| US 7,489,940 B2 | ||
| System and method for managing short message service communications for a radio station hosted event | ||
| John Joseph Philbin, Chicago, Ill. (US); Alexander Gates Campbell, Chicago, Ill. (US); Samuel Thomas Benediktson, Chicago, Ill. (US); Leon Xiaoliang Zhao, Evanston, Ill. (US); and Vincent Borreros Villaruel, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Phi-Cam, LLC, Chicago, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/127,612. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/571908, filed on May 17, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0266865 A1, Dec. 01, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/20 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—466 [455/418; 455/417] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A system for managing short message service communications transmitted from an audience in response to a first communication
transmitted from a radio station comprising:
a server for receiving a plurality of short message service communications, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of
short message service communications is transmitted from a portable communication device comprising a cellular telephone in
reply to the first communication initiated by a host at the radio station, the server being configured to identify a parameter
of at least a portion of the plurality of short message service communications and generate from at least a portion of the
plurality of short message service communications a requested artist or song to be broadcast by the radio station;
a display operably coupled to the server and mounted within the radio station for automatically displaying at least two of
the plurality of short message service communications and the requested artist or song; and,
wherein, at the radio station, the host can select and personally respond to the displayed short message service communications.
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