Two-way PDA, laptop and cell phone audience response system
AssigneeVision Tree Software, Inc.
InventorsMartin Pellinat, Adam Hawkins, Alan Da Costa
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Abstract
A two-way PDA, cell phone and laptop audience participation system providing the ability for real-time audience participation in questions and surveys and for real-time generation and display of results. A plurality of two-way wireless communication devices such as PDAs, cellphones or laptops are provided for use by participants at an event. At least one two-way wireless communication device, such as a wireless tablet, is provided for use by a presenter. Communications are between the presenter and participants are managed by a central server, wireless access points and routers.
Claims20
An audience participation system comprising:
- a plurality of participant two-way communication devices;
- at least one presenter two-way communication device;
- and
- a central server and wireless LAN managing communications between the participant and presenter devices, wherein
- the system provides real-time audience participation and real-time generation and display of results.
An audience participation system comprising:
- a plurality of participant two-way communication devices selected from a group consisting of PDAs, laptops and cellphones, the participant devices comprising:
- means for displaying surveys and questions, collecting survey results and answers to the questions from participants, and communicating the survey results and answers;
- and
- means for collecting questions from participants and communicating the collected questions;
- at least one presenter two-way communication device comprising:
- means for receiving the survey results and answers from the participant devices, and aggregating and displaying the results and answers in real time;
- and
- means for receiving the questions from the participant devices and displaying the questions in real time;
- and
- a central server and wireless LAN managing communications between the participant and presenter devices.
A method for facilitating participation in an event having a plurality of participants and a presenter comprising:
- providing participant two-way communication devices that are custom-configured for the event;
- providing a presenter two-way communication device that is custom-configured for the event;
- sending questions and surveys to the participant devices;
- obtaining and sending survey results and answers to the questions from the participant devices to the presenter device in real time;
- obtaining and sending questions from the participant devices to the presenter device;
- aggregating and displaying the answers and survey results in real time with the presenter device;
- and
- displaying the questions from the participant devices in real time with the presenter device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.