Patents by Inventor John W. Fulbright
John W. Fulbright has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11245745Abstract: An enterprise hub receives a first local log from a first transaction delivery system of a first media outlet, and a second local log from a second transaction delivery system of a second media outlet The local logs represents media items scheduled for delivery by the media outlets. The enterprise hub also receives a first avail claim, to be inserted into both the first local log and the second local log, from a first content provider. The enterprise hub inserts the first avail claim into the first local log to generate a first revised log, and into the second local log to generate a second revised log. The first and second revised logs are transmitted from the enterprise hub to the corresponding first or second media outlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Patent number: 10817910Abstract: A management and delivery method and system for a distributed marketing network. Access to one or more network service gateways associated with a distributed marketing network can be authorized, if particular criteria are satisfied. A business transaction may be coordinated with the distributed marketing network through network service gateways in a near real time fashion and without manual intervention, in response to authorizing the access to the network service gateways. The network service gateways may include a partner interface, a centralized hub that communicates with the partner interfaces, and/or a local market integrated service layer that communicates with the centralized hub and the partner interface. The distributed marketing network may be, for example, a network of radio stations.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Bobbi Denise Schuster, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright, David C. Jellison, Jr., Kohinoor Basu, Steven M. Gable
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Publication number: 20200329093Abstract: An enterprise hub receives a first local log from a first transaction delivery system of a first media outlet, and a second local log from a second transaction delivery system of a second media outlet The local logs represents media items scheduled for delivery by the media outlets. The enterprise hub also receives a first avail claim, to be inserted into both the first local log and the second local log, from a first content provider. The enterprise hub inserts the first avail claim into the first local log to generate a first revised log, and into the second local log to generate a second revised log. The first and second revised logs are transmitted from the enterprise hub to the corresponding first or second media outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Patent number: 10701133Abstract: A distributed media outlet can include both a traffic and billing system, and a media delivery system that employ separate broadcast logs, or playlists. An enterprise hub can transmit broadcast instructions to the media outlet via an integrated services layer (ISL), which acts as a multidirectional gateway between the enterprise hub and the media outlet. The ISL can synchronize the separate playlists used by the traffic and billing system and the media delivery system by simultaneously injecting the broadcast instructions into both systems included in the media outlet. The media delivery system and traffic and billing system can continually re-synchronize their playlists by, at least in part, relaying information to one another via the integrated services layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Publication number: 20190205945Abstract: A management and delivery method and system for a distributed marketing network. Access to one or more network service gateways associated with a distributed marketing network can be authorized, if particular criteria are satisfied. A business transaction may be coordinated with the distributed marketing network through network service gateways in a near real time fashion and without manual intervention, in response to authorizing the access to the network service gateways. The network service gateways may include a partner interface, a centralized hub that communicates with the partner interfaces, and/or a local market integrated service layer that communicates with the centralized hub and the partner interface. The distributed marketing network may be, for example, a network of radio stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2019Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Bobbi Denise Schuster, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright, David C. Jellison, JR., Kohinoor Basu, Steven M. Gable
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Publication number: 20190081718Abstract: An improved automated media scheduling system includes a conditional scheduler operating in cooperation with the at least one master scheduler to obtain a contextual condition associated with a conditional media item, and devoid of entity identification information. Satisfying the contextual condition is a prerequisite to pairing the conditional media item with another media item. The conditional scheduler obtains an original schedule generated by the master scheduler, identifies a scheduled media item, from the original schedule, that satisfies the contextual condition, pairs the conditional media item and the scheduled media item to generate a media item pair, and transmits a proposed scheduling change, including the media item pair, to the master scheduler. The master scheduler evaluates the proposed scheduling change for compliance with scheduling rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Bobbi Denise Schuster, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright, David C. Jellison, JR., Kohinoor Basu, Steven M. Gable, David R. Murray, Shaun Bruner, Joseph Kubon, III, Shawn Coffman, Jason N. Lee, Mark R. Allen, Chris Perluss, Robert Gelb
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Publication number: 20170346882Abstract: A distributed media outlet can include both a traffic and billing system, and a media delivery system that employ separate broadcast logs, or playlists. An enterprise hub can transmit broadcast instructions to the media outlet via an integrated services layer (ISL), which acts as a multidirectional gateway between the enterprise hub and the media outlet. The ISL can synchronize the separate playlists used by the traffic and billing system and the media delivery system by simultaneously injecting the broadcast instructions into both systems included in the media outlet. The media delivery system and traffic and billing system can continually re-synchronize their playlists by, at least in part, relaying information to one another via the integrated services layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2017Publication date: November 30, 2017Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Patent number: 9762653Abstract: A method can include sending a request to a media content provider requesting media content and receiving the media content and instructions from the media provider. The instructions can be utilized by the media provider to broadcast the media content. The media provider can store the received media content in a database process the instructions then distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets. The media content provider can receive information indicating that the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Publication number: 20160359951Abstract: A method can include sending a request to a media content provider requesting media content and receiving the media content and instructions from the media provider. The instructions can be utilized by the media provider to broadcast the media content. The media provider can store the received media content in a database process the instructions then distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets. The media content provider can receive information indicating that the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Patent number: 9426017Abstract: A method can include sending a request to a media content provider requesting media content and receiving the media content and instructions from the media provider. The instructions can be utilized by the media provider to broadcast the media content. The media provider can store the received media content in a database process the instructions then distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets. The media content provider can receive information indicating that the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2013Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: IHEARTMEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Publication number: 20130238754Abstract: A method can include sending a request to a media content provider requesting media content and receiving the media content and instructions from the media provider. The instructions can be utilized by the media provider to broadcast the media content. The media provider can store the received media content in a database process the instructions then distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets. The media content provider can receive information indicating that the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Patent number: 8443046Abstract: A method can include sending a request to a media content provider requesting media content and receiving the media content and instructions from the media provider. The instructions can be utilized by the media provider to broadcast the media content. The media provider can store the received media content in a database process the instructions then distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets. The media content provider can receive information indicating that the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2009Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright
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Publication number: 20090241000Abstract: A method can include sending a request to a media content provider requesting media content and receiving the media content and instructions from the media provider. The instructions can be utilized by the media provider to broadcast the media content. The media provider can store the received media content in a database process the instructions then distribute the media content and the instructions to distributed media outlets. The media content provider can receive information indicating that the media content was broadcast by the distributed media outlets according to the instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2009Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Matthew M. Ferry, John W. Fulbright