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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2024
Applicant:
Thinkanalytics Ltd., Glasgow, GB;
Inventors:
Asim Ullah, Glasgow, GB;
Ewen Cattanach, Glasgow, GB;
Christopher Mcguire, Glasgow, GB;
Peter Docherty, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
ThinkAnalytics Ltd., Glasgow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/262 (2011.01); H04N 21/25 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2668 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/26208 (2013.01); H04N 21/251 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/2668 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for creating a channel schedule for a linear broadcasting content provider, is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining metadata associated with a plurality of content items in a content catalogue, the metadata representing at least some properties of the content items; segmenting the plurality of content items into segments based on metadata similarity; creating one or more channels based on the segments; and scheduling the plurality of content items, in the respective segments, for the one or more channels.