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Use of telecommunications systems for lotteries

  • US 4,996,705 A
  • Filed: 09/01/1987
  • Issued: 02/26/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Telemarketing apparatus, comprising:

  • means connectable to a switched common carrier network for requesting a connection over said network to a telephone station;

    announcement means, responsive to a continuance of a call-in-progress signal from said telephone station, for announcing a telemarketing message and a lottery prompt to said telephone station;

    means for receiving information signals over said connection from said telephone station, said information signals representing data for a lottery entry;

    processing means for determining whether said data for said lottery entry represents a winning entry, said processing means comprising means for determining a lottery target number, means for processing said information signals for said lottery entry to form a lottery comparison number, and means for matching said lottery target number and said lottery comparison number to determine whether said lottery entry is a winning entry;

    said announcement means further for notifying a customer at said telephone station of the winning entry.

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