Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live spectator event
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method for interactive audience participation at a live event attended by a plurality of spectators comprising the steps of:
- providing each of the spectators at the live event with an interactive device, wherein the interactive device presents a promotional message and wherein the interactive device includes a user interface;
querying the spectators, wherein answers to the querying may be entered by spectators via the user interface of the interactive device;
transmitting the answers to a central processor;
storing the answers as spectator data;
processing the spectator data into results;
storing the results of the processing of the spectator data; and
broadcasting the results of the processing of the spectator data to said plurality of spectators attended the live event.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for providing interactive audience participation at live spectator events. The method includes providing spectators with an interactive device that presents a promotional message and includes a user interface, broadcasting audio programming to the spectator through the interactive device, querying the spectators, wherein answers to the querying may be entered by spectators via the user interface of the interactive device, transmitting the answers to a central processor, storing the answers as spectator data, processing the spectator data into results, storing the results of the processing of the spectator data and broadcasting the results of the processing of the spectator data.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for interactive audience participation at a live event attended by a plurality of spectators comprising the steps of:
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providing each of the spectators at the live event with an interactive device, wherein the interactive device presents a promotional message and wherein the interactive device includes a user interface; querying the spectators, wherein answers to the querying may be entered by spectators via the user interface of the interactive device; transmitting the answers to a central processor; storing the answers as spectator data; processing the spectator data into results; storing the results of the processing of the spectator data; and broadcasting the results of the processing of the spectator data to said plurality of spectators attended the live event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hand held device for interactive audience participation at a live spectator event comprising:
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a housing including an electronic display opening; a local microprocessor being mounted within the housing; a user interface configured to be employed by a spectator at the live spectator event and comprising a plurality of keys in electrical communication with the microprocessor for manually entering data to the local microprocessor; transceiver means in electrical communication with the local microprocessor for transmitting and receiving data to and from a central processor, and an electronic display in electrical communication with the local microprocessor, the electronic display being mounted within the housing and being visible through the electronic display opening in the housing, and the electronic display being adapted to display data from the microprocessor and a promotional message wirelessly received from the central processor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for interactive audience participation at a live event attended by a plurality of spectators using interactive devices having a user interface, the method comprising the steps of:
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presenting promotional messages to the spectators using the interactive devices; querying the spectators, wherein answers to the querying may be entered by spectators via the user interface of the interactive device; transmitting the answers to a central processor; storing the answers as spectator data; processing the spectator data into results; storing the results of the processing of the spectator data; and broadcasting the results of the processing of the spectator data to said plurality of spectators attended the live event. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A hand held device for interactive audience participation at a live spectator event comprising:
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a housing including an electronic display opening; a local microprocessor being mounted within the housing; a user interface configured to be employed by a spectator at the live spectator event for manually entering data to the local microprocessor, the user interface being in electrical communication with the local microprocessor; transceiver means in electrical communication with the local microprocessor for transmitting .and receiving data to and from a central processor, and an electronic display in electrical communication with the local microprocessor, the electronic display being mounted within the housing and being visible through the electronic display opening in the housing, and the electronic display being adapted to display data from the microprocessor and a promotional message wirelessly received from the central processor. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for interactive audience participation at a live event attended by a plurality of spectators using wireless interactive devices having a user interface, the method comprising the steps of:
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querying the spectators, wherein answers to the querying may be entered by spectators via the user interface of the wireless interactive device; transmitting the answers to a central processor; storing the answers as spectator data; processing the spectator data into results; storing the results of the processing of the spectator data; and broadcasting the results of the processing of the spectator data to said plurality of spectators attended the live event.
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