Patent ID: 8739241

Claim:
A method of controlling a remote intermediate transmitter station to communicate at least one instruct signal to at least one receiver station, said remote intermediate transmitter station including one of a broadcast and a cablecast transmitter for transmitting said at least one instruct signal which is effective at said at least one receiver station to instruct programmable processor apparatus to perform a sequence of steps, a selective transfer device operatively connected to said one of a broadcast and a cablecast transmitter, said selective transfer device being adapted for communicating said at least one instruct signal, a receiver for receiving said at least one instruct signal from at least one origination transmitter station, a control signal detector, and a programmable automatic controller capable of controlling said selective transfer device, said remote intermediate transmitter station being adapted to detect the presence of at least one control signal, to control communication of said at least one instruct signal in response to said at least one control signal, and to deliver at said one of a broadcast and a cablecast transmitter said at least one instruct signal, said method comprising the steps of: originating at said at least one origination transmitter station an information transmission containing said at least one instruct signal and first identification information; originating at said at least one origination transmitter station an information transmission containing said at least one control signal; and transmitting said at least one instruct signal, said first identification information, and said at least one control signal from said at least one origination transmitter station to said remote intermediate transmitter station before a specific time at or after which said remote intermediate transmitter station is to transmit said at least one instruct signal, whereby, said first identification information and said at least one control signal is detectable by said control signal detector and effective to enable said programmable automatic controller to select an information transmission based on said at least one instruct signal said instruct signal enabled to cause said programmable automatic controller to select a plurality of information transmissions and control said selective transfer device to communicate said at least one instruct signal to said one of a broadcast and a cablecast transmitter to thereby control communication of said at least one instruct signal from said one of a broadcast or a cablecast transmitter to said at least one receiver station at or after said specific time, wherein said step of selecting comprises identifying a plurality of information transmissions located at a plurality of storage locations and determining an information transmission from said plurality of information transmissions.