Patent ID: 9161067
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: an automation system accessing a stored television broadcasting traffic log, wherein the traffic log includes multiple ordered log entries; the automation system making a first determination that a log entry A in the traffic log does not correspond to a particular type of video source; the automation system making a second determination that a log entry B in the traffic log is the next log entry after the log entry A to correspond to the particular type of video source; after making the first and second determinations, proximate a current time that is on or after a start time A corresponding to the log entry A and that is before a start time B corresponding to the log-entry B, the automation system determining a time period as a difference between the current time and the start time B; and the automation system outputting, via a user interface, the determined time period.