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Mapping method for impulse pay per view system

  • US 4,807,023 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1985
  • Issued: 02/21/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a system including subscribers with one-way addressable access terminal units, a method for processing calling line data messages received from a telephone company serving subscribers, said calling line data messages representing subscriber requests for pay per view service, each of said calling line data messages including a subsriber'"'"'s telephone number and selection data determined by a subscriber to choose a pay per view event, the method comprising the steps of:

  • compressing said calling line data messages;

    thenelectronically mapping the telephone number portions of said calling line data messages into address codes for the access terminal units, including reorganizing at least a portion of the subscriber telephone number by reading a look-up table for a first portion of said telephone number to provide a first binary number, converting a second portion of said telephone number into a second binary number, and combining said first and second binary numbers; and

    electronically mapping the selection data portions of said calling line data messages into authorization codes for said access terminal units representative of said pay per view events.

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