Abstract: Portable interactive devices of audience members are remotely operated to substantially “simultaneously” respond to a signal from an origin, e.g., a central server, despite variation in latencies among the devices in order to produce a shared experience. The audience members are reached through varying communication links. Latencies vary among portable interactive devices and among carriers. A firing time for the portable interactive devices is selected to occur at a time in the future. An execution time at which a respective portable interactive device is commanded to operate is a function of the firing time minus the latency control signal reaches clients in a venue in an audience or at a remote location simultaneously despite the varying latencies.

Abstract: Communications between a central concert controller and portable interactive devices of audience members in a venue are integrated through a Wi-Fi network providing coverage of the venue. A multi-megabit traffic exchange without loss of data is achieved. Both omnidirectional and highly directional radios utilize a single frequency in order to provide a signal to areas that are not in a line of sight of a single Wi-Fi source. Each directional radio includes a backhaul transceiver. Users are sent images such as streaming videos by a video jockey, and may upload content to the central system. A server within the system controls interactions of user devices. Each user device may be assigned a unique ID number.

Abstract: In a communications system, a controller communicates to multiple client devices, each subject to a different latency, in an application in which the multiple client devices need to react substantially simultaneously to a command from a server. A controller front-end in a server provides an abstract environment for the acceptance, initiation, and processing of messages. The framework provides a scaffold which handles reception of messages and makes them available to the specific application business logic as events to be processed. A back-end enables synchronized command execution, abstracted database table definition, creation of generalized table access, selective message transmission, and the like. By providing the back-end and front-end foundation framework, the present subject matter provides the foundational components in the system so that development of mobile applications is simplified.

Abstract: A central controller associated with a performance interacts with portable interactive devices such as smartphones in a venue to provide a shared user experience. The controller may be linked to portable interactive devices by a Wi-Fi link in the venue. Additionally, the controller may need to interface with the outside world via the Internet to add information to the experience. In order to prevent excessive bandwidth demands on the Internet connection, a URL filter is coupled to block all requests for connection to the Internet except those required for running the interactive system or device and transferring information. The filter permits access to a limited number of specific URLs for selected social networks, e.g., Facebook®. Permitted data is throttled to a low data rate so that it is acquired over time. It is unnecessary to gather the data in real time. Consequently, bandwidth requirements are minimized.

Abstract: Portable interactive devices of audience members are remotely operated to substantially “simultaneously” respond to a signal from an origin, e.g., a central server, despite variation in latencies among the devices in order to produce a shared experience. The audience members are reached through varying communication links. Latencies vary among portable interactive devices and among carriers. A firing time for the portable interactive devices is selected to occur at a time in the future. An execution time at which a respective portable interactive device is commanded to operate is a function of the firing time minus the latency control signal reaches clients in a venue in an audience or at a remote location simultaneously despite the varying latencies.

Abstract: In a communications system, a controller communicates to multiple client devices, each subject to a different latency, in an application in which the multiple client devices need to react substantially simultaneously to a command from a server. A controller front-end in a server provides an abstract environment for the acceptance, initiation, and processing of messages. The framework provides a scaffold which handles reception of messages and makes them available to the specific application business logic as events to be processed. A back-end enables synchronized command execution, abstracted database table definition, creation of generalized table access, selective message transmission, and the like. By providing the back-end and front-end foundation framework, the present subject matter provides the foundational components in the system so that development of mobile applications is simplified.

Abstract: A display in a first medium is controlled in response to commands generated by analyzing a second, contemporaneously available medium such as a video accompanied by a soundtrack having components in first and second domain. A transform is applied to signals in the first domain to generate signals in the second domain. The second domain signals are ordered according to a rule and used to produce a command signal or signals to produce time varying commands to vary at least one parameter of the video signal.

Abstract: Command execution messages are transmitted to both internal, at-venue participants and external, networked participants. An event server sends messages to local, at-venue users. In order to avoid overloading the event server, transmissions to remote users are directed to a staging server that is not required to be at the venue. Cloud capability may be utilized. The event server may send a message to the staging server. The staging server will subsequently send the message to all registered remote participants. Incoming messages from remote participants are processed by the staging server to determine if the messages need to be sent to the event server. If so, compression and other techniques to reduce the size of messages relayed to the event server are used.

Abstract: Communications between a central concert controller and portable interactive devices of audience members in a venue are integrated through a Wi-Fi network providing coverage of the venue. A multi-megabit traffic exchange without loss of data is achieved. Both omnidirectional and highly directional radios utilize a single frequency in order to provide a signal to areas that are not in a line of sight of a single Wi-Fi source. Each directional radio includes a backhaul transceiver. Users are sent images such as streaming videos by a video jockey, and may upload content to the central system. A server within the system controls interactions of user devices. Each user device may be assigned a unique ID number.

Abstract: A system creates an enhanced experience at a concert or other event. A central server provides commands through which information is sent or gathered or both between portable interactive devices of audience members and a central server. A shared experience such as a common display sent to all users is created. A system “app” is installed in the portable interactive device. Rules are implemented in a processor to enable a game to be played by audience members in which a processor enables interaction of users with the server and in which the processor processes user inputs according to rules of the game.

Abstract: A central controller associated with a performance interacts with portable interactive devices such as smartphones in a venue to provide a shared user experience. The controller may be linked to portable interactive devices by a Wi-Fi link in the venue. Additionally, the controller may need to interface with the outside world via the Internet to add information to the experience. In order to prevent excessive bandwidth demands on the Internet connection, a URL filter is coupled to block all requests for connection to the Internet except those required for running the interactive system or device and transferring information. The filter permits access to a limited number of specific URLs for selected social networks, e.g., Facebook®. Permitted data is throttled to a low data rate so that it is acquired over time. It is unnecessary to gather the data in real time. Consequently, bandwidth requirements are minimized.