Patent ID: 8340059

Claim:
A response system, comprising: a plurality of base units and a proximity transmitter; a plurality of response units, each of said response units adapted that receives user input selection communicates that user input selection with one of said base units utilizing wireless communication; each of said response units that receives personality data when in a first mode communicates with one of said base units according to the personality data, the personality data determining which of said base units that particular one of said response units communicates, wherein said base units communicating with said response units according to the personality data of said response units to receive user input selections; and wherein each of said response units that communicates with said proximity transmitter at close proximity when that response unit is in said first mode is provided personality data to that response unit in order to join that response unit to one of said base units and wherein each of said response units that communicates with the one of said base units to which that response unit is joined when that response unit is in a second mode transmits a user input selection to that one of said base units.