Viewer interactive event system
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving contestant selections from a plurality of viewers, each of said contestant selections indicating one or more contestants selected by the viewers from a plurality of contestants;
generating production information based on the received contestant selections; and
assigning a point value to one or more of said plurality of viewers based on a contestant selection received from said one or more of said one or more viewers.
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Abstract
An Internet or phone polling system provides audiences of competitive events the opportunity to interact with these events by determining which contestants may compete and the activities the contestants will perform. The audience may then judge the performance of each contestant by rating performances. The audience members compete against one another by predicting the overall top rated contestants. The audience members compete against one another while controlling and determining the outcome of the competitive event they are viewing. The system provides viewers as well as the contestants a chance to win awards, cash and prizes as a result of their participation.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving contestant selections from a plurality of viewers, each of said contestant selections indicating one or more contestants selected by the viewers from a plurality of contestants;
generating production information based on the received contestant selections; and
assigning a point value to one or more of said plurality of viewers based on a contestant selection received from said one or more of said one or more viewers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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presenting an audition production to a plurality of viewers, said audition production comprising a plurality of contestants;
receiving votes from a plurality of viewers;
selecting one or more contestants from said plurality of contestants based on the received votes;
assigning one or more points to viewers that voted for one or more of the contestants; and
creating a second production including said one or more contestants in a second production. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30)
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19. Apparatus comprising:
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a receiver operative to receive viewer selections from a plurality of viewer input devices, said viewer selections including information indicative of a plurality of contestants in a competition;
a processor operative to assign points to viewers in response to received viewer selections and to generate production information in response to received viewer selections, said production information including information indicative of one or more contestants selected by a highest number of viewers; and
a memory operative to store viewer selections and viewer information including viewer points.
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29. An article comprising a machine-readable medium including machine-executable instructions, the instructions operative to cause a machine to perform operations including:
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receive contestant selections from a plurality of viewers, each of said contestant selections indicating one or more contestants selected by the viewers from a plurality of contestants;
generate production information based on the received contestant selections; and
assign a point value to one or more of said plurality of viewers based on a contestant selection received from said one or more viewers.
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31. An article comprising a machine-readable medium including machine-executable instructions, the instructions operative to cause a machine to:
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present an audition production to a plurality of viewers, said audition production comprising a plurality of contestants;
receive votes from a plurality of viewers;
select one or more contestants from said plurality of contestants based on the received votes;
assign one or more points to viewers that voted for one or more of the contestants; and
create a second production including said one or more contestants in a second production. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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