System and method for automatically managing avail inventory data and avail pricing
US8180675B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 21, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 25, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/478
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, computer code, and method are provided for automatically managing avail inventory data of media programming streams for a communications network, such as a cable TV network. The computer-implemented method includes the steps of correlating available addressable units of the communications network with the avail inventory data, and generating a proposed price for purchase of at least one avail based on the results of the correlating step.
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