System and method for gathering information from users of mobile audiovisual broadcast content
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1. A method of interactive broadcasting, comprising:
- broadcasting an item of audiovisual content for receipt by mobile electronic devices that are present within a communication range of one or more wireless access points, the one or more wireless access points collectively having a corresponding communication range that forms a local region;
providing an information submission mechanism that is available to the mobile electronic devices over the one or more wireless access points; and
receiving information from mobile electronic devices that each playback the same item of audiovisual content from the broadcast in the local region, the information received via the information submission mechanism for local data collection so that the local region is a local interactive environment for users of the mobile electronic devices.
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Abstract
A method of interactive broadcasting may include broadcasting audiovisual content for receipt by mobile electronic devices that are present within a communication range of a wireless access point. An information submission mechanism may be made available to the mobile electronic devices over the wireless access point. Users of the mobile electronic devices may submit information using the information submission mechanism to a server. The submitted information may be responsive to a request for user input related to the audiovisual content.
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1. A method of interactive broadcasting, comprising:
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broadcasting an item of audiovisual content for receipt by mobile electronic devices that are present within a communication range of one or more wireless access points, the one or more wireless access points collectively having a corresponding communication range that forms a local region; providing an information submission mechanism that is available to the mobile electronic devices over the one or more wireless access points; and receiving information from mobile electronic devices that each playback the same item of audiovisual content from the broadcast in the local region, the information received via the information submission mechanism for local data collection so that the local region is a local interactive environment for users of the mobile electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of interactive broadcasting, comprising:
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receiving a broadcast of an item of audiovisual content with a mobile electronic device and playing back the item of audiovisual content to a user of the mobile electronic device; establishing a data communication link with a wireless access point that services other mobile electronic devices that receive the broadcast and playback the same item of audiovisual content to respective users, wherein the wireless access point has a corresponding range that forms at least part of a local region defined by a collective range of one or more wireless access points that includes the wireless access point, and the other mobile electronic devices are located within the local region; and submitting information from the mobile electronic device to a server via the wireless access point, the information responsive to a request for user input related to the item of audiovisual content so that the local region is a local interactive environment for the user of the mobile electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for interactive broadcasting, comprising:
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one or more wireless access points that collectively have a corresponding communication range that forms a local region and provides network connectivity to mobile electronic devices; a broadcaster used to broadcast an item of audiovisual content to the mobile electronic devices; and a server that hosts an information submission mechanism that is available to the mobile electronic devices over the one or more wireless access points and through which information that is responsive to a request for user input related to the item of audiovisual content is received from mobile electronic devices that each playback the same item of audiovisual content from the broadcast so that the local region is a local interactive environment for users of the mobile electronic devices.
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