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An audio monitoring device includes a microphone for receiving sound energy from a loudspeaker, and a steganographic decoder that decodes the signal produced by the microphone. By reference to the steganographically-decoded information, the device can be used to monitor the musical selections played

An audio monitoring device includes a microphone for receiving sound energy from a loudspeaker, and a steganographic decoder that decodes the signal produced by the microphone. By reference to the steganographically-decoded information, the device can be used to monitor the musical selections played in a venue for copyright royalty purposes and the like.

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An audio monitoring device includes a microphone for receiving sound energy from a loudspeaker, and a steganographic decoder that decodes the signal produced by the microphone. By reference to the steganographically-decoded information, the device can be used to monitor the musical selections played

An audio monitoring device includes a microphone for receiving sound energy from a loudspeaker, and a steganographic decoder that decodes the signal produced by the microphone. By reference to the steganographically-decoded information, the device can be used to monitor the musical selections played in a venue for copyright royalty purposes and the like. uld be rendered at said receiving SCP. 7. A service brokering system in accordance with claim 6 wherein said SCM_SCP is configured to generate DPC and SSNs to communicate with SCPs containing SPs managed by said FCMs, said SCM_SCP being further configured to generate said DPCs and said SSNs without performing GTT. 8. A service brokering system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said FCMs are configured to receive selected ones of said incoming connection query messages from said SCM, and wherein said FCMs uses said connection query messages to selectively invoke plural SPs in serial fashion. 9. A service brokering system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said FCMs are configured to receive selected ones of said incoming connection query messages by said SCM, and wherein said FCMs use said connection query messages to selectively invoke plural SPs in parallel. 10. A service brokering system in accordance with claim 1 wherein said FCMs are configured to receive selected ones of said incoming connection query messages by said SCM, and wherein said FCMs use said connection query messages to selectively invoke plural SPs in alternating fashion. 11. In an intelligent telecommunications network having a plurality of switching nodes, and service control points containing at least two service programs (SPs) responsive to connection query messages from the switching nodes, each SP providing connection control messages that allow the switching nodes to make connections that implement a selected network service, a service brokering method for managing the SPs to provide combinations of the selected intelligent network services, comprising: receiving connection query messages from said switching nodes; managing the invocation of at least two of said SPs based on services that are identifiable from said connection query messages using feature combination managers (FCMs) assigned to each combination of said SPs; formatting the connection control messages generated by said at least two SPs into appropriate multi-service connection control messages for use by said switching nodes; and returning said multi-service connection control messages to said switching nodes, whereby said switching nodes are able make appropriate connections based on the combination of intelligent network services associated with said at least two SPs. 12. A service brokering method in accordance with claim 11 wherein said receiving, managing, combining and returning steps are performed at a service combination manager service control point (SCM_SCP) that communicates with said switching nodes. 13. A service brokering method in accordance with claim 12 wherein said SPs are resident at service control points (SCPs) that are separate from said SCM_SCP. 14. A service brokering method in accordance with claim 13 wherein each of said SPs is resident at a separate SCP, each of which is separate from said SCM_SCP. 15. A service brokering method in accordance with claim 13 wherein said switching nodes connect to said SCPs as well as said SCM_SCP and said intelligent telecommunications network is configured to direct connection query messages relative to single-service subscribers to selected ones of said service control SCPs and to direct connection query messages relative to multiple-service subscribers to said SCM_SCP. 16. A service brokering method in accordance with claim 15 wherein said switching nodes include a service switching point (SSP) that generates connection query messages in response to user connection requests and passes said connection query messages to a service transfer point (STP), said STP performing global title translation (GTT) on said connection queries to generate a destination point code (DPC) that determines which of said SCPs should receive said connection query messages, and a subsystem service number (SSN) to determine which service should be rendered at said SCP. 17. A service brokering method in accordance with claim 16 further including