Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing – Local trick play processing – With randomly accessible medium
Reexamination Certificate
1996-09-19
2002-08-27
Christensen, Andrew B. (Department: 2615)
Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing
Local trick play processing
With randomly accessible medium
C348S901000, C358S908000, C725S032000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06442326
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a commercial sending system for automatically creating a record list of commercial materials to be broadcast from a broadcasting station.
2. Description of the Related Art
FIG. 8
shows an example of a commercial sending system using a VCR. Next, with reference to
FIG. 8
, the commercial sending system will be described.
For example, the commercial sending system shown in
FIG. 8
is composed of a recording side host computer
307
(that is referred to as APC (Auto Program Controller)), a sending side host computer
311
, a recording side controller
309
, a commercial material storing portion
313
, and a sending side controller
312
. The recording side controller
309
reproduces a commercial material from a commercial material reproducing unit
306
corresponding to a send list (referred to as a play list) created with the recording side host computer
307
by a recording operator
314
or automatically created by the recording side host computer
307
. The commercial material storing portion
313
stores the commercial material reproduced from the commercial material reproducing unit
306
. The sending side controller
312
controls the commercial material storing portion
313
corresponding to a command received from the sending side host computer
311
.
A line connecting the recording side host computer
307
and the recording side controller
309
and a line connecting the sending side host computer
311
and the sending side controller
312
represent passes through which the above-described play list is sent. Reference numeral
308
is a flexible disk that stores a play list created by the recording side host computer
307
. When the flexible disk
308
is used, the recording side controller
309
has a reading portion (not shown) that reads play list information recorded on the flexible disk
308
. Reference numeral
310
is a video tape cassette.
In such a commercial sending system that sends a commercial, the commercial material reproducing unit
306
and the CM material storing portion
313
may be for example an AV server or a cassette auto-change system that can record and reproduce many materials to be sent.
When a play list is directly supplied from the recording side host computer
307
to the recording side controller
309
or when a play list stored on the flexible disk
308
is loaded to the recording side controller
309
, the recording side controller
309
detects the start position of the video tape cassette
310
and then places the commercial material reproducing unit
306
in the standby state (for example, pause state).
When a commercial material included in the play list has been recorded on the video tape cassette
310
loaded in the commercial material reproducing unit
306
, a recording operator
314
operates the recording side host computer
307
so as to supply a reproduction command control signal from the recording host computer
307
to the recording side controller
309
. The recording side controller
309
reproduces the commercial material from the video tape cassette
310
loaded in the commercial material reproducing unit
306
and supplies the commercial material to the commercial material storing portion
313
.
At predetermined sending time, the sending operator
315
operates the sending side host computer
311
so as to supply a sending start control signal from the sending side host computer
311
to the sending side controller
312
. Thus, the commercial material stored in the commercial storing portion
313
is aired.
However, in the conventional commercial sending system, when a commercial material included in the play list has not been recorded in the system, a status that represents that the commercial material included in the play list has not been recorded is sent to the sending side host computer
311
. Thus, only the sending operator knows the state that the commercial material has not been recorded. The sending operator
315
asks the recording operator
314
to record the commercial material so that it is aired on time.
Thus, since the sending operator
314
should also monitor the recording state of commercial materials, he or she cannot devote himself or herself to the sending operation.
In addition, since the sending operator
315
should directly contact the recording operator
314
, there are probabilities of which the sending operator
315
forgets to inform or incorrectly informs him or her of it.
Moreover, when the recording operator
314
receives a recording request, he or she should create a record list for recording the commercial material in the system or operates the recording side host computer
307
to load the commercial material. Thus, after the recording operator
314
receives the recording request for the non-recorded commercial material, the recording operator
314
should create the record list. Consequently, in such a case, the sending operator
315
and the recording operator
314
should perform very troublesome operations.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a commercial sending system that can easily record a commercial material that has not been recorded.
To solve the above-described problems, a first aspect of the present invention is a commercial sending system for sending a commercial from a broadcasting station, the system comprising a commercial material recording/storing means for recording and storing a commercial material, a record list storing means for storing a record list including record information of the commercial material stored in the commercial material recording/storing means, a send list storing means for storing a send list including send information of the commercial material sent from the commercial material recording/storing means, a commercial material database composed of storage information of the commercial material stored in the commercial material recording/storing means, a detecting means for comparing the send list stored in the send list storing means and the storage information of the commercial material database and detecting a non-recorded commercial material that is included in the send list and that is not included in the storage information, and a record list creating means for automatically creating the record list that includes record information of the non-recorded commercial material to be stored in the commercial material recording/storing means when the detecting means has detected the non-recorded commercial material.
To solve the above-described problems, a second aspect of the present invention is a commercial sending system for sending a commercial from a broadcasting station, the system comprising a commercial material recording/storing means for recording and storing a commercial material, a record list storing means for storing a record list including record information of the commercial material stored in the commercial material recording/storing means, a send list storing means for storing a send list including send information of the commercial material sent from the commercial material recording/storing means, a send list managing means for managing the send list stored in the send list storing means, a commercial material database composed of storage information of the commercial material stored in the commercial material recording/storing means, a commercial material database managing means for managing the storage information stored in the commercial material database, and an automatic record list creating means for automatically creating the record list including the record information of the non-recorded commercial material when a command signal that references the commercial material stored in the commercial material recording/storing means has been supplied from the send list managing means to the commercial material database managing means and the commercial material database managing means has detected the non-recorded commercial material that is included in the send list and
Christensen Andrew B.
Frommer William S.
Frommer & Lawrence & Haug LLP
Onuaku Christopher
Shallenburger Joe H.
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