Voting system and method
First Claim
1. A voting method for use by a voter, the method comprising:
- receiving a voting token, the voting token being associated with an electronically-distributed event;
placing a vote with said voting token for selecting a choice associated with said electronically-distributed event; and
invalidating said voting token, thereby preventing repeated use of said voting token for voting.
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Abstract
A system and a method for voting with a unique one-time token by an audience member, which is fully automated. The token is preferably usable only within a predetermined lifespan, such that the time period for collecting the data is predefined. If the audience is to be allowed to submit more than one preference, or to have more than one “vote”, preferably a plurality of tokens are provided to the audience member. According to one embodiment, such a plurality of tokens are all preferably of equal weight, or generic. Alternatively, such tokens may optionally and preferably be classified, in which a first token is for voting for a first preference, a second token is for voting for a second preference, and so forth.
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63 Claims
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1. A voting method for use by a voter, the method comprising:
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receiving a voting token, the voting token being associated with an electronically-distributed event;
placing a vote with said voting token for selecting a choice associated with said electronically-distributed event; and
invalidating said voting token, thereby preventing repeated use of said voting token for voting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28)
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20. A method for voting comprising:
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electronically receiving a voting token associated with an electronically-distributed event;
associating said voting token with a choice from within said electronically-distributed event; and
transmitting said voting token to a voting center and preventing reuse of said voting token.
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21. A voting method for use by a voter in a system where a voting token is received, said voting token being associated with an electronically-distributed event, the method comprising:
performing both of the following;
placing the vote, the vote being associated with the electronically-distributed event; and
invalidating said voting token, thereby preventing repeated use of the token for voting.
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22. A voting method for use by a voter, the method comprising:
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receiving a voting token, said voting token being associated with an electronically-distributed event;
choosing a vote, the vote being associated with a choice from within an electronically-distributed event;
invalidating said voting token, thereby preventing repeated use of the token for voting; and
transmitting the vote to a voting center, wherein said voting token is invalidated before transmission of the vote. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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29. A voting method for use by a voter, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of voting tokens, the plurality of voting tokens being associated with an electronically-distributed event; and
selecting one voting token as a selected voting token from the plurality of voting tokens and performing both of the following for the selected voting token;
placing a vote, the vote being associated with a choice from the electronically distributed event; and
invalidating the selected voting token, thereby preventing repeated use of the token for voting. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40)
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38. A voting method for use by a voter, the method comprising:
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receiving a voting token, said voting token being associated with an electronically-distributed event; and
placing a vote, the vote being associated with the electronically-distributed event;
wherein the vote is not limited to a predetermined finite set of choices. - View Dependent Claims (39, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A system for voting by an audience member with a vote according to an electronically-distributed event, the system comprising:
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(a) a central authority for distributing a token for voting to the audience member; and
(b) an end user device for receiving said token from said central authority and for receiving the vote from the audience member, such that said token is returned to said central authority according to the vote of the audience member. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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