System and Method for Optimizing Media Play Transactions
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Abstract
A database interface for developing at least one media play is disclosed. The database interface for developing at least one media play includes a plurality of templates, generated in accordance with feedback prior ones of the at least one media plays, at least two desired criteria limiting circumstances for play of the media play received at one of said templates, and an accessor that accesses media play inventory and preempts certain of the media play inventory with an insertion of the media play according to said at least two desired criteria.
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44 Claims
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13. A system for developing at least one media play in a broadcast medium broadcast to a plurality of receivers, comprising:
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a displayer that displays a plurality of templates that enable a user to select at least two desired criteria limiting circumstances for media play, said criteria evaluated based on feedback from a plurality of members of an audience regarding prior occurrences of the at least one media plays; and an accessor that develops at least one media play by accessing a media play inventory and preempting certain of the media play inventory with an insertion of the at least one media play according to said at least two desired criteria, the insertion of the at least one media play being broadcast to the plurality of receivers in a real time broadcast, wherein the preempting comprises evaluating said at least two desired criteria using information determined by monitoring the real time broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing system for searching audio media plays in a database that have been publicly broadcast, the method comprising:
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accessing the audio media plays that were recorded as publicly broadcast, wherein the audio media plays are stored in the database, and each audio media play being at least a portion of a show; providing, in the database, for an association of each of the audio media plays with header information describing the audio media play, wherein the header information includes at least two key descriptors that define the description, and wherein at least one of the at least two key descriptors is a term used in the audio media play; receiving an entry via an interface of the database, the entry including at least a key descriptor to locate an audio media play; and in response to receiving the entry, searching through the associations in the database for an audio media play with header information that includes the key descriptor. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-implemented method for developing at least one media play in a broadcast medium broadcast to a plurality of receivers, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of templates enabling a user to select at least two desired criteria limiting circumstances for media play, said criteria evaluated based on feedback from a plurality of members of an audience regarding prior occurrences of the at least one media play; and developing at least one media play by accessing a media play inventory for preempting certain of the media play inventory with an insertion of the media play according to said at least two desired criteria, the insertion of the at least one media play being broadcast to the plurality of receivers in a real time broadcast, wherein the preempting comprises evaluating said at least two desired criteria using information determined by monitoring the real time broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for searching audio media plays that have been publicly broadcast, the system comprising:
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a device configured to access the audio media plays that were recorded as publicly broadcast, wherein the audio media plays are stored in a database, and each audio media play being at least a portion of a show; a device configured to provide, in the database, for an association of each of the audio media plays with header information describing the audio media play, wherein the header information includes at least two key descriptors that define the description, and wherein at least one of the at least two key descriptors is a term used in the audio media play; a database search interface configured to receive an entry, the entry including at least a key descriptor to locate an audio media play; and a device configured to search, in response to receiving the entry, through the associations in the database for an audio media play with header information that includes the key descriptor. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of criteria associated with a media play; monitoring a real time broadcast; evaluating one or more of the criteria against a result of the monitoring; and selectively generating information based on a result of the evaluating to cause a preemption of the real time broadcast with the media play. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of templates enabling a user to select at least two criteria limiting circumstances for playing media; evaluating the selected criteria based, at least in part, on feedback from a plurality of members of an audience, the feedback corresponding to prior occurrences of at least one media play in a broadcast medium; developing a media play for preempting one or more media plays of a media play inventory based, at least in part, on the selected criteria; preempting one or more media plays of the media play inventory by inserting the developed media play, wherein inserting the developed media play is being broadcast in a real time broadcast, and wherein preempting the one or more media plays comprises evaluating the selected criteria using information determined by monitoring the real time broadcast.
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