Interactive system

Abstract

An interactive video platform device which is configured to aggregate any type of content received from one or more sources into a common format, and distributes the aggregate content to a network for interactive communication among one or more remote video devices. The platform has particular applicability to on-line, interactive contest management.

1 . An interactive video device platform for real time, on-line, contest service, adapted for coupling on one or more networks to contest providers, the platform comprising:
 an input translator for receiving one or a plurality of simultaneous sessions received from the one or more networks, and aggregating the sessions into a common format;   a database storing real time contest information and information for developing a user profile for correlation with sponsorship or advertisement data;   a correlation engine coupled to the database for correlating said one or more sessions with the sponsorship or advertisement data to be associated with users; and   a provisioning engine coupled to the database for aggregating content for a session and converting the aggregated content to a prescribed format for delivery over one or more prescribed communication network protocols to the users.