Methods and systems for accessing a computer resource over a network via microphone-captured audio

• US 8,943,172 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2014
• Issued: 01/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Original Assignee: Digimarc Corporation
• Inventors: Davis, Bruce L.
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN, FRANTZ B
• Application Number:
  US14/298,738
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289055A1
• Time in Patent Office: 235 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/225, 709/229, 725/62, 725/68, 725/112, 455/414.1, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/18 involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0273 Determination of fees for advertising
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/16 for devices exhibiting advertisements, announcements, pictures or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0293 for accessing web services by means of a binding identification of the management service or element
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/72 using reservation actions during connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]

Abstract

The disclosure relates to accessing computer resources by sensing audio with a microphone. One claim recites a system comprising: a software module comprising instructions for controlling a wireless device to: i) extract identifying data from microphone-captured audio by applying a hashing algorithm to the microphone-captured audio; ii) obtain device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device; iii) control communication of the identifying data and the device information; and iv) control a user interface to facilitate access to a third party computer resource based on a service received by said software module in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to facilitate access in response to audio prompting; and a network resource comprising a data registry, the data registry comprising a correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links, the network resource configured to provide the service to said software module including providing a sponsored link to the software module, the sponsored link being associated with the identifying data and the device information. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a software module comprising instructions for causing a wireless device with cell phone communication capability to;

i) extract identifying data from microphone-captured audio by applying a hashing algorithm to the microphone-captured audio, the microphone-captured audio captured by the wireless device;

ii) obtain device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device;

iii) control communication of the identifying data and the device information; and

iv) control a user interface to provide access to a third party computer resource based on a service received by said software module in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to provide access in response to audio prompting, in which the service includes a sponsored link, and in which said software module is configured to direct access of the wireless device according to the sponsored link; and

a network resource comprising a data registry, the data registry providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links, the network resource configured to provide the service to said software module including providing the sponsored link to said software module, the sponsored link being associated with the identifying data and the device information.

2. The system of claim 1 in which said software module is configured to direct access by limiting the wireless device according to the sponsored link.

3. The system of claim 1 in which said data registry includes navigation privileges associated with the device information, and in which the service comprises providing the navigation privileges to said software module.

4. The system of claim 1 in which the third party computer resource provides opportunities for downloading of a music file associated with the microphone-captured audio.

5. The system of claim 1 in which the service comprises an identifying data-to-link look-up service.

6. The system of claim 1 in which the sponsored link comprises a URL.

7. The system of claim 1 in which the software module is configured to direct access by restricting access to the third party computer resource based on the service received by said software module.

8. The system of claim 1 in which the service restricts access of the wireless device through the correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links.

9. A method comprising:

extracting identifying data from microphone-captured audio by applying a hashing algorithm to the microphone-captured audio, in which a wireless device comprising a microphone captured the microphone-captured audio, the wireless device comprising cell phone communication capability;

obtaining device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device;

causing communication of the identifying data and the device information to a network resource;

controlling a user interface to provide access to a third party computer resource based on a service received in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to provide access in response to audio prompting, in which the service includes a sponsored link, and in which said method further comprises directing access of the wireless device according to the sponsored link; and

providing a network resource comprising a data registry, the data registry providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links, the network resource configured to provide the service including providing a sponsored link, the sponsored link being associated with the identifying data and the device information.

10. The method of claim 9 in which said directing access limits access of the wireless device according to the sponsored link.

11. The method of claim 9 in which the data registry includes navigation privileges associated with the device information, and in which the service comprises providing the navigation privilege.

12. The method of claim 9 in which the third party computer resource provides downloading of a music file associated with the microphone-captured audio.

13. The method of claim 9 in which the service comprises an identifying data-to-link look-up service.

14. The method of claim 9 in which the sponsored link comprise a URL.

15. The method of claim 9 in which the directing access restricts access to the third party computer resource based on the service.

16. The method of claim 9 in which the service restricts access of the wireless device through the correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links.

17. One or more computer readable mediums comprising instructions stored thereon to cause one or more processors to:

extract identifying data from microphone-captured audio by applying a hashing algorithm to the microphone-captured audio, in which a wireless device comprising a microphone captured the microphone-captured audio, the wireless device comprising cell phone communication capability;

obtain device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device;

cause communication of the identifying data and the device information to a network resource;

control a user interface to provide access to a third party computer resource based on a service received in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to facilitate access in response to audio prompting, in which the service includes a sponsored link, further comprising directing access of the wireless device according to the sponsored link; and

control a network resource comprising a data registry, the data registry providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links, the network resource configured to provide the service including providing a sponsored link, the sponsored link being associated with the identifying data and the device information.

18. The one or more computer readable mediums of claim 17 in which the directing access limits access of the wireless device according to the sponsored link.

19. The one or more computer readable mediums of claim 17 in which the data registry includes navigation privileges associated with the device information, and in which the service comprises providing the navigation privilege.

20. The one or more computer readable mediums of claim 17 in which the third party compute resource provides downloading of a music file associated with the microphone-captured audio.

21. The one or more computer readable mediums of claim 17 in which the service comprises an identifying data-to-link look-up service.

22. The one or more computer readable mediums of claim 17 in which the directing access restricts access to the third party computer resource based on the service.

23. The one or more computer readable mediums of claim 17 in which the service restricts access of the wireless device through the correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links.

24. A system comprising:

a software module for use with a wireless device, the wireless device having communication capability and a microphone, said software module comprising;

means for extracting identifying data from microphone-captured audio by applying a hashing algorithm to the microphone-captured audio, the microphone-captured audio captured by the microphone of the wireless device;

means for obtaining device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device;

means for controlling communication of the identifying data and the device information; and

means for controlling a user interface to provide access to a third party computer resource based on a service received by said software module in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to provide access in response to audio prompting, in which the service includes a sponsored link, and

means for directing access of the wireless device according to the sponsored link; and

a network resource comprising means for storing, the means for storing providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links, the network resource further comprising means for providing the service including providing the sponsored link to said software module, the sponsored link being associated with the identifying data and the device information.

25. The system of claim 24 in which said means for directing access comprises means for limiting the wireless device according to the sponsored link.

26. The system of claim 24 in which said means for storing includes navigation privileges associated with the device information, and in which the service comprises providing the navigation privileges to said software module.

27. The system of claim 24 in which the third party computer resource provides opportunities for downloading of a music file associated with the microphone-captured audio.

28. The system of claim 24 in which the service comprises an identifying data-to-link look-up service.

29. The system of claim 24 in which the sponsored link comprises a URL.

30. The system of claim 24 in which the means for directing access comprises means for restricting access to the third party computer resource based on the service received by said software module.

31. The system of claim 24 in which the service restricts access of the wireless device through the correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links.

32. A system comprising:

software comprising instructions for use with a wireless device with cell phone communication capability, the wireless device comprising a microphone, said instructions comprise instructions for;

i) transforming microphone-captured audio by applying a hashing algorithm to the microphone-captured audio, the microphone-captured audio captured by the wireless device'"'"'s microphone, the transforming yielding identifying data;

ii) obtaining device information for a class of devices associated with the wireless device;

iii) controlling communication of the identifying data and the device information;

iv) providing a user interface for access to a third party computer resource based on a service received by said software in response to communication of the identifying data and the device information, in which the service is configured to provide access in response to audio prompting, in which the service includes a sponsored link; and

v) provide access of the wireless device according to the sponsored link; and

a network resource comprising a data registry, the data registry providing a correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links, the network resource configured to provide the service to said software including providing the sponsored link to said software, the sponsored link being associated with the identifying data and the device information.

33. The system of claim 32 in which the instructions which provide access do so by limiting the wireless device according to the sponsored link.

34. The system of claim 32 in which said data registry includes navigation privileges associated with the device information, and in which the service comprises providing the navigation privileges to said software.

35. The system of claim 32 in which the third party computer resource provides opportunities for downloading of a music file associated with the microphone-captured audio.

36. The system of claim 32 in which the network resource is remotely located relative to the wireless device.

37. The system of claim 32 in which the service comprises an identifying data-to-link look-up service.

38. The system of claim 32 in which the sponsored link comprises a URL.

39. The system of claim 32 in which the instructions for provide access do so by restricting access to the third party computer resource based on the service received by said software.

40. The system of claim 32 in which the service restricts access of the wireless device through the correlation between identifying data, device information and sponsored links.