Patent ID: 11962821
Assignee: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The system according to claim 4, wherein, based on a lack of availability of the first pre-encoded media asset for the media distribution, the one or more processors are further configured to:
retrieve media content assets from a media content master storage system based on a programming schedule of a channel from a network scheduler;
retrieve at least one of duration of the media content assets, duration and location of a non-programming content break, credits, or overlay opportunities corresponding to the media content assets from a content metadata storage system;
encode and package the retrieved media content assets,
wherein the encoded and packaged media content assets comprise:
a location of the non-programming content break;
media assets conditioned such that the location of the non-programming content break is adjacent to boundaries of the plurality of media segments; and
an indicator to mark the credits and an overlay graphic location in the media content assets based on content metadata, in case of non-inclusion of the indicator in the first pre-encoded media asset at packaging time.