Patent ID: 6683943
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: G06Q,H04M

Abstract:
A method for combining a contest with automatically dialed telephone solicitations comprising the steps of:initiating a first sequence of automatically executed telephone calls to a first arbitrarily selected pool of telephone recipients, each said automatically executed telephone call of said first sequence including a recorded message informing each said recipient of the time and other particulars concerning said contest and advising each said recipient that said recipient shall be eligible to be included in a list of potential contest candidates upon the recipient's indication of consent; recording the particulars of each said recipient's identity for each said recipient that has indicated said consent to be included in said list of potential contest candidates; initiating a second sequence of automatically executed telephone calls to first randomly selected ones on said list of potential contest candidates, each said automatically executed call of said second sequence including an interactive exchange for verifying the identity of the telephone call receiving person, said interactive exchange including comparisons with said particulars of each said recipient's identity collected in said recording step; storing the identities of all such potential candidates as have correctly verified said particulars in a roster of candidates selected for said contest; and selecting a second random group from said roster of candidates for interactive telephonic participation in said contest.