Establishing presence by identifying audio sample and position

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9516466-B2
Application number	US-201414570059-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2014
Priority date	Dec 15, 2014
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

Systems and methods to capture, in a first device, a sample of audio data streaming from a server, transmit the sample to the server, and receive, in the first device, access to a secure service provided by the server when the server verifies that the first device is at a location of the audio based on the sample.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
capturing, by a first device, a sample of audio streaming from a server, the audio comprising a song stored on the server;
transmitting the sample to the server; and
receiving, by the first device, access to a secure service provided by the server when the server verifies that the first device is at a location where the audio is being broadcast based on the sample, the secure service being a playlist management function for a playlist, and the access to the playlist management function including an ability to edit the playlist.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the server compares the sample to one or more audio stream channels managed by the server to determine whether the first device is present at the location of the audio.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the server uses audio fingerprinting to identify a track in the one or more audio stream channels and a position in the identified track as matching the sample.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the access to the playlist management function is automatically terminated after a pre-determined time period.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the secure service is a check-in service that indicates the first device is present at the location.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising using a secondary data source to determine that the first device is present at the location of the audio.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the secondary data source is one selected from the group consisting of: a satellite positioning system, a local area wireless network, a device configured to communicate using short-wavelength radio waves, and a device configured to communicate using near-field communication.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the sample includes transmitting identification data identifying the first device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the sample includes transmitting timestamp data of when the sample was captured.

10. A system, comprising:
a server to stream data of a first audio sound and to receive a captured sample of the first audio sound from a first device, the first audio sound being a song stored on the server;
wherein the server is configured to compare the sample to one or more streaming data channels managed by the server and, based at least in part on the comparison, provide the first device with access to a secure service of the server, the secure service being a playlist management service for a playlist, and the access to the playlist management service including an ability to edit the playlist.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the secure service is a check-in service to account the first device as present at the location.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the server is further configured to provide the first device with access to the secure service when the server determines that the first device is at a location at which the first audio is played.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the server compares the sample to one or more active audio stream channels managed by the server to determine whether the first device is present at the location of the audio.

14. The system of claim 12 , further comprising using a secondary data source to verify that the first device is present at the location of the audio.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the sample includes identification data identifying the first device.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the sample includes timestamp data of when the sample was captured.

17. A method, comprising:
streaming audio data to a device from a server, the audio data comprising a song stored on the server;
receiving, at the server, a sample of the streaming audio data;
comparing the received sample to one or more streaming data channels managed by the server; and
providing access to a secure service of the server based at least in part on the comparison, the secure service being a playlist management service for a playlist, and the access to the playlist management service including an ability to edit the playlist.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the sample includes identification data identifying a first device which sent the sample.

19. A mobile device, comprising:
a microphone to capture audio, the audio comprising a song;
a storage device to store captured audio; and
a transceiver to transmit a sample of captured audio to a server and to receive data from the server,
wherein the mobile device is configured to, upon receiving a notification from the server, provide access to a secure service of the server based on the server processing the transmitted sample of captured audio, the secure service being a playlist management function for a playlist, and the access to the playlist management function including the ability to edit the playlist.

20. The mobile device of claim 19 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit identification data identifying the mobile device.

21. The mobile device of claim 19 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit timestamp data of when the sample was captured.

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Ruhstaller Matthew Gray
• Bilinski Brandon

Classifications

• H04H60/37

  for identifying segments of broadcast information, e.g. scenes or extracting programme ID · CPC title

• H04W4/023 Primary

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• H04H60/78

  characterised by source locations or destination locations · CPC title

• H04H60/51

  of receiving stations · CPC title

• H04H60/61

  Arrangements for services using the result of monitoring, identification or recognition covered by groups H04H60/29-H04H60/54 · CPC title