System and method for communicating audio data signals via an audio communications medium
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Abstract
A system for communicating audio data signals comprises a source computer that performs an action, generates an event message corresponding to the action, converts the event message into an audio data signal, and communicates the audio data signal through its speaker. A source telephone receives a voice signal from a participant and the audio data signal through its microphone and communicates the audio data signal and voice as coherent sound via an audio communications medium. A recipient telephone receives the audio data signal from the coherent sound communicated via the audio communications medium and communicates the audio data signal via its speaker. A recipient computer receives the audio data signal through its microphone, extracts the event message from the audio data signal, and performs an action based on the event message from the audio data signal. The audio communications medium can comprise a telephone communications system or air.
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57. A method performed by a source computing system for communicating audio data signals, comprising:
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determining that an event occurring at the source computing system is to be communicated;
generating an audio data signal indicative of the event;
causing a voice signal to be combined with the generated audio data signal to produce a coherent sound; and
communicating the produced coherent sound via an audio communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A method performed by a recipient computing system for receiving instructions communicated in an audio signal, comprising:
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receiving a coherent sound that is communicated via an audio communications medium;
decoding the received coherent sound to produce an audio data signal;
extracting data from the decoded audio data signal;
interpreting the extracted data to determine an instruction to perform an action; and
causing an application program to perform the action. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method for communicating audio signals, the method comprising:
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receiving a voice signal;
receiving an audio data signal;
combining the received voice signal and the audio data signal to produce a coherent sound; and
upon producing the coherent sound, communicating the coherent sound via a communications medium. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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