Arbitrator system and method for national and local content distribution
First Claim
1. An intelligent digital broadcast scheduling system, said scheduling system arbitrating the use of specified broadcast time slots, said broadcast comprising one or more or a combination of data content comprising audio, video, text, graphics, images, or data;
- said data content available across networks, said scheduling system comprising;
a messaging protocol, said protocol comprising at least;
priority indicators, service categories, and service classes;
an arbitrator, said arbitrator intelligently determining a relative value of specified priority indicators, service categories, and service classes of data content entities from a group of requesting content providers;
a scheduler, said scheduler collecting and sequencing said data content for broadcast based on said arbitrator determinations; and
an IBOC network broadcasting said data content as per said sequence.
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Abstract
A system and method for intelligently scheduling, through multilevel arbitration, broadcast digital radio content and advertising using a sophisticated communication protocol. Arbitration of broadcast time slots is based on classifications, prioritization, level of service required, bit rate and QoS (quality of service) requirements, best acceptable effort, and type of data (e.g., audio, video, graphics, text) broken into real-time or non-real-time determinations. A hierarchical gateway system is used to arbitrate and schedule the broadcasted content for each broadcast station (exciter). The broadcasted content includes material from national and local content providers to include music, video, graphics, text, and partial content downloads. A central gateway receives requests from national content providers to fill broadcast slots. The requests include the parameters necessary to, not only arbitrate content and advertising, but also to arbitrate based on a recognition of specific content type, requirement for broadcast, and end user device requirements.
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1. An intelligent digital broadcast scheduling system, said scheduling system arbitrating the use of specified broadcast time slots, said broadcast comprising one or more or a combination of data content comprising audio, video, text, graphics, images, or data;
- said data content available across networks, said scheduling system comprising;
a messaging protocol, said protocol comprising at least;
priority indicators, service categories, and service classes;
an arbitrator, said arbitrator intelligently determining a relative value of specified priority indicators, service categories, and service classes of data content entities from a group of requesting content providers;
a scheduler, said scheduler collecting and sequencing said data content for broadcast based on said arbitrator determinations; and
an IBOC network broadcasting said data content as per said sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- said data content available across networks, said scheduling system comprising;
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19. An intelligent digital broadcast scheduling system, said scheduling system arbitrating the use of specified broadcast time slots, said broadcast comprising one or more or a combination of data content comprising audio, video, text, graphics, images, or data;
- said data content available across networks, said scheduling system comprising;
one or more gateways arbitrating and scheduling first and second data content levels, said first and second data content levels received from a plurality of operatively connected data content providers;
a messaging protocol, said messaging protocol used to identify parameters of said requests and comprising at least;
priority indicators, service categories and service classes;
an arbitrator, said arbitrator intelligently determining a relative value of specified priority indicators, service categories and service classes of data content entities from a group of requesting content providers;
a scheduler, said scheduler collecting and sequencing said data content for broadcast based on said arbitrator determinations, and an IBOC network broadcasting said data content as per said sequence. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- said data content available across networks, said scheduling system comprising;
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