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

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
transmitting one or more requests for broadcast information from an application program interface (API) to one or more traffic and continuity applications, wherein the API is implemented in a processing device including a processor and associated memory, and wherein the broadcast information includes information related to media broadcasts of a plurality of media broadcast stations;
receiving the broadcast information at the API from the one or more traffic and continuity applications, wherein the broadcast information includes media content to be broadcast by the plurality of media broadcast stations;
storing the broadcast information, by the API, to generate cached broadcast information;
receiving at the API, from an edge device including a media playout system, a request for at least a portion of the cached broadcast information wherein the edge device including the media playout system is configured to transmit particular cached broadcast information to particular media broadcast stations of the plurality of media broadcast stations; and
transmitting the at least a portion of the cached broadcast information, from the API to the edge device including the media playout system, in response to receiving the request.