Audience interaction system and method

• US 10,681,198 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2017
• Issued: 06/09/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nymbus, LLC
• Original Assignee: Nymbus, LLC
• Inventors: Wright, David, Amoscato, Nicholas, Beck, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): Appiah, Charles N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zhang, Xiang
• Application Number:
  US15/684,500
• Publication Number:
  US 20180077276A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/014 Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions

Abstract

A retrieving component connects to a server to download a cue stack for the interactive event with the cue stack having a series of cues for a plurality of effects, including at least one of a screen color effect, a screen image effect, and a flashing effect, arranged in a predetermined order. A receiving component receives at least one cue trigger from a localized trigger generator. A rendering component matches the cue trigger to a cue within the cue stack. The rendering component can activate the screen to display a color in response to a cue for a screen color effect, can activate the screen to display an image in response to a cue for a screen image effect, and can activate the flashing device in response to a cue for a flashing effect.

Claims

1. A mobile computing system for participating in a location-based interactive event comprising:

a bracelet having a movement sensor for detecting movement of the bracelet and for generating an impulse in response to the movement, and

a smartphone coupled to the bracelet movement sensor,

wherein the bracelet and the smartphone are located within the same location-based interactive event venue,

wherein the smartphone includes electronic indicia corresponding to the smartphone owner and a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions and memory storing computer-executable instructions configured to;

receive the impulse from the movement sensor,

connect to the Internet upon receipt of the impulse, and

generate output for transmission over the Internet with the output including output to add the smartphone owner to an email mailing list upon receipt of the impulse from the movement sensor.

2. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the movement is a shock selected from the group consisting of a clap, a first pump, a high-five, a jump, a dance movement, and a hand wave.

3. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the smartphone is coupled to a server that hosts a social media application on the Internet and the output includes instructions to post a status update on the social media application.

4. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the smartphone connects to a server that hosts a social media application over the Internet and the output includes instructions to post a like on the social media application.

5. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the smartphone connects to a server that hosts a social media application over the Internet and the output includes instructions to share content selected from the group consisting of a photo, a video, and a hyperlink on the social media application.

6. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the smartphone includes a camera and the smartphone can utilize the camera to take the photo upon receipt of the impulse from the movement sensor.

7. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the smartphone connects to an Internet server that hosts an application that has at least one of an electronic coupon and an electronic prize voucher, and the output includes instructions to request the at least one of an electronic coupon and an electronic prize voucher upon receipt of the impulse from the movement sensor.

8. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a shock sensor for posting social media content to a display device upon receipt of a trigger.

9. A computer-implemented method for participating in a location-based interactive event, the computer-implemented method comprising:

coupling a mobile device to a bracelet having a movement sensor within the same location-based interactive event venue,

sending an impulse to the mobile device in response to a shock to the movement sensor,

connecting the mobile device to the Internet upon receipt of the impulse,

generating output for transmission over the Internet with the mobile device,

sending the output over the Internet, and

enabling a subscription to an electronic email mailing list over the Internet in response to the shock to the movement sensor.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the mobile device is smartphone.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

connecting to a server that hosts a social media application on the Internet; and

enabling the posting of a status update on the social media application.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

connecting to a server that hosts a social media application on the Internet; and

enabling the posting of a like on the social media application.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

connecting to a server that hosts a social media application on the Internet; and

enabling the sharing of content selected from the group consisting of a photo, a video, and a hyperlink on the social media application.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

enabling a camera on the smartphone to take the photo upon receipt of the impulse from the movement sensor.

15. A mobile computing system for participating in a location-based interactive event comprising:

a bracelet having a movement sensor for detecting a shock to the bracelet and for generating an impulse in response to the shock, and

a smartphone coupled to the bracelet movement sensor,

wherein the bracelet and the smartphone are located within the same location-based interactive event venue;

wherein the smartphone includes means for receiving the impulse from the movement sensor, means for connecting to an external network upon receipt of the impulse, and means for generating output for transmission over the external network; and

wherein the output includes adding the smartphone owner to an email mailing list upon receipt of the impulse from the movement sensor.

16. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 15, wherein the smartphone is coupled to a server that hosts a social media application on the Internet and the output includes instructions to post a status update on the social media application.

17. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 15, wherein the smartphone connects to a server that hosts a social media application over the Internet and the output includes instructions to post a like on the social media application.

18. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 15, wherein the smartphone connects to a server that hosts a social media application over the Internet and the output includes instructions to share content selected from the group consisting of a photo, a video, and a hyperlink on the social media application.

19. The mobile computing system as set forth in claim 15, further comprising means for posting social media content to a display device upon receipt of a trigger.