Patent ID: 11943504
Assignee: IHEART MEDIA MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A processing system comprising:
a processor configured to implement an application program interface (API), wherein the API includes:
an ingestion module configured to:
receive a traffic log from a log manager, wherein the traffic log includes spot breaks;
receive, from a plurality of media automation applications, spot break information including spot metadata associated with the spot breaks;
retrieve, based on the spot metadata, a media item to be inserted in a spot break;
cache the media item at a storage location within a storage database;
store the spot break information in a relational database, wherein the relational database links the spot break information to the storage location of the media item within the storage database;
a break information module configured to:
transmit the spot break information to a media playout system; and
an affidavit module configured to:
receive playout affidavits posted by the media playout system; and
forward the playout affidavits to one or more media automation applications of the plurality of media automation applications.