Method and system for distribution of advertisements to mobile devices prompted by aural sound stimulus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9836737-B2
Application number	US-201113299680-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2011
Priority date	Nov 19, 2010
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A method for distributing context-based data using an acoustic receiving device and a high frequency analog acoustic signal is disclosed. The acoustic receiving device a high frequency analog acoustic signal. A high frequency analog acoustic signal is of a frequency of at least 21,000 Hz and contains encoded data. The high frequency analog acoustic signal is converted to a digital acoustic signal and then analyzed to obtain the encoded data. The data is decoded to obtain information, and the information is then displayed on the acoustic receiving device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A payer device for use in an electronic financial transaction system, that includes a pay code provider, a payee, and an acoustic emitting device configured to emit a high frequency acoustic signal, wherein the high frequency acoustic signal includes a stream of sound that is outside the audible spectrum of a human, and the high frequency acoustic signal contains a machine-readable pay code in which transaction details for a specific transaction are encoded, wherein the payer device is configured to receive the high frequency acoustic signal and comprises:
a converter configured to convert the high frequency acoustic signal to a digital acoustic signal;
a processing device configured to analyze the digital acoustic signal to obtain the machine-readable pay code and request the transaction details for the specific transaction from the pay code provider; and
a display device configure to display the transaction details.

2. A mobile communication device, comprising:
an acoustic receiver configured to receive a high frequency acoustic signal, wherein the high frequency acoustic signal includes a stream of sound that is outside the audible spectrum of a human, and the high frequency acoustic signal contains encoded data;
a converter configured to convert the high frequency acoustic signal to a digital acoustic signal;
a processor configured to analyze the digital acoustic signal to obtain the encoded data and to decode the encoded data; and
a display configured to display the decoded data.

3. The mobile communication device according to claim 2 , further comprising a database configured to store at least one of product information, service information, and merchant and purchasing information corresponding to a product or service.

4. The mobile communication device according to claim 3 , wherein the encoded data includes a unique reference to product information or service information stored in said database of the mobile communication device.

Assignees

• Cooke Alan
• Lyons Garry
• Cummins Oran
• Mastercard International Inc

Inventors

• Cooke Alan
• Lyons Garry
• Cummins Oran

Classifications

• H04W4/24

  Accounting or billing · CPC title

• G06Q20/3276

  using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device · CPC title

• G06Q20/3272 Primary

  using an audio code · CPC title

• G06Q30/0251

  Targeted advertisements · CPC title

• H04M15/68

  Payment of value-added services · CPC title