Systems and methods for newsroom management with electronic-publish-point integration

• US 9,495,472 B1
• Filed: 05/10/2016
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tribune Broadcasting Company Incorporated (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Tribune Broadcasting Company Incorporated (Nexstar Media Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hundemer, Hank J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Salomon, Phenuel
• Application Number:
  US15/150,651
• Time in Patent Office: 189 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H

Abstract

Presently described are systems and methods for newsroom management with electronic-publish-point integration. One example embodiment takes the form of a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a set of steps to be carried out for submitting content to an electronic publish point. The set of steps includes providing a newsroom script to a user via a user interface; receiving a selected portion of an on-air text portion of the newsroom script from the user via the user interface; and retrieving, from a media database, media associated with the newsroom script. The set of steps further includes submitting content to the publish point, wherein the content includes text associated with the selected portion of the on-air text portion, and wherein the content further includes the retrieved media.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a set of steps to be carried out for submitting content to an electronic publish point, the set comprising:

providing a newsroom script to a user via a user interface;

receiving an indication of a selected portion of an on-air text portion of the newsroom script from the user via the user interface;

retrieving, from a media database, media associated with the newsroom script; and

submitting content to the publish point, wherein the content comprises text associated with the selected portion of the on-air text portion, and wherein the content further comprises the retrieved media.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, the set further comprising:

providing a plurality of selectable publish points to the user via the user interface; and

receiving an indication of a publish point selected by the user,

wherein submitting content to the publish point comprises submitting content to the selected publish point.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the text associated with the selected portion of the on-air text portion comprises the selected portion of the on-air text portion.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, the set further comprising:

receiving a modified version of the selected portion of the on-air text portion from the user, wherein the text associated with the selected portion of the on-air text portion comprises the received modified version of the selected portion of the on-air text portion.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the media database comprises a video-component database and the media comprises a video component.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, the set further comprising:

providing the user with a preview of the video component and a frame marker via the user interface;

adjusting a position of the frame marker in response to a request received from the user; and

defining a thumbnail image of the video component based on a frame associated with the frame marker,

wherein the content further comprises the thumbnail image.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the frame marker moves in increments of one of 1, 30, and 1800 frames, the set further comprising loading displaced frames of the video component according to the increments in response to the frame marker being moved by the user.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 5, the set further comprising:

defining a thumbnail image based on a first frame of the video component, wherein the content further comprises the thumbnail image.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, the set further comprising:

retrieving, from a credential database, login credentials for the publish point, wherein submitting the content to the publish point comprises submitting the content to the publish point using the retrieved login credentials.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 1,

wherein the publish point comprises a social-media publish point.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a display device and an input device.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the media database is an image database, and wherein the media is an image.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, the set further comprising:

sending to a relevancy subsystem, a subset of the selected portion of the on-air text portion,

wherein retrieving from a media database, media associated with the newsroom script, comprises retrieving media from the relevancy subsystem based on the subset of the selected portion of the on-air text portion.

14. A computer-implemented method comprising:

a processor-based computing system providing a newsroom script to a user via a user interface;

the processor-based computing system receiving an indication of a selected portion of an on-air text portion of the newsroom script from the user via the user interface;

the processor-based computing system retrieving, from a media database, media associated with the newsroom script; and

the processor-based computing system submitting content to an electronic publish point, wherein the content comprises text associated with the selected portion of the on-air text portion, and wherein the content further comprises the retrieved media.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

the processor-based computing system receiving an indication of a publish point selected by the user from a plurality of selectable publish points,

wherein submitting content to the publish point comprises submitting content to the selected publish point.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

the processor-based computing system providing the plurality of selectable publish points to the user via the user interface.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the media comprises a video component.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

the processor-based computing system providing the user with a preview of the video component and a frame marker via the user interface;

the processor-based computing system adjusting a position of the frame marker in response to a request received from the user; and

the processor-based computing system defining a thumbnail image of the video component based on a frame associated with the frame marker, wherein the content further comprises the thumbnail image.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the publish point comprises a social-media publish point.

20. A processor-based computing system comprising a user-interface and configured for performing a set of steps comprising:

providing a newsroom script to a user via the user interface;

receiving an indication of a selected portion of an on-air text portion of the newsroom script from the user via the user interface;

retrieving, from a media database, media associated with the newsroom script; and

submitting content to an electronic publish point, wherein the content comprises text associated with the selected portion of the on-air text portion, and wherein the content further comprises the retrieved media.