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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard J Boetje, San Ramon, CA (US);
David C Collier, Gilroy, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345327 ; 345328 ; 348722 ;
Abstract
The method and apparatus of the present invention enables scheduled broadcast elements to be represented by a material indicative of the signal and media indicative of where the signal is coming from. For each element, at least one corresponding material that represents the broadcast element and at least one corresponding media that represents the material are specified. Thus, for a particular broadcast element, the media that manifests the broadcast element based upon the material and media specified is easily determined.