SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVITY BETWEEN A HOST AND A USER

• US 20110282965A1
• Filed: 05/17/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IFAN Media
• Original Assignee: IFAN Media
• Inventors: Dodson, Mike
• Application Number:
  US12/781,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282965A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/10 Multimedia information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4758 for providing answers, e.g. voting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02

Abstract

One example embodiment includes a computing environment that includes an application for connecting a remote user to an event host. The application performs a method of providing interactivity between the host and the user. The method includes providing a host for an event and connecting a user to the host over a network. The method also includes transmitting real-time content over the network to the user and transmitting interactive content from the host to the user. The interactive content is related to the real-time content and can be manipulated by the user.

Claims

1. In a computing environment that includes an application for connecting a remote user to an event host, a method of providing interactivity between the host and the user, the method comprising:

providing a host for an event;

connecting a user to the host over a network;

transmitting real-time content over the network to the user; and

transmitting interactive content from the host to the user, wherein;

the interactive content is related to the real-time content; and

the interactive content can be manipulated by the user.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the real-time content includes a radio broadcast.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the real-time content includes video.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the real-time content includes a television broadcast.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the interactive content can be forwarded by the user to a second user.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method further includes transmitting the interactive content to the user only when the user is currently within a defined geographic area.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the method further includes:

connecting a second user to the host over the network; and

transmitting a second interactive content to the second user when the second user is outside the defined geographic area, wherein the second interactive content is different than the interactive content.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the interactive content is customized for the user based on demographic, geographic, or other user profile information

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the interactive content includes a graphic.

10. A method according to claim 9, wherein the graphic includes a video clip.

11. A method according to claim 9, wherein the graphic includes an audio clip.

12. A method according to claim 9, wherein the graphic includes a URL.

13. A method according to claim 9, wherein the graphic includes an image.

14. A computing system comprising a processor and memory which stores one or more computer-executable components that when executed by the processor perform the following steps to provide interactivity between a host and a user:

connecting a user to a host over a network, wherein the user has utilized a multimedia device to connect to the network;

transmitting a broadcast over the network to the user, wherein the broadcast is configured to be published by the multimedia device as;

an audio signal;

or

an image

transmitting interactive content from the host to the user, wherein;

the interactive content is configured to be published by the multimedia device;

the interactive content is related to the content of the radio broadcast; and

the interactive content can be manipulated by the user;

receiving a response from the user; and

providing the response to the host.

15. A system according to claim 14, wherein the multimedia device includes a cell phone.

16. A system according to claim 14, wherein the interactive content includes a poll.

17. A system according to claim 16, wherein providing the response to the host includes providing the combined poll results of all users.

18. A system embodied on a computer-readable storage medium bearing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor operatively coupled to memory on a computer that includes a client application for communicating with a remote computer, carries out a method for providing interactivity between a user and an event host, the system comprising:

a processor;

a monitor, wherein the monitor is configured to display graphics to a user;

a speaker, wherein the speaker is configured to produce an audio signal that can be heard by the user; and

one or more computer readable media, wherein the one or more computer readable media contain a set of computer-executable instructions, the set of computer-executable instructions configured to;

connect a user to a host over a network;

wherein the host is an individual who presents content over the network;

wherein the user is a consumer of the content presented by the host;

receive the content over the network from the host, wherein the content includes;

real-time content, wherein the real-time content is intended to be consumed by the user at reception; and

interactive content, wherein;

the interactive content is related to the real-time content; and

the interactive content allows a user to respond to the host;

and

publish the content, wherein publishing the content includes;

converting the content to an audio signal in the speaker;

or

converting the content to an image on the monitor.

19. A system according to claim 18, wherein the interactive content is transmitted at a pre-scheduled point in the real-time content.

20. A system according to claim 18, wherein the interactive content is transmitted at a point in the real-time content determined at the discretion of the host.