US 11,757,960 B1
Disaster recovery in media broadcast system
Steve Mills, San Antonio, TX (US); Jeffrey Lee Littlejohn, Cincinnati, OH (US); David C. Jellison, Jr., Austin, TX (US); Vijay Jayakumar, San Antonio, TX (US); Riad Edelbi, San Antonio, TX (US); Adam Zastawski, San Antonio, TX (US); and José Antonio Carbajal Orozco, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,263.
Int. Cl. H04L 65/611 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/611 (2022.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
remotely accessing cloud-based media automation services by an edge device including a processor and associated memory, wherein remotely accessing the cloud-based media automation services includes pointing an interface of the edge device to a cloud-based sequencer;
obtaining, from the cloud-based sequencer:
broadcast logs defining a broadcast schedule; and
media files specified in the broadcast logs;
storing local versions of the broadcast logs and local versions of the media files in a storage device locally accessible to the edge device;
monitoring availability of the cloud-based sequencer;
in response to determining that the cloud-based sequencer is unavailable to the edge device:
pointing the interface of the edge device to a local sequencer included in the edge device; and
emulating one or more media automation services normally provided by the cloud-based sequencer at the local sequencer; and
in response to determining that the availability of the cloud-based sequencer has been restored, re-pointing the interface of the edge device to the cloud-based sequencer.