Mobile device activation for events

摘要

A method of activating mobile devices for events is provided. A mobile device owner pays for a subscription to receive local broadcasts of an event on a mobile device. An employee uses a scanner to scan a bar code on the mobile device, or the mobile device owner inputs information identifying the mobile device through a website. A database manager adds an identifier corresponding to the mobile device to an activation list. The broadcaster includes the activation list in the local broadcast stream, thereby activating the subscribed mobile devices for the event.

主权项

1. A mobile device activation method, comprising:
scanning a mobile device for an identifier of the mobile device for activation of the mobile device to receive a local broadcast of an event; adding the identifier for the mobile device to an activation list comprising a plurality of identifiers for mobile devices subscribed for the event; providing the activation list to a broadcaster, wherein the broadcaster locally broadcasts the event and the activation list with the event to local mobile devices such that each of the local mobile devices receives the activation list comprising the plurality of identifiers and each of the local mobile devices that detects their identifier on the activation list activates for the event; checking a physical identifier for the mobile device against a deactivation list of physical identifiers; removing the identifier for the mobile device from the activation list for the event when a match of the identifier is found in the deactivation list; and providing the activation list without the identifier to the broadcaster, wherein the broadcaster locally broadcasts the activation list without the identifier to local mobile devices to deactivate the mobile device having the identifier that was removed from the activation list for the event.