Patent ID: 8010623

Claim:
A method for using multimedia service presented at a venue event, comprising: obtaining a pre-approved activation code associated with the venue event; activating the multimedia service using the pre-approved activation code and a cellular phone number of a cellular phone; sending, using the cellular phone, an initial request for a first portion of the multimedia service synchronized to the venue event for a pre-determined length of time less than a total time of the venue event, wherein the initial request is authenticated by a verification server based on the cellular phone number and a locality of the cellular phone being within a pre-determined range from a pre-determined locality of the venue event; start receiving, in response to the initial request being authenticated, the first portion of the multimedia service using the cellular phone for the pre-determined length of time and within the pre-determined range from the pre-determined locality of the venue, wherein the receiving of the first portion of the multimedia service is synchronized to a calculated current time position in the venue event based on a time when the initial request is authenticated; stop receiving the first portion of the multimedia service at an end of the pre-determined length of time; sending, using the cellular phone prior to an end of the venue event and within a pre-determined time interval subsequent to sending the initial request, a subsequent request for a second portion of the multimedia service synchronized to the venue event; and receiving a first rejection of the subsequent request.