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Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2024
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

David C. Jellison, Jr., Austin, TX (US);

Darren Grant Davis, Dallas, TX (US);

Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/40 (2022.01); H04H 20/06 (2008.01); H04H 40/09 (2008.01); H04H 60/06 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/40 (2013.01); H04H 20/06 (2013.01); H04H 40/09 (2013.01); H04H 60/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computing device includes a communications interface, memory storing a program of instructions, and processor coupled to the communications interface and the memory. The processor is configured to execute the program of instructions to receive a national log via the communications interface, wherein the national log specifies national media items scheduled for broadcast on a plurality of local media stations, and timing information associated with the national media items; incorporate the national media items into local clock positions of a local clock used to generate a local broadcast log, wherein the national media items are incorporated into the local clock based on the timing information associated with the national media items; determine whether one or more clock positions of the local clock are editable clock positions; display at least a portion of the local clock including incorporated national media items; and display indicators denoting the editable clock positions.


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