Patent ID: 8418182

Claim:
A method for controlling a scheduling order, said method comprising: designating a scheduling order for the delivery and playback of multimedia content with respect to particular time slots within said scheduling order, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; configuring said scheduling order to include a forward order per at least one first category and a reverse order per said at least one second category with respect to said playback of said multimedia content to control said scheduling order for the eventual airplay of said multimedia content, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; initiating reverse scheduling of said scheduling order in a time slot immediately preceding a pre-programmed multimedia content, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; completing reverse scheduling of said scheduling order throughout time slots of a programming day, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus; and restricting a scheduling compromise to an off-peak time slot of said programming day, by executing a program instruction in a data processing apparatus, wherein said scheduling compromise allows the playback of multimedia content to occur, in at least a portion of off-peak time slots, in a pattern that interrupts said scheduling order.