Media distribution system with ticker feed

US10911519B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bobbi Denise Schuster · San Antonio, US
• Kohinoor Basu · Aliso Viejo, US
• Matthew M. Ferry · Lake Forest, US
• David C. Jellison, Jr. · Ogallala, US
• Steven Gable · McKinney, US
• David Murray · Charleville, IE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 2, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/561
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for use in a media distribution system includes receiving media content at an enterprise hub from a plurality of media outlets via a communication network. The method continues by assigning a unique identifier to the media content. The method continues by receiving at the enterprise hub, from the plurality of media outlets via a communication network, a record of broadcast of the media content on a continuous ticker feed and analyzing the continuous ticker feed to detect the unique identifier. The method continues by automatically verifying if the media content broadcast as scheduled and classifying the media content broadcast. The method continues by generating and transmitting to at least a provider of the media content, from the plurality of media outlets, a displayable report of the classification of the media content broadcast.