Audience information collecting system, audience information collecting method, and information providing method

An audience information collecting method for providing information to an audience member at a venue where a performance including a movie or a theatrical production is presented and for collecting information from the audience member, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting provided information to the audience member from an information collecting unit installed in the venue;
• reading personal information from a storage medium having stored therein beforehand the personal information of the audience member, wherein said reading is done using an audience terminal which is installed at each seat in the venue and which is connected to said information collecting unit via a network;
• receiving and outputting the provided information, wherein said receiving and outputting is done by said audience terminal;
• inputting predetermined response information given by the audience member in response to the provided information, wherein said inputting is done by said audience terminal;
• transmitting the response information and the personal information, wherein said transmitting is done by said audience terminal;
• and
• receiving and compiling the response information and the personal information, wherein said receiving and compiling is performed by said information collecting unit.

An information providing method for providing information to an audience member at a movie theater, comprising the steps of:

• showing image scenes on a screen at the movie theater;
• displaying, on a terminal provided at each seat for the audience member, information about the screened image scenes at the same time the corresponding image scene is being shown;
• receiving, when the audience member inputs information using the terminal which displays the information about the image scenes, the information input by the audience member from the terminal;
• and
• starting processing requested by the audience member in response to the input information.

An information providing method for providing information to an audience member at a movie theater, comprising the steps of:

• showing image scenes on a screen at the movie theater;
• displaying, on a terminal provided at each seat for the audience member, information about the screened image scenes at the same time the corresponding image scene is being shown;
• receiving, when the audience member inputs information using the terminal which displays the information about the image scenes, the information input by the audience member from the terminal;
• and
• compiling the input information to create the information about the image scenes in response to the inputting operation.

An information providing method for providing information to an audience member at a movie theater, comprising the steps of:

• showing image scenes on a screen at the movie theater;
• displaying, on a terminal provided at each seat for the audience member, information about the screened image scenes at the same time the corresponding image scene is being shown;
• receiving audience unique information for identifying the audience member;
• receiving, when the audience member inputs information using the terminal which displays the information about the image scenes, the information input by the audience member from the terminal;
• and
• compiling the input information to create the information about the image scenes in association with the audience unique information.