Patent ID: 8392206

Claim:
A method of providing user participation in a social broadcast environment, comprising: Receiving from a user of a broadcast a network communication comprising an intention to expend a rocket that includes a preference data indicating a preference of the user that a promoted content be included in the broadcast; Using a social broadcasting server to automatically provider to the user, via a responsive network communication, a feedback data that includes a predicated future time at which the promoted content may be included in the broadcast based at least in part on a score, wherein the rocket increases the score; Receiving an indication from a gaming platform server that a second user has earned a bomb, wherein the bomb is one of a limited supply of bombs; Receiving from the second user an intention to expend the bomb on the promoted content, wherein the bomb decreases the score; and Updating the first user with a second feedback data that includes an updated future time at which the promoted content may be included in the broadcast based at least in part on the decreased score.