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Our startup tested during the Halftime Show. What does HN think?

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Re: Our startup tested during the Halftime Show. What does HN think?

#13

It seems interesting. I'd be interested to see what your user interface looks like. I have the following comments/questions: 1) I'm pretty sure I've seen this kind of technology before on CNN, ie. real-time polling. Have you researched to see if there are any patents on the things that you've implemented? 2) Is there a large enough market for these services to sustain an actual business? 3) with respect to your %, do…

1) CNN is doing this stuff but only with a focus group of around 40 people in a room. our system is designed to allow the whole nation to participate. 2) we believe there is :-) 3) yes we account for that. people are free to participate as long they wish. if they don't respond they aren't calculated into the %. more information is on our homepage http://www.heartbyte.com

Re: Our startup tested during the Halftime Show. What does HN think?

#14

It seems interesting. I'd be interested to see what your user interface looks like. I have the following comments/questions: 1) I'm pretty sure I've seen this kind of technology before on CNN, ie. real-time polling. Have you researched to see if there are any patents on the things that you've implemented? 2) Is there a large enough market for these services to sustain an actual business? 3) with respect to your %, do…

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Re: Our startup tested during the Halftime Show. What does HN think?

#16

This is probably answered on your blog somewhere, but how do you figure the "sentiment" live chart? What question are you asking via text? Rate from 1-10?

see this link (link that said measure in the first paragraph) http://heartbyte.com/s/hn2/
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