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Method and apparatus for identifying messages associated with a sports team in a communication system

US5508695A · kind A · utility

46Cited by
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20Claims
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Filing dateJul 28, 1994
Grant dateApr 16, 1996
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B5/229
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A communication system (100) for identifying messages concerning particular sports teams includes a terminal (105) for transmitting a message about a sports event as a radio frequency signal. A radio receiver (110) receives and decodes the radio frequency signal to recover therefrom the message. The radio receiver (110) also determines whether an identification code associated with the radio receiver (110) is included within a first location (205) of the message or a second location (210) of the message. When the identification code is included within the first location (205), a sports team associated with the radio receiver (110) is determined to be a home team in the sports event. When the identification code is included within the second location (210), the sports team associated with the radio receiver (110) is determined to be a visitor team in the sports event.

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