Promotion operable recognition system

• US 8,249,559 B1
• Filed: 10/26/2005
• Issued: 08/21/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mikan, Jeffrey, Meiss, Thomas Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Torres, Marcos
• Application Number:
  US11/259,388
• Time in Patent Office: 2,491 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/414.1, 455/456.1, 455/456.3, 455/414.3, 455/423, 455/566, 455/90.1, 705/14
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0825 using asymmetric-key encryption or public key infrastructure [PKI], e.g. key signature or public key certificates
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0024 Services and arrangements where telephone services are combined with data services arrangements which combine a telephonic equipment and a computer H04M7/0012
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Embodiments describe a recognition system that works in conjunction with a subscriber'"'"'s cellular phone and the network serving the subscriber. According to an embodiment, a subscriber can use a cellular phone to receive and capture data signals, from, for example, an audio output. The captured data signals can be transmitted to a remote network element that receives and translates the captured data and performs a plurality of functions. A promotion can be selectively tailored to a user based in part on the user location.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a mobile wireless device comprising;

a communication component that receives a promotion request from a cellular network, the promotion request is generated by a cellular network service provider for the mobile wireless device, generation of the promotion request is triggered based upon a determined current location of the mobile wireless device, and includes a requirement to capture promotion-related data; and

a capture component that captures the promotion-related data corresponding to the promotion request, wherein the captured promotion-related data is an image, the captured promotion-related data facilitates replication of an original image which is predefined based on the determined current location of the mobile wireless device, the original image corresponds to the promotion-related data for fulfillment of the promotion request, and the promotion-related data relates to a physical location of the mobile wireless device at a time associated with the promotion-related data being captured;

wherein the communication component further communicates the captured promotion-related data to the cellular network in response to the promotion request, the communication component receives a subsequent instruction from the cellular network in response to a match of the captured promotion-related data with the original image data stored in a computer-readable storage medium which comprises the promotion request, the match of the captured promotion-related data with the stored original image data is facilitated by a processor associated with the computer-readable storage medium, and the communication component receives a message indicating that the captured promotion-related data fails to meet the requirements of the promotion request in response to the captured promotion-related data not satisfying the promotion request.

2. The system of claim 1, the mobile wireless device further comprising:

a location component that transmits location information along with the captured promotion-related data to the cellular network.

3. The system of claim 1, the mobile wireless device further comprising:

a radio frequency identification (RFID) component that identifies RFID data embedded in the subsequent instruction from the cellular network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the captured promotion-related data further includes an embedded image.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the subsequent instruction is an entry into a contest.

6. The system of claim 1, the mobile wireless device further comprising:

a player component that interprets an embedded signal included in the subsequent instruction.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the subsequent instruction includes an attribute pertaining to the captured promotion-related data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the promotion-related data is utilized to determine whether a user of the mobile wireless device was at the physical location in accordance with the promotion request.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein receipt of the promotion request is limited to subscribers of the cellular network service for the mobile wireless device.

10. A system, comprising:

a receive/transmit component that receives a data communication from a mobile handset, wherein the data communication is a captured audio file and contains data to facilitate replication of an original audio file that was captured in accordance with a promotional opportunity, the data communication relates to a location of the mobile handset at a time the data communication was captured, and the promotional opportunity is triggered based upon the location of the mobile handset;

an identifier component that identifies the location of the mobile handset and a cellular provider of the mobile handset; and

a translate component that compares the data communication with an expected data communication stored in a computer-readable storage medium associated with the translate component, wherein the expected data is predefined based upon a location which pertains to the location of the mobile handset, in the event the data communication matches the expected data communication as determined by the translate component, the receive/transmit component transmits a subsequent instruction to the mobile handset to indicate the data communication matches the expected data, and, in the event the data communication does not match the expected data communication, the receive/transmit component transmits a message indicating the data communication did not satisfy a requirement to match the expected data communication.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the identifier component is a home location register.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the subsequent instruction further comprises a coupon.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the translate component tailors the subsequent instruction to a user of the mobile handset.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an embed component that embeds the subsequent instruction with radio frequency identification.

15. A method, comprising:

generating expected data pertaining to a first location of a mobile handset;

requesting a data signal from a mobile handset based upon the first location at a first time the request was generated, wherein the data signal is an image, and the requesting includes requesting to at least one other mobile handset that is part of a cellular network supported by a cellular network provider generating the request;

receiving the data signal from the mobile handset, the data signal contains data to facilitate replication of an original image captured in response to the requesting of the data signal, and associating the mobile handset with a second location at a second time the data signal was captured;

translating the data received in the data signal to a medium for content analysis;

comparing, with a computing device, the content of the data received in the data signal with the expected data stored in a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the expected data comprises an image to be included in the data received in the data signal; and

ascertaining, with the computing device, whether the content of the data matches the expected data, and in response to the content of the data matching the expected data, sending a corresponding communication to the mobile device indicating the content of the data matches the expected data, and in response to the content of the data not matching the expected data, sending a message to the mobile device indicating failure to capture the data signal.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

embedding the corresponding communication with radio frequency identification data.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

selectively tailoring the corresponding communication for a user of the mobile handset.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the translating the data into the promotional opportunity further comprises:

transforming the data into a signal;

accessing a database; and

comparing the signal with a corresponding signal maintained in the database.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the corresponding communication is a visual message.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the sending the corresponding communication further comprises transmitting a promotional opportunity in response to the data being determined for use in connection with the promotional opportunity.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising determining that the data is for use in connection with the promotional opportunity, including:

determining a geographic location of the mobile handset; and

identifying a promotion available in the geographic location.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising determining that the data is for use in connection with the promotional opportunity, including:

verifying that the data matches a particular data signal requested according to the requesting.