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Multibroadcast receiver for extracting desired broadcast information based on an identification code

Assignee: Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co Ltd
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Filing: 1995-05-26
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Granted: 1999-01-05
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Expires: 2015-05-26
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Abstract

Abstract A multibroadcast receiver 1 comprises a stereo receiving unit 4, an extractor 7 for taking out information about an identification code related to the contents of a broadcasting program and a necessary character code or the like from a data signal in a broadcasting radio wave, a print unit 10 for recording the information extracted from the extractor 7 thereon, an insert portion 12 for inserting a card 11 therethrough, a reader 13 for reading a predetermined identification code recorded on the card 11 inserted in the insert portion 12, and a controller 8 for checking the identification code on the card 11 against the identification code extracted from the extractor 7 and recording by the print unit 10 the necessary information taken out of the data signal on the card 11 in accordance with the result of check. Further, the controller 8 checks data inputted through a selectively-provided key input unit 16 against predetermined data taken out from the extractor 7.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hiromichi Suzuki

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 10:55
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04H; H04H20/00; H04H20/28; H04H60/00; H04H60/29; H04H60/31; H04H60/33; H04H60/35; H04H60/46; H04H60/76; H04H60/81; H04H60/98; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/16; H04B1/1646

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 36
Claim 1
Independent Claim 146 words
A multibroadcast receiver for including an identification code related to the contents of a broadcasting program in a data signal carried by an additive-information radio wave in a multibroadcasting radio wave and extracting information desired by an audience from the data signal, based on the identification code, comprising: extracting means for extracting the identification code related to the contents of the broadcasting program from the data signal; an insert portion for inserting therethrough a card with a predetermined identification code recorded thereon; reading means for reading the identification code from the card inserted into said insert portion; recording means for writing necessary information included in the data signal into the inserted card; and control means for checking the identification code extracted from the data signal against the identification code read from the card, and controlling said recording means in accordance with the result of the check.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 146 words
A multibroadcast receiver for including an identification code related to the contents of a broadcasting program in a data signal carried by an additive-information radio wave in a multibroadcasting radio wave and extracting information desired by an audience from the data signal, based on the identification code, comprising: extracting means for extracting the identification code related to the contents of the broadcasting program from the data signal; an insert portion for inserting therethrough a card with a predetermined identification code recorded thereon; reading means for reading the identification code from the card inserted into said insert portion; recording means for writing necessary information included in the data signal into the inserted card; and control means for checking the identification code extracted from the data signal against the identification code read from the card, and controlling said recording means in accordance with the result of the check.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 1, further including external inputting means and wherein said control means checks data inputted from said external inputting means against predetermined data taken out of the data signal and records on the card the necessary information extracted from the data signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 56 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein the data signal carried by the additive-information radio wave in the multibroadcasting radio wave includes a write instruction signal and a read instruction signal, said recording means and reading means being controlled by said controlling means in accordance with the write instruction signal and the read instruction signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 36 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 3, wherein said reading means comprises an optical reader, and said recording means comprises printing means and records the necessary information on the card by a two-dimensional code and characters.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 4, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 5, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 3, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 4, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 36 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 2, wherein said reading means comprises an optical reader, and said recording means comprises printing means and records the necessary information on the card by a two-dimensional code and characters.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 9, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 24 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 10, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard-format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 9, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 30 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 3, wherein each of said reading means and said recording means comprises a magnetic reader" recorder and the card is a magnetic recording card.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 13, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 14, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 13, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 36 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein said reading means comprises an optical reader, and said recording means comprises printing means and records the necessary information on the card by a two-dimensional code and characters.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 17, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 18, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 17, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 30 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 2, wherein each of said reading means and said recording means comprises a magnetic reader" recorder and the card is a magnetic recording card.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 21, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 22, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 21, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 3, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 25, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 2, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 27, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 2, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim 30 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 1, wherein each of said reading means and said recording means comprises a magnetic reader" recorder and the card is a magnetic recording card.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim 16 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 30, wherein said external inputting means is connected by wireless.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 31, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim 25 words
A multibroadcast receiver according to claim 30, wherein the card has thereon a preliminarily-printed postcard format with a space for entering an address and characters.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim 150 words
A broadcast receiving system comprising: a broadcasting station for including and broadcasting an identification code related to the contents of a broadcasting program in a data signal carried by an additive-information radio wave in a multibroadcasting radio wave; a card having the identification code recorded thereon in advance; a multibroadcast receiver having an insert portion for inserting said card therethrough and constructed so that information necessary to identify the contents of the broadcasting program is extracted from the data signal based on the identification code recorded on said card and is recorded on said card; and card recovery locations scattered within a broadcasting area so as to recover said card; whereby high value-added information or physical services are provided at the card recovery locations based on the records on said card, while the records on said card which are collected through the card recovery locations, are used for statistical processing.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim 150 words
A broadcast receiving system comprising: a broadcasting station for including and broadcasting an identification code related to the contents of a broadcasting program in a data signal carried by an additive-information radio wave in a multibroadcasting radio wave; a card having the identification code recorded thereon in advance; a multibroadcast receiver having an insert portion for inserting said card therethrough and constructed so that information necessary to identify the contents of the broadcasting program is extracted from the data signal based on the identification code recorded on said card and is recorded on said card; and card recovery locations scattered within a broadcasting area so as to recover said card; whereby high value-added information or physical services are provided at the card recovery locations based on the records on said card, while the records on said card which are collected through the card recovery locations, are used for statistical processing.

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