VOTING SYSTEM WITH CONTENT

• US 20110015970A1
• Filed: 07/19/2010
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Original Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Inventors: MEDVED, JONATHAN WILLIAM
• Granted Patent: US 9,424,534 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 13/00 Voting apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus includes a database of content and a content system. The database stores content related to a set of entities to be voted upon in a voting system, wherein there is at least one piece of content for each selection. The content system receives a vote of a user from the voting system and at least an identifier of a cellphone of the user and provides content related to the vote from the database to the cellphone. At least a portion of the content is playable on the cellphone.

Claims

1. Apparatus comprising:

a database of content related to a set of entities to be voted upon in a voting system, wherein there is at least one piece of content for each entity; and

a content system to receive from said voting system a vote of a user for an entity and at least an identifier of a cellphone of said user and to provide content related to said voted entity from said database to said cellphone, wherein at least a portion of said content is playable on said cellphone.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said vote is provided by SMS and wherein said identifier is a caller identifier (caller ID) provided with said SMS.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said entity is one of:

an entertainer, a band, an act and a candidate for an office.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said content comprises at least a link to a storage location of said portion.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said portion comprises at least a multimedia clip.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 and wherein said multimedia clip is a video ringtone playable upon a communications triggering event.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said content system comprises a unit to read a profile of said user and to select said content as a function of said vote and said user profile.

8. A method implementable on a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving a vote from a cellphone of a user with respect to one of a set of entities to be voted upon and at least an identifier of said cellphone; and

providing content related to said voted entity to said cellphone, wherein at least a portion of said content is playable on said cellphone.

9. The method according to claim 8 wherein said vote is provided by SMS and wherein said identifier is a caller identifier (caller ID) provided with said SMS.

10. The method according to claim 8 and wherein said entity is one of:

an entertainer, a band, an act and a candidate for an office.

11. The method according to claim 8 and wherein said content comprises at least a link to a storage location of said portion.

12. The method according to claim 8 and wherein said portion comprises at least a multimedia clip.

13. The method according to claim 12 and wherein said multimedia clip is a video ringtone playable upon a communications triggering event.

14. The method according to claim 8 and also comprising reading a profile of said user and selecting said content as a function of said vote and said user profile.