System and apparatus enabling conversation between audience and broadcast or live-streamed media

Abstract

Disclosed is a system, method and apparatus for opinion polling of broadcast or live streamed media. The scalable system enables real time analysis and display of continuously updated audience opinion data. A computing device with a touchscreen may be used to input personal opinion, view program content, and observe compiled audience reaction, simultaneously. Content and reaction may also be viewed separately. Granularity of data is substantially improved as is nuanced comprehension of responses. Iterative opinion input is enabled, in both numerical rating and textual comment. Unsolicited, top-of-mind audience reaction is accomodated while latency is reduced to a near conversational level. A rich consumer data base may be correlated to opinion. The apparatus enabling system function communicates tactilly to the user the opinion being output by the device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for on-demand live opinion polling, comprising:
 a host platform;   a program content with a timestamp provided by the host platform;   at least one graphical user interface coupled to the host platform, each graphical user interface comprising:
 a text box for inputting a text message; 
 a representation of the program content; and 
 a graphical frequency ranking of the text messages of each of the at least one graphical user interface; and 
   an opinion data compiler provided by the host platform, wherein the opinion data compiler is configured to in real time (a) collect said text messages, (b) compose said graphical frequency ranking map therefrom, and (c) synchronize said graphical frequency ranking with the program content based in part on its respective timestamp,   whereby said graphical frequency ranking is a real time and iterative synthesis of said text messages.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the graphical frequency ranking comprises a graphical representation of said text messages by frequency, wherein the greater the frequency, the larger the font and the more prominent the placement of the respective text message on the graphical frequency ranking. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the graphical frequency ranking comprises a wordcloud. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a transmitter provided by the host platform, wherein the transmitter transmits said text messages collected by said opinion data compiler to a third party. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the third party is a broadcaster. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein each graphical user interface is generated via software executing on an electronic device. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the opinion data compiler applies at least one filter to said text messages. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one filter precludes profanity. 
     
     
         9 . A system for on-demand live opinion polling, comprising:
 a host platform;   a program content with a timestamp provided by the host platform;   at least one graphical user interface coupled to the host platform, wherein each graphical user interface is generated via software executing on an electronic device, each graphical user interface comprising:
 a text box for inputting a text message; 
 a representation of the program content; and 
 a graphical frequency ranking comprised of the text messages of each of the at least one graphical user interface; 
   an opinion data compiler provided by the host platform, wherein the opinion data compiler is configured to in real time (a) collect said text messages, (b) compose said graphical frequency ranking map therefrom, and (c) synchronize said graphical frequency ranking with the program content based in part on its respective timestamp, wherein said graphical frequency ranking comprises a graphical representation ranking of said text messages by frequency, wherein the greater the frequency, the larger the font and the more prominent the placement of the respective text message on said graphical frequency ranking, wherein the opinion data compiler applies at least one filter to said text messages; and   a transmitter provided by the host platform, wherein the transmitter transmits said text messages collected by said opinion data compiler to a third party.