Patent ID: 9135061
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F,H04H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: scheduling a first portion of multimedia content in a first off-peak time slot of a plurality of consecutive off-peak time slots of a programming day, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; completing scheduling of subsequent portions of multimedia content in a forward chronological scheduling order throughout a remainder of the off-peak time slots of the programming day until the last off-peak time slot is reached, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; scheduling a second portion of multimedia content in the time slot immediately preceding a time slot containing pre-programmed multimedia content, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; completing scheduling of subsequent portions of multimedia content in a reverse chronological scheduling order throughout a remainder of the time slots of the programming day until the last off-peak time slot is reached, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; restricting a compromise of the reverse chronological scheduling order and the forward chronological scheduling order to the last off-peak time slot, wherein the compromise schedules multimedia content in the last off-peak time slot such that playback of the compromise interrupts the reverse chronological scheduling order and the forward chronological scheduling order, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; and completing scheduling of multimedia content throughout a remainder of the time slots of the programming day immediately subsequent to the pre-programmed multimedia content in the forward chronological scheduling order, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus.