Phone enabled direct response
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a first acoustic transmission from a phone over a first path;
receiving a secondary acoustic transmission over a secondary path, the first and second acoustic transmissions originating from an audio source signal which includes audible content;
matching the first acoustic transmission to the second acoustic transmission, wherein multiple secondary acoustic transmissions are received and processed to identify a match between the first acoustic transmission and one of the secondary acoustic transmissions; and
wherein the number of secondary acoustic transmissions processed to identify the match is reduced by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone.
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Abstract
An acoustic transmission is retransmitted by telephone to a network operations center over one path. The network operations center receives acoustic transmissions containing inaudible marks from other sources over secondary paths. The retransmitted acoustic transmission and secondary transmissions are processed and compared to determine a best match between the retransmitted acoustic transmission and one of the secondary transmissions. An acoustic mark in the best match secondary transmission is decoded and associated with the retransmitted acoustic transmission. This association in combination with decision rules stored at the operations center may be used to trigger a variety of transactions with the user.
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52 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a first acoustic transmission from a phone over a first path; receiving a secondary acoustic transmission over a secondary path, the first and second acoustic transmissions originating from an audio source signal which includes audible content; matching the first acoustic transmission to the second acoustic transmission, wherein multiple secondary acoustic transmissions are received and processed to identify a match between the first acoustic transmission and one of the secondary acoustic transmissions; and
wherein the number of secondary acoustic transmissions processed to identify the match is reduced by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method comprising:
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receiving a first audio transmission over a first path; receiving a second audio transmission over a second path, the first and second audio transmissions originating from an audio source signal which includes audible content; and associating a mark encoded in the second audio transmission received over the second path with the first audio transmission received over the first path, wherein the second acoustic transmission is one of multiple secondary acoustic transmissions received and processed to identify a match between the first audio transmission and the second audio transmission; and
reducing the potential number of secondary audio transmissions by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone.
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25. A method comprising:
identifying a first acoustic transmission by comparing it with other acoustic transmissions from a phone received from a secondary source, the first acoustic transmission and other acoustic transmissions originating from audio source signals which includes audible content;
reducing the potential number of said other acoustic transmissions by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone.- View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. An apparatus comprising:
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a first communication interface to receive a first acoustic transmission from a phone; a second communication interface to receive a secondary acoustic transmission over a secondary path, the first and second acoustic transmissions originating from an audio source signal which includes audible content; and a processing unit configured to match the first acoustic transmission to the second acoustic transmission;
wherein the second acoustic transmission is one of multiple secondary acoustic transmissions received and processed to identify a match between the first acoustic transmission and the second acoustic transmission; and
reduce the potential number of other secondary acoustic transmissions by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A transaction server comprising:
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means for receiving a first acoustic transmission from a phone over a first path; means for receiving a second acoustic transmission over a secondary path, the first and second acoustic transmissions originating from a source signal which includes audio content; and means for matching the first acoustic transmission to the second acoustic transmission, wherein the second acoustic transmission is one of multiple secondary transmissions received and processed to identify a match between the first acoustic transmission and one of the secondary acoustic transmissions; and
means for reducing the potential number of secondary acoustic transmissions by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone.
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31. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor for matching a first audio signal to a second audio signal to identify the first audio signal, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receive a first acoustic transmission from a user'"'"'s telephone over a first path; compare the first acoustic transmission with other audible acoustic transmissions received over a second path, the first acoustic transmission and other acoustic transmissions originating from audio source signals which include audible content reduce the potential number of other audible acoustic transmissions by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the user'"'"'s telephone, information related to a user of the telephone, a call-in number used by the user of the telephone, and other information provided by the user of the telephone;match the first acoustic transmission to a second acoustic transmission received over the second path; associate a mark contained within the second acoustic transmission with the first acoustic transmission; and initiate a transaction based on the match and set of decision rules.
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32. A method operational on a network operations center, comprising:
identifying an audio transmission by comparing a first audio transmission received from a first path from a phone to one or more audio transmissions received through a second path;
reducing the potential number of one or more audio transmissions by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the user'"'"'s phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone; and
matching the first audio transmission to a second audio transmission received over the second path, the second audio transmission being one of the one or more audio transmissions.- View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method operational on a network operations server, comprising:
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identifying an audio transmission by comparing a first audio transmission received from a first path to one or more audio transmissions received via a second path, the first audio transmission and one or more audio transmissions originating from audio source signals which include audible content and an encoded mark, the first path established via a phone;
reducing the potential number of one or more audio transmissions by using at least one of;
a phone number associated with the phone, information related to a user of the phone, a call-in number used by the user of the phone, and other information provided by the user of the phone;decoding an encoded mark in the second audio transmission; and associating the decoded mark with the first audio transmission. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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