Matching Numerical Values
First Claim
1. A method of generating a broadcast from a broadcasting station in response to an input from a telephone to a computer associated with the station, wherein:
- a numerical code is stored in the computer;
a telephone link is established between the telephone and the computer;
an operator of the telephone causes a signal comprising DTMF tones to be transmitted along the telephone link to the computer by selectively activating keys of a keypad of the telephone;
upon receipt of the DTMF tone signal, the computer transcribes the tones into their associated sequential numerical values and compares those values with the stored numerical code;
and wherein;
the computer sends a signal to the broadcasting station to broadcast a result of the comparison made.
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Abstract
A method is disclosed of generating a broadcast from a broadcasting station (BS) in response to an input from a telephone (T1 to T5) to a computer (C) associated with the station, wherein: a numerical code is stored in the computer; a telephone link (TL1 to TL5) is established between the telephone and the computer; an operator of the telephone causes a signal comprising DTMF tones to be transmitted along the telephone link to the computer by selectively activating keys of a keypad of the telephone; upon receipt of the DTMF tone signal, the computer transcribes the tones into their associated sequential numerical values and compares those values with the stored numerical code; and wherein: the computer sends a signal to the broadcasting station to broadcast a result of the comparison made.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of generating a broadcast from a broadcasting station in response to an input from a telephone to a computer associated with the station, wherein:
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a numerical code is stored in the computer;
a telephone link is established between the telephone and the computer;
an operator of the telephone causes a signal comprising DTMF tones to be transmitted along the telephone link to the computer by selectively activating keys of a keypad of the telephone;
upon receipt of the DTMF tone signal, the computer transcribes the tones into their associated sequential numerical values and compares those values with the stored numerical code;
and wherein;
the computer sends a signal to the broadcasting station to broadcast a result of the comparison made. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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5. A method of identifying a numerical code stored in a computer, wherein a telephone link is established between a remote telephone and the computer, wherein an operator of the telephone causes a signal comprising DTMF tones to be transmitted along the telephone link to the computer by selectively activating keys of a keypad of the telephone, wherein upon receipt of the DTMF tone signal, the computer transcribes the tones into their associated sequential numerical values and compares those values with the stored numerical code, and wherein the computer is associated with a broadcasting medium and is arranged to produce a broadcast of a result of the comparison made.
- 15. An electronic system for comparing a signal comprising a sequence of DTMF tones representing numerical values received along a telephone line with a numerical code stored within the system, and broadcasting a result of the comparison made.
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25. An arrangement comprising a telephone arranged to generate DTMF tone signals by operation of keys of its keypad, a computer arranged to transcribe DTMF signals into an associated numeral sequence, a communications link for transmitting the DTMF signals from the telephone to the computer, and a broadcasting station, wherein the computer is arranged to generate and to store a randomly generated numerical code, and wherein the computer is arranged to compare the number entered into the telephone keypad, as transcribed, with the stored numerical code, and wherein the broadcasting station is arranged to broadcast the correlation, or lack of correlation, between the numerical sequence and the stored numerical code.
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