Method and apparatus for interactive audience participation at a live spectator event
OwnerEric Inselberginventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus provide interactive audience participation at live spectator events. Enjoyment for a plurality of spectators is enhanced. Participating spectators employ wireless interactive devices that present a promotional message and include user input and output interfaces. Spectators are queried, and enter answers via the user input interface. The answers are transmitted to a central processor, stored as spectator data, and processed into results. A visual display or the user output interface announces the results to the spectators.
Claims73
A method for enabling interactive participation at a live spectator event held at a live event venue and attended by a plurality of persons at said venue, at least a portion of said persons being participating spectators employing a wireless interactive device having capability (i) to receive and transmit messages, (ii) accept input via a user input interface, and (iii) output messages to a user output interface, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a wireless communication system adapted to transmit and receive messages with said interactive device;
- querying said participating spectators to respond to at least one query with an answer entered through said user input interface and transmitted by said interactive device;
- receiving answers entered by said participating spectators;
- transferring said answers to a central processor;
- processing said answers into results using said central processor;
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- announcing said results at said live event venue.
A method for enabling interactive participation at a live sporting event held at a live event venue and attended by a plurality of persons at said venue, at least a portion of said persons being participating spectators employing a wireless interactive device having capability (i) to receive and transmit messages, (ii) accept input via a user input interface, and (iii) output messages to a user output interface, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a wireless communication system adapted to transmit and receive messages with said interactive device;
- querying said participating spectators to respond to at least one query with an answer entered through said user input interface and transmitted by said interactive device;
- receiving answers entered by said participating spectators;
- transferring said answers to a central processor;
- processing said answers into results using said central processor;
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- announcing said results at said live event venue.
A system for enabling interactive participation at a live spectator event held at a live event venue and attended by a plurality of persons at said venue, at least a portion of said persons being participating spectators employing a wireless interactive device having capability (i) to receive and transmit messages, (ii) accept input via a user input interface, and (iii) output messages to a user output interface, the system comprising:
- a wireless communication means for transmitting and receiving messages with said interactive device;
- means for querying said participating spectators to respond to at least one query with an answer entered through said user input interface and transmitted by said interactive device;
- means for processing into results said answers entered by said participating spectators, received by said wireless communications system, and transferred to said central processor;
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- means for announcing said results at said live event venue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.