Appeal No. 1999-2379 Application 08/716,061 of recording among the control data and the order list p3 which are supplied from the controller 2 represents that one of the recorder/reproducer. The sequence of operations by the above various devices is summarized as follows: When the broadcast schedule list data p1 as shown in FIG. 4 are supplied to the controller 2, the controller 2 compares the broadcast schedule list data p1 with the data bases for the recorder/reproducers 6a, 6b, ..., 6n to determine which ones of the recorder/reproducers 6a, 6b, ..., 6n have not recorded which material. Thereafter, the control data (including the shelf number data) and the order list data p3 are supplied to the cart machine 5 and the recorder/reproducers 6a, 6b, ..., 6n to enable the cart machine 5 to reproduce the video and audio signals of a desired material and also to enable desired ones of the recorder/reproducers 6a, 6b, ..., 6n to record the reproduced material. [Emphasis added.] Assuming the "control data and order list data p3" corresponds to a "record list," as argued by Appellant, we find that a record list of non-recorded materials to be recorded is added to this record list. Takeuchi discloses that one of the recorder/reproducers records the supplied audio signals av if data indicative of recording among the control data and the order list p3 represents that recorder/reproducer (first paragraph quoted above). That is, the order list p3 contains a list of materials to be recorded. Takeuchi determines non-recorded material by - 11 -Page: Previous 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007