System and method for providing an activity schedule of a public person over a network
First Claim
1. An information processing system for centralizing and managing media schedule data and providing the media schedule data in response to a search query entered via a graphical user interface accessible by a plurality of users and received by said system via a network connection from a remote computer terminal corresponding to one of the plurality of users, said information processing system comprising:
- a server connected to a network via the network connection for receiving the search query;
a media schedule database containing media schedule data comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records including at least a name of a person and at least a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least one media activity of said person, wherein said at least one media activity is selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, wherein at least one media activity of said at least one media activity is scheduled to take place in a future time, wherein at least two non-related media activities of said at least one media activity can overlap in time such that said person is scheduled to appear simultaneously in two different venues of a plurality of venues during the time overlap, such as a television program and a particular location, and wherein one of the two different venues can be a particular venue for the live appearance; and
a database query search engine configured for receiving the search query from the server and for searching the media schedule database for obtaining at least one record of the plurality of records approximately satisfying the search query.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for providing timely and efficient scheduled media information of upcoming media activities of public persons to interested individuals over a network, such as the Internet. The present invention allows individuals to request upcoming media activities of public persons via a network and be provided with such information via a search engine having access to at least one media schedule database. The system includes a media schedule database storing scheduled media activities of a plurality of public persons and a database manager for creating and revising records of the media schedule database. The database manager is preferably a computer system having access to the media schedule database for revising, appending, deleting, etc. data stored within the media schedule database and for adding data within the media schedule database. The database manager also has access to a server of the system for automatically receiving media schedule data via a network, such as the Internet, and for routing via the server the media information to the interested individuals.
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31 Claims
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1. An information processing system for centralizing and managing media schedule data and providing the media schedule data in response to a search query entered via a graphical user interface accessible by a plurality of users and received by said system via a network connection from a remote computer terminal corresponding to one of the plurality of users, said information processing system comprising:
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a server connected to a network via the network connection for receiving the search query;
a media schedule database containing media schedule data comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records including at least a name of a person and at least a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least one media activity of said person, wherein said at least one media activity is selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, wherein at least one media activity of said at least one media activity is scheduled to take place in a future time, wherein at least two non-related media activities of said at least one media activity can overlap in time such that said person is scheduled to appear simultaneously in two different venues of a plurality of venues during the time overlap, such as a television program and a particular location, and wherein one of the two different venues can be a particular venue for the live appearance; and
a database query search engine configured for receiving the search query from the server and for searching the media schedule database for obtaining at least one record of the plurality of records approximately satisfying the search query.
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2. An information processing system for centralizing and managing media schedule data and providing the media schedule data in response to a search query entered via a graphical user interface accessible by a plurality of users and received by said system via a network connection from a remote computer terminal corresponding to one of the plurality of users, said information processing system comprising:
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a server connected to a network via the network connection for receiving one of the search query and media schedule data from the remote computer terminal, wherein said media schedule data includes at least a name of a person and at least a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least two non-related media activities of said person, wherein said at least two non-related media activities are selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, and wherein at least one non-related media activity of said at least two non-related media activities is scheduled to take place in a future time;
a media schedule database containing stored media schedule data comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records including at least a name of a person and a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least two non-related media activities of said person, wherein said at least two non-related media activities are selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, wherein at least one non-related media activity of said at least two non-related media activities is scheduled to take place in a future time, wherein said at least two non-related media activities can overlap in time such that said person is scheduled to appear simultaneously in two different venues of a plurality of venues during the time overlap, such as a television program and a particular location, and wherein one of the two different venues can be a particular venue for the live appearance; and
a database query search engine configured for receiving the search query from the server and for searching the media schedule database for obtaining at least one record of the plurality of records approximately satisfying the search query. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for providing media schedule data in response to a user-submitted query over a communication network, said method comprising the steps of:
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searching a media schedule database comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records including media schedule data having at least a name of a person and at least a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least two non-related media activities of said person, wherein said at least two non-related media activities are selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, wherein one of said at least two non-related media activities is scheduled to take place in a future time in one of a plurality of venues, and retrieving a record approximately satisfying the user-submitted query, wherein said at least two non-related media activities can overlap in time such that said person is scheduled to appear simultaneously in two venues of said plurality of venues during the time overlap, such as a television program and a particular location, and wherein one of the two different venues can be a particular venue for the live appearance; and
transmitting at least a portion of the media schedule data of the retrieved record to a remote computer terminal via the communication network.
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9. A method for providing media schedule data in response to a user-submitted query over a communication network and for receiving media schedule data from at least one user who is not an operator of said method, said method comprising the steps of:
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searching a media schedule database comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records including media schedule data having at least a name of a person and at least a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least two non-related media activities of said person, wherein said at least two non-related media activities are selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, wherein one of said at least two non-related media activities is scheduled to take place in a future time in one of a plurality of venues, and retrieving a record approximately satisfying the user-submitted query, wherein said at least two non-related media activities can overlap in time such that said person is scheduled to appear simultaneously in two different venues of said plurality of venues during the time overlap, such as a television program and a particular location, and wherein one of the two different venues can be a particular venue for the live appearance;
transmitting at least a portion of the media schedule data of the retrieved record to a remote computer terminal via the communication network; and
processing the received media schedule data and storing the processed media schedule data within said media schedule database. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for centralizing and managing media schedule data and providing the media schedule data in response to a search query entered via a graphical user interface accessible by a plurality of users and received by said system via a network connection from a remote computer terminal corresponding to one of the plurality of users, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the search query from the remote computer terminal;
maintaining a media schedule database comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records including media schedule data; and
searching the media schedule database and retrieving at least one record of the plurality of records approximately satisfying the search query;
wherein said media schedule data includes at least a name of a person and at least a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least one media activity of said person, wherein said at least one media activity is selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, wherein at least one media activity of said at least one media activity is scheduled to take place in a future time, wherein at least two non-related media activities of said at least one media activity can overlap in time such that said person is scheduled to appear simultaneously in two different venues of a plurality of venues during the time overlap, such as a television program and a particular location, and wherein one of the two different venues can be a particular venue for the live appearance. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for centralizing and managing media schedule data and providing the media schedule data in response to a search query entered via a graphical user interface accessible by a plurality of users and received by said system via a network connection from a remote computer terminal corresponding to one of the plurality of users, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving one of the search query and media schedule data from the remote computer terminal, wherein said media schedule data includes at least a name of a person and at least a time and/or place description of the occurrence of at least two non-related media activities of said person, wherein said at least two non-related media activities are selected from the group consisting essentially of broadcast events, such as radio, television and web broadcast events, and non-broadcast events, such as a live appearance at a particular venue, and wherein one non-related media activity of said at least two non-related media activities is scheduled to take place in a future time, wherein said at least two non-related media activities can overlap in time such that said person is scheduled to appear simultaneously in two different venues of a plurality of venues during the time overlap, such as a television program and a particular location, and wherein one of the two different venues can be a particular venue for the live appearance;
maintaining a media schedule database comprising a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records including media schedule data; and
searching the media schedule database and retrieving at least one record of the plurality of records approximately satisfying the search query. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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