Patent ID: 9361372
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G06F,H04H

Claim Text:
1. A media broadcast system comprising: a Broadcast Automation Content server configured to control broadcast program content by organizing one or more playlists to generate a radio broadcast for transmission; a Media Scheduling database configured to store media scheduling data, including media elements; a Consumer Participation Interface database coupled to the Media Scheduling database, and configured to store selected media elements that can be accessed by consumers via a Consumer Participation Interface server, wherein the selected media elements include both a subset of media elements chosen from the media elements stored in the Media Scheduling database, and playlists submitted by users; the Consumer Participation Interface server coupled to the Consumer Participation Interface database, the Consumer Participation Interface server programmed with instructions to: wherein the Consumer Participation Graphical User Interface is further configured to enable the one or more media consumers to: upload the local media element from the consumer computer; and store the local media element in the Consumer Participation Interface database.