Venue-to-Venue Messaging via Local Exchange
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing audience messaging systems do not allow for real-time interaction between audience members at different venues, limiting fan engagement and interactive experiences during concurrent events.
Innovation Solution
A venue-to-venue messaging system that enables messages to be transmitted between venues through a communications network, processed by a local venue exchange, and displayed on venue displays, allowing for bidirectional communication and content filtering.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional venue messaging systems are used, then messages can be displayed within a single venue, but real-time interaction between audience members at different venues is not enabled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a venue exchange as an intermediary component that facilitates message routing between different venues. The venue exchange receives messages from messaging devices, processes them through content filters, and routes them to appropriate venue displays at different locations, enabling cross-venue communication without requiring direct peer-to-peer connections between all venues.
Solution Approach 2:
The venue exchange is designed as a multi-functional system that can handle multiple types of communications (venue-to-venue, venue-to-audience, audience-to-venue) and route different message streams simultaneously. This universal platform enables various communication patterns through a single infrastructure, reducing overall system complexity despite the expanded capabilities.
2Productivity
If message routing between multiple venues is implemented, then fan interaction is enhanced, but system complexity and message routing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the messaging system into distinct functional components: messaging devices at venues, venue exchanges at each location, content filters, and venue displays. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies the overall routing logic, as messages are processed locally at each venue exchange rather than requiring centralized control for all venues.
Solution Approach 2:
The venue exchange acts as a local intermediary that handles message routing decisions at each venue, reducing the complexity of the overall network. Instead of requiring a complex centralized routing system, each venue exchange independently manages incoming messages and routes them appropriately, simplifying the network architecture through distributed intelligence.
3Reliability
If content filtering is applied to messages between venues, then inappropriate content is blocked, but message processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The content filter is configured with pre-established rules and criteria for acceptable content. By preparing the filtering criteria in advance and caching commonly used filter rules, the system can quickly evaluate messages without requiring complex real-time analysis, thus maintaining content reliability while minimizing processing delays.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method is provided for enabling venue-to-venue communication. A message is sent from a messaging device located in a first venue. The system receives the message via a communications network. The system transmits the message via the communications network to a local venue exchange associated with a second venue. The message is presented to an audience present at the second venue.