Apparatus, system and method for delivering polling and user generated content to disparate communication
View Patent ↗Various embodiments of apparatus, systems and/or methods are described for providing user generated content relating to a subject, and collecting polling data relating to the subject, on multiple disparate communication devices. User generated content is received from one or more disparate communication devices and provided for presentation on at least one of the communication devices. Polling data is also received from at least one of the end-users of the communication devices viewing the user generated content, and tabulated to generate poll results displayable on the communication devices.
1. An application server comprising:
a polling module, including a processor, which receives polling data, regarding a subject identified by at least one traditional media producer, from two or more end-users of two or more disparate communication devices, and generates poll results based upon the received polling data;
an interface module, including a processor, which receives media content, relating to the subject identified by the at least one traditional media producer, from the at least one traditional media producer, and which receives user generated video content, relating to the subject, from at least one of the two or more end-users from which the polling data was received; and
a content module, including a processor, communicatively in signal communication with the polling module and the interface module, comprising a first module that computes poll results based upon the received polling data, and
a second module that aggregates and outputs the media content, the user generated video content, and the poll results for simultaneous presentation in a first content format on a first communication device and in a second, disparate content format on a second, disparate communication device, wherein the outputted media content, the user generated video content, and the poll results are communicated to and presented on the first communication device in the first disparate content format and on the second communication device in the second disparate content format;
wherein the interface module receives the user generated video content from a mobile communication device or a computer; the first communication device comprises a television; the second communication device comprises a mobile device; and the content module outputs the received user generated video content, the media content, and the poll results simultaneously in the first content format, which is adapted for presentation on the television, and in the second content format, which is adapted for presentation on a mobile device;
wherein the subject comprises an election and the media content comprises candidate data regarding at least one candidate in the election; and
wherein the second communication device further comprises a processing system that is operable to filter the candidate data presented to the user based on a voting district of the user.
2. The application server of claim 1 , wherein:
the polling module receives second polling data regarding at least one user generated video, from at least one of the two or more end-users; and
the content module selects at least one user generated video based on the second polling data, and outputs the at least one selected user generated video for simultaneous presentation with the media content and the poll results on the first and second disparate communication devices.