Appeal No. 1998-2542
Application No. 08/266,306
desired to record. At the designated times, the camcorder
controls the broadcast receiver remotely to turn on and tune
to the desired channel and the camcorder records the programs
from the receiver.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of reservation-recording a broadcasting
signal in a camcorder, which is a combined video camera and
videotape recorder without a tuner, comprising the
steps of:
(a) storing reservation-recording information
including a reservation recording time in an internal memory
of said camcorder;
(b) sending control signal from said camcorder to a
receiver external to said camcorder to control said
receiver on the basis of the reservation-recording
information stored at said step (a) when the present time
is the reservation- recording time of the stored
reservation-recording information, so as to output the
broadcasting signal to said camcorder; and
(c) recording, by means of said camcorder, the
broadcasting signal from the receiver controlled at said
step (b).
The examiner relies on the following references:
Beyers, Jr. (Beyers) 4,641,205 Feb. 03,
1987
Levine 4,963,994 Oct. 16,
1990
The admitted prior art set forth in appellant’s specification.
Claims 1-23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As
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