Patent ID: 8045965

Claim:
A system for enabling venue-to-venue messaging, comprising: a first messaging device, located at a first venue where a first event is occurring, configured to transmit a first user generated message; a second messaging device, located at a second venue where a second event is occurring, configured to transmit a second user generated message; a communications network, configured to receive the first user generated message and route the first user generated message to the second venue where the second event is occurring concurrently with the first event, and configured to receive the second user generated message and route the second user generated message to the first venue where the first event is occurring concurrently with the second event; a first local venue exchange operably connected to the communications network and associated with the first venue, wherein the first local venue exchange is configured to receive and process the second user generated message transmitted from the second messaging device at the second venue; a second local venue exchange operably connected to the communications network and associated with the second venue, wherein the second local venue exchange is configured to receive and process the first user generated message transmitted from the first messaging device at the first venue; a first content filter configured to censor and edit the second user generated message; a second content filter configured to censor and edit the first user generated message; and a first venue display located at the first venue; and a second venue display located at the second venue, wherein the first and second venue displays are configured to simultaneously display the first and second user generated messages to audiences in attendance at the first and second event.