US 11,126,394 B2Granted

Systems and methods for content delivery and management

AssigneeLisnr, Inc.

InventorsRodney B. Williams, Christoper M. Ostoich, Christopher D. Ridenour

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Abstract

A content management method uses a portable multifunction device 202 to detect human-inaudible acoustic signals 210, when that signal is heard from the surrounding environment by a device microphone 113 or is output by the device's audio circuitry 100. The device 202 extracts a code from the inaudible signal and supplies the code via wired or wireless communication 232, along with additional optional data regarding the device and/or its user, to a content management system 200. Upon receipt of the code, indicating the received inaudible signal 210 from the portable multifunction device 202, the content management system 200 may provide particular content or a pointer to that content to the portable multifunction device 202, the content being selected based on the particular inaudible signal received. Additional threshold triggers 502 may be delivered to require additional actions to unlock the content.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method of content delivery and management, comprising:

detecting a human-inaudible acoustic signal at a content delivery device,
supplying an indication of receipt of the inaudible signal from the content delivery device to a content management system,
responding to the indication of receipt of the inaudible signal by providing content to the content delivery device for presentation to a user of the content delivery device,
wherein the content is provided to the content delivery device in conjunction with a trigger description indicating whether content can be presented on the device, and
permitting access and presenting the content upon satisfaction of a threshold condition set forth in the trigger, wherein the threshold condition comprises one or more of a number of times the inaudible signal has been received, a number of times a song has been played, geographic location of the content delivery device, whether the content delivery device is moving, time of day, user preferences, attendance of the content delivery device at a music or entertainment venue, presence of the content delivery device at a commerce, shopping or business environment, or receipt of a second human-inaudible acoustic signal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/398,675Filed 1 May 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 1 May 2012
Published: US 2015/0113094 A123 Apr 2015
Granted: 21 Sep 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
H04B 11/00
Transmission systems employing ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 67/141
Session management: setup of application sessions