BROADCAST CONTENT MANAGEMENT BASED ON CATEGORIZATION

摘要

A method for a content provider to manage broadcast content including selecting content to be broadcast, determining a category of the selected content, tagging the selected content and transmitting the tagged selected content to a content aggregator for broadcasting. Also described is a method for a content aggregator to broadcast content including receiving selected content from a content provider, determining when to broadcast the selected content and determining whether to broadcast any part of the selected content prior to a schedule time and broadcasting the selected content responsive to the determining step.

主权项

1. A method for a content provider to manage broadcast content, said method comprising:
selecting content to be broadcast; determining a category of said selected content, wherein said category is at least one of real time content, effective real time content, non-real time content and time opportunistic content; tagging said selected content; and transmitting said tagged selected content to a content aggregator for broadcasting, wherein said content aggregator receives content from the various content providers and forwards said content to transmission antennas for broadcasting to customers' premises, and further, wherein ownership of said content aggregator is vested in said content providers.