Signaling apparatus and method
First Claim
1. A method of facilitating interactive communication between clients providing services and/or products and prospective users thereof, the method comprising:
- providing access to a database of at least one client'"'"'s user interest data on a network;
permitting network access to the user interest data by a user via a remote interface;
receiving a selection by the user of the client'"'"'s user interest data;
receiving entry by the user of user-specific data;
providing access to processing software which processes the user-specific data and the selected user interest data to produce response data, and providing at least one recipient nominated by the client with access to equipment which automatically exports the response data.
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Abstract
A method of facilitating interactive communication between clients providing services and/or products and prospective users thereof. The method provides access to a database of at least one client'"'"'s user interest data on a network, permits network access to the user interest data by a user via a remote interface, and receives a selection by the user of the client'"'"'s user interest data and receives entry by the user of user-specific data. Access is provided to processing software which processes the user-specific data and the selected user interest data to produce response data, and at least one recipient nominated by the client is provided with access to equipment which automatically exports the response data.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of facilitating interactive communication between clients providing services and/or products and prospective users thereof, the method comprising:
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providing access to a database of at least one client'"'"'s user interest data on a network;
permitting network access to the user interest data by a user via a remote interface;
receiving a selection by the user of the client'"'"'s user interest data;
receiving entry by the user of user-specific data;
providing access to processing software which processes the user-specific data and the selected user interest data to produce response data, and providing at least one recipient nominated by the client with access to equipment which automatically exports the response data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A signalling apparatus for facilitating interactive communication between clients providing services and/or products and prospective users thereof, the signalling apparatus comprising:
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a database of at least one client'"'"'s user interest data on a network;
a remote interface permitting network access to the user interest data by a user, selection by the user of a client'"'"'s user interest data and entry by the user of user-specific data;
processing software which merges the user-specific data and the selected user interest data to produce response data; and
a response module which automatically exports the response data to at least one recipient nominated by the client. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method for a user to interactively communicate with a client providing services and/or products, the method comprising:
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accessing a database of at least one client'"'"'s user interest data on a network via a remote interface;
selecting user interest data and entering user-specific data whereby processing software is accessed which processes the user-specific data and the selected user interest data to produce response data which is then automatically exported to at least one recipient nominated by the client, and communicating with the at least one recipient.
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24. A document validation method comprising the steps of providing software on the network to users thereof, the software providing an encrypted key on documents provided by the user, the encrypted key comprising user-specific data and each key being encrypted by the document whereby tampering is evident, and enabling the same or another user to receive such documents and determine the identity of the sender from the user-specific data.
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25. A method of validating the transmission of an electronic document over a network between users thereof, the method comprising:
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providing access to a database of user-specific data on the network;
permitting access by a user to the database via a remote interface whereby the user may transmit an electronic document to a recipient nominated by the user;
receiving entry by the user of user-specific data;
encrypting the user-specific data;
providing access to processing software which processes the encrypted user-specific data and data corresponding to the electronic document to produce encrypted document-specific transmission data, and providing the recipient with access to equipment which automatically exports the transmission data. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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