Patent ID: 8706024
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing interactive services to a set of mobile devices, comprising: providing at least one set of first information adapted for over-the-air broadcast to a set of mobile devices by at least one first facility, wherein the first information is selected from the group comprising program content, basic information and cloud content; providing at least one set of second information adapted for transmission to at least one of the mobile devices by at least one second facility, wherein the second information is selected from the group comprising non-linear information, on-demand information, cloud content and user-defined content, and wherein the second facility comprises a transmitter selected from the group comprising a short range wireless transmitter in intermittent communication with at least one of the mobile devices and a long range wireless transmitter; and receiving at least one set of third information based on information selected from the group comprising the first information and the second information from at least one of the mobile devices, wherein the third information is forwarded by a third facility comprising a receiver selected from the group comprising a short range wireless receiver in intermittent communication with at least one of the mobile devices and a long range wireless receiver, wherein the third information comprises user information received subsequent to a communications session that provides the first or second information upon which the third information is based.