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US 2015/0318938 A1Published application
Audience Response Communication System
AssigneeMacmillan New Ventures, LLC
InventorsJames E. McIntyre, John W. Sawyer
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an audience response communication system comprising a base unit and a plurality of remote input devices. The audience response and communication system lowers the risk of undelivered data transmissions by enabling the remote input devices to sequentially transmit responses via multiple transmission channels until a vote acknowledgement message is received, or a predetermined number of attempts is made.
Claims11
An audience response communication system, comprising:
- a base unit and a plurality of remote input devices;
- the base unit configured to transmit a vote invitation message to the plurality of remote input devices, the vote invitation message comprising an identifier tag and identification of a plurality of predetermined transmission channels, the base unit further adapted to transmit an acknowledgement message to at least one of the plurality of remote input devices after receipt of a vote message from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices;
- each of the plurality of remote input devices configured to generate the vote message and to transmit the vote message across a first channel of the predetermined transmission channels after receiving the vote invitation message from the base unit, the remote input devices further configured to re-transmit the vote message across a second channel of the predetermined transmission channels after receipt of a second vote invitation message if the vote acknowledgement is absent from the second vote invitation message.
An audience response communication system, comprising:
- a base unit and a plurality of remote input devices;
- and
- the base unit configured to periodically transmit a beacon receivable by each of the plurality of remote input devices, the beacon including a vote invitation message and an identification of a plurality of predetermined transmission channels, the base unit further configured to include an acknowledgement message in the beacon addressed to at least one of the plurality of remote input devices after receiving a vote message from the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices;
- the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices configured to generate the vote message and store the vote message in memory, the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices further adapted to receive the beacon from the base unit and thereafter to transmit the vote message via a first channel of the predetermined transmission channels,
- the at least one of the remote input devices further configured to re-transmit the vote message across a second channel of the predetermined channels upon receipt of a subsequent beacon when the subsequent beacon does not include the acknowledgement message addressed to the at least one of the remote input devices.
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An audience response communication system, comprising:
- a base unit and a plurality of remote input devices;
- and
- the base unit configured to periodically transmit a beacon receivable by each of the plurality of remote input devices, the beacon including a vote invitation message and an identification of predetermined transmission channels,
- at least one of the plurality of remote input devices configured to transmit a vote message addressed to the base unit after receiving the beacon, the vote message being transmitted via a first channel of the predetermined transmission channels;
- the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices further configured to receive a first subsequent beacon and determine whether an acknowledgement message addressed to the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices is included in the first subsequent beacon;
- the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices further configured to transmit the vote message via a second channel of the predetermined transmission channels if the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices determines the first subsequent beacon does not include the acknowledgement message addressed to the at least one of the plurality of remote input devices.
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