iGroups: Apple’s Interactive Television Patent?
Although the concept can be applied to a mobile device, I think Apple will apply this patent to Apple TV for interactive social television.
According to the documents published by USPTO today, Apple’s iGroup will be a new service that will work on your iPhone and likely work with MobileMe. The idea is to allow groups of friends or colleagues attending such events as a concert, a tradeshow, business meeting, wedding or rally to stay in communication with each other as a group to share information or reactions to live events as they’re occurring.