructions and instructs the distributed media outlets on broadcasting the media content; and
receive information indicating if the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.
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Abstract
A method can include sending a request to a media content provider requesting media content and receiving the media content and instructions from the media provider. The instructions can be utilized by the media provider to broadcast the media content. The media provider can store the received media content in a database process the instructions then distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets. The media content provider can receive information indicating that the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.
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19 Claims
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9. A system comprising:
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a network; a processor operatively coupled to a network; and a database operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is adapted to; request media content from a media provider via the network; receive the media content and instructions to broadcast the media content from the media content provider; store the received media content in the database; process the instructions; distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets, wherein the processor automatically distributes the media content based on the processing of the instructions and instructs the distributed media outlets on broadcasting the media content; and receive information indicating if the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code configured to; request media content from a media provider via the network; receive the media content and instructions to broadcast the media content from the media content provider; store the received media content in a database; process the instructions; distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets based on the processing of the instructions and the computer program code is configured to instruct the distributed media outlets on airing the media content; and receive information indicating if the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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18-1. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the computer program code is further configured to:
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validate the instructions, wherein the validating determines if the instructions include specific data fields; send an error message to media content provider if the validating determines that the instructions lack a required field of data; receive re-sent instructions; and repeat the validating with the re-sent instructions.
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