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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);

Inventors:

Bobbi D. Schuster, San Antonio, TX (US);

Kohinoor Basu, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);

Matthew M. Ferry, Eastvale, CA (US);

David C. Jellison, Jr., Ogallala, NE (US);

Steven Gable, McKinney, TX (US);

David R. Murray, Windemere, FL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04H 60/06 (2008.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); H04H 60/27 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/06 (2013.01); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0253 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0264 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); H04H 60/06 (2013.01); H04H 60/27 (2013.01); H04L 29/06027 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04L 67/20 (2013.01); H04L 67/2804 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for use in a media distribution system includes receiving media content at an enterprise hub from a plurality of media outlets via a communication network. The method continues by assigning a unique identifier to the media content. The method continues by receiving at the enterprise hub, from the plurality of media outlets via a communication network, a record of broadcast of the media content on a continuous ticker feed and analyzing the continuous ticker feed to detect the unique identifier. The method continues by automatically verifying if the media content broadcast as scheduled and classifying the media content broadcast. The method continues by generating and transmitting to at least a provider of the media content, from the plurality of media outlets, a displayable report of the classification of the media content broadcast.


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