Disrupting bone conduction signals

• US 10,497,253 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2018
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Baldwin, Christopher, Amento, Brian S.
• Primary Examiner(s): McNally, Kerri L
• Application Number:
  US16/004,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20180293879A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 340 1324
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for disrupting bone conduction signals. According to one aspect, a device can receive a signal via a communication path that is external to a body of a user associated with the device. The device can generate a disruption signal to disrupt the signal. The device can send the disruption signal through the body of the user to disrupt the signal.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a content reference server, a request from a user device, wherein the request comprises a partial signal captured by the user device;

querying, by the content reference server, a content database for a full signal corresponding to the partial signal; and

in response to receiving the full signal corresponding to the partial signal from the content database, generating a response comprising the full signal corresponding to the partial signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the response to the user device, wherein the user device generates a disruption signal based on the full signal and sends the disruption signal to a body of a user associated with the user device to disrupt a signal that corresponds to the full signal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the disruption signal sent to the body of the user then propagates through the body of the user to disrupt the signal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the signal is propagating through a surface with which the user is in contact.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the partial signal captured by the user device is captured after propagating through a surface and a body of a user associated with the user device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the partial signal captured by the user device is captured without having propagated through a surface or a user associated with the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the request further comprises instructions to provide the full signal corresponding to the partial signal.

8. A content reference server comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

receiving a request from a user device, wherein the request comprises a partial signal captured by the user device,

querying a content database for a full signal corresponding to the partial signal, and

in response to receiving the full signal corresponding to the partial signal from the content database, generating a response comprising the full signal corresponding to the partial signal.

9. The content reference server of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise providing the response to the user device, wherein the user device generates a disruption signal based on the full signal and sends the disruption signal to a body of a user associated with the user device to disrupt a signal that corresponds to the full signal.

10. The content reference server of claim 9, wherein the disruption signal sent to the body of the user then propagates through the body of the user to disrupt the signal.

11. The content reference server of claim 10, wherein the signal is propagating through a surface with which the user is in contact.

12. The content reference server of claim 8, wherein the partial signal captured by the user device is captured after propagating through a surface and a body of a user associated with the user device.

13. The content reference server of claim 8, wherein the partial signal captured by the user device is captured without having propagated through a surface or a user associated with the user device.

14. The content reference server of claim 8, wherein the request further comprises instructions to provide the full signal corresponding to the partial signal.

15. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request from a user device, wherein the request comprises a partial signal captured by the user device;

querying a content database for a full signal corresponding to the partial signal; and

in response to receiving the full signal corresponding to the partial signal from the content database, generating a response comprising the full signal corresponding to the partial signal.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise providing the response to the user device, wherein the user device generates a disruption signal based on the full signal and sends the disruption signal to a body of a user associated with the user device to disrupt a signal that corresponds to the full signal, and wherein the disruption signal sent to the body of the user then propagates through the body of the user to disrupt the signal.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the signal is propagating through a surface with which the user is in contact.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the partial signal captured by the user device is captured after propagating through a surface and a body of a user associated with the user device.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the partial signal captured by the user device is captured without having propagated through a surface or a user associated with the user device.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the request further comprises instructions to provide the full signal corresponding to the partial signal.