Patent ID: 8745165

Claim:
A system for managing distribution of rich media contents between a group of mobile devices of users in a recreational venue, each of the users being persons visiting the recreational venue as guests, the system comprising: a communications server accessible by a mobile device; a local services network interactively connected to the communications server; a rich media control application resident on the communications server, the rich media control application configured to: receive a rich media access code sent by a first user of using a first mobile device for opting in the group, wherein the first user is a first person visiting the recreational venue; opt the first mobile device in the group using the rich media access code; receive the rich media access code sent by a second user of using a second mobile device for opting in the group, wherein the second user is a second person visiting the recreational venue; opt the second mobile device in the group using the rich media access code; receive a rich media content from the first mobile device of the first user, wherein the rich media content is created by the first user or at a request of the first user while visiting the recreational venue; and send a notification message in response to receiving the rich media content to each of the mobile devices opted in the group of mobile devices using the rich media access code including the second mobile device.