Patent ID: 8239454

Claim:
A method for providing a chat room service over at least one network, the method comprising the steps of: sending a message inviting a recipient to enter a chat room, wherein the message is sent via at least one of TV, radio, internet or print media; receiving a response to the invitation from a recipient; providing the recipient a menu of chat rooms of selectable issues; limiting the number of recipients that can be switched into a chat room for a selected issue as active recipients; setting up a second chat room for a selected event when the number of recipients in the chat room reaches a defined limit; identifying the point of view of a recipient about an issue prior to switching the recipient into a chat room of the event selected where the subject matter being discussed is at least debatable as to at least two distinctly different points of view; switching the recipient to a chat room on the selected issue which has not reached the defined limit, wherein the recipient is switched into a chat room on the selected issue based on his point of view so as to populate the chat room with number of recipients balanced between the two distinct points of view to the nearest extent; and charging a fee for participation in the chat room.