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Program production and transmission apparatus

  • US 6,460,018 B1
  • Filed: 11/27/1998
  • Issued: 10/01/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer apparatus for creating a program and sequentially transmitting the program based on a program progress table, comprising:

  • means for providing production schedule information;

    program production support means for creating production information based upon said provided production schedule information, said production information including a schedule for creating said program and program component information indicative of each of a plurality of components that are to be selectively included in a program;

    material creation managing means for receiving from an external source and recording in a storage means materials that are selectively included in each of said plurality of components, and for editing the recorded materials to form each of said plurality of said components in the program; and

    transmission equipment controlling means for creating said program progress table based upon said production information and for transmitting each of the components included in the program in accordance with said program progress table;

    said program production supporting means, said transmission equipment controlling means, said material creation managing means, said storing means, and said transmission means being interconnected through a network.

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