Automated mass audience telecommunications database creation method

A method for selecting a list of participants in a gaming contest by way of an interactive automatic telephone system, comprising the steps of:

• initiating a first sequence of automatically executed telephone calls to a first arbitrarily selected pool of telephone recipients, each said automatically executed telephone call of said first sequence including a recorded message informing each said recipient of the time and other particulars concerning said contest and advising each said recipient that said recipient shall be eligible to be included in a list of potential contest candidates upon the recipient's indication of consent;
• recording in the course of a first interactive exchange the particulars of the recipient's identity for each said recipient that has indicated said consent to be included in said list of potential contest candidates;
• initiating a second sequence of automatically executed telephone calls to first randomly selected ones on said list of potential contest candidates, each said automatically executed call of said second sequence including a second interactive exchange for verifying the identity of the telephone call receiving person, said second interactive exchange including comparisons with said particulars of each said recipient's identity collected in said first interactive exchange;
• storing the identities of all such potential candidates as have correctly verified said particulars in a roster of candidates selected for said contest;
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• selecting in the course of said contest a second random group from said roster of candidates for interactive telephonic participation in said contest.

A method for selecting a list of participants in a repetitively scheduled generally broadcast gaming contest by way of an interactive automatic telephone system, comprising the steps of:

• initiating a first sequence of automatically executed telephone calls to a first arbitrarily selected pool of telephone recipients during the scheduled periods of said contest, each said automatically executed telephone call of said first sequence including a recorded message informing each said recipient of the time and other particulars concerning said contest and advising each said recipient that said recipient shall eligible to be included in a list of potential contest candidates upon the recipient's indication of consent;
• recording in the course of a first interactive exchange the particulars of the recipient's identity for each said recipient that has indicated said consent to be included in said list of potential contest candidates, said particulars including parts of the frequency spectrum of the recipient's speech;
• initiating a second sequence of automatically executed telephone calls immediately preceding the next scheduled occurrence of said contest to first randomly selected ones on said list of potential contest candidates, each said automatically executed call of said second sequence including a second interactive exchange for verifying the identity of the telephone call receiving person, said second interactive exchange including comparisons with said particulars of each said recipient's identity collected in said first interactive exchange and a comparison with said parts of the frequency spectrum of the recipient's speech;
• storing the identities of all such potential candidates as have been correctly verified by said comparison with said particulars, including a comparison with said parts of said frequency spectrum of said recipient's speech, in a roster of candidates selected for said contest;
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• selecting in the course of said contest a second random group from said roster of candidates for interactive telephonic participation in said contest.