Patent ID: 7831461
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G06Q,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for remotely participating in a listener survey, the method comprising: via a wireless network or a satellite, receiving survey questions on an infotainment system from a survey provider, the survey questions being at least partly displayed on a display portion of the infotainment system, wherein a subject matter of the survey questions relates to content of a program being concurrently broadcast to the infotainment system; via one of the infotainment system, an audio component, or a telematics unit, transmitting to the survey provider a user input response to at least one of the survey questions, the transmitting being accomplished during the broadcast of the program; via the wireless network or the satellite and during the broadcast of the program, receiving tabulated results of the survey, the results being at least partly displayed on the display portion of the infotainment system; and via computer equipment operatively associated with the survey provider, adjusting the content of the program based on the tabulated results of the survey, the adjusting being accomplished during the broadcast of the program.