Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC

Nicole H Ruby

David Bradley Wertheimer

William Bradford

Joseph B Earley

Edward A Skolarus

Matthew Moroz

Ori Nakar

Bryan J Gonzalez

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for allocating and committing votes in a variety of voting paradigms is described. In one embodiment, the method describes a system applicable in a plurality of time zones and comprises determining if an allocation of at least a portion of Nvotes among one or more candidates is received from a first user via a first device during a first period, accepting and storing the allocation of votes, only if the allocation is received during the first period, receiving a user command committing the stored allocation of the Nvotes among the plurality of candidates, determining if the command is received during a second period, and committing the stored first user allocation of Nvotes among the one or more candidates only if the command is received during the second period.

Method and apparatus for batch voting on live broadcasts

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

Nicole H Ruby