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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2019
Iheartmedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
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);
iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
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.