Patent ID: 7055165
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a broadcast schedule, comprising: broadcasting meta-data to a plurality of client systems, the meta-data including descriptions of a plurality of pieces of content that are in consideration for upcoming broadcasts by a broadcast operations center but may or may not be included in an actual broadcast schedule to be generated; receiving individual sets of client demand feedback data from at least a portion of said plurality of client systems, each individual set of client demand feedback data comprising data indicating a client interest level in at least a portion of the plurality of pieces of content; maintaining a broadcast schedule queue comprising an ordered list of pieces of content that indicates relative levels of client interest in each piece of content that are derived from an aggregation of the client demand feedback data; and selecting a batch of content comprising one or more pieces of content from a top portion of the broadcast schedule queue to be broadcast during a next broadcast schedule window based on a size of said one or more pieces of content in combination with an available bandwidth for the next broadcast schedule window.