Class 379/92.02 - Televoting

Subclass of Class 379 - Telephonic communications
Definition: Subject matter wherein the personal or personal choice status
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 06/28/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7970112	Telephonic voting system A computer system has a CPU, a registration terminal and a plurality of telephones. The CPU has an office registration section, an initial phone-in registration section and a vote section. A registration office contains the registration terminal whereat a voter prov...	06/28/2011
7522715	Techniques for telephony-based voting 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 identifie...	04/21/2009
7336774	Vote processing in a public switched telephone network A method, system and apparatus for vote processing in concert with a PSTN. In accordance with the present invention, a method for vote processing in a PSTN can include receiving a vote from a calling party over the PSTN. Caller information for the calling party can ...	02/26/2008
7289762	Method for performing an inquiry in a telecommunications network The invention concerns a method for performing an inquiry in a telecommunications network, in which the inquiry is carried out in the following steps: —creating a database of persons, —forming and recording the questions, —selecting from the database a set sat...	10/30/2007
7275110	Authentication using portion of social security number A system and method for an access code issuer to receive an on-line application including certain personal information from a user of a computer network such as the Internet, to independently operatively connect to a database and obtain or verify demographic and add...	09/25/2007
7245925	System and method for using location information to execute an action Provided are methods for executing an action in response to a request for a service using location information in conjunction with service-specific parameters. A user may request a provider of a specified service (e.g., taxi, plumber, pharmacist, etc.). In evaluatin...	07/17/2007
7224978	Location blocking service from a wireless service provider Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mob...	05/29/2007
7181225	System and method for surveying wireless device users by location The present invention is a system and method for conducting survey using wireless devices. The system architecture of the present invention comprises a location server and a location system. The location server can receive a survey request from a subscriber, delinea...	02/20/2007
7130630	Location query service for wireless networks A location query service for use with a wireless network that tracks the location of network devices, such as a network complying with enhanced 911 standards. The service provides requesters with the locations of network users, based on the locations of the users' w...	10/31/2006
7120688	Systems and methods for an infrastructure centralized heartbeat A system for monitoring the status of a plurality of service package applications operating on a service node of a telecommunications network. A heartbeat message generating application is stored on the service node and includes a shared database that is accessible ...	10/10/2006
7116977	System and method for using location information to execute an action A system and method is provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabi...	10/03/2006
7110749	Identity blocking service from a wireless service provider Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mob...	09/19/2006
7110522	Customer relationship management for “private” number requests A system and method enabling a telecommunications provider to ensure, through a customer relationship management protocol, that a customer requesting a private number is also offered per-line blocking is provided. In an illustrative implementation, the invention con...	09/19/2006
7085358	Visual caller identification A visual caller identification system and method are provided. A caller identification device of a called party's telephone, whether integrated with the telephone or stand-alone, includes a series of colored lights for visually alerting the called party to an incomi...	08/01/2006
7085555	Location blocking service from a web advertiser Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mob...	08/01/2006
7082190	System and method for interfacing a privacy management service with a voice mail system A privacy screening service in an Advanced Intelligent Network (AIN) includes a service node which records a caller's name when a call directed to a subscriber of the service originates at an unknown number. The service node, in turn, places a call to the subscriber...	07/25/2006
7079638	System and method for privacy screening with special information tones A system and method delivers an audible tone to an unidentified caller who places a call to a subscriber to a privacy screening service with special information tones (SITs). The service is initiated when an unidentified caller places a telephone call to a subscribe...	07/18/2006
7020275	Method and apparatus for spectral containment over telephone service lines A filter passing only desired frequencies is selected according to a desired level of service for copper lines. At a point of access between a loop plant and Central Office, the filter is interposed in series over a telephone service line to provide spectral contain...	03/28/2006
7002915	Automated mass calling control for public switched telephone networks employing a packet based virtual tandem This patent concerns a system and method for detecting a mass calling event in a telephone system and to regulate telephone calls to a call destination for which a mass calling event has been detected where a packet transport network and Call Server is integrated in...	02/21/2006
6944276	System and method to detect privacy screening A system and method enables a caller to detect subscribers to a privacy screening service. The caller detection of privacy screening is initiated when a subscriber to the caller detection of privacy screening service places a telephone call to a called party. After ...	09/13/2005
6937616	Method and apparatus for providing packet based and distributed xDSL communications A method and apparatus for digital subscriber line (xDSL) communications between one or more digital signal processors (DSPs) and analog front ends (AFEs) each coupled to corresponding subscriber line(s). The apparatus transports channels of data between subscribers...	08/30/2005
6873688	Method for carrying out questionnaire based survey in cellular radio system, a cellular radio system and a base station The invention relates to making a questionnaire-based survey in a cellular radio system including a central device and a number of independent terminal devices, where between the terminal devices and the central device, data transmission connections can be made. In ...	03/29/2005
6590966	Interactive voting method An interactive method of voting wherein the voter is issued a voter-specific identification code which allows the voter to call an interactive telephone system which asks the voter questions and then checks a database to confirm the correctness of the ans...	07/08/2003
6324266	Information gathering system An audience participation system is disclosed, in which the users are invited to initiate a voting process by dialling a predetermined number using one of the conventional short code memory keys on a DECT cordless telephone 1, or specialized equipment inc...	11/27/2001
6016337	Televoting in an intelligent network The invention relates to a method and arrangement for televoting in an intelligent network. In the method, (a) a point (SCP) comprising a service control function SCF sends a televoting activation request to a point (SSP) comprising a service switching fu...	01/18/2000
5970385	Televoting in an intelligent network The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for televoting an intelligent network. A point, including a service control function SCF, sends a televoting activation request to a point, including a service switching function SSF, whereby instructions...	10/19/1999
5838774	Telephone polling method In an intelligent switched telephone network, a telephone polling method is provided wherein a call made in response to a telephone based polling service is processed and disconnected without connection of the call to the subscriber of the polling service...	11/17/1998
5832064	Mass calling processing method for televoting service An improved mass calling processing method for a televoting service by which it is possible to prevent a signal traffic jam by processing an intelligent network call without a SCP request when a mass calling occurs in the intelligent network including a S...	11/03/1998
5612871	Quality monitored distributed voting system A quality monitoring system can detect certain system faults and fraud attempts in a distributed voting system. The system uses decoy voters to cast predetermined check ballots. Absent check ballots can indicate system faults. Altered check ballots can in...	03/18/1997
5594790	Method for selecting and controlling the automatic dialing of a call record campaign A method for controlling the flow of a first call record campaign to a second call record campaign, by a telephony system. Wherein after determining that a first call record campaign is not being driven to its maximum capacity and there are no more call r...	01/14/1997
5592543	Method and system for allocating agent resources to a telephone call campaign A method and system for allocating agents possessing predetermined qualifying attributes to an outbound telephone call campaign is disclosed. The method includes the steps of assigning qualifying attributes to agents of a telephony system and further incl...	01/07/1997
5479492	Televoting method and system Televoting method in which a large number of subscribers (1) connected to a telecommunications network (2) are able to make a call to a subscriber number, referred to as televoting number, of a televoting processor (4) in order then to transmit their vote...	12/26/1995
4962525	Method for the use of a telephone system with common signaling channel for the casting of votes Casting of votes takes place by the dialing of a subscriber number of a stated destination switching center. By omitting establishing a connection to the destination switching center in the source switching center only the appropriate connection requests ...	10/09/1990
4303804	Telephone-conferencing apparatus and method having line location A telephone conferencing and inquiry handling apparatus and method provide a plurality of incoming calls with access to one or more ongoing or new communications groupings or pools. Apparatus for monitoring the level of voice energy on the incoming lines ...	12/01/1981
4290141	Electronic voting system An electronic voting system includes a plurality of wireless response units, each response unit capable of transmitting several different digitally coded signals. Each of these digitally coded signals corresponds to the response of a person responding to ...	09/15/1981
4151370	Reception and transmission system for polling apparatus A method and apparatus for gathering information is started by broadcasting a question requiring one of several answers. Each answer is assigned a telephone number and thereafter the calls made to each number are counted. In addition, in order to perform ...	04/24/1979

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Class 379/92.02 - Televoting