Broadcast response method and system
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1. A receiving device that enables a response to a data stream sent in combination with a specific broadcast event, the receiving device comprising:
- a receiver module that detects a specific broadcast event and extracts from at least a portion of a data stream at least one identifier, wherein the at least one identifier is at least a portion of data required to enable a response authentication system to uniquely identify the specific broadcast event;
memory for storing at a minimum the at least one identifier;
a communication module for communicating information corresponding at least in part to the specific broadcast event;
an input control that enables a selection of at least part of the communicated information that corresponds at least in part to the specific broadcast event and further enables the generation of the response; and
a transmitter that transmits a response packet corresponding to the response generated using the input control to the response authentication system, the response packet including at a minimum the at least one identifier of the selected part of the communicated information;
wherein the receiver module is configured to receive the data stream sent in combination with a broadcast signal from a portion of a database system and the transmitter is configured to transmit the response packet to the response authentication system which is configured to communicate with at least part of the database system, and further wherein the database system is configured to access a first data corollary to the specific broadcast event using at a minimum the data containing the at least one identifier and to access a second data corollary to a responder using at a minimum data that enables an identification of the responder.
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Abstract
A system and method for broadcast response generally employing RDS, DARC, or similar technology is provided, including a method for responding to a broadcast comprising extracting an event identifier from a broadcast signal; detecting a response by a user to the broadcast signal; polling a communications device to determine a user identifier; and communicating the event identifier and the user identifier when the user response is detected.
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1. A receiving device that enables a response to a data stream sent in combination with a specific broadcast event, the receiving device comprising:
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a receiver module that detects a specific broadcast event and extracts from at least a portion of a data stream at least one identifier, wherein the at least one identifier is at least a portion of data required to enable a response authentication system to uniquely identify the specific broadcast event; memory for storing at a minimum the at least one identifier; a communication module for communicating information corresponding at least in part to the specific broadcast event; an input control that enables a selection of at least part of the communicated information that corresponds at least in part to the specific broadcast event and further enables the generation of the response; and a transmitter that transmits a response packet corresponding to the response generated using the input control to the response authentication system, the response packet including at a minimum the at least one identifier of the selected part of the communicated information; wherein the receiver module is configured to receive the data stream sent in combination with a broadcast signal from a portion of a database system and the transmitter is configured to transmit the response packet to the response authentication system which is configured to communicate with at least part of the database system, and further wherein the database system is configured to access a first data corollary to the specific broadcast event using at a minimum the data containing the at least one identifier and to access a second data corollary to a responder using at a minimum data that enables an identification of the responder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A response authentication system for obtaining a response packet from a receiving device, the system comprising:
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a unique identification module that derives data containing at least one identifier, wherein the at least one identifier is at least a portion of the data required to enable unique identification of a specific broadcast event; a communication module for communicating with a database system, wherein the database system is configured to access a first data corollary to the specific broadcast event by using the data containing the at least one identifier and to access a second data corollary to a responder by using data that enables an identification of the responder; and a response processing module, having one or more processors, for receiving a response packet from a receiving device, wherein the receiving device receives the broadcast event and at least one identifier corollary to the broadcast event, and further wherein at least part of the response packet comprises the at least one identifier to the broadcast event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for interactive communication using a data stream sent in combination with a specific broadcast event to a receiving device, the system comprising:
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a broadcast event transmitter for transmitting at least a specific broadcast event to a receiving device; a data stream transmitter for transmitting at least a data stream to the receiving device, wherein at least a portion of the data stream contains at least one identifier, wherein the identifier is at least a portion of data required to enable a response authentication system to uniquely identify the specific broadcast event; and a communication module, having one or more processors, for communicating with a database system, wherein the database system is configured to access a first data corollary to the specific broadcast event by using the data containing the at least one identifier and to access a second data corollary to a responder by using data that enables an identification of the responder, and wherein at least the portion of the database system further communicates with the response authentication system that receives a response packet containing at a minimum the at least one identifier. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for operating a database system associated with an interactive broadcast media response system, comprising:
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determining a unique database entry identifier, wherein the unique database entry identifier enables access to a database entry; entering information associated with a broadcast event into the database entry using the unique database entry identifier; providing data that enables the determination of the unique database entry identifier to a broadcaster of the broadcast event; receiving the data that enables the determination of the unique database entry identifier from a response authentication system, whereby the response authentication system received the data that enables the determination of the unique database entry identifier in a response packet sourced from a communication device that received the data that enables the determination of the unique database entry identifier in conjunction with the broadcast event; determining the unique database entry identifier using the data that enables the determination of the unique database entry identifier; and accessing a database system using the unique database entry identifier to retrieve at least part of the information stored in the database entry associated with the unique database entry identifier. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 55)
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26. A response database system associated with a response authentication system that uses data that enables the determination of a database entry, comprising:
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a database entry module that enables access to the database entry, wherein information associated with a broadcast event is entered using the data that enables the determination of the database entry; a communication module providing at least part of the data that enables the determination of the database entry to a broadcaster of the broadcast event; a response reception module that receives the data that enables the determination of the database entry from the response authentication system, wherein the response authentication system received at least part of the data that enables the determination of the database entry in a response packet sourced from a communication device that received at least part of the data that enables the determination of the database entry in conjunction with the broadcast event; and a database access module that accesses the database system using the data that enables the determination of the database entry to retrieve at least part of the information stored in the database entry associated with the broadcast event.
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27. A system for interactive communication using a data packet sent in combination with a unique broadcast event to a receiving device, the system comprising:
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a broadcast event transmitter for transmitting at least a unique broadcast event to the receiving device, wherein the receiving device is capable of generating a response corollary to the unique broadcast event and further wherein the response is capable of being received by at least a response authentication system; a data stream transmitter for transmitting at least a data packet to the receiving device, wherein the data packet includes at least content information corollary to the unique broadcast event; and a communication module, having one or more processors, for communicating with a database system, wherein the database system has at least two entries wherein at least one element of a first entry matches at least one element of a second entry, and at least one element of the content information matches at least one element of the first entry and further wherein the response authentication system is capable of accessing the database system and generating an answer to the response corollary to the unique broadcast event using information stored in the database system. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 56, 57, 58)
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33. A response authentication system for obtaining a response packet from a receiving device, the system comprising:
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a communication module for communicating with a database system, wherein the database system has at least two entries and wherein at least one element of a first entry matches at least one element of a second entry, and at least one element of information corollary to a unique broadcast event matches at least one element of the first entry; and a response processing module, having one or more processors, for receiving a response packet from a receiving device wherein the receiving device receives the unique broadcast event and a data packet containing at least the information corollary to the unique broadcast event and further wherein the response packet from the receiving device contains at a minimum a portion of the information corollary to the unique broadcast event received by the receiving device. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 59, 60)
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43. A device that enables a response to a data packet sent in combination with a unique broadcast event, the device comprising:
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a receiver module that detects a unique broadcast event and extracts from at least a portion of the data packet content information corollary to the unique broadcast event, wherein the content information is sourced from a database system that has at a minimum two entries wherein at least one element of a first entry matches at least one element of a second entry, and at least one element of the content information matches at least one element of the first entry; memory for storing at least part of the content information; a communication module for communicating the at least part of the content information to a user; an input control that enables the selection of the at least part of the content information and enables the generation of a response; and a transmitter that transmits a response packet corresponding to the response generated using the input control, the response packet including at a minimum the at least part of the content information, to a response authentication system. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63)
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