Patent ID: 8561081
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing dynamic brokering of digital content requests comprising: receiving, at a content broker server, data from a content management system, wherein the data includes location information of digital content, channels, channel schedules, slots within the channels, slot schedules, and content delivery instructions for the digital content, and wherein the content management system groups the digital content into the channels, organizes the channels into the channel schedules according to playout venues, allocates the digital content and advertisements into the slots, and organizes the slots into the slot schedules; receiving, at the content broker server, a digital content request from a client player; applying, by the content broker server, the channel schedules, slot schedules, and content delivery instructions against the digital content request, said content delivery instructions being related to the requested digital content; determining, by the content broker server, a set of content retrieval instructions for the client player based upon the application of the channel schedules, slot schedules, and content delivery instructions against the content request, wherein the set of content retrieval instructions includes, for the requested digital content, the location information of the requested digital content, the channel schedules, the slot schedules, and the content delivery instructions; and providing, from the content broker server, a playlist to the client player, the playlist including the determined set of content retrieval instructions.