Patent ID: 8661490
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for creating and transmitting interactive programming content comprising an audience portion and a stage portion, hosted by a moderator Web browser on a stage, to an audience comprising a plurality of viewer Web browsers over a wide area network, comprising: operably coupling a moderator server to the wide area network; operably coupling a content server to the moderator server; operably coupling the moderator Web browser to the moderator server via the wide area network; operably coupling the plurality of viewer Web browsers to the moderator server via the wide area network; receiving by the moderator server from the content server a first set of content signals; receiving by the moderator server via the wide area network from the moderator Web browser a first set of moderator comments; generating by the moderator server a first interactive electronic document using the first set of content signals and the first set of moderator comments; transmitting by the moderator server via the wide area network to the plurality of viewer Web browsers the first interactive electronic document; receiving viewer comment messages responsive to the first interactive electronic document and directed to the stage from any and all of the plurality of viewer Web browsers by the moderator server via the wide area network; receiving viewer interactive messages responsive to the first interactive electronic document and directed to the audience from any of the plurality of viewer Web browsers by the moderator server via the wide area network; transmitting by the moderator server via the wide area network to the moderator Web browser the viewer comment messages directed to the stage; receiving edited said viewer comment messages and a second set of moderator comments by the moderator server via the wide area network from the moderator Web browser; receiving by the moderator server from the content server a second set of content signals; generating by the moderator server a second interactive electronic document using the second set of content signals, the edited viewer comment messages, the viewer interactive messages directed to the audience, and the second set of moderator comments; and transmitting by the moderator server via the wide area network to the plurality of viewer Web browsers the second interactive electronic document, wherein the viewer interactive messages directed to the audience are transmitted via the audience portion, and the edited viewer comment messages and the second set of moderator comments are transmitted via the stage portion.