Title:
TWO-WAY BROADCASTING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3428844
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To broadcast a program requested by a viewer at his desired time, without preparing many storages at a broadcast station by storing the broadcast program that is designated by the storage management request of the viewer and outputting the program that is stored by the broadcast request of the viewer.
SOLUTION: A broadcast program management part 6, consisting of a computer, etc., manages all broadcast programs to be broadcast from a broadcast station 10. In other words, when a storage management request is inputted, the part 6 stores the program that is designated by the request in a program storage management part 3. When an on-demand broadcast request is inputted, the part 6 inputs the broadcast program designated by the request from the part 3 and outputs it to a transmitting device 4. Furthermore, in a general TV broadcast mode, the part 6 inputs the broadcast programs from a broadcast program storage part 1 and a real-time program input part 2 and outputs them to the device 4, based on each broadcast program.
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Inventors:
Etsuo Kusumoto
Application Number:
JP687697A
Publication Date:
July 22, 2003
Filing Date:
January 17, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
International Classes:
H04H20/24; H04H20/38; H04H20/76; H04H60/27; H04H60/33; H04N7/173; H04N21/2665; H04N21/2668; H04N21/2743; (IPC1-7): H04N7/173; H04H1/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP8294110A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ryuji Higashijima