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Multimedia scheduler

  • US 7,412,532 B2
  • Filed: 12/12/2003
  • Issued: 08/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multimedia scheduler for scheduling media items for network broadcast;

  • comprising;

    at least one work manager for each channel serviced, said work manager including at least one producer thread, a task queue and at least one worker thread; and

    one or more scheduler objects associated with each producer thread;

    wherein said work manager and associated scheduler objects create and maintain a broadcast schedule for each channel according to predefined criteria;

    wherein said at least one producer thread checks a channel at configurable intervals and increments said channel'"'"'s schedule by generating a work request and placing it in said task queue and wherein said worker threads execute said work requests; and

    wherein said multimedia scheduler is scalable to service a plurality of broadcast channels and/or services simultaneously.

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