Patent ID: 7817788

Claim:
A content distribution system, comprising: a studio set having an area for a presenter to be located; at least one camera positionable to capture a scene at the area where the presenter is to be located; a transmission system connected to the camera, the transmission system having hardware required to transmit the scene captured by the camera to a plurality of remote locations, to be viewed by viewers on screens located at the remote locations, and having the capability to transmit a call-in number to the plurality of remote locations; a show account database; a plurality of credit card numbers stored in the show account database; a call-receiving system, connected to at least one telephone network, to receive a call from at least one of the viewers entering the call-in number; a linking module associating the viewer entering the call-in number with a credit card number in the show account database; a charge module that charges a credit card account corresponding to the credit card number associated with the viewer entering the call-in number; and a speaker, at least in proximity to the studio set, connected to the call-receiving system, to allow the call to go through to the presenter at the studio set.