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Televoting method and system

  • US 5,479,492 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1993
  • Issued: 12/26/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A televoting method, in which a large number of subscribers connected to a telecommunications network are able to make a call to a subscriber number, hereinafter referred to as televoting number, of a televoting processor also connected to said network in order then to transmit their vote to said televoting processor, characterized in that the probability of transmission of calls intended for the televoting number is deliberately reduced substantially in a random manner at the calling subscribers'"'"' end wherein said reduction in the probability of transmission of calls comprises the steps of:

  • determining locally at each one of the subscribers that the televoting number has been selected by said one subscriber to make a call;

    generating a random number; and

    preventing transmission of the call to the televoting number based on the value of the generated random number.

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