Real-time wireless audience response system
August 3, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3328803 3513443 3744712 Audience response system Television viewer reaction determining system Revenue metering system for power companies Apparatus for wireless transmission of a teaching program in a classroom Electronic voting system Television viewer reaction determining system Electronic audience polling system InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 925236 filed on 08/03/1992US Classes:725/24, INTERACTIVE OPINION POLLING340/10.41, Combination response455/517, To or from mobile station725/81, Using wireless link725/85, Receiver725/131Receiver (e.g., set-top box)ExaminersPrimary: Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.Assistant: Pham, Chi Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04B 017/00AbstractA system for collecting data from a plurality of respondents having a central portion with a central processor and a base station and a remote portion with a plurality of wireless response units for respondents to be prompted to enter response data to a visually perceptible display which may be shown live, on a television monitor or may be taped. The display may include multiple choice questions. The central processor accumulates the response data via radio, optical or acoustic communication links with the remote units, each of which has a unique address. The central processor displays the accumulated response data in real time and may overlay the processed response data and originate display shown to the respondents. | |
