公开(公告)号：US07730420B1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-01

申请号：US11416599

申请日：2006-05-03

申请人： Toby Miller ,  Chris McClellen ,  Stephen Reuben Windham, Jr. ,  Thomas A Pratt ,  Bradley Shawn Grant ,  Scott E Storch

发明人： Toby Miller ,  Chris McClellen ,  Stephen Reuben Windham, Jr. ,  Thomas A Pratt ,  Bradley Shawn Grant ,  Scott E Storch

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F17/30053 ,  G11B27/034 ,  G11B27/105

摘要： Systems and methods for creating one or more playlists of a predefined length. The invention allows dynamic creation of different playlists for differing times, locations, and other circumstances and also provides for the dynamic selection of products for inclusion in a playlist based on the content of one or more of the individual products. Creation of a playlist may be based on a priority scheme with priority values indicating the relative importance of the products. Creation may also involve determining or adjusting the lengths of one or more products selected for the playlist so that the total length of the playlist will equal a set, predetermined, or otherwise predefined playlist length. Methods and systems according to the present invention provide flexible, efficient, and manageable techniques for creating different playlists of similar product types for both varying circumstances (e.g., time, location, etc.) and varying products of those product types (e.g., clear radar versus radar showing movement of a complex storm system). The invention gives an administrator the ability to simply and easily manage the broadcasting of different playlists for different conditions.

摘要翻译： 用于创建预定长度的一个或多个播放列表的系统和方法。 本发明允许针对不同的时间，位置和其他情况动态地创建不同的播放列表，并且还提供了基于一个或多个单独产品的内容来包含在播放列表中的产品的动态选择。 播放列表的创建可以基于具有指示产品的相对重要性的优先级值的优先级方案。 创建还可以涉及确定或调整为播放列表选择的一个或多个产品的长度，使得播放列表的总长度将等于设定的，预定的或另外预定的播放列表长度。 根据本发明的方法和系统提供灵活，有效和可管理的技术，用于为变化的情况（例如，时间，位置等）和这些产品类型的不同产品（例如，清除雷达）创建类似产品类型的不同播放列表 与雷达显示复杂风暴系统的运动）。 本发明使管理员能够简单和容易地管理不同播放列表在不同条件下的广播。

公开(公告)号：US07605720B1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-20

申请号：US11416730

申请日：2006-05-03

申请人： John I. Menzies, Jr. ,  Chris McClellan ,  Robert L. Martin ,  Thomas A. Pratt ,  Bradley Shawn Grant ,  Catherine A. Wurst

发明人： John I. Menzies, Jr. ,  Chris McClellan ,  Robert L. Martin ,  Thomas A. Pratt ,  Bradley Shawn Grant ,  Catherine A. Wurst

IPC分类号： G08G1/123

CPC分类号： G08G1/096775 ,  G08G1/0962 ,  G08G1/096716 ,  G08G1/096741 ,  H04N7/165 ,  H04N21/25883 ,  H04N21/26208 ,  H04N21/4882 ,  H04N21/8126

摘要： Systems and methods for selecting, sequencing, and presenting traffic events to viewers. This may involve using a prioritizing scheme that estimates the proximity or relevance of the event to the viewers by associating the event with a geographic zone and the viewer with a localized service area served by a particular distribution points of the television content distribution system. In some cases, for each localized service area, zones are given priority values that are used when prioritizing the relevance of traffic events associated with those zones. For viewers in a given localized service area, a first zone may have a higher priority than a second zone, such that in prioritizing traffic events, events associated with the first zone are given a higher priority than events occurring in the second zone. Different zone priority schemes may be associated with a given localized service area at different times of day, week, or year. For example, a zone near the airport may have a higher priority during weekend time periods than during the week.

摘要翻译： 用于向观众选择，排序和呈现交通事件的系统和方法。 这可以涉及使用优先级方案，其通过将事件与地理区域相关联并且观众与由电视内容分发系统的特定分发点服务的本地化服务区域相关联来向观众估计事件的接近度或相关性。 在某些情况下，对于每个本地化服务区域，给予区域优先级值，该优先级值用于在与这些区域相关联的交通事件的相关性的优先级时使用。 对于给定的本地化服务区域中的观看者，第一区域可以具有比第二区域更高的优先级，使得在优先处理业务事件时，与第一区域相关联的事件被给予比在第二区域中发生的事件更高的优先级。 不同的区域优先级方案可以与在日，周或年的不同时间的给定的本地化服务区域相关联。 例如，在周末时间段内，机场附近的区域可能比本周期间的优先级高。