Mass Viewer Audience Circuit Based Real Time Participation In Interactive Applications Displayed Live On Display Screens
First Claim
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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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward mass viewer audience circuit based real time participation in live TV shows, and other interactive applications displayed on electronic billboards, so-called vidiwalls, and the like. The present invention includes a Mass Viewer Audience Response Detection (MVARD) gateway for establishing 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 an interactive application, and transmitting real time information regarding the 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 on 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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21 Claims
- 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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6. A communication platform for enabling mass viewer audience circuit based real time participation in an interactive application displayed live on at least one display screen, the platform comprising:
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(a) an application server 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 to call a callback telephone number of the at least one callback telephone number to actively participate therein; and (b) a Mass Viewer Audience Response Detection (MVARD) gateway on receiving circuit based telephone calls from callers'"'"' telephones, establishing inbound half duplex line connections with callers'"'"' telephones for determining callers'"'"' DTMF key depressions corresponding to their real time responses to the interactive application, and transmitting real time information regarding the callers'"'"' responses to said application server 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 on 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. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for enabling mass viewer audience circuit based real time participation in an interactive application displayed live on at least one display screen, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying an interactive application 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 to call a callback telephone number of the at least one callback telephone number to actively participate therein; (b) on receiving circuit based telephone calls from callers'"'"' telephones, establishing inbound half duplex line connections with callers'"'"' telephones for determining callers'"'"' DTMF key depressions corresponding to their real time responses to the interactive application; and (c) 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. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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