# US 2017/0255696 A1 · System and method for using a mobile device as an input device for surveys at a live event > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0255696 A1 - Document ID: US20170255696A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/601,849 - Filed: 2017-05-22 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-23 - Applicants: Fevr Tech LLC - Inventors: JOVAN HUTTON PULITZER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170255696A1 ## CPC - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - G06F 16/40: of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data (retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70) - G06F 16/9554: {by using bar codes} - G06Q 10/02: Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events - G06Q 30/0203: Market surveys; Market polls - H04L 12/1859: {adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels} - H04L 43/10: Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route - H04L 67/306: User profiles - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/21: for social networking applications - H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings - G06F 2212/15: Use in a specific computing environment - H04L 51/48: Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases - H04L 67/52: specially adapted for the location of the user terminal - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method is provided for interacting with audience members in an event, each of the potential attendees having available thereto a unique identifier. The method comprises creating, for an attendee, a unique ID (UID) on a mobile wireless device (MWD) by the steps of inputting to the MWD one of the unique identifiers, combining the obtained unique identifier with a UID time stamp at the time of creation of the UID; receiving with a server on a first wireless channel communications from the MWD; registering the UID at the physical location of the event; generating a visual query; displaying on the MWD response indicators; receiving at the server from the registered attendee a response, to the query over the first wireless channel; and storing in a database on the server the received response in association with the displayed query. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for interacting with audience members in an event, which is defined as being at a physical venue location and occurring at a particular predetermined time, wherein the event has a finite number of participating attendees and an associated finite number of unique potential attendee identifiers (UFAIs) allocated to any particular event, which UPAIs can be replicated for other events at other times in the same physical venue location or at events in other venue locations, selected from attendees of the event, each of the participating attendees having available thereto one of the UPAIs for the associated event, comprising the steps of: creating, for each participating attendee, when the attendee is in physical proximity to the venue location associated with the event and proximate in time to the occurrence of the particular predetermined time of the event and is prompted to enter a UPAI into a mobile wireless device (MWD), a unique ID (UID) on the MWD by the steps of: inputting to the MWD one of the UPAIs; and combining the obtained UPAI with a UID time stamp at the time of input of the UPAI in the MWD to provide the UID so as to distinguish two UIDs having duplicate potential attendee identifier portions; receiving with a server on a first wireless channel communications from the MWD of each participating attendee and having associated therewith one of the UIDs; registering the UID of each participating attendee at the physical venue location of the event to define registered attendees; associating a respective social network ID with each respective UID; generating at the server a visual query; displaying on a physical display at the event the visual query, wherein the query relates to a plurality visual messages; displaying response indicators on the MWD of each registered attendee; inputting, by each respective registered attendee, a response via selection of one of the MWD response indicators on the respective MWD associated with the respective registered attendee; receiving at the server from each registered attendee the selected responses to the query over the first wireless channel; storing in a database on the server the received responses in association with the displayed query; associating the respective received responses with the respective UIDs; creating a query ID (QID) associated with the displayed query; creating respective response time stamp indicating the respective times at which the respective responses were received by the server; creating a data record for the each UID, each UID data record including: the respective UID, the associated social network ID, the QID, the respective received response, and the respective response time stamp; creating a data record for the QID, the QID data record including: the QID; each of the respective received responses, each respective UID, and each respective response time stamp; performing statistical analysis on the QID data record; selecting, based on the statistical analysis of the QID data record, one of the visual messages from the plurality of visual messages; and displaying on the physical display at the event the selected visual message; wherein the statistical analysis relates to the social network ID associated with each respective UID. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the event is a closed venue. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each UPAI is a respective fixed location associated with the venue, each UPAI being associated with a different fixed location within the venue. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein each respective fixed location is a defined seat in a closed venue having a seat identifier as the location. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein registering each respective UID comprises: recognizing each respective MWD at a predetermined and fixed location within the physical location of the event; and launching an application on each respective MWD followed by the steps of prompting each participating attendee to input a UPAI into the MWD. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein recognizing each respective MWD comprises a scan of the MWD in the vicinity of the predetermined and fixed location. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein registering each respective UID comprises responding to a request for registration by transmitting the respective UID to a server over the first wireless channel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the response indicators comprise alphabetic symbols. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the response indicators comprise numeric symbols. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the response indicators comprise symbols of differing colors. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving at the server a select response includes receiving a timestamp associated with the response. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving at the server select responses includes receiving the responses within a defined time window. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising associating each respective received response with statistical information related to an attendee classification. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning each respective UID to a statistical category based on the respective received response and the displayed query. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the UID data record also includes statistical information that is related to an attendee classification and that is based on the received response. ### Claim 16 A system for interacting with audience members in an event, wherein the event has a finite number of potential attendees, each of the potential attendees having available thereto a unique identifier, the system comprising: a first wireless channel; a mobile wireless device (MWD) for each participating attendee, each respective MWD configured to display response indicators and to communicate responses over the first wireless channel; a unique ID (UID) for each participating attendee, created on the respective MWD, each UID comprising: a unique identifier available to the respective attendee; and a time stamp indicating the time of creation of the respective UID on the respective MWD; a server configured to generate a visual query and to receive communications from each MWD over the first wireless channel; a physical display for displaying visual messages and the visual query; and a database, on the server, configured to store a plurality of visual messages and to store responses that are received from the MWD and that are associated with the displayed visual query; wherein each respective UID has associated therewith a respective social network ID; wherein the server is also configured to perform a statistical analysis on the stored responses, to select, based on the statistical analysis of the stored responses, a visual message from the plurality of visual messages, and to communicate the visual message to the physical display; and wherein the statistical analysis relates to the respective social network ID associated with each respective UID. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the event is a closed venue. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the MWD is also configured to communicate timestamps indicating the time at which the responses are communicated over the first wireless channel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein each unique identifier comprises a respective fixed location associated with the venue. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein each respective fixed location comprises a defined seat in a closed venue having a seat identifier as the location.