Patent ID: 8200203

Claim:
A receiving device that enables a response to a data stream sent in combination with a specific broadcast event, the receiving device comprising: a receiver module that detects a specific broadcast event and extracts from at least a portion of a data stream at least one identifier, wherein the at least one identifier is at least a portion of data required to enable a response authentication system to uniquely identify the specific broadcast event; memory for storing at a minimum the at least one identifier; a communication module for communicating information corresponding at least in part to the specific broadcast event; an input control that enables a selection of at least part of the communicated information that corresponds at least in part to the specific broadcast event and further enables the generation of the response; and a transmitter that transmits a response packet corresponding to the response generated using the input control to the response authentication system, the response packet including at a minimum the at least one identifier of the selected part of the communicated information; wherein the receiver module is configured to receive the data stream sent in combination with a broadcast signal from a portion of a database system and the transmitter is configured to transmit the response packet to the response authentication system which is configured to communicate with at least part of the database system, and further wherein the database system is configured to access a first data corollary to the specific broadcast event using at a minimum the data containing the at least one identifier and to access a second data corollary to a responder using at a minimum data that enables an identification of the responder.