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Method and apparatus for scheduling broadcast information

  • US 8,689,260 B1
  • Filed: 07/17/2012
  • Issued: 04/01/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method for delivering objects to one or more receiver units, comprising:

  • receiving a number of incoming objects at a computing device, each object corresponding to one or more classes;

    maintaining objects from a variety of classes in an object schedule at the computing device, wherein each object has a utility factor comprising one or more of the importance of the object, the timeliness of the object, and the number of objects previously transmitted in a same or related class as the current object; and

    delivering selected objects from the object schedule to the one or more receiver units associated with one or more display devices;

    wherein one or more values for the utility factor for each object are related to an importance factor associated with the object, the importance factor being modified by a predetermined function that decreases with an age of the object to identify the utility factor, and the age of the object being related to the estimated time for delivery.

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