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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Andreas Herkersdorf, Langnau, CH;
Sean G. Rooney, Zurich, CH;
Andreas Herkersdorf, Langnau, CH;
Sean G. Rooney, Zurich, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system handling information exchange through networkstofor interactive information exchange, especially for interactive Internet based game show. At least one serverand a plurality of client machinestoare connected through the networkstoFirst, the serverreceives subscription messages from a subset of said client machinestoBy receiving the subscription messages from the client machinestothe provider of the particular program knows which users want to participate in the program. In response, the servercomposes a request message offering predetermined response options, whereby corresponding response messages are returned through said networkstoin one or more packets. In parallel, packet forwarding rules are set up in said networkstospecifying a particular treatment for said returned packets dependent on said predetermined response options. Finally, the server sends the request message to the subset of client machines.