US 5,297,205 AGranted

Portable electronic device to establish public loyalty to a medium or similar

AssigneeAdventure

InventorsYves Audebert, Achille Delahaye

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Abstract

This device validates participation of an individual in an operation where coded information on an information bearing medium must be read. It comprises: an input interface, processing means comprising means of validation on the basis of said participation, which means being adapted to prevent said validation if a variable numeric value contained in said information coincides with variable numeric values previously held in memory; at least one memory inaccessible from said input interface and managed by said processing means in order to store in memory, for a predetermined period, information representative of said variable numeric values, and input interface for outward transmission from the device of an output code X representative of participations validated by the processing means, and electric power source for the various electric circuits in the device. It applications are in televised, radio, or other games.

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Dependent claims

Portable electronic device for validating participation of an individual in a plurality of operations each involving the input in said device under the command of said individual of at least one encoded datum brought to the knowledge of said individual by at least one information medium, comprising:

data processing means;
memory means;
at least one input interface for applying said encoded datum supplied by said information medium to said data processing means;
said data processing means comprising:
means for decoding said encoded datum;
means for extracting a variable numerical value from said decoded datum;
means for comparing said extracted variable numerical value with at least one previously stored variable numerical value and for producing a first output if said extracted variable numerical value exhibits a predetermined relationship with said at least one previously stored variable numerical value and a second output if said extracted variable numerical value does not exhibit said predetermined relationship with said at least one previously stored variable numerical value;
means for conditionally validating said participation based on at least one condition comprising the issuance of said second output by said means for comparing, said validating means:
prohibiting validation of said participation in response to said first output, and
validating said participation and storing said extracted variable numerical value in said memory means if said at least one condition is fulfilled;
said memory means being inaccessible from said input interface and being controlled by said data processing means to store, over a period of time, information representative of said at least one previously stored variable numerical value;
and
an output interface to produce an output code representative of participations validated by said data processing means;
and
means for supplying electrical power to said data processing means and said memory means.

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data processing means;
memory means;
a clock for supplying an absolute reference date to said data processing means;
at least one input interface for applying said encoded datum supplied by said information medium to said data processing means;
said data processing means comprising:
means for decoding said encoded datum;
means for extracting said dating datum from said decoded datum;
means for comparing said extracted dating datum with said absolute reference date and for producing a first output if said extracted dating datum exhibits a predetermined relationship with said absolute reference date and a second output if said dating datum does not exhibit said predetermined relationship with said absolute reference date;
means for conditionally validating said participation based on at least one condition comprising the issuance of said first output by said means for comparing, said validating means;
prohibiting validation of said participation in response to said second output;
and,
validating said participation and storing in said memory means a data representative of said validation if said at least one condition if fulfilled;
said memory means being inaccessible from said input interface;
and
an output interface to produce an output code representative of participations validated by said data processing means;
and
means for supplying electrical power to said data processing means and said memory means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/849,064Filed 23 Apr 1992
Priority: FR 89 1391024 Oct 1989
Granted: 22 Mar 1994
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

G06Q 30/02
Commerce: marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
H04H 20/38
Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution combined with broadcast: arrangements for distribution where lower stations, e.g. receivers,…
H04H 60/23
Arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services: using cryptography, e.g. encryption,…
H04H 60/40
For identifying broadcast time or space: for identifying broadcast time