Granted Patent B1

US 12,335,567 · App. 18/443,805 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Steve Mills (San Antonio, TX); Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn (Cincinnati, OH); David C. Jellison, Jr. (Austin, TX); Vijay Jayakumar (San Antonio, TX); Riad Edelbi (San Antonio, TX); Adam Zastawski (San Antonio, TX); José Antonio Carbajal Orozco (San Antonio, TX)

Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.

H04N21/4431H04N21/23424H04N21/2407H04N21/4622H04N21/812H04N21/23

Abstract

Claims (67)

1. A method comprising:

providing a media playout system access to a plurality of media automation services via a master API, wherein the media playout system transmits media station content to end-users;

transmitting, from the master API to the media playout system, at least one media delivery schedule indicating scheduled media items to be transmitted by the media playout system to the end-users;

receiving, at the master API, a change request from a first media playout system, wherein the change request indicates a requested change in one or more media items scheduled for transmission by the media playout system to the end-users;

transmitting the change request from the master API to a first media automation service selected by the master API based on the requested change;

receiving, at the master API from the first media automation service, updated media delivery information responsive to the change request; and

transmitting the updated media delivery information from the master API to the first media playout system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the change request includes a request to modify scheduling of a programmatic advertisement; and

transmitting the change request from the master API to the first media automation service includes transmitting the request to modify scheduling of the programmatic advertisement to a programmatic advertisement system.

3. The method of claim 2 , further including:

transmitting the request to modify scheduling of the programmatic advertisement from the master API to a second media automation service, wherein the second media automation service includes a log manager.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the change request includes a request for an updated broadcast log; and

receiving the updated media delivery information responsive to the change request includes receiving the updated broadcast log.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

receiving the updated broadcast log includes receiving, at an ingestion update module of the master API, a notification from a log manager indicating that an updated log is ready to be retrieved; and

retrieving, by the ingestion update module of the master API, the updated broadcast log from the log manager.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing, by the master API, the updated media delivery information in one or more databases accessible via the master API.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to receiving the updated media delivery information indicating that broadcast of a media item is to be changed, transmitting a change notification to a second media automation service different than the first media automation service.

8. A processing device, comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled to the processor;

a program of instructions configured to be stored in the memory and executed by the processor to implement a master API, wherein the master API is configured to

provide a media playout system access to a plurality of media automation services via the master API, wherein the media playout system transmits media station content to end-users;

transmit, to the media playout system, at least one media delivery schedule indicating scheduled media items to be transmitted by the media playout system to the end-users;

receive, at the master API, a change request from a first media playout system, wherein the change request indicates a requested change in one or more media items scheduled for transmission by the media playout system to the end-users;

transmit the change request from the master API to a first media automation service selected by the master API based on the requested change;

receive, at the master API from the first media automation service, updated media delivery information responsive to the change request; and

transmit the updated media delivery information from the master API to the first media playout system.

9. The processing device of claim 8 , wherein:

the change request includes a request to modify scheduling of a primary content media item; and

transmitting the change request from the master API to the first media automation service includes transmitting the request to modify scheduling of the primary content media item to a media manager.

10. The processing device of claim 9 , further including:

transmitting the request to modify scheduling of the primary content media item from the master API to a second media automation service, wherein the second media automation service includes a log manager.

11. The processing device of claim 8 , wherein:

the change request includes a request for an updated broadcast log; and

receiving the updated media delivery information responsive to the change request includes receiving the updated broadcast log.

12. The processing device of claim 11 , wherein:

receiving the updated broadcast log includes receiving, at an ingestion update module of the master API, a notification from a log manager indicating that an updated log is ready to be retrieved; and

retrieving, by the ingestion update module of the master API, the updated broadcast log from the log manager.

13. The processing device of claim 8 , further comprising:

storing, by the master API, the updated media delivery information in one or more databases accessible via the master API.

14. The processing device of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving, at the master API, an additional change request from the first media playout system;

transmitting the additional change request from the master API to the first media automation service;

receiving, at the API, a denial of the additional change request; and

sending a denial notification to the first media playout system in place of the updated media delivery information in response to the denial.

15. A method comprising:

providing a media playout system access to a plurality of media automation services via a master API, wherein the media playout system transmits media station content to end-users;

transmitting, from the master API to the media playout system, at least one media delivery schedule indicating scheduled media items to be transmitted by the media playout system to the end-users;

receiving, at the master API, a change request from a first media playout system, wherein the change request indicates a requested change in one or more media items scheduled for transmission by the media playout system to the end-users;

transmitting the change request from the master API to the plurality of media automation services selected by the master API based on the requested change;

receiving, at the master API from the plurality of media automation services, updated media delivery information responsive to the change request; and

transmitting the updated media delivery information from the master API to the first media playout system.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

transmitting the change request from the master API to the plurality of media automation services includes transmitting the change request to a log manager.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

transmitting the change request from the master API to the plurality of media automation services includes transmitting the change request to a programmatic advertisement system.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

transmitting the change request from the master API to the plurality of media automation services includes transmitting the change request to a media automation service.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein:

receiving the updated media delivery information at the master API includes receiving an updated primary content item from the media automation service.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

receiving the updated media delivery information at the master API includes receiving an updated broadcast log from the log manager.

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