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US 8,144,893 · App. 12/220,791 · Granted Mar 27, 2012

Mobile microphone

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Patent No.
US 8,144,893
App. No.
12/220,791
Granted
Mar 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method centrally controls communication at a single venue. A central communications point with a moderator is provided. User information, at least at the venue, is provided to users for transmitting electronic signals to the central communication point. The moderator enables at least one electronic communication transmission from a user who has access to the central communication point to have at least part of the transmission broadcast at the venue or allow open communication from the user to be broadcast at the venue.

Claims (13)

1. A method for centrally controlling communication at a single venue with multiple participants in an audience, the method comprising:

providing a central communication point with a moderator, the central communication point having a transmission system able to transmit information simultaneously to the multiple participants in the audience;

providing multiple user directed transmitters, at least at the venue, for transmitting electronic signals from individual users to the central communication point;

the central transmission system enabling at least one electronic communication transmission from a user who has transmission communication access to the central communication point to have at least part of the user transmission broadcast to multiple users at the venue or allow open communication from the user to multiple participants at the venue, with sound transmission from the user provided to the multiple participants as sound transmission and electronic transmission from the user being provided to multiple participants as an electronic transmission.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the user sound information is transmitted by wireless cellular phone transmission to a telephone system at the central communication point and the sound transmission from the user is provided to the multiple participants as sound transmission.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the user information is electronic information transmitted by WiFi processor-based transmission to a processor system at the central communication point and the electronic transmission from the user is provided to multiple participants as an electronic transmission.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the central communication point receives sound transmission through a wireless telephone connection and transmits the sound information by way of a public address system or sound amplification system.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the processor system at the central communication point receives transmission through a WiFi system.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the electronic communication transmission comprises textual information from a cell phone or computer.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the electronic communication transmission comprises audio information.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein each electronic communication from a user is queued for response at the central communication point.

9. The method of claim 4 wherein each electronic communication from a user is queued for response at the central communication point.

10. The method of claim 5 wherein each electronic communication from a user is queued for response at the central communication point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2023
From: SHERMAN, KENNETH N
To: SOCIAL MICROPHONE INC
Reel/Frame 062573/0514 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60962067 · Jul 26, 2007
Related Publication 20090060218A1 · Mar 5, 2009