Statistical analysis system for use with public communication facility

Patent 4792968 Issued on December 20, 1988. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 24, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Katz, Ronald A.

Assignee

FDR Interactive Technologies

Application

No. 07/018244 filed on 02/24/1987

US Classes:

379/92.03, Having central station equipment379/88.09Statistical analysis (e.g., time, date, length of message, etc.)

Examiners

Primary: Lev, Robert

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Nilsson, Robbins, Dalgarn, Berliner, Carson & Wurst

International Classes

G07C 15/00 (20060101)
G07C 11/00 (20060101)
H04Q 3/74 (20060101)
H04Q 3/66 (20060101)
H04M 11/00 (20060101)
H04Q 3/00 (20060101)
H04Q 3/64 (20060101)
H04M 3/36 (20060101)
H04Q 3/545 (20060101)
H04Q 3/72 (20060101)
H04M 3/46 (20060101)
H04M 3/38 (20060101)
H04M 3/51 (20060101)
H04M 3/493 (20060101)
H04M 3/487 (20060101)
H04M 3/50 (20060101)
H04M 3/42 (20060101)
H04M 3/436 (20060101)
A63F 3/08 (20060101)

Abstract

For use with a public communication facility C incorporating terminals T1-TN, e.g. a telephone system, a statistical analysis system D interfaces with individual stations where a caller is prompted by voice instructions to provide digital data that is identified for positive association with the caller and is stored for processing. Caller data is confirmed by a look-up table and by a signal-commanded voice generator. Files are created in the analysis system wherein callers are assigned designations which are stored along with statistical and identification data. In one embodiment, callers are identified by calling sequence and assigned designations are provided in the form of an acknowledgment. A break-off circuit enables a caller to terminate the computer interface aborting to a terminal for direct communication with an operator. The stored data is statistically processed and correlated as with established data to isolate a select group or subset of the callers or caller data that can be readily identified and confirmed.

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