CA2417586A1 - Communication system - Google Patents

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CA2417586A1
CA2417586A1 CA002417586A CA2417586A CA2417586A1 CA 2417586 A1 CA2417586 A1 CA 2417586A1 CA 002417586 A CA002417586 A CA 002417586A CA 2417586 A CA2417586 A CA 2417586A CA 2417586 A1 CA2417586 A1 CA 2417586A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3223—Architectural aspects of a gaming system, e.g. internal configuration, master/slave, wireless communication
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M11/00—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
    • H04M11/08—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems specially adapted for optional reception of entertainment or informative matter
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/04—Recording calls, or communications in printed, perforated or other permanent form
    • H04M15/06—Recording class or number of calling, i.e. A-party or called party, i.e. B-party
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/54—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP for revenue sharing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/68—Payment of value-added services
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M15/00—Arrangements for metering, time-control or time indication ; Metering, charging or billing arrangements for voice wireline or wireless communications, e.g. VoIP
    • H04M15/80—Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects
    • H04M15/8083—Rating or billing plans; Tariff determination aspects involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions or volume discounts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/01—Details of billing arrangements
    • H04M2215/0184—Details of billing arrangements involving reduced rates or discounts, e.g. time-of-day reductions, volume discounts, cell discounts, group billing, frequent calling destination(s) or user history list
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/01—Details of billing arrangements
    • H04M2215/0192—Sponsored, subsidised calls via advertising, e.g. calling cards with ads or connecting to special ads, free calling time by purchasing goods
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2215/00—Metering arrangements; Time controlling arrangements; Time indicating arrangements
    • H04M2215/01—Details of billing arrangements
    • H04M2215/0196—Payment of value-added services, mainly when their charges are added on the telephone bill, e.g. payment of non-telecom services, e-commerce, on-line banking

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Abstract

A lottery is provided, requiring participants (30) to use a telephone company's line (13), or line segments.

Claims (17)

1. A method of increasing or maintaining usage of a telephone company's lines, which includes the steps:
a) establishing a fund, and an associated fund telephone number, b) providing a protocol by which a telephone user becomes eligible to win funds in said fund, wherein the following steps are provided:
i) the user uses the telephone company's line or line segment, or connections to make a call to said associated fund telephone number, ii) the user's identifier is provided and communicated to the telephone company or to the fund, and c) selecting at least one user identifier from a group of such communicated identifiers, which validates user access to the fund, d) monitoring incoming calls to said associated telephone number to determine whether or not they are incoming on said telephone company' s line or line segment or connections, e) and effectively blocking usage for access to the fund of calls incoming on lines other than said telephone company's line or line segment or connections, thereby excluding access to the fund of said calls on said other lines.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the identifier is the user's pin number.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the user uses a credit card in making the call.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the user's account with the telephone company or related company is debited by a selected amount or amounts to provide funding for the pool.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein said account is a credit card account.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said blocking blocks all of said other lines.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein usage of the telephone company's line or line segment to make said call requires payment to the telephone company.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said line or line segment is a telephone circuit long distance line or line segment.
9. The method of claim 1 including providing a Kiosk, or Kiosks, or stations, from which said calls may be made.
10. The method of claim 1 including providing a portable telephone hand set to make said call or calls, via telephone company line or lines.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein a link to said telephone line or line segment is made by providing an Internet link.
12. The method of claim 1 which includes providing a movable station from which calls to said telephone line or line segment may be made.
13. The method of claim 12 including providing at said movable station means responsive to reading of a credit card for determining if the card identifies a current account customer user.
14. The method of claim 12 wherein said movable station is a portable telephone.
15. The method of claim 12 including providing a wireless link between said movable station and said telephone line or line segment.
16. A system for increasing or maintaining usage of a telephone company's lines, comprising:
a) a fund, and an associated fund telephone number, b) means for providing a protocol by which a telephone user becomes eligible to win funds in said fund, wherein the following are provided:
i) the telephone company's line or line segment, or connections to make a call to said associated fund telephone number, ii) means to communicate a user's identifier to the telephone company or to the fund via said line or line segment, c) means to select at least one user identifier from a group of such communicated identifiers, which validates user access to the fund, d) a monitor to screen or monitor incoming calls to the pool telephone number to determine whether or not they are incoming on said telephone company's line or line segment or connections, e) and means for effectively blocking usage for access to the fund of calls incoming on lines other than said telephone company's line or line segment or connections, thereby excluding access to the fund of said calls on said other lines.
17. The system of claim 16 including a station from which said calls can be made, and which comprises one of the following:
i) a kiosk ii) a movable station iii) a portable telephone.
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