US Patent Issued to iHeartMedia Management Services on Nov. 4 for "Inserting speech audio file into schedule based on linkage to a media item" (Nebraska, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,806, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to iHeartMedia Management Services Inc. (San Antonio).

"Inserting speech audio file into schedule based on linkage to a media item" was invented by David C. Jellison Jr. (Ogallala, Neb.) and Philippe Generali (Scarsdale, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of media files to be broadcast is stored in accordance with a broadcast schedule, wherein the plurality of media files include media content. A speech audio file, including speech content, is obtained, and a determination is made regarding whether the speech content included in the speech audio file includes a reference to particular m...