Signal processing apparatus and methods

A method of communicating subscriber station information from a subscriber station to at least one remote station, said method comprising the steps of:

• storing subscriber data at said subscriber station;
• receiving at said subscriber station at least one instruct signal which is effective to deliver information from said subscriber station to said remote station comprising at least one of a product and a service including a subscriber specific projected value of said at least one of a product and a service;
• processing said instruct signal to automatically load at least a portion of the stored subscriber data and generate at least one subscriber specific budget datum at said subscriber station directed by instructions from said at least one instruct signal, said subscriber specific budget datum stored at said subscriber station, said processing further affects at least said subscriber data;
• receiving at said subscriber station a subscriber's reaction to a combined medium output from said subscriber station;
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• transferring said at least one subscriber specific budget datum from said subscriber station to said at least one remote station based on said step of receiving a subscriber's reaction.

A method of communicating mass medium program material to at least one receiver station, said at least one receiver station including one of a broadcast mass medium programming receiver and a cablecast mass medium programming receiver, an output device, a control signal detector, a processor operably connected to said output device, and with each said at least one receiver station adapted to detect and respond to at least one instruct signal, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving at a transmitter station mass medium programming to be transmitted and delivering said mass medium programming to an origination transmitter at said transmitter station;
• receiving and storing said at least one instruct signal at said transmitter station, said at least one instruct signal operates at said at least one receiver station to deliver, and store at said at least one receiver station, output information of one of a product and a service, said output information including a user specific projected value of said at least one of a product and a service, said instruct signal causing the at least one receiver station to at least automatically access subscriber data stored at the at least one receiver station to deliver said output information of one of a product and a service, wherein said at least one instruct signal, when processed at the at least one receiver station, affects said subscriber data stored at the at least one receiver station;
• transferring said at least one instruct signal to said origination transmitter before a specific time, said specific time being a time when said instruct signal is to take effect at said at least one receiver station;
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• transmitting from said origination transmitter an information transmission including said mass medium programming and said at least one instruct signal.