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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2017
Tribune Broadcasting Company, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Hank J. Hundemer, Bellevue, KY (US);
Dana A. Lasher, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a system and method for rejoining a traffic log mode after a breakout in a broadcasting environment. One example method involves (i) receiving a traffic log including traffic log entries, each corresponding to a VC and a start time; (ii) operating in a traffic log mode; (iii) receiving a breakout-mode request; (iv) responsive to receiving the breakout-mode request, (a) terminating operation of the traffic log mode, (b) generating a simulation log, and (c) operating in a breakout mode; (v) receiving a rejoin request; (vi) determining a breakout termination time based on the received rejoin request; (vii) proximate the breakout termination time, terminating operation of the breakout-mode, and operating in a custom log mode; (viii) determining a rejoin position of the traffic log based on the received rejoin request; and (ix) operating in the traffic log mode.