Interactive telephone gaming system
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1. An interactive telephone gaming apparatus for use in a telephone network which supports transmission of standard DTMF tones to and from telephone stations connected to the network, the gaming apparatus comprising:
- means for generating and transmitting one or more standard DTMF game tones to a telephone station over said telephone network;
means for receiving one or more standard DTMF telephone station tones from said telephone station over said telephone network; and
control means controlling said generating and transmitting means and said receiving means and including comparing means for comparing the one or more DTMF telephone station tones received by said receiving means with the one or more DTMF game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means and for enabling signalling to be provided to said telephone station indicative of said comparison;
whereby upon said telephone station receiving the one or more game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means, a player at said telephone station can operate said telephone station to cause DTMF telephone station tones to be transmitted and received by said receiving means so that said signalling enabled by said control means is based on a comparison of whether said DTMF telephone station tones caused to be generated by said player match said game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means.
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Abstract
A gaming apparatus for use with a telephone network which supports standard DTMF tones and to which is connected telephone stations capable of generating standard DTMF tones wherein the gaming apparatus generates and transmits DTMF tones to a calling telephone station, receives response DTMF tones from a player at the calling station and compares the transmitted and received DTMF tones to determine if there is a match.
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1. An interactive telephone gaming apparatus for use in a telephone network which supports transmission of standard DTMF tones to and from telephone stations connected to the network, the gaming apparatus comprising:
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means for generating and transmitting one or more standard DTMF game tones to a telephone station over said telephone network; means for receiving one or more standard DTMF telephone station tones from said telephone station over said telephone network; and control means controlling said generating and transmitting means and said receiving means and including comparing means for comparing the one or more DTMF telephone station tones received by said receiving means with the one or more DTMF game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means and for enabling signalling to be provided to said telephone station indicative of said comparison; whereby upon said telephone station receiving the one or more game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means, a player at said telephone station can operate said telephone station to cause DTMF telephone station tones to be transmitted and received by said receiving means so that said signalling enabled by said control means is based on a comparison of whether said DTMF telephone station tones caused to be generated by said player match said game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for playing an interactive game using a telephone network which supports transmission of standard DTMF tones to and from telephone stations connected to the network, the method comprising:
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generating and transmitting one or more standard DTMF game tones to a telephone station over the telephone network; receiving one or more standard DTMF telephone station tones from said telephone station over said telephone network; and controlling said generating and transmitting step and said receiving step, said controlling further including comparing said one or more received DTMF telephone station tones with said one or more transmitted DTMF game tones and enabling signalling to be received by said telephone station indicative of said comparison; whereby upon said telephone station receiving the one or more transmitted game tones, a player at said telephone station can operate said telephone station to cause DTMF telephone station tones to be transmitted and received so that said signalling enabled by said controlling step is based upon a comparison of whether said DTMF telephone station tones caused to be generated by said player match said game tones transmitted in said transmitting and generating step. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An interactive telephone gaming system comprising:
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a telephone network which supports transmission of standard DTMF tones; one or more telephone stations connected to said telephone network, each station being able to generate standard DTMF telephone station tones; and a gaming apparatus comprising;
means for generating one or more standard DTMF game tones and for transmitting said DTMF game tones over said telephone network to a telephone station;
means for receiving one or more standard DTMF telephone station tones from said telephone station over said telephone network; and
control means controlling said generating and transmitting means and said receiving means and including comparing means for comparing the one or more DTMF telephone station tones received by said receiving means with the one or more DTMF game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means and enabling signalling to be provided to said telephone station indicative of said comparison;whereby upon said telephone station receiving the one or more game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means, a player at said telephone station can operate said telephone station to cause DTMF telephone station tones to be transmitted and received by said receiving means so that said signalling enabled by said control means is based upon a comparison of whether said DTMF telephone station tones caused to be generated by said player match said game tones transmitted by said generating and transmitting means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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