Patent ID: 6442326
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H04H,Y10S

Abstract:
A commercial sending system for sending a commercial from a broadcasting station, the system comprising:commercial material recording/storing means for recording and storing a commercial material; recording list storing means for storing a recording list including record information of the commercial material to be stored in said commercial material recording/storing means; send list storing means for storing a send list including send information of the commercial material to be sent from said commercial material recording/storing means; a commercial material database composed of storage information of the commercial material stored in said commercial material recording/storing means; detecting means for comparing the send list stored means and the storage information of said commercial material database and for detecting a non-recording commercial material that is included in the send list and that is not included in the storage information; recorded list creating means for adding the recording information of the non-recording commercial material to the record list so as to automatically create a new record list when said detecting means has detected the non-recorded commercial material, said new record list containing the record information of the commercial material to be stored in said commercial material recording/storing means and further containing the record information of the non-recorded commercial material; record list displaying means for displaying the record list stored in said recording list storing means; and send list displaying means for displaying the send list stored in said send list storing means, wherein a signal that defines the non-recorded commercial material is sent to said record list displaying means and said send list displaying means, and information that represents the non-recording commercial material is displayed on said record list displaying means and said send list displaying means when said detecting means has detected the non-recorded commercial material.