Wireless interactive transaction system
First Claim
1. A method for performing a wireless interactive transaction using a wireless telephone handset comprising the steps of:
- forming a digitally coded query signal;
converting said digitally coded query signal into an audio-band modulated query signal;
transmitting said audio-band modulated query signal;
receiving said audio-band modulated query signal;
conveying said audio-band modulated query signal to said wireless telephone handset;
processing said audio-band modulated query signal to decode instructions coded when forming said digitally coded query signal; and
controlling said wireless telephone handset to respond to said decoded instructions.
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Abstract
A method and system for enabling automatic or semi-automatic interactive responses to electronic queries using audio-band coded data as the query medium and wireless data communications as the response medium. Typical applications include interactive broadcast advertising in which a coded data query is embedded in a broadcast audio channel and reproduced as an acoustic audio signal in a broadcast receiver. This acoustic signal is then detected by the microphone of a wireless telephone and decoded and processed by the electronic circuitry of said wireless telephone. Upon a pre-determined further action by the user, the decoded and processed query data causes the wireless telephone to transmit a pre-determined message. The pre-determined message includes information which instructs the serving wireless network to properly route the message so that it effectively provides a response to the original query.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for performing a wireless interactive transaction using a wireless telephone handset comprising the steps of:
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forming a digitally coded query signal;
converting said digitally coded query signal into an audio-band modulated query signal;
transmitting said audio-band modulated query signal;
receiving said audio-band modulated query signal;
conveying said audio-band modulated query signal to said wireless telephone handset;
processing said audio-band modulated query signal to decode instructions coded when forming said digitally coded query signal; and
controlling said wireless telephone handset to respond to said decoded instructions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for performing a wireless interactive transaction using a wireless telephone handset comprising the steps of:
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forming a digitally coded query signal and converting said digitally coded query signal into an audio-band modulated query signal by an electronic device;
conveying said audio-band modulated query signal to said wireless telephone handset;
processing said audio-band modulated query signal to decode instructions coded when forming said digitally coded query signal; and
controlling said wireless telephone handset to respond to said decoded instructions. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for performing a wireless interactive transaction using a wireless telephone handset comprising the steps of:
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an interface for forming a digitally coded query signal and converting said digitally coded query signal into an audio-band modulated query signal;
a transmitter for transmitting said audio-band modulated query signal;
a receiver for receiving said audio-band modulated query signal;
a device for conveying said audio-band modulated query signal to said wireless telephone handset; and
a microcomputer included in said wireless telephone handset for processing said audio-band modulated query signal to decode instructions coded when forming said digitally coded query signal and for controlling said wireless telephone handset to respond to said decoded instructions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for performing a wireless interactive transaction using a wireless telephone handset comprising the steps of:
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an interface for forming a digitally coded query signal and converting said digitally coded query signal into an audio-band modulated query signal;
a device for conveying said audio-band modulated query signal to said wireless telephone handset; and
a microcomputer included in said wireless telephone handset for processing said audio-band modulated query signal to decode instructions coded when forming said digitally coded query signal and for controlling said wireless telephone handset to respond to said decoded instructions. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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