SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS VIA A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK

• US 20100017534A1
• Filed: 07/17/2009
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shrage Smilowitz
• Original Assignee: Shrage Smilowitz
• Inventors: Smilowitz, Shrage
• Application Number:
  US12/504,747
• Publication Number:
  US 20100017534A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/231
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1822 Conducting the conference, e.g. admission, detection, selection or grouping of participants, correlating users to one or more conference sessions, prioritising transmission

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system of and method for executing a real-time, interactive question-and-answer session broadcast to users via a global computer network. In one embodiment, a method of providing real-time question and answer sessions via a global computer network comprises providing a network-accessible data portal hosted on a central server, accessible to a plurality of clients in a global computer network; receiving at the central server, a multimedia data stream from a broadcast host; displaying the multimedia data stream to a plurality of clients, including at least a first client, via the network-accessible data portal; receiving responsive data from the first client; and presenting the responsive data to the broadcast host; wherein the multimedia data stream is presented to the plurality of clients in real-time.

Claims

1. A method of providing real-time question and answer sessions via a global computer network comprising:

providing a network-accessible data portal hosted on a central server, accessible to a plurality of clients in a global computer network;

receiving at the central server, a multimedia data stream from a broadcast host;

displaying the multimedia data stream to a plurality of clients, including at least a first client, via the network-accessible data portal;

receiving responsive data from the first client; and

presenting a summary of the responsive data to the broadcast host;

wherein the multimedia data stream is presented to the plurality of clients in real-time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the multimedia data stream comprises one of at least audio or visual data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the multimedia data stream to a second client; and

presenting the responsive data to the second client.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein presenting the responsive data to the second client occurs through the network-accessible data portal.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving additional responsive data from the second client; and

presenting the additional responsive data to the broadcast host and the first client.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the responsive data comprises at least one of audio data, video data, text, or a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a subject-matter of the multimedia data stream comprises at least one of economics, accounting, graphic design, computer literacy, word processing, or computer programming.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the responsive data comprises subject matter substantially identical to the multimedia data stream.

9. A computer-readable medium, stored on a central server, having computer-executable instructions for performing a method, comprising:

enabling a network-accessible data portal hosted on a central server, accessible to a plurality of clients in a global computer network;

receiving a multimedia data stream from a broadcast host;

displaying the multimedia data stream to a plurality of clients, including at least a first client, via the network-accessible data portal;

receiving responsive data from the first client; and

presenting a summary of the responsive data to the broadcast host;

wherein the multimedia data stream is presented to the plurality of clients in real-time.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the multimedia data stream comprises one of at least audio or visual data.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying the multimedia data stream to a second client; and

presenting the responsive data to the second client.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein presenting the responsive data to the second client occurs through the network-accessible data portal.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving additional responsive data from the second client; and

presenting the additional responsive data to the broadcast host and the first client.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the responsive data comprises at least one of audio data, video data, text, or a combination thereof.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein a subject-matter of the multimedia data stream comprises at least one of economics, accounting, graphic design, computer literacy, word processing, or computer programming.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the responsive data comprises subject matter substantially identical to the multimedia data stream.

17. A system for providing real-time question and answer sessions via a global computer network comprising:

a network-accessible data portal hosted on a central server, accessible to a plurality of clients in a global computer network;

a multimedia data stream generated from a broadcast host, and presented to a plurality of clients, including a first client;

a responsive data generated from the first client; and

a summary of the responsive data presented to the broadcast host;

wherein the multimedia data stream is presented to the plurality of clients in real-time.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising additional responsive data generated from a second client, and presented to the broadcast host.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the responsive data comprises at least one of audio data, video data, text, or a combination thereof.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein a subject-matter of the multimedia data stream comprises at least one of economics, accounting, graphic design, computer literacy, word processing, or computer programming.