Patent ID: 9152296
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G06F,H04H

Abstract:
1. A method of populating a media schedule that includes multiple blocks of time to be scheduled, the method comprising: selecting a plurality of media items to be scheduled during a first block of time by executing a program instruction in a computer system, wherein the first block of time includes a plurality of schedule slots, and wherein the plurality of schedule slots includes a transition slot adjacent in time to a schedule slot included in a second block of time; scheduling each of the plurality of schedule slots of the first block of time, except the transition slot, using a first scheduling algorithm by executing a program instruction in a computer system; and scheduling the transition slot using a second scheduling algorithm being different from the first scheduling algorithm, the second scheduling algorithm to satisfy both horizontal and vertical adjacency requirements, wherein the horizontal adjacency requirements include a requirement that a media item of the plurality of media items is not also scheduled in adjacent schedule slots during a daypart, and the vertical adjacency requirements include a requirement that the media item of the plurality of media items is not also scheduled during a same block of time across adjacent days, by executing a program instruction in a computer system.