Animated interactive polling system, method, and computer program product
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1. An system for conducting a poll, comprising:
- a first network operations center (NOC) for providing content, said content including at least one of television programming or data, wherein said data includes at least one of the poll or a polling response;
a plurality of client devices, each of said plurality of client devices for a respective one of a plurality of users, each of said plurality of client devices having a display, a receiver, and an interactive input device, wherein each of said client devices is adapted to present the poll to the user, to receive the polling response from the user, to transmit the polling response from the user to said first NOC, to receive aggregated polling responses from said first NOC, to calculate an intermediate or a range of aggregated poll results, and to display in an animated, continually-updated fashion said intermediate or range of aggregated poll results to the user; and
a distribution network, wherein said first NOC is adapted to receive said polling responses from each of said client devices, to compile said aggregated polling responses, and to transmit said aggregated polling responses to said plurality of client devices.
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Abstract
A method of performing a poll, including the steps of presenting the poll to a plurality of users, receiving a response from each of the plurality of users, compiling an aggregated polling result, and displaying an animated, continually-updated depiction of the aggregated polling result.
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1. An system for conducting a poll, comprising:
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a first network operations center (NOC) for providing content, said content including at least one of television programming or data, wherein said data includes at least one of the poll or a polling response;
a plurality of client devices, each of said plurality of client devices for a respective one of a plurality of users, each of said plurality of client devices having a display, a receiver, and an interactive input device, wherein each of said client devices is adapted to present the poll to the user, to receive the polling response from the user, to transmit the polling response from the user to said first NOC, to receive aggregated polling responses from said first NOC, to calculate an intermediate or a range of aggregated poll results, and to display in an animated, continually-updated fashion said intermediate or range of aggregated poll results to the user; and
a distribution network, wherein said first NOC is adapted to receive said polling responses from each of said client devices, to compile said aggregated polling responses, and to transmit said aggregated polling responses to said plurality of client devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 29)
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17. A method of performing a poll, comprising:
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presenting the poll to a plurality of users;
receiving a response from each of the plurality of users;
compiling an aggregated polling result; and
displaying an animated, continually-updated depiction of the aggregated polling result. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for polling, comprising:
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providing content to a plurality of users, the content including at least one of programming or data, wherein the data includes a poll;
presenting the poll to each of the plurality of users;
collecting votes for the poll; and
providing an animated, continually-updated depiction of aggregated polling results to the plurality of users. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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