Patent ID: 6118925
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
A method of confirming program materials to be broadcasted and then broadcasting the program materials, comprising the steps of:storing, in a first memory device, a plurality of program materials having respective identification codes allotted thereto;extracting, from the program materials, a plurality of representative image data representative of the program materials, the representative image data including at least one representative image data for each of the program materials;arranging the representative image data in association with corresponding ones of the identification codes in a broadcasting sequence in which the program materials are to be broadcasted;storing, in a second memory device, the representative image data arranged in the broadcasting sequence;reading out, from the second memory device, the representative image data in the broadcasting sequence;displaying, on a display, the representative image data read out from the second memory device;confirming whether a sequence and contents of the program materials to be broadcasted in the broadcasting sequence are appropriate based on the representative image data displayed on the display;reading out, from the first memory device, the program materials in the broadcasting sequence after the sequence and the contents of the program materials to be broadcasted in the broadcasting sequence have been confirmed as being appropriate; andbroadcasting, in the broadcasting sequence, the program materials read out from the first memory device.