Viewer Interactive Event System
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1. A method comprising:
- presenting a competition to a plurality of viewers, said competition comprising a plurality of competition elements;
receiving responses to said plurality of competition elements from said plurality of viewers;
identifying at least one competition element from said plurality of competition elements receiving a highest number of responses from said plurality of viewers; and
assigning a point value to viewers based on said highest number of responses from said plurality of 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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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting a competition to a plurality of viewers, said competition comprising a plurality of competition elements;
receiving responses to said plurality of competition elements from said plurality of viewers;
identifying at least one competition element from said plurality of competition elements receiving a highest number of responses from said plurality of viewers; and
assigning a point value to viewers based on said highest number of responses from said plurality of viewers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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2. An apparatus comprising:
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a receiver operative to receiver viewer responses from a plurality of viewer input devices, said viewer responses including information indicative of a plurality of competition elements;
a processor operative to assign points to viewers in response to received viewer responses and to generate competition information in response to received viewer responses, said competition information including information indicative of at least one competition element in said plurality of competition elements selected by a highest number of viewers; and
a memory operative to store viewer responses and viewer information including viewer points. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. 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 competition element responses from a plurality of viewers, each of said competition element responses based on at least one competition element responded to by said plurality of viewers from a plurality of competition elements;
generate competition information based on said competition element responses; and
assign a point value to said plurality of viewers based on at least one competition element response received from said plurality of viewers. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. 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 interactive event to a plurality of viewers, said interactive event comprising a plurality of competition elements;
receive responses from said plurality of viewers;
select at least one competition element from said plurality of competition elements based on the received responses;
assign points to viewers that responded to at least one of said plurality of competition elements; and
create a product based on said selected at least one competition element. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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