Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live spectator event
OwnerEric Inselberginventor
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Abstract
A method provides interactive audience participation at live spectator events. The method includes providing each spectator 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.
Claims3
A method for interactive audience participation at a live event attended by a plurality of spectators, comprising the steps of:
- providing 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,
- wherein the promotional message is from at least one of a sponsor and an advertiser, and said method further comprises the step of underwriting the cost of the user interface device with the promotional message.
A hand held device for interactive audience participation at a live spectator event comprising:
- 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 and comprising a plurality of keys in electrical communication with the local microprocessor;
- an audio receiving circuit for receiving an audio signal at a predetermined frequency;
- and
- an audio output means, the audio output means being in electrical communication with the audio receiving circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.