Patent ID: 8656440

Claim:
A method comprising: accessing a ticket box office to purchase a ticket for a virtual seat at an event by providing information including financial information and credential information to the ticket box office, wherein a camera set is reserved by mapping the purchased ticket to the camera set and a ticket is generated at the ticket box office by signing a digital certification for the reserved camera set issued by and transmitted from an authenticating agent, which receives an identification of the reserved camera set via a secure channel; receiving the ticket by a user, wherein the ticket is used to gain access to a secure website hosting one or more of a plurality of events; selecting the event from the plurality of events, wherein the selected event is mapped to the camera set, the camera set comprising a remote camera and a microphone; viewing the event from a plurality of viewing perspectives by controlling the remote camera; providing audio input, via the microphone, associated with the viewing of the event; and sharing the viewing of the event by participating in a virtual community, wherein members of the virtual community commonly experience the event via the remote camera and audio input, the members of the virtual community interacting with each other regarding the event through communication channels, wherein the communication channels comprise multi-channel phone conversations.