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6 otherwise requires:
7 1. "ADAD equipment" means automatic dialing-
8 announcing device equipment, which is a device or
9 system of devices used, either alone or in conjunction
10 with other equipment, for the purpose of automatically
11 selecting or dialing telephone numbers, for
12 disseminating prerecorded messages to the numbers
13 selected or dialed without the use of a live operator.
14 2. "Autodialer" means an automatic telephone
15 dialing system or equipment that has both the capacity
16 to store or produce telephone numbers to be called
17 using a random or sequential number generator, and to
18 dial such numbers.
19 3. "Board" means the utilities board created in
20 section 474.1.
21 4. "Caller identification" means the display, on
22 the call recipient's telephone or related equipment,
23 of the caller's telephone number or identity to the
24 recipient of the call.
25 5. "Consumer" means an actual or prospective
26 purchaser, lessee, or recipient of a consumer good or
27 service.
28 6. "Consumer good or service" means any real
29 property or any tangible or intangible personal
30 property that is normally used for personal, family,
31 or household purposes, including, without limitation,
32 any such property intended to be attached to or
33 installed in any real property without regard to
34 whether it is so attached or installed, as well as
35 cemetery lots and timeshare estates, and any service
36 related to such property.
37 7. "Conversation time" is the time when two-way
38 telecommunications is possible during a telephone
39 call.
40 8. "Doing business in this state" means a business
41 that conducts telephone solicitations from a location
42 in this state or from other states or nations to
43 consumers located in this state.
44 9. "Existing business relationship" means an
45 established pattern of activity between a consumer and
46 a merchant, involving an inquiry, application,
47 purchase, or transaction initiated by a consumer
48 regarding products or services offered by a merchant.
49 10. "Merchant" means a person who, directly or
50 indirectly, offers or makes available to a consumer
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1 any consumer good or service.
2 11. "Predictive dialing technology" means an
3 automated dialing system or computer software that
4 utilizes a formula or similar mechanism to initiate a
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