Voting campaigns using universal voting card
First Claim
1. A method of managing a plurality of voting campaigns, comprising:
- receiving a vote Short Message Service (SMS) message from a wireless carrier of a card holder of a generic voting card, the vote SMS message having a card identifier identifying the generic voting card, a source address and a vote associated with a first campaign, the vote being issued by the card holder;
validating an identity of the cardholder using the card identifier and the source address;
verifying that a number of remaining votes associated with the card is sufficient for processing the vote;
processing the vote when the identity is validated and the number of remaining votes is sufficient; and
reducing the number of remaining votes.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing a universal voting card (UVC) is disclosed. Generic votes stored in association with a UVC may be used at any time in any combination against voting campaigns that span, e.g., wireless carrier networks, television networks and television shows. A generic vote is issued by a UVC holder through the dispatch of an SMS message to a destination address (USC, toll-free TN, etc.). Each time that a generic vote is issued by a UVC holder the ‘number of votes remaining’ on the UVC is decremented; when the ‘number of votes remaining’ on the UVC reaches zero then the UVC is no longer usable.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of managing a plurality of voting campaigns, comprising:
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receiving a vote Short Message Service (SMS) message from a wireless carrier of a card holder of a generic voting card, the vote SMS message having a card identifier identifying the generic voting card, a source address and a vote associated with a first campaign, the vote being issued by the card holder;
validating an identity of the cardholder using the card identifier and the source address;
verifying that a number of remaining votes associated with the card is sufficient for processing the vote;
processing the vote when the identity is validated and the number of remaining votes is sufficient; and
reducing the number of remaining votes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system of managing a plurality of voting campaigns, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving a vote Short Message Service (SMS) message from a wireless carrier of a card holder of a generic voting card, the vote SMS message having a card identifier identifying the generic voting card, a source address and a vote associated with a first campaign, the vote being issued by the card holder;
a voting card platform for validating an identity of the cardholder using the card identifier and the source address, verifying that a number of remaining votes associated with the card is sufficient for processing the vote, and managing the number of remaining votes; and
a campaign manager platform for processing the vote when the identity is validated and the number of remaining votes is sufficient. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system of managing a plurality of voting campaigns, comprising:
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means for receiving a vote Short Message Service (SMS) message from a wireless carrier of a card holder of a generic voting card, the SMS message having a card identifier identifying the generic voting card, a source address and a vote associated with a first campaign, the vote being issued by the card holder;
means for validating an identity of the cardholder using the card identifier and the source address;
means for verifying that a number of remaining votes associated with the card is sufficient for processing the vote;
means for processing the vote when the identity is validated and the number of remaining votes is sufficient; and
means for reducing the number of remaining votes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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