Subscription newspaper dispatching system

An information dispatching system comprising a central office, a plurality of local offices and a plurality of receiving terminals, wherein:

• said central office includes means for electronically creating first newspaper data, and means for transmitting the created first newspaper data to the individual local offices;
• each of said local offices includes means for electronically creating second newspaper data, means for receiving said first newspaper data from said central office, means for creating third newspaper data into which the received first newspaper data and the second newspaper data individually created by the pertinent local office are electronically edited, and means for broadcasting the created third newspaper data through a radio channel;
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• each of the receiving terminals includes means for receiving the third newspaper data broadcasted from a specified one of said local offices, record means for recording the received third newspaper data, control means for selectively displaying the recorded third newspaper data on a display screen, and input means for receiving an operational command from a user;
• wherein said means for creating third newspaper data edit said first and second said newspaper data to a format having:
• a header file containing headings attached to respective news items of the newspaper data,
• an element file containing element information representing substantial contents of the newspaper data for display, and
• a layout file containing layout information defining, by page, a display layout of the element information in each of said element files, corresponding to the headings in said header file;
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• wherein said control means operates according to a first mode for displaying a list of the headings contained in said header file, and a second mode for displaying, by page, all the element information in the element file, in response to an operational command received by said input means that designates one of the displayed headings, according to the layout information of the layout file corresponding to the designated heading.

An information dispatching system comprising a central office, a plurality of local offices and a plurality of receiving terminals, wherein:

• each of said local offices includes means for electronically creating first newspaper data, and means for transmitting the created first newspaper data to said central office;
• said central office includes means for electronically creating second newspaper data, means for receiving the plurality of first newspaper data transmitted from the plurality of local offices, means for affixing management information items by which said plurality of first newspaper data are respectively identified, and means for broadcasting said second newspaper data and the plurality of first newspaper data bearing the management information items, respectively, through a radio channel;
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• each of the receiving terminals includes means for storing therein identification information of at least one of said first newspaper data as is utilized by the pertinent home terminal itself, means for receiving the broadcasted second newspaper data and the broadcasted first newspaper data bearing the management information item, record means for recording the received second newspaper data and the received first newspaper data bearing said management information item which matches with the stored identification information, control means for selectively displaying the recorded newspaper data on a display screen, and input means for receiving an operational command from a user,
• wherein said central office edits said second newspaper data to a format having;
• a header file containing headings attached to respective news items of the second newspaper data,
• an element file containing element information representing substantial contents of the second newspaper data for display, and a layout file containing layout information defining, by page, a display layout of the element information in each of said element files corresponding to the headings in said header file, and
• wherein said control means operates according to a first mode of displaying a list of the headings contained in said header file, and a second mode for displaying, by page, all the element information in the element file, in response to an operational command received by said input means that designates one of the displayed headings, according to the layout information of the layout file corresponding to the designated heading.

An information offering office including edit means for editing digitized newspaper data and broadcast means for broadcasting the edited newspaper data through a radio channel, wherein

• said edit means edits the newspaper data to a format having:
• a header file containing headings attached to respective news items of the newspaper data,
• an element file containing element information representing substantial contents of the newspaper data for display, and
• a layout file containing layout information defining, by page, a display layout of the element information in each of said element files, corresponding to the headings in said header file.

A receiving terminal displaying newspaper data broadcasted from an information offering office through a radio channel, comprising:

• reception means for receiving the broadcasted newspaper data, the broadcasted newspaper data having been edited to a form including a header file containing headings attached to each news item of the newspaper data, an element file containing element information representing substantial contents of the newspaper data for display, and a layout file containing layout information defining, by page, a display layout of the element information in each of said element files, corresponding to the headings in said header file,
• record means for recording the received newspaper data,
• control means for selectively displaying the recorded newspaper data on a display screen, and
• input means for receiving an operational command from a user;
• wherein said control means operates according to a first mode for displaying a list of the headings contained in said header file, and a second mode for displaying, by page, all the element information in the element file, in response to an operational command received by said input means, designating one of the displayed headings, according to the layout information of the layout file corresponding to the heading.

A method of broadcasting and reproducing newspaper data, comprising the steps of:

• editing the newspaper data to a form including a header file containing headings attached to each news item of the newspaper data, an element file containing element information representing substantive contents of the newspaper data for display, and a layout file containing layout information defining, by page, a display layout of the element information in each of said element files, corresponding to the headings in said header file,
• broadcasting the edited newspaper data through a radio channel,
• receiving the broadcasted newspaper data,
• recording the received newspaper data,
• displaying a list of headings contained in said header file, and
• displaying all the element information in the element file by page, in response to a command by a user designating one of said headings, according to the layout information in the layout file corresponding to the designated heading.

A method of displaying broadcasted newspaper data at a receiving terminal, comprising the steps of:

• receiving the broadcasted newspaper data, said broadcasted newspaper data having been edited to a form including a header file containing headings attached to each news item of the newspaper data, an element file containing element information representing substantive contents of the newspaper data for display, and a layout file containing layout information defining, by page, a display layout of the element information in each of said element files, corresponding to the headings in said header file,
• recording the received newspaper data,
• displaying a list of headings contained in said header file, and
• displaying all the element information in the element file by page, in response to a command by a user designating one of said headings, according to the layout information in the layout file corresponding to the designated heading.