Patent ID: 8167725
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: transmitting code for a computer-implemented game to a client device, the computer implemented game including an in-game voting module that allows a player of the computer implemented game to cast one or more votes for participants in a television program; receiving a request to vote for participants in the television program from the in-game voting module; allocating, using at least one processor of a machine, at least one vote to the player of the computer-implemented game in response to the request to vote by: accessing game data for the player of the computer-implemented game; and allocating the at least one vote to the player of the computer-implemented game based on in-game tasks performed by the player, the performed in-game tasks being determined from the game data; and notifying the in-game voting module of the at least one vote allocated to the player of the game.