System and method for wirelessly transmitting and receiving customized data broadcasts

• US 9,705,617 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mass Ip, LLC
• Original Assignee: Nuesoft Technologies Incorporated (Global Payments Incorporated)
• Inventors: Alibakhsh, Massoud, Famorzadeh, Shahram
• Primary Examiner(s): Serrao, Ranodhi
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fiorillo, James
• Application Number:
  US14/181,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20150046560A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,243 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/16 Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/61 for local area broadcast, e.g. instore broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/14 Arrangements for conditional access to broadcast information or to broadcast-related services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/611 for multicast or broadcast systems for broadcast or conference H04L12/18; arrangements for broadcast or distribution combined with broadcast H04H20/00; arrangements for broadcast applications with a direct linkage to broadcast information or to broadcast space-time H04H60/00; selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS], H04W4/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/33 for indoor environments, e.g. buildings

Abstract

A system for wirelessly transmitting and receiving customized data broadcasts comprising at least one computer apparatus running an application for customized data broadcasts. The computer apparatus uses the application to transmit and/or receive at least one broadcast. The system is further comprised of a server network infrastructure with: the application, at least one application server, at least one web server; and at least one database/information server.

The infrastructure, servers, and application comprise a distributed computing environment in a secure server network model wherein the environment utilizes the application as a secure communicator of the broadcasts, thereby enabling secure communication of the broadcasts between any computer apparatus running the application. The application strengthens standard broadcast security by communicating the broadcast via the distributed computing environment in a secure server network model comprised of proprietary software, a proprietary number of loops per broadcast transmission, and proprietary encoding and decoding protocols.

Claims

1. A system for wireless transmitting and receiving customized data broadcasts comprising:

at least one first computer apparatus having a display, a speaker, a microphone, and a network connection;

at least one second computer apparatus having a display, a speaker, a microphone, and a network connection;

a public data network;

a secure data network;

an application server;

an information server;

a Webserver;

wherein said first computer apparatus is configured to run an application accessed and installed from said application server to authenticate said first computer apparatus, and said first computer apparatus is further configured to broadcast a customized data broadcast, access said Webserver over said public data network, and access said information server via said Webserver and said secure data network;

wherein said second computer apparatus is configured to run an application accessed and installed from said application server to authenticate said second computer apparatus, and said second computer apparatus is configured to receive a customized data broadcast, access said Webserver over said public data network, and access said information server via said Webserver and said secure data network;

wherein said first computer apparatus and said second computer apparatus communicate on a secure subnetwork between said speaker and said microphone;

wherein said second computer apparatus is within a broadcast range of a plurality of said first computer apparatus, thereby enabling said application to calculate a relative location of said second computer apparatus based on a strength of an audio signal measured by said application said communication between one of said plurality of first computer apparatus and said second computer apparatus;

wherein said customized data broadcast comprising at least location data, stored on said information server is embedded in said audio signal; and

wherein said first computer apparatus and second computer apparatus are capable of bi-directional communication utilizing said audio signal.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computer apparatus encodes said customized data broadcast prior to broadcasting.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the second computer apparatus decodes said customized data broadcast upon receiving said customized data broadcast.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein said location data enables said second computer apparatus to access a map from said information server via the secure data network.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said application running on said second computer apparatus displays said second computer apparatus'"'"'s location on said map.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein said customized data broadcast further comprises a data command, and wherein said data command is executed on said first computer apparatus to authenticate access.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said customized data broadcast comprises a unique identifier of said first computer apparatus.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said second computer apparatus also operates as a first computer apparatus.