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News production system with program schedule modification feature

  • US 9,961,385 B2
  • Filed: 07/27/2015
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • accessing, by a computing device, a program schedule of a news program, wherein the program schedule comprises a plurality of records, each record of the plurality of records corresponding to a respective story of the news program;

    accessing, by the computing device, data associated with an election;

    using, by the computing device, the accessed data to make a determination that a status of the election satisfies each condition in a condition set;

    responsive to making the determination that the status of the election satisfies each condition in the condition set, modifying, by the computing device, the program schedule at least by adding to the plurality of records of the program schedule an additional record that corresponds to an additional story of the news program, wherein the additional story of the news program includes content associated with the election;

    using, by the computing device, the condition set as a basis to select a digital video effect (DVE) template from among multiple DVE templates;

    using, by the computing device, the selected template to facilitate creation of a DVE, wherein the created DVE is configured such that, responsive to a DVE system executing the created DVE, the DVE system generates a video stream representing a video segment that includes content related to the election; and

    adding, by the computing device, to the additional record, an instruction to execute the created DVE.

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