Clip scheduling with conflict alert
An example method involves: accessing a first list including ordered clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n ; accessing a second list including ordered player identifiers P 1 . . . P x ; determining that an identifier C m of the identifiers C 1 . . . C n is restricted to being assigned an identifier P, from the identifiers P 1 . . . P x ; making a first determination that an identifier C p is a next one of the identifiers C 1 . . . C n after the identifier C m to have a player-identifier assignment-restriction; responsive to making the first determination, (i) determining that the identifier C p is restricted to being assigned an identifier P y from the identifiers P 1 . . . P x , and (ii) matching with each identifier C m+1 . . . C p in reverse order a respective one of the identifiers P 1 . . . P x selected in a reverse ordered and looping fashion starting with the identifier P y ; making a second determination that the identifier C m+1 has been matched with the player identifier P z ; and responsive to making the second determination, causing an alert to be output.
1. A method comprising:
a computing device accessing a first list that includes ordered clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n ;
the computing device accessing a second list that includes ordered player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , wherein x<n, and wherein x and n are integers;
the computing device determining that a clip identifier C m of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P z from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x ;
the computing device making a first determination that a clip identifier C p is a next one of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n after the clip identifier C m to have a player-identifier assignment-restriction;
responsive to the computing device making the first determination, the computing device (i) determining that the clip identifier C p is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P y from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , and (ii) matching with each clip identifier C m+1 . . . C p in reverse order a respective one of the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x selected in a reverse ordered and looping fashion starting with the player identifier P y ;
the computing device making a second determination that the clip identifier C m+1 has been matched with the player identifier P z ; and
responsive to the computing device making the second determination, the computing device causing an alert to be output.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first list is part of a rundown for a news program.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
the computing device making a third determination that the rundown has been initialized or edited, wherein the computing device determining that the clip identifier C m is restricted to being assigned the player identifier P z occurs in response to the computing device making the third determination.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first list is part of a traffic schedule for a program broadcast.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the player identifiers identifies a respective one of a plurality of players.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the computing device is a first computing device, and wherein the plurality of players comprises one of a video player device and a software-based video player executing on a second computing device.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device causing an alert to be output comprises the computing device causing the alert to be displayed by a display device.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computing device causing the alert to be output comprises the computing device causing the alert to be sounded by a speaker.
9. A computing device comprising:
an output component;
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform a set of functions, the set comprising:
accessing a first list that includes ordered clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n ;
accessing a second list that includes ordered player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , wherein x<n, and wherein x and n are integers;
determining that a clip identifier C m of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P z from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x ;
making a first determination that a clip identifier C p is a next one of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n after the clip identifier C m to have a player-identifier assignment-restriction;
responsive to making the first determination, (i) determining that the clip identifier C p is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P y from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , (ii) matching with each clip identifier C m+1 . . . C p in reverse order a respective one of the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x selected in a reverse ordered and looping fashion starting with the player identifier P y ;
making a second determination that the clip identifier C m+1 has been matched with the player identifier P z ; and
responsive to making the second determination, causing an alert to be output by the output component.
10. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the first list is part of a rundown for a news program.
11. The computing device of claim 10 , the set further comprising:
making a third determination that the rundown has been initialized or edited, wherein determining that the clip identifier C m is restricted to being assigned the player identifier P z occurs in response to making the third determination.
12. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the first list is part of a traffic schedule for a program broadcast.
13. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein each of the player identifiers identifies a respective one of a plurality of players.
14. The computing device of claim 13 , wherein the computing device is a first computing device, wherein the plurality of players comprises one of a video player device and a software-based video player executing on a second computing device.
15. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the output component comprises a display screen, and wherein causing an alert to be output comprises causing the display screen to display the alert.
16. The computing device of claim 9 , wherein the output component comprises a speaker, and wherein causing the alert to be output comprises causing the speaker to sound the alert.
17. A method comprising:
accessing a first list that includes ordered clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n ;
accessing a second list that includes ordered player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , wherein x<n, and wherein x and n are integers;
determining that a clip identifier C m of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P z from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x ;
making a first determination that a clip identifier C p is a next one of the clip identifiers C 1 . . . C n after the clip identifier C m to have a player-identifier assignment-restriction;
responsive to making the first determination, (i) determining that the clip identifier C p is restricted to being assigned a player identifier P y from the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , and (ii) matching with each clip identifier C m+1 . . . C p in reverse order a respective one of the player identifiers P 1 . . . P x , selected in a reverse ordered and looping fashion starting with the player identifier P y ;
making a second determination that the clip identifier C m+1 has been matched with the player identifier P z , and
responsive to making the second determination, causing an alert to be output.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first list is part of a rundown for a news program.
19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
making a third determination that the rundown has been initialized or edited, wherein determining that the clip identifier C m is restricted to being assigned the player identifier P z occurs in response to making the third determination.
20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first list is part of a traffic schedule for a program broadcast.
21. The method of claim 17 , wherein each of the player identifiers identifies a respective one of a plurality of players, and wherein the plurality of players comprises one of a video player device and a software-based video player executing on a computing device.
22. The method of claim 17 , wherein causing an alert to be output comprises causing the alert to be displayed by a display screen.
23. The method of claim 17 , wherein causing the alert to be output comprises causing the alert to be sounded by a speaker.