Method and apparatus for batch voting on live broadcasts

摘要

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating and committing votes in a variety of voting paradigms is described. In one embodiment, the method describes a system applicable in a plurality of time zones and comprises determining if an allocation of at least a portion of N1 votes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period, accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period, receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the N1 votes among the plurality of candidates, determining if the command is received during a second period, and committing the stored first user allocation of N1 votes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period.

主权项

1. A method of voting for one or more of a plurality of choices depicted in a broadcast of a program in a plurality of time zones comprising a temporally first time zone and a temporally last time zone, comprising:
determining if an allocation of at least a portion of N1 votes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period; accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period; receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the N1 votes among the plurality of candidates; determining if the command is received during a second period; and committing the stored first user allocation of N1 votes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period.