Systems and methods for user polling

摘要

Exemplary systems and methods for user polling are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a service provider subsystem receiving, from a poll provider subsystem, data representative of a poll comprising at least one poll question, transmitting the poll in a first data format to a plurality of translators for translation and distribution to a plurality of access devices associated with a plurality of users and with a plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms, receiving from the plurality of translators, data representative of one or more responses to the at least one poll question provided by one or more of the plurality of access devices, aggregating the data representative of the one or more responses, generating poll results based on the one or more responses, and transmitting data representative of the poll results to the poll provider subsystem and/or the plurality of access devices. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a service provider subsystem from a poll provider subsystem, data representative of a poll, the poll comprising at least one poll question regarding a media content instance; transmitting, by the service provider subsystem, the media content instance to a plurality of access devices associated with a plurality of users for viewing by the plurality of users; transmitting, by the service provider subsystem in conjunction with the media content instance, the data representative of the poll in a first data format to a plurality of translators for translation and distribution to the plurality of access devices associated with the plurality of users, the plurality of access devices having a plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms comprising a mobile phone service platform, a television service platform, and an internet service platform, wherein the plurality of translators comprises:
a mobile phone service translator associated with the mobile phone service platform and configured to translate the data representative of the poll from the first data format to a data format native to the mobile phone service platform;a television service translator associated with the television service platform and configured to translate the data representative of the poll from the first data format to a data format native to the television service platform; andan internet service translator associated with the internet service platform and configured to translate the data representative of the poll from the first data format to a data format native to the internet service platform;wherein the first data format, the data format native to the mobile phone service platform, the data format native to the television service platform, and the data format native to the internet service platform are different data formats; receiving, by the service provider subsystem from the plurality of translators, data representative of one or more responses to the at least one poll question provided by one or more of the plurality of access devices associated with one or more of the plurality of users, wherein each translator within the plurality of translators is configured to translate the data representative of the one or more responses from the other data format native to one of the plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms to the first data format; aggregating, by the service provider subsystem, the data representative of the one or more responses across the plurality of distinct, heterogeneous media platforms; generating, by the service provider subsystem, poll results based on the aggregated data representative of the one or more responses; and transmitting, by the service provider subsystem, data representative of the poll results to at least one of the poll provider subsystem and the plurality of access devices.