Patent ID: 9635399
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H04H,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of automatically capturing event occurrence data associated with a broadcast channel, comprising: importing a baseline schedule for the broadcast channel, comprising identification of events scheduled to appear on the broadcast channel and scheduled times for those events; providing a prompt via a graphical user interface for a user to enter a time of actual occurrence of event appearances on the broadcast channel; receiving indications of times of an appearance and that events did not air on the broadcast channel via the prompt; storing the indications in a computer-readable medium; providing a report that identifies events that did appear on the broadcast channel and their time of appearance, and events that did not appear on the broadcast channel; receiving a command to adjust the baseline schedule to form an updated schedule in response to the report; communicating the updated schedule to an entity to command changing of events to appear on the broadcast schedule; and receiving an acknowledgement of the changing of events from a master control user; wherein upon an adjustment to the baseline schedule that affects a scheduled event, a note is associated with the scheduled event that includes data associated with the adjustment; and wherein the data associated with the adjustment includes an identification of a person who made the adjustment.