System and method for providing a digital watermark
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1. A method for verifying preemption and broadcast of advertisements, said method comprising:
- at a master controller of a hub,performing analysis of factors, wherein the factors comprise at least one of weather, listenership, ratings, previously played advertising, upcoming programming, day of the week and time of day;
responsive to the performed analysis, instructing a third party radio station, remote from the hub, to preempt a scheduled first ad with a second ad, and providing the second ad to the third party radio station;
thenproviding, to a recorder controlled by the hub'"'"'s master controller and disposed remotely from the hub master controller, broadcasting parameters associated with the radio station;
at the recorder controlled by the hub'"'"'s master controller and disposed remotely from the hub'"'"'s master controller,detecting an approximate start time of a broadcast of the second ad, wherein said detecting includes monitoring, based on the provided broadcasting parameters, for occurrence of a broadcast mark;
calculating an approximate end time of the second ad broadcast based on a timed length and an approximate start time of the second ad broadcast; and
recording the second ad broadcast from said mark to said approximate end time;
at a data collector of the hub disposed remotely from the recorder,retrieving at least the recorded second ad broadcast;
analyzing the retrieved second ad broadcast;
comparing the analyzed second ad broadcast with the second ad provided to the third party radio station, wherein the comparing comprises peak matching of the analyzed second ad broadcast with the second ad provided to the third party radio station; and
generating a report to verify preempting and broadcasting of the second ad, the report including a result of the comparison and the recorded second ad broadcast.
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Abstract
A method for capturing a broadcast is disclosed. The method for capturing a broadcast includes detecting an approximate start time of the broadcast, wherein said detecting includes monitoring for a broadcast trigger, identifying the broadcast and a timed length thereof, such that, based on the timed length and the approximate start time, an approximate end time may be calculated, and recording the broadcast from the trigger to the approximate end time, wherein said recording has captured the broadcast of radio advertising.
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1. A method for verifying preemption and broadcast of advertisements, said method comprising:
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at a master controller of a hub, performing analysis of factors, wherein the factors comprise at least one of weather, listenership, ratings, previously played advertising, upcoming programming, day of the week and time of day; responsive to the performed analysis, instructing a third party radio station, remote from the hub, to preempt a scheduled first ad with a second ad, and providing the second ad to the third party radio station;
thenproviding, to a recorder controlled by the hub'"'"'s master controller and disposed remotely from the hub master controller, broadcasting parameters associated with the radio station; at the recorder controlled by the hub'"'"'s master controller and disposed remotely from the hub'"'"'s master controller, detecting an approximate start time of a broadcast of the second ad, wherein said detecting includes monitoring, based on the provided broadcasting parameters, for occurrence of a broadcast mark; calculating an approximate end time of the second ad broadcast based on a timed length and an approximate start time of the second ad broadcast; and recording the second ad broadcast from said mark to said approximate end time; at a data collector of the hub disposed remotely from the recorder, retrieving at least the recorded second ad broadcast; analyzing the retrieved second ad broadcast; comparing the analyzed second ad broadcast with the second ad provided to the third party radio station, wherein the comparing comprises peak matching of the analyzed second ad broadcast with the second ad provided to the third party radio station; and generating a report to verify preempting and broadcasting of the second ad, the report including a result of the comparison and the recorded second ad broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A hub for verifying preemption and broadcast of radio advertising, said hub comprising:
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a master controller; a recorder disposed remote from and communicatively coupled to the master controller; and a data collector disposed remote from and communicatively coupled to both the master controller and the recorder, wherein; the master controller is configured to; perform analysis of factors, wherein the factors comprise at least one of weather, listenership, ratings, previously played advertising, upcoming programming, day of the week and time of day; responsive to the performed analysis, instruct a third party radio station, remote from the hub, to preempt a scheduled first ad with a second ad, and provide the second ad to the third party radio station;
thenprovide, to the recorder, broadcasting parameters associated with the radio station; the recorder is configured to; detect an approximate start time of a broadcast of the second ad, wherein the detection includes monitoring, based on the provided broadcasting parameters, for occurrence of a broadcast mark; record the second ad broadcast from the mark to an approximate end time of the second ad broadcast, wherein the approximate end time is calculated based on a timed length and the detected approximate start time of the second ad broadcast; the data collector configured to; retrieve, from the recorder, at least the recorded second ad broadcast; analyze the retrieved second ad broadcast; compare said analyzed second ad broadcast with the second ad provided to the third party radio station, wherein the comparing comprises peak matching of the analyzed second ad broadcast with the second ad provided to the third party radio station; and generate a report to verify preempting and broadcasting of the second ad, the report including a result of the comparison and the recorded second ad broadcast.
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22. A method comprising:
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at a master controller of a hub, performing real-time analysis of factors including environmental conditions, media audience, day of the week and time of day; responsive to the performed analysis, instructing a third party broadcasting station, remote from the hub, to preempt a scheduled first media play with a second media play, and providing the second media to the third party broadcasting station; and providing, to a recorder controlled by the hub'"'"'s master controller and disposed remotely from the hub master controller, broadcasting parameters associated with the third party broadcasting station and a fingerprint of the second media; at the recorder, monitoring plays broadcast by the third party broadcasting station, based on the provided broadcasting parameters; detecting the fingerprint of the second media among the monitored plays to identify an approximate staff time of a broadcast of the second media; calculating an approximate end time of the second media broadcast based on a timed length and the identified approximate start time of the second media broadcast; and recording the second media broadcast from the approximate start time to the approximate end time; at a data collector of the hub disposed remotely from the recorder, retrieving at least the recorded second media broadcast; isolating the second media from the retrieved second media broadcast; peak-matching said isolated second media with the second media provided to the third party broadcasting station, and generating a report to verify preempting and broadcasting of the second media, the report including a result of the peak-matching and the recorded second media broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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