Amusement devices: games – Problem eliciting response – Questions and answers
Patent
1988-07-06
1993-05-25
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Problem eliciting response
Questions and answers
273433, 273DIG28, 455 2, 364410, 434307, 434323, A63F 922, A63F 924
Patent
active
052133370
ABSTRACT:
This invention involves a system of communicating information using audio signals. In one embodiment, the information is encoded in touch tones on the sound track of a television game show. The information relates to the action of the show, and is broadcast in-band with the audio portion of the show. The show, and thus the information encoded in its audio portion, is received by an ordinary home television. A device for playing a game "listens" to the television speaker and decodes the information. The device allows home viewers to play a game based on the action of the show. The touchtones are substantially indiscernible to humans because they are quieter than most of the audio portion of the show, they are very brief, and they are masked by the show's usual sound effects.
REFERENCES:
patent: Re32305 (1986-12-01), Baer
patent: 3245157 (1966-04-01), Laviana
patent: 3777410 (1973-12-01), Robinson
patent: 4019737 (1977-04-01), Witzel
patent: 4034990 (1977-07-01), Baer
patent: 4194198 (1980-03-01), Baer et al.
patent: 4305131 (1981-12-01), Best
patent: 4333152 (1982-06-01), Best
patent: 4359223 (1982-11-01), Baer
patent: 4422105 (1983-12-01), Rodesch et al.
patent: 4445187 (1984-04-01), Best
patent: 4547851 (1985-10-01), Kurland
patent: 4553283 (1985-11-01), Kurland
patent: 4569026 (1986-02-01), Best
patent: 4572509 (1986-02-01), Sitrick
patent: 4592546 (1986-06-01), Fascenda et al.
patent: 4672541 (1987-06-01), Bromley
patent: 4695953 (1987-09-01), Blair et al.
patent: 4718106 (1988-01-01), Weinblatt
patent: 4722526 (1988-02-01), Tovar et al.
patent: 4745468 (1988-05-01), Von Kohorn
patent: 4807031 (1989-02-01), Broughton et al.
patent: 4815733 (1989-03-01), Yokoi
patent: 4840602 (1989-06-01), Rose
patent: 4844475 (1989-04-01), Saffer et al.
patent: 4846693 (1989-07-01), Baer
patent: 4955070 (1990-09-01), Welsh et al.
High Technology Business, Jeffrey Zygmont, Compact-Disc Companies Test New Frontier, Feb. 1988, pp. 18-23.
CD-ROM REVIEW, Bryan Brewer, Still Waiting for "It" To Happen, Feb. 1988, pp. 15-51.
Video Week, Interactive Systems Aim AT VCR, Cable, VCST, Feb. 22, 1988 vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 4-5.
Electronic Engineering Times; Doherty, Interactive T.V. on Horizon, Feb. 15, 1988, pp. 1 and 8.
Hollywood Reporter; Winikoff, Feb. 12, 1988, "B.Caster's Gamble on 2-Way Sports" p. 40.
The Media Lab; Stewart Brand, Inventing the Future at MIT, 1987, pp. 39-53.
LandOfFree
System for communication using a broadcast audio signal does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with System for communication using a broadcast audio signal, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and System for communication using a broadcast audio signal will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-893098