Patent ID: 7424304
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: A63F,G06Q,H04H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for enabling interactive participation by audience members viewing a live entertainment event at a venue and employing a wireless interactive device having capability (i) to receive and transmit messages, (ii) accept input via a user interface, and (iii) display messages on an electronic display, the system comprising: a wireless communication system adapted to transmit and receive messages with the interactive device; means for querying the audience members to respond to at least one query with answers entered through the user interface and transmitted by the interactive device; means for receiving the answers at a central processing station or distributed processing stations; means for storing the received answers as audience data; and a central processor adapted to receive and process the audience data into results; wherein one or more of the audience members is physically located at a place that is outside of a direct, in-person view of the live entertainment event at the venue.