Patents Assigned to Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20150089016
    Abstract: Media items for broadcast or streaming can be created or otherwise obtained by a media distribution system. The media items can be transferred from the media distribution system to a media delivery system over a communications network, in an order determined by the media distribution system. The media delivery system decides how important the media items being transferred are, based for example, on a broadcast schedule known to the media delivery system; assigns a temporal priority to the media items; and provides feedback to the media distribution system regarding the temporal priority. The media distribution system adjusts the order in which media items are transferred based on the temporal priority feedback from the media delivery system. The media distribution system can provide a list of upcoming media item transfers, to allow the media delivery system to provide feedback before the media items are transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Jellison, JR., Martin Blazek
  • Publication number: 20140358267
    Abstract: When a request is received from an advertiser to prohibit scheduling advertisements during or near a restricted show, an order entry system can add the advertiser to a list of advertisers specifying prohibitions. An automated media scheduling system can implement rules to prevent advertisements linked to advertisers in the list from being scheduled in spot breaks during the restricted show, and instead schedule advertisements from other advertisers in those spot breaks. Buffers can be established around restricted shows, so that spot breaks near restricted shows can also be restricted. A playout system can perform validation checks to ensure that advertisements from advertisers included in the list are not improperly scheduled. Advertisers, advertisements, shows, or schedule portions can be tagged with blackout attributes to facilitate rule implementation. Subsequent manual changes to a broadcast log with restricted media items can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Mark R. Allen, David C. Jellison, JR., Curt Lutringer, Joseph Brewer
  • Publication number: 20140330413
    Abstract: A method includes receiving an audio fingerprint from a listening device. The method also includes, in response to determining that a portion of a stored audio fingerprint substantially matches a portion of the received audio fingerprint, identifying a longest unordered match between the received audio fingerprint and the stored audio fingerprint that satisfies a similarity threshold. The method further includes, in response to determining that the identified longest unordered match satisfies a length criterion, detecting a match between the received audio fingerprint and the stored audio fingerprint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Dyon Anniballi
  • Publication number: 20140304062
    Abstract: A system and method for managing media advertising enterprise data including a process for learning enterprise data matching. An EDM (Enterprise Data Management) application module can be configured to include a set of rules at an enterprise level to manage disparate and disconnected records associated with an entity. A number of unmatched and enterprise entities that matches with respect to an active entity can be returned based on a fuzzy logic associated with various matching options stored in an EDM database. A matching process can then be performed to accurately match similar records regardless of manual input, location, and format of the records in a distributed system. Each unmatched record can then be assigned with a parent enterprise entity. Such an optimization mechanism can interactively manage and report records at the enterprise level in a simple and efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Angel Barnachea Chua, Matthew M. Ferry, Scott Arthur Roberts
  • Publication number: 20140304364
    Abstract: A content item can be produced at a first system in segments, and some or all of the content item can be transferred to second systems, via transfer of produced segments of the content item. Transfer of produced segments of the content item to second systems, prior to completion of production of the content item at a first processing system, can enable utilization of at least some of the content item by the second systems before production of the content item at the first system is completed. Transfer can be performed in response to determining a correlation between the content item being produced at the first system and a criterion associated with second systems, which can be accessed in response to initiation of production of the content item. Transfer can involve transferring content segments to the remote systems substantially in the order that they are produced at the first system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Jellison, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140244655
    Abstract: A Multi-Shot Scheduling System chooses from multiple candidate playlists of positions to select a broadcast playlist. Candidate playlists are generated based upon scoring and selecting content items for the positions through the use of index values. Various embodiments of the Multi-Shot Scheduling System can select broadcast playlists for multiple groups of content and can provide different methods of controlling scheduling performance by restricting the range of candidate playlists from which the best playlist can be selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Attwell, Chris Bean
  • Publication number: 20140236567
    Abstract: Contextual, focus-based language translation within a broadcast radio automation software application allows the user interface to enable interaction with users having various written or graphical language requirements. The software does not require special training or learning to enable the translation of text within the application. When the user enters a translation mode and selects a text string in the original language, the program displays a corresponding text string in a second language based on the specific display area, e.g., child window. The translated text string can be displayed proximate to original first text string within the specific display area, and can further be displayed as an entry in a table of a translation window which also displays additional text strings in the second language corresponding to additional text string fields for the specific display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Jellison, JR.
  • Patent number: 8799095
    Abstract: A method is provided for enterprise management and bundling of inventory to maximize revenue on perishable products. An electronic data-mart collects factors for the probability and price sensitivity of a buyer. The data-mart also collects rules for inventory scaling, available inventory to sell, budget (goal) information, advertiser payment history, and station performance data to feed to a scenario planner. Once three or more variables exist, algorithms create scenario plans to present the most profitable bundle of offerings. The scenarios are typically pre-approved although presented to local business units for an abnormality failsafe. Once processed by local business units, the scenarios are presented to the buyer. Negotiations typically cause the process to restart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Ginsburg, David R. Murray, Arthur Weinberger, Jerome Williams
  • Publication number: 20140215593
    Abstract: The invention provides a computer-based method for logging a user mobile device onto a server computer system including registering a unique identifier of a user mobile device, receiving a first message from the user mobile device, detecting an Internet Protocol address associated with the user mobile device, receiving the unique identifier corresponding to the Internet Protocol address; and transmitting to the user mobile device a second message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20140214917
    Abstract: Local stations can generate their station broadcast logs based on a master broadcast log. In some cases, local stations are allowed to edit some positions, or slots, in their local logs, so that the local logs do not match the master log. This can create complexity when voice tracks for empty voice track slots are provided to the local stations, because voice tracks often reference the media in slots on either side of the empty voice track slots. A display is presented that facilitates recording custom voice tracks by providing indications about which local stations have confirmed receipt of voice tracks, and whether the media items scheduled on either side of the voice track slot in the master log have been changed by the local stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Jellison, JR., Darren Grant Davis, Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn
  • Patent number: 8782057
    Abstract: A system and method for managing media advertising enterprise data including a process for learning enterprise data matching. An EDM (Enterprise Data Management) application module can be configured to include a set of rules at an enterprise level to manage disparate and disconnected records associated with an entity. A number of unmatched and enterprise entities that matches with respect to an active entity can be returned based on a fuzzy logic associated with various matching options stored in an EDM database. A matching process can then be performed to accurately match similar records regardless of manual input, location, and format of the records in a distributed system. Each unmatched record can then be assigned with a parent enterprise entity. Such an optimization mechanism can interactively manage and report records at the enterprise level in a simple and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Angel Barnachea Chua, Matthew M. Ferry, Scott Arthur Roberts
  • Patent number: 8769652
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for registering a user at a server computer system. A first interface is transmitted from the server computer system to a user computer system, the first interface having a field for entering a mobile telephone number. A mobile phone number entered into the field for the mobile phone number is received from the user computer system at the server computer system. A password is generated and transmitting from the server computer system to a mobile device having a mobile phone number corresponding to the mobile phone number received from the user computer system and a second interface is transmitted from the server computer system to the user computer system, the second interface including a field for entering the password. A follow-up message is transmitted from the server computer system to the mobile device if the password is not received from the user computer system at the server computer system within a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Paula Buzzard
  • Patent number: 8751497
    Abstract: A Multi-Shot Scheduling System chooses from multiple candidate playlists of positions to select a broadcast playlist. Candidate playlists are generated based upon scoring and selecting content items for the positions through the use of index values. Various embodiments of the Multi-Shot Scheduling System can select broadcast playlists for multiple groups of content and can provide different methods of controlling scheduling performance by restricting the range of candidate playlists from which the best playlist can be selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Nigel Attwell, Chris Bean
  • Patent number: 8737910
    Abstract: A radio receiver may comprise a receiver adaptable for receiving a plurality of broadcast streams over a plurality of broadcast channels, wherein the receiver will attempt to receive a selected broadcast stream on a selected broadcast channel, and if the selected broadcast stream is not receivable on the selected broadcast channel, the receiver will attempt to receive the selected broadcast stream on an alternative broadcast channel. A computer readable medium may allow a user of a receiver to create a composite stream comprising at least one portion selected from each of at least two of a plurality of broadcast streams. A method of open interface merge replication may involve comparing data between first and second databases, and if a conflict exists, updating one of the first and second databases with at least a portion of data from the other of the first and second databases to resolve the conflict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Zigler, Kevin R. Lockhart, Richard D. Wooden, Jacqueline J. Lockhart, Theodore N. Myers, Evan A. Hill, Tanya R. Jellison
  • Patent number: 8732577
    Abstract: Contextual, focus-based language translation within a broadcast radio automation software application allows the user interface to enable interaction with users having various written or graphical language requirements. The software does not require special training or learning to enable the translation of text within the application. When the user enters a translation mode and selects a text string in the original language, the program displays a corresponding text string in a second language based on the specific display area, e.g., child window. The translated text string can be displayed proximate to original first text string within the specific display area, and can further be displayed as an entry in a table of a translation window which also displays additional text strings in the second language corresponding to additional text string fields for the specific display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Jellison, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140134941
    Abstract: An end user can sample a radio or television broadcast, generate a user representation of the broadcast sample, and send the user representation to a comparison system, which also receives known representations of content broadcast by multiple different stations. The known representations are stored in a continuous fashion, and represent actually broadcast content. The comparison system identifies the source of the broadcast sample by comparing the user representation to the known representations associated with each of the different stations. By comparing two representations of content that was actually broadcast, a broadcast source can be identified without requiring the use of watermarks, timestamps, or a database of discreet content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Dyon Anniballi, Philippe Generali
  • Patent number: 8725742
    Abstract: A system and method for managing media advertising enterprise data including a process for learning enterprise data matching. An EDM (Enterprise Data Management) application module can be configured to include a set of rules at an enterprise level to manage disparate and disconnected records associated with an entity. A number of unmatched and enterprise entities that matches with respect to an active entity can be returned based on a fuzzy logic associated with various matching options stored in an EDM database. A matching process can then be performed to accurately match similar records regardless of manual input, location, and format of the records in a distributed system. Each unmatched record can then be assigned with a parent enterprise entity. Such an optimization mechanism can interactively manage and report records at the enterprise level in a simple and efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kohinoor Basu, Angel Barnachea Chua, Matthew M. Ferry, Scott Arthur Roberts
  • Patent number: 8719349
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a radio-like experience may comprise providing a personal media library (PML)-based playlist, including receiving media elements from a listener's PML, creating a playlist of the media elements using professional broadcast scheduling software and providing the playlist to the listener. A system and method of providing a radio-like experience may also comprise creating a playlist of media elements according to the user preferences for a media genre and for perishable content and providing the playlist to the listener. A method of distributing user-generated content may comprise incorporating user-generated content into a playlist of media elements according to the listener preference and providing the playlist to the listener. A method of distributing user generated content may also comprise receiving user-generated content, incorporating the user-generated content into a playlist of media elements of the recipient and providing the playlist to the recipient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Lockhart, Richard D. Wooden, Jeffrey D. Zigler, Jacqueline J. Lockhart
  • Patent number: 8719080
    Abstract: There is disclosed a computerized system and method for scheduling advertising events which utilizes a set of configurable instructions regarding booking an order which iterates through a series of broadening, configurable criteria and also implements a configurable scoring system for the purpose of comparing multiple Events to determine if one Event is more valuable than the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Ferry, Thomas McCartan
  • Patent number: 8706112
    Abstract: The invention provides a computer-based method for logging a user mobile device onto a server computer system including registering a unique identifier of a user mobile device, receiving a first message from the user mobile device, detecting an Internet Protocol address associated with the user mobile device, receiving the unique identifier corresponding to the Internet Protocol address; and transmitting to the user mobile device a second message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Clear Channel Management Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Evan Schwartz