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Distribution of real-time entertainment scheduling data

US7971218B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tribune Media Services, Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael P. Cushing · Saratoga Springs, US
Gary Evans · Troy, US
Bryan A. Shannon · Hudson Falls, US
Kelly A. Strong · Hudson Falls, US
Brian J. Ward · Taunton, US
Melissa E. White · Fort Edward, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 4, 2002
Grant date	Jun 28, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/27
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system, and software for distributing entertainment scheduling data (e.g., television scheduling data, movie scheduling data, etc.) to end users. Entertainment scheduling data updates are entered into an editorial database and then used to rapidly update a real-time database. A subset of entertainment scheduling data from the real-time database may be transmitted from the real-time database to an end-user database of an end user. The subset may be transmitted across a communication interface (e.g., the Internet) from the real-time database to the end-user database. An intermediate destination (e.g., a File Transfer Protocol server) between the real-time database and the communication interface may be used for temporary parking of the subset.

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