	US 12,096,312 B2
	Transferring content to other media stations
David C. Jellison, Jr., Ogallala, NE (US)
Assigned to iHeart Media Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by iHeartMedia Management Services, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,413.
Application 17/497,413 is a continuation of application No. 16/575,604, filed on Sep. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,146,920.
Application 16/575,604 is a continuation of application No. 15/700,419, filed on Sep. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,462,613, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Application 15/700,419 is a continuation of application No. 13/857,213, filed on Apr. 5, 2013, granted, now 9,781,576, issued on Oct. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030396 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/06 (2009.01)

CPC H04W 4/06 (2013.01)

20 Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining, at a first device included in a first media broadcast station, content information associated with a first media item, wherein the content information includes the first media item and first metadata associated with the first media item;

storing the first media item by the first device;

obtaining, at the first device, remote system information indicating one or more media items to be broadcast by a second media broadcast station, wherein the remote system information includes second metadata associated with segments of the one or more media items;

correlating the content information and the remote system information; and

conditionally transmitting the first media item from the first media broadcast station to the second media broadcast station in accordance with a result of the correlating.