Audience response system and method

US5453015A · kind A · utility

Inventor

• Peter Vogel · Diepersdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 29, 1992
• Grant date: Sep 26, 1995
• Expiry date: May 29, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/63
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A system is provided for recording and evaluating audience responses, for example, answers given to questions posed in television quiz shows. Responses are sensed using, for example, a membrane switch array, and timing information is generated by a timer. Data identifying responses and associated timing information is stored in a memory for later recall. When the responses are recalled, the associated timing information can be used to verify that a quiz-show participant made the response within the time period allowed according to the rules of the quiz.