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Method and system for controlling a scheduling order

  • US 9,152,296 B2
  • Filed: 07/12/2013
  • Issued: 10/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of populating a media schedule that includes multiple blocks of time to be scheduled, the method comprising:

  • selecting a plurality of media items to be scheduled during a first block of time by executing a program instruction in a computer system, wherein the first block of time includes a plurality of schedule slots, and wherein the plurality of schedule slots includes a transition slot adjacent in time to a schedule slot included in a second block of time;

    scheduling each of the plurality of schedule slots of the first block of time, except the transition slot, using a first scheduling algorithm by executing a program instruction in a computer system; and

    scheduling the transition slot using a second scheduling algorithm being different from the first scheduling algorithm, the second scheduling algorithm to satisfy both horizontal and vertical adjacency requirements, wherein the horizontal adjacency requirements include a requirement that a media item of the plurality of media items is not also scheduled in adjacent schedule slots during a daypart, and the vertical adjacency requirements include a requirement that the media item of the plurality of media items is not also scheduled during a same block of time across adjacent days, by executing a program instruction in a computer system.

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