Patent ID: 6044135
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A63F,G07C,G07F,H04M,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A ticket and ticket processor for use in combination with a touch tone telephone instrument of a telephone communication facility for routine calls, whereby indications on said ticket are processed in accordance with one specific format of a plurality of formats, said ticket comprising:a base substrate sized to accommodate specific indicia related to the use of the ticket;visual format indicia on said base substrate visibly indicating said one specific format of a plurality of formats to be simultaneously processed by said telephonic-interface control system;telephone number indicia on said base substrate for entry by touchtone telephone to provide signals indicative of called terminal digital data for identifing a called number for processing in accordance with said one specific format;identification indicia on said base substrate indicating a unique identification number, said unique identification number containing information on said one specific format and for entry by said touchtone telephone instrument to provide signals indicative of said unique identification number for processing in accordance with said one specific format, and further for providing an indication that said unique identification number has reached a predetermined limit on use;additional indicia on said base substrate, said additional indicia being machine readable and co-related to said unique identification number; and said ticket processor comprising:a processor for processing tickets in accordance with said plurality of formats including said one specific format and further to limit processing under control of said signals indicative of said unique identification number; andan interface unit to receive said signals indicative of called terminal digital data (DNIS) for controlling said processor to process in accordance with said one specific format.