Techniques for telephony-based voting
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1. A localized point of presence for implementing a network-based voting system, comprising:
- an interface to a local area of a public switched telephone network for receiving voting calls routed from call originating switches within the local area, the voting calls being routed to the point of presence, selected from a plurality of points of presence based on a caller identifier;
means for tallying ballots based on the voting calls from callers;
an interface to a data network for periodically transmitting the tallied ballots from the point of presence to a centralized ballot collection site.
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Abstract
A telephone network voting system receives telephone ballots cast by voters by dialing a telephone number. The telephone number is dialed by voters spread over a large geographic area. The voting calls are routed to points of presence local to or otherwise identified with the caller by using the caller'"'"'s ANI or other originating number identification. The points of presence then accumulate votes and periodically forward tallies to a centralized location over a data network. Instructions may be transmitted from the centralized location to the points of presence.
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1. A localized point of presence for implementing a network-based voting system, comprising:
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an interface to a local area of a public switched telephone network for receiving voting calls routed from call originating switches within the local area, the voting calls being routed to the point of presence, selected from a plurality of points of presence based on a caller identifier; means for tallying ballots based on the voting calls from callers; an interface to a data network for periodically transmitting the tallied ballots from the point of presence to a centralized ballot collection site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for implementing a network-based voting system, the method to be performed at a point of presence connected within a local area of a public switched telephone network, comprising:
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receiving voting calls originating within the local area of the public switched telephone network routed from call originating switches within the local area, the voting calls being routed to the point of presence, selected from a plurality of points of presence based on a caller identifier; tallying ballots based on the voting calls from the callers; periodically transmitting the tallied ballots through a data network to a centralized ballot collection site. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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