US Patent Issued to VIACOM INTERNATIONAL on June 24 for "Device, system, and method for scheduled avail tone validation" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,021, issued on June 24, was assigned to VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC. (New York).

"Device, system, and method for scheduled avail tone validation" was invented by Gregg William Riedel (New York), Christopher Fulton Hundersmarck (New York), Scott Charles Findling (New York) and Michael J. McMackin (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An avail comparator and method validates scheduled avail tones. The method includes receiving an automation playlist indicating at least one scheduled avail tone configured to be included in a broadcast. The method includes receiving a feed corresponding to the broadcast. The method includes receiving a s...