US Patent Issued to iHeart Media Management Services on July 22 for "Automatically restricting placement of media items within a media schedule" (California, Nebraska, Ohio, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,522, issued on July 22, was assigned to iHeart Media Management Services Inc. (San Antonio).

"Automatically restricting placement of media items within a media schedule" was invented by Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn (Mason, Ohio), Mark R. Allen (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), David C. Jellison Jr. (Ogallala, Neb.), Curt Lutringer (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Joseph Brewer (Garden City, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A broadcast order placed by a requestor is received at a first processing device configured to implement an automated media scheduling system. The broadcast order includes a request to prohibit placement of at least one media item wi...