Patent ID: 7826789

Claim:
A method of interactive broadcasting, comprising: transmitting an FM broadcast with a broadcast transceiver associated with a broadcast transmitting electronic device, the broadcast for reception by one or more broadcast receiving electronic devices that have compatible receivers and that are within a transmission range of the broadcast transceiver, wherein the broadcast includes audio-based subject matter and connection data for at least one of establishing a communications interface with the broadcast transmitting electronic device or addressing a message to the broadcast transmitting electronic device; receiving a message from one of the broadcast receiving electronic devices, wherein said message is a text message, that is tuned to the broadcast; displaying the message to a user of the broadcast transmitting electronic device for review; and determining if the user elects to include the message as part of the broadcast and, if so, adding the message to the broadcast for receipt by the broadcast receiving electronic devices that are tuned to the broadcast, the adding of the message establishing interactive commentary among users of the broadcast receiving electronic devices and the user of the broadcast transmitting electronic device.