Patent ID: 8795043
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for a computer to determine a winning audience member viewing a game show, comprising: broadcasting performances from a plurality of contestants to a plurality of audience members; the computer receiving a plurality of votes from the plurality of audience members during a voting period, each of the plurality of votes including an identifier representing one of the plurality of contestants; the computer tabulating the plurality of votes; the computer identifying a winning contestant from the plurality of contestants, the winning contestant having received the most number of votes; the computer identifying a losing contestant from the plurality of contestants, the losing contestant having received the least number of votes; and the computer determining a winning audience member from the plurality of audience members, the winning audience member being determined from a timing of a vote of the winning audience member within the voting period, wherein the timing of the vote of the winning audience member within the voting period is determined based on a relation of the a percentage of a total number of votes for the losing contestant to a specific moment in time during the voting period.