System and method for sound wave triggered content

• US 10,111,034 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2016
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Original Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Inventors: Johnson, William J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Liton
• Application Number:
  US15/218,039
• Publication Number:
  US 20160337799A1
• Time in Patent Office: 821 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/16 Arrangements for broadcast or for distribution of identical information repeatedly
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/069 using certificates or pre-shared keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/244 using a network of reference devices, e.g. beaconing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Mobile data processing Systems (MSs) interact with systems in their vicinity, and with each other, in communications and interoperability. Data is communicated using sound waves to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information which is transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, or is in process at, a mobile data processing system, is used to trigger processing of actions in accordance with configurations, for example to present content to a user.

Claims

1. A method of content delivery, comprising:

detecting with sound wave detection at a content delivery device an acoustic signal received asynchronously and independently from any active user interface context of the content delivery device, the acoustic signal transmitted intentionally inaudible to a human by a sending data processing system for receipt by any of a plurality of content delivery devices in a sound wave vicinity of the sending data processing system;

supplying to a search an indication of receipt of the acoustic signal received asynchronously and independently from any active user interface context of the content delivery device, the search searching for content to be presented to a user of the content delivery device; and

responding to the indication of receipt of the acoustic signal received asynchronously and independently from any active user interface context of the content delivery device by providing the content for presentation to the user of the content delivery device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the acoustic signal is broadcast periodically for a beaconed transmission by the sending data processing system for receipt by any of the plurality of content delivery devices in the sound wave vicinity of the sending data processing system.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the acoustic signal is for an alert that the content delivery device is nearby the sound wave vicinity of the sending data processing system.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the content delivery device is a user carried mobile data processing system with phone call capability, and data of the acoustic signal is sent outbound wirelessly by the content delivery device to a remote data processing system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein communications key data is encoded in the acoustic signal, the communications key data used in the searching for content to be presented to the user of the content delivery device.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein data for determining a location or distance measurement is sound wave encoded in the acoustic signal.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein an acoustic signal is transmitted intentionally inaudible to a human by the content delivery device for detection in a sound wave by a remote data processing system in a vicinity of the content delivery device.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the acoustic signal is transformed to an electronic data record.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the electronic data record is maintained to a collection of electronic data records for a plurality of acoustic signals detected by the content delivery device.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the content delivery device is a first user carried mobile data processing system and the acoustic signal is transmitted by a second user carried mobile data processing system.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the content includes at least one of:

a graphical user interface,

a sorted order,

menu information,

a coupon,

product shopping information,

boarding pass information,

product purchase information,

financial transaction information,

inventory information,

a key for an unlock operation,

information for a RFID device,

information for a mechanical appliance,

information for an electrical appliance,

information for a mechanical device,

information for an electrical device,

public transportation information,

video,

audio,

music,

images, or

text.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the providing the content for presentation to the user of the content delivery device enables the user to subsequently authorize a purchase related to the content.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the providing the content for presentation to the user of the content delivery device enables the user to subsequently initiate a phone call related to the content.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the searching for content to be presented to the user of the content delivery device includes evaluating a trigger configuration having a time specification.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the searching for content to be presented to the user of the content delivery device includes evaluating a trigger configuration having at least one threshold condition.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the at least one threshold condition includes at least one of:

a number of occurrences,

a detected location,

an identified data processing system detected at a location,

a configured distance to a particular location,

a detected proximity to a plurality of data processing systems,

a detected receipt of another acoustic signal, or

a detected receipt of another acoustic signal at a location.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the at least one threshold condition includes at least one of:

information associated to an application of a remote data processing system,

information associated to an application of the content delivery device,

information for a location technology,

information for a triangulation measurement,

information for a time difference of arrival measurement,

information for a time of arrival measurement,

information for a time,

information for an angle of arrival measurement,

information for a yaw measurement,

information for a pitch measurement,

information for a roll measurement,

information for an accelerometer measurement,

information for a movement tolerance,

information for a communications wave spectrum signal strength of a transmission,

information for a communications wave spectrum characteristic of a transmission,

information for a communications wave spectrum class of a transmission,

information for a communications wave spectrum frequency of a transmission,

information for an application being active,

information returned from invocation of an application programming interface,

information maintained by an application installed,

information for an application in use,

information for an application context of an application,

information for a navigation application programming interface in use,

geographic information,

information for a current location,

information for a previous location,

information for a speed,

information for an elevation,

information for an altitude,

information for a heading,

information for a web site,

information for a physical address,

information for a logical address,

information for a transaction,

information for a completed transaction,

information for the content delivery device,

information for a user configuration,

information for an environmental condition,

information for monitoring movement,

information for an identifier, or

information for one or more permissions assigned by a user.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the at least one threshold condition includes at least one of:

information for an email application,

information for a messaging application,

information for a calendar application,

information for an address book application,

information for a phone application,

information for a map application,

information for a storage application,

information for a file system application,

information for a database application,

information for a search application,

information for an internet browser application,

information for an identity,

information for an address,

information for an invocation result,

information for a data processing system type,

information for a statistic,

information for historical data,

information for a geofence specification,

information for whereabouts,

information for a nearby specification,

information for a nearness specification,

information for a specification using a distance,

information for a vicinity specification,

information for a situational location,

information associated to a file,

information associated to a directory,

information for SQL database data,

information for a group,

information for a plurality of data processing systems,

information for a date specification,

information for a time specification,

information for an arrival,

information for a departure,

information for a profile match percentage,

information for a profile tag match count,

information for a Whereabouts Programming Language encoding,

information for an XML specification,

information for a special term,

information for an atomic term,

information for an atomic operator,

information for an atomic element,

information for a point,

information for a radius,

information for a perimeter,

information for a sphere,

information for a region,

information for a Boolean value,

information for a physical location,

information for a two dimensional region specification,

information for a three dimensional region specification,

profile information,

forthcoming information,

information for a future location,

information for one or more privileges assigned by a user,

profile information received in a wireless data record by the content delivery device from a remote data processing system,

information associated to a wireless data record to be received by the content delivery device from a remote data processing system, or

information for one or more privileges assigned by a user.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the at least one threshold condition includes at least one of:

information for an emergency application,

information for a RFID application,

information for a hotspot application,

information for a services application,

information for a traffic application,

information for an appliance application,

information for a device application,

information for an account management application,

information for a public transportation application,

information for a carpool application,

information for an advertising application,

information for a news application,

information for a picture application,

information for a video application,

information for a parking lot application,

information for an employment application,

information for a real estate application,

information for a line,

information for a polygon,

information for a mathematical coordinate system,

information for a specification described by a set of geographical coordinate system points,

information for a specification described by a set of spatial coordinate system points,

a plurality of identifier information for the content delivery device,

a plurality of identifier information received in a wireless data record by the content delivery device from a particular data processing system,

geofence information received in a wireless data record by the content delivery device from a particular data processing system,

waymark information received in a wireless data record by the content delivery device from a particular data processing system,

deliverable content information received in a wireless data record by the content delivery device from a particular data processing system,

halo information received in a wireless data record by the content delivery device from a particular data processing system,

information for a direction, or

information for data created by the user of the content delivery device with a user interface to a map.

20. A content delivery device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions, wherein the one or more processors, based on the instructions, perform operations comprising;

detecting with sound wave detection at a content delivery device an acoustic signal received asynchronously and independently from any active user interface context of the content delivery device, the acoustic signal transmitted intentionally inaudible to a human by a sending data processing system for receipt by any of a plurality of content delivery devices in a sound wave vicinity of the sending data processing system;

supplying to a search an indication of receipt of the acoustic signal received asynchronously and independently from any active user interface context of the content delivery device, the search searching for content to be presented to a user of the content delivery device; and

responding to the indication of receipt of the acoustic signal received asynchronously and independently from any active user interface context of the content delivery device by providing the content for presentation to the user of the content delivery device.