Patent ID: 7886003
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for creating an interactive event that includes interactive components for use with a broadcast event, the system comprising: a server including a display monitor; and one or more computer devices coupled to the server, the one or more computer devices being programmed to generate interactive components for providing to remote clients for storing prior to the broadcast event, the interactive components stored in the remote clients being responsive to messages sent from the server during the interactive event and display the stored interactive components that are indicated by the messages, the one or more computer devices further being programmed to generate a graphical user interface for hosting by the server, the graphical user interface being generated prior to the broadcast event and for displaying on the monitor coupled to the server a representation of the interactive components that are to be displayed during the interactive event, wherein the representation of a particular one of the interactive components on the monitor is configured to be actuated via the graphical user interface, wherein in response to the actuating, the server is configured to transmit to the remote clients one or more of the messages that triggers display of the particular one of the stored interactive components on the remote clients during the interactive event.