Patent ID: 6151387
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A63F,G07C,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A process for executing game formats in association with a communication facility for routing calls including remote terminal apparatus for individual playing callers, wherein said remote terminal apparatus includes a telephonic instrument with voice communication means and digital input means in the form of an array of alphabetic, numeric buttons for providing data, said process including the steps of:interfacing said communication facility to provide voice signals for cueing callers and receiving responsive digital data in accordance with a select format;storing data to identify callers and indicate caller scores;storing a plurality of batches of questions for use in said formats;selecting a question from a specific batch of questions to cue a caller;cueing a caller with said question; andtesting the response of a caller to a selected question and scoring the response accordingly in the caller's score.