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Mass Viewer Audience Circuit Based Real Time Participation In Interactive Applications Displayed Live On Display Screens

  • US 20090116414A1
  • Filed: 11/18/2004
  • Published: 05/07/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A Mass Viewer Audience Response Detection (MVARD) gateway for providing real time feedback to an interactive application displayed live on at least one display screen together with at least one callback telephone number for enabling members of a mass viewer audience watching the interactive application and calling a callback telephone number of the at least one callback telephone number to actively participate therein, the MVARD gateway comprising a controller for controlling at least one digital telephony interface board to establish inbound half duplex line connections with callers'"'"' telephones on receiving circuit based telephone calls therefrom for determining callers'"'"' DTMF key depressions corresponding to their real time responses to the interactive application, and transmitting real time information regarding callers'"'"' responses for providing real time feedback to the mass viewer audience watching the interactive application, and particularly the callers continuously holding their telephones like a hand held TV remote control and depressing the DTMF keys on their telephones to input their responses to actively participate therein without interrupting their participation to listen to pre-recorded playback messages regarding DTMF key assignments.

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