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US 11,656,841 B2Granted
Audio request interaction system
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsMichael Cain Finley, Michael Dudgeon, Lehman Zellosis Smith, IV, John Wade, David Griffin, David Edward McCaw, Jr., James Lee Fortuna
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Abstract
A person can use a portable electronic device to electronically purchase or otherwise request a product, service or other deliverable related to audio programming to which the person is listening at the time they initiate the request. The request is fulfilled by a service that analyzes the audio content to identify the deliverable the person desires.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- receiving consumer audio directed to a good or service on a device, wherein receiving further includes obtaining the consumer audio from the consumer responsive to different audio that was provided through the device for the consumer, wherein the different audio is content broadcasted through the device that advertises or is related to the good or service;
- identifying a consumer that provided the consumer audio;
- identifying the good or service by searching a broadcast play schedule database associated with a broadcaster using a time that the consumer audio was received and identifying the different audio from the broadcast play schedule database;
- and
- responsive to the consumer audio initiating a purchase of the good or service with a provider of the good or service after audibly confirming the purchase with the provider with the consumer through the device.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving consumer audio directed to a good or service on a device, wherein receiving further includes identifying the good or service based on different audio that was provided by the device before receiving the consumer audio, wherein the different audio is content broadcasted through the device that advertises or is related to the good or service;
- identifying a consumer that provided the consumer audio;
- identifying the good or service by searching a broadcast play schedule database associated with a broadcaster using a time that the consumer audio was received and identifying the different audio from the broadcast play schedule database;
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- responsive to the consumer audio initiating a purchase of the good or service with a provider of the good or service after audibly confirming the purchase using the provider with the consumer through the device.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying a consumer that provides consumer audio to a device;
- locating a provider of a good or service based on the consumer audio, wherein locating further includes identifying the good or service based on different audio provided by the device to the consumer, wherein identifying the good or service by searching a broadcast play schedule database associated with a broadcaster using a time that the consumer audio was received and identifying the different audio and the provider of the good or service from the broadcast play schedule database;
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- communicating, by the device, information regarding the provider to the consumer and audibly confirming with the consumer through the device use of the provider for obtaining the good or service on behalf of the consumer.
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A device, comprising:
- a processor;
- non-transitory computer-readable storage media having executable instructions;
- and
- the executable instructions when executed by the processor from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium cause the processor to:
- receive voice input from a user and play audio through a speaker of the device and identify the voice input as a request to purchase the good or service that was provided in the audio, wherein the audio is content broadcasted on the device over the speaker that advertises or is related to the good or service;
- identify a good or service based on the voice input by searching a broadcast play schedule database associated with a broadcaster using a time that the voice input was received and identifying the different audio from the broadcast play schedule database;
- locate a provider of the good or service from the broadcast play schedule database;
- and
- perform a purchase transaction with the provider on behalf of the user using a registered payment method associated with the user after audibly confirming the purchase transaction using the provider with the user through the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.