Patent ID: 8745508
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a service provider subsystem from a poll provider subsystem, data representative of a poll, the poll comprising at least one poll question regarding a media content instance; transmitting, by the service provider subsystem, the media content instance to a plurality of access devices associated with a plurality of users for viewing by the plurality of users; transmitting, by the service provider subsystem in conjunction with the media content instance, the data representative of the poll in a first data format to a plurality of translators for translation and distribution to the plurality of access devices associated with the plurality of users, the plurality of access devices having a plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms comprising a mobile phone service platform, a television service platform, and an internet service platform, wherein the plurality of translators comprises: receiving, by the service provider subsystem from the plurality of translators, data representative of one or more responses to the at least one poll question provided by one or more of the plurality of access devices associated with one or more of the plurality of users, wherein each translator within the plurality of translators is configured to translate the data representative of the one or more responses from the other data format native to one of the plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms to the first data format; aggregating, by the service provider subsystem, the data representative of the one or more responses across the plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms; generating, by the service provider subsystem, poll results based on the aggregated data representative of the one or more responses; and transmitting, by the service provider subsystem, data representative of the poll results to at least one of the poll provider subsystem and the plurality of access devices.