Patent ID: 8006899

Claim:
A plurality of tickets for creating a synchronously presented lighting effect from an audience in a controlled access venue for a performance, wherein each of the plurality of tickets comprises: a. a substrate, having a first side adapted to support a readable identification code and a second side for supporting a message; b. a power source embedded in the substrate; c. at least one light electrically connected to the power source; d. a controller with a processor, a data storage, and computer instructions stored in the data storage, for instructing the processor to operate the at least one light in a predetermined sequence; and e. an actuator associated with the substrate and in communication with the processor, wherein the actuator initiates the lighting effect, and wherein the actuator is a member of the group consisting of: i. a sound receiver embedded in the substrate for receiving a first signal from a performance transmitter; ii. a pull tab disposed on the substrate; iii. a second signal from a network transmitter connected to a network; iv. a switch disposed on the substrate; and v. combinations thereof; wherein the processor of each ticket operates synchronously to create the lighting effect simultaneously with the plurality of tickets by synchronously operating during the performance and while controlling access to the controlled access venue allowing each holder to interactively participate with the performance.