Patent ID: 11882628
Assignee: TESLA LABORATORIES, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for interacting with audience members of an event, which is defined as occurring at a particular predetermined time, wherein the event has a finite number of participating attendees and an associated finite number of unique potential attendee identifiers (UPAIs) allocated to any particular event, each of the participating attendees having available thereto one of the UPAIs for an associated event, the method comprising:
creating, for a participating attendee, proximate in time to an occurrence of the particular predetermined time of the event, a unique ID (UID) on a mobile wireless device (MWD), including:
scanning a code by the MWD as a UPAI;
combining the UPAI with a UID time stamp to provide the UID, wherein the UID includes a UPAI portion and a UID timestamp portion so as to distinguish two different UIDs having a duplicate UPAI portion;
verifying, by a server, the UID is unique by comparing the UID to one or more other UIDs in a database on the server to determine if a duplicate UID exists in the database, resulting in a verified UID; and
accepting and storing the verified UID in the database.