Method and apparatus for interactive broadcasting

Dave Cliff; Colin Low; Rycharde Hawkes

Method and apparatus for interactive broadcasting

Dave Cliff (Inventor), Colin Low (Inventor), Rycharde Hawkes (Inventor)

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Abstract

A method of creating an interactive broadcast, comprising allowing a plurality of participants to vote on an aspect of a scenario in a virtual space, the broadcast being a computer-generated animated scenario comprising graphics and audio, the participants voting by means of user interface devices which are linked over a communications network to a server, the server being operative to process the received votes and determine how the broadcast should be collectively influenced in view of the votes received, and then generate the broadcast.

Translated title of the contribution	Method and apparatus for interactive broadcasting
Original language	English
Patent number	8042050
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2011

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External Body: US Patent and Trademark Office
Other identifier: US
Other: Inventors: D. Cliff, C. Low, & R. Hawkes; Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Corp

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