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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2010
Gail V. Griffin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
An T. Lam, Alhambra, CA (US);
Philip F. Kuan, Torrance, CA (US);
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);
Gail V. Griffin, Santa Monica, CA (US);
An T. Lam, Alhambra, CA (US);
Philip F. Kuan, Torrance, CA (US);
Lonnie Scott Clabaugh, San Pedro, CA (US);
The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A push scheduler for communicating push and carousel content and method for operating the same includes a block manager that receives content channel data from the channel listing system and forming a channel block having a channel and a time period associated therewith based on the channel data. The scheduler further includes a schedule manager that forms an assignment by assigning push and carousel content data to the channel block with a predetermined recurrence rate within the block and a material manager that controls the communication of push and carousel content based on the channel block.