Patent ID: 7930711

Claim:
In a content data distribution network, a apparatus for directing control instructions to selected ones of a plurality of receivers, said apparatus comprising: a uplink processor; a memory; a plurality of local parameters, which may be stored in said memory, said parameters being variable among at least two of said plurality of receivers, at least one of said parameters representing a unique individual serial number of one of said plurality of receivers and at least one of said parameters represents descriptive data pertaining to said at least one of said plurality of receivers; a memory location in said memory corresponding to said local parameter in at least one of said plurality of receivers, wherein said local parameter may be stored; at least one stored Integrated Recorder/Decoder value, said stored Integrated Recorder/Decoder value quantifying said at least one local parameter for said plurality of receivers, said stored Integrated Recorder/Decoder value being stored in said memory location; an arithmetical function, said function modifying said at least one stored Integrated Recorder/Decoder value to produce a result, said arithmetical function being storable in said memory; a transmitted Integrated Recorder/Decoder value with said uplink processor being configured to transmit, said transmitted Integrated Recorder/Decoder value over said content data distribution network, and said transmitted Integrated Recorder/Decoder value being associated in said transmission with one of said local parameters; and a difference operator, said difference operator said uplink processor being configured to transmit over said content data distribution network said difference operator comparing said result to said transmitted Integrated Recorder/Decoder value; at least two atoms, at least one of said atoms containing a Boolean comparison of a transmitted value with a stored value and at least one of said atoms containing a Boolean comparison of a transmitted value with a result of said function, said atoms being concatenated with a next Boolean operator; said uplink processor being configured to transmit said arithmetical function, said transmitted value, said difference operator and said atoms to said plurality of receivers; such that said receivers may perform said arithmetical function and said comparisons according to said transmitted arithmetical function, said transmitted difference operator and said transmitted atoms; such that said control instructions are directed to said selected ones of said plurality of receivers according to said comparison of said atoms; and said atoms locating an integrated receiver/decoder being in the form (Lat<Y+A) AND (Lat>Y−A) AND (Long<X+B) AND (Long>X−B) where X and Y represent the longitude and latitude of a venue and A and Y are chosen to result in the correct mileage deltas.