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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1997
Hitoshi Yoshinobu, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A two-way broadcasting system and method by which the amount of accesses from the reception side can be controlled with certainty by the broadcasting side and a receiving apparatus for use with the method wherein, information of a reply to a question from a broadcasting side is transmitted from a reception side to the broadcasting side by way of a telephone line. Each receiving apparatus on the reception side has individual identification information, and the broadcasting side broadcasts information regarding a reply destination and telephone call origination limiting information for limiting transmission of the information of a reply in a multiplexed condition with a broadcasting signal from the broadcasting side. On the reception side, transmission of the information of a reply to the reply destination is inhibited when the identification information peculiar to a receiving apparatus on the reception side satisfies a condition provided by the telephone call origination limiting information for inhibiting a telephone call origination of a reply to the reply destination.