AUTOMATED SCHEDULING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AVOIDING ADJACENCY CONFLICTS
First Claim
1. A method for use in an automated media scheduling system including a processor and associated memory, the method comprising:
- for a first category of media items to be scheduled during a transition period included in a first daypart of a first day;
determining that a media item from the first category of media items is to be scheduled;
selecting a first media item to be scheduled using a strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in a first order;
determining that scheduling the first media item during the transition period would result in an adjacency conflict;
establishing a second order of media items included in the first category, the second order being different from the first order;
testing, in the second order, each media item included in the first category until a particular media item is determined to have no adjacency conflict;
selecting the particular media item to be scheduled during the transition period, in place of the first media item;
scheduling the particular media item in the transition period; and
scheduling remaining time periods included in the first daypart of the first day using the strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in the first order.
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Abstract
An automated media scheduling system selects a media item from a first category of media items to be scheduled during a transition period included in a first daypart of a first day by determining that a media item from the first category of media items is to be scheduled. The system selects a media item using a strict rotation performed in a first order, but then determines that scheduling item results in an adjacency conflict. The system establishes a second, different order of media items from the same category. Each media item in the category is tested in the second order, until an item with an adjacency conflict is found. That media item is scheduled in place of the previously selected media item. The system then schedules remaining time periods in the first daypart of the first day by performing the strict rotation in the first order.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for use in an automated media scheduling system including a processor and associated memory, the method comprising:
for a first category of media items to be scheduled during a transition period included in a first daypart of a first day; determining that a media item from the first category of media items is to be scheduled; selecting a first media item to be scheduled using a strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in a first order; determining that scheduling the first media item during the transition period would result in an adjacency conflict; establishing a second order of media items included in the first category, the second order being different from the first order; testing, in the second order, each media item included in the first category until a particular media item is determined to have no adjacency conflict; selecting the particular media item to be scheduled during the transition period, in place of the first media item; scheduling the particular media item in the transition period; and scheduling remaining time periods included in the first daypart of the first day using the strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in the first order. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An automated media scheduling system comprising:
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a processor; memory operably associated with the processor; and a program of instructions configured to be stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the program of instructions causing the processor and memory to implement a method including; for a first category of media items to be scheduled during a transition period included in a first daypart of a first day; determining that a media item from the first category of media items is to be scheduled; selecting a first media item to be scheduled using a strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in a first order; determining that scheduling the first media item during the transition period would result in an adjacency conflict; establishing a second order of media items included in the first category, the second order being different from the first order; testing, in the second order, each media item included in the first category until a particular media item is determined to have no adjacency conflict; selecting the particular media item to be scheduled during the transition period, in place of the first media item; scheduling the particular media item in the transition period; and scheduling remaining time periods included in the first daypart of the first day using the strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in the first order. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium tangibly embodying a program of instructions configured to be stored in memory and executed by a processor, the program of instructions including:
for a first category of media items to be scheduled during a transition period included in a first daypart of a first day; at least one instruction to determine that a media item from the first category of media items is to be scheduled; at least one instruction to select a first media item to be scheduled using a strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in a first order; at least one instruction to determine that scheduling the first media item during the transition period would result in an adjacency conflict; at least one instruction to establish a second order of media items included in the first category, the second order being different from the first order; at least one instruction to test, in the second order, each media item included in the first category until a particular media item is determined to have no adjacency conflict; at least one instruction to select the particular media item to be scheduled during the transition period, in place of the first media item; at least one instruction to schedule the particular media item in the transition period; and at least one instruction to schedule remaining time periods included in the first daypart of the first day using the strict rotation of media items included in the first category, wherein the strict rotation is performed in the first order. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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