Patent ID: 8832722
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method implemented by a controllable device, the method comprising: executing a voting application with a processor of the controllable device, the voting application configured to interface the controllable device with portable devices via a wireless network; communicating a request to the portable devices to initiate each of the portable devices displaying a voting user interface that includes a listing of media assets that can be displayed for viewing at the controllable device, the voting user interface further including a vote control proximate each of the media assets in the listing of media assets, the vote control enabling each portable device to receive a user-selected vote for one of the media assets in the listing of media assets, the voting user interface further including a decline vote control enabling each portable device to receive a user-selected decline vote; receiving the user-selected votes and the user-selected decline votes from one or more of the portable devices via the wireless network; aggregating each received vote to determine voting results; determining that two or more media assets have received a same number of the user-selected votes when determining the voting results; communicating an additional request to the portable devices for a tiebreaker vote to select one of the two or more media assets that have received the same number of user-selected votes; receiving the tiebreaker votes from one or more of the portable devices via the wireless network; aggregating each of the received tiebreaker votes to determine tiebreaker voting results; and selecting a media asset to display for viewing at the controllable device based on the tiebreaker voting results, the media asset selected from the two or more media assets that received the most tiebreaker votes, the selecting the media asset further comprising automatically selecting one of the two or more media assets that have received the same number of the user-selected votes if no tiebreaker votes are received.