Physical presence digital authentication system

• US 8,078,136 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2010
• Issued: 12/13/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sonixio, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Dialware Incorporated
• Inventors: Atsmon, Alon, Anati, Rami, Altman, Nathan, Sege, Alan, Speyer, Gavriel, Cohen, Moshe, Lev, Tsvi, Antebi, Amit
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US12/752,181
• Publication Number:
  US 20100256976A1
• Time in Patent Office: 621 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/3.06, 455/412.1, 455/18, 455/414.1, 455/575.9, 455/556.1, 700/94, 705/14
• US Class Current: 455/403
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/445 by mutual authentication, e.g. between devices or programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2103 Challenge-response
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/327 Short range or proximity payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3415 Cards acting autonomously as pay-media
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/342 Cards defining paid or billed services or quantities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/343 Cards including a counter
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/346 Cards serving only as information carrier of service
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3576 Multiple memory zones on card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40975 using encryption therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0225 Avoiding frauds
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/02 by keys or other credit registering devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/025 : by means, e.g. cards, providing billing information at the time of purchase, e.g. identification of seller or purchaser, quantity of goods delivered or to be delivered
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 : Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0036 : Checkout procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 11/00 : Transmission systems employing sonic, ultrasonic or infrasonic waves

Abstract

The interactive authentication system allows a consumer to interact with a base station, such as broadcast media (e.g., television and radio) or PC, to receive coupons, special sales offers, and other information with an electronic card. The electronic card can also be used to transmit a signal that can be received by the base station to perform a wide variety of tasks. These tasks can include launching an application, authenticating a user at a website, and completing a sales transaction at a website (e.g., by filling out a form automatically). The interaction between the base station and the electronic card is accomplished by using the conventional sound system in the base station so that a special reader hardware need not be installed to interact with the electronic card. The user is equipped with an electronic card that can receive and transmit data via sound waves. In the various embodiments, the sound waves can be audible or ultrasonic (which can be slightly audible to some groups of people).

Claims

1. A method of retrieving information associated with a sound clip on a communication device, the method comprising:

a. recording the sound clip, the sound clip being recorded from a digital medium;

b. sending the recorded sound clip to a pattern recognition server, the pattern recognition server retrieving information associated with the recorded sound clip, the sound clip being sent via the communication device; and

c. receiving the information associated with the recorded sound clip, the information being received on the communication device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the information associated with the recorded sound clip comprises at least one of coupons, incentive points, sales offers, purchase information and a web page.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a user can redeem one of the coupons, incentive points and sales offer by one of a manual transaction means and an electronic transaction means.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sound clip is recorded from one of a television advertisement, a radio advertisement, an Internet advertisement, a video advertisement, an audio advertisement, an Internet program, a video program, an audio program, a television program and a radio program.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the digital medium is one of a television (TV), a computer and a radio.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a personal computer, a cellphone, and a PDA.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said retrieving the information including matching the sound clip with at least one sound clip stored in a database server.

8. The method according to claim 1 further comprising storing the recorded sound clip as a virtual bookmark, where the recorded sound clip is stored on the communication device.

9. The method according to claim 8 further comprising sending the stored sound clip on the communication device to the pattern recognition server.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is connected to the pattern recognition server via one of the Internet and a wireless network.

11. A method for virtual bookmarking a content on a communication device for retrieving information associated with a sound clip, the method comprising:

a. recording a sound clip associated with the content, the sound clip being recorded from a digital medium;

b. storing the recorded sound clip on the communication device, the recorded sound clip being stored as a virtual bookmark for information retrieval;

c. sending the recorded sound clip to a pattern recognition server, the pattern recognition server retrieving information associated with the recorded sound clip; and

d. receiving the information associated with the recorded sound clip, the information being received on the communication device.

12. The method according to claim 11, said sending being performed at one of when the communication device is connected to the Internet, when the information associated to the sound clip is needed, and when a wireless network is available.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the information comprises one of coupons, incentive points, and sales offers associated with the sound clip and a web page associated with the sound clip.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the sound clip is recorded from one of a television advertisement, a radio advertisement, a television program and a radio program.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the digital medium is one of a television (TV) and a radio.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the system is connected to the pattern recognition server via the Internet.

17. A system for retrieving information associated with a sound clip, the system comprising:

a. a record module, the record module recording the sound clip from a digital medium;

b. a send module, the send module sending the recorded sound clip to a pattern recognition server, the pattern recognition server retrieving information associated with the sound clip; and

c. a receive module, the receive module receiving the retrieved information associated with the sound clip.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the information comprises receiving coupons, incentive points, sales offers associated with the sound clip and a web page associated with the sound clip.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the sound clip is recorded from one of a television advertisement, a radio advertisement, a television program and a radio program.

20. The system according to claim 17, wherein the digital medium is one of a television (TV) and a radio.

21. The system according to claim 17, wherein the system is connected to the pattern recognition server via the Internet.

22. The system according to claim 17, wherein said pattern recognition server matches the sound clip with at least one sound clip stored in a database server.