Patent ID: 7792539

Claim:
A method for enabling interactive participation by enrolled participants during activity occurring at a college campus venue attended by a plurality of persons, said enrolled participants employing a wireless interactive device having a unique signature associated therewith and capability to: (i) receive and transmit messages; (ii) accept input via a user input interface; (iii) output messages to a user output interface; and (iv) transmit said unique signature, the method comprising the steps of: enrolling at least some of said persons as enrolled participants, each being equipped with one of said wireless interactive devices; providing a wireless communication system appointed to transmit and receive messages with said interactive device; querying said enrolled participants to respond to at least one query with an answer entered through said user input interface and transmitted by said interactive device; and receiving answers entered by said enrolled participants; wherein said wireless interactive device further comprises localization circuitry appointed to transmit a location signal indicative of a physical location of said device, said method further comprises the step of detecting said transmitted location signal; and wherein said enrolling step is effected automatically for persons attending said college campus venue and possessing a said wireless interactive device, upon detection of said transmitted location signal indicative of a physical location within said college campus venue.