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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2017
Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Christopher John Voce, Godalming, GB;
Jonathan David Earley, Godalming, GB;
David C. Jellison, Jr., Ogallala, NE (US);
Darren Grant Davis, Dallas, TX (US);
Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Cincinnati, OH (US);
iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A media balancer can assist in selecting replacement media items to be used in generating one or more target schedules from a single master schedule. The media balancer can receive option parameters indicating preferences related to generation of the target schedule. Based on these option parameters, the media balancer can select one of multiple different media schedulers to assist in evaluating potential replacement media items. The media balancer can transmit to the media scheduler selected, information associated with the option parameters, and a request to perform an evaluation of potential replacement media items based on those option parameters. The media balancer can receive the results of the evaluation performed by the selected media scheduler, and use those results to generate target schedules by replacing at least one original media item included in the master schedule with a replacement media item.