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System and method of capturing encoded data transmitted over a communications network in a video system

  • US 5,570,295 A
  • Filed: 03/18/1994
  • Issued: 10/29/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising the steps of:

  • receiving video signals transmitted over a network;

    identifying an escape sequence signal encoded within the video signals, said escape sequence signal demarcating telephone number data, and said escape sequence signal being perceptually invisible;

    capturing the demarcated telephone number data; and

    transmitting the captured telephone number data over a telephone network to initiate a telephone call.

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