Ex parte KANEKO - Page 3




          Appeal No. 1999-2379                                                        
          Application 08/716,061                                                      

                                    BACKGROUND                                        
               The disclosed invention relates to a commercial sending                
          system for sending a commercial from a broadcasting station                 
          that detects when commercial material (CM) on a "send list"                 
          (a list of CM to be sent, also called a "play list") has not                
          been recorded and adds the record information for the                       
          non-recorded CM to a "record list" (a list of CM to be                      
          stored).                                                                    
               Claim 1 is reproduced below.                                           
               1.  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: [sic, ";"]                
                    record list storing means for storing a record                    
               list including record information of the commercial                    
               material stored in said commercial material                            
               recording/storing means;                                               
                    send list storing means for storing a send list                   
               including send information of the commercial material                  
               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                
               in said send list storing means and the storage                        
               information of said commercial material database and                   
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