Systems and methods to manage privilege to speak
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1. A method, comprising:
- presenting, by a computing device, a broadcast to an audience comprising a plurality of members, the broadcast selected from the group consisting of a radio station broadcast, a television station broadcast and a teleconference;
receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of bids from a respective plurality of members of the audience for the privilege to provide communications input as part of the broadcast;
selecting, via the computing device, a member from the plurality of bidding audience members to provide communications input as part of the broadcast based at least in part on a value of the bid from the selected audience member;
receiving communications input from the selected audience member; and
transmitting the communications input received from the selected audience member to the audience as part of the broadcast.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to prioritize requests for speaking privilege in a communication session. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving from an audience one or more bids for privilege to speak in a communication session; selecting one or more speakers from the audience based at least in part on the one or more bids; receiving voice communications from the one or more speakers; and transmitting the voice communications to the audience in the communication session.
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1. A method, comprising:
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presenting, by a computing device, a broadcast to an audience comprising a plurality of members, the broadcast selected from the group consisting of a radio station broadcast, a television station broadcast and a teleconference; receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of bids from a respective plurality of members of the audience for the privilege to provide communications input as part of the broadcast; selecting, via the computing device, a member from the plurality of bidding audience members to provide communications input as part of the broadcast based at least in part on a value of the bid from the selected audience member; receiving communications input from the selected audience member; and transmitting the communications input received from the selected audience member to the audience as part of the broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tangible non-transitory machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
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present a broadcast to an audience comprising a plurality of members, the broadcast selected from the group consisting of a radio station broadcast, a television station broadcast and a teleconference; receive a plurality of bids from a respective plurality of members of the audience for the privilege to provide communications input as part of the broadcast; select a member from the plurality of bidding audience members to provide communications input as part of the broadcast based at least in part on a value of the bid from the selected audience member; receive communications input from the selected audience member; and transmit the communications input received from the selected audience member to the audience as part of the broadcast.
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20. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to; present a broadcast to an audience comprising a plurality of members, the broadcast selected from the group consisting of a radio station broadcast, a television station broadcast and a teleconference; receive a plurality of bids from a respective plurality of members of the audience for the privilege to provide communications input as part of the broadcast; select a member from the plurality of bidding audience members to provide communications input as part of the broadcast based at least in part on a value of the bid from the selected audience member; receive communications input from the selected audience member; and transmit the communications input received from the selected audience member to the audience as part of the broadcast.
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