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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Miranda Technologies Partnership, Montreal, CA;
Inventor:
Ian Fletcher, Castle Donington, GB;
Assignee:
Miranda Technologies Partnership, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/222 (2011.01); H04N 21/2225 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/4076 (2013.01); H04L 65/1066 (2013.01); H04N 21/231 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/2221 (2013.01); H04N 21/2225 (2013.01); H04N 21/2625 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to cloud-based media distribution and management systems, providing pushing of content to regional playout servers geographically dispersed for local rebroadcasting of network based content. Automation may be controlled through a hierarchical system, allowing easy and efficient playlist editing and media control. In another aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a playout server for retrieving or receiving content from a network or cloud based storage, and playing content according to an automated playlist received from a media distribution and management system.