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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2025
Iheart Media Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Mason, OH (US);
Mark R. Allen, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
David C. Jellison, Jr., Ogallala, NE (US);
Curt Lutringer, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Joseph Brewer, Garden City, NY (US);
iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes storing as buffered media, at a streaming media station, media being played out by a main media station, playing out, at the streaming media station, the buffered media in response to expiration of a target buffer delay, obtaining, at the streaming media station, a replacement media item during a time the buffered media is being played out, playing out, at the streaming media station, the replacement media item, storing as additional buffered media, at the streaming media station, additional media being played out by the main media station during a time the streaming media station is playing out the replacement media item, generating, at the streaming media station, a modified buffer delay based on the target buffer delay, and playing out, at the streaming media station, the additional buffered media based on the modified buffer delay.
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