Method of conducting auctions and audience guided events utilizing closed network satellite broadcasts to multiple location digital theater environments with integrated real time audience interaction

A method of conducting an audience guided event comprising the steps of:

• A) Broadcasting in high definition the event, which includes an event moderator, from a television production studio, via satellite to at least a plurality of locations of digital theater environments;
• B) Providing multiple event participants at each digital theater environment location;
• C) Providing an audience response system at each location and providing each event participant with individually assigned audience response system input devices wherein individual participant information is associated with each individually assigned audience response system input device;
• D) Integrating response information from each location at the production studio wherein the response information is from selected event participants at the locations via the individual audience response system input devices;
• E) Processing the integrated response information;
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• F) Incorporating the integrated response information into the high definition event broadcast of step A) by at least one of i) presenting selected processed response information to the event moderator, for the moderator to incorporate the selected processed results into the high definition event broadcast, and ii) graphically incorporating the selected processed results into the high definition event broadcast.

A method of conducting an audience guided event comprising the steps of:

• Broadcasting in high definition the event, which includes an event moderator, from a television production studio, via satellite to at least a plurality of locations of digital theater environments;
• Providing multiple event participants at each digital theater environment location;
• Providing an audience response system and providing each event participant with individually assigned audience response system input devices wherein individual participant information is associated with each assigned individually assigned audience response system input device including at least bibliographic participant information;
• Receiving response information at the production studio from selected event participants via the individual audience response system input devices;
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• Utilizing participant information of at least some response information by at least one of (i) displaying selected individual participant information to the event moderator without displaying the selected individual participant information to the remaining participants, (ii) prioritizing responses utilizing individual participant information;
• and (iii) screening responses against criteria in the participant information.